Holy Bone

Chapter 414 The grace of kneeling breasts!Not to find the ewe is to repay!
In addition to small countries, there are also villages in the desert.

Mostly because the underground water source is too small, or the underground water veins are exhausted, it is not enough to support too many people, so only a few people gather sporadically, and finally form a village.

In fact, there are not many villages like this.

It is like a rare bird scattered all over the desert, looking for the quietness isolated from the world.

Small groundwater veins mean that they may dry up at any time. Such things are not uncommon in history. Old Sadiq said that his village encountered this problem, resulting in less water in the village every year.

It was a village called Teshsata.

There are less than a hundred people in the whole village, including men, women and children.

Old Sadiq and young Sahafu chose to trust Jin'an, and finally agreed to take everyone to Teshi Sata Village.

They have gone too far now. If they want to go to the desert village, they have to go back for two days, then find two dead Populus euphratica trees growing together, and then walk in the same direction for five days to reach the village.

But that would take too long, and if they couldn't find water, the remaining water would not be enough for them to return to Situo, so Jin'an decided to take a risk and follow old Sadik to take a shortcut.

You don’t need to go back to take a shortcut, and you can reach the village in about three days. The only thing to be careful about is that neither the old Sadiq nor the young Sahaf have taken this shortcut. It was Vulture and Aisha who told them two years ago of them.

Two years ago, Vulture and Aisha lost their way in the desert and accidentally found a small lonely village deep in the desert.

It's just that two years have passed, and no one knows if the original terrain has changed a lot and become unfamiliar.

There are too few road signs for reference on the desert, and it is often the terrain that changes drastically after a sandstorm, which leads to loss of direction.

Next, Jin An called everyone, saying that he decided to change his direction and wanted to find water in a small isolated village deep in the desert, and explained the stakes in it.

Yali, Su Reti and the others have no objection. Jin'an, who is not afraid of the devil and easily kills the devil, has a high status in their hearts, almost blindly worshiping him.

Since no one had any objections, the team deviated from the route and continued to move forward. In the vast yellow sand sea, accompanied by the crisp sound of camel bells, the camel team left behind a long string of footprints. In the hot and twisted air, The caravan of camels slowly disappeared at the end of the desert where the air twisted.

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Four days later.

On the scorching desert where there is not even a slight breeze, a caravan of camels came from far away with the ringing of camel bells.

Yali's spirits are even more sluggish than they were four days ago.

Along the way, in order to save water as much as possible, in case the village cannot find water and return to Xituo Country, the water allocated to each person is reduced to the minimum, saving one after another, only ensuring the most basic survival needs.

Not only people, but also camels and sheep.

and so.

Everyone is extremely weak.

Some people were tottering, were shaken so weakly by the camels, and were already on the verge of dehydration, leaving only walking dead with numb eyes.

If it is said that the only one in the best condition in the team, Jin An should be the only one.

The old Sadiq and the young Sahaf, who were firmly tied to the camel's back to prevent them from falling, were also extremely weak after lack of water, but there was a little anxiety in their eyes that the others did not have.

Two years away from home.

The depths of the desert change too much.

The weather is so abnormal, I don't know how the relatives in the village are doing, are they all right?

In the past, when they were with Vulture, they did not dare to sneak back to the village to visit their relatives, for fear that Vulture and his group would find the village again to take revenge on the whole village.

On the boring and single desert, the air is so hot that the air is distorted and there is no breeze. Suddenly, a few dead Populus euphratica trees appear in the endless yellow sand sea, which makes the boring and single desert more refreshing. The atmosphere of the silently rushing team suddenly became lively.

On the next journey, I saw more and more Populus euphratica trees, and finally saw a large Populus euphratica forest.

Jin An took a rough look, and there were more than one hundred Populus euphratica trees here!
This is a large Populus euphratica forest!

Seeing such a large Populus euphratica forest in the depths of the desert, even the people of the desert, such as Yali and Su Reti, showed incredible shocking expressions on their faces.

Even though the Populus euphratica forest here is dead, they still can’t restrain the shock in their hearts. On the barren desert, the Populus euphratica trees with thick trunks have survived the wind for thousands of years. Vigorous and ancient, they are like majestic and grand palaces carved over thousands of years of vicissitudes. They resist the scorching fire in summer, the erosion of sandstorms in windy season, and the cold wind in winter for the civilization behind Populus euphratica forest.

The closer you get to Populus euphratica forest, the more you can realize the ancient and immortal will left here by the torrent of time.

Jin'an once read an article describing Populus euphratica. Populus euphratica is the most tragic tree.

"There must have been an ancient river flowing here in the past! A desert forest and a civilization can be bred, and the ancient river here must have abundant water!" Perhaps seeing such a large Populus euphratica forest in the depths of the desert was too shocking, Yali Said excitedly.

As the camel team walked into the Populus euphratica forest carved out by the years, the team began to see a large number of salt crusts, which are the traces left by the drying up of the lake and river.

The salt crust here is as hard as rocks, which means that the water has been dry for a long time. If it was only dried up in the last few hundred years, there should still be sporadic remains of the ancient city. If even the remains of the ancient city were wiped by the desert wind and sand flat, indicating that the water here has been dry for at least a thousand years.

Millennia.

It is enough to make the vicissitudes of life and the East China Sea raise dust.

Great changes have taken place.

"Sadiq, how did your ancestors find such a piece of Populus euphratica forest deep in the desert? The desert is vast, and finding such a large piece of Populus euphratica forest in the depths of the desert is no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack." Jin An, who was riding on a camel, looked towards Old Sadiq, who was also lying on the camel's back, asked in surprise.

This trip to the desert in the Western Regions really opened his eyes.

What I saw and heard along the way was bizarre, even more exaggerated than the storyteller's mouth.

At this time, when entering the Populus euphratica forest, with the bare branches and branches providing a little shade from the sun, the originally numb and silent team gradually regained their vitality, and the atmosphere became more and more active along the way.

Old Sadiq from Camelback Mountain replied: "Our people have lived here for hundreds of years. In fact, many things about our ancestors have been gradually lost. Maybe there will be some records about our ancestors in the village genealogy."

Jin An didn't bother with these side details.

All the way, he looked at those vigorous Populus euphratica trees in novelty and continued to advance all the way. Suddenly, a sharp-eyed person in the team pointed to the front and shouted excitedly: "Is there a village there?"

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a small gap between the long yellow sand and Populus euphratica, some withered grass growing, and several fences standing. Behind the fences were simple sheds built with dead branches.

There is little rain in the desert.

These branch huts are not used to keep out the rain, but to shelter from the wind and the sun.

It can be seen that the folk customs here are simple and the life is simple.

I even saw several live Populus euphratica with green and yellow leaves hanging here.

After getting closer, I found that the air here is slightly humid. It seems that the Populus euphratica forest that resists wind, sand and scorching sun makes this a closed-loop climate. In addition, there is underground river flowing through it, so it forms a livable zone in the Populus euphratica forest.

"Daoist Jin'an, is this the Teshisata village you mentioned?"

Yali and the others were in high spirits, as if they had recovered a lot from their frail bodies, and everyone was in a good mood.

Even Jin An was in a good mood.

This time, even the desert gods were on his side. He never thought that finding Teshisata Village would be so smooth. Except for a day of delay due to going in the wrong direction, he found the village so smoothly.

The village was very quiet. When the camel caravan entered the village, there was a lot of movement in the quiet village. There was no one walking outside in the empty village.

"anyone there?"

Yali used the words of the people in the desert to yell to the village several times. The yells spread far in the empty and quiet village, but the village was always quiet, and no one responded to him.

"Is anyone here?"

Ali yelled again.

The village is still quiet.

The old Sadiq and the young Sahafu on the camels began to struggle hard, trying to break free from the rope, making urgent and disturbed noises from their mouths.

They suddenly had a very bad premonition in their hearts, and they were begging Jin An to let them down.

Before Jin An let them down, the two of them had already struggled violently to break free from the rope, fell off the back of the camel with their feet in the air, and ran into the village desperately.

Jin An frowned, and asked the others to follow closely to see if there was anyone in the village.

The village is not big, and more than a dozen people spread out to search. They quickly searched the village and searched the whole village, but they didn't find a single villager.

At this time, the old Sadik and the young Sahafu looked around the village like crazy, crying and screaming, in a sad mood, and even Yali and the others were affected by the emotions.

"Daoist Jin'an, what happened to these two sheep?" Yali asked Jin'an with some doubts.

Among the 11 people present, only Jin'an could understand what Eryang was crying, and he found old Sadiq and young Sahafu: "Calm down, if you can't find villagers in the village, it may not necessarily mean that something happened. Calm down and observe some details in the village."

"The village is very clean. There is no dust or yellow sand in the yards, thresholds, and windows of the houses, which means that people often live and clean here."

"Although there is no one in the village, every household is in good order. I have checked, and the bedding, clothes, and belongings are still there. It doesn't look like they are fleeing in a hurry after a temporary disaster."

In the end, the two of them comforted: "Let's wait and see, maybe they will come back at night."

"But, but, if you just leave the village temporarily, why don't you see a single camel or sheep in the village, and the food has been taken away... Fourth Uncle, there won't be any accidents with me, Apa Ata, right?" As he spoke, Sahaf began to burst into tears again.

Jin'an pondered, and then said: "The desert is too big, even if we want to find it, we can't find it. Didn't you say that the water source in the village is exhausted and it is difficult to drink water? Maybe they just go out to find water source, and they will come back at night. The only water source in the village Where, you take me to the water source, first help the village solve the water problem, if the villagers really go out to find water, they will have water to drink immediately when they return to the village at night."

In order to prevent the two from continuing to think wildly, Jin An decided to find something for the two to do, lest the two be too immersed in grief and do unexpected things.

The water source of the village is actually in a wooden shed.

The location is not difficult to find.

It was a well about half a person wide, and I don't know where the villagers here found a large stone mill from the desert full of sand, and the well was tightly blocked.

"We didn't see this millstone before we left the village. It should be found after we left the village..." Old Sadik said in a low tone.

Jin An comforted: "This is a good thing."

Facing the gazes of the two, he patiently explained: "Think about it, since the water in this well was once destroyed, why did the villagers cover it with a heavy millstone? This just shows that the water in the well has been restored. , this well water is the hope of the whole village to survive, so it is so cherished and protected."

"Where there is water, people can survive."

"And look at the bucket used to draw water. The mud at the bottom is not completely dry, and there is still some moisture when you pinch it with your fingers. It means that someone has used this wooden bucket to draw well water today."

Jin An rubbed a piece of yellow mud from under the wooden shaker hanging above the well water, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and there was a wet smell of mud that had not yet dried up.

The stone millstone covering the top of the well is heavy for ordinary people, and it takes several people to lift it. For Jin An, who has cultivated supernatural powers, it is easy to lift it down.

The well was very deep, Jin An lowered his head and looked down, all he could see was the pitch black. Jin An shook the wooden barrel to fetch water himself, and the rope had to be lowered for about six or seven feet before reaching the bottom.

"Is it such a deep well?" Jin An was surprised.

When he shook the wooden barrel, he found that what came up was yellow wet mud. Even though it took a lot of manpower to filter and fetch the water, the water still contained impurities and was not pure water.

Seeing that their relatives have been drinking such impurity well water and struggling to survive, old Sadiq and young Sahaf's eyes turned red again and shed tears.

They originally thought that they could find a new water source for the village by following the vultures, but it turned out that they left for two years.

Two years ago, they left the village with great ambition, saying that they would help the villagers find a way out.

As a result, he returned two years later, but did not fulfill any promises.

"Daoist Jin'an, we know that you are a person of great ability, please save our village, I, Sadiq, am willing to serve you as a cow and a sheep for the rest of my life to repay you!"

Old Sadiq suddenly knelt down towards Jinan.

Little Sahaf also knelt down, tears falling down.

Jin An was also taken aback by the kindness of the kneeling milk, and then helped Er Yang who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "I said, I am here today to help the village solve the problem of drinking water. I, Jin An, will not promise easily. Since I have promised you what I will do, and you don’t need to do this.”

Looking at the sheep that knelt down to give milk to Daoist Jin'an, Yali was shocked again!
The sheep line kneels and breastfeeds, either to find the ewe or to repay the favor!
This is to repay the favor!
This is amazing!
Yali looked at Jin'an with even more admiration and respect!
(End of this chapter)