Chapter Seventy-Four: What Happened Under the Dunes
After last night's rest, everyone was full of energy, the early morning sun sprinkled in the endless desert, and the undulating sand dunes were like golden waves. Pen~Fun~ Pavilion www.biquge.info looks like a beautiful desert, but in fact it is full of dangers, as long as you enter this sea of death, you have been targeted by death.
Along the way, everyone talked and laughed, so it felt like time passed quickly, and before you knew it, the sun was getting bigger and bigger, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. He Xiaoman distributed a bottle of mineral water to one person at this time, because walking like this in the desert all the time consumes water in the body, and everyone wiped the sweat on their foreheads.
"Hey, killer your water." I walked alone at the back of the line, and at this time He Xiaoman took a bottle of mineral water and handed it to me.
I looked at He Xiaoman, her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, I didn't take the mineral water she gave me, and said to her: "I'm not thirsty, let's save it for when you need it, every drop of water in the desert is precious." ”
He Xiaoman looked at me in surprise, and then said to me: "What a weirdo, forget if you don't drink, as long as you don't feel thirsty." Then she took the water and put it in the basket on the camel's back.
In fact, their prediction is to find an oasis in the desert in about twenty days, and if there is a water source in the oasis, they can replenish the water at that time. But in this vast desert, it is never as simple as imagined, and accidents at any time will make your initial plan have to change.
At noon, the sun was getting bigger and bigger, and it was scorching the yellow earth. In the morning there was still a hint of wind, but now the whole desert was silent, except for the breathing of our group and the sound of camels walking. The eight people who had been talking non-stop were now like frosted eggplants, leading camels listlessly, and none of them were willing to speak.
"There's a valley ahead, everyone is in good spirits, let's go there and rest." Wang Bo, who was walking in the front, turned around and shouted at us.
When I looked up, there were many sandy mountains in front of me, and the layers of sandstone looked particularly beautiful and magnificent. Hearing Wang Bo shout like this, everyone lifted their spirits, quickened their pace, and walked towards the valley.
In ten minutes or so, we came to this valley, and we found a shady place to hide from the sun and rest. I took off my shoes because there was a lot of sand in them along the way, because I was wearing low-grade camouflage shoes.
I only noticed them at this time, and it turned out that they had noticed a long time ago, and they were all wearing Gobang's outdoor shoes. After pouring out the sand from the camouflage shoes, I replaced them with a pair of Gaobang liberation shoes.
Wang Bo and Gao Tianhai both smoked, and He Xiaoman and Zhao Wen hugged a lot of food. Before leaving, we brought a lot of steamed buns, and He Xiaoman said that the steamed buns were eaten in the early stage. Because the shelf life of steamed bread is not very long, we have to eat all the steamed bread in the first three days. Later, they ate bread and biscuits. We also brought pots, rice and instant noodles. They said they could cook if they found a place with firewood.
At noon today, He Xiaoman gave each of us five steamed buns, two 50-gram king ham sausages, and a can of Red Bull. At this time, some people began to complain, "Why do you always eat steamed buns, Xiaoman, you can't take something else." It was Wan Shaofei who spoke.
The big man Zhou Qing also agreed, and He Xiaoman glanced at them: "If you don't eat, I'll put it away." ”
Wan Shaofei and Zhou Qing only lowered their heads and nibbled on the steamed buns in their hands. He Xiaoman walked up to me and took out six steamed buns and three ham sausages for me, and I looked at He Xiaoman strangely.
"Didn't you say that you weren't thirsty, so I exchanged one of my steamed buns and ham sausages for your Red Bull, don't be moved, I know that you soldiers eat a lot, and I can't eat so much as a little woman, so I'll give it to you." He Xiaoman looked very happy.
I didn't say anything, even if there was a hint of anger in my heart, I could only suppress it. I got up in the morning and walked for five or six hours, still in this hot desert, when she gave me mineral water, and I didn't ask for it. Now they don't even give me water.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, He Xiaoman began to get a little angry: "If you have the ability, you should never drink water." With that, he stepped aside. I lowered my head and ate the steamed bun in my hand, in fact, I also wanted to drink water, but I didn't need to say good things to He Xiaoman.
After everyone had eaten and drunk enough, they all lay on the sand, although it was noon and the sun was in the sky. In the shade of this valley, it is exceptionally cool. After a while, Zhou Qing snored, I looked at the group of people around me, I was originally more repulsive to them, but as a soldier, it was my duty to protect them. I looked up at the vagaries of white clouds in the blue sky.
After resting for an hour or two, Wang Bo called everyone on the road. Zhou Qing, Zhang Yuyang, and Yu Xiaojiang obviously didn't sleep well. A few people muttered a few words, and then took the camel and continued on their way.
Because I hadn't drunk any water in the morning, I didn't walk long before I felt my mouth dry. But I didn't ask He Xiaoman for water, and silently led the camel to the back.
When people feel thirsty, they want to drink water, but I am a soldier, and I will not beg others with low spirits. Obviously, He Xiaoman and I are on the same page, and she wants me to beg her.
In the afternoon, everyone talks very little, because if they do, their mouths will be very dry, and everyone understands the preciousness of water in the desert, so they try to talk as little as possible. I don't know where we're going now, but time flies by and the sun is slowly setting in the west.
Just as we walked to a sand dune, the camel in Wang Bo's hand screamed, and the camels we were holding began to get irritable.
"Everyone tightened the camel in their hands, as if we had encountered something, and we must not let the camel run away." As soon as I saw that the situation was not good, I immediately shouted at them.
I asked Zhou Qing to help me pull my camel, and I quickly took out an iron rod from the camel's back, hit it on the ground with an iron hammer, and then asked them to tie the camel to it.
At this time, the camels became more and more panicked, and kept trying to break free from the rope in our hands. When He Xiaoman was tying her camel, her camel actually broke free from the rope in her hand and ran away.
"Oh no, what should I do?" He Xiaoman watched the camel run out all of a sudden, and shouted in a panic. "Woohoo, woohoo." At this time, we suddenly heard a wolf howl, and I was about to go and chase the camel, but I saw a dozen hungry wolves suddenly appear on the top of the dunes.