The sun retracts its afterglow, and the temperature drops quickly. The residual heat rubbed back and forth between the gravel, but it was no longer so hot.

Fu Yunge looked at the location marked on the map and breathed a sigh of relief. He untied the leather pocket around his waist and trembled, and there was not much water left.

Looking back in the direction of the setting sun, the huge red disc gradually sank, and the purple-red sunset magnificently rendered the entire sky.

The sea of sand became solemn at this time, and the gray sand dunes looked like blood-stained giants in the reflected night.

Fu Yunge looked at the vast way to come, and was a little inexplicably moved in his heart.

He lowered his head and looked seriously at the name of the place......

Shabi Village.

“......”

Fu Yunge was speechless. Such a beautiful artistic conception is all tarnished by this seemingly discordant place name.

He turned his head to look at the village that was so fond of self-blackening. But as far as the eye can see, the villages not far away are even more desolate than the previous oasis.

The withered grass of decay is long and crooked with a white waist. A few trees that appeared to be poplars had also died, twisting their cracked bodies violently.

In the twilight, the scene in front of me has a miserable feeling.

Fu Yunge looked at the place name again, and read it right, Shabi Village.

He didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but he walked towards the village with mixed feelings.

The houses in the village are equally old, and can even be described as ruined. A few broken wooden planks nailed to the house, which by this time had many holes, and the night wind swept the sand, and was able to break in at will.

He knocked on a door. It was a long time before the rusty doorkeeper squeaked and screamed before someone came to open the door for him.

The door opened. Fu Yunge looked at it, and the person who opened the door was an old man who was old and frail.

The old man was not surprised by the arrival of the uninvited guest. He just rubbed the corners of his eyes, then turned around and entered the house without saying a word, acquiescing to Fu Yunge entering.

Seeing that the old man had a strange temper, Fu Yunge didn't say anything, followed him into the house and quietly closed the door.

In the middle of the room was a small stove, on which the kettle was boiling, and the water was steaming.

Fu Yunge saw a clay pot on the table, and a coarse porcelain water cup next to it, all cracked. He helped the old man bring down the hot water and poured it into the clay pot with water.

The old man squinted at him, seemingly disinterested. Turning to the bed, he leaned sideways, no longer looking at him.

Fu Yunge didn't want to be bored, he sat down in the other corner farthest from the bed, opened the baggage, took out the dry food and ate it alone.

The room was quiet. Fu Yunge looked through the cracks in the wall panels at the road to be taken tomorrow, slowly chewing on the food.

The desert at night, the stars are brilliant. The low-hanging Hoshino was scattered like a shattered diamond, shining brightly.

The yellow sand of the sand sea echoes the stars in the distance, and the whistling wind wanders in the low sky, blowing a faint flute between the sand valleys.

Fu Yunge was looking at it, and suddenly, an old man's voice came from behind him:

"You're going across the sandwall, aren't you? ”

Fu Yunge turned his head. When he heard the old man ask, he felt puzzled: "Shabi...... Opposite?"

The dim oil lamp trembled and shimmered, and the old man's voice trembled like light: "Don't you know...... Also, you were lucky enough to not see the sand wall today......"

Fu Yunge turned around and got closer to the old man: "Excuse me, Shabi, what do you mean?"

The old man rolled over and said in a deep voice, "You, don't know?"

Fu Yunge had never heard of any sand walls. He took out the map and looked at it carefully, only to find that not far from Shabi Village, there were a few small crosses drawn with a red pen, which should mean danger.

"Sand wall...... It's a terrible catastrophe here. ”

The old man heard that he didn't move, but he didn't know it, so he told him in detail:

"The sand wall is a unique phenomenon that only occurs in this area. When the sand wall rises, all the sand on the ground will fly into the air with the storm, forming a long wall of sand that reaches the sky. ”

Fu Yunge was shocked, and he hurriedly looked outside, but the desert was still sleeping in boundless silence at this time.

"That's why people here call it sand wall based on its appearance. The old man smacked his lips and seemed a little thirsty, "No one knows when it happens, but every time it appears, it will be very destructive." ”

Fu Yunge got up and brought the old man a glass of water. The old man turned over and drank, and for the first time looked at him squarely.

"Earlier, the sandwall was about half a month. But now, the sand walls are becoming more and more frequent. The old man lay back and shook his head bitterly, "Sooner or later, this village will be ruined by it." But my old bones, even if I confess now, I will live enough. ”

Fu Yunge felt a little unbearable in his heart. He couldn't help asking, "Why did you build a village here in the first place?"

The old man tilted his head, and the old man's face showed a wry smile: "Who wants to be here." In the early days, when sand walls rarely occurred, my father was a foot merchant who walked the desert. At that time, there were several towns across the sand wall, and we were responsible for trading back and forth. ”

"Later, when I inherited my father, the sandwall became more and more frequent. One time we had the misfortune of experiencing a sandwall storm, and all the goods and grooms were destroyed, leaving us survivors with no choice but to stay here. ”