Tomb Raiders I Can Hear Antique Talk

Chapter 66 No.11 people

The hoarse and rough voice was like a knife cutting a whetstone, but in this foreign land in the west, the voice sounded so kind.

"Your vigilance is too poor..."

The knife left his shoulder, Xiao Ran turned around and saw that the second uncle was putting Guan Shan knife back into the scabbard with a smile.

"manager……"

Next to the second uncle, Liu Shengli, who had dark circles under his eyes, greeted Xiao Ran, and he also came.

Meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, someone who gets along day and night, Xiao Ran felt a warm feeling in his heart.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Ran asked.

"Second uncle read the letter and asked me to close the store, saying that I would come to Xijiang..."

Liu Shengli looked at his second uncle a little timidly, with a bit of sadness on his face.

The second uncle laughed and said, "I don't think you brought anything with you. I guess it's because the train is inconvenient, so I brought it to you by car. We traveled day and night, taking turns driving, so we arrived in Urumqi early this morning, ahead of you. For a few hours."

Liu Shengli said in a low voice, "I mainly drove it..."

The second uncle patted Liu Shengli on the brim of his hat: "Understood, I will give you a bonus when I go back."

Xiao Ran took the Guan Shan knife, the blade had already been tightly wrapped by his second uncle in cloth, at first glance he thought it was a scroll painting.

The second uncle gave Liu Shengli a wad of money and sent him to drive to the guest house to settle down. He also told him that if he didn't wait for the uncle and nephew to come back in three weeks, he should go back to Beijing first, and someone would arrange for him when he returned.

The arrangement was like last words, Liu Shengli faltered, and he couldn't bear to leave. In the end, he was kicked on the ass by his second uncle before driving away.

The second uncle picked up his backpack and said to Xiao Ran: "I will try my best to follow you, as long as you do your own thing well."

After finishing speaking, he left without looking back as before, disappearing into the crowd coming and going.

When Xiao Ran returned to the small restaurant, seeing that everyone had got up and was about to leave, the fat man specially packed a naan with minced barbecue for him.

Seeing him coming back, the fat man handed him the naan and said, "Hurry up and have another bite. I heard that if you enter the desert, you will have to eat dry biscuit meat."

A group of people took a car to Saiwu Village near Bosten Lake, and found a small inn to rest first.According to Liu Gang, he has a friend who knows a local old man who sells livestock. His name is "Aishheti Aimati", and he is called "An Liman", which means a living map of the desert.

After a long time, an old man in a dirty sheepskin jacket and a worn-out felt hat was brought to the inn.His dark and thin face is covered with a messy black and white beard, full of the vicissitudes of life that have been polished by the desert wind and sand for many years.

For some unknown reason, from the moment he entered the room until he came before everyone, he had an expression of shock on his face.

When Hu Bayi proposed to go into the desert, An Liman silently took out a cigarette pouch and put it in his mouth, hesitantly said: "Well...it's actually not possible, the wind season is here, Hu Da will be to blame for going into the desert... "

His tone said that he refused, but also a little euphemistic.Hu Bayi is also an old man. Hearing his tone, he felt that the old man might be asking for conditions.But for this kind of person, if you come up and discuss it with him, let him do what he wants, he will only open his mouth like a lion.

So Hu Bayi said with a serious face: "We are cadres sent by the higher authorities to work for the country. The local government should cooperate with us. If you do not agree to be a guide, we can only report to the local responsible agency. Your camels and The donkey will be confiscated."

He showed Professor Chen's letter of introduction to An Liman, and pulled Shirley Yang's sleeve behind him.

Shirley Yang understood and added: "If you are willing to be a guide, we will not treat you badly. I will pay double the price for all your animals. When you return from the desert, these animals will be returned to you, and you will keep the money. "

An Li smoked his pipe full, looked at the letter of introduction over and over again, then returned the letter to Professor Chen, and said with a look of embarrassment: "I don't understand it either, you just say yes. If you want to enter In the desert, Hu Da blames it on you. But don’t drive a car, bring a camel, Hu Da likes camels!”

Hu Ba nodded and explained to everyone: "I agree with this. The camel is a ship of the desert. It has a strong carrying capacity. It is not easy to get stuck in the sand like a car. It can also avoid natural disasters such as sandstorms and quicksand. The old camel will also find A source of water. Camp and rest at night, and camels can also serve as sentries to prevent wolves from attacking.”

The conditions have been finalized, and An Liman will go back to pick the camels.Hu Bayi arranged for everyone to buy supplies for the desert, and prepared according to the amount of ten people.

When An Liman heard Hu Bayi's words, he turned around and shook his head: "Ten people can't do it, but eleven people..."

The fat man slapped his forehead: "This old man really has experience, so prepare more than one person's spare supplies."

An Liman shook his head: "I also bring one person with me, two people can take you into the desert, otherwise Hu Da will be unhappy..."

The fat man muttered: "You have a big temper, why don't you get unhappy when you move around..."

Hu Bayi reassured the crowd and said: "Eleven is eleven, more people contribute more, we have a lot of people, there is nothing to worry about."

Eleven?Xiao Ran was a little puzzled.He himself was extra, why did An Liman still have other people with him?
In the afternoon of the next day, An Liman led the camel to the door of the inn, and everyone began to load the camel with supplies.Including about one month's food and about half a month's water for eleven people, and several large leather pockets of yogurt soup.

According to An Liman, drinking water can be replenished in several oases and underground rivers along the way.

In addition, there are other equipment and materials for the expedition. Each camel has a heavy load. An Liman asked everyone to travel on their legs only in the early stage, and then ride camels according to the situation later.

At the back of the camel team, An Liman's companion was wearing a turban and a fur gown, wrapped tightly, helping to load the camels with supplies in a low-key manner.

He passed by Xiao Ran and raised his eyes to look at Xiao Ran.Looking at each other, Xiao Ran immediately saw who he was.

"Two... ah ah ah!"

Xiao Ran wanted to call Second Uncle quietly, but Unexpectedly, Second Uncle stretched out his hand to pinch his waist, causing him to scream in a low voice due to the pain.

Chu Jian, the big man next to him, heard the sound, and asked with his head: "Xiao Ran, are you alright?"

"It's okay... I was stepped on by a camel." Xiao Ran squatted on the ground with a painful expression on his face.

Turning to look at the second uncle, he walked to the back of the camel caravan as if nothing happened.

While everyone was not paying attention, he slipped to the back camel and asked his second uncle in a low voice, "How did you get in here?"

The second uncle said: "Yesterday I heard you say that the security is full, so I found a car and drove over early to scare him, and he agreed to take me with me, and I also promised to give him my share of the reward. "

So that's the case, no wonder An Liman was worried at the beginning, and he didn't refuse to go into the desert so strongly. It turned out that the second uncle was planning ahead again.

"set off!"

Before they could chat any more, the team leader Hu Bayi gave the order to set off.

(End of this chapter)