When setting off the next day, Baoyin asked Wang Xian to get on the carriage. Wang Xian laughed loudly and said: "I'm not sick. After sleeping for a night, I became more energetic...ahem..." He shrugged
He coughed violently into his shoulder.
"How long are you going to be brave?" Baoyin said with red eyes.
"It's not that I want to show off," Wang Xian sighed: "So many people are looking at me, and my performance will directly affect morale. I have to hold on even if I hold on..."
"Then I'll carry a water bag for you. That's okay." Baoyin's tears rolled in her eye sockets. The tears she had not shed in the first ten years of her life had been made up in this month.
"Okay." Wang Xian nodded, and Baoyin took the water bag, carried it on his back, and followed him step by step, worried that he might fall at any time.
It was Wu Wei who found a stick for Wang Xian to lean on, and the situation improved a lot. However, the lack of water and food, especially the former, still seriously threatened the team. As a last resort, Wang Xian had to use the daily water supply for each person.
Volume, compress it to half, so it can last for a few more days.
But there is still at least half of the journey. Passive reduction of expenditure is not the solution. We must also increase the source of water. In order to find water sources, Wang Xian took advantage of the cool period before sunset to send more than ten teams to each place.
Look around for water.
But it was too difficult to find a water source in the Great Gobi. It was completely beyond Wang Xian's previous expectations. He remembered that the book said that there was obviously no shortage of underground water in the Great Gobi, but why couldn't he find it?
Wang Xian also wanted to use the temperature difference between day and night to condense water. He asked people to dig a sand pit and lay a layer of horsehide in the sand pit, with the inner membrane facing up, and compact the surrounding area with sand. Leave it there overnight, and then put it under the sun the next morning.
Go get it before it comes out. According to his experience in the Hulanhu hypothermia experiment, there should be a lot of water on it. But he ignored that the Gobi Desert is extremely strange, there is no water vapor at all, and the condensed water is also
It's just a slightly wet hand, so it's impossible to drink from it.
But he couldn't shake his confidence. Once he wavered, the morale of the entire team was ruined. Only by remaining optimistic and firmly believing that water would be found soon could he give everyone the confidence to go on.
But always drawing cakes could not satisfy his hunger, and always saying that he could find water could not quench his thirst. Wang Xian had to send more people to look for water in all directions. Even he himself dragged his sick body and walked more than ten miles to find the life-saving water source.
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Baoyin was worried that something might happen to him, so she followed him closely. Wang Xian asked her to go back and not be with him, but she didn't listen.
Every afternoon in the desolate Gobi, a scene like this occurs. A man is trudging in front with a stick, and a woman is trudging behind with water on her back. The two of them can spend the entire afternoon without saying a word until it gets dark. The man
Turning around, the woman followed him silently back to the camp.
Such a scene has nothing to do with romance, it only makes people feel the cruelty of nature. Even the person involved has no energy to imagine. This is such a unique period in their lives. He just wants to find water, and she just wants to protect him.
Until that day, Wang Xian suddenly stopped and Baoyin behind him almost bumped into him. He raised his head strangely and saw him staring blankly into the distance. Following his gaze, Baoyin was surprised to see
In the distance there is a green grassland and a blue lake rippling.
The grassland lake suddenly jumped out on the horizon, which stunned the two of them. It took a long time for Baoyin to realize, hugging Wang Xian's arm tightly, and said in surprise: "Have we walked out of the Gobi?"
Wang Xian showed a thoughtful expression. He shook his somewhat dazed head. Judging from the map, it was still early. How could he just walk out? Could it be a mirage?
While Wang Xian was thinking about it, Baoyin could no longer hold back and ran out. In fact, she was almost exhausted, but the joy of surviving a desperate situation filled her body with strength. She ran and ran until the grassland disappeared before her eyes.
... In shock, Baoyin threw garlic at her feet and fell hard to the ground. Ignoring the pain, she raised her head and rubbed her eyes hard. In front of her eyes, she could only see the boundless vast Gobi. Where was the shadow of the grassland?
"Why, why..." The pain from hope to disappointment hit Baoyin deeply, and her eyes were a little dull.
It wasn't until Wang Xian came over, struggled to help her up, patted the sand on her body, checked her worn palms, and told her it was a mirage that Baoyin realized that she had been deceived by Changshengtian.
"Why does Changshengtian treat us like this?" Baoyin murmured: "Isn't he the most kind and fair? We, the Borzigit tribe, have always served him with devotion."
"Maybe it's because I'm unhappy." Wang Xian hissed and comforted her: "Don't worry, there is no way out, but there is a bright future in every village. Hope is often hidden behind despair. As long as we persist for a few more days, we can already find a way out.
The lake is so clear that you can take a long bath in it.
After almost a month in the desert, it was impossible to even wash your face and hands, let alone take a bath. Baoyin had never been so dirty in his life. Even though he knew he was painting cakes, he still couldn't help but lick the cracked ground.
Lips and eyes full of desire.
"Let's go." Wang Xian took the water bag on her back, took her hand and said, "Let's go back."
This was the first time that Wang Xian held her hand. Baoyin was stunned at first. Although she was in an almost numb state, she still felt great joy and shyness. It was like drinking a big bowl of sour plum soup.
Everything came back to life. She held his hand tightly and walked back with him.
On the way back, the wind suddenly started blowing again, and the wind became stronger and stronger. My eyes were filled with flying sand and rocks, and I couldn't tell north from south in the blink of an eye.
"A sandstorm is coming." Wang Xian already knew Gobi's temper very well, "We have to hide quickly, oh..." When he opened his mouth, sand and gravel poured into his mouth, which made him gasp violently.
The strong wind blew up the sand and stones, hitting people's faces, turning them into bruises. The two of them used their robes to protect their heads, but they couldn't care much about their bodies.
But there is no hiding place in this vast Gobi desert. Digging a hole is a good idea, but the wind is too strong and strong, and there is no time. Wang Xian had no choice but to throw Baoyin to the ground, pressing his feet tightly against the ground, and digging his hands deep
He penetrated deeply into the sand and gravel on the ground and protected her with his own body.
Baoyin twisted violently. She didn't want him to be exposed to the knife-like sandstorm, but it made it more difficult for Wang Xian to stabilize his body. He tried his best to roar in her ear: "Don't move." Don't roar like this,
The sound was blown away by the strong wind, and Baoyin could not hear it at all.
"No, you are a patient and I have to protect you," Baoyin also said loudly.
"Shut up!" Wang Xian took another mouthful and roared angrily. Baoyin had no choice but to shut up. But after a while, he heard him say loudly again: "No, I'm going to be blown away. Hug me quickly."
Baoyin immediately turned around from his embrace, hugged his neck tightly with her hands, and wrapped her legs around his waist. Wang Xian also hugged her tightly, using their weight to resist the power of heaven and earth.
The wind was blowing hard, and the two hugged each other tightly. Baoyin's head was shrunk in Wang Xian's arms, like a boat hiding in a haven. Despite the strong wind and waves outside, it was still peaceful inside. But her hands and calves were
The sand and gravel hurt me. Then I thought about Wang Xian's entire back. I didn't know how painful it was.
The strong wind rolled up the sand and rocks, hitting Wang Xian's back with a crackling sound. Every blow was painful. He suddenly felt Baoyin's hand waving hard on his back. At first he thought something had happened to her, but the next moment
Realizing that she wanted to protect herself from the ravages of sand and gravel as much as possible.
"Stop it, idiot." Wang Xian quickly twitched his hands, clamped her arms, and held her tightly under her body. Baoyin could no longer move, so she had to lie in his arms.
Although he had encountered sandstorms many times before, he had dug holes and set up tents to hide in, so although it was difficult, he didn't feel too abnormal. This time, he had to use his flesh and blood to fight against the sandstorms.
Only then did I realize how terrifying its power was.
Even if the two of them are now extremely thin, they still weigh more than 200 kilograms in total, but in this sandstorm, they are like a dead leaf on a branch, which seems to be blown away at any time.
"Will we die?" Baoyin suddenly raised his head and said loudly in Wang Xian's ear.
"Who knows?" At this time, Wang Xian was still thinking about having fun, and said in her ear: "If we die in this posture, when others see our corpses after a thousand years, they will definitely think that we are a couple.
Baoyin's eyes flashed with a complicated and inexplicable light, and she seemed to be dissatisfied with Wang Xian's words, and said loudly: "Can I ask you a question?"
"You want me to eat more sand?" Wang Xian rolled his eyes.
"Why do you hate me so much?" Baoyin wanted to be a sensible person even if she died.
"Damn it, I hate you and I use you as a human shield?" Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said.
"That's what you promised Delemu and the others..."
"Shit, I only promised them not to bully you, but I didn't promise them to protect you." Wang Xian coughed and said: "Although you are a bit fierce, bad-tempered, and petty-minded, overall you are still a lovable person.
Good girl..."
Baoyinxin said, how can you still be lovable after all this? She asked loudly: "Then do you like me?"
"I like it." Since Wang Xian had decided to take on the responsibility of Borzigit's department, there was no need to hurt her anymore.
"Then why are you so cruel to me?" Baoyin didn't quite believe it.
"Because you and your brother bullied me, why should I give you a good look?"
"I haven't bullied you for a long time..." Baoyin whispered, "It's all you who bullies me, okay?"
"It takes time to calm down."
"Have you calmed down now?"
"It's gone..." Wang Xian said. Baoyin suddenly raised his head, aimed at her lips, and kissed her tightly. Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, and then responded enthusiastically. In fact, their lips were now both
Their skin was so broken that they felt numb to the extreme, but on the edge of death, this was the only beauty they could get. They kissed passionately and desperately, as if they wanted to kiss to the end of the world.
They didn't let each other go until both of them were breathless. Baoyin's lips became red, swollen and moist, and her deep eyes were filled with moisture. She looked at Wang Xian deeply, as if to say, don't take it for granted now, right?