Early the next morning, the caravan set out again.

Shi Qingxue still walked at the back of the team, but this time she held hands with Abao and moved forward together.

In normal times, there will definitely be people who wonder how these two strangers get acquainted so quickly, but at this time, everyone is worried about their livelihood, and no one has the extra energy to put on strangers.

Like Shi Qingxue, who is too busy to take care of herself and has to take care of others, there will be no such 'wonderful'.

However, Shi Qingxue didn't feel that her behavior was so strange, and she still happily protected Abao.

Along the way, accompanied by multiple children, it seems that even the despair of Mo Junyang's disappearance has been eliminated a lot.

However, Shi Qingxue still underestimated the harsh environment of the desert.

They had been walking in the desert for three days, but Mon'an had not yet arrived, and I heard that they had only half the way.

Originally, the length of the journey was not a big problem.

The problem is, they don't have water anymore.

On the night of the third day, Shi Qingxue only got a small piece of dry food, and only the middle-aged man in the lead could drink a sip of water.

And looking at the shape of the animal skin bag, it is estimated that there is not much left.

The dispute broke out at this time, and some people began to complain about the uneven distribution of the team leader, but the middle-aged man clutched the animal skin bag and refused to divide it anymore.

also directly stated that he was the team leader, and everything had to be listened to him, and then another person gave a punch to signal that the other party was obedient.

Shi Qingxue had heard that the caravan walking on the desert had a set of self-contained rules - the leader was the absolute authority in the caravan, and anyone had to obey the leader's words and not disobey them.

However, something will happen in this instant.

Two young and strong young men took advantage of the gap when the leader turned around and didn't pay attention, and suddenly pulled out a dagger, one wrapped around the leader's neck and arms, and the other held the dagger and stabbed the leader's heart straight from behind.

All this happened so suddenly that when Shi Qingxue reacted, there were already sharp screams in her ears.

After the young man with the dagger killed the leader, he turned around with the bloody dagger, stared at the rest of the people fiercely, and shouted angrily: "Shut up Lao Tzu, whoever dares to speak again, Lao Tzu will kill him!" ”

Immediately, there was a dead silence all around, and the middle-aged woman who was originally screaming the loudest was just trembling all over, covering her mouth and not daring to make a sound.

The young man smiled with satisfaction and wickedness, shook the dagger in his hand, and continued: "From today on, I will be the leader of this caravan, if you are obedient, I will take you back to Meng'an alive, otherwise you will ......."

He laughed darkly twice, and then played with the dagger in his hand threateningly.

Shi Qingxue frowned unhappily, stood a small step forward, and was about to speak, when the sleeve of her shirt was ripped off.

She looked back and saw that Abao was shaking his head at her seriously, silently making a mouth gesture: Don't.

Shi Qingxue paused, measured the gap between herself and the two young men, and understood that going up at this time was no different from sending her to death.

In the end, he had to swallow all the words back, and only hugged Abao tightly into his arms, not wanting the boy to see this bloody scene.

At this time, the others did not speak again, which was regarded as acquiescence to the new team leader.

The new leader immediately called two young and strong young men, brought two empty animal skin bags, and directly drained the middle-aged man's blood.

In the desert, water is incomparably precious, and even if this 'water' has turned into blood, it must not be wasted.

The middle-aged man's blood was filled with two large animal skin bags, and the new team leader and a few helpers all showed satisfied smiles.

The rest of the people were horrified, but no one dared to say anything.

Shi Qingxue looked at the blood-stained animal skin bag, only to feel that the dry food she had just eaten ached faintly against her chest, and she almost vomited out without nausea, and it was also thanks to those people who were able to drink it happily one bite at a time.

Fortunately, these new team leaders have no intention of sharing with the old, weak, sick and disabled in the team, and they look at them like they are looking at the piglets in their own pigsty, and they can kill the emergency if necessary.

It's just that although these 'weak people' in the team understand their future fate, they have no room for resistance in this situation, so they can only go with the flow.

Shi Qingxue faced the ferocity of those people, and there was not much panic on her face, but she just touched the hard object hidden in her chest, and felt a lot more relieved.

turned to hold Abao, who had not said a word, and followed slowly behind.

"Are you afraid?"

Shi Qingxue was walking, and when she heard Ah Bao's deliberately lowered question, she couldn't help but be stunned.

When I lowered my head, I saw that Ah Bao's chin was tense and his mouth was tight, not at all like a person who had spoken.

But Qingxue was sure that she had indeed heard Abao's words just now, and she didn't care whether Abao looked at her or not, so she smiled at the other party and said gently: "Don't be afraid, you don't have to worry, I will protect you!" ”

Ah Bao finally looked up at Shi Qingxue, and the little eyes clearly wrote: It's up to you!

Obviously, I don't believe that Shi Qingxue has this ability, and when those people don't have 'water' to drink, they can save him.

Shi Qingxue didn't explain, and said with a faint smile: "Then let's go and see!" ”

Abao dodged Shi Qingxue's bright gaze, moved his mouth awkwardly, and finally didn't say anything hurtful, just a very light 'um'.

But obviously, Abao didn't believe that Shi Qingxue really had this ability.

In fact, except for the group of strong men who had completely turned into demons, the old, weak, sick and disabled in this caravan were incompetent.

If there is no water all the time, it will only end up being the 'ration' of that group.

He'll have to find a way to save himself!

Ah Bao was secretly thinking in his heart, and suddenly his eyes swept and caught something, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, but then, it immediately dimmed.

He pursed his lips quietly, then made a happy appearance, pointed to a certain place and shouted excitedly: "Look! Green stuff! ”

Everyone rolled their eyes to his voice, and then immediately someone cheered, "It's a cactus, it's great, it's saved!" ”

A few men with sharp legs and feet had already taken the lead in running towards the cactus, and the first few people behind them had fallen on their heels before they stumbled to follow.

It was a large green forest, with green plants as tall as a man, fat fleshy leaves, and barbs growing on them, which were extremely sharp.

It was the first time Shi Qingxue had seen this desert green, the cactus, which was much larger than she imagined, and it was also very different from what was described in the book.

However, these people who live in the desert all year round are so excited, these cacti must be some kind of treasure.

Sure enough, Shi Qingxue saw several big men take out daggers and make a deep mark on the flesh leaves, and milky white juice immediately flowed out.

"That's a good thing, we're saved!" The woman beside Shi Qingxue shouted excitedly, and the previous panic was swept away, and her face was full of joy of being saved.

Shi Qingxue thought for a while and asked modestly, "Can these milky white juices be edible?" ”

The middle-aged woman glanced at Shi Qingxue with disdain, and exaggerated: "Of course!" There is no water in the desert, but it is all about this thing. It's still a big piece, and if we collect all the juice, we'll all be saved! ”

As he spoke, the man couldn't wait to start scraping the juice from the cactus.

Shi Qingxue thought about it, and also took out the sharp dagger from her arms—the talisman weapon that Mo Junyang gave her—and picked a gap to prepare to start.

Abao suddenly grabbed her, and his serious face showed a look of wanting to say something.

Shi Qingxue patted Abao's head and smiled softly: "Don't worry, I won't be thirsty for you." Come, I'll cut a little of it, and you'll catch it. ”

Abao still didn't let go, but pulled Shi Qingxue a little farther away, but he didn't dare to meet Qingxue's eyes, and only said in a muffled voice: "Wait." ”

Shi Qingxue was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Abao meant.

The current environment can't help but think about it, seeing that everyone else has gained something and drank the delicious cactus juice, Shi Qingxue only started to make trouble again when Abao didn't know why.

She gently brushed Abao's hand away, and the latter immediately glared at her, "I'm ignoring you!" ”

Shi Qingxue: ...... The tsundere imp is really hard to serve.

However, she didn't have the same knowledge as a child, so she said, "You stand here for a while, and I'll be fine right away!" ”

She followed the movements of the others and struggled to collect the small half bowl of milky white juice.

didn't immediately normalize, but walked back to the little ghost who was still making trouble, and reached out and poked the back of the other's shoulder.

No response.

Shi Qingxue smiled: "...... Okay, don't make a fuss! You haven't had a drink in a long time, so take two sips! ”

Before Ah Bao could react, a young man next to him shouted exaggeratedly: "You worked hard to squeeze a small half bowl of juice, and you didn't drink it yourself, but you gave a useless little ghost who couldn't lift it in your hands or carry it on your shoulders, you weren't sick!" ”

Shi Qingxue: "......"

She couldn't answer that.

The young man didn't seem to be expecting Shi Qingxue's answer, and quickly said to himself: "By the way, it seems that this little ghost found you first at the beginning." Tut! Could he be your son? ”

Shi Qingxue felt that if she didn't explain, this misunderstanding would be big, so she hurriedly said: "Of course not!" He and I just met each other. ”

"Then ......" The young man's face showed confusion again, he really didn't understand why Shi Qingxue would be so good to a strange ghost.

Even Apo turned his head to look at her.

Shi Qingxue touched Abao's plush head, and naturally replied, "Probably fate!" Besides, if you really want to count it, this cactus was seen by Abao first, if he can't even drink it, he can't say it! ”

When the young man heard this, his eyes suddenly widened in surprise, and he repeated a word in disbelief: "Abao? ”

Shi Qingxue didn't understand the surprise of the young man who came over, nor did she see a trace of fierceness flashing in Ah Bao's eyes, and asked strangely: "Yes, his name is Ah Bao, you came together, don't you know?" “

The surprise on the young man's face had turned into shock, as if he had seen a ghost, he pointed at Abao, trembling and said, "You, you are ......"

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly had a convulsion all over his body, like a sheep seizure, and his whole body trembled and fell backwards.