Before I knew it, three 'chen' had passed, and Da Lei couldn't help but sigh deeply when he looked at the dry manbai on the table.

"What's wrong, brother?" Xiao Hai just entered the house and asked when he saw Da Lei sighing.

Da Lei shook his head, he didn't know what to say, he seemed to be used to life here, and he seemed to be quite afraid of this feeling.

Ganu poked his head out from behind Xiao Hai and smiled unexpectedly.

Da Lei was stunned for a moment, thinking that this kid was really good-looking when he smiled, and his two eyes were bent and shiny and bright.

Ganu ran over, pinched Da Lei's face, kneaded it like dough, and then giggled by himself.

Xiaohai grabbed Ganu from behind and pretended to be angry: "Don't be big or small with my brother." ”

Da Lei wasn't angry, he just felt that Ganu was a bit of a fool, and at the same time he felt that he was like a child. He squatted down, touched Ganu's head and asked, "What's wrong, so happy?" ”

"I won't tell you!" Ganu grimaced at Da Lei, and then ran away with a puff of smoke.

It's really fast......

Like that day at the door of Lao Liu's house, Ganu was also like this, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Thinking of this, thinking of the sixth child, Da Lei's heart sank, after experiencing so much, he was not afraid of death, but he felt that everything that happened was inexplicable, and the feeling of being slaughtered by others was really aggrieved.

"What do you think?" Xiao Hai leaned over and said with a puzzled expression: "Brother, do you have something to hide from me, I feel that you have been worried about it recently." ”

"It's nothing, I just think that this kid is really strange, it's cloudy for a while, and it's sunny for a while."

"Children, inevitably. He is actually very kind, and he is also timid, and he is afraid when he sees insects. ”

"You two are really alike, it's rare, if you go out in the future, take him with you."

"Good! I thought so too! Brother..."Xiao Hai lowered his voice: "I was just about to discuss it with you, let's leave after a while." ”

"How?" Da Lei came to his senses when he heard this, Xiao Hai has always avoided this matter, he is afraid that he will lose his life if he makes a mistake on the road. Da Lei himself also understands, after all, Xiao Hai Urchin is already small, and there are too many weird things along the way, no wonder he resists.

But what's the matter today, Xiaohai actually took the initiative to mention to himself that he wanted to leave.

"Actually, I didn't want to stay here, but I thought it was too dangerous in the desert. So it's quite contradictory. ”

"And then?"

"Some time ago, Ganu ran out again, and Sakazhe chased Degaman for almost a day before he was recaptured. I wonder if he's such a young child and can walk around in the desert? I once asked him why he kept running out, and Ganu said that the village was too boring, or was it fun outside. I asked him again if he wasn't afraid, and he said that he had been running in the desert for three days at the longest, so what was there to be afraid of. So ......"

"So you want Canu to lead the way and take us out?"

"Yes."

"But every time he runs out, he gets caught, and what if he doesn't go far this time and gets caught again." Besides, if the people in the clan knew that we had abducted him, they would have paid it back. ”

"Ganu said that last time he ran out for three days, and finally came back by himself, because he didn't bring enough food and water, he didn't expect to run out for so many days, and the people in the clan didn't find him." Speaking of this, Xiao Hai looked out the door, and after making sure that there was no one, he said mysteriously: "Ganu knows a path that others don't know!" ”

Da Lei was full of excitement, thinking that this desert is full of sand, and there is no way out.

"What if he takes us to the depths of the desert, and we can't get out of the front and can't come back."

"No, no." Xiaohai said: "Brother, I know what you're worried about, and I also felt inappropriate at the time. But Ganu said that he saw rows of square buildings in front of him from a long distance, which he had never seen before, like houses, but not like the usual ones, and said that they were villages, but they were a little too big...... He didn't know what it was, and he didn't have enough food and water, so he came back. ”

"You mean..... Is it possible that it is close to Ruoqiang? ”

"Yes!"

Ruoqiang is a county, and it is also the closest county to Lop Nur, but... Da Lei still felt that it was inappropriate in his heart, thinking to himself, how could Canu go to Ruoqiang so smoothly? Besides, it's only three days...

But he's a kid who can't make up something he hasn't seen but that's real....

"Brother, I'm almost suffocating to death here during this time, I don't have any hope at all, and I panic at the thought of dying of old age in this place where birds don't! The last time you mentioned this to me, I didn't answer it because I didn't think we had done enough preparation, so don't wake up and leave like the first time. It's our destiny to come back alive! After a pause, he continued: "Brother, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that we know too little about this place, and we don't know where to start when we get ready." Now there is a person who knows the route, and this is a godsend! ”

"You told Canu?"

"Well, this kid is very excited, and I let him keep it a secret. Rest assured. ”

No wonder Canu was so happy just now......

Da Lei understood Xiaohai's words, although he felt that it was inappropriate, but he also wanted to go out, it was a big deal to die outside, and it was better than staying here for a lifetime! Although Ganu is a child, he still trusts his sense of direction. I remembered the first time I saw him, when I and Xiaohai followed him for a day and a night before arriving at the village, I was exhausted and exhausted, and I didn't think much about how this hairy child could walk freely in the desert.

Merely... Not to mention getting out of the desert, it's hard to get out of the village now!

"Brother, what do you think?"

Da Lei was silent for a while, and said, "When the food and water are ready, you can go." ”

"Okay...... I'll just say... Wait, what do you mean by 'you'...... You're not going to go along?! ”

"I can't get out." After thinking about it, Da Lei sighed and told Xiaohai the cause and effect.

Xiao Hai was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he didn't come to his senses for a long time.

"Also... In other words, eight more people will die before the curse can be lifted? After a long time, Xiao Hai asked.

"Hmm." Da Lei nodded.

"The sixth and their original group of eight people were in the tomb, and now seven have died. The next one to die, it's either you, or the sixth? ”

"Hmm."

"I'm going to kill the sixth! Give me the knife! Xiao Hai stood up "rubbing", and Da Lei said helplessly: "Xiao Hai, don't do stupid things!" If I had just died, I would have killed the sixth child a long time ago. Alas......"

Xiao Hai sat down softly again, and said unwillingly: "But you yourself said that you only saw six corpses in the tomb." Besides, the tomb is so big, maybe there were other intruders before the sixth and them entered, maybe the eight corpses would have been together a long time ago! Maybe it was just too dark that night and you didn't see the way. Maybe these are all fakes, and they were made up by the sixth ......"

"Xiaohai!" Da Lei said impatiently: "I thought the same as you at the time, but now it doesn't matter if it's true or not, the important thing is that I really can't get out of this village......"

After speaking, Da Lei rolled a leather cigarette and squatted at the door to smoke it.

"Let's go, it's best to go out, and be filial to Uncle Xiang and Aunt Xiang for me." Da Lei was panicked in his heart, and he was a little choked up when he spoke, this was the first time he wanted to cry since he walked into the desert, he quickly wiped his eyes with his back to Xiaohai, tried to calm his emotions, and said: "It's good here, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and maybe one day when you open your eyes at home, my brother will come back." ”

"I don't believe it!" Xiao Hai rushed over and grabbed Da Lei's arm: "Go!" Go to the entrance of the village now! Go now! I don't believe it! How could it be! ”

Da Lei shook his head and sighed, he couldn't resist Xiaohai, and the two of them came to the entrance of the village.

The wind was biting, and Da Lei couldn't open his eyes.

"I'll try it first." Xiao Hai rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the outside of the village, and within two steps of walking out, he turned around and waved at Da Lei, who also waved back at him. Xiao Hai walked into the village again and said to Da Lei: "Brother, you try again." ”

Da Lei threw the leather cigarette on the ground, stepped on it twice with his foot, and walked towards the outside of the village.

Xiao Hai looked at Da Lei's back, watched him walk all the way to the entrance of the village, and then suddenly turned around and walked towards him, looking at himself blankly, standing still......

"Brother?" Xiaohai shouted softly.

Da Lei came back to his senses and saw that Xiao Hai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "I'll just say it, it's useless." ”

Xiao Hai's eyes were red, and he shook his head: "I still don't believe it, it's obvious that you suddenly turned around......"

"But I've been moving forward." Da Lei waved his hand and interrupted Xiao Hai's words: "Forget it, I've already accepted it." ”

"But you're not leaving! I'm not going to go either! How could I leave you here alone! Xiao Hai's tone became excited, Da Lei stretched out his hand and made a "little noise" gesture on his mouth, and comforted: "Now everything is still unknown, maybe it is the sixth child who will die, don't get excited, listen to my brother's words, it's best to go out, don't waste the opportunity." ”

"I don't ......"

"—Hey!"

Xiao Hai's words were interrupted by this voice, and the two of them followed the voice, only to see Dejaman standing not far away, leading the half-dead dog and looking at Da Lei and Xiao Hai with a puzzled expression, his thick beard made the whole person look fierce.

"What are you doing?" Degaman walked over and asked.

"Stay bored, go around." Da Lei said with a dry smile.

The dog lay on the ground, sticking out his tongue and hissing and panting, Da Lei felt sick after seeing it, he has always disliked dogs, especially this ugly and crippled dog, I don't know why, this dog can always make himself think of cabbage.

The puppy that was killed by mistake.

Dejaman stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, and Da Lei looked up, the sky was gray, and there were a few black clouds. The air has also become much more turbid, and if you look closely, there is a little yellow sand floating there.

"The sandstorm is coming tonight, get in the house quickly, don't run around." Degaman reminded, then picked up the dog and walked towards the village. After taking two steps, he turned back to the two of them and said, "Don't be stunned, go back quickly." ”

"Good! That's going back! Xiao Hai shouted, and then said to Da Lei: "The sandstorm here will come for two or three days, and Ganu and I will not be able to leave in a few days, we will discuss this matter later." ”

Da Lei nodded.

Along the way, both of them had nothing to say, each with their own thoughts. Da Lei looked up at the gradual sky, and the black and oppressive clouds were like a big stone blocking his chest.

And then it seems that something is felt. Da Lei slowed down, turned around sharply, and saw Canu sneakily following behind.

When Canu saw that Da Lei found out, he was not afraid at all, and ran towards him, smiling with his face up.

Da Lei suddenly felt that this child was quite innocent and cute, squatted down and said, "The sandstorm is coming, why don't you go home soon." ”

"yes." Xiao Hai echoed: "Your clansmen should be very sensitive to this, go back quickly, it will be almost dark, and it will be dangerous in a while." ”

"I just saw you playing in circles at the entrance of the village." Canu said.

Da Lei's heart sank and asked, "You were there all the time just now?" ”

"Hmm!" Ganu nodded, then pouted a little unhappy, and pointed at Da Lei: "Uncle, you bully Brother Hai!" ”

"Where am I bullying him!" Da Lei was puzzled, but he felt funny: "Also, we are about the same age, why is he an elder brother and I am an uncle?" ”

Ganu didn't answer, and retorted: "I don't know what you're playing, anyway, I saw Brother Hai walking outside alone, and you and another person going around the village." Anyway, two people bully one person! ”

Da Lei's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Two people?" What two people? Who was I with?! ”

At that time, it was only me and Xiaohai who were there, according to Canu, could it be that there was a third person?

"A dark figure, I didn't see it clearly..."Canu's voice lowered: "Then Degaman came, and the figure left..."

Da Lei sat on the ground with his ass.

Xiao Hai asked Ganu with a serious face: "Ganu, you can't lie. ”

"I'm not lying." Ganu said unwillingly: "I often see that figure, I thought you knew ......"

"Ganu, I ask you, what does that man look like? Man or woman? Xiao Hai asked.

"I don't see it clearly."

The wind blew harder, whirring with sand and slapping on the face, crackling and slapping on the face.

"The sandstorm is coming!" Ganu suddenly shouted, "Hurry up! Otherwise, it will be blown away by the wind! ”

Ganu jumped to his feet and shouted as he ran towards the patriarch's house.

"Let's go, brother." Xiao Hai picked up Da Lei and said, "Don't listen to Canu's nonsense, let's go back first." ”

Da Lei nodded, but his eyes kept staring at Ganu's back, and Ganu seemed to sense his eyes, turned his head, looked at Da Lei, stretched out his hand and said expressionlessly: "Don't believe it, there is someone behind you!" ”

Da Lei trembled in his heart and turned his head suddenly.

The wind swept up the yellow sand, his vision was cloudy, and the sand blew into Da Lei's eyes, which made him feel painful.

In a trance, it seems to hear the wind mixed with the hoarse and poignant "huh" cry of a woman.

It's like the sound of that night in the Taklamakan that makes people's scalps tingle.