"Okay, now everyone knows each other. Before we find the adults from each family, we are a team! This team formation will remain unchanged from today on. Each of you must remember your own People on the front, left, and right, and on the road behind, every time we set off as a team, we must check each other to see if there is anyone missing, so as to ensure everyone's safety, do you understand?"
Xin Wu is very experienced in leading the team and once again formulated rules and regulations for this newly established "children's team".
"Understood!"
Fortunately, the children are also very cooperative. After all, these are brothers who "share weal and woe"!
"Okay! Keep moving forward and watch your step."
The road ahead is long, and the proportion of Gobi is getting larger and larger. They are getting farther and farther away from the mountain system where the Buddha statues and grottoes are built, and the wind and sand from the desert Gobi are even more unbridled, sweeping everything in the wasteland, using its unique Power, depending on the mood, freely creates the appearance of the earth's surface.
The "children's group" who had just met each other marched on such a Gobi beach. At first, they could follow the direction of some water flows and move forward by the stream. However, as they walked, turning mountains and rivers, these small streams that were originally used to guide the way , was unknowingly thrown to the foot of an unnoticed hillside, and the water seeped into the ground and disappeared, leaving only a dry river channel that traced the shape of tree branches on the ground. The colors ranged from dark to light, faithfully recording this place. The waterline that once stood at high tide. Mud, sand and gravel were all mixed together, and they could be carried as far as they could. When they could no longer roll, they stopped in place, inlaying the former river with several edges made of gravel, which were smooth and delicate with the center of the river. The sand and soil color blocks form a sharp contrast, jointly recording the development history of the "Seasonal River".
Xin Wu knows that there are a lot of jade in places like this, which will be washed down when there is a flood in the mountains; and the river sand in the middle is also rich in gold, so gold diggers will often choose such rivers. Carry out patient and meticulous gold mining activities.
He even believed that he would be able to see gold diggers if he didn't go very far.
That's it, go, go, go! At first, the children were still talking and laughing, and even had the energy to play with each other occasionally. But after walking for an hour or two without stopping, thirst and hunger occupied all the children's attention, except for the increasing number of children. Except for the slower and slower the march, the children stopped making any sound. The weak children could hardly walk anymore. The first one to shout to stop and rest was Liu Ming. He found that little He Min next to him was already on the verge of pulling out. Not moving anymore.
Xin Wu heard this sound, and turned around to signal everyone to stop. Where they were now, the nearest visible "hill" was the "mountain-mountain-running-dead-horse" spot. Kind of—Visually estimated that there is still at least nearly ten kilometers to go, and here is the very center of the Great Gobi Desert. Everything is flat and unobstructed. It is almost noon, and the power of the sun has replaced the wind and sand. , began to use "scorching heat" to scorch every living thing on the earth.
"I know you are all tired, but if we stop, the sun will soon bake us all, and if we start walking, there will be a little wind; if we stop, everyone will soon be dehydrated, and everyone will be We can’t go out. Please hold on a little longer. At the very least, we have to find a small slope to avoid the sun and rest. Please hold on a little longer!”
When Xin Wu was doing this "persistence" mobilization, he also noticed that several younger children had indeed reached the point where they could no longer persevere, so he had to find a way for them.
"Dugu Se and Ma Shenshen, you two are about the same height. Place your hands in a 'T' shape and hold the wrist of your left hand with your right hand. Come on, use your free left hands to hold the other's right wrist. Form a 'seat' and let He Min sit on it. Put his legs into the space between your arms. Yes, that's it! You 'support' He Min to walk. When you are tired, change to the next group. If you are of similar height, the next group will be Shibaoshan and Huodun, and you will rotate with their group."
After arranging little He Min and a 7-year-old Bai Haba, Xinwu and Ma Gawa were paired together, and then Kang Luoshan and Jin Zang were paired up for backup rotation.
All the older children took care of the two youngest children. In this way, this "children's group" walked hard for nearly two or three kilometers, and finally saw a small hillside. On the hillside, there was a lone beetle tree. There is a rare shade under the poplar tree.
"Did you see that? Let's take a rest there! Everyone, keep working hard and hold on, we'll be there soon!"
Baihaba was sitting on the "throne" built by Kangluoshan and Jinzang. Xinwu had the opportunity to point out the first "rest stop" from a distance.
At this time, the children felt that all the water in their bodies had been dried by the sun, and now "human oil" was leaking out. Everyone opened their mouths and gasped, and there was no trace of moisture in the air. No, opening your mouth and acting like this makes you even more thirsty and unbearable.
The steps were also heavy, and several children had blood blisters on their feet, making walking even more difficult.
From the time Xin Wu pointed out the destination to when everyone finally arrived at that rare shadow, it took about half an hour. During the first dozen steps to reach, they kept in formation according to the "rules". Disrupted, all the children quickened their pace, rushed into the rare shadow, and sat down in the sand. They didn't care whether any stones would hurt their butts. They sat down first and then moved. .
There were a lot of people in the small place, so the children sat on top of each other in the same direction, with the older ones in the back and the younger ones in front. Finally, everyone enjoyed the rare shade.
Xiao Hemin and Bai Haba were carried along the way, and their physical strength recovered the fastest, so they were the first to recover, thinking that they could do something for everyone to express their gratitude.
Bai Haba is from Qiuchi and is very adaptable to the terrain and climate here. He knows that where there are trees, there is water. There is a Poplar euphratica tree on this slope, and if you dig under the tree, you will definitely be able to dig out water.
So he told little He Min, and the two children took the lead and ran near the poplar tree, took off their shoes, used the hard soles as shovels, and started digging.
Xinwu saw that these two children were so caring, and of course he couldn't bear to let such young children work while he rested. So I walked over and joined the sand digging team.
The sand in this area has all the characteristics of a desert. The surface soil is all fine sand, shaped by winds all year round. It is not very strenuous to dig, and it feels a bit like digging in the sand to catch crabs on the beach. However, there are no crabs here, and the children don't expect to dig out anything edible. They only need water, as long as there is a little humidity, even a handful of wet sand containing water will do!
