Chapter 44: Oasis
Song Chen was so anxious that he jumped up, and just caught Su Miao, who was descending quickly: "What's wrong?" ”
Su Miao held Song Chen's hand, smiling, her expression was a little weird: "Ah Chen, guess what I saw?" ”
"What do you see?" Song Chen looked at Su Miao expectantly. From www.biquge.info look on her expression, he expected that it would be a good thing.
Sure enough, Su Miao laughed: "I saw an oasis!" It's only about two or three miles away! Can you believe it? In this icy and snowy place, there is actually an oasis! Although it was a bit foggy, I could see clearly that it was really an oasis......"
Song Chen was also a little speechless in surprise. He had read from books in the oasis, and in the barren land of the extreme west, due to the extreme lack of water, the land had no grass and gradually turned into a desert. But in a large desert, there are dark rivers exposed to the ground in some places, and when there is a water source, a small world of plants, birds and animals will be formed around the water source. Oases in the desert arise because of the presence of water sources in an environment of extreme water scarcity, and in the field of ice and snow there is an oasis - "Could it be that there is geothermal heat?" "When I think about it, I think it's very likely, and the appearance of fog is one of the proofs. There must be geothermal energy in the oasis, but the area covered by geothermal energy is limited, so the heat in the boundary meets the cold breath outside, and the fog will appear!
"Ah Chen, let's go over and take a look?" Su Miao was a little excited, "It must be warmer over there than around, so trees can grow!" I see a big tree! ”
Song Chen also agreed to go to the oasis to spend the night, after all, they had now gone deep into the snow field, if it was dark today, even if Su Miao found the direction of the snow lotus mountain pine forest, it would still be very difficult to get out of the snow field before it was completely dark, anyway, this oasis might only be two or three miles away (of course, you can't believe too much in Miaomiao's sense of distance), and the first choice should also be the oasis. Besides, he was as curious as Su Miao, wanting to see what this oasis in the snow looked like.
Su Miao saw that Song Chen also agreed, and immediately beckoned Xiaobai to follow, and walked forward.
"Wait!" Song Chen stopped Su Miao and looked at her, "Are you sure it's in this direction?" ”
"That's right!" Su Miao looked at him strangely, "Didn't you mean to show it to you just now?" ”
“…… You were referring to the east. Song Chen closed his eyes, "You are going north now......
"Oh......" Su Miao stuck out her tongue, didn't argue, and took the initiative to reach over and hold Song Chen's arm, "Then Ah Chen, you say look at whichever side!" ”
Xiaobai's eyes flashed wide, he didn't express his opinion, and only buried his head and followed the two people in front of him. It knew that it was not kind enough to steal snow lingzhi, and it was originally afraid of Su Miao's punishment, but now it was naturally able to keep silent and try to reduce its sense of existence.
Two or three miles away, even if they want to settle Xiaobai, Su Miao and Song Chen will take half a cup of tea to arrive. Sure enough, when he was still half a mile away from the oasis, he had already seen the white mist that Su Miao had said earlier. And that towering tree!
Su Miao and Song Chen sped up, and as soon as they entered the range of the oasis, their bodies were warm!
At this time, it was already completely dark, Song Chen turned around, found some dead branches and planned to make a fire, and was looking for a place to rest at night, when he heard Su Miao calling him in front of him, and his voice was full of surprise: "Ah Chen, this way!"
Song Chen walked a few steps forward, and saw Su Miao falling in front of him from the big tree in front of him, holding two or three big peaches in his hand, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
"This peach tree is really big!" Su Miao found a flat stone under the tree and sat down. This oasis is different from the outside, there is no snow on the ground, and it is very warm and dry.
Song Chen also sat on the stone next to Su Miao and took out a fire fold to make a fire.
Su Miao was a little hungry, so she found her special cicada wing knife for peeling fruit in the baggage, peeled a peach in three or two clicks, and handed it to Song Chen: "Ah Chen, give!"
Song Chen took a bite of Su Miao's hand, smiled at her, and stretched out his hands to her: "Miaomiao, my hands are dirty......"
Su Miao muttered in her heart, why do you want to bite that bite with dirty hands? Why don't you let her eat it first! Well, now she can't eat it.
There was no way, Su Miao had no choice but to hold peaches in one hand and continue to feed Song Chen, who was busy making a fire, and padding his stomach with dried meat in the other.
Finally, Song Chen finished eating, and the fire was lit, Su Miao took the water bladder and motioned for Song Chen to wash his hands. Song Chen waved his hand: "There is not much water, I don't know if I can find water in this oasis, and whether the water can be drunk, I have to save it." Then he took a few dead branches and tied them together to make a torch, "I'll go look for it." ”
Su Miao hurriedly grabbed him: "Don't worry, it's dark now, we don't know anything about this place, don't rush to separate." Either let's eat first and then look for it together! It doesn't take much water to wash your hands, and even if you run out, you can't find water to drink, and you don't have this peach tree! ”
As soon as Song Chen heard that Su Miao was hungry, he immediately sat back: "Then eat first!" ”
After washing his hands, Song Chen washed a relatively straight branch by the way, skewered the dry food, and put it on the fire to roast. After spending most of the day in the snowfield, they didn't have much internal strength, but these dried meat and steamed buns were frozen cold and hard, and they were slowly roasted on the fire, and they were roasted until they were hot inside, and the skin was a little burnt, which also had a different taste.
The remaining two peaches, Su Miao, peeled one for Xiaobai, and read the words: "People are lions, you are also lions, people eat fruits with their skins gnawed, why do you want to eat peeled ones?" I've got to help you get rid of the nucleus......"
Xiaobai ate the peach in two bites, looked at Su Miao and had one in her hand, and hurried over to rub her feet flatteringly.
"Xiaobai!" Song Chen pulled it over and stuffed a large piece of freshly roasted beef jerky into its mouth, "Come and eat some meat, don't keep eating fruit!" ”
Xiaobai chewed twice, but still shook his head, what is there to eat in the dried meat, it still wants to eat peaches! wanted to continue rubbing Su Miao, but was pulled by Song Chen and couldn't break free, so he had no choice but to eat the dry food that belonged to him, and watched Su Miao eat the peaches one by one, and he was so aggrieved that he snorted.
Seeing Su Miao finish eating all the peaches, Song Chen let go of Xiaobai. As soon as Xiaobai was free, he didn't eat dry food anymore, and went directly to the peach tree, staring at it. When I got to the bottom of the tree, the peach fragrance came to my nose, which stimulated Xiaobai to scream.
Su Miao ate a piece of beef jerky, ate half a steamed bun, and didn't have the heart to eat any more, jumped on the tree and picked a few more peaches, and rushed over as soon as he landed.
Su Miao didn't let Xiaobai eat too much, and the five peaches she picked, one for her, one for Song Chen, and three for Xiaobai. Song Chen didn't mention going to find a water source, and after eating, he found a large flat stone for Su Miao to rest, and he came to keep vigil. Originally, Song Chen planned to stay all night, but Su Miao woke up at the hour she said and drove him to Dashi to sleep.
When I got up the next morning, I saw Su Miao looking at something on the peach tree.
Yesterday when they entered the oasis it was late, and they couldn't see it very clearly, but today when they saw it, the leafy peach tree was so big that it could be described as huge. It is at least more than twenty zhang high, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, and they are expanding around, at least five or six zhang, and the tree is very large, and it is estimated that two more Su Miao and him will not be able to fully embrace. Among the blue paper leaves on the branches, the pink and green ripe half-ripe peaches are half exposed, and the whole tree is full, which is very spectacular!
Some of them were so ripe that they all fell directly to the ground.
Song Chen wet the handkerchief, wiped it, rinsed his mouth again, and went over to find Su Miao: "Miaomiao, what are you doing?" ”
Su Miao turned around, put one hand on the tree, and beckoned to Song Chen with the other: "Ah Chen, come and see!" ”
Song Chen rose and fell to Su Miao's side, curious: "What are you looking at?" ”
Su Miao pointed to the protruding pimples on the body of the tree: "Peach blossom tears!" ”
"Peach Blossom Tears?" Song Chen took a closer look, and next to Su Miaoying's white fingers were clusters of amber bumps, "I've seen amber, but there are no small beetles or anything like that in this!" ”
"It's different." Su Miao picked a small ball of peach blossoms and looked at the sun, "Peach blossom tears are the gum secreted from the branches of the peach tree, and it is very beneficial for the old man and the woman to eat it." It is very effective in conditioning the body and maintaining the appearance! ”
"Peach blossom tears are secreted by the older the tree, the better. I don't know how many years this tree has grown in this oasis, you see, this peach blossom tear has become such a deep amber color, it is rare that it is crystal clear, without a trace of impurities. There are so many on this tree! That's partly because it's been too long and the color has turned black to want, and there are still a lot of new ones! We've picked them all, and then we'll give them to my teacher, your mother and your grandfather! It just so happened that the Zhuyan Pill I was going to refine needed peach blossom tears, and now it's great to be able to find this kind of quality! ”
Su Miao was very happy and felt that the harvest of this trip was too great. They can't get Snow Lingzhi, and they still find so many peach blossom tears in perfect condition!
Song Chen looked at Su Miao's big eyes and smiled like two crescents, and he was also very happy, he went to the location of the bag and found two cloth bags for Su Miao, and helped her put the peach blossom tears that had been picked into it: "Miaomiao, don't go far if you stay here, I'll go find a water source and see if there is anything to eat." ”
Song Chen jumped to the top of the tree and observed the surrounding environment. This oasis is round in shape, covering an area of about forty or fifty acres, and they were about three miles from the edge to the peach tree yesterday, but they were far from the center of the oasis. But the tallest tree in the entire oasis should be the peach tree at the foot of the west, and the trees are on the short side in the rest of the place, and there is a small forest in the southeast. In the center and several places around, there was white smoke constantly rising, which should be the geothermal heat that he and Su Miao guessed. A mile or so further into the peach tree, there was a large meadow with what seemed to be a stream on it. Song Chen's gaze stayed for a while, and he saw two shadows, one white and one gray, heading towards the stream......
Song Chen jumped down happily and shouted, "Miaomiao, I saw a rabbit over there!" You stay here, I'll go fetch some water and hunt a rabbit to roast and eat......"
Su Miao raised her head and answered, only seeing Song Chen's back in the distance. The peach tree is very big, there are a lot of peach blossom tears, those that have turned black and some have not yet solidified, Su Miao did not move, just like that, she also picked two cloth bags, at least seven or eight pounds.
Su Miao carried the cloth bag back to the big stone where she rested last night, and as soon as she cleaned up, Song Chen came back with three rabbits.