Chapter 44: Heading forward and everyone following

The night passed by in a hurry.

Zhang Xiaobao slept peacefully, but the young master there had been a night dream. He dreamed of occupying the land of Zhang and Wang's villages and driving away the two families. He woke up several times in the dream.

Li Xun got up early in the morning and also carried a backpack on his body. He didn't know what to put in it, so he only put a blanket and a few silk handkerchiefs. He really couldn't remember the other things on the grass. He thought that they could not be used in the desert. After all, there were not so many bugs in the desert, and there were no wild vegetables.

The thing he wanted to figure out the most now is what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan brought. He could ask questions yesterday, but he was so angry that he forgot about this matter. Now he is not easy to ask directly, so he can only follow behind and see how they do it.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan changed their shoes today. They didn't want the original wooden shoes and leather shoes. They specially made some shoes with rags and stick some small bumps with fish glue at the bottom. Each person had no change in one backpack, and they wore a hat on their heads, and the clothes they wore were also long-sleeved.

At the same time, I brought some saltpeter in my backpack, which is the highest purity here, and some salt. I didn’t pack other foods, and I would be turned out after I packed them.

After waiting for some inspection, several people who wanted to bring some food were warned once, and the things were left behind, and the team then walked into the desert in a mighty manner.

Some left, some new people joined, not only did not have a small number of people, but there were more than ten. The younger ones were relatively fewer, only forty-five.

As soon as more than 140 children entered the desert, more than fifty people rushed out, and more than eighty people ran away as crazy as one, almost at the same time, and looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

"Juanjuan, it seems that they have learned their skills and are not as stupid as they were on the grassland." Zhang Xiaobao felt the eyes around him, smiled, and said to Wang Juan.

"Well, these people must be the part of the grassland at that time. It seems that we have been targeted. Let's go. The next place with water is three miles away, tie the ropes."

Wang Juan glanced at the people, and while talking, he took out a rope and tied them to his waist with Zhang Xiaobao. One was to prevent quicksand. Even if Li Xun would definitely send someone to check it out, they had to make sufficient preparations. The other was to climb the sand pile, if one didn't step on it and rolled down, the other could help.

The two of them walked forward one by one again, and tried to keep their heels slightly off the ground, their legs slightly bent, and their bodies leaned forward. They also took out a retractable stick from their backpack and moved forward.

Li Xun and others did not expect that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan would be so prepared. Now they could not bring things over, so they had to follow behind. When they were wondering, they felt that they could just leave without having to use sticks, and the rope was redundant.

Except for the Lijiazhuang children, the rest are rich people. They wear refined leather boots on their feet and feel soft when they step on the sand. They feel very comfortable. Li Xun also changed into leather boots for Li Xun, but they are not that delicate. As for the clothes, they are naturally the clothes making garment.

As everyone followed, their eyes swept Zhang Xiaobao and his two backpacks from time to time, hoping that they could take out the things as soon as possible. For the leading children, they didn't care whether they were behind.

The new child’s family didn’t know about this situation. When they saw the child running to the front, they started to praise each other, just like the parents on the grassland.

Parents who have experienced the grassland affairs have long since disappeared. When they hear what others say, when they recall their original situation, they can only sigh that they are too short-sighted.

The desert is not big, but there is no shortage of sand dunes. Some exist alone, and some are connected together. If you want to go around, you have to go a long way. The children choose to climb directly, and no one wants to go around.

At this time, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's shoes showed their advantages. Even if the small bumps under the shoes cannot hold the ground firmly, they will not slide down like other people. The stick in their hands plays a big role. If they are inserted into the sand and leverage a little force, they will not tilt backwards, and even if they slide down once, they will not delay things.

"Li Cheng, have you seen it? So that's how it is used." After seeing it from behind, Li Xun said to the person following him. After saying that, he realized that the man was not Li Cheng, but a person who was also a messenger, named Li Xing.

Li Xing would not be so stupid as to correct the name of the little marquis, and then said, "Young master, and their shoes, please look carefully. It is different from what we wear. There are some small bumps underneath. I am smart. I will prepare the younger one tomorrow, but I don't know this time."

"Okay, learn more. Look at the boy over there, and it's the one next to our and Zhang Wang's villages. What's the name? It seems that there is a single official, who is from the fifth rank, which is not small."

Li Xun nodded. After seeing the man who pretended to be stupid, he was afraid that he would make trouble for Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. After all, that man was older. If there was really something dangerous, even if he dealt with that person at that time, Zhang Xiaobao and the others withdrew unhappily. Where did he learn to survive in the wilderness in the desert?

Li Xing also found the man, his eyes were always on Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan in front of him, and responded: "I know, my son, that's from the Han family, his name is Han Yongyao."

"Hmph, Yongyao? Just like him, don't want to show off. When you return to Zhuangzi, you will have fun. The two villages of Zhang and Wang are not comparable to other villages. The people in charge there are not ordinary people. How far can they reach a place with water?"

Li Xun looked down on that person from the bottom of his heart and sneered, feeling that today's sunshine was particularly bright, he licked his lips with his tongue, looked up at the road ahead that seemed to never end, and asked.

"It's almost done, you can get there by walking so far. Today is noon, according to the situation last time, and I don't give it food. I don't know how many people will not be able to hold on. The desert is not as good as the grassland." Li Xing replied, walked behind, and looked at Han Yongyao from time to time.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan walked in front, and the speed was not fast. When there was no water to replenish, the two of them didn't want to consume too much energy. They waited until the water was filled.

The more than fifty children seemed to be tired and were still running there desperately. Some children even deliberately slid down slowly while going up the sand dunes before running up.

"Xiaobao, do you think a scorpion will emerge here? There are snakes and other things? Then there will be something to eat at noon."

Wang Juan climbed onto a slightly higher sand dune, stood there and looked down and asked.

"I don't think so. That guy Li Xun must have sent someone to search on a carpet style several times. Most of the snakes in the sand are poisonous. Could he be bitten by someone? Do you put it first or I put it first?"

Zhang Xiaobao stood beside Wang Juan and said as he looked at the road below.

"Let's go together, take out the things." Wang Juan replied, and opened the backpack with Zhang Xiaobao, took out a few wooden boards slightly narrower than the backpack from it. One end was slightly raised and placed on the ground. The two sat up, adjusted the lower position, and supported it with the wooden stick in their hands, and the two slid down quickly.

Li Xun and others also went up the slope. When they saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's things, they were stunned for a moment. Then they looked at the two people who were almost at the bottom. They had no choice but to run down. This time they had to work hard. Some people couldn't control them and would even turn them all over.

Without waiting for Li Xun to speak, Li Xing said from the side: "Young master, I understand. I will definitely make this tomorrow. Don't look at the children in front of me playing and waiting for a while to continue walking, they will lose the strength. Things like this can save a lot of energy."

"Well, I'm really a little trick. Judging from their appearance, they don't seem to be very tired. I might have to let them arrive first today. OK, I learned it again. If you encounter such a thing in the future, you can prepare early."

When Li Xun got down, he took off his boots and poured the sand out, sighing. He really admired the person who prepared things for these two children. Don’t look at a little bit of things, when you really walk in the desert, you may be able to decide a person’s life or death.

The others all wrote down this thing and decided to use it tomorrow. Only Han Yongyao was not so clear. He was thinking about causing trouble for Zhang Xiaobao and the others. Unfortunately, perhaps his family's food was better. He gained a little weight and didn't catch up. He could only follow behind and panted.

The adults behind them also felt uncomfortable. Seeing the children climbing hills and being sluggish, they felt very distressed. The parents who came from the grassland did not need their children to care about them, but they had already remembered the tools used by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

They sighed again in their hearts. Looking at the two little guys' cooperation and understanding, they felt that if they were their own children, they would definitely hold them in their arms and love them. They were so sensible and strong. They had never seen them call them tired, let alone expect to see their sad crying.

I couldn't help but envy the two of them. I didn't know how they taught them. I thought these two little guys looked like adults. Apart from these, they also looked cute and had a chubby little face. When I smiled, I showed two dimples, and my eyes could speak.

Zhang Xiaobao and the other two didn't know that someone wanted to take them for themselves, so they went down the slope, installed the wooden boards, and continued to move forward step by step. In a while, they arrived at the place where water was provided.
Chapter completed!