After watching Chi Hai and others leave, I turned to look at the family.
What surprised me was that the old man suddenly turned to look at me, and his eyes met mine.
Oh my, he had been looking at the sheep infatuatedly, and suddenly he turned to look at me, which really shocked me.
"Grandpa, why are you staring at me like this?"
I asked him in a low voice.
"Camel" the old man repeated two words again.
"What camel?"
I asked following his words.
"Camel."
The old man didn't know anything else except this.
Then I turned to look at the middle-aged couple.
I smiled at them and said, "I'll stop disturbing you tonight.
We'll stay at your house."
"Okay, okay, I'll prepare food for you."
The middle-aged man said happily.
"No, we have already eaten."
I said.
Although I didn't eat, I was afraid that what he cooked was not suitable for me, because I wanted to eat blood, but Yuelan didn't need to eat it.
"Oh, then let me prepare a bed for you."
The middle-aged man's wife said.
"Okay, thank you."
Then the middle-aged man's wife went down, and I turned around and asked the middle-aged man: "Let me ask you, there is no grass at all in Lop Nur.
How come your dad found that way when he is looking for sheep?"
The middle-aged man hesitated for a while, and then said: "This is not far from Lop Nur.
Many years ago, when my father was still young, when there was grass there, he went to herd sheep there, and later on.
We can no longer herd sheep.
In the 1990s, my father raised camels and led an expedition into Lop Nur.”
"Raising camels" I was surprised that there is such a relationship.
"Yes, I make money to support my family.
At that time, many people came to Lop Nur for adventure and needed a guide.
My father raised camels and led the expedition team into Lop Nur." said the middle-aged man.
"Then why didn't you do it later?"
I asked.
"Later, the Wild Camel Sanctuary was established, and no one was allowed to enter, and my father was not allowed to lead a group to enter.
He was reluctant to sell the camels to others.
After all, he had feelings, so he released the camels into the Wild Camel Sanctuary.
He said that this is the home of camels.”
The middle-aged man turned to look at his father and said, “So he often goes to the sign at the Wild Camel Sanctuary to wait.
He said that maybe one day, he would come here.
The camels will come back to see him."
"I see."
Yue Lan and I looked at each other, this is what happened, no wonder the old man would run there.
"Come in, it's warm inside, and it's dark."
The middle-aged man welcomed us inside.
After we entered, we found that there was still a strong smell of mutton, and the house was not spacious.
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His wife built a temporary bed for us in a corner of the living room, with two benches below, a few wooden boards above, and cushions Quilt, a quilt on top, this bed comes out.
"You guys will sleep here today, I'm sorry because the room is small."
The middle-aged man said with a smile.
"It's okay, you're welcome."
"These quilts are all new.
The quilts were just made this year and are made from Xinjiang cotton.
They are very warm."
The middle-aged man added.
"Okay, thank you."
That was not the focus of our attention.
I changed the subject and said, "Can you tell us about your father raising camels and leading the expedition team into Lop Nur?
Is there anything novel about that year?
Or something strange happens.”
"New and strange things."
The middle-aged man recalled carefully and suddenly said: "My father didn't tell me much, but he told me that there were many camels in the Wild Camel Nature Reserve, and he knew about this group of camels.
He didn’t tell anyone about the gathering place, fearing that others would catch the camels and sell them.”
"Is there anything new and interesting in the place where wild camels gather?"
I suddenly became interested.
"One time, when we encountered a sandstorm, my father's camel team suddenly stopped obeying and led my father on a wild run.
Finally, they arrived at a gathering place of wild camels.
He said that he was shocked at that time.
He had never seen any camels before.
More than a hundred wild camels gathered together, and And these wild camels were all heading towards a wind-eroded castle.
The shape of the castle looked like a huge camel.
The camel's posture seemed to be about to fly into the sky, and all the wild camels knelt down towards the wind-eroded camel statue.
"The middle-aged man said vividly.
"Wind-eroded Camel Statue" I looked at the middle-aged man dumbfounded and said, "Have you been there?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and said: "No, my father didn't tell anyone, let alone take anyone there.
Moreover, it was a stormy weather, and the camel ran away wildly.
He didn't know the way.
When he came out later, There was some impression, but he didn’t tell me where it was, just the general location.”
"Is there a map?"
I said, "When your father used to lead the team, there must have been a map.
He might have marked it on the map."
"What are you going to do?"
The middle-aged man looked at me in surprise and said, "My father won't let me tell anyone.
Camels are more important than his life.
He doesn't allow anyone to catch wild camels."
"First of all, we are soldiers and people of the country.
The nature reserve was established to protect camels.
Our task is to protect wild camels.
We will definitely not catch them."
I said firmly: "It is even more impossible for us.
Are you hurting them, and your father has become like this?
Don't you want him to get better?
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We might be able to find that place and take your father there.
Maybe when he sees this camel statue or the previous camels, The disease is about to be cured.”
When the middle-aged man heard this, he was a little moved.
He looked at his father, who still looked blank.
He said, "Dad, can I tell them the location of the camel statue?"
"Camel."
The old man said the word camel again blankly.
The middle-aged man hesitated, thought for a while, and said with a grimace: "My father has been with camels all his life, and now he only thinks about camels.
Okay, I will tell you the general area.
I hope you can really find out the reason." , cured my father’s illness.”
Then the middle-aged man entered the room and pulled out a dark red leather box.
There was a thick layer of dust on the box.
It must have been hidden under the bed and had not been opened for a long time.
The middle-aged man blew a breath, dust filled the sky, and then opened the box.
There were a lot of things inside.
What caught his eye was a Xinjiang knife with gems on it, which was very beautiful.
Then there was also a suit of leather clothes, a leather hat, and...
There were several books, as well as a pistol, a military canteen, and a folded map.
The middle-aged man quickly took out the map and quickly closed the box, probably because he was afraid that we would see the pistol, but in fact we had already seen it.
But we didn't say anything, so he spread out the map.
It was a very old map, and the folds on it were all yellowed
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