At sunset, the convoy turned off the national highway and drove along a sandy road, heading ahead.

The sand road is surrounded by poplar forests.

Poplar forests are a part of the Taklamakan Desert, and many literati and writers have written about them.

After about 20 minutes, the convoy slowed down, and when I looked around, the place was full of trees, hundreds of simple houses were mistakenly built around the trees, a small river was winding and circling, and there were a few sheep beside the river.

Xiao Han led the way in front, and soon, the car drove into a courtyard, which was very large and surrounded by a simple fence. Four off-road vehicles parked inside were not even crowded.

After getting out of the car, someone in the courtyard had already gone out of the house to wait, and a woman in a felt Mongolian costume walked towards Xiao Han with open arms.

"Xiao Han!"

"Momo!"

Two women in very different costumes hugged each other warmly.

"Are these all your friends? Come, come in, everybody," the woman named Momo greeted everyone, wearing a felt round hat, wearing a Mongolian shepherd's costume and riding boots, like Princess Xiangxiang in "Huanzhu Gege".

The house was large, but very basic, made of wood, sand and stones.

In addition to Momo, there are two old people in this house, who should be Momo's parents, but later Song Jian learned that these two old men were actually Momo's godfather and godmother.

Momo and Xiao Han were best friends when they were very young, and their relationship has always been very good, but after the two of them got married, they were hurt at the same time, so the two women who had a hard life knew each other better. However, after being injured, Xiao Han chose to stay in the city to work hard, while Momo chose to wander around, anyway, Momo is a rich girl, so she doesn't have to worry about money.

The two old men warmly entertained Song Jian and the others, of course, fortunately, Song Jian and the others also brought food in the car, otherwise these more than ten people could eat up a month's worth of food in the old man's house.

After eating, Xiao Han told Momo about going hiking in the desert.

Momo looked at the old man, "Abba, can it be done?" ”

The old man knocked on the cigarette pouch, shook his head, and said: "I'm afraid it's not going to work recently, there is a dragon whirlwind in the distance, the wind and sand are too big, there is danger, the temperature has dropped recently, there should be a snow and ice, so I can't go out for the time being." The big guy will live here first, and then go to the desert to play when the snow passes. ”

Everyone sighed a little when they heard it, but even if they couldn't go out, even if they spent a few days in this place, it was a very cool thing, these people, except for Xiao Han, were all living in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River all the year round, and they had never been to the desert.

Song Jian was different, he heard the old man say this, he was anxious, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, when the ice and snow arrive, is it that the bone grass will be gone." ”

"Bone Grass?" The old man looked at Song Jian.

"It's camel poison, uncle, I need that plant, I need it urgently." Song Jian said seriously.

"Oh, it's camel poison," the old man blew his eyes, "if you had come a few days earlier, you would have been able to dig up that grass, but if you came now, I am afraid that it will not work, and the camel poison I know is also a day's and a night's walk from here." I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up. ”

When Song Jian heard this, he hurriedly said: "Uncle, help, maybe you can go by car, or ride a camel." ”

The old man sighed and said, "The camels were all driven to the other side of the mountain yesterday to graze, and the camels could not be found for a while, and the car must not work, the sand is too thick to run." ”

Xiao Han saw that Song Jian was so eager, and said, "Uncle, if we set off now, can we catch up?" ”

"Let's go? You are crazy? Momo on the side patted Xiao Han's shoulder, "Let's not talk about your tired journey, you will be tired after walking for a long time tonight, and the dragon whirlwind outside alone will not allow you to set off." Besides, the temperature has dropped so much that you're not afraid of being frozen jerky. ”

Momo was neat-mouthed, and spit out three reasons in one go.

Song Jian glanced at Momo, then looked at the old man, and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I have a good physique, in this way, you tell me how to find the Bone Grass, I can go myself." ”

"Hey, I said why don't you listen to persuasion, is it the bone grass that is important or your life is important?" Momo criticized Song Jianyi.

Xiao Han glanced at Song Jian and said, "You have no experience in desert travel, I'll go with you." ”

After speaking, Xiao Han turned his head to look at the old man, "Uncle, the Bone Grass is really important, we need it to save people." If the wind and snow pass and the boneless grass dies, then it will be too late. ”

Momo looked at Xiao Han suspiciously, she leaned down and whispered in Xiao Han's ear: "There is a problem, Xiao Han, what is the relationship between that young man and you?" Why are you protecting him like that? Ouch, you don't want the old cow to eat the tender grass, the person is just a child. Giggle......"

Xiao Han stretched out his hand and pinched Momo's waist.

Seeing that the two of them were so persistent, the old man knocked on the cigarette pouch, extinguished the fireworks, and said, "Do you have to turn bone grass?" ”

Xiao Han and Song Jian nodded at the same time.

"Well, since it's a matter of human life, I'll help you, old man, and see if you can find them before the storm comes." The old man stood up and said to the old woman, "Old woman, pack up my things, and I'll take these babies out for a few days." ”

The old woman is not too worried, although the desert is described on TV as terrifying, but for people who live in the desert all year round, there is really no danger in a short distance trek, even if it is a wind and sand, as long as it is not the kind of sandstorm that occurs once in a century, there will be no danger. What's more, now that the communication conditions are good, and there are also desert rescue teams patrolling nearby, as long as you bring enough water, there will be no major problems.

The old woman began to pack up some equipment for trekking through the desert, such as water bottles, sheepskin scarves, cowhide blankets, tents, etc.

"If any of you are going, say in advance, if you want to find the Bone Grass, you have to keep traveling, it's very hard." The old man said.

Song Jian said: "I'll go." ”

Zhou Tong immediately said: "I'll go too." ”

Xiao Han also stood up, "I'll go." ”

Momo hugged Xiao Han's arm, "Okay, I'll go too, Abba, or you don't go, I'll just take them on the road." ”

Over there, Zhai Hao and Qin Huayu also decided to participate in this hiking, but Ding Jie and the three of them were a little depressed, they wanted to go, but it was too hard, if they didn't go, Xiao Han and Momo could be regarded as beauties, and Ding Jie really didn't want to give up this opportunity to suffer with beauties.

Gritting his teeth, Ding Jie and the three agreed to go together.

In the end, except for Xiao Han's two female companions, the rest of the people began to pack their bags.

The pipe in the old man's hand knocked on the table, and the old skins on his face were piled together and laughed, "Momo, you take them with you, Abba, I'm really not at ease." ”

Soon, all the fifteen people were ready, and the old man pointed ahead and said, "Let's go, let's walk along this river for thirty kilometers first." ”

Hearing the number "thirty kilometers", Ding Jie almost fell to his knees, and now they are all carrying travel bags weighing more than ten pounds.

"Young man, what is the use of you looking for that camel poison? I've lived my whole life, old man, and I've never heard that thing can cure a disease. The old man asked Song Jian, this old man's name is Bart, and he is an old Mongolian man.

"Fighting poison with poison, although the poisonous surname of the bone grass is very strong, it is still effective in treating some diseases with congenital bone deformities," Song Jian made up a reason at random.

Lao Ba nodded his head, "That's really the reason you say." ”

Momo and Xiao Han stepped forward together and asked, "Abba, what is that camel poison?" ”

"Camel poison? Hehe, it's a meat-eating grass. The old man laughed dryly, then shook his head, and said, "When I was young, I drove a caravan to deliver goods, and one of the camels ate camel poison, but in a minute, he fell to the ground and died, and then his whole body rotted, turned into a pile of flesh, and seeped into the sand. Hey, poison, that grass. ”

Sighing, Bart continued: "This kind of grass can't see water, even if it's cloudy, it may melt." ”

"Can't see water? So how does it live? Momo was even more curious.

"It sucks blood, and when the animal dies, it is possible to grow this grass in the process of decomposing the corpse, and its food comes from the rotting flesh and blood in the sand." The old man said.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but shudder.

Then everyone stopped talking about this topic and began to talk about happy things, and a man next to Ding Jie was full of poetry and sang a great ode to the desert.

Zhou Tong walked on Song Jian's side, the full moon in the sky did not have a trace of haze, surrounded by an endless desert plain, and nearby, there was a winding and circling river, surrounded by faint trees, embellished this map of the desert under the moon like a fairyland.

"It's beautiful!" Zhou Tong praised in a low voice, she suddenly remembered the thoughts that ran through her mind when she saw the person opposite holding a gun in the car today, when she thought she was going to die.

yes, if I were going to die tomorrow, what would I do now?

Zhou Tong unconsciously looked at Song Jian sideways, and his face turned hot.

Song Jian was carrying his and Zhou Tong's big bags, and he didn't feel much weight.

The old man Bart in front is still muttering about the desert scene, it is winter, although the temperature is low, but the danger is much lower, because those highly poisonous rattlesnakes, desert scorpions, etc., are all hidden in the cave to hibernat, so when walking and camping, do not worry about the infestation of these poisons.

Several men picked up their cameras, turned on the glow-in-the-dark mode, and took photos from time to time.

Ding Jie and the three of them also took the opportunity to surround Xiao Han and Momo, talking and laughing, although Xiao Han was very cold, but Momo had a lot of words.

The journey is also a pleasure.

After walking for about four hours and resting three times, Old Bart raised his hand and said, "Okay, let's rest here today, and tomorrow at seven o'clock, set off on time, let's set up a tent." ”

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I had some problems with the chapter yesterday.,Now it's all done.,If you haven't seen the full chapter before.,You can go back and take a look.。

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