Chapter 198: Opening up a new home.

Looking down from the air, the terrain of the grasslands in the extreme west looks like a dead human corpse. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info diffuse a thick air of death and anger, vitality and spirituality, as if it is being slowly extracted and swallowed by some mysterious and powerful force. The underground water veins are as thin as a gossamer, and they are extremely unstable, which is why the puddles on the grassland are not fixed and appear randomly every year.

Perhaps in less than a hundred years, the loss of vitality and spirituality in this grassland will reach a critical point. At that time, it will become a desert, and the herders and other creatures who live here will die. It's hard for herders to believe this situation. More importantly, they are all losers, survivors of the war, and they have nowhere to go except here.

Changing the veins of the water and turning the puddles into small lakes is a good deed for the herders here, but it can be a bad deed for other herders. When the balance was upset, there was a chain reaction, and more than a dozen herders migrated one after another, because the puddles they found in the spring dried up.

There are no other puddles left within a radius of 100 miles, and this small lake has become the only hope for survival. However, there are more than 20 herdsmen, and the pastures here cannot be tolerated at all, and the contradictions are irreconcilable. The previous way of dueling is useless, because this is the cruel reality of your life and death.

The former herders, united to defend their homeland. For those who come after them, let them leave. But the latecomers, after a difficult migration, found out in despair that this paradise-like place, who would leave, but also put on a desperate frame, survival is the last word.

Singles and group fights have happened several times, and they almost draw knives to cut people. Raising a knife and drawing a bow to confront each other, it is not that it has never happened, but it is only that Zhang Qi made a decisive move and shocked both sides, so that no tragedy occurred. Latecomers, Zhang Qi has also seen most of them, which side to help? It is difficult to choose, and if the two do not help each other, it is unbearable. What's more, such a result has something to do with yourself.

In the evening, after playing the piano, Zhang Qi walked back with a heavy heart. But he saw a bonfire lit in front of Batu's tent, and the heads of the houses sat by the fire, and remained silent. Seeing Zhang Qi returning, all the people stood up, put their hands on their chests, and bent down to salute. "Qingmo, we have discussed, who leaves and who stays, it is up to Changshengtian to decide, and you will preside over it. Batuu spoke, his voice low.

There is no way, and it is also the most miserable way, to draw lots, rely on luck, and determine life and death. Zhang Qi felt a pain in his heart, this is the sorrow of the weak, life can only be handed over, there is no ethereal luck, and he doesn't even have a chance to struggle. Walking to the fire and sitting down, Zhang Qi looked at the flames in a daze, and let out a long breath. When they have a decision in their hearts, it's up to them to choose.

"This little lake doesn't last long. He opened his mouth lightly. The vast majority of people don't care, puddles generally last for a year and then disappear and dry up, as long as they survive this year's cold winter and migrate again next year. "If you want to find a lake that never dries up, you have to leave this dying grassland. This sentence made all people frightened and hopeful.

"Where are we going?" "Do we want to go back to our hometown?" "We don't have the ability to do that." --- the crowd whispered, and then they all stopped waiting for them to speak. "Go north, which is what you call the bitter cold polar region, maybe there is life there, and it is your real home. ”

If it weren't for everyone's acquaintance, everyone would think that Zhang Qi was talking nonsense. More than 2,000 miles away from here, there are continuous snow-capped mountains, endless ice fields, no grass, no living creatures, known as the bitter cold polar region. "Qingmo, you have been here for a short time, you don't know that place, no one can enter the bitter cold polar region. "There's nothing but snow and ice. "Qingmo, it's better for the abbot to draw lots, this small lake is descended by your auspicious words, and we can trust you." ”-------

Zhang Qi stood up, sighed and said, "There is no need to draw lots." Just when everyone was puzzled, Zhang Qi said cautiously: "If everyone is unwilling to leave, I will find a way to expand this lake again, so that it can accommodate all families and live until the beginning of spring next year." Everyone was pleasantly surprised and thanked one after another. "But I'll be leaving soon, so please cherish it. "Zhang Qi is a little lonely. "Qingmo, don't be like this, there must be another way. Batu was in a hurry, and he was the one who was most reluctant to leave. "If anyone believes me and leaves, I am willing to escort everyone to the bitter cold polar region to open up a new home. ”

The herdsmen have trouble sleeping tonight because they have to make a decision tomorrow. It is difficult to decide whether to settle for the status quo and get by, or to take a risk and gamble on a bright future. The result of the second day made Zhang Qi a little surprised, all the herdsmen were willing to follow him, go to the bitter cold polar region, and open up a new home. hesitated, hesitated, and feared, but in the end, the desire to change one's fate was overcome. Everyone understands that such an opportunity is only once in a lifetime.

In addition to leaving the lambs, the sheep were slaughtered to make jerky. Hurry to make leather robes, gather fire-making things, collect all kinds of food, except for the necessities of life, everything is simple. More than 2,000 miles away, to rush to the bitter cold polar region before the winter, the time is very tight.

Zhang Qi dared to take these herdsmen to the bitter cold polar regions, and he was confident. When I first went up against the water, I went to the bitter cold polar region, and in a valley, I found streams, hot springs, and green grass. Due to time reasons, Zhang Qi did not investigate further, but he believed that there must be a hole in it, and it was a virgin land that had never been pleaded with.

More than 20 herdsmen, forming a migration procession, quietly headed north. In addition to the children playing and laughing, the adults' faces were solemn, this was a big gamble with no way out, and it was all worth of life. And the only reliance is on the young man who rode ahead on horseback, and the young man was trustworthy, because he had performed miracles. In these pastoral centers, the figure of this young man gradually replaced the deity that he had previously worshipped.

A few days later, wolves chased and howled from the back of the group. All the herdsmen were nervous, drawing their knives and bows on guard. "Don't be afraid, it's the wolves, I'll take a look. He said loudly, and at the same time leaped up from his horse, and disappeared in a few moments. This is the legend, the magic power, the herdsman was so shocked that his mouth was wide open.

"What's so surprising about this, I've seen it a long time ago, Uncle Qingmo, it's a man of God! You still don't believe it, um!" Buhe shouted triumphantly. "Xiao Buhe, when did you say that?" "Old Batu, your family's fortune is immeasurable!" ----- herdsmen recovered from their shock and spoke happily. Since the migration, the hanging heart has finally been steady, no matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead is, I am not afraid.