"Chapter 4: Preparations for Departure"

"Yifan, listen to me, don't go this time, I once conducted scientific research in the Qiangtang no man's land, and the things in it are not what you know," Uncle Qing said.

"Uncle Qing, you don't have to persuade me, I saw this corpse today, I know that this trip must be dangerous, but if you go alone, I don't worry."

Uncle Qing has been persuading me to stay in the guest house, or go home, I insist on refusing, I am very worried about the big dog This is a reason, but also a reason, this time I came out, I was shocked to see this corpse, before, all along, every time the big dog told me these strange things, I never believed it, this time, I knew that it was all true, I could no longer suppress my curiosity.

Uncle Qing saw that it was fruitless to persuade me, sighed, and entrusted me to buy some knives, if there is danger, at least I can defend myself.

I walked around the nearby bazaar, and here, for the first time, I felt the feeling of being a child, where many people rushed to the market, bustling with people, and even bartered.

The temperature difference in Tibet is very large, and the temperature is still very comfortable during the day, but it is a little hypoxic, like running for 20 miles, and I can't breathe.

The people on the street come and go, and the men here are called 'Kham Hanzi', and in the traditional custom, Kham Han generally has "three treasures", which are headdresses, amulets and knives. The hair is coiled into four, six and eight petals of lotus flowers with black silk, and the braids will be strung with coral, ivory, wolf teeth and other braids and gold and silver rings for braids.

The most enviable thing is their knives, the bold and rugged Kangba men, but the knives they use are extremely exquisite. With a total length of 80 cm, the entire blade and handle are inlaid with various gemstones, turquoise and agate are beautifully inlaid on the hilt, and the blade is a typical Tibetan knife composite forging, with a beautiful flowing water pattern. The blade is straight and unusually sharp, and it is said that animal urine and fat are added when forging, and the blade is engraved with an inscription, which has a very high historical value.

I bought a very ordinary Tibetan knife, and a short dagger for hand-to-hand combat, both of which are very sharp, although not to the extent of blowing and breaking hair, but there should be no problem against some small beasts.

After buying something, I hurriedly met with Uncle Qing. Uncle Qing also took advantage of my absence to prepare a lot of things, thick cotton clothes, and even hiking boots. Simply our logistics minister.

In addition to me and Uncle Qing, Stationmaster Kui, there are also two people from the Public Security Bureau, one is big, black and strong, and the other policeman is stunned like an underworld, half a head taller than Stationmaster Kui, called Wang Shi, when he saw me, he said: "Brother Yifan, you look really strong with this knife." "The other one is the police station engaged in unlimited communication, not very talkative, maybe the technician's temper is so weird, not tall, wearing glasses, looking a little dull, called Liu.

We also found a guide, dressed in traditional Tibetan clothes, skinny, skinny, named Lobsang (Tibetan means kind-hearted). I heard Uncle Qing mean, he once alone across the Hoh Xil no man's land, but also has been to the Qiangtang no man's land several times, is a famous local guide, since the reform and opening up, the number of tourists to Tibet has increased significantly, this guide called Luo Sang is also very good, seized the opportunity, often take tourists to travel here, the experience is very rich, shrewd and capable.

Rousanne looked at the knife in my hand and said, "In no man's land, there are more important things besides using knives."

"Uncle, what else do you think you need? I'll prepare," Wang Shi asked.

"Do you still need a baby, what baby? Torches, of course! Luo Sang said, taking out more than a dozen sticks of more than 80 centimeters from the trunk of the car.

"Hey, uncle, isn't it just lighting, we got a spotlight flashlight, isn't it better than this thing?" I said, picked up two wooden sticks, slashed them twice, and said, "This thing, it's useless, self-defense is not as good as a knife, and lighting is not as good as a flashlight." Cold and didn't have the air conditioning in the car worked well"

"Hey, look at it, you little doll, I don't know, the most important thing in the wild is the torch, especially in the no-man's land, which is a nature reserve, the torch can prevent yourself from the cold, and the most important thing is that the wolves don't dare to come when they see the torch, sleep at night, don't sleep in the car with the air conditioner, bring a lot of tents, save some fuel."

"Oh, uncle, you're still amazing, and you have a lot of torches. Not enough, I'll take more," I said, imitating Rousanne's accent.

"You little doll, do you still learn from me," Luo Sang wrapped the cloth around the torch and soaked it with grease.

Uncle Qing finished counting the things. Make sure that nothing is missing, move the items to the back of the car, and place the cover on the iron frame above the car.

Uncle Qing divided the six of us into two cars, and Yang Zhengkui and Uncle Qing and I sat in one car, with Yang Zhengkui as the driver. Wang Shi and Liu also had a car for the guide Luo Sang, and Wang Shi served as the driver.

Wang Shi is a talker, beside him, and he has been muttering: "Hey, I want to sit with Brother Yifan, we young people, we have something to say." As he spoke, he looked at Liu Department next to him.

Liu Ji hugged the computer and communication equipment and glared at him: "Cut." ”

"What are you cutting, follow you all the way, I haven't been paralyzed all the way, I can't say a word for a long time", Wang Shi nagged and got into the car.

We got into the car, the two cars followed, and drove into the deserted Qiangtang no man's land together, not knowing what was waiting for us in front of us, just like the trajectory of life, driving into our proper fate.

Later, whenever I was in a daze, I thought that at that time, we should take a picture and leave a memorial to commemorate our former voices and smiles, and to commemorate our lost friends and relatives, comrades-in-arms and partners.