The camel bells sang melodiously in the desert, and the occasional shout seemed a little languid under the hot sun.
Pedestrians were stingy about talking, and their lips were so dry and cracked that it felt unbearably painful to touch them.
"Water, is there still water?"
Between the two humps of the camel, a girl with a veil and her whole body wrapped in white gauze, only exposed a pair of dark eyes, which also revealed unbearable exhaustion.
She asked the servant holding the camel next to her. The servant's face had been sunburned and peeled, and his lips were chapped and bleeding. He looked a little sick.
"Miss, there's not much water left. Please drink sparingly."
The servant carefully took out a sheepskin kettle from the camel's sack. The kettle was already very shriveled.
He raised his hand and handed it to the girl.
The girl took the kettle, shook it slightly, then opened the leather stopper and put it to her mouth.
When he raised his head, his white swan-like neck was exposed.
After traveling for days, I feel tired, dry and thirsty.
But she just took a sip: "How far is it from Longmen Inn?"
"The guide said it won't take more than one day to get there."
When the servant spoke, his vocal cords hurt, his voice was hoarse, and it was painful to speak.
"Moisten your throat."
The girl leaned over and handed the kettle in her hand to the servant.
"Miss, I can still bear it."
The servant did not accept the girl's kindness, but carefully stuffed the leather stopper of the kettle and put it back into the camel's sack.
At this time, a person in front of the team stepped on the gravel with one foot deep and one shallow. His body shook a few times and fell straight to the ground.
The people next to him quickly lifted him up, emptied the goods from a camel, lifted him onto the camel, and then carefully took out a pot of dry water and gently wiped the man's lips and nostrils.
"That's Haru San, right?"
The girl asked softly.
"Well, Chun San kept having a fever last night. If he can't get to Longmen Inn tomorrow, Chun San may not be able to survive."
There was uncontrollable sadness in the servant's voice.
"well."
The girl sighed softly, her originally straight back looked a little rickety.
At this time, there was a sudden panic at the front of the team, and the camels at the front stopped. The whole team stopped.
"What's wrong?"
The girl's heart trembled, she barely controlled her emotions and asked softly.
"Don't worry, miss, I'll go take a look."
After the servant finished speaking, before he could go to the front to check, a short man trotted over from the front: "Housekeeper Lou, Miss, the guide said that there will be a sandstorm coming soon, so we have to stop where we are.
Stack the goods to prevent them from being blown away and buried by wind and sand."
"Sandstorm?"
The girl's eyes widened, and through her eyes, it could be seen that she was a little scared.
However, she still tried her best to stabilize her mind, tried to calm herself down, and asked the housekeeper: "Butler Lou, we..."
"Wenyi, just sit down as the guide said. The guide has been walking in the desert all year round and is more familiar with the desert than we are. If it weren't for the pursuit, we wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation with the guide leading the way."
Housekeeper Lou said.
"Yeah, we still got the guide involved."
The girl felt a little guilty.
Soon, Wen Yi ran around in front of and behind the team, and everyone began to disassemble and salute silently, directing the camels to lie down on the ground.
At this time, the naked eye can already see a dark patch of darkness in the distant horizon, advancing towards this side one after another.
This scene is really terrible.
The wind and sand began to beat on the goods in the convoy, and the sound of "kicking and banging" kept sounding. I don't know how many goods were blown away by the wind and sand. The girl lowered her head and hid her head behind the camel, not daring to raise her head at all.
Between the sky and the earth, there was total darkness, and only the sound of the howling wind could be heard. People within a foot of each other could not be seen. All one could feel was the ups and downs of the camel's body, which gave people a sense of security.
This dust storm came and went away just as quickly.
Ten minutes later, the sky and the earth became clear again.
But when people look up, the original topography has completely changed.
I can't even tell the direction.
The girl shook the sand off her head and body, straightened the gauze on her head, and looked at this new world with a pair of blank eyes.
"Chun San, Chun San was blown away..."
Several hoarse screams came from the team.
However, the storm has left, and people are buried underground. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. Where can we find it?
And even if you can find it, you won’t survive if you bury it in the ground.
After all, a new pair of bones will be added to the desert.
“Dingle bell, ring bell…”
The camel shook the sand off his body, pulled out his legs from the sand, and stood up.
People began to pack up the goods and load them back onto the camels' backs.
"Butler, our water is out! The water in the water hyacinth has run away!"
A howl.
The housekeeper was shocked and ran to the front to take a look. Sure enough, a water hyacinth had been knocked over and a piece of sand was wet.
"Miss!"
The girl also got off the camel, ran over and saw the wet sand, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
"We also have a water hyacinth, save some water. If the guide is right, it may be able to support us walking to the Longmen Inn. There will be a crescent moon spring there, and we will all be alive once we get there."
Housekeeper Lou comforted the girl and said.
Two large water hyacinths were connected with a net and hung on both sides of the camel.
Fortunately, not everything was overturned.
"Um."
The girl nodded heavily, knowing that she couldn't show any weakness now.
She must give hope to the people in the team.
The girl forced herself to calmly say: "Let's go."
"There's someone! There's someone over there!!"
When the girl was about to get on the camel, she suddenly heard someone shouting.
He looked towards the person who shouted, and then looked in the direction that person was pointing. Through the dense air, which was burnt by the hot sun, he could vaguely see a man wearing a crew-neck shirt and a gauze hat.
, a tall man, walking towards this side.
Behind him, there was another person following suit, but he was smaller.
"It's Haru San! Haru San is not dead! Cough cough cough..."
Someone yelled, and then his hoarse throat itched. He coughed and then coughed violently. The dry cough made his throat seem to be dry and cracked, and he coughed up blood to warm his throat.
The girl had climbed onto the camel, looking far ahead, and the image of the man walking in front had caught her eye.
