Chapter 112 Difficulty judging the direction
She pulled away that thin hand and pressed it close to his chest, listening to his orderly heartbeat and calming his disordered breathing.

Wen Qizhou let her go for now.

He picked up the shoulder strap of his nightgown and pulled it up, rubbed his collarbone that looked like white jade twice with his fingertips, and picked up the cattail leaf fan again.

"Is it still hot?"

"Hot." Despite the wind, she could still feel the heat surging through the tent.

"Then get in the car and turn on the air conditioner first." He changed Chi Yue into a short sleeve and handed her the car keys in his pocket.

Chi Yue walked out of the tent.

The scorching sun poured down, she raised her hand to cover her forehead, and quickly walked to the off-road vehicle to avoid the sweeping heat wave.

The inside of the car was like a steamer, and the sun-exposed seats were extremely hot. She got into the car bravely, sat down against the edge of the co-pilot's seat, and leaned over to turn on the air conditioner in the car.

The cold air gushes out.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and waited for the heat of the seat to gradually decrease, then slowly moved back, adjusted her posture and leaned against the back of the chair.

Before anyone else got in the car, she took out a cup of iced coffee, poured it into a thermos, and took two sips slowly.

"Sister Yue." Xun Song groaned and climbed into the back seat, and handed her a bag of sun-dried meat: "Brother Shuo said that he won't cook in the morning, and told us to eat dried meat to pad our stomachs."

"have you eaten?"

"Not yet." He raised his head, with a smile on his white and tender face: "I will eat with Sister Yue."

Chi Yue said "OK" softly.

She and Xun Song chewed slowly together, and then fed Wen Qizhou a few pieces after he got into the car.

"Can we cross the desert today?" She handed the thermos to him, and her eyes fell on the harsh yellow sand.

"not sure."

Wen Qizhou swallowed the chicken jerky.

He bent his knuckles and tapped the steering wheel twice: "None of us have experience in driving in the desert, so we can only judge the direction by the compass. But if the magnetic field changes, or there is a sandstorm, the compass may not be able to play a role."

"Wouldn't it be easy to get lost if the compass fails?" Chi Yue has never been to the desert, but only read popular science on the Internet: "It seems that you can judge the direction by looking at plants and stars?"

"Well, the sun does too."

He stroked the top of Chi Yue's hair: "It's okay to get lost. Anyway, we have enough time and we are not in a hurry to rush north."

Chi Yue doesn't care if she gets lost.

Even if they are trapped in the desert, as long as they have enough supplies, they can still survive the delayed time safely.

"How much water do they have left?" The weather is hot right now and there are many uncertainties. Water is a must.

"Not much, but it's okay to persist for two days."

"Two days..." She felt that it was not enough: "Why don't we look for a water source nearby first? If we can't find it, we can set off again."

Unless it was a last resort, Chi Yue didn't want to take out the extra water in a blatant manner to attract suspicion.

Wen Qizhou nodded: "OK."

He told the others, waited for Mingzhang and Yunqi to sit in the back row, and then drove for a while in the direction they came from.

Unfortunately, no water source was found.

He didn't dare to drive any further. After all, there might not be only one volcanic eruption, and it's not known whether the fires in the mountains have been extinguished. If you get too close, you will be in danger. You can only drive towards the desert with regret. .

The tires ran over the yellow sand and drove in the clear desert reflected in the sun according to the direction pointed by the compass.

The wind carried the yellow sand and covered the traces of the tires. When they looked through the rearview mirror, it was difficult to judge the direction when they came, and they had a sense of being forgotten in the desert.

"Di-di-di-"

Driving until the afternoon, the SUV that had been following them suddenly honked its horn a few times.Wen Qizhou noticed that they stopped in place, turned around and drove back, and asked Ge Huai in the driver's seat: "What's the situation?"

"I can't start the fire."

Ge Huai and Xie Changxiao got off the car one after another.

The outdoor temperature was frighteningly high. The two of them stepped on the fine sand, and a fine layer of sweat was visible to the naked eye.

They opened the front hood of the car, endured the scorching temperature like magma, and bent down to check it carefully.

"Pray for a boat." Chi Yue took out two bottles of Huoxiang Zhengqi water and handed it to Wen Qizhou: "You let them drink it, so as not to suffer from heat stroke."

Hear Qizhou's "hmm" sound.

He walked up to the hood with the Zhengqi water, stuffed it into them, and asked, "What went wrong?"

"Spark plug."

"Do you want a new one?"

Ge Huai nodded: "Do you have any?"

"Yes." He opened the trunk of the off-road vehicle and found the spark plug from the repair box that passed Minglu a long time ago.

He handed it to Ge Huai, but he couldn't keep his eyes open due to the scorching sun, so he turned his head and sat in the driver's seat instead of guarding it.

After they replaced the spark plugs and made sure they could drive normally, the two cars continued to move in the same direction until it was completely dark, and then stopped by three or four trees.

Clearly cut down a tree for firewood.

He ignited the fire, Xie Changxiao took out the hare they had killed on the road, and worked with Yan Shuo to deal with the fur and internal organs.

Due to the shortage of water resources, they do not prepare to cook or cook noodles. They simply wash the rabbit meat twice, and save the blood-free water for the second time to filter it. It can be drunk after boiling and cooling.

Chi Yue: "Do you want to eat lettuce?"

Ge Qinyao: "Yes!" She walked to the trunk of the off-road vehicle and asked her, "How many lettuces do we still have?"

"Seven."

The lettuce is grown in Heshi.

They were worried that it would be damaged if left for too long, so they sealed it with plastic wrap in advance, and it has been preserved well until now.

"Then shall we have two?"

"Two are too few, not enough." Chi Yue took out three, washed it again with a small amount of water, and handed the water in the folding basin to Ge Qinyao, who filtered it.

They sat around the fire, waiting for the rabbit meat skewered on twigs to be roasted. They each took a wet paper towel given by Chi Yue to wipe their hands, then put a piece of meat on the lettuce and wrapped it.

The lettuce is full of water and has a sweet taste. It is mixed with rabbit meat that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It has a special flavor.

"Do you want garlic?" Ge Huai peeled a clove of garlic and stuffed it into the lettuce wrapped in rabbit meat: "It's more delicious when wrapped like this."

Mingzhang: "Then I'll take a petal."

Not everyone can adapt to the strong taste of raw garlic, but seeing how delicious it tastes to them, I gave it a try.

Chi Yue used to add garlic to barbecue.

But unlike Ge Huai, put a whole clove of garlic, but cut it into thin slices, one piece of vegetable and one piece of garlic, which has garlic fragrance and will not be overpowering.

She cut a garlic clove with a dagger, gave Wen Qizhou a piece to taste, then wrapped it in rabbit meat, squinted her eyes and took a bite.

"Do you want more? I'll cut it for you." When Wen Qizhou was three-thirds full, he found that the small bowl where she put the garlic slices was empty.

"I want another petal."

"Okay." He fed the freshly wrapped rabbit meat to Chi Yue's mouth, and quickly cut a clove of garlic. Worried that she would be thirsty, he unscrewed the lid of the thermos and placed it beside her.

(End of this chapter)

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