There is a place to provide water every three miles. Replace it on the flat ground. The three-mile road can be walked in less than a quarter of an hour. In this desert, it may be faster at the beginning. Two quarters are enough. Wait. When it comes later, there is no half an hour, that is without even thinking about it.
The child who ran first has already arrived, and those in the back are still walking slowly. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not rush, but they still slightly distanced themselves from the people behind. A shoe, a stick, and a wooden board. After a few climbs and downhills, the advantage came out.
When the two people arrived at the first water station, only a dozen of the children who arrived first had already rushed, and the others were playing in the water. At this time, it was not too hot. Those children were playing with water. Shui Zhang, laughter came from time to time.
"They are all children." Zhang Xiaobao shook his head and said with emotion.
"It was originally a child. Which child of this age has you ever seen that would be sensible? Oh, forget, the place you used to stay is not counted, do it, fill it with water, wet the towel and wrap it in greased paper, we should also give it to the face It’s covered up, and it will heat up for a while to minimize the loss of water."
Wang Juan just refuted Zhang Xiaobao's sentence, and suddenly remembered the life Zhang Xiaobao lived in before. He could only think that it was the environment that affected his personality.
The two of them were talking, took a few water bags, first got the large handkerchiefs they had brought, and then took out a few small paper bags from the backpack, opened them, and turned the contents into the two water bags. Pour into the bag.
"What did you fall down on?" Li Xun rushed over at this moment, watching the two people busy there, daring not to care at all, leaning closer to look and ask.
"It turns out to be Li Gongzi, this is sugar, this is salt, and this is powder made from oranges and apples. There are four kinds, no more." Zhang Xiaobao put the things in front of Li Xun for him to see. There was not much powder. , It is not food, so it has not been taken away, mainly because those who checked it did not know what it was.
Li Xun became very humble at this time. He listened carefully. He even dipped a little with his hand and tasted it in his mouth. He nodded: "Yes, these are the four things. What are you doing with these four things?"
"Flush with water to reduce the body's consumption and supplement some things that the body needs. We don't know what it is. According to others, this salt must be put in less. It is about 100 parts of water plus 1 part of salt. Don't put too much, there is also sugar, this is rock sugar foam."
Zhang Xiaobao explained the dosage to Li Xun in detail. The salt here is not pure. One hundred parts to one part is almost the ratio of normal saline.
Li Xun remembered that he saw how many things the two people put, and didn't think the two people would lie to him at this time. It was unnecessary, so he put his eyes on the apple and orange powder, pointed and asked, "What about these two? Can you play more?"
"No, especially the orange. It will be uncomfortable to put too much on the stomach, especially when there is nothing to eat at noon, put a little bit."
After Zhang Xiaobao answered this question, he was ready to go on the road. The towel was wet, folded and wrapped in greased paper, carefully stuffed it into the backpack, took out two more pockets, put them on his head, put on a hat, everything Ready.
"Wait a minute, what do you do with this thing on your heads?" Li Xun looked at the pockets on the two people's heads, leaving only holes in the eyes and mouth and nose, and asked curiously.
"After a while the sun rises and it shines on the body, it will make people sweat, even the face is the same, moisture, forget it, you don’t understand it, just remember that this is the way to keep the water in your body reduced. Of course, you don’t have to worry if you bring enough water bags, we are used to it."
After Zhang Xiaobao said this, he finally stopped wasting time with Li Xun, and rushed forward with Wang Juan.
Looking at the two people leaving, Li Xun also learned to prepare. There were no other things, but he took salt with him. He put a few water bags on his body and said to Li Xing next to him, "Remember that. This is the most important thing about headgear. You don’t care when there is water, and you have to use it when there is no water."
"Yes, the son can rest assured, the little one understands." Li Xing responded earnestly. He is here today to remember all the things Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan took out. Nothing is allowed to be missed. There may be nothing in this kind of thing that is almost fun, but when it needs to be used on soldiers one day, then the benefits will be known.
Later the children arrived. In order to maintain that advantage, the children in front ran again. Behind all the children, the adults were also thirsty and hot. Today was a sunny day, and they also added some water.
Time quietly passed by the children, and the position of the sun also changed. By the time the fourth water station was reached, it was almost noon, and the children in front finally did not have so much energy and strength to continue running. A bitter face, moving little by little.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan found a place to stop at this time. While lamenting that Li Xun sent someone to clean up, they glanced at each other, smiled, spread their heads and looked for something. They didn’t know it was originally in this small desert. There were no poisonous insects, and Li Xun's manpower cleaned it up, and the two of them were surprised that one was not found.
Since there are no such bugs, I can only look for another thing that is not easy to clean. After searching for a quarter of an hour, Wang Juan finally heard a cheer. Zhang Xiaobao hurried over and looked at the place in front of Wang Juan. Said:
"Sure enough, there are still ants. Yes, they are not poisonous. Take out the sugar. Let's eat ants at noon today."
While talking, the two took out the sugar from the backpacks and put them in a small dug out of the sandpit. They put a flat wooden box diagonally there, and got some sugar water in it, waiting for the ants to come over.
After doing all this, the two people found a sand dune slope with the sun behind, squatted down here, and slowly waited.
Li Xun finally caught up with Zhang Xiaobao in a hurry, just to see them squatting there motionless, and squatting closer, feeling that it was indeed a little cooler than before.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked up at him, lowered their heads, and slowly adjusted their breathing, as if they were asleep, which made Li Xun more curious.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't speak, take effort." Zhang Xiaobao whispered and stopped talking.
"Okay." Li Xun nodded earnestly, and learned the same way as two people, adjusting his breathing there. As for the journey, he didn't care, as long as he could learn more knowledge, would he be the first to get there? It doesn't matter.
After waiting for about two quarters of an hour, when Li Xun was about to fall asleep, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stood up and walked to the side. Li Xun, clever, also stood up and asked in confusion: "What are you doing? go with?"
"If you are looking for food, if you don't eat at noon, how can you chase others?" Zhang Xiaobao kept his feet, and threw a sentence.
"Oh, I'm looking for food, I'm really hungry, what? Looking for food? There's more to eat?" Li Xun, who was in a daze, followed, suddenly reacted, with a lot of energy, and then looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan When they were two people, their eyes were full of surprises. It didn't matter if they were looking for food on the grassland. After all, there are wild vegetables there, but can they still find something in the desert
This is impossible, absolutely impossible, what else can be used to eat here? Isn't it sand
With full of shock and doubt, Li Xun speeded up his pace to catch up with the two people and turned a small turn. When the two people stopped there to take things from their backpacks, Li Xun was frightened by the scene in front of him, densely packed. , There are countless ants on the sand in front, layer by layer.
Some were carrying sand particles there, and some crawling in and out of that box. A closer look revealed that many ants were stuck in the box.
Now Li Xun finally knew what Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were looking for. It turned out to be an ant, but this ant is a bit too big and runs fast. I don’t know how the two of them are going to catch it. It’s not enough to eat what’s in the box.
Turning their heads again, they saw Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan took out a paper bag, opened it to find a powdery thing inside, and asked, "What is this?"
"Noodle soda, it came out after making the noodles bigger." Zhang Xiaobao opened the water bag and replied to Li Xun, pour some powder in his mouth, and drank it again. He swished twice and gave the powder. Dissolve in the water, pour the other powder into the water bag, and shake it vigorously.
After doing this, Zhang Xiaobao glanced at Wang Juan, who nodded with water in his mouth, indicating that he is ready.
Then Li Xun saw an unforgettable scene. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan started spraying water at the running ant on the periphery, moving forward two steps with one mouthful, and then continued spraying, spraying and spraying, two people Just walked to the box.
Li Xun followed behind, and watched in amazement as the body of the ant covered with water curled up into a ball, struggling there for a few times, and stopped moving. When Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao came to the box, they took the box. I got up, threw it somewhere else, sprayed a few sips of water on the spot, and then stopped.
Take out a small broom from the backpack and gently sweep it on the ground, waiting to sweep the dead ants into a pile and put it in another box.
Li Xun looked stupid. Four boxes of ants were there, and finally there was something to eat. He felt that since Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan could eat, he could also eat them.
Glancing at the discarded box over there, he asked wonderingly: "Why was that box thrown away? There are also many ants in it."
"The ants in the desert run fast. If they are caught by them, there is no need to rest. There are living ants in the box. When they go to other places, they will continue to greet other ants. We can relax a lot and can lose a little bit. Just reduce the danger a little bit."
Zhang Xiaobao gave an explanation.