Chapter 156: Oasis
It took the two of them more than an hour to reach the oasis. When the two of them looked at the mountain before, they didn't feel very far, and they didn't expect to walk for more than an hour.
As soon as the two stepped into the area of the oasis, they found a group of people surrounding a place, and on the other side there were women with water tanks on the other side, queuing up to fetch water.
The complexion of these people is dark, and the features of their facial features are somewhat close to the appearance of people in the northwest of China. Almost none of the clothes they wore were clean, and being thin and tall was their characteristic.
Many of the children were naked, and it had not rained for a long time, and the corners of their lips were dry.
If you want to say that they are residents here, they really don't look like refugees.
Seeing these scenes, Bai Yumo's heart was a little complicated, in the dry weather, no living thing would die of thirst without water.
When Bai Yumo looked at those people, those people also looked at them with puzzled eyes.
Many people are whispering, and the content of the conversation in the words seems to be about the two of them.
"Patriarch Leo, where did you get those two people?"
"Patriarch Leo, who are they? How did you come to the desert? It looks like a foreigner. ”
"Larryl, go over and take a look, are those two going the wrong way?"
An old man who was guarding the water source heard the conversation of the clansmen, and was also full of curiosity about Bai Yumo and the others, so he asked his son to go over and ask.
"Yes, Dad."
Larry heard his father's words, put down the weapon in his hand, and walked in the direction where Bai Yumo and the others were.
"Hello two guests from afar. My name is Larryl, how can I help you? ”
Laril was very polite, and when he walked up to Qin Fan, he bowed his head very politely, and when he saw the appearance of the two, he was very shocked, these two people were really beautiful. Especially the woman in front of her was even more beautiful than the moon god enshrined in the temple.
"Hello, Larryl. We came to explore the desert and walked for almost two days before we got to where your tribe is. Thinking that it is getting dark, I want to spend the night in your land, and we will leave tomorrow, and we will pay you accordingly. ”
Qin Fan didn't expect that he could understand Lariel's words, this Laril in front of him should be from a more prestigious family in the tribe, otherwise he wouldn't have become a representative of the clan to inquire about their information.
"Oh, I see. I thought you were lost, no problem, I'm going to explain the reason to my father, you wait for me for a while. ”
Laril didn't expect this man to speak the language of their people, it seems that he is really an explorer, and in their desert, there will be explorers passing by from time to time, and they will also look for a place to stay in their tribe.
After making them wait for a while, Laril walked back quickly, and the matter of keeping people in the tribe must be agreed by his father and several clan elders, and he has no right to make decisions on his own.
"Larryl, who are those two?"
"Father, those two are explorers, and they have come to explore in the desert. He said that he had walked for two days to find a place to live, and that he wanted to spend the night, and promised to give us the corresponding payment. ”
When the patriarch saw that his son was back, he hurriedly asked for information about the two.
After listening to what his son said, Patriarch Leo and several clan elders breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that they were just staying overnight, as long as they were not refugees. They can't take in refugees anymore, and the lake's banks are almost at the bottom, and if it doesn't rain anymore, it won't be long before they leave the oasis on which they live.
Without water, they can't survive, and it's going to be a desert soon. Thinking of this, Patriarch Leo felt very guilty in his heart, he was sorry for the clansmen, he didn't let them survive well, during this time, five or six people in the clan died of thirst and starvation.
Their tribe used to be a large tribe in the desert, with a maximum number of three thousand, but now in his generation, there were less than three hundred people left.
"Patriarch Leo, if those two leave tomorrow, then we'll keep them for the night."
"Yes, patriarch, we all know the temperature at night in the desert, and it can be so cold that a cow freezes to death, so let's take them in for one night."
"Look at the extraordinary temperament of those two people, they shouldn't be bad people, and now that the water is almost gone, we don't have anything to make them want."
When several clan elders heard Larryl's words, their hearts immediately overflowed with sympathy. They had met many people who claimed to be explorers and stayed in the tribe before, and a few people wanted to occupy their water resources, acting like robbers and bandits, but the two young men in the distance did not feel like outsiders.
"So be it, Larryl, you bring the people back to the tribe, there is still a spare room in the temple, leave it to the two of them.
Help them prepare some braziers in the evening, just in case they can't get up tomorrow morning. ”
The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, and now in summer, the maximum temperature during the day can reach 60 or 70 degrees, and the temperature at night can drop below a few degrees in an instant.
If you encounter a sudden cold wave and don't prepare in advance, maybe the next day people will fall asleep and freeze to death.
"Okay, then I'll take them there now."
After his father gave the order, Laril turned and ran.
"Two guests, my father said, let me take you to the temple, where there is an empty room, where you can rest.
In the evening, I will help you prepare the brazier. When you rest, keep the door closed. The temperature difference in the desert is large, and if you are not careful, you will freeze to death. ”
"Okay, thank you, Larryl. You can call me Qin Fan, this is my sister, Qin Mo. ”
Larryl's frank character, Qin Fan still admired it, told him his name, and did not forget to make up an identity for Bai Yumo.
"Then can I call you Brother Qin? I'm eighteen years old. My father's name was Leo, and he was the patriarch of the tribe.
A few years ago, there were also a few explorers who stayed in our tribe, and they are not supposed to be from the same country as you, and you don't look alike. ”
Hearing that the guest from afar introduced himself, Larriel also introduced himself in general. After finishing speaking, he looked at the woman beside Qin Fan, Brother Qin's younger sister hadn't spoken, so she shouldn't understand the language they spoke.
"Hehe, thank you again for your help, and we'll pay you before we leave tomorrow morning."
"It's okay, it's okay if you don't give it. Money is of little use in the desert, and if you pay us, we can't buy anything. ”
Their tribe was almost cut off from the outside world, and in order to ensure the reproduction of the tribe, after their father became the patriarch, he no longer let them go out on adventures.
Because every time people go on an adventure, they almost can't come back, and there are fewer and fewer people in the tribe.
Therefore, it is useless for them to get money, and in the desert, even if they have money, they cannot buy necessities.