Wu Ye stuck to Yun Niang all day long and asked him to tell him stories. Yun Niang picked out some interesting things that she saw and heard on weekdays and told him about them. He even adapted the various things and pains that he had experienced in the past. When she told a child about her painful experience, she felt a sense of relief in her heart, and perhaps it would be a relief to release all kinds of suffering. Abu's attitude towards the world and various thoughts also subtly affected her, the talented girl of Taichang Temple who wore a cold mask all day long, like a proud queen, was gone, and all kinds of negative emotions that had gathered in her heart before were also melted away; Instead, a calm-minded, lively and cheerful girl next door is like a jade that has been sharpened off and more mellow. Abu laughed and said that he could cry and laugh, this is what a little girl's family should look like, Yun Niang fought back against him like an old master who dropped his bookbag all day long.

Wu Ye took Yun Niang's hand, looked left and right, soft fingers like shallots, warm and fair skin did not leave the scars of the past, Wu Ye said distressedly: "Sister, does it still hurt, I'll help you rub it, when I grow up, I'll go find that hateful old woman, I'll spank her." ”

"It's been good for a long time, in fact, those people in the workshop are also poor people. Sons and daughters and children will be in it, and they will do the same kind of business from generation to generation. ”

Entering an oasis and approaching the middle river, they stopped. The river is about two zhang wide, only about one zhang wide in the narrow place, and the water in the middle is more than three feet deep, the water is clear, the pebbles and fine sand at the bottom of the water are clearly visible, and there are green and lush grass growing on the riverside.

Unload your belongings, tie the camels to a small tree nearby, and let them eat some water and grass. Abu took out a map drawn on a white silk silk, compared it with the terrain, and Yun Niang pulled Wu Ye to come forward to look at it together.

The map is full of zigzag lines, symbols of various shapes, and words in between. Abu pointed to a place and said that this is where we are, and they have now left Gumo Prefecture and come to Wensu Prefecture. It is a hand-drawn map of his hand, combined with information obtained from various sources.

According to the data, in the Han Dynasty, it was a large oasis with beautiful water and fertile grass, and many nomads gathered here. This river originates from the Muzati River down from the Tianshan Mountains, and the blue water is gushing endlessly.

It is said that the lower reaches of the river flow to the center of the basin, where there is a beautiful place called Loulan. In the past, it was an important transit town on the trade route to Persia and Dashi, but it can no longer be found. It is rich in all kinds of sweet fruits, fine harnesses and weapons. By the way, there are also beautiful women.

Yun Niang gave him a blank look, don't be so unorthodox in front of children.

Wu Ye became interested: "Then Master, where did they go?" How can I find it? ”

"Either they have migrated elsewhere or they have been lost to history. The place where they live is now completely covered by desert. ”

Abu then said, "Look at the sand and rocks on the side of this river, all of them have white crystals, which are the salt stains left by the flow of water over a long period of time. If you look at some shells here, it shows that there used to be abundant fish, shrimp, shells and other aquatic creatures here, but now the river has become such a shallow and narrow stream, like a babbling old man, who does not know when it will stop flowing.

Wu Ye squatted down and pulled the stones under his feet with his hands, looking for the pebbles that he liked and looked at. Yun Niang casually asked what caused it, and at the same time accompanied Wu Ye to find stones to play.

Abu said that there may be two reasons for this, one is the loss of aquatic weeds caused by large-scale grazing. With the overfertility of the population, the scale and area of human activities are also increasing, which requires the breeding of more cattle, sheep and horses to meet the needs of life, and excessive breeding will cause serious damage to aquatic weeds. Another reason is the uncontrolled felling of trees. Both of these causes cause the loss of aquatic weeds, and the desert will gradually swallow up every oasis and eventually become irretrievable.

Pointing to the circles on the map, he said that these places are still oases, with water, trees and meadows, but in the near future, they may all become deserts. If it is not too late to remedy it.

Yun Niang said: "Then how to remedy it?" You can't ban all grazing, and no one can do that. ”

"This requires that everyone, mainly the leadership and the ruling class, understand the importance and seriousness of this problem. From top to bottom, a consensus has been formed, that is, we should not overgraze and cut down, and we should pay attention to protecting the environment and planting trees extensively. It is necessary to divert the resources consumed by human beings to the protection of the environment, so that the area of the oasis will gradually expand, and finally all the deserts can be turned into oases. ”

"How is that possible, unless you have to convince His Majesty the Emperor, and then every big tribe and kingdom leader, do you think this idea is possible?"

"yes, it's harder. Now the Tang Dynasty from top to bottom, negative and corrupt, drunk and dreaming of death, there is Tubo in the west, there are various nomads in the Western Regions in the north, and there are more big eats gradually expanding eastward. Each has its own interests, and each has its own calculations. The nature of human beings, or the animalistic nature of animals, cannot be changed for thousands of years, that is, they cannot look down on the good of others. If you have something to eat and wear, I'm going to grab it. When you see others doing well, you will be red-eyed. How many lives and resources are wasted on this senseless internal friction. So, I've got to find a way to change that. ”

"Okay, I'll support your idea of being a noble Buddha, but don't we have to eat something first?"

Haha laughed, and in response, Abu put away the map. At this moment, Wu Ye shouted excitedly, look, fish, there are fish. They walked over. I saw that there was indeed a group of fish in the water, swimming leisurely, the average fish was about half a foot long, and the length was even about a foot. Probably heard their footsteps and went away.

Abu saw that the sun was a little westerly, so he said that he would not leave next, take a rest here, and just catch some fish to change the taste, and Yun Niang and the others agreed repeatedly.

Wu Ye was even more happy to jump around, and reported that he was brave enough to help Abu. Abu instructed that it was okay to help, and that you should first go to your sister and borrow a piece of clothing, which was thin and transparent.

"Sister, sister, bring your thin and see-through clothes", Wu Ye shouted happily.

Yun Niang took a sip of him, what is thin and transparent, what are the words. She knew that they were catching fish, so she had to go to the side of the luggage, and chose a thin shawl to come out, which was a white embroidered silk, and threw it to Wu Ye with a red face, and the boy cheered and went to Abu.

Abu broke off two branches from a nearby poplar tree, wrapped them together, bent them into a circle, and tied the ends of the shawl and its surroundings to the branches to make a simple net. Then he took off his shirt and boots, leaving only a sleeveless shoulder and body-fitting trousers, rolled up his trousers, and began to enter the water. At the same time, help Wu Ye clean up and let him work beside him. said that it was to help, but it was just a gag next to him, and later he picked up the water with his hands and sprinkled it on Yun Niang's body, which caused Yun Niang to dodge from time to time, and she was coquettish. Abu looked at it and laughed, and the two didn't help each other.

Abu found a narrow section of the river, built two rough stone walls on either side with larger stones, connected them with large stones, and left a gap below, and fixed the net on top of it. Although the depth of the water is only about three feet, it takes a lot of work to complete the preparations.

Then the three of them walked upstream of the net bag, and after seeing two or three schools of fish, they each picked up a dead branch from both sides and began to go downstream, hitting the water with a branch from time to time, splashing in all directions. The four of them giggled and laughed, and when they came to the net, they found that there were fish in the net.

Abu jumped into the water and tightened his grip on the net, and although most of them escaped, there were still one or twenty fish in the net, and he put the smaller ones into the water, and at last there were seven or eight fish left in the net.

Then the division of labor began, Abu came to clean the fish, and Yun Niang and Wu Ye went to collect firewood. This is a fish with thin scales, small mouth, and fine fat, and it is believed that it should be more delicious, and after cleaning up, Abu found two thin stone slabs nearby, saying that he would eat slate grilled fish tonight. He cleared a clearing under the shade of a tree, washed the stone slabs separately, put one aside for later use, and put one with a large stone to make a fire underneath. After the fire was lit, Yun Niang went to prepare the ingredients, Wu Ye watched the fire, and Abu used a knife to cut the fish into thin slices and placed them neatly on the spare stone slabs.

After the slate is hot, the chopsticks made of branches pick up the fish fillet and put it on the slate, under the scorching of the slate, it quickly turns yellow, turns it over, and roasts it for a while, and then clips it to Yun Niang, saying to taste it first.

Yun Niang added it up with chopsticks, dipped it in the ingredients, put it in her mouth and tasted it, and then her eyes lit up, delicious, really delicious.

Wu Ye's saliva flowed down, and he shouted that he wanted to eat it. Don't worry, the fish is there, and you will have enough to eat in a while. The three of them are busy putting fish fillets and turning fish fillets by themselves, and Wu Ye poured a bowl of mare's milk wine for everyone, which is sweet and sour, and it is a great treat with fish fillets that melt in your mouth. Yun Niang couldn't stop admiring Abu's craftsmanship, and Abu also accepted it with a smile. Wu Ye said Sister, don't worry, when I grow up, I will also make fish fillets, and I will make them for you to eat every day, Yun Niang, who listened to it, giggled, and said that Wu Ye knew that she felt sorry for her sister.

The children feel a lot, and I played too crazy today. After his stomach bulged, Wu Ye's eyelids began to fight. But Abu told him that it was not good for his health to sleep after eating, and he teased him for a while, and then carried him to the river to take a bath, and then put him in the tent, and fell asleep, and washed himself in the water by the way, anyway, the clothes he was wearing were basically soaked.

Now it was nearly evening, and the heat had come down, so the two of them sat down in the shade of the trees to rest, and neither of them spoke, but quietly listened to the wind blowing the leaves and the river flowing; Looking at the sunset, the blue sky and green grass; At this moment, the hearts of both of them were full of peace and happiness.