Chapter 6 Sand Mule – Northern School Tomb Raider’s Notes

I hadn’t even ridden a horse before, so our guide, Lao Zhang, led us to choose a camel, and told us that there was something to be said for choosing a camel.

He said that once an adult female camel has given birth to a baby camel, the water pouch inside her body will become smaller, and this kind of camel is not suitable for going deep into the desert, but it is okay to walk around the edge of the desert.

Camel Park departed to the Alxa Desert, we have selected a total of six camels to form a camel team, more camels selected to pull the luggage tools, the second is also counted as a spare camel. At noon at the command of the old Zhang, we have changed the line, bean sprout boy with a sarong wrapped head, awkwardly said, “How do we this line so much like a robber ah.”

“If you can’t talk, don’t talk, you’re the robber,” Zhao Xuanxuan skillfully rode on the camel and tugged on the reins.

“This girl has a very standard posture, have you ridden before?” Old Zhang, the guide, smiled.

“My family originally had a horse farm,” Zhao Xuanxuan said proudly: “I knew how to ride a horse when I was a child, and I feel that riding a camel and riding a horse aren’t that far apart, they’re pretty much the same.”

After 8:00 pm, our camel caravan reached Highway 67, which is already at the edge of the Alxa Desert, and crossed the highway to go inward to officially enter the Alxa.

At the suggestion of our guide, Lao Zhang, we set up our tent packs along the road and spent the evening eating hot food around a campfire as he pointed to the darkness behind us.

“According to the speed at which our camel caravan is traveling, we’ll probably reach the first stop at the molded grave by tomorrow evening.”

I took a sip of water and asked, “Uncle Zhang, can you recognize the direction without looking at the map? There’s no highway in the desert, don’t lead us astray.”

“Hey, look at what you said, I grew up in Alxa and still don’t know this, maps don’t work here, often, after marking and drawing a map one month, the next month when the sandstorms come, they change the landscape and you can’t see anything.”

“Also be careful when you sleep at night, there are often manticores here, so be careful not to get bitten by them.”

According to his plan, from the national highway here, through the mold grave, Leeward Slope, Yueya Spring Oasis, Paba Sand Dunes will be able to get to the area where the Hutus are often active, and the last time he brought Gan reporter is in the vicinity of the Yueya Spring Oasis came across the Hutus tribe.

Do not dare to sleep at night, you have to take turns to guard the camel to let the wind, to prevent any accidents, I row of the class in the second half of the night from two to four, in front of me is Qin Xingping, did not let the head and Zhao Xuanxuan night watch.

In the latter half of the night, about 1:30, I got up on time for my shift, and Qin Xingping was looking at the fire and smoking, as if he had something on his mind.

“Qin go rest, I’ll watch instead.”

He turned his head to look at me, “I’m fine, you could have slept more, here, have one,” he tossed over a cigarette.

Sitting down on the floor, I lit a cigarette and took a drag, which was a little hot on my throat.

“Yunfeng you don’t have a girlfriend yet, do you? Thought about when to start a family?”

“How dare you open ah,” I flicked the ashes of the cigarette and laughed, “people like us floating around, maybe one day will go in, and no girl dares to follow, so I have long planned, thirty-five years later.”

Qin Xingping pointed to the tented bag over there, “How about that girl? Honestly quite handsome, I think you two are quite suitable.”

“Zhao Xuanxuan?” I said Qin, don’t joke, I’m just friends with her, Zhao Xuanxuan is a big lady life.

“Che, not necessarily, Missy can do dirty work like grave robbing? I think it’s Missy’s body maid’s life that’s right.”

Chatting around the fire, Qin Xingping suddenly stood up violently.

“Who!” He shone his flashlight directly to the northwest.

“What’s wrong Chin?” I asked as I hurriedly got up.

Qin Xingping shook his flashlight back and forth, “Huh? I think I saw a black shadow just now? How come it’s gone in the blink of an eye.”

“Dark Shadow? Where?” I turned on my flashlight and looked around too.

“There’s nothing there, Brother Qin, you’ve just blurred your eyes, haven’t you?”

Qin Xingping retracted the flashlight and laughed, “Maybe I was sleepy just now and got blurry-eyed. Then I’ll go back to sleep, if there’s anything, call me directly.”

“Okay, Qin, you rest early.” I watched him get into the canopy bag.

After half an hour of adding wood, I looked at the fire and stared at it.

Suddenly, the back of my head ate pain.