Author: Chen Guobing.
I would like to dedicate this book to all female friends who are struggling for life.
Twenty. The male wolf led the pack away.
At the time of parting, everyone was still very reluctant, and it expressed deep respect to the future wolf king on the Gobi Desert. They also wagged their fluffy wolf tails, and circled around Feng Qin nine times one by one, letting out a long howl from their mouths to show welcome. The little wolf said that this was the highest courtesy of their wolf clan.
The male wolf also provided the female wolf with a lot of useful information about the future, telling the female wolf which route to take to return to the territory where she had lived as soon as possible, while the male wolf himself said that he had to lead the only remaining family members to start a long migration because his territory had been so damaged by the huge sandstorm that it could no longer survive. They plan to move to another place. The male wolf heard that there is a lake with fertile water and grass, the lake is very large, and all around it is covered with lush reeds and various aquatic plants, and there are many large wild animals living in those aquatic plants, it is said that there are wild boars, bison, wild horses, and wild camels, etc., etc., flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, etc. The food is plentiful, making it an ideal place to live.
Migrate after your dreams and pursue a better life. It turns out that the wolf clan also has dreams? Feng Qin looked at the back of the wolves in the distance, and a colorful cloud suddenly floated in the depths of his heart. The cloud, dyed with the morning glow, was painted with color, like an invisible oil painting, deeply rooted in her girlish soft heart.
The male wolf was still gesturing on the sand for a while, and then he turned back to the she-wolf and said, "Why don't you go to that place when you find your family?" I'll take my family members to explore the way first. ”
When the she-wolf and the cub heard this, they both agreed with the male wolf's suggestion. They are also very worried about their future, and now, with the arrival of more and more humans, this once large area of pure land has been destroyed, the ecology is becoming more and more fragile, and food is becoming less and less. And it would be nice to be able to find a better place to live in a better environment than the one we have now.
Before leaving, the male wolf added: "I also recently heard from a group of wild camels. The place where they stumbled upon in the desert was said to have nearly drowned their camel family in the lake. ”
The little wolf asked curiously, "The wild camel is so tall and has a strong running ability, why was it almost drowned?" ”
The male wolf thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, it is said that it was originally a large lake more than 300 years ago, and it dried up more than 300 years ago. And just two years ago, there was a sudden rainstorm for a few days and nights, which is a great news, oh, it has been raining for so long on the Gobi, I heard that the rainstorm came very violently, and the lake that had dried up was suddenly filled with water, and regained its former appearance. ”
The she-wolf asked, "What is that place called?" ”
The male wolf turned back and shouted as he left, "I heard it's called Lop Nur." ”
Feng Qin was shocked, and thought to himself: "Oh my God, Lop Nur? Isn't that the same place where a scientist named Pengamu once traveled alone to investigate? ”
At this time, the she-wolf was communicating with the little wolf, and she said to her son, "What it said may not be all right, we should find our family members as soon as possible, and then discuss it." After all, we have lived on this Gobi Desert for hundreds of years, and we still have a lot of affection for this land. If we have to leave, we have to listen to your grandfather's opinion. ”
The she-wolf raised her head again and howled loudly into the sky, the sound was long, crisp, and beautiful, like the majestic slogan of a warrior when he was about to go on battle.
The little wolf also followed the example of his mother, raised his head, and howled loudly towards the sky. Then he set off again with his mother.
The little wolf smiled and motioned for Feng Qin to follow as well. Feng Qin immediately quickened his pace. She smiled knowingly at the little wolf.
The little wolf turned back to Feng Qin very proudly and shouted, "Now, you should understand who I am, right?" I am the king of the land. ”
Feng Qin gave it a thumbs up and said happily: "I have long seen that you have the temperament to be a wolf king, but I didn't expect my guess to be really correct." You are young and promising, come on! ”
The little wolf walked lightly, and continued in his mouth: "Our wolf clan chooses the successor of the wolf king, it is very strict, not like you humans at all, but also by relationship, we are simply comparing strength, ability, wisdom, and keen judgment. ”
Feng Qin asked, "Oh? No wonder? ”
The little wolf replied proudly, "Generally speaking, as long as I do not make mistakes, and I can establish my prestige and lead the clan to be invincible, then my position is unshakable. Of course, I also welcome everyone to challenge me. In this way, a competition mechanism has been formed in our young wolf pack. We will play often, and those who lose will retire, and those who win will get this wolf tooth, which symbolizes the highest power. After obtaining the wolf's teeth, it is the king, the rightful wolf king. ”
Feng Qin nodded and replied, "You are very powerful, in fact, you are already the wolf king, right?" It's just that due to the sandstorm, the ceremony of inheriting the wolf king has not been officially held? ”
The little wolf nodded happily, it felt that it had been affirmed in front of Feng Qin, and its steps became very light.
They trekked for another seven or eight days before finally entering the Gobi Desert where they had lived. There, the Gobi is no longer bare, and vegetation can be seen everywhere on the ground, with saxon grass, scattered camel thorns, and occasionally a low, stubborn tree, but it can not be called a tree, but it can be called grass. Because of the lack of water on the Gobi Desert, the vegetation on the ground has to evolve its root system to be infinitely long and infinitely dense. The vegetation on the Gobi Desert is very weak and weak in the parts that we can see, but the root system that grows below the ground is very, very developed, and its density is even several times that of the ground. Otherwise, they would not have survived at all, and would have been scorched by the scorching sun.
The grass and camel thorns on the Gobi rely on the underground root system to go to the ground twenty or thirty meters underground to obtain water. However, it is precisely because of the efforts of those seemingly ordinary grasses that they have brought a complete ecological chain to the seemingly lonely Gobi Desert, and nourished wild animals like wolves.
The weeds are filled with ants, gerbils, snakes, rabbits, and plants such as Cistanche. The animals attracted wild horses, wild camels, and wolves, and occasionally a few eagles hovering in the sky.
They wandered around their territory for days, but they were so empty that not a single wolf was in sight. The she-wolf suddenly became anxious. He asked the wolf, "Have they not come back yet?" ”
The little wolf nodded and replied, "I guess everyone has been blown away, so everyone is rushing back at this time." ”
The she-wolf was worried about the safety of her husband and the little wolf grandfather, after all, the huge sandstorm came too suddenly, and there was no warning in advance, and the little wolf's grandfather was very old, and it was estimated that her husband must have followed the old wolf closely, otherwise, with her husband's ability, he should have led those scattered wolves back together, or the little wolf's grandfather was killed or seriously injured.
The little wolf replied, "Don't worry, mother, maybe they came back before, but they didn't find the two of us, and Dad took everyone out to look for us?" ”
The she-wolf nodded and said, "Well, you have a point, let's wait a little longer." Son, go get some branches and dead leaves, or you can dig a cave out of the ground where it is cooler and sheltered, and settle her first. It looked at Feng Qin with its eyes.
So, the little wolf took Feng Qin to their family's cave group first.
It first approached a small mound of withered grass on top of which looked like a bush of weeds growing thickly, but in fact the mound had long since dried up, and was only used to cover the wolf's den.
The little wolf gently removed the weeds with his paws, and saw an oval-shaped hole, the hole was not big, just enough for a wolf's head to get into, the hole was very smooth, as if it had been smeared with something, however, Feng Qin carefully observed for a while, only to find that the smooth cave was covered with gray-brown fine soft wolf hair.
The little wolf excitedly shouted to Feng Qin: "Come and see, this is the cave where we live, aren't you humans always full of curiosity?" Aren't you always looking for our caves? Now that you've been accepted into us, it's no longer a secret. ”
Feng Qin looked at the childish wolf king in front of him in surprise, and exclaimed in a low voice: "It turns out that every cave is so small? ”
The little wolf smiled and replied, "Is it small?" Do you want me to show you? ”
Feng Qin replied: "Okay, okay, I have never seen a wolf's den with my own eyes, although we human books have described the tiger's den and the wolf's nest, I thought your wolf's den was the same as a bird's nest in a tree." ”
The little wolf shook his head, a proud smile still on his lips. It asked Feng Qin, "Didn't you describe the tiger's den as very dangerous?" Today I'm going to open your eyes first. In fact, a wolf's den is a wolf's den, and a wolf's den is our house, just like the houses you built. Our wolf's den moves its own claws and digs by itself, and it doesn't need money or any benefits to exchange, it is the income of each wolf's labor. We don't occupy much, although the Gobi is big, but for us every inch of land is precious. We love this land very much, although the Gobi seems to be very barren, but it is precisely because of her barrenness that we are full of wisdom and brave and strong Gobi wolves. ”
The wolf said as he quickly burrowed his head into it, then it spun around in the burrow and immediately retreated. It said to Feng Qin: "Look, as long as the head can get in, the body can go in, the inside of the cave is very clean, very dry, warm in winter and cool in summer." However, I know that such dwellings are rather shabby in the eyes of you humans, and your ancestors also lived in caves, and your ancestors were more skilled at digging caves than we are. According to my grandfather, your ancestors became more and more sophisticated, scribbling and scribbling on the top of each cave they dug. Hey, don't go out to find food, just do boring things. However, your minds are so complicated that even our old friends have forgotten them, and they have turned all the animals into your enemies.
Oh, of course, there are some lowly people who listen to you very much, who are willing to be tamed by you, who are willing to be your pets. Oh my God, I can't think about it, when I think of those pets who shake their heads and tail and nod their heads in front of humans every day, I gag and want to vomit. Hey, now, you see that since you got out of the forest, you have created the so-called city, and you have built so many high-rise buildings in the city, are you still used to living in it? It seems to me that the so-called high-rise buildings that you have built still look like forests, like the forests where your ancestors once lived. It's just that the forest you live in now is 108,000 miles different from the forest you once had, the forest in the past was full of greenery, and the forest you live in now is completely reinforced concrete, I was upset when I looked at it, and my mother said that she got goosebumps all over her body when she thought about it.
Hey, I've told you so much, and I really think of you as a friend. Hey, I'll dig you a hole in a moment, and you can live in peace and experience the life of our wolves, and I promise you'll be very satisfied, and I'll even promise you'll soon forget about your big cities that aren't worth bullshit. My grandfather told me a lot of stories about your big city, and he heard that you had to turn on the air conditioner in the summer to keep you cool, and in the winter you had to make a fire to keep warm, and in the spring there was green everywhere, but the green was very different from what we saw. ”
Feng Qin was quite surprised, but nodded anyway. She replied: "Get used to it, we have everything in our high-rise buildings, running water, electricity, heating, and air conditioning, these are all modern things, and they are relatively smart." Of course, unlike you, we have created civilization ourselves, and we are enjoying the benefits that civilization brings us. ”
The little wolf looked at Feng Qin puzzled, and it asked, "Do those things you said represent your civilization?" I don't understand and I don't fully agree. However, we have never been in there to experience it for ourselves, so objectively speaking, I don't dare to judge lightly. However, our grandfather told us that it taught us not to be presumptuous, and many things about human beings are against the laws of nature. For example, I heard that you need to heat up indoors in the winter and cool it indoors in the summer, can you stand it yourself? You see, our living environment is really a minimalist way of life. Our way of life is to integrate into nature to live, spring, summer, autumn and winter, the cycle repeats, what kind of environment God provides us, we will adapt, instead of destroying the environment and trying to change the environment. We don't have as many weird ideas as you humans, we just spend our limited time with every minute and every second. ”