Chapter 7 Sand Sandpit Mold Grave-The Northern School Tomb Raider’s Notes

I do not know whether the bean sprout boy words played a role, until dawn camel caravan are safe accident, pack up things, a group of people in the guide led to continue to go deeper into Alxa.

As I walked farther and farther away, gradually, I realized that the sand under my feet was getting thicker and thicker, at first it could only cover the soles of my shoes, but now one foot stepped down and it had already not gone over the top of my feet, it was good that I listened to the words of Old Zhang, and that we wore that kind of special long boots.

The conditions are tough, Miss Zhao can not eat, she complained to the old Zhang: “Hey, put the camel do not ride have to walk, really do not understand how you arrange.”

Old Zhang wasn’t angry either, he shook his head and said, “We’ve only just come in, the conditions aren’t exactly tough right now, let the camels rest first and we’ll talk about it when we get to the next leg of the journey.”

“That’s a good point,” said the head of the handle with an approving nod, “Let’s do as we’re told and just walk for now.”

We stepped on the sand for an hour or so and arrived at the first stop Old Zhang had mentioned, the Mold Tomb.

The geographical scene before us was peculiar, many oval sand dunes appeared on the endless desert, and from a distance, these small sand dunes looked like small graves, with the difference that there were no tombstones in front of these sand piles that looked like graves.

Old Zhang pointed to these sandbags, said: “after the 20th of each month Alxa often blowing a gale, decades ago this is a mining area, then there are a lot of trees, which produces a high-quality agate called Alxa agate, the rows of sand piles like graves before is actually a mining site, some depth is very deep, after the abandonment of the sand buried after the spectacle caused by. “

Alaska agate? So that’s how it’s all dug up.

I know this kind of stone, this time in Sichuan Liangshan and Baoshan area of the southern red agate has not been developed on a large scale, the market agate gemstones with the highest price is the Alashan agate, people call this agate is the rootless thing, rootless means that there is no vein, just like the Tianhuang stone under the Shoushan Mountain, scattered distribution in the sand, there are deep and shallow, is someone lucky, not possible to walk around and can be a foot! Kick out a piece of Alaska agate raw stone.

Early years are illegal poaching, control after these molded graves were simply covered up, the old Zhang said to go around these small sandbags, because the inside is likely to be empty, to be a little bit shallower okay, deeper, if the people fall down on the end.

Hearing Old Zhang’s words, our group held the camel and carefully walked around the sandbag, but to one’s surprise, just as the group was about to leave the area, they suddenly heard a shout from Bean Sprout Boy behind them.

“Crap! Help!” Bean Sprout Boy didn’t know what for, but he stepped on the ground and fell down with his camel!

“Bud!” I let go of my own reins and hustled to the rescue.

The small sandbag collapsed to reveal a large hole, and Beanpole and his camel had fallen through!

“Bud!” I let out a yell as I lay on my back at the mouth of the cave.

Wizard Old Zhang’s face changed and said, “It’s so deep, it’s been covered with a board, someone must have moved it in the last two years!” What Old Zhang meant was that in recent years there were some people who, for the sake of money, proceeded to hit new pits on top of the old abandoned pits.

Qin Xingping said, “What are you waiting for! Hurry up and think of a way to save people!”

“All of you back up a bit, there’s a layer of planking around this mine opening, there’s a chance it won’t hold the weight of so many of us, if we all fall in how can we save anyone!”

The crowd spread out and stood apart at his suggestion, and Zhao Xuanxuan suggested, “We have ropes with us, can we put a rope down to save the people, and let the bean sprout boy down there tie the rope around his waist himself, and we’ll pull him up.”

“No,” I looked at Zhao Xuanxuan and said, “Didn’t you hear how loud I just shouted, if Budgie had heard it he would have answered back long ago, it’s so high, even if there’s a sand cushion underneath, he could have fallen unconscious.”

“We’re running out of time trying to save people, so we’ll have to let them down right now.”

“You guys strap me in and I’ll go down there,” I stepped forward and volunteered to go down and find someone.

“That’s too dangerous,” the guide Lao Zhang advised: “These molded graves are fixed with wooden boards around, many places are still using dozens of years ago, more or less weathered and rotted, once the sides of those boards can not hold up, within a few minutes, the surrounding sand will be able to fill the deep pit. I suggest it’s better to call 119 for rescue, they have specialized reinforcing tools for greater safety.”

“No way,” before I could say the assessment, the putative head dismissed the idea outright.