The sunrise of the Gobi Desert is different from the spectacular and far-reaching seashore above the high mountains, although there is no poetic and picturesque meaning of "the sun and the river move, the scenery and the grass float", but it gives people the thick, solemn and warm feeling of "the fire clouds wash the moon dew, and the cliff is pilgrimage", and the Gobi Desert under the morning sun is endless, empty and far-reaching, making people never see the end at a glance.

Wang Youmu and they spent the night under the big boulder by the pond last night, when Xiao He went to wash his face in the early morning, he actually brought back a rabbit, of course this is not Xiao He caught It is a fox's "trophy", because the rabbit is too big, the fox bit the rabbit and couldn't drag it away for a while, Xiao He came to a fox mouth to grab food.

Wang Youmu peeled the skin with his hands, removed the internal organs, and asked Xiao He to wash it, and was busy preparing to give everyone a roasted whole rabbit.

After last night's rest, Liu Yusheng's mental state has completely recovered at this time, he has a cigarette in his hand, looking at Wang Youmu who is roasting rabbits not far away, but his mind has gone through what happened during this time in his mind like a movie.

"Youmu, can you tell me if we can go out?" Liu Yusheng said.

"It's really hard to say right now, I have a way to measure direction, and we haven't lost our way. But how far from going out, I don't really know. Wang Youmu replied while flipping the roast rabbit in his hand.

"How is that possible? You know the direction, but you don't know how long it will take to get out, what does that mean?" asked Liu Yusheng.

"Captain Liu, let me tell you this, I know the direction, we can definitely go out if we keep going north, but we can't guarantee to keep walking in a straight line, and besides, how long we've been lost in front of us, I can't calculate, and we can't guarantee a straight line when we go to the desert on the road, so I said that the direction is right, I don't know the time, and I can't calculate. Wang Youmu said.

"Then what else do we have to guarantee that we can get out now?" Liu Yusheng said in a low voice.

"I hope that we are not far from going out for a maximum of four or five days, otherwise even if we bring enough water, I am afraid that there will be no way to make us last longer, or I hope that the comrades of the search and rescue team can find us." Wang Youmu said.

Hearing Wang Youmu say this, Liu Yusheng felt as if his heart had sunk to the bottom. He doesn't like this feeling, this passive feeling, and Liu Yusheng has always been very repulsive. No matter at work, he is a person who likes to take the initiative into his own hands. Otherwise he feels like a marionette in someone else's hand, and when someone asks him to raise his hand, he can't open his legs.

The more Liu Yusheng thought about it, the more annoyed he became, so he simply lit a cigarette for himself and didn't ask Wang Youmu anymore, he felt that the answer he heard if he asked again would only make him more and more irritable, and unconsciously he thought of the purpose of entering Lop Nur this time, that is, to find a salt mine

In this era, the country was very short of salt, and the entire northwest should have several salt mines with large reserves according to geology, but perhaps because of the technical ability, they have not been found. Therefore, this survey task is at the ministerial level, and this time it is the reason why he is desperate to come for the rest of his life, if it happens, then it will definitely be a strong stroke for his career, and it is also a ladder of steady progress.

"Captain Liu, come and try my roasted whole rabbit. Liu Yusheng's thoughts were interrupted by the roast rabbit handed over by Wang Youmu.

"Thank you, Youmu" Liu Yusheng took a roast rabbit leg from Wang Youmu's hand and said slowly.

"Don't think about it so much, you taste my craft, eat and drink enough, let's plan well. Wang Youmu said as he put a piece of rabbit meat in his mouth.

Liu Yusheng now has the heart to taste what craft, and now he is making mountain and sea delicacies for him, and he doesn't have the heart to taste it. In his opinion, he can't get ahead for the rest of his life, he can't rise to the top, so whatever he eats is a taste.

Suddenly, the saltiness in his taste buds made him feel funny, because he was SH and he preferred sweet. Although he has been in the northwest for five years, his eating habits since he was a child have made him unable to adapt to the heavy taste here, so his taste buds have always been very sensitive to salt, and he thinks it is funny because Wang Youmu still carries salt with him.

"Youmu, this rabbit is roasted well, but I didn't expect you to carry salt with you, you don't know, I'm SH people, our SH people according to your Northwest people, is the taste is light, I have been here for so many years, I haven't been able to change this. Liu Yusheng said to Wang Youmu with a smile.

Wang Youmu stopped tearing the rabbit meat in his hand and looked at Liu Yusheng in surprise

"Captain Liu, don't be kidding, what am I doing with salt. ”

"Youmu, why am I joking with you like this, you ......" Liu Yusheng continued to laugh, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his head.

"Wait! Wait! Youmu, you didn't put salt, so where did this salty taste come from?" Liu Yusheng stood up like a high-elastic spring on his buttocks, and asked urgently.

Wang Youmu tore another piece of rabbit meat and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it as if he was savoring it, looking for the salty taste that Liu Yusheng said. And then said

"Captain Liu, no, I really can't taste the saltiness there. ”

"You really can't eat it?" asked Liu Yusheng more and more urgently.

"Xiao He, do you have salt when you eat?" Wang Youmu turned his head to look at Xiao He, who was sitting on the other side, and asked.

"I can't taste it, I still feel like it's spicy noodles and cumin. Xiao He said with a relaxed face.

"No, no, you two are from the Northwest, you have a heavy taste, it's normal for you to not be able to taste it, but it's really salty, I can't be wrong, think about it, think about it, think about it." At this time, Liu Yusheng was already a little impatient.

"That's right! It's water," Liu Yusheng said and ran to the edge of the pond, and he didn't care about lying down and drank himself. After several big sips, Liu Yusheng sat up, smacking his mouth as if he was savoring.

"Captain Liu, you don't have to look at this water. There will be no problem here, if the water contains so much salt, how can we not feel it since we drank this water yesterday?" Wang Youmu walked over and said.

"No! there must be salt in it, I'm sure we've forgotten something, think about it, think about it. Liu Yusheng said unwillingly.

"It's nothing, this rabbit was snatched from the fox, after Xiao He gave it to me, I skinned it, gutted it, cleaned it and roasted it, just a few steps, what else can I forget?" Wang Youmu said.

Then he turned his head to Xiao He, who was sitting by the fire, and said, "Xiao He, you washed the rabbit just now, is there anything special?"

"No, I also washed it in this pond with this spring water, but I was afraid that the water here would be dirty, so I went there to wash it. Xiao He pointed to the other side of the small pond and said.

"Take me to see it!" Liu Yusheng said urgently.

The three of them came to the other side of the small pond, which was almost the same as theirs, and the spring water also came out of the middle spring, and then flowed there from below, so although the spring was bubbling all the time, the small pond was always so big, and there was no change in the slightest.

"Xiao He, where did you wash it? How did you wash it, don't let go of every step from leaving here, think about it again and show me again." Liu Yusheng said.

Xiao He looked at Liu Yusheng's expression, he knew that this matter seemed to be really important and critical, and he also put away a trace of playfulness just now, and stood there thinking about all the processes and steps just now.

"Don't worry, don't talk, think about it, just repeat all the actions just now to me, the key is not to miss a single step, don't let go of a detail. Liu Yusheng patted Xiao He's shoulder and said.

Xiao He thought for a while, then squatted down, learned the action of washing the rabbit just now, went through all the steps again, and then stood up and said

"That's it, I just stood up and handed the washed rabbit to my master Wang. ”

Liu Yusheng squatted down, and then put his hand into the water that Xiao He said just now, feeling something carefully, there was a slight pull on his hand, this is not wrong, Liu Yusheng knew that this was the normal feeling brought by the water flow to his hands when the spring water flowed back to the ground, and suddenly he felt something strange near the stone that was all flooded by the pond at the water's edge, so he leaned his hand on the stone again, and then he quickly took out his hand and put it in his mouth.

"Salty!!Salty!!It's really salty!Youmu!Hurry~Quick, can you taste it?" Liu Yusheng said excitedly to Wang Youmu.

Wang Youmu also put his hand into the place where Liu Yusheng had just put it, and then directly used his hands to pick up the water and take a big sip, salty, yes, the water here is salty.

"Well, that's right, the water is really salty. Wang Youmu replied in the affirmative.

"There's a salt mine here, and we've finally found it, and there's definitely a salt mine, and if I'm not mistaken, it's very close to the ground. Liu Yusheng said excitedly.

"Hahahahahaha~ There is a salt mine here, and the salt mine has been discovered by us!Hahaha" Liu Yusheng's laughter echoed in the empty Gobi Desert, spreading far away, as if it wanted to spread to every corner of Lop Nur......