I don't know what others think of his words, but I'm skeptical anyway.

Even though we don't trust them, we still have to get by on the surface. Then we introduced each other, and we learned that the two Uyghurs among the four people were named Ziya and the other was Aman. And these two Han people are two brothers, Ma Liangping and Ma Liangguo. The person who spoke to us was my brother Ma Liangping.

At this moment, Ma Liangguo, who was originally sitting on the ground, just wanted to get up, but suddenly screamed, and then fell to the ground in pain while holding his waist.

"Hey! What's wrong with him? We all panicked, and wanted to help Ma Liangguo up, but he waved his hand desperately at us, "No, don't move, don't move, my back hurts a lot." ”

We carefully lifted his coat and found that the clothes inside it were torn and blood had oozed out. When we lifted his clothes, we were surprised to find that a piece of skin on his waist was gone, revealing bright red flesh. Looking very terrifying, Kong Xue tilted her head to the side with a scream.

Shi Tao pointed to the wound and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Ma Liangguo scolded, "MD, when did this hurt?" ”

Ma Liangping was stunned and hurriedly said: "Ah, yes, that's the case, just now my brother accidentally fell off the camel and rubbed on a stone, I thought it was okay at the time, but I didn't expect to be injured so badly." ”

Shi Tao listened and frowned, "Let's bandage it first." He turned to Dawut and said, "Uncle Dawut, please bring some bandages and medicine." ”

Dawut said yes and walked towards our camels.

I looked up at Zia and Aman, and saw that their eyes were a little flustered, and I felt that when they saw Ma Liangguo's wounds, they did not look surprised, but fearful. I always feel that these people are not as simple as they say they are.

After bandaging Ma Liangguo, they thanked us again and again. We said no, anyone would take a hand in such a thing. After that, we returned to our respective camels.

We saw Ma Liangping and a few of them, holding water bags and walking into the sea to fill the water. Then begin to prepare for camping.

I whispered to them, "I always think there is something wrong with these people. ”

Shi Tao nodded, "I think so too." But what exactly do they do? ”

Kong Xue whispered, "They can't be fugitives, right?" ”

"I don't rule it out."

"They must have been attacked by something." Wen Mo said suddenly.

When we heard it, we were shocked, "Attacked by something?" What do you mean? Why do you say that. ”

"It's the wound on Ma Liangguo's body just now." Wenmo said, "His wound was definitely not bruised by a stone. ”

Shi Tao nodded in agreement, "I also found out about this, but how did that wound cause it?" ”

"It's a scratch!" Wenmo replied, "I was scratched by the claws of some kind of animal." ”

I didn't quite believe it, "How is this possible, look at the wound behind Ma Liangguo, that animal is at least the same size as a Siberian tiger, but how can there be such a big animal in the desert!" ”

As I spoke, I turned my head to look at Dawut, "Uncle Dawut, have you ever heard of such a big animal in the desert?" ”

Dawut lit his pipe and took a few puffs before he spoke, "I have heard of such a monster that lives in the sand, and it is a messenger of the devil's land in the deepest part of the desert. But I've only heard about it, I've never seen it. ”

I stood up and patted the sand off my body, "Anyway, let's get out of here as soon as possible." ”

"Good!" My proposal was echoed by others.

But Dawut shook his head, "Alas, we can't leave for the time being, it seems that we can only camp here today." ”

"Why?" I asked, puzzled.

Dawut pointed to the clouds in the sky, "It can be windy at night, and it is very dangerous to camp on the sand on a windy day, and it is easy to be swallowed up by the moving sand dunes. Therefore, we generally choose to camp in places with abundant vegetation, such places where the sand dunes are fixed and relatively safe. And we have just delayed some time, and it is too late to get to the next Haizi, so we can only camp here today. ”

I wanted to leave here, but now it seems that this is the only way, and I can't help but look at Ma Liangping and the four of them in the distance with some concern.

Shi Tao patted me and said, "There is no other way to do it, we have a four-person tent, we will be crowded in a tent tonight, everyone will take turns to keep vigil, we must ensure safety." ”

Shi Tao looked at Kong Xue, "Xiaoxue, you don't have to keep vigil, I will wronged you at night, pay attention to it, special circumstances." ”

Kong Xue smiled, "It's nothing, in this case, you let me live in a tent alone, I don't dare yet." It's good to have a lot of people. ”

Dawut and Shi Tao picked up a lot of branches and hay to build a bonfire, and when the sun went down completely, the temperature in the desert became very low, and it was a world away from the daytime.

We gathered around the campfire, roasted the dry food, and ate it with hot water. Shi Tao also took out a lot of jerky, even if it was such a meal, in this case, we still ate it with relish.

We deliberately wanted to stay away from Ma Liangguo and them, so we set up camp on the other side of Haizi, across the sea from their camp. From a distance, I saw Ma Liangping and the four of them looking very flustered, as if they were preparing something.

After we had all eaten and drunk, Dawut dug a shallow square pit large enough in the ground, and then shoveled out a lot of sparkling soot with a sapper shovel, and then he spread it evenly in the sand pit that had just been dug. Then fill the shallow pit with sand.

After that, we started to put the tent on it, and I realized that Dawut had built a simple ondol. I went into the tent and touched the ground, and it was very warm.

I was amazed at how it was, the wisdom of the people was so limitless, and it was a pleasure to sleep in such a tent on a cold night.

Dawut told us that the nights in the desert are very cold, and the temperature at night is estimated to be at least below zero degrees in the current month, and there will be winds tonight, and the temperature will be even lower, maybe even more than ten degrees below zero. In this way, it is possible to ensure that there is enough temperature to maintain until dawn.

I now deeply realize that this guide is really worth it.

We got into the warm tent, and Shi Tao volunteered to keep vigil with him first, and the rest of the people slept first. We didn't shirk either, nodded our heads, and all of them took time to rest.

I was falling asleep in a daze, when suddenly I heard a scream. I woke up suddenly, but when I listened closely, I couldn't hear anything, only the wind whistling outside.

It seems that I heard it wrong, I looked at the others and didn't move, only Wenmo moved slightly.

I rolled over and went back to sleep, and just as I was half asleep, I suddenly heard an anxious voice outside the tent shouting, "I'm sorry! Did you guys sleep? ”

I could hear that it was Ma Liangping's voice, and Shi Tao asked across the tent, "It's Brother Liangping, is there something wrong?" ”

Ma Liangping's voice trembled and said, "Has anyone seen my brother, he is missing!" ”

"What?" Shi Tao got up, pulled out the tent and walked out.

I lay inside the tent and listened to the conversation outside.

"What's going on? Liangguo brother is missing? ”

"yes, you can't find it when you catch it!"

"When did this happen?"

"Just now, he said it was convenient to go out, but we heard a scream from the edge of the tent, and when we rushed out, we didn't see any sign of my brother."

"Could it be that you have encountered quicksand?"

"No way, we've already looked around the tent, and there's no quicksand at all."

"That's right!"

"So I beg you, brothers, if you can help us find it, I beg you."

I was about to cry when I heard Ma Liangping's voice, and it seems that what he said should be true.

Then I heard Shi Tao's voice, "What are you doing, get up quickly!" Get up! We'll help you find out it's nothing, you don't have to. I'm going to look around with you right now. ”

Ma Liangping hesitated again and said, "What about the other brothers...... Can you ......" I know what he means, and I hope that a few more of us will help him find it. Actually, I sympathized with him, so I got up and planned to go out to help, but as soon as I sat up, I found that Wenmo also sat up.

"You ......" I looked at Wen Mo and wanted to speak.

Wen Mo waved his hand and said to me in a very small voice, "Go and find out the situation!" ”