Xiaojinggou is the perfect location for producing organic lamb.

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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