Half of my speculation was correct, the car did drive to Gansu, but it crossed the border and did not go to Dunhuang, but entered Xinjiang. It seems that he is really going to embark on the Taklamakan Desert, which is the largest desert in China and the second largest in the world, after the Sahara Desert.

The culture of the Western Regions was once buried under that desert.

In 138 B.C., when Zhang Qian sent an envoy to the Western Regions, there were 36 countries in the Western Regions, which were known as the ancient kingdoms of the Western Regions by later generations. Among them, Wusun and Loulan are more famous, most of the territory of Wusun was occupied by Tsarist Russia in the later period, and the ancient country of Loulan is only ruins, the yellow sand buries many civilizations under it, and many archaeologists go there to explore the historical sites of the ancient country.

But then Sheng Shiyao said that the place we were going to was not the desert through which the Silk Road ran through, but the outskirts of the Gurbantunggut Desert, which is the second largest desert in China, covering an area of 48,800 square kilometers, in the Junggar Basin. I thought to myself that it was all the same place anyway, except for the yellow sand and yellow sand.

The road conditions are gradually not as good as before, and Liuzi muttered more than once that this business vehicle is not as good as the previous modified off-road road, and indeed the more bumpy the road, the more prominent the performance of the off-road vehicle. But I guess I can't get the original car back.

The scene of yellow sand in the sky is not seen yet, but there is obviously more wind and dust along the road, the windows can not be opened at all, and it can be covered with dust in less than half an hour after opening, and occasionally sand blows into the eyes. When she arrived at the station entrance, Liu Yue covered her face and hair tightly with a silk scarf, looking like a Xinjiang girl from a distance.

I'm not as particular as her, I'm wearing a jacket, a hat on my head, and a pair of masks. Looking back, I just saw Sheng Shiyao come out, he actually changed his original casual outfit, and also changed into a black jacket, Liu Yue walked more to hand him the scarf in his hand, but he shook his head lightly, glanced at me, and said something. Liu Yue looked back, she had a scarf covered on her face, and she couldn't see any expression on her, but when she walked back to the back of the car, she found a mask and gave it to Sheng Shiyao.

Looking at Zhou Tong's appearance again, I really can't help but laugh, Liu Yue actually made him an Arab man, with only a pair of eyes exposed. The six sons are better, but they are also tightly covered, and I said in my heart that this is not yet to the desert, and if you want to enter the desert, do you have to blindfold it?

This place is not a gas station, but a supply station, a place to supply some daily necessities and food to passengers. In addition to our car, there were four or five cars parked over there, and it was forty or fifty meters away from the station entrance to the shop inside. After the six sons parked the car, the five of us walked in together.

The house is quite spacious, although there is only one shop, but there is a temporary lounge, where many tables and chairs are placed, and there are two groups of people gathered to sit there to rest, presumably a few cars of travelers outside;

Liu Yue has always been in charge of the supply arrangements for our team, so after we sat down, she called Zhou Tong to work as a coolie to carry things. There was no wind and sand in the house, so I didn't need to be fully armed, so I took off my hat and continued to wear my mask, when I suddenly felt a sight shoot this way, and I turned my head to see that it was a young man in the group who was looking at us, or rather at me.

I basically don't have this kind of emotion of curiosity, so after confirming that the person has not seen it, I turned my head and looked back at Sheng Shiyao's inquiring eyes. Obviously, he also found that gaze, and just wanted to explain that he didn't know that person, but he heard a slightly surprised question from behind him: "Excuse me, are you Cheng Xiao?" ”

I paused, slowly turned around, looked up at the person, it was the young man who paid attention to me just now, the other party reported my name in one mouth, now I want to say that I don't know it, but I really have no impression of this person, I wonder why my memory is getting worse and worse.

Without waiting for me to ask, the other party had already reported his identity: "Cheng Xiao, I'm Yang Wenhao, I really didn't expect to meet you in this place, we are really fateful." By the way, why can't your phone get through after that call? ”

Yang Wenhao! Speechless plus black lines on the head...... With such a short interval, how could you forget the name and mention my mobile phone, which was destroyed by someone because of him. No wonder Sheng Shiyao looked at me so inexplicably just now, he had seen Yang Wenhao's photo, so he might recognize it at a glance. On the contrary, it was me, because I was absent-minded when I met Yang Wenhao for the first time, and I forgot about his appearance when I turned around, and when Sheng Shiyao checked Yang Wenhao's information, I didn't squint and didn't dare to glance around, so I didn't remember it at all just now.

smiled very reluctantly, wanted to send people away with a few casual greetings, found that he was still wearing a mask, his heart moved, pointed to his face, and said inarticulately: "I'm sorry, I have a heavy feeling, and it's inconvenient to speak." ”

Yang Wenhao immediately asked with a worried face: "Is it serious?" We have a doctor on the team, why don't you ask him to come and see you? ”

I shook my head again and again, "No, no, I've already seen a doctor." "Joke, ask the doctor to come and see me, I don't have to go through it right away. How do you know that this Yang Wenhao is extremely enthusiastic, and he stretched out his palm to probe my forehead, I reflexively leaned back, avoided it, and his hand froze in the air.

A soft snort came from the side, and he didn't need to turn his head to look, and he could hear that it was Sheng Shiyao, "Mr. Yang, please respect yourself." "A powerful palm grabbed my waist, a domineering posture.

Yang Wenhao looked embarrassed, and was stunned, looked at me and then at Sheng Shiyao beside me, and asked hesitantly: "Cheng Xiao, is this gentleman ......?"

Turning his eyes, Sheng Shiyao smiled at me and said, "Xiaoxiao, tell him, who am I?" ”

I was silent and said, "His name is Sheng Shiyao, is ......" How to introduce his identity, I don't have an idea for a while, feng shui master? But after hearing him chuckle in his ear, he said, "Mr. Yang, I'm sorry, my girlfriend is shy." ”

Hearing this title, I wasn't surprised, the expression on Yang Wenhao's face was colorful, and it took him a while to recover, look at me and ask, "Is it true?" This gentleman is yours...... Boyfriend? ”

With a tightening of my waist and a warning of strength, I nodded hurriedly. Yang Wenhao's face turned a little gloomy again, and he didn't know who shouted "Wenhao" over there, he hurriedly said with relief: "The professor is calling me, so I won't bother you, and I'll contact you again." After speaking, he didn't wait for me to respond, turned around and trotted back to his team, seeing that this situation should not be contacted in the future.

Solved a plague god, and there is a big Buddha beside him, quickly declare: "The itinerary is up to you, and you lost your phone, I didn't know I would meet him here." Sheng Shiyao withdrew the hand that was around my waist and said lightly: "Have I held you responsible?" Why are you in such a hurry to clear up? ”

I smirked, and when you are waiting for you to investigate, you can't help me to speak, and it is wisest to clear what should be cleared first. At this time, Liu Yue and Zhou Tong had already bought things and came over, I saw that they were all mineral water and the like, Zhou Tong moved two boxes alone, he greeted the six sons, and the two of them wanted to move the water to the car first. Indeed, in the desert, the most scarce thing is water, even if there is a deep river under the dust, it is still undrinkable saltwater, and you can only bring as much water as possible to survive in it. It's something like water, which takes up space and is heavy, and it seems that it will have to be carried in the future.

After Liu Yue sat down, he untied the scarf and took a sip of water: "That team should be an archaeological team, listening to their conversation, they are talking about some archaeological research, and the elder in the middle should be a professor and their team leader." ”

I almost looked at her with adoring eyes, obviously I was going to supply materials with Zhou Tong, and after a while, I was able to inquire about so much information, and I didn't seem to see her go to the two tables. I think it should be that Yang Wenhao went to listen when he was talking here just now.

Sheng Shiyao was noncommittal, and only said: "Try to make as few incidents as possible." ”

After resting for a while, we left, and when we went out, Sheng Shiyao looked back and again, and I followed his line of sight and found that he was looking at Yang Wenhao. Quickly retracted his gaze and went out of the door, facing the wind and sand, almost lost his eyes, forgot to wear a hood, pulled on the hat and followed them quickly, until he returned to the car, before taking a deep breath.

The environment of this region is really not suitable for ordinary people, and I admire those explorers a little.

The car traveled for another half a day and arrived at Jinsha Ancient Town in the evening. When I saw it with my own eyes, I understood why it was called that, the exterior of the ancient building was covered with yellow sand, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, the gold was shining like gold. The reason why the building is ancient is because it is like a sand castle, and the houses are completely made of stones, which may be the heavy stones that are not easy to be blown away by the wind and sand.

When we drove in, we saw that the local residents stopped to watch, and they were tightly wrapped up to their feet, much like Uyghur costumes. Will there be people surnamed Huang in this? I thought to myself.

The car went around the ancient town and finally found a hostel. Zhou Tong got out of the car and went in to ask, and soon came out, he said that the room was, basically empty, that is, the facilities were relatively simple, and some rooms did not have bathroom facilities. It was already dark, and it was not practical to look for a place to live, so I decided to live here.

When I went upstairs and saw the room, I suddenly found that Zhou Tong said that it was more simple or better, except for a bed, the room was empty, and the wood of the bed was black, like old rotten wood, and there was a musty smell, I don't know how long I haven't lived there. Looking at the only two rooms with bathrooms, it is a simple squatting toilet, and the shower is installed on the wall next to it, Liu Yue frowned and went in to turn on the faucet, and there was no drop of water flowing out at all.

Zhou Tong Tengteng went downstairs, because the upper and lower floors were close, his loud voice spread upstairs, and he clearly heard the boss say that there was no water supply during the day and no water supply at night, only from seven to eight o'clock in the evening, and from seven to eight o'clock in the morning, two time periods of water supply. I heard that each of us had a black line on his forehead.