Cat and mouse game

Great Northwest Fog Tsuta;

This year's autumn in the Northwest is faster than usual, and there is a circle of thin snow covering it early.

If it is in the southern region, it is still about 30 degrees and it is cool, but here it has jumped below zero even during the day, as if it is a competition, the temperature is getting lower and lower as you go north.

The group of people gathered up the sleeves of their jackets, and they had to put a down jacket on their backs to keep warm.

No one dares to turn on the hot air conditioner in the car. Now there is no way to go to the village or back to the store. You never know when you will even run out of gas, so you can only get out of the car and go on foot. That is the real torture.

This is a geological expedition team, and their goal is in a canyon more than 80 kilometers away from the small town of Wutau.

Some time ago, someone sent them a letter saying that there was a small canyon. The owner of the letter was very interested and asked them if they had any ideas to go over and take a look for her, and offered a sky-high fee that no one could refuse.

Geological scientific research has been short of money all year round, so the boss of this team accepted this task in order to have enough money to support the next project.

But the fact is that money is not so easy to get. This canyon is outside a small town in northern Tibet. Northern Tibet is inaccessible. There are countless large plateaus and valleys, and their goal is even beyond the Qiangtang Plateau. In the north, at the end of Nagqu, near the Kunlun Mountains, the climate is very extreme.

The last supply station they could see was two days ago.

There they bought a lot of beef and mutton, charcoal and gasoline.

But that didn't stop them from worrying about the next stop.

The next stop is at least a few hours away from here, and the first stage of the problem will not be over until Wutiao. The northwest is vast, and the area belonging to Wutiao is surprisingly large. They have only touched the edge now. They really want to find this place. A small town will take some time.

But now they are cold and hungry, and the car is almost out of gas. Whether they can get there is still unknown.

The captain turned his head to look at the most comfortable person in the entire convoy.

It was a woman who joined them temporarily. She had a beautiful but indifferent face. Her eyebrows and eyes were thickly black, making it hard to see the depth. She didn't talk much since she joined them. The most common thing she did was to hug her The sleeves of the large down jacket lay on the co-pilot with her eyes closed. I have never seen her with any worried expression. The most common thing is that she is sitting by the car alone, smoking quietly while everyone is laughing, blurred by the smoke. His face was even more unclear.

A young girl and a young man in the motorcade were discussing her curiously. She didn't even raise her eyebrows when she heard it, but just glanced over, and the other side involuntarily fell silent.

There is no way, the pressure is too strong, facing her is like watching the wolf king against the wolf pack of Wia, sharp and unruly.

The captain didn't know who this woman was or even what her name was, only that her surname was Joe, and that the boss who hired them had stepped in.

But these days, Ms. Qiao's familiarity with the environment of the Northwest and her proficiency in living in the wild have convinced them.

The road conditions ahead were not good, the permafrost was slippery, the car only dared to creak and drive slowly, and it was too easy to overturn if it was too fast.

The captain exhaled a breath of cold air, curled up his fingertips and stretched them out, the long drive almost made his fingers stiff, and he couldn't do anything except control the steering wheel numbly.

finally--

Someone couldn't take it anymore, and a female voice came from the intercom: "Captain, can you take a break? We can't take it anymore."

The Internet is lost from time to time here, and the walkie-talkie is a must-have, and everyone has one.

The captain hesitated for a moment. He stretched his fingers again, looked at the time, and finally nodded: "Okay, rest the convoy, and leave in an hour."

They hurried to get to Wutiao before dark, otherwise they had to choose to sleep all night on the road, but the weather at night was not a good time to go on the road, the temperature at night was extremely It may drop to minus ten degrees to tens of degrees. Even if there is a charcoal fire, they cannot fully guarantee whether they will freeze to death in their sleep at such a temperature.

But a glance at the navigation shows that the mist is not far away, a little slower and four hours is enough, it is only eleven o'clock in the morning, and it was not long after the sky had just dawned, last night they were in a place with water in front Put up a tent, and spending the night like this is considered a disaster.

"Wooooow, I must eat some hot food when I get to Wutiao!" Someone complained: "I want to eat roast duck, roast chicken, and beef noodles!"

"Beef? You haven't had enough beef these days?"

"Ugh, stop talking! I'm about to throw up when I hear these words now, and my brain smells like sheep."

This is a very young scientific expedition team, even the captain is only 33 years old, and the underground members are from 30 to 30 years old, all of them are full of youth, even in the current situation, they can talk and laugh.

After Qiao Nan got out of the car, he watched them set up charcoal to warm up the fire. Several little girls chirped by the fire to keep warm, as if they were talking about something.

Qiao Nan didn't listen carefully, her eyes fell on the tip of the snow mountain not far away. When she first came out, the young people in the team were amazed at everything. They saw the beautiful transparent lake and wanted to take pictures, and saw the rare wild animals. Animals want to take pictures, they also want to take pictures when they see the clear sky and clouds, and they want to take pictures when they see the snow-capped mountains painted orange in the sunset, but after half a month, they are not interested even if there are pink snow-capped mountains here.

Before he took out a cigarette and lit it, the captain also came over with a cigarette in his hand. He smiled and asked, "Can I borrow a fire?"

Qiao Nan took out the lighter from his pocket, swished it, the flame rose, and the two put the cigarette on it.

"Have I seen you before?" The captain asked suddenly: "I feel that you look familiar these days, as if I have seen you somewhere."

Qiao Nan's eyes were very light, and he just shook his head: "Sorry, I don't know you."

The captain just smirked: "It's okay, I'll think about it again."

He didn't lie, he felt a little familiar when he saw Qiao Nan at first glance, but he couldn't grasp the thread in his mind.

"Want some pouches?" He took out two pouches and a bottle of Laoganma from the trunk.

Qiao Nan took it and dipped it with him.

This scientific expedition team was carefully selected by her and Fei Jiao. They had no money and were innocent. Even the captain had a pure heart for geological exploration. Qiao Nan stayed very comfortably.

In fact, this scientific expedition team is just a cover, and Qiao Nan's real purpose is hidden in his heart.

After Zhang Zhaoyuan handed her the note, she locked the canyon here. It is remote, sparsely populated, and even the ice and snow can hide any traces. Everyone.

Qiao Nan didn't know how Zhang Zhaoyuan could turn this canyon into evidence, but she needed to do it, she had to expose this canyon to the eyes of the world.

"Let's go now." Qiao Nan glanced at the sky and said suddenly, "There may be freezing rain in a few hours."

The captain froze for a moment, "Are you sure?"

He looked at the sky, and he really didn't know how it could rain without any warning in the clear sky without even a cloud.

Even if it is ice rain, there should be some prerequisites.

But considering the treacherous and unpredictable weather here, he still thinks it is a good thing to end this break early.

Qiao Nan snuffed out the cigarette at her fingertips, and when she heard the team members who had just taken out the charcoal fire and ignited it wailed and put it in again, she couldn't help laughing at the scene of rolling around.

In fact, the icy rain came earlier than Qiao Nan predicted. They had only driven thirty miles away when there was a ping-pong-pong sound above their heads. It was obviously the sound of hailstones hitting the roof of the car. The temperature was getting lower and lower, and the team members were shivering and huddled together.

The captain didn't expect Qiao Nan's prediction to be so accurate. After a little thought, he decided to crowd the four cars to the two cars behind and turn on the air conditioner, and wait for the rain to stop before being towed away by the two cars in front.

Even if the four cars run out of gas in the end, they should have reached the edge of the mist, and the worst is to abandon the car and walk in for an hour or two.

The team members cheered and hurriedly squeezed into the car behind.

Qiao Nan opened the umbrella and walked into the car behind. Hearing the noise from the intercom, he turned on the microphone and said softly, "Wait for ten minutes, the rain should stop."

There is little rain in the west, most of which are hail directly, and it is difficult to predict how long it will rain, it may be a few hours or ten minutes or a few minutes.

It was the first time that Qiao Nan was so sure.

The team members were surprised and asked curiously, "Ms. Qiao, are you serious?"

Qiao Nan gave a faint "hmm". She was still unconvinced when she first reminded her when she first entered the Northwest, but now she has accepted this group of brats. Yu Ting.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the hailstorm to stop, and even the two cars behind had surplus gasoline.

Everyone cheered again, and hurried back to their car and set off.

"God! It's amazing!" Someone exclaimed: "Ms. Qiao, how do you know the weather?"

Most of them need tools to accurately predict the weather. After all, they are still too young and do not have the experience of old geologists who have traveled countless places and tested countless practices. However, Qiao Nan looks as young as them, and he can actually look at the sky. Just guess the weather?

It's incredible.

Qiao Nan tapped on the car window with her fingertips, her eyes still indifferent.

She is indeed young, but she is different from the team members who just walked out of the university and approached the laboratory. She has been exposed to all this since she was a teenager, and she has been taught by her master's precepts and deeds, and has almost mastered all the experience left by her master from the older generation.

She represents not only herself, but also her master, her master's master, her experience has been passed down from generation to generation and practiced continuously. Now, she can predict the upcoming weather just by looking at the sky.

It's not great, it's just a necessary skill for those of them who walk and eat in order to make money and save their lives.

The road surface was not easy to walk after the freezing rain, but there was no other extreme weather behind. Compared with the slowest four hours expected, they were a little slower. It took six hours and finally arrived at nearly six in the afternoon. After leaving this small town, even on the road because of the ten minutes of turning on the air conditioner, the two cars behind broke down, and they were pulled over by the two cars in front.

Qiao Nan sat in the co-pilot, and the hot air exhaled from her mouth instantly turned into a white mist. Her gaze fell on this small town illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun. Her eyes, which had never fluctuated until now, finally bent slightly, as if she was in a good mood. appearance.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-10-0314:18:00-2021-10-0500:50:49期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦——

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 30 bottles were spent; No. 12 nights 3 bottles;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard