157. All the Way East!
This night was too much tossing, Hao Dong thought that he had slept for a long time in the afternoon, and so many things happened at night, he was estimated to be so excited that he couldn't sleep, but his head sank into sleep within ten minutes of being next to the pillow.
It was still a similar dream, the door at the end of the alley was still closed tightly, and the people chasing him in the dream were still fierce, but this time a half-old man in his fifties suddenly popped out at the end.
The old man carried two big kitchen knives and danced with a tiger, which frightened the people chasing him, but suddenly the old man threw away the kitchen knife and directly clamped Hao Dong: "This is my hostage!" ”
Hao Dong was directly frightened awake, and the room was still dark. He was stunned for a while before he realized that the arm holding him was thrown over by Xiao Qi Ye who somehow slept and turned over, and it just pressed on his chest, making his dream take a divine turn.
Hao Dong couldn't blame Qi Jue, thinking about simply looking at the time, as soon as he moved, Qi Jue also woke up: "It's dawn?" ”
Qi Jue had just woken up, and he was still a little confused, and his voice was very low. Hao Dong felt that the voice went straight into his heart, and the whole person trembled.
Qi Jue's voice usually sounds only pleasant even when it is pleasant, and it is a little harsh when it is cold, which is not tempting at all.
But the voice at this moment is obviously different from the usual, the deep voice that comes from the depths of the chest has a sense of temptation, lazy, a little soft, but very textured.
The sound came in from his ears, as if he was brushing all the way with a small brush, which made Hao Dong tremble uncontrollably.
The range of his movements was a little large, and Qi Jue's speed of awakening was also very fast, so he immediately noticed it, and immediately asked, "What's wrong?" Are you cold? ”
Qi Jue's voice is still different from usual, not to mention the care and gentleness in his words, it is probably not yet dark, and he will subconsciously lower his voice when he speaks, and it is still the deep voice just now.
It's even more seductive than the previous unconscious.
The previous question was with a hint of lazy sexiness, but now this voice seems to be gentle enough to wrap people's hearts in it.
Hao Dong didn't tremble this time, but he didn't say anything in his heart, even his hands and feet seemed to be itching, and he couldn't wait to hug Xiao Qi Ye directly and beg him to say a few more words.
But this kind of thing he only thinks about in his stomach, and he will never dare to do it. Instead, he hurriedly rolled out of the quilt and took out his mobile phone to look at the time: "Six twenty." ”
It's 6:20 here, which is about 4 o'clock in the morning in the southeast. It was dark outside the window, and it was the coldest time of the day.
Qi Jue calculated the distance he had run today, and felt that although he didn't want Hao Dong to get up so early to blow the cold wind, it was better to get up.
Their next stop was originally to go to Dunhuang to see the Mogao Grottoes, so they planned to go out of Xinjiang next.
However, before going out, Qi Jue still wanted to take Hao Dong to see a few more places, such as Hami and Xingxing Gorge.
Anyway, you can't run around here too freely, and if you don't follow the road, it's easy to get into an accident. If you go directly to the east, it will not be more troublesome to turn south when you arrive in Gansu than to go directly to the southeast corner.
But if you want to take this line, you can't get to Hami in a day, and no matter how fast you drive, you will definitely have to delay for a night in the middle, so it's better to get on the road faster.
Hao Dong didn't care, he had only been able to appreciate the local scenery in the past few days, and he was even more impatient when he heard Qi Jue's plan at this time.
At this time, Ahmat's father had not woken up, and Qi Jue left a little venison in his hall - this was added by him halfway, and wrote another note, and then left with Hao Dong.
Hao Dong later realized that he really didn't know enough about this place.
In addition to running to the uninhabited fallow area at the beginning, he basically came into contact with the delicate side of the oasis in the desert, and he was not at all mentally prepared for what he would encounter on the next journey.
When the car drove out of the realm of the Flaming Mountain, the scene in front of him gradually became blank.
There is still water and grass in the fallow pastoral areas, and the direction they are walking now is almost as far as the eye can see. The patches of ground were bare, barely grassy.
The only living creatures seem to be trees that don't look very tall in the distance.
The branches of those trees are strangely shaped, and it is often far away to see one. It's like some kind of road sign on the Gobi, bare, and there are no leaves in this season of the most vigorous vitality.
The wind swept a large amount of sand and dirt in the face, and a wave of sand on the glass at the front of the car was quickly blown away by the wind, and the next wave of wind and sand came up again.
No matter how tightly the doors and windows of the car are closed, the inside of the car is still full of sand. And the whole world outside the car window is a piece of yellow whirring, a large amount of sand and dust is scattered in the air, and the scene is like falling into the scene where the yellow wind monster is about to appear in the movie.
Hao Dong and the two of them had to bring masks for themselves, and the wind and sand on this section of the road had lasted for more than two hours, and they didn't know how long it would take to stop.
In the next few hours, Hao Dong finally understood the reason why Xiao Qi Ye put water in almost all the usable space, the wind and sand were blowing badly, and the whole air was also very dry.
At this time, he remembered that the annual rainfall in the Turpan Basin is the lowest in the country, and the melons and fruits here grow well, relying on the rich local groundwater resources, and the dryness here is definitely dry in the real sense.
He didn't feel hungry for most of the day, for the thirst was evident, and he had drunk a lot of water.
And what made Hao Dong feel most shocked was that he had drunk so much water, but he didn't have much urge to urinate, which shows the speed of water evaporation here.
When it came at two o'clock in the afternoon, Qi Jue finally felt hungry, so he stopped to eat a little.
Their dry food this time was meat sandwich buns.
The mutton was fried yesterday at Ahmat's father's, and the tender lamb was chopped into thin diced mutton, with diced onions and carrots, salt and cumin, and even a little cream mixed into it.
The fried mutton is fragrant and fresh, and the taste is very tender.
The steamed bun is made by Hao Dong by kneading the dough himself, and the dough is also thoroughly baked, and the aroma of the noodles is not lost to the aroma of meat at all.
The two things are put together, and when they are just cooked, they taste so attractive that even the neighbors are curious to ask.
Although it is cold at this time, as soon as the lunch box with meat and buns is opened, you can immediately smell the aroma of mixing noodles and meat.
However, this was not enough for Hao Dong, at this time, they had already broken through the area where the wind and sand were blowing, and there was no wind outside, so he got out of the car and lit a small stove to reheat these buns.
After heating, the fragrance became more and more intense, and Qi Jue couldn't help but take out a little barley wine. This section of the road is basically a straight line, and there are no people, anyway, there is no traffic police check, and it is not a big problem to drink a little.
Today's temperature is not high as a whole, and the wine was slightly warmed by Hao Dong, the warm wine was paired with the hot mutton buns, and the corners of the mouths of the two of them were oily, and the miserable energy of being bullied by the wind and sand in the morning finally subsided, and there was a feeling of coming back to life.
Hurry up, and when it was dark at night, they finally arrived at the Red Terrace.
Because of the highway, this line is relatively developed, and it is not dilapidated and backward. But it's true that the conditions are not very good.
When they arrived, there was a problem with the water supply system, and drinking water had to be bought at a high price, and it was completely impossible to take a bath.
Fortunately, there was enough water in their car, so they made do with it all night, and the next day they were still on the road before dawn.
After all, Hami is a big city, and the energy is enough to radiate to the surrounding areas.
As soon as he thought of the watery cantaloupe, Hao Dong's saliva was about to come out. He didn't think he had enough to eat at his father's place before, but this time he made up his mind that he must bring more food on the road!
Hami is also a multi-ethnic city, in addition to the more modern high-rise buildings, there are more Islamic styles, and more beautiful and eye-catching.
After experiencing the wind, sand and dust along the way, Hao Dong felt that this place really seemed like an incredible paradise.
In such a harsh environment, a city of this scale can be developed.
The water here is still mostly snowmelt water and groundwater, and the qanats are definitely a major contributor to the construction of Hami. That's why the water here is cold when it comes out of the faucet, with a chill unique to the mountains.
Moreover, the water is rich in calcium, and the water quality is very thick and dry.
Hao Dong came all the way and fully realized this. The same is water, the water here will not stay on the body for a long time, and it will not soak into people's skin like the water in Jiangnan.
On the contrary, it is obviously water, but it will make the skin drier.
Fortunately, he is not a picky little girl who loves beauty, and this degree of dryness can almost be ignored compared to being thirsty like diabetes all day long.
The first thing you do when you get here is to take a shower.
This way, I was obviously just nested in the car, and I didn't sweat much because the temperature was not high, but my body was all kinds of discomfort. It's as if all the sand and dust has gotten into the skin along the way.
Hao Dong took a happy shower for ten minutes, then put on shower gel and shampoo and rubbed himself for a quarter of an hour, and finally had a refreshing feeling.
As a result, when he came out of the bathroom, he smelled a sweet smell. I ran to the bed and saw that sure enough, a large cantaloupe was placed on the coffee table by the windowsill.
But to say one, more than half of it is already melon skin. Obviously, during his bath, Xiao Qi Ye didn't waste any time at all, and solved a lot of problems by himself first.
I don't know where he went at this time, there is only Hao Dong in the house, Hao Dong has no scruples, he only has a bath towel around his body, and he has already picked up a piece of cantaloupe and gnawed it on it with one hand.
Although it wasn't the ripe cantaloupe that I had eaten that day, the fresh flesh was crisp and still sweet like honey, and although it was different, the taste was really the same.
Hao Dong was still unsatisfied after chewing on one piece, and just picked up the second piece, but the door clicked open. He immediately turned his head to look, and sure enough, it was Xiao Qi Ye who came back, and he was also carrying a bag, which was full of white grapes.
White grapes are not really completely white, but have a hint of green, which is also a local specialty.
Hao Dong's hands were still sticky, and his clothes were not yet dressed, and he stared at the pocket in Qi Jue's hand while licking his fingers, unaware that there was something wrong.
Being stared at by him so calmly, Qi Jue felt that he was a little wrong, and immediately flashed into the bathroom: "I'll wash these grapes and eat them later." ”