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Xiaojinggou is the perfect location for producing organic lamb.
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As we waited, we become aware of the flowers blooming profusely at our feet. The ladies in the group automatically spread out and started picking bouquets of every color. In a few minutes, several colorful bunches had been gathered.
Li named the flowers one by one, and I realized that I had been trapped in city life so long that I no longer recognized these natural wonders.
Half an hour later, Wei reappeared with a big bag filled with mushrooms, among which were several large matsutake, those precious pine mushrooms that fetch a lofty price at any city restaurant.
For this couple living deep in the mountains, these gifts from nature are a part of their lives, and they smiled at our loud exclamations of delight.
Eventually, we arrived at a valley called Xiaojinggou - meaning "valley with the little well" - where the paths were so rugged that we had to abandon our sedan cars and transfer to the farm's huge off-road vehicles.
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