Chapter 31: The Sleepwalker
Actually, before going to bed, I used to go and sit in front of the grave of Pulp for a while.
There are so many memories of Pulp in my head.
I felt like she wasn't dead, she just fell asleep under the sand, waiting for me to come back. I seemed to see her dishonest sleeping posture - when we lived in a tent, sometimes I woke up in the morning and often saw her curled up, her head hidden under the pillow, only her mischievous little chin exposed.
All I think of is her splendid appearance, and I can't remember what she looked like before she died.
The desert is silent, with the occasional sound of water and a high-pitched voice.
The grave of the juice is silent,
I sat in silence for about half an hour before I got up. Feeling tired, I walked back to the tent.
I've been sure that I'm not nostalgic for the juice, it's lovesickness. Acacia is a mental work.
Who said that?
Oh, I said it, in a collection of love essays many years ago.
Tonight, Zhang Hui took the initiative to sentry.
If we are a combat squad, if I am the leader of everyone, then Bibi is a civilian official, Zhang Hui is a military general, and they are my right-hand men, which is very powerful.
Only me, Meng Xiaoshuai, and Wu Min were left in the tent.
Wu Min was talking to himself into the tent. He chatted with himself very seriously, his voice was low, and he could occasionally hear a sentence or two, most of which he couldn't hear clearly. He was happy at times, giggling. Sometimes he became depressed and sighed softly. Sometimes he was very indignant, as if he was angrily scolding someone......
Meng Xiaoshuai brought him a bottle of water, opened the cap, and put it next to him.
Wu Min didn't look up, still immersed in his own world, talking his crazy words.
I lay down and said, "Meng Xiaoshuai, you're tired too, rest." β
Meng Xiaoshuai said softly: "Hmm." β
Then, she got into her sleeping bag with her clothes on.
The two of us listened quietly, Wu Min's voice was very small, but we heard it clearly.
He said, "...... This bird, which has been living in Lop Nur all along, has an easy name to remember, which is Bubu. On this day, Bubu flew in the sky, foraging for food, and as he flew exclaimed, "What a bird! After saying this, it frightened itself, and on Lop Nur, there was not a single bird, nothing, except for itself! β¦β¦β
Meng Xiaoshuai twisted his body, leaned towards me, and whispered, "I'm really afraid that he will strangle me in the middle of the night......"
I said, "He doesn't have violent tendencies. Even if he suddenly goes crazy, and me, don't be afraid. β
Meng Xiaoshuai nodded obediently.
I fell asleep in the messy "story" of Wu Min.
In the middle of the night, I woke up and found something in my handβit was the same celestial object......
Zhang Hui ran over and asked me, "Boss Zhou, what's wrong with you?" β
I said, "It's nothing, you keep watching, I'll look for Bibi." β
Zhang looked back at me, didn't say anything more, and retreated.
I walked up to Bibi's tent and called softly, "Bibi......"
No one answered, and Bibi must have fallen asleep.
I shouted again: "Bibi! β
Cong Zhen said: "Teacher Zhou? β
I said, "I'm sorry, I'm looking for Bibi." β
Then I heard Little 5's voice: "Bibi Bibi!" Get up! Teacher Zhou called you! β
I woke up two people and finally called Bibi out.
He was wearing a very particular pajamas, and said in a daze: "Handsome old man, are you sick?" Did you know that if I don't sleep well, it will affect my skin? β
I said, "I'm sorry, I'm looking for you in a hurry." β
Bibi said: "If you have something to say tomorrow!" β
With that, he walked back to the tent.
I grabbed him.
He jerked around and looked at my hand on his shoulder, "Can you not touch me?" Men and men don't kiss, you know? β
I said, "Something strange happened to me! β
Bibi said: "Since I came to Lop Nur, there are strange things everywhere, what is the fuss! β
I said, "We have a teammate named Pulp, and she died, and we buried her by the lake, which is the high grave." At that time, I left a piece of ...... Jade and other things, give her a burial. I fell asleep just now and found this piece of jade in my hand! β
Bibi said, "I hate it! In the middle of the night, can you not come and scare me! It's still early in the morning, and you still can't let the family sleep? If your skin is bad, can you afford it! β
I said, "I really don't know what to do, you can help me analyze it." Otherwise, not only will you not be able to sleep, but I will also not be able to sleep! β
Bibi said, "Wait a minute, I'll change my clothes." β
I wanted to say something, but I finally swallowed it back, and waited patiently for him to change his clothes.
After a few minutes, Bibi finally changed her clothes and walked out. He took the emergency light from my hand, went to my tent, crouched down to take a closer look, and then slowly walked to the grave of the slurry.
I followed him closely.
As he walked, he stopped, took off his shoes and shook them: "Disgusting to death, poured so much sand!" β
The sand, the sand at the water's edge, pale yellow, very clean. They are poured into the shoes and will be a little abrasive to the feet, but most people will say "annoying", Bibi will say "disgusting".
Zhang Hui approached me again: "Boss Zhou, is there a situation?" β
I said, "It's not a big deal, you stand your post." β
Zhang Hui left.
Bibi stopped more than ten meters away from the grave.
I said, "What's wrong?" β
"I didn't dare to go over," he said. β
I said, "It's nothing, I've been sitting next to it for more than half an hour during the day." β
He said, "Then you go ahead." β
I took the emergency light and walked in front of Bibi. I walked quickly to the grave, looked back at Bibi, he stopped 3 meters away, covered his mouth, hurriedly looked at the high grave, and said, "Go back." As he spoke, he turned around and walked back.
I caught up with him and asked, "Did you find anything?" β
He didn't speak, and he didn't say anything until he returned to the tent before he let go of his mouth and said, "You're sleepwalking." β
I shuddered.
He continued: "At the door of your tent, there are no suspicious footprints, only your own footprints, leaving the tent and walking towards the grave. You're barefoot, if you're sober, if you're going to untie your hands, then you're definitely going to put on your shoes. You have sand in your fingernails, which means that you have opened that grave ......."
I said, "You mean, I dug up the juice, got this piece of jade, and buried her?" β
Bibi said, "Otherwise, how did you get this piece of jade?" β
With that, Bibi took a few steps back, looked at me, and said, "You're not still sleepwalking now, are you?" β
I said, "Can sleepwalkers be so awake!" β
Bibi looked at me again, let her guard down, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go to sleep." I'm good at reasoning, but I'm not a doctor, you sleepwalk, you have to be cured! Tonight, whether you are awake or sleepwalking, don't disturb my sleep anymore, or I won't help you again for the rest of my life! β
I said to his back, "Thank you......"
I gently returned to the tent and lay down gently.
I didn't feel sleepy at all.
Am I sleepwalking?
It's so bizarre.
Why did I dig up this celestial object in my sleepwalking? Am I greedy for money? Subconsciously, do you think it's too much of a loss to bury this rare treasure in the ground?
I asked myself again and again, I don't have that kind of mentality.
Pulp's death was a blow to me. It is my most willing to take this rare heavenly object with her and accompany her to heaven with her......
A question suddenly occurred to me: Could this substance from outside the heavens be spiritual? Or rather, it was a creature that crawled out from under the sand on its own and into the palm of my hand......
I felt warm.
This celestial thing went from me to Pulp, and from Pulp to me...... In a sense, it became a communication between me and Pulp.
Thinking about it, I finally got confused.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly felt someone sitting gently next to me.
It was a woman, and her hair was very long. I wasn't scared, I smelled a familiar smell, like pulp!
I knew I was dreaming, and I didn't widen my eyes right away, and I kept that feeling of a daze because I was afraid that she would leave suddenly.
She stretched out a hand and stroked my head, very lightly, very lightly, like a leaf blown by the wind and scraped to my forehead, tickling.
I asked in my heart, "Are you a pulp?" β
She just looked down at me, stroked me, and didn't say a word.
I continued to say in my heart: "I'm sorry, I didn't come back to see you, we went around in a circle, and I still couldn't get out......"
She continued to look at me and caress me.
I then said in my heart: "However, this time I came back to you, and my heart was immediately steady, I was not afraid of anything, even if I was trapped in this place, I could just be your companion, listen to music and tell stories together......"
After a long time, Pulp's hand finally left my forehead, stood up lightly, gave me a final deep look, and then left.
I longed for her to come back, but she didn't.
I slowly opened my eyes, and it was dark all around, Meng Xiaoshuai was silent, and Wu Min was also silent.
I suddenly began to wonder - was it just a dream?
Although there is a mysterious gate in the lake and there are so many strange babies, after all, they are stationed at the water's edge, everyone's mentality is much more stable, after dawn, Meng Xiaoshuai is making food, Guo Mei is more sensible, and helps Meng Xiaoshuai on the side.
Although next to the lake, Bibi washed his face with mineral water, and after washing, he wiped all kinds of oil in the small mirror and styled his hairstyle, more carefully than a woman's makeup.
Cong Zhen stood by the lake, facing the sun, and played Tai Chi slowly.
Dashan finally mustered up his courage and walked to Xiao 5's side, and the two of them were talking in the tent.
Bai Xinxin was still asleep.
Wu Min sat in the tent and stared blankly at the lake. The sun shone on the door of the tent, and he sat in the shadows, his face extremely ugly, as if possessed by the devil.
I carried a sapper shovel and walked to the grave of the pulp.
Zhang Hui walked over: "Boss Zhou, are you going to dig a grave?" β
I said, "How do you know?" β
Zhang Hui said: "Last night, I saw you and Bibi go to inspect the grave of Pulp, and I felt that something was wrong. β
I whispered, "The thing I gave to the pulp to accompany the funeral appeared in my hand for some reason......
Zhang Hui said: "And then? β
I said, "This mystery can only be solved by digging up her grave." β
Zhang Hui said, "I'll help you." β
I said, "Eat something and sleep for a while." β
Zhang Hui said: "I'm not sleepy. β
He ran back to the camp, took a sapper shovel as well, and walked to the grave of the syrup . The five cars we discarded are still there β the Range Rover of our late teammate Lu Sanguo, my Land Rover Defender, the late teammate Bubu's Mitsubishi Pajero, Meng Xiaoshuai's Hummer, and a golden SUV from the second team β they are shielded from the wind and sand.
I went to the grave and dug it up.
The sand is soft and easy to dig up. I moved very lightly, for fear of hurting Pulp's face.
I was a little surprised when I dug up that sandbag - there was nothing under the sand!
I stopped and looked at Zhang Hui, Zhang Hui stopped digging, he grabbed the sapper shovel in his hand and looked around. He also felt strange that he was now using the sapper shovel as a weapon.
I continued to dig down for half a meter, but I still didn't see the corpse!
My heart lifted, did someone steal her body? What is the purpose?
I dug again, and the sand gradually became wet......
Suddenly, I heard Zhang Hui shouting: "What person! β
I jerked my head up, and I saw a tearful face in the grass.
My head exploded with a thud, and this person turned out to be - Pulp!