In Xu Feng's expectant gaze,

The girl in the red dress closed her mouth again and returned to her previous appearance,

It's just that he was a little ignorant, looking at Xu Feng and Ah Meng in a daze.

"Girl?"

Xu Feng tried to shout again, but the girl in the red dress looked at him with some confusion.

Obviously, the girl in the red dress was a little difficult to communicate.

"Hmph~Hmph~Hmph...... Hum...... Hmph~Hmph......"

From the moment she entered the inn, the only thing the girl in the red dress made was a short hum.

Xu Feng looked at the girl in the red dress and tried to repeat the tune that the girl in the red dress hummed earlier,

It's just that the girl in the red dress herself hummed very vaguely, and it was even more vague in Xu Feng's mouth.

But the girl in the red dress still had some reaction to this,

She looked at Xu Feng in a daze, opened her mouth,

When Xu Feng was expecting her to hum the song again, or confide in something else,

The girl in the red dress closed her mouth again.

“……”

The appearance of the girl in the red dress without saying a word made Xu Feng a little frustrated.

was originally looking for the obsession of the girl in the red dress, but the girl in the red dress was silent,

I don't even know who she is, and where do I go to find her obsession?

"Huh...... Ah Meng, you said that vague tone, could it be this little girl's obsession? ”

"After all, she still remembers it."

Xu Feng's eyes lit up, and he turned his head to Ah Meng and said.

"It's possible, Xu Feng."

Ah Meng is putting away the bowls and chopsticks on the dining table again,

Hearing Xu Feng's words, he nodded softly.

“…… Well, it seems that there is basically nothing to ask about this little girl, so let's go to the world and have a look. ”

Xu Feng stood up and looked at the girl in the red dress again,

The girl in the red dress was wearing this red dress, and her feet were barefoot.

The red dress on her body is not stained with wind and sand, but there is some yellow sand and mud on her bare instep.

After eating the noodles, she sat stunned at this moment, Xu Feng looked at her, and she also looked at Xu Feng.

"Little girl, just sit here, you know?"

"We're going to find you what you're looking for, and we'll be right back."

Xu Feng said to the girl in the red dress, and I don't know if she understands it.

The girl looked at Xu Feng and opened her mouth again, but there was still no sound.

"Just sit here...... We'll be back soon...... Drink some water. ”

Xu Feng lifted the teapot on the dining table again and poured a glass of water for the girl in the red dress.

Looking back, Amon had already come out of the kitchen.

"Let's go, Amen."

"Hmm."

Ah Meng answered, walked over and took Xu Feng's hand spontaneously.

The girl in the red dress, who was still sitting at the dining table, picked up the teacup in a little stunned and held it in her hand.

Just looked at Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

"Sit here for a while, you know?"

Ah Meng turned his head and whispered to the girl in the red dress.

This time, the girl in the red dress seemed to understand, and she nodded slowly.

looked at the ignorant girl in the red dress again,

Xu Feng took Ah Meng and stepped out of the back door of the inn.

“…… Ah Meng, the flowers on the other side have already bloomed. ”

"I don't know when it's going to be all in full bloom."

Outside the back door of the inn, on the bank of the Lechuan River, there is a flower on the other side that has just bloomed.

The leafless petals swayed gently, intertwined into a sea of flowers on the other side,

Reflected in Xu Feng's eyes, people couldn't help but be intoxicated.

"It should be soon."

Ah Meng responded softly.

Taking one more step forward, the two of them left the banks of the Lethe River.

……

"Whew...... Whew......"

The wind howls on the desert Gobi,

It's like the scene in front of the inn after the wind has been blowing in the past few days.

The yellow sand shrouded the barren land, making it impossible to open one's eyes and see the distance clearly.

The tough weeds on the edge of the Gobi are clinging to the ground by the wind that rolls up the yellow sand.

And outside of such weather, there are still people standing on this desert Gobi.

It was an old woman, an old woman with a rickety body,

Wearing long sleeves and long pants, his face covered with two circles of scarf raised, facing the wind and sand, with his head down,

Holding something in my arms looks like a wooden box.

Guarding the wooden box in her arms, the old woman seemed to be saying something.

And on this Gobi, there is not only an old woman at this time.

Not far behind the old woman's diagonal back, there was also an off-road vehicle parked.

It seems to have come with an old woman, a middle-aged man, and a middle-aged woman did not return to the car even in this wind and sand,

Standing in front of the off-road vehicle, barely keeping his eyes open, he looked at the old woman in the yellow sand in front of him with some concern.

“…… Eh, what are you doing here, it's going to be windy, let's go! ”

Xu Feng and Ah Meng appeared.

Xu Feng and Ah Meng appeared some distance away from the off-road vehicle.

The clothes on his body changed again, turning into a high-necked windbreaker and trousers with trousers tucked into his boots.

Ah Meng on his side is similar.

According to the information of some identities incarnated at this moment, Xu Feng is a forest ranger.

Further back in the Gobi Desert, a sand dune is a vast artificial forest.

It is the miracle of this desert, and it is the power that this country has invested in this desert to change the world.

Of course...... The other forest rangers and workers in the vast artificial forest have two words to say whether they recognize Xu Feng as a colleague.

Standing behind the off-road vehicle for a while,

Xu Feng still walked over with Ah Meng,

These three people are the only figures that he and Ah Meng can see on this desert from the underworld to the human world.

It should have a lot to do with the girl in the red dress who entered the inn.

“…… Uncle, you are ......"

Probably heard Xu Feng's voice, turned his head and looked at Xu Feng and Ah Meng approaching,

The middle-aged man next to the off-road vehicle turned his head and shouted in response to the whistling wind and sand.

Listening to the middle-aged man's name, Xu Feng was a little speechless.

But I can probably guess that it is now incarnated, and others may be a little older in their eyes.

"I'm the ranger behind this dune, in the plantation over there. Come around here and see you. What are you doing here? ”

"Such a strong wind, the wind is strong for a while, and the wind and sand cover people, you can't leave if you want to."

Xu Feng looked at these two people and said.

"Thank you, thanks for the reminder. But we'll have to wait before we can go. We've also looked at the weather forecast, and the wind may stop after a while. ”

"The wind on this desert is not certain, it is not impossible to say that the wind will stop after a while, and maybe it will blow stronger and stronger, and it will roll up a sandstorm."

The middle-aged man said with some gratitude, and replied to Xu Feng with some apologies.

Listening to Xu Feng's words again, he said apologetically,

"I'm sorry, we'll leave later. Thank you for the reminder. ”

"Hmm...... That old lady in front of you is your mother? ”

Xu Feng turned his head and looked at the old lady standing alone in the wind and sand in front of him.

"Right...... It's my old mother. ”

Seeing that Xu Feng and Ah Meng did not leave, they continued to talk to them.

Middle-aged men should also respond, but in the wind and sand, they have to shout every word.

“…… Well...... Your old mother is alone there, and she will be blown down in a moment. ”

Xu Feng tried to say, wanting to know more information.

"Hi...... She was stubborn, and we said to follow her, and she said let's wait for her here, and she was going to be alone for a while, and talk to my father. ”

The middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman also had some helplessness on their faces.

"Your father? You're here. ”

"According to my father's wishes, I came to bury my father."

The middle-aged man responded this time and was a little silent.

Xu Feng looked at the old woman in the wind and sand in front of him,

The old woman was still holding the wooden box in her arms, and whispered something.

Originally...... That wooden box is the urn containing the ashes.

"Condolences and change."

"It's okay, my dad is quite old. He died in his eighties, and he didn't feel very uncomfortable when he left, so he slept and went. ”

The middle-aged man was silent and then shook his head.

"It's his old man's last wish is that he can be buried here after he dies, so we brought him here."

"Who is your father?"

"Huh? It's nothing. My father used to work here on the Gobi Desert. In the past, he always told my mother that he hoped that after he left, there would be no funeral, and after he was cremated, he would scatter his ashes on this desert Gobi, so that he could go with the wind on the Gobi and be with some old friends. That's what my mother told us...... She used to be colleagues and comrades-in-arms with my father......"

Xu Feng understood the middle-aged man's words.

"Huh...... Before we came, I passed by your forest farm and reported to your leaders. ”

"That's right."

Xu Feng answered, and then turned his head to look at the old lady in the wind and sand in front of him.

It's like Ah Meng told him that he has already cultivated a little.

Now he listened carefully,

It seemed that he could also hear the words of the old woman in front of him holding the urn in the wind whistling in the sky.

"Lao Yu...... I've brought you here, we've arrived at the place. ”

"Do you still have an impression of the yellow sand rolling in the sky? I should have an impression that when the wind blew at that time, a lot of mud could be mixed into the steamed buns. ”

"Some time ago, when I watched you dream, it seemed like you were still spitting sand, I must have dreamed of it. I also dreamed of ...... You're gone, and I'm afraid it won't be long. I'll be looking for you when I'm waiting, and you'll have to get me a good place. ”

"Lao Yu, don't you see any old friends. The wind is so strong, are they coming to pick you up? Then Lao Yu, you can go. ”

The old woman stepped on the Gobi Desert, and a weed behind her was pressed to the ground by the wind, shaking its branches and leaves from time to time.

The old woman chattered, not knowing whether it was the wind or something else, but she also trembled a little in the wind that swept the yellow sand.

With trembling hands, the old woman opened the lid of the urn,

Just a moment, even if there is an old woman's body to protect it,

Or was the wind swept away some of the ashes, blowing some yellow sand into the urn.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry...... Lao Yu will come to accompany you old friends first, and I will not see Lao Yu for some time, so you will let me talk to Lao Yu more. ”

The old woman guarded the urn and said again.

And the yellow sand sweeping in the sky, the howling wind, seemed to really understand the old woman's words,

The wind was much lighter, and the yellow sand that filled the air was falling again.

"Eh, the wind seems to be light, is it going to stop?"

"Yes, that's how the wind is on the Gobi Desert, maybe. Just now the wind was howling, but after a while the wind and the sun will be beautiful. It may have been blown somewhere else. ”

Seeing that the wind gradually subsided, the middle-aged man said in surprise.

Xu Feng responded with a smile.

Ah Meng next to him raised his head and looked at Xu Feng.

Nature can't be so coincidental,

However, Xu Feng calmed down the wind a little with a little trick he learned from "Zhou Yi".

"Hey......"

The middle-aged man shook off the yellow sand and mud dust on his body.

He raised his head again, looked at his mother not far in front of him, and sighed again.

Xu Feng also turned his head and looked over.

The old woman staggered forward two more steps, and then stopped again.

“…… Lao Yu, our old friends, it seems that they also heard our words. ”

"Lao Yu, I'll send you here first, you just wait over there, or I'll come to you soon." Let's talk about it then. ”

"Lao Yu, do you remember where we were originally?"

"I still remember, you have a better memory than me, you should remember it too."

“…… Okay, let's not talk about it...... Do not say...... Don't keep old friends waiting......"

The old woman grabbed a handful of ashes, took her husband's ashes, and followed her last wish, and scattered them on the Gobi desert with yellow sand.

The wind on the Gobi blew slightly, carrying the ashes farther away.

"Lao Yu, it's time to get to the place, let's go, let's go......"

"Lao Yu...... Why can't you forget it, I can't forget it. ”

"Lao Yu, this life is also hard, just rest and rest, over there, talk to old friends about the past."

"You remember to tell them about the changes in our country over the years."

"Tell them it's getting better and better. Behind the Gobi Desert, there are already forests. ”

"I saw it all when I came, and the books that I planted have grown taller, one by one, maybe in a few decades, the ground here will be green."

"Our country is fine now...... Remember to talk about all this. Then, just wait for me to come...... Yes. ”

The old woman swayed a handful of ashes, and they all said a word,

said goodbye to her husband, who is also an old comrade-in-arms.

Gradually, the ashes were gone with the wind.

The last ashes were also scattered on this side of the desert.

The old woman put down her hand and paused, looking at the Gobi Desert.

"Lao Yu...... Let's go, let's go with old friends. Your sons and daughters, your granddaughters in the house, I will show you for two more years, and I will tell you when the time comes. ”

After another pause, the old woman bowed her body,

I dug a shallow pit in the Gobi Desert with my hands.

The empty urn was also buried in this Gobi, just buried with some shallow yellow sand.

"Hoo ......"

I don't know when, the wind blew again,

The yellow sand was whistling.

The old woman turned around, looked back again, and then staggered back.

"Mom...... It's all right, Mom......"

Seeing the old woman walking back, the middle-aged man and the woman hurriedly ran over to support her.

"It's fine. Your father is here. With those old friends by his side, he is not alone. ”

"Hmm...... Mom, let's go back. ”

The old woman was helped back to the SUV and looked back.

Middle-aged men and women follow their mother's words.

"Hmm...... Go back, go back ......"

“…… Wait for me to leave when I will be gone, and you will be like this, just bring me here, and scatter it in the desert. ”

"Don't bury it elsewhere, I'm afraid I'm far away, I can't find your father, and your father won't be able to find me."

"Mom...... Are you well...... How to say this. ”

"Promise me...... Since your dad left, my heart has disappeared here, and the whole person seems to have no strength, and I can't move my feet after walking a few steps, and I can't stand for a while. ”

Middle-aged men and women are a little nervous about their mother's words.

The old woman spoke calmly.

"Before I came here last night, I dreamed of this desert...... Ah, that's a lot of people. ”

"Remember, you must send me here, or you won't find your way...... Your father will wait for me. ”

"Hmm...... We get it, Mom. Mom, let's not talk about this, let's go back. ”

"Hmmm......"

The old woman nodded.

Turning his gaze back, he noticed Xu Feng and Ah Meng standing next to him.

"Who are these two?"

"It's the ranger of the forest behind that. When he saw us standing in this man, he was afraid of the danger of a strong wind, so he came and reminded us. ”

"I'm sorry, I kept my head buried in my emotions just now, and I didn't notice you. Thank you both for the reminder. It's getting windy and sandy at this time, so if you two go back there, let's take a car together, and we're going to pass from there. ”

The old woman apologized to Xu Feng and Ah Meng.

"Thank you then."

Xu Feng watched the old woman scatter her husband's ashes on this desert and bury them here.

Probably sure that the girl in the red dress basically has something to do with this old woman or her husband.

The matter between the old woman and her husband, Xu Feng had already heard something and understood a little.

But the relationship with the girl in the red dress is really a little unclear.

In this way, the obsession of the girl in the red dress is naturally completely unknown.

Xu Feng also followed the old woman's words and stayed with the few people here for a while to see if he could get more information.

"Get in the car, get in the car...... I see the wind blowing again. ”

"Your father's old friends, come and pick him up......"

The old woman raised her head again and looked at the yellow sand in the sky.

"Hmmm......"

The old woman's son and daughter answered, and then beckoned to get into the car.

Xu Feng and Ah Meng, as well as the old woman, sat in the back row.

A middle-aged man and a woman, one driving a car, the other sitting in the passenger seat.

“…… Where's my radio. ”

After the old woman got into the car, she kept looking at the yellow sand outside the car window, and she was in a trance.

Xu Feng's eyes were also paying attention to the old woman most of the time, but he didn't keep staring at the old woman in order to avoid looking a little strange.

The car drove some distance ahead, and the vast artificial forest could already be seen in the distance.

The old woman turned her head again and asked abruptly at the co-pilot's daughter.

"Here, Mom."

The woman hurriedly responded, and took an old tape radio from the side,

The paint on the radio has dropped a lot, especially on the buttons, and the original paint color is no longer visible.

The old woman's hand trembled a little and took it,

I pressed the switch, and I looked at the radio in a daze, listening.

On the cassette radio, a unique timbre was played with a cassette tape, and a familiar song was played.

Just hearing the sound of this song, Xu Feng also paused.