Chapter Eighty-Three: Desert Carnival
"Seeing that you are so happy all day long, I didn't expect your childhood to be so sad, I have always had my grandfather with me." After listening to Xie Xinyi, I couldn't help but sigh.
Xie Xinyi smiled, "Actually, I pretend to be very happy every day, and I don't care about anything, just to not let my father worry, I really hope that my father can let go of everything and enjoy his old age in peace." ”
"Actually, the second master doesn't have to take risks for me." I said apologetically.
Xie Xinyi shook her head after hearing this, "If it weren't for you, Dad would have been looking for it." ”
"Why?" I was a little surprised.
"Dad once told me that this true scripture is related to the fate of the entire human race, and we must find it all this year, otherwise we will have a great catastrophe."
"That's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?" I said with a smile of disbelief.
"I don't know, anyway, Dad has been following the demon all these years, looking around, but there is no eyebrow, until he came back from a serious injury."
"Oh, what happened to him that time? What clues did you find? ”
"I don't know, Dad never told me, but you know the guy who sent him back."
"Who?" I was even more surprised.
"Ye Chen."
"Is that him? Do you know Ye Chen's origin? ”
Xie Xinyi took a sip of her drink and shook her head, "I don't know, I only know that he is very famous in Changsha, and many people invite him to fight at a high price, and he has never missed the fight, but this person has a strange temper, he can't be invited if he has money, he also went to Dalian after reading his father's map." ”
"Hey, although I haven't had much contact with him, I can feel that he is not bad, and he has saved my life several times, if he is there this time, we will be a little less dangerous, but it's a pity that he..."
"He didn't come out with us, but I don't think he would die so easily." Xie Xinyi said with a frown.
"He saved us, I really hate myself, I was so cowardly, you won't look down on me, right?"
"It's all in the past, in fact, it should be us who are looked down upon, at that time, we all took care of escaping, and there were only two of you left inside, and if you two don't make a choice as soon as possible, you will all be trapped inside, and there is nothing wrong with anyone escaping."
I heard Xie Xinyi say this, I felt a little better in my heart, there will be many choices in life, choice is a very painful thing, sometimes there is no right or wrong, only the difference in the result, if such a thing happens again, I think, I will definitely choose to sacrifice myself.
Looking at the dark night, I was preoccupied, as if there were more unknown hardships waiting for me ahead, although I couldn't see the direction, but, I thought, if I continued to persevere, maybe, the dawn would not be far away, and sure enough, the sky was gradually brightening.
We stopped and stopped along the way, until noon the next day, and finally arrived at Korla, which is located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northeastern edge of the Tarim Basin. "Korla" in Uyghur language means "to look, to look". It has a long history, is the throat of the ancient Silk Road, in 630 A.D. the Buddhist monk Xuanzang Xitian took the scriptures through here, and now it is the transportation hub of southern Xinjiang again, and here is also rich in fragrant pears, also known as pear city.
After we met with Kudo here, because it was not far from the destination, the second master said to rest here for a day, after all, I was really a little tired after driving for two days, we need to adjust our mental and physical fitness to the best state, after eating, the fat man clamored to go to the Peacock River to play, the second master and Kudo were not interested, so the remaining four of us went to the Peacock River for a turn.
The Peacock River is an important water system that flows into Lop Nur and nourishes Loulan, and the ancient city of Loulan, known as the "Pompeii of the East" two thousand years ago, was splendid because of the inflow of the Peacock River and the Tarim River. The water of the Peacock River is very clear, the green trees on both sides reflect in the water, I thought that Xinjiang was a desert land far away, I didn't expect to see such a beautiful scenery here, in the evening, the scenery of the Peacock River is more charming, at night, the lights are on, come to the food stalls on the shore, we want a grilled fish, and then a few beers, the gentle cool breeze blows, the hard work of the day is all swept away.
The fat man raised the beer in his hand, "Come!" A toast to this beautiful view! ”
Everyone raised their beers and took a sip happily, I don't know when, a bright moon has quietly risen into the sky, Xia Qi looked at the sky with her cheeks stupid, "It's so beautiful!" ”
I also looked up at the sky, yes, what a beautiful moonlight, I suddenly remembered, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, this is the day of reunion, why is the moon not round, grandpa, I don't know where it is now? Ye Chen, have you escaped?
I don't know why, maybe it's too much similarity, I didn't appreciate the moonlight, I barely talked and laughed with them, and after eating I went back to the hotel, maybe I drank too much beer, and I fell asleep groggily when I got to the room.
The next day, we loaded all our equipment into the car and set off for the Taklamakan Desert, another long journey from Korla to Tazhong. We follow the straight desert road, which is the longest mobile desert road in the world with a total length of 522 kilometers. The red willow on both sides of the highway is used to stabilize the soil and prevent sand are all planted artificially, there is a pump room every 5 kilometers, each pump room has two people on duty, they guard from March to October every year, and stick to the desert for 245 days, which is to irrigate and water the drought-tolerant sand plants such as red willow and sand date planted in the green forest belt on both sides of the desert highway, and guard the road and protect the road. Hearing these introductions, one cannot but be in awe of these desert keepers, and at the same time, one cannot help but sigh that the process of human beings conquering nature and confronting the harsh environment is so difficult.
By noon, we noticed that the colors of the landscape outside the window were gradually becoming richer, and it turned out that we had broken into the hinterland of the Tarim Poplar Reserve. Populus euphratica is a plant with tenacious vitality, and the most common description of it is "born and immortal for 3,000 years, dead and immortal for 3,000 years". The poplars with unique shapes are distributed on both sides of the road, standing upright, lying on the ground, or breaking off at the waist, looking so strong and desolate. The leaves of Populus euphratica gradually turn yellow, and the tops of some large poplar plants are even dyed golden yellow, which is extremely bright and beautiful.
In the early evening, we drove into the Tazhong Petroleum camp in the heart of the Taklamakan Desert. Many oil refining pipelines and oil tank towers appeared on the sand dunes not far away, and the silver-gray oil tank towers and golden sand dunes reflected each other in the setting sun, which made us shake off the fatigue and fatigue of the long journey. Our camping area is located on both sides of the runway of the abandoned Tazhong Desert Airport. This is China's first desert airport runway, which is paved with perforated steel plates, and was an important witness to the early oil and gas exploration in the desert hinterland.
In fact, we are not alone all the way, there are many people who travel by car have come here to camp, and after a while, hundreds of tents have been set up on the desert on both sides of the steel runway, and we have set up the tents after we have set up dinner, and we have begun to prepare dinner, the second master actually brought fresh mutton, our dinner is kebabs, in this empty desert, eating their own roasted mutton, and drinking a glass of beer, that feeling, it is really cool.
The most surprising thing is that a modern stage has also been set up at the end of the runway - the night of desert rock is about to begin. When the last touch of sunset falls, three laser lights shine through the night, and the rock music fades from weak to strong, shaking the night over the desert. Riders from all over the country and oil workers in the camp in the tower sat around the stage or on the sandy slope not far away, drinking beer, holding light sticks, listening to the local rock bands, following the beat, shouting and dancing, and enjoying the carnival under the blend of desolation and hustle and bustle. And looking up at the sky, the stars are all over the night sky, each one is clearly visible, and each one seems to be crumbling in the sound of this deafening rock 'n' roll frenzy, so beautiful that people want to cry. At this moment, I suddenly felt that life was so simple and pure, and several of us young people ran to blend into this cheerful atmosphere.
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