Li Ping'an, who was so tired on the train for the past three days, and now just wants to lie down in bed and sleep well, how can he have the heart to drink a lot of wine with him, and refused Jiang Enmin's invitation to a reception banquet on the grounds that he can't leave the information in his hand.

This reason is very good, if the documents in his hand are lost or leaked because of drinking, even Jiang Enmin will inevitably be punished, even if Jiang Enmin's alcohol addiction has come up, he has to regret letting Li Ping'an go back to rest.

Coming to the single room arranged by the staff here, Li Ping'an casually looked at the layout of the room, and after not finding anything unclean on the bed, Li Ping'an nodded with satisfaction.

After a simple wash, the tired Li Ping'an put the document bag in his hand into the warehouse, and lay on the bed to prepare for sleep.

Not long after lying down, I felt a wave of dizziness in my mind, and I only felt that the bed was shaking like a train. The experienced Li Ping'an knew that this was the rhythm of his body adapting to the train, and it would take a day or two to recover after getting off the train.

The experienced Li Ping'an didn't care about the dizziness in his brain, smelled the quilt full of sunshine, and it didn't take long for his tired body to fall asleep.

The next morning, the sunlight shone into Li Ping'an's face through the window of the guest house, and under the stimulation of the sun, Li Ping'an slowly opened his eyes and got up from the bed, stretched his body a few times, changed into new clothes, opened the door with his briefcase and walked out.

"Early, why did Director Jiang get up so early?"

When Li Ping'an came to the restaurant of the guest house with a lunch box to eat, he saw Jiang Enmin, who was already sitting at the dining table and eating, and quickly stepped forward to say hello.

"Comrade Ping'an, you just got off the train yesterday, why don't you rest in the room more" Jiang Enmin was very surprised to see Li Ping'an appear in the restaurant so early, and couldn't help asking.

"Hey, I'm so tired on the train for the past three days, I fell asleep when I returned to the room yesterday, and I really couldn't sleep after I just woke up, so I just came to eat, what about you? Why do you wake up so early? ”

"I still have work to do, and now the car is already on its way, and after breakfast, I'm going to start going deep into the desert."

"You've worked hard enough, you should have been here for a few days, right? Not to mention, the food in the eastern Xinjiang is really quite different from our mainland."

This kind of top-secret work is inconvenient to talk about more, Jiang Enmin's words are actually a bit of a leak, if you continue to talk if someone hears it, it will be a troublesome matter, the clever Li Ping'an quickly changed the topic, and the topic was blunt to eat locally and became addicted.

Jiang Enmin is also an old fritter, as soon as the words just came out, Jiang Enmin knew that he had said the wrong thing, and now that Li Ping'an helped him solve the siege, Jiang Enmin naturally immediately followed the words provoked by Li Ping'an and continued to speak.

The two didn't talk for long, and Jiang Enmin's subordinates walked in quickly from the outside: "Jiang, the convoy is already waiting below."

Jiang Enmin nodded at the secretary and said goodbye to Li Ping'an.

Not long after Jiang Enmin left, people came in the restaurant one after another, including many fellows who had a relationship with each other at Sijiucheng Station.

Nodding to each other as saying hello, Li Ping'an, who had breakfast, strolled around the door of the guest house for a while, and after the time was almost there, he came to the meeting place he said last night and waited for the next work arrangement.

"Comrade, have you all arrived?"

Within the agreed time, the staff came to the meeting place on time and asked Li Ping'an if the personnel had arrived.

Li Ping'an solemnly said to the staff: "Comrade, there should be 5 people in the Hongxing Rolling Mill in Sijiu City, but there are 5 people, and all the personnel have come."

The staff nodded, took out the photos one by one and verified them one-on-one with everyone at the scene, and after verifying that it was correct, each person was given a certificate of entry and exit printed with everyone's photos, and then led everyone to the door of the guest house and got into the jeep that had been waiting for a long time.

When they received the pass from the staff and knew the destination of this mission, everyone realized the extraordinary nature of this mission, and they couldn't help themselves with red light on their faces.

That is, there was still a staff member in the jeep, and everyone suppressed the excitement in their hearts and did not howl on the spot.

The jeep was very quiet during the drive, everyone was smirking at the pass, and the jeep quickly arrived at the destination this time, in front of a large convoy.

After the car stopped, the five people of the rolling mill were divided into two teams, Li Ping'an and the two technicians sat in the trucks of the convoy, and the remaining two followed the staff to an unknown place.

Regarding this situation, Li Ping'an, as the team leader, didn't say much, and when he arrived at someone's territory, he didn't say anything, just obey and do as he was told.

The convoy was ready, and under the leadership of the lead car, one by one, slowly headed towards the depths of the desert.

The city is six or seven hundred kilometers away from the destination, and it is very difficult for the convoy to travel all the way, not to mention the road, not even a slightly decent road, and the convoy is struggling to move along the saline road left by the predecessors, which is full of potholes.

The convoy was driving in the endless desert, and there was flying sand everywhere, and if you opened the glass on the truck slightly, a large amount of yellow sand would enter the cabin through the gap.

Looking at everything around him in a new way, Li Ping'an asked the driver that he could take pictures now, and happily took out his camera and took a few photos of the scene outside through the car window.

After a convoy stopped, Li Ping'an frowned and looked at the construction team in front of him who was rushing to repair the road section, and couldn't help but ask the driver lying on the ground: "Comrade driver, stop and go all the way, our team will have to drive for a few days to reach the destination."

"It's not easy to say, our fleet is too heavy, if you're lucky, it will take four days, if you're unlucky, you encounter a sandstorm or something, it will take a week" The driver seemed to have run this section of the road, lying on the ground and said lazily.

"How does the sandstorm compare to the sandstorm in the mainland?"

Sandstorms are not uncommon in these years, Li Ping'an has lived in Sijiu City for two years, sandstorms have to encounter so many times a year, the most serious time is full of orange, and when you go out, you have to eat a mouthful of sand.

Hearing Li Ping'an's inquiry, the driver sat up from the ground all of a sudden, took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, with a look of memory on his face: "That's two different things, I remember the biggest sandstorm I encountered, it was really flying sand and rocks, the thick sand blocked the sky, blowing so that people couldn't open their eyes, there was yellow sand everywhere around, and nothing could be seen a few meters away, I remember clearly, when a worker got off the car to rescue supplies, he was blown away by the wind for a long time, that is, the guy died a lot, after the sandstorm ended." We found it from a pile of sand a few hundred meters away and dug it up."

"That's really a big life, you can be rescued in such a dangerous situation" After listening to the driver's narration, Li Ping'an nodded with emotion in agreement.

She Qingliang, a technician from the rolling mill who had been listening to the chat between the two of them, heard that the sandstorm here was so terrible, and couldn't help but ask the driver worriedly: "Comrade driver, since the sandstorm is so terrible, is there a big probability that our team will encounter it?" ”

"Big, very big, don't look at this place, there are no trees or water around, there are deserts and Gobi deserts everywhere, there is not even a shelter, and a slightly strong wind can form a sandstorm"

Hearing the frequent occurrence of sandstorms, She Qingliang, a weak intellectual, was frightened and hurriedly asked: "Comrade driver, what should we do if we encounter a sandstorm so that we will not be blown away by the wind?" ”

"How do She Gong dodge from sandstorms, it's not simple? The load of our vehicle is so large, when we encounter a sandstorm, drill into the car, stick to the car tightly, grasp the body with both hands, not to mention the sandstorm, even a tornado can't blow you away" Li Ping'an helped the driver explain to She Qingliang next to him.

The driver gave Li Ping'an a thumbs up and nodded in agreement: "Yes, just do it, no wind can blow away, the sandstorm is not so terrible, as long as it is not alone in the unsheltered open space, then nothing will happen."

"Since this is the case, then I have a number in my heart, if I really encounter a sandstorm, I also have a way to save my life" She Qingliang saw that the drivers agreed with Li Ping'an's plan, so he was relieved, and he didn't have so much fear of sandstorms in his heart.

Just as everyone was talking and laughing, the team building the road in front also finished its work, the first car sounded a whistle, and the rested people got up and walked towards their vehicles.

There was no danger on today's journey, only non-stop road repairs, and two small sandstorms, but there was no impact, visibility was within the normal range, and the convoy did not stop to avoid the dust, and still rushed forward.

At night, before it was completely dark, the convoy arrived at the camping site, which was a remnant of the ruins of an ancient city in the Western Regions, full of broken earthen walls, taking advantage of the afterglow of the sunset, you could see the spire and other buildings emerging from the sand in the distance, Li Ping'an took this opportunity to quickly take out his camera and take a few photos of this small ancient city ruins.

"Comrade Ping'an, don't shoot these broken walls first, let's set up our tent quickly, if it is completely dark and our tent has not been erected, then it will be troublesome" After the driver parked the car, he saw Li Ping'an taking pictures with a camera, and couldn't help but urge.

"Okay, okay, I'll go and pitch the tent now"

Urged, Li Ping'an reluctantly put away the camera, and followed the driver to build a tent to sleep in tonight against the earthen wall.

Li Ping'an had the experience of setting up tents in the field several times, and with the cooperation of the driver, the people who came quickly set up a tent that could accommodate four or five people.

After finishing the work of the tent, She Qingliang and Fang Fanping, who were arranged by the driver to pick up firewood nearby, and the two technicians from the rolling mill also walked back with a large pile of firewood.

Seeing the two of them holding the wood that had obvious traces of artificial polishing, Li Ping'an was stunned for a moment, and asked the two of them about the source of the wood in confusion: "Where did you get this wood?" ”

Fang Fanping pointed to the ruins behind him, and said to Li Ping'an with a smile: "The beams of the house that have not been buried in the sand from this ruin"

Speechlessly, looking at the three people who were happily lighting the fire and preparing to heat the dry food, Li Ping'an asked tentatively: "You weren't seen when you went to pick up the beams of the house, right?" ”

"It must have been seen, the two of us just saw a lot of them going to pick up the beams of the house, and they just picked it up with the past, how could no one see it?" Fang Fanping stopped the ignition in his hand and looked at Li Ping'an puzzled.

Yes, there is really nothing to say now, this thing convoy took the lead in sabotage, Li Ping'an also took care of a hammer, picked up the naan in his backpack, and prepared to roast and eat it after the fire was lit.

After eating and drinking, lying in the tent at night, there was the snoring of the driver's master in his ears, and the smell of feet permeating the entire tent in his nose, Li Ping'an and the two technicians of the rolling mill looked at each other, and after a wry smile, they all covered their heads with quilts, trying to resist the invasion of foot odor.

The smell of the tent at night made Li Ping'an's head dizzy, and it was not until the second half of the night that he fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, just after dawn, Li Ping'an was woken up by the noisy sound outside the tent, rubbed his sleepy eyes, put on his clothes and walked out of the tent.

After breakfast, the convoy started today's trip again, and the whole morning, the convoy drove very smoothly, and did not stop once.

When he stopped to rest at noon and had lunch by the way, Fang Fanping took the baked naan and said happily while eating: "The morning trip is really smooth, I hope our trip in the next few days will be as smooth as the morning."

"yes, it's a great feeling to keep all the way, by the way, comrade driver, have you ever made it all the way to your destination?" She Qingliang answered while roasting naan.

She Qingliang, who was baking naan, didn't hear the driver's answer, so he turned his head to look in the direction of the driver and wanted to ask again.

As soon as he wanted to continue speaking, he saw the driver stand up abruptly and look into the distance with a solemn expression.

The driver's actions aroused Li Ping'an's curiosity, and the driver could show this expression, indicating that something bad was likely to happen.

Li Ping'an also got up from the ground and followed the driver's gaze to the distant horizon, but the sun was a little big, and Li Ping'an squinted his eyes and couldn't see it very clearly.

As soon as I turned my head and asked the driver what he saw, I saw a faint yellow sand covering the sky in the direction of the horizon.

"The sandstorm is coming"

The driver's shout sounded in Li Ping'an's ears, and before Li Ping'an could react, the driver had already picked up the burden on the ground and ran wildly in the direction of the truck.

(End of chapter)