Chapter 18 Section 17 Indirect Kissing

"Go faster! Otherwise, we won't be able to reach the campsite before dark!" Da Qi kept urging him with an anxious expression on his face. This team had fewer people than the last time they set off to Lop Nur. There are now only six members of the "Sleepy" team left, and Feng Xiang was unable to come to Burqin because his wife was frightened on that riotous night and broke his leg. When thinking of "Manzi" who is still lying in the intensive care unit and not out of danger, Da Qi has to think of "Skinny Monkey" who injured him.After gritting his teeth, he sighed softly, and looked at the people behind him again with complicated emotions.

Early yesterday morning, this investigation team, including Chu Feng and others, was on the road. None of them wanted to quit, especially Lin William, who was so excited that he kept humming and couldn't even understand the lyrics There is something like "huhuhai!" indistinctly, and there is something like "the benevolent is invincible".It's just that this is a high-latitude mountainous area after all, and his excitement lasted less than half a day before being wiped out by symptoms such as fatigue and hypoxia. As a girl, Ling Ning was originally reluctant to let her come with Chu Feng.But last time in the stone pagoda, her performance was remarkable, and she was included in the list that Da Qi received from his superiors, so no one could say anything about not letting her go this time.It's just that the girl's physical strength is really strong, and she has been holding back the team since she set off for two days.

The team is walking in the virgin forest in the Altai Mountains. The place in the photo is at the junction of the three countries, which is the most northwest edge of China. They took a motorboat across the entire Kanas Lake yesterday and plunged into the rolling hills. In the mountains.Going northwest from here, you have to rely on two legs.At first Daqi wanted to rent a horse, but the guide stopped him.There is a section of this road that is very steep, especially the section just after leaving Kanas Lake. Can't climb up. Kanas in July and August is like a treasure accidentally dropped by a fairy.The continuous white birch and red birch forests on the hillside by the lake are like groups of young girls looking at visitors shyly and coquettishly.The towering spruce and alpine larch are intertwined, just like a pair of lovers, friends, sisters and brothers, who are dependent on each other and grow strongly independently.At this time, Kanas Lake, the color of the lake is constantly changing from green blue to dark green, the mist hits, the tall and straight figures of the trees are looming, the lake reflects the blue sky and white clouds, half covered by the misty white mist, like a dream , What a fairyland on earth!

According to the legend, Kanas Lake is the place where the fairies of the Western Paradise descend to the world to bathe. It is elegant, quiet and beautiful.It is the jewel in the palm of the queen mother, and a stunning fairy raised in a boudoir that no one knows! Ling Ning has long forgotten the joy she felt when she saw the unique beauty just now. At this moment, her legs are as heavy as lead.Since yesterday, the 60-kilometer journey every day should not be a big deal to the "little monk" and his teammates who are supporting him.Ling Ning glanced at the "little monk" who couldn't even take a breath, and couldn't help but secretly hated his frail body.

When Da Qi came out this time, the guard force he brought with him was only a few people from the original "Sleepy" team.At this time, Zhang Guozhu led one person to explore the way, while the "little monk" and another person stayed behind.It's just that Ling Ning often becomes a hindrance, so the "little monk" has an extra task - to help her when she is exhausted. Compared with places on the Tibetan Plateau that are still inhabited at an altitude of four or five kilometers above sea level, the Altai Mountains are located in a high latitude area, the temperature is low, and the mountain is steep and difficult to walk. The area above 1,400 meters above sea level is almost uninhabited. .Although the forest where we live is only 1,500 meters above sea level, it is a real no-man's land.

I don’t know if it’s because of the high latitude. Although it’s not at the altitude where hypoxia and other alpine reactions will occur, everyone generally feels that climbing here seems to be more tiring than other places. I feel like I have a heavy burden on my body. Especially in this virgin forest in the alpine zone, not to mention the steep slope, the pine trees in the mountains have grown for hundreds of thousands of years, and the fallen pine leaves are more than half a meter thick. Just slide down, take one step and take three steps back. "Climbing this mountain is really tiring! I climbed mountains with an altitude of five or six thousand meters in the United States, and I was not so tired!" William Lin no longer had the strength to shout loudly, so he complained slightly.

"Yeah, the altitude here is actually not high! Maybe it's the difference in atmospheric pressure!" Chu Feng was right behind him, and he stopped to wipe his sweat. Da Qi looked at Ling Ning, even with the support of the "little monk", he could rival the speed of a turtle crawling, and his two sword eyebrows were tightly knit together. Chu Feng walked up to him, followed his gaze to look back, and also frowned: "I really don't know what those people above you think, they insist on such a little girl to participate!" Ning participated, but he was still quite critical.

Da Qi endured and endured, and still let out a long sigh: "Forget it, take a rest first!" Although he knew that today's destination is still far away, if he rests at this time, the possibility of arriving at the scheduled destination before dark today will decrease. It will be negligible, but the people in front of him, except for his subordinates and Chu Feng, are not bad, and the rest of them are physically weak, let alone the delicate Ling Ning. As soon as he heard that he could rest, Wang Cong, who was extremely tired, quickly sat down on the ground, "I'm exhausted! This mountain climbing is much more tiring than the investigation in the desert. The desert is hot and thirsty, but here is the whole body. , tired, tired!"

Chu Feng also wanted to sit down and rest for a while, but when he turned his head and saw Ling Ning who was walking hard, he couldn't help but sigh, went back and helped her, side by side with the "little monk", and half carried her to the place where everyone rested . Ling Ning buried his head low, and he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Chu Feng was a little surprised, this girl is not like this usually!When I think of the hard work of this journey, I immediately feel relieved, maybe I am too tired. Little did they know, at this time Ling Ning's big eyes were already filled with tears, and the tears were swirling in the eye sockets, almost pouring down.Why?Sorry!

For his own dignity, Ling Ning desperately swallowed back his tears.She knew in her heart that she had dragged everyone down these two days, and everyone was tolerant of her. If she shed tears at this time and confirmed Miss Jiaojiao's reputation, everyone would look down on her even more. In fact, Ling Ning's grievances were not aimed at any of her teammates, but at herself. She regretted why she didn't strengthen some sports when she was in college. If she had been exercising every day at that time, she would not be so ashamed now!As she thought so, a piece of naan bread suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

This roasted naan is a special food of the Uighurs in Xinjiang. Not to mention the delicious taste, it is also easy to carry and store. She fell in love with it when she visited Lop Nur that day, but now, the naan bread delivered to her mouth seems to be lost. The scent it should have, she pushed it out: "I'm not hungry!" "Eat some! Eat more, you will have the strength to walk!" Wang Cong, who was sitting paralyzed next to him, spoke.He actually admires Ling Ning very much, he is almost dying as a young man, but Ling Ning, a little girl, has persisted until now, without complaining of suffering or tiredness, it is really not easy! Hearing the phrase "you can walk after eating", Ling Ning's heart moved, he looked up and looked around, everyone including Captain Qi was hurrying to eat, drink and replenish their energy. "I want to eat, I don't want to be a burden to everyone anymore!" Ling Ning said to himself fiercely in his heart, then took the naan bread from Wang Cong's hand and gnawed it desperately, unexpectedly, this dry thing is very easy to make people feel sick. Choked: "Well——" "Drink your saliva!" Seeing that she was choking, Chu Feng quickly handed her the water in his hand, and patted her on the back while letting her drink.Ling Ning didn't care what happened when he took it and drank it: "Ahem——ahem!" He drank too much for a moment and then choked, coughing unceasingly.After finally getting over it, he suddenly discovered that the bottle of mineral water that Chu Feng handed him had been opened: "Did he drink it? Is this an indirect kiss?" Suddenly frightened by his own thoughts, he coughed again. When I got up, my face turned red instantly. Fortunately, there was a cough in front of me, so everyone didn't feel anything strange. Chu Feng couldn't help but repeat a few words: "Why are you so careless! You're either choking or choking! This..." Before he finished speaking, a bottle of water was stuffed in his hand, which was the bottle he was given just now, and he was suddenly dumbfounded ——This water seems to have taken a sip by myself. I saw Ling Ning choking just now, so I handed it to her without thinking too much. Most girls are clean freaks, isn't it?Even if he was as free and easy as him, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed. He took the water, turned around and walked to Daqi's side and started talking in a low voice. The guide is a Kazakh named Buhebayi. As the name suggests, he runs as fast as a deer in the mountains and forests. In his 40s, due to the perennial ultraviolet radiation on the plateau, he looks much older than his actual age.At this time, he didn't speak, and sat far away by himself, staring at the people below while eating the naan.His Chinese was slowly learned when dealing with Han tourists. Although most of the communication is not difficult for him, he still can't understand the strange team in front of him.This tour is not like tourism, and investigation is not like investigation. Who are they? He turned his head and saw Da Qi walking towards him, and immediately put aside his thoughts just now: No matter who they are, this is a big man in the army, it is said that he is a regiment leader, and he is escorted by someone from the army. The background of a person must not be small.Just lead the way, don't worry about anything else! As soon as he made up his mind, head Qi walked up to him: "Hey, Brother Buhebayi, how far is it from here to the place where you took people to take pictures last time?" When Buhebayi saw him, he immediately stood up a little restrained, and gestured with his hand: "Over there—you will arrive there after turning over that mountain!" Da Qi followed the direction of his finger, looked at it, and immediately sighed.That mountain doesn't seem close, not to mention, looking at the mountain in the mountainous area is a dead horse.To climb over that mountain with the legs of this group of people, I'm afraid it will take more than two days to walk. "Hey, brother, do you think we can arrive tomorrow?" Da Qi asked without much hope. Buhebayi looked in Ling Ning's direction: "Without that little girl, the night after tomorrow would be almost the same. But with such a little girl, two more days would be enough!" When Da Qi heard this, he smiled wryly, looked at Chu Feng who had just caught up, and found that he seemed to have something to say: "What? What's the matter?" "Well, we can't go like this! We don't care about such a high-intensity rush. Ling Ning is just a little girl, and she can't stand it. I don't know why your superior insists on her participating in this operation, but since she is allowed to participate I don’t know if there is a family here, if there is, it’s better to hire a horse.” Chu Feng knew that if there is a real family here, it must be the Kazakhs who like to live in high mountains or the sparsely populated Tuvas .They all like to raise horses. Moreover, the horses raised in this high mountain are different from those raised in the plains, and they are also good at climbing mountains.If a horse could be hired to carry the little girl up, the procession would move much faster. Da Qi was actually the one who was most anxious in his heart. He listened to Chu Feng's suggestion at this time and felt that it was very reasonable, so he cast his hopeful eyes on the guide Buheibayi. Buhebayi understood the conversation between the two, and he thought for a while: "There is a Kazakh family near here. They may have horses. There are more than ten kilometers of mountain roads from here. How about we go to their house?" ?” "Are you on the way?" Da Qi's current thought is not to waste any more time! "By the way! It's in the same direction as we are going. It's closer to their house, but the road is more difficult!" Buhebai knew the terrain of this area like the back of his hand. "Okay then, let's go!" Da Qi said "go" very loudly, and he said it to the team members resting below.As soon as the people who were resting on the ground heard this order, they immediately got up, patted the dirt on their bodies, and left! "Gudu, gudu!" The milk tea in the iron pot was tumbling, emitting a strong sweet aroma, while rising and falling with the long spoon in the hand of the hostess Senea!Although her man was not at home, the hostess also fulfilled her duty as a Kazakh woman—she welcomed guests from afar into her home and served them with hot milk tea. While paying attention to the fineness of the milk tea, Seneya also paid attention to the fire in the stove. Now people in the mountains have already burned coal, but because her family lives high and far away from the village, it is very difficult to transport the coal back every time, and she The man is a forest ranger and is often away from home. She often has to use the original fuel—cow dung instead of coal to cook rice and milk tea. After adding a few pieces of cow dung to the stove, soon, as her hand kept moving, the milk tea was ready!She scooped it into a large iron pot with an iron ladle, and then carried it and a stack of bowls to the door of the yurt next door. At the door of the yurt, she kicked her son's disobedient puppy, "Wow!" The puppy Udi suffered pain and ran away howling.She gathered herself together and shouted: "What are you doing? Go back to the house!" As soon as the words fell, a small head popped out from behind the yurt, and shouted timidly: "Grandma! I—" Sai Nei Ya ignored the child and continued to walk in: "Go back quickly! The meal is ready!" Although her tone was severe, there was concern inside and out. The four-year-old Arslang is very smart. He heard from his mother's words that her mother was not angry, so he quickly used the word-twisting formula: "Grandma--Grandma--I just want to talk to Uncle Buhebayi Talk, really!" "No!" Seneya categorically refused him, said, and lifted the curtain of the yurt, and went in! "Ah! Seneya! The milk tea is ready? What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry with the child?" Buhebai's face appeared just as Seneya raised the curtain, and Seneya was caught off guard. Down, quickly took a step back.Buhebayi heard Senea's rejection of little Arslang's words in a stiff tone, and wondered how Senea, who had always been gentle, became like this! He was a little upset, when did the Kazakhs throw face at the guests who came to the door?He ignored Senea, picked up the little Arslang and turned around: "Haha, my little lion, do you miss your uncle? Well, it has grown taller and heavier! Haha, the little lion is about to grow up What! Are you going to play your Lion King prestige on the uncle?" This last sentence was obviously addressed to Senea. Seneya didn't say a word, just bowed her head, walked into the yurt, she didn't look up after she went in, she threw down the milk teapot and the bowl, came out again, and walked away without looking back. Buhebayi was puzzled by her behavior, and turned to ask little Arslang, "Arsron, what's wrong with your mother?" Call him uncle, Seneya is his brother and daughter-in-law, so it's a bit rude to treat him like this, Seneya is not like this usually, what's wrong with her? Before Arslang could answer, Da Qi and Chu Feng came out one after another. They also felt that the hostess's attitude was definitely not friendly. Da Qi thought that he was waiting for someone to disturb her just in time for dinner. , It's disgusting.Seeing Buhebai, he said: "Oh, brother Buhebai, we are too disturbing to others here, let's go quickly after renting a horse!" Give these to the master, thank her for us!" When Buhebayi saw it, his face changed, and he pushed his hand away: "We Kazakhs are not like this, you put away the money! Senya will never push the guests away!" Chu Feng took out a piece of candy from his pocket and handed it to little Arslang: "Here, kid!" Children of any nationality or region have no resistance to sugar.Arslang looked at Uncle Buhebayi's face, and seeing that he agreed, he took the candy and threw it into his mouth. "Is it delicious?" Chu Feng tried his best to soften his voice. "Well, delicious!" Arslang replied vaguely. "Is your mother in a bad mood these days?" Unlike Da Qi, Chu Feng felt that the hostess of this house didn't seem to be in a bad mood because of his group of uninvited guests. He learned from Professor Ling that Ling After Ning suffered from hypoglycemia, he bought some candy and put it on his body, just in case Ling Ning fainted due to hypoglycemia.Unexpectedly, Ling Ning was useless and bribed the little Arslang first. "Well, Dad has been away for many days and hasn't come back. Mom has been in a bad mood for the past few days!" Arslang said everything when he had candy. "Does Dad go out often?" "Well, Dad is a forest ranger. He often goes into the mountains, but he usually comes back quickly, but this time he hasn't come back for a long time!" As he spoke, Arslang seemed to feel that the sugar in his mouth was no longer sweet, "I Miss Dad! Dad, when will you come back! Huh——" A child is a child, happy one second, and crying the next second. Just when Chu Feng was in a hurry and didn't know how to coax the child, Seneya appeared, and she took Arslang in her arms: "Nothing! You're still a man, crying every now and then!" As soon as Arslang entered his mother's arms, he stopped crying immediately, and took out the half-melted candy from his mouth like offering a treasure: "Grandma, this Han uncle gave me candy, it was delicious, Mom, here you go! You eat! You eat!" Senea turned her head away: "Grandma doesn't eat, grandma doesn't like sweets, Arslang eats it by himself!" When Arslang heard that his mother didn't like candy, he smiled and threw the half piece of candy into his mouth again, and stopped crying. "I'm sorry, respected guest, because my man has been patrolling the mountains for many days and has not come back. I am anxious. I didn't entertain the guests well. Is it my fault? Please don't be angry!" Seneya said with a smile on her face. With a slight smile, he said these few words to Daqi and Chu Feng, then turned to Buhebai and said, "Brother Buhebai, Kunbek is not at home, please help me butcher the sheep and entertain the guests!" "Ah! No, no, no! Since you have something to do at home, how can we bother you? If you have a suitable horse at home, rent us a horse, and we will pay you a lot for the rent. If you don't have one, forget it, and we have to hurry. !” Da Qi hastily rejected her offer of hospitality. "I still have one horse, but it's too old to do heavy work at home, I'm afraid it's not suitable for use!" Hearing that these guests rented horses, Senea showed a look of embarrassment.There were two young horses in the house, but they were taken away by her husband Kumbick.Originally, it was as short as 10 days, and as long as half a month, he would come back.It has been half a month now, and there is no one in sight.In fact, this kind of situation often happened before, but this time I don't know why, Seneya is terrified, and she really has no energy to entertain guests. Hearing this, Chu Feng's heart moved, "Which direction did your man go?" Senea pointed to the northwest: "Over there!" "Brother Buhebayi, which direction is the place with the big house, tables and stools you saw last time?" "It's over there!" With Buhebayi's affirmation, Chu Feng calculated again: "How many days does it take to ride a horse from here to the place you mentioned?" "If it's fast, it's one day; if it's slow, it's one and a half days!" Buhebayi knew that when walking in this mountain, the horse couldn't run, and his feet were still slipping, so he didn't go fast.Like some people in this team, if you let go of the speed, they are faster than horses.