Chapter 95 Chapter 7 The Sheepskin Raft

Before going to Alxa Right Banner in Inner Mongolia, we spent a day in Lanzhou and took a trial ride on a sheepskin raft.Something hit me just now, and when I turned around to grab it, I found that it was not a human being, but a sheepskin raft.It is already very rare to encounter heavy rain in the desert. I did not expect to find a sheepskin raft again. Could it be that the heavy rain just washed us to the edge of the Yellow River. Sheepskin rafts, commonly known as "paizi", existed before the Tang Dynasty, and were called "leather bags" at that time, but sheepskin rafts in Lanzhou only emerged in the Qing Dynasty.The sheepskin raft consists of more than a dozen inflated goat skin sacs, each without seams and filled with air.The small sheepskin raft has more than ten skins, and the largest one has more than six hundred.In addition to carrying people, it can also carry goods. You can see sheepskin rafts going back and forth between the two sides of the Yellow River every day.

Regardless of whether I was washed into the Yellow River or not, as long as the sheepskin raft can save me, I will be washed into Moscow.I gritted my teeth, struggled to get on the sheepskin raft, and finally got rid of the yellow sand flood all over my body.The sheepskin raft was very stable, floating in the sandy water without any shaking at all.I kept wiping the rain off my face, yelling where everyone is, there is a sheepskin raft here, come here quickly. But I shouted for a long time, and I don't know if someone responded, I didn't hear it, or no one heard my voice.The sky was overwhelmed by black clouds, and I crawled on the sheepskin raft, always feeling that I could touch the black clouds as soon as I stood up straight.The rain was so heavy that I had no idea where I was or where the sheepskin raft had drifted.I was feeling depressed in my heart, the sheepskin raft stopped for a while, and then a figure climbed onto the sheepskin raft.

I just wanted to see who came up, rubbed my eyes, and opened my mouth to ask who you are, but when I took a closer look, I was so scared that I took a deep breath.I fuck your grandma, it's not human at all, it's a desert wolf.It's all right for this wolf to escape to a sheepskin raft, I'm willing to give you a place, it's all life, no one can discriminate against anyone.But as soon as it climbed up, it immediately grinned, trying to swallow me alive. I preemptively kicked the sand wolf into the water. It probably didn't expect anyone to dare to do this, so it didn't react at all.After the sand wolf fell into the yellow sand water, there was no movement. I didn't dare to take it lightly, and kept watching my surroundings vigilantly, but the rain was so heavy that I couldn't even see the surrounding environment clearly.The rain in the desert is not transparent at all, or white, but yellow-black, which may have been mixed with the sandstorm just now.

There should be no sheepskin rafts in the desert. Which explorer is so nervous that he would not take a sheepskin raft elsewhere, but would cross the river in the desert.I am puzzled, this thing should be a modern thing, if it was left in ancient times, the sheepskin bag must have been broken long ago.No one in the oil exploration team brought this thing, so they didn't leave it behind. They were looking for oil, so what use would it be to bring a sheepskin raft. In the haze, I found a few shadows on the water surface. I desperately wanted to paddle to see it, but I couldn't paddle at all, and kept flowing with the waves in the yellow sand water.After a while, a few more black figures passed by. I thought they were people, but I didn't expect it to be a few more sand wolves.Presumably this area is the area where sand wolves are active, because there are few people in this area, they were hunted and killed by Chen Yepeng, and they could only hide in the difficult area to survive.Human beings are sometimes too selfish and just want to occupy everything by themselves, but forget that they are not the creator, but a part of nature.

I really want to bring some sand wolves up, but I am worried that they will eat me. The story of Mr. Dong Guo is not for nothing.The heavy rain lasted for a long time, and I even had the illusion that I was the only one left in the world, and there was this never-ending torrential rain.When the sky finally revealed a little fish-belly, I let go of my tense nerves, and the rare rainstorm in the desert was finally coming to an end. The rain came and went quickly, and when the black clouds all disappeared, the sun had not yet set.The scorching light shone on my skin, and I felt a sharp pain, as if I had been whipped a few times.I anxiously wanted to determine where I was, but the desert changed from moment to moment. Even if there were no heavy rain and floods, I would not know where I was if I stood still for a minute.

The scorching sun boiled the desert, and countless water smoke rose from the yellow sand. That scene will never be forgotten.When we entered the desert, my little cousin prepared a camera. When I saw this scene, my first thought was to take a picture, but then I remembered that the cysts were gone, so I took a fart.I felt like I was in a dream, the water evaporated rapidly, and the desert’s water storage capacity is very poor, no wonder there is no vegetation.In the mist, there were actually three rainbows. If you encounter a heavy rain in the desert and see a rainbow, the chances of seeing a rainbow are probably lower than winning a lottery.

Overjoyed, I hurriedly searched for my companions, begging God in my heart not to drown them all.The desert was washed into the appearance of terraced fields. I searched layer by layer, and finally found Zhao Shuai, my little cousin, and Uncle An, but Mu Qingxiang and Uncle Chen were nowhere to be seen.Zhao Shuai and his little cousin are in good condition, but they drank too much yellow sand water, and now their lives are worse than death, with yellow sand all over their mouths. Uncle An's situation is a bit worse. Although he is an old guide, his body is not as good as that of young people after all, and those who go to the desert to make a living don't pay attention to practicing water skills.I gave Uncle An artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After tossing for a while, he slowly opened his eyes.

Not far from Uncle An, the two camels were there. One of them was struggling to stand up, but the other was basically motionless.I thought it was broken, the camel must be out of breath.Uncle An Chen loves camels very much. If the world allows, I think he will marry camels.After Uncle An got up, he didn't even thank me, but instead asked if he had seen the camel.I raised my finger and pointed, and Uncle An staggered over. When he found a camel dead, he cried worse than Meng Jiangnu. After Zhao Shuai recovered, he found that there were still a few pools of water in the desert, and said anxiously: "Find some water in the kettle, we drank a lot in the past two days, it's rare that there is rain, if you miss it, you have to wait hundreds of years later gone."

"Okay, I'll go find an empty jug right away." The little cousin replied, and went to look around at the camel, completely ignoring Uncle An's grief. I haven't found Mu Qingxiang and Uncle Chen yet, so I looked around impatiently, worried if they were buried under the yellow sand.The water was so big just now, it is very likely that the quicksand will be washed out of its original position. If people are in it, they will be swallowed by the quicksand water.The fog had almost cleared away, and the desert dried up in no time. I really couldn't find anyone, so I wanted to borrow my little cousin's binoculars to take a look.Otherwise, even if Mu Qingxiang and Uncle Chen are fine, if Sand Wolf finds out about them, they might be taken away.

The little cousin and Zhao Shuai were storing water, and she asked me to go through her bag and take whatever I wanted.Before I could find the binoculars, there was a burst of gunfire in the desert, scaring Uncle An so much that he forgot to cry.I was happy and anxious when I heard the gunshots. The happy thing is that Uncle Chen always keeps his shotgun in his hand. Since he heard the gunshots, he must be still alive; sand wolf, or quarreled with others. At this time, a person walked up the back of the sand dune. I took a closer look and found that person was Mu Qingxiang.Although she was soaked in the water for so long, she was still calm and composed, but she couldn't stand up straight, as if she was about to fall in the next second, and she might have been injured in the water just now.When Mu Qingxiang noticed that I was looking at her, she pointed behind her, as if to say that Uncle Chen was behind the sand dunes.

"Uncle An, you and Zhao Shuai stay here first, I'll go over to see the situation." After I finished speaking, I ran over. After the flood receded, I thought the sand would be very tight, but unexpectedly it was softer than before. When I stepped on it, it was like stepping on mud.When I ran to the sand dunes, I realized that Uncle Chen was angrily shooting at several sand wolves, which scared the sand wolves and ran away with their tails between their legs.It's a pity that Uncle Chen's marksmanship is too stinky, he fired a few times, but missed a sand wolf.I was afraid that Uncle Chen would be red-eyed and kill everyone later, so I told him to stop, after all, the sand wolf had already escaped. Uncle Chen didn't listen to my persuasion, and fired a few more shots bitterly, and then he was willing to stop, but he was still swearing.I was too lazy to talk to Uncle Chen, so I went to ask Mu Qingxiang what was wrong, but I immediately found that her leg was cut, and there was a bloody seam on the trouser leg.The desert is full of sand. Except for the sheepskin raft, there is nothing sharp.I hastily asked Mu Qingxiang if one of us accidentally hurt her. She couldn't tell. The situation was chaotic at the time. It might be that the camel's bag scratched her leg. While we were talking, Uncle Chen came over and asked, "Where is the sheepskin raft? You won't be dazzled, this is the desert, not the Yellow River." I knew that other people would say that, so I took them back to search again. When I saw the sheepskin raft, everyone was stunned.Uncle An is still crying for his camel, trying to find a place to bury it, we brought a few shovels, which will come in handy now.However, Mu Qingxiang told me that after the flood just now, a place has been washed away badly, and a historic site has been exposed. When everyone heard this, they were all attracted, even Uncle An forgot about the camel.The ruins were not far from where Mu Qingxiang was standing just now. I was so anxious to make sure of her and Uncle Chen's safety that I didn't pay attention to anything nearby.When we walked over and took a look, there were indeed several yellow earthen houses, and one was a pure black stone house.This must be the remains of the Qing soldiers mentioned by the herdsmen, but I don’t think so, because it was already a desert at that time, and the Qing soldiers were at the end of the road. Even if they followed the tea king Yang Chishan to get here, they would not have the manpower and financial resources. Build a house in the desert. The house has not collapsed after years of wind erosion. When Mu Qingxiang walked in, she was immediately attracted by the situation in the stone house, and said that it really had nothing to do with the Qing soldiers.The little cousin ran faster. Behind several houses, she lifted a stone cover and found a deep well.It is very difficult to build a house in the desert, and it is even more difficult to dig a well. If you can dig a well and get water, can it still be called a desert?Moreover, the desert is soft. When you dig a shovel, there will be sand falling down. It is difficult to dig out even a hole, let alone a deep well. Except for Mu Qingxiang, we all went to the back of the house to see what happened.The little cousin didn't speak. There was indeed a deep well there. I was curious to see if there was any water in the well, and the others followed suit.With the scorching sun and strong light, we saw the scene under the deep well. Everyone was shocked, and the little cousin was also stunned, and she even read a sentence in foreign language: "Oh my God!"