Let alone riding a camel, I had never even ridden a horse at that time. Our guide, Lao Zhang, led us to choose one each. He told us that there was something special about choosing a camel.
He said that once an adult female camel gives birth to a calf, the water-retaining sac in the body will become smaller. This kind of camel is not suitable for entering the depths of the desert. It is okay to walk around the edge of the desert.
The camel park set out for the Alxa Desert. We selected a total of six camels to form a camel team for this trip. The camels we selected were used to pull luggage and tools, and secondly, they were also used as spare camels. At noon, we were ordered by Lao Zhang
Next, we all changed our outfits. Douyazai wrapped his head in a gauze scarf and said awkwardly, "Why do we look so much like robbers in our outfits?"
"If you can't speak, don't speak. You are the robber," Zhao Xuanxuan skillfully rode on the camel and pulled the reins.
"This girl's posture is very standard. Have you ridden before?" the guide Lao Zhang said with a smile.
"My family used to have a horse farm," Zhao Xuanxuan said proudly, "I knew how to ride a horse when I was a child. I feel that riding a camel is not much different from riding a horse. They are very similar."
At around 8 o'clock in the evening, our camel team arrived at Highway 67, which was already on the edge of the Alxa Desert. We crossed the highway and entered Alxa.
At the suggestion of our guide Lao Zhang, we set up tents along the road and ate hot food around the campfire at night. Lao Zhang pointed at the darkness behind us.
"According to the speed of our camel team, we will probably reach the first stop, Mold Tomb, tomorrow evening."
I took a sip of water and asked, "Uncle Zhang, can you tell the direction without looking at the map? There are no roads in the desert, so don't lead us off the road."
"Hey, look what you said, I didn't know this when I was growing up in Alxa. Maps don't work here. I usually marked and drew the map last month. When the sandstorm comes next month, it will change the landscape, and everything will change.
Can’t see clearly.”
"In addition, you should also pay attention when sleeping at night. There are often fierce snakes here (Taipan snakes). Be careful not to be bitten by the fierce snakes."
According to his plan, starting from the national highway and passing through the Mold Graveyard, Leeward Slope, Crescent Moon Spring Oasis, and Paba Sand Dunes, you can reach the area where the Hute people often live. The last time he took reporter Gan, he met them near the Crescent Moon Spring Oasis.
Hute tribe.
I didn't dare to sleep at all at night, so I had to take turns guarding the camels to prevent any accidents from happening. My shift was from two to four o'clock in the middle of the night. In front of me was Qin Xingping, so I didn't let the boss and Zhao Xuanxuan keep watch.
At about 1:30 in the middle of the night, I got up on time to change my shift. Qin Xingping was looking at the fire and smoking, as if he was worried.
"Brother Qin, go and rest, let me watch over you."
He turned to look at me and said, "I'm fine. You can sleep a little longer. Come on, have a smoke." He threw a cigarette over.
Sitting on the floor, I lit up a cigarette and took a puff, which made my throat burn.
"Yunfeng, you don't have a girlfriend yet? Have you ever thought about getting married?"
"How dare you dare to act so unreasonable," I flicked the ashes of my cigarette and said with a smile, "people like us are wandering around, and we might go in one day, and no girl dares to follow, so I have already planned it, thirty-five
talk about it later."
Qin Xingping pointed to the tent bag over there, "How about that girl? To be honest, she's quite handsome. I think you two are suitable."
"Zhao Xuanxuan?" I said, Brother Qin, don't be joking, she and I are just friends, and Zhao Xuanxuan is the eldest lady.
"Tch, not necessarily. Can the eldest lady do such dirty work as tomb robbing? I think it's only right that the eldest lady is a maid."
While chatting around the fire, Qin Xingping suddenly stood up suddenly.
"Who!" He pointed his flashlight directly to the northwest.
"What's wrong, Brother Qin?" I quickly stood up and asked.
Qin Xingping shook the flashlight back and forth, "Huh? I seemed to have seen a black shadow just now? Why did it disappear in the blink of an eye?"
"Black shadow? Where?" I also turned on the flashlight and looked around.
"There's nothing. Brother Qin, were you dazzled just now?"
Qin Xingping took back the flashlight and said with a smile, "Maybe I was sleepy just now and my eyesight was dazzled. Then I'll go back to sleep. If you need anything, just call me."
"Okay, Brother Qin, you should go to bed early." I watched him get into the tent bag.
After adding more firewood half an hour later, I stared at the fire in a daze.
