Ancient Art of Sealing Ghosts

After the sandstorm passed, we opened the car window and looked, and found that the car was useless. It was as dirty as a broken gold cup, covered with fine sand all over the body. Sister Xuan struggled for a long time before driving the car out of the sand pit.

A few of us got out of the car early to help push the body or clean up the thick sand near the wheels.

At this time, the sandstorm had just subsided, but the remaining wind force was still enough to blow the little girl somersault. Fortunately, we are tall and strong, so as long as we don't open our mouths to speak in the wind and sand, we are not afraid of anything.

The car drove forward for a while, and through the blurred car window, I found that there were several brick one-story houses in the Populus euphratica forest, and they seemed to be inhabited.It seems that they have long been used to the yellow sand here, and when the wind blows, they can't see people a few meters away.

Under the command of Siliu, we continued to drive for three or four hours, and finally came to the joint with Amu. The Cayenne basically couldn't drive here, and there were soft sand under our feet.

Amu sat in the sand, let several camels lie down in a circle, wrapped him in the middle, and rested with his back against the camels, waiting for our arrival.

Because the uncle gave enough money, Amu rented ten camels at one go, five of which were used for riding and only carried a small amount of equipment, and the other five were specially used to carry major items such as water and food.

After we got out of the car, we stuffed all the equipment in the car on the camels. Amu had prepared some things before that and hung them on the first few camels. Together with what we brought, these camels were just enough to be hung.

Seeing that we were well prepared, Siliu explained a few more words, and drove the Cayenne back. Before we returned from the desert, the car was handed over to him for safekeeping.

This is the first time for me to ride a camel. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Now I really see a living thing.

Amu asked us to pick one of the camels to ride on. Under his command, these camels were very docile and did not throw people off as I imagined.

Amu divided the ten-humped camels into two groups, and the five-humped camels formed a formation. A long camel bell was hung on his own camel. The sound, in this boundless sea of ​​sand, shows its charm alone.

With the help of camels, the next part of our journey is quite easy, and it is not summer now, the temperature in the desert is very low, except for the occasional strong wind that cannot adapt, other things are quite good.

On the way, Amu told us that Taklimakan means "you can get in, but you can't get out" in Uighur, and it is called "the sea of ​​death". He also said that the average temperature here is a few degrees below zero, and it will reach minus twenty at night The most important thing is to keep warm when crossing the desert in winter and spring.

Because of sufficient water and food, we walked for two days at a stretch. On the third night, Amu found a place covered by sand dunes, and set up the cooking utensils for the first time to cook. Before that, we had been Eating compressed biscuits and canned food, sleeping surrounded by camels at night, and not even using tents, Amu said that it’s not that time yet, so hurry up and walk more while the road is still good, and wait until you really get to the depths of the desert. Take your time.

We set up a medium-sized picnic tent to block the wind and sand at night, and then sister Xuan and Amu were responsible for putting the cabbage, dried noodles, eggs, etc. they brought into the tent to prepare for the first dinner in three days.

I, Dao Feng and the uncle were left to be responsible for setting up the other three tents, one of which was Sister Xuan's luxurious private tent, and the other two were shared by the four of us old men.

I naturally want to be with Dao Feng. Although there are too many things on my mind these two days and I haven’t said much, it is undeniable that I have been paying attention to Dao Feng, and even took a few photos secretly when everyone was not paying attention. photo.

The appearance of Dao Feng riding a camel and staring at the distant sand sea is very memorable. I don't know what the world looks like through those black eyes, but I know he is perfect in my eyes.

Often at such times, I would even think that if we really can't be together in the future, it would be good to just look at him from a distance.

But soon I denied this idea myself, and the images of holding Dao Feng under my body and stroking and kissing kept flashing in front of my eyes, and I had this strange idea in my heart that such a man should belong to me.

I pressed my forehead to stop myself from thinking about it. I don’t know what’s going on these days. When I think about things, another answer always pops up in my mind. I attribute it to that strange stone for the time being. I think This is a manifestation of maturity and progress. Simply put, it means thinking more than before.

Dao Feng still had that stern expression, and he could always sense it keenly when I peeked at him, and then turned around and asked me what was wrong.

I shook my head and told him it was okay, but he said that the way I looked at him these days was very strange.

After dinner, Amu ran around to observe the situation, and then said that this place is close to the most dangerous area of ​​the desert, and it is better to have someone take turns to watch at night, because it is not safe to rely on a few camels alone.

"This side is full of mobile sand dunes, and the terrain changes quickly. Don't walk around at night, or you may not be able to come back." Amu said: "It's up to you if you want one person to keep watch or two people. no problem."

Dao Feng looked at me, and even opened his mouth to answer: "Two people."

My heart skipped a beat, and I felt that he had something to say to me when no one was around, so I nodded in agreement.

At night, the bare desert in the daytime will look very scary. Amu drove the ten-humped camels around and let them lie down around our tent. In the desert, camels are more reliable than any shelter, and they are Like hills, they can block most of the wind, sand and cold.

At the beginning, the five of us sat around the fire in the center, asking Amu to tell stories about the desert, or listening to Uncle talk about anecdotes outside.

Sister Xuan was holding a thermos cup, sitting in the middle talking and laughing, I was silent, occasionally interrupting a few words, Dao Feng at most just curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled.

The surrounding camels are relatively obedient, and they basically don’t make too much noise. Before they come out, they have stored enough energy in their humps, and they can last for many days.

We chatted until about ten o'clock, and then we decided to go to bed in batches. Dao Feng and I guarded the first round, so that when it was about to dawn, it was enough for the two of us to take over one more time. I didn't know how to practice this kind of night watch during military training in college. How many times, it seems normal to me.

Dao Feng and I sat around the fire for a long time. When the others were almost asleep, Dao Feng finally turned his head to look at me and said, "You have something on your mind these days."

I looked at him, then walked over and sat beside him, put my arms around his waist, kissed the soft lips, and whispered: "No."

"..." Dao Feng was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly kissed him on his own initiative. I was startled, my heart was beating violently, and I enjoyed his initiative like a little girl in love for the first time.

"Tell me what you're thinking." Dao Feng continued to chase after me when I couldn't recover from the kiss.

I was stunned for a moment, seeing that he was so serious, I forced a smirk and said, "Of course I'm thinking of you, Ah Feng..."

I wanted to continue, but Dao Feng frowned and pushed me away. He stared at me as if not allowing me to lie, and said, "I thought you were in a bad mood a few days ago, but now it doesn't look like that."

I recalled the scene a few days ago, and thought to myself, no wonder Dao Feng was so gentle and considerate in those few days, because he was worried about me.

Dao Feng saw that I was silent, his black eyes darkened, he turned his head to the side and stopped looking at me, and a deep voice came out of his mouth slowly: "I don't understand what you can't say, and I don't know that you are hiding something. What, I just feel that you are becoming very strange now."

Dao Feng said: "I know we haven't reached that level yet, we can't talk about how close the relationship is, but I still hope you can tell me what's on your mind, at least for now, I don't want to..."

Dao Feng suddenly couldn't continue, but I already understood that he was afraid that our relationship would be alienated because of some things he didn't know. He might think that my sudden silence was because of him...

I began to regret in my heart that it was rare for Dao Feng to say so many words for this reason. He didn't know what I got at all, nor did he doubt my motives, but he just put all the responsibility on himself.

I looked into his deep eyes, and felt a strange feeling in my heart. To be honest, I like how Dao Feng cares about me, and I hope he will hang around me. I almost want to tell him about the stone and the jewelry box. he.

"It's really nothing." I suppressed the feeling in my heart, held his cool hand, and said with a smile: "Do you still remember that when we were in the small town restaurant, there was a bald man sitting at the door? When we left I saw Sister Xuan and the bald head handing over a note, and that's what I've been thinking about for the past few days."

"Just because of this..." Dao Feng was slightly startled, looked at me strangely, and said, "I saw that too, I think that person is Gu Hai."

"You saw it too?" Now it was my turn to be surprised, "Then why didn't you say it?"

Dao Feng shook his head: "There is nothing to say. Ji Xuan said that she was entrusted by someone, so no matter who the person entrusted to her is, it is her own business."

"You trust her that much?" I asked.

"Why don't you believe me?" Dao Feng asked back, his eyes full of openness.

I nodded and didn't say anything more. Dao Feng's character has always been like this, and the people he identified will no longer doubt it, but this is not what I care about most. I am thinking now that I didn't tell Dao Feng about the jewelry box. Is it the right choice...

I looked down at the fire at my feet, and suddenly became a little scared. Since I got that stone, everything has been developing in an unexpected direction. I couldn't control my body's reaction, as if there was another person directing me all the time.I glanced at the tent behind me, I don't know what it will be like when I get up tomorrow, maybe, one day I will really do something that disappoints Dao Feng...