Summer comes unconsciously, the summer of Baishan comes later than in the south, Tiewa thrives in the spring, and now he has become a sturdy young man, and the corners of his lips have grown a thin beard, after Zhang Changgong came back from Beiping, he took care of the old man with him, and came to teach him fighting archery. It's just that the old people who escaped with him in Yangjiatun died one after another, firstly, because they were indeed old, and secondly, these old people were inevitably depressed when they left their homeland, and some people suffered from wind and cold soon after the spring, and passed on to each other, most of them died in just two months, and only three survived in the end.

Tiewa was sad because of this, but birth, old age, sickness and death could not be reversed, Zhou Xiaodie came to Baishan to live temporarily after leaving Beiping, and lived next to Tiewa and them, so that it was convenient for each other to take care of each other. It's just that she has a cold temperament, and rarely interacts with others on weekdays, and other people see her temperament, and rarely bother her unless there is something important.

A month after Zhang Changgong returned to Baishan, the blind man was late with Arnold, who went to Huangpu to find him, and this time, the blind man also brought his grandmother over, and he went to Huangpu to pick up his grandmother, so as not to retaliate against Mu Sanshou afterwards.

A group of old friends were naturally very happy to see each other, but after all, Luo Hunt was still missing the backbone, and Luo Hunt had sent a letter to Zhang Changgong before leaving, saying that he had gone to Ganbian Ningxia.

After the blind man heard about this, he immediately guessed that Luo Hunt's trip should be related to Yan Tianxin, although he had the heart to follow in the footsteps of his old friend, but his grandmother and sweetheart were in Baishan, and people naturally couldn't just leave as they did in the past, but Arnold heard that Luo Hunt's whereabouts were shouting to go together, this guy was an idle character, and he was drinking and gambling when he was idle.

Zhang Longbow saw his anxiety from Arnold's restlessness, and he was ready to talk to Arnold, but before he could find Arnold, Arnold had already prepared his outfit and took the initiative to say goodbye to Zhang Longbow.

Arnold's departure was expected by everyone, and a person like him, who was used to wandering, did not like a stable life.

"Leaving?" Zhang Changgong looked at this golden-haired and blue-eyed guy, friendship knows no borders, and in the past, Zhang Changgong couldn't believe that he would make friends with a foreigner and become a friend in distress.

Arnold nodded, with some reluctance in his eyes, but the thought of leaving in his heart was already very resolute.

"Where to go?"

Arnold scratched a messy golden hair, he hadn't had a haircut for two months, his hair had grown long, hanging down to his ears, and a small braid was tied at the back of his head, which instead of looking neat, he looked even more messy, and his unkempt beard was hanging one by one, looking like a cactus ball had grown out of his face.

Zhang Changgong's words actually stopped Arnold, many times he usually suspects that his brain has been damaged by alcohol, the simpler the question, the more he feels that he can't answer, although he is very resolute to leave, but he has not thought clearly about where to go, Arnold actually has a lot of choices, he thought about going back to Yingkou and living a drunken life and dreaming of death again, after all, he now has a lot of money in his pocket. I also thought about following in the footsteps of Luo Lie and going to the western part of China, where I heard that it was a mysterious world. He also thought about returning to Europe, where the war was over and the continent was returning to its former peace and tranquility.

The more choices you have, the harder it is to make a decision.

Zhang Changgong said: "No matter where you go, don't drink and gamble." In fact, he knew that his advice would be of no use to Arnold.

Arnold snorted, his heart was warm, although he would not listen to Zhang Changgong's advice, but after all, there are people in this world who care about themselves.

Tiewa suddenly ran over out of breath at this time, and said hurriedly: "It's not good, it's not good, Grandma Chen is sick." ”

The scorching sun is scorching, located in the Tengger Desert in the southwest of Alxa Left Banner and the border of central Gansu, a person is riding a camel with difficulty, under the scorching sun, the temperature of the ground has approached 50 degrees, the camel has become lazy in such a temperature, the steps are slow and weak, and the eyes are narrowed by the strong light.

A man and a camel left a blue-purple shadow on the golden sand dunes, this shadow flowed quietly on the winding and undulating yellow sand, the wind was not strong, but it was very hot, blowing the fine sand on the surface, like smoke and fog, making the blue-purple shadow blurry and trembling.

The wind hastened the release of moisture, and the traveler still wrapped himself tightly in such temperatures, wrapped around his head like an Arab, revealing only a pair of black eyes, his gaze still sharp, and his body still erect.

A small silver reflection appeared in his field of vision, and he intuitively judged that it should be a small lake, but he was not sure, after all, there were too many mirages in the desert. As the distance approached, when he saw more and more camel thorns and red willows, he dared to conclude that what he saw was not an illusion, but a real water source, which the locals called the lake basin.

The lonely traveler turned over and got off the camel by the water, let go of the reins and let the camel drink and eat grass, while he came to the place with the sun on his back, untied his turban, revealing a dark but handsome face irradiated by ultraviolet rays, he was Luo Lie, after leaving Beiping, he came to Ganbian Ningxia alone, the original purpose was to come here to find the people and horses of Lianyunzhai who migrated from the Pale Mountain, and meet Yan Tianxin. But the road was not smooth, he encountered warlord melee when he passed through Shanxi, and he had to choose the route through the desert all the way.

The Tengger Desert is the fourth largest desert in China, stretching from the Great Wall in the south to the Helan Mountains in the east and the Yabulai Mountains in the west. It is more than 500 miles long from north to south and more than 300 miles wide from east to west. The desert includes two parts, Nanjiling in the north and Tengger in the south, and is customarily referred to as the Tengger Desert. There are sand dunes, lake basins, grass flats, mountains, remnant hills and plains in the interior.

The area of sand dunes accounts for more than 70 percent, mainly mobile sand dunes, most of which are lattice dune chains and crescent-shaped dune chains, and there are more than 500 lake basins in the desert, half of which are stagnant water, which are dry or retreating residual lakes. The one in front of you is one of them.

The lake water is clear, Luo Lie bowed a handful of water and tried it with his lips first, convinced that the water was not salty, so he drank it boldly and with confidence, and after drinking the water, he filled the water bladder he carried with him, and then took off his clothes, entered the lake basin, and comfortably washed away the sand and dust of his body.

According to his judgment, the position he was now in was about a hundred miles from Mount Yabulai, and at his current speed, he could reach it in two days. The sun shone on Luo Lie's body, glowing with a bronze color, although the long journey made him lose some weight, but his physical fitness was tempered during the trip, and his will became stronger and stronger.

When wiping away the water stains on his body, Luo Lie paid special attention to his heart, when his father planted the seeds of wisdom in this place, he left a purple scar at the beginning. Over time, the scar has disappeared and the color of the skin has returned to normal.

Luo Lie dried his hair with a towel, and the hair, which had not been repaired for many days, had reached the base of his ears, but this did not affect his manhood, but instead seemed unruly and wild, and on the other side of the basin stood the ruins of several buildings, which used to be inhabited and lived by the lake, until the surrounding environment became more and more desertified, and people had to abandon their homes and leave the place.

The sky darkened suddenly, and black clouds covered his head at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the camel, which had been resting on the shore, had its ears propped up, and immediately rose from the ground.

Luo Lie quickly got dressed and grabbed the reins of the camel, if he lost the camel in the harsh environment of the desert, then he would become difficult to walk and probably lose his life. The calm lake basin began to splinter like fish scales, and the wind was blowing in the face, and the wind was constantly increasing.

Luo Lie raised his eyes and saw that the scenery in the distance had begun to become hazy, although the scorching sun was in the sky after he entered this desert, he did not encounter the extreme weather of wind and sand, judging from the current situation, it should be a sandstorm coming.

The camel began to pace restlessly, judging from its reaction that the impending sandstorm should be not small, Luo Lie decided to leave here as soon as possible, looking for a safe place to hide from the wind and sand, he led the camel against the wind, and the nearest hiding place was the ruins on the other side of the lake basin.

It seems that it is not far away, but it is not so easy to really walk over, bypassing this lake basin to reach there about a mile away, halfway through, the wind has increased, the wind swept the yellow sand and gravel in the face, Luo Lie had to lower his head to minimize the damage of the wind and sand to the body, and firmly held the reins of the camel with his right hand, for fear of being separated in the wind and sand.

He couldn't see the road clearly, and walked into the water several times, a short mile away, groping for nearly half an hour before reaching the broken wall. Finding a relatively solid earthen wall and sitting down, the camel was tired of lying beside him, one person and one camel had been exhausted by the raging wind and sand, Luo Lie spit out the yellow sand in his mouth, and the previous bath was washed in vain.

Choosing to stay away from the bustling city and come to this empty and uninhabited northern borderland, not only because he wanted to meet Yan Tianxin, most of this journey was spent in loneliness, loneliness calmed Luo Lie, and also made him reflect on many things in the past, and he began to think about how to go in his future life.