Hearing this, I immediately stopped and turned to look at him. Kurban walked to the back of the desk, took out an envelope from the drawer, and walked to me and handed it to me.

I took the envelope and looked at it. There was nothing written on it. The things inside the envelope were very thin. I probably guessed what was inside.

I said to Kurban: "Did Sadiq say where he went?" Kurban shook his head.

I nodded and thanked me, and walked out.

Standing on the side of the road, I opened the envelope and it turned out to be the photo inside, which was the one Sadik had taken for his second uncle twenty years ago.

Shahaizi Town is not big and there are not many people. I stood by the roadside and looked at the photo carefully. In addition to the second uncle's figure, there are some scenery in the photo. I looked around and thought about the scenes I had seen before, but there seemed to be no scenery similar to the photos.

I thought for a while and turned back to Kurban's store.

I pointed the photo to him, "Brother Kurban, have you seen this photo?"

Kurban nodded, "I looked at it when Sadik gave it to me."

"Do you know where the photo is taken?" I continued.

Kurban took the photo in my hand and looked at it carefully, then shook his head, "I grew up here, I think the photo is not taken here." As he said that, he picked up the photo and showed it to me, "Look here, there are some arranged lights in the distance of the photo."

I looked at the photo where Kurban pointed, there was indeed some less obvious light.

Kurban said to me: "This light is a light on an oil well. We don't have an oil well here, so I think the place in the photo should be in Karamay."

"Karamay?" I know that the famous Karamay oil field is there. Did the photos be taken there?

I remembered what Sadiq said to me, and felt a little strange, so I asked Kurban, "Didn't Sadiq say he's been here for thirty years? This photo was taken by him. Didn't he live here at that time?"

Kurban smiled and shook his head, "It's not like that. It seems that you don't know Sadiq. Sadiq's hometown very well

In Karamay, his parents were both oil fields workers. Sadik didn’t like this kind of life, so he didn’t want to stay in the oil fields to work, so he came here. Sadik was still very young at that time and did all kinds of jobs. I met him almost at that time. However, Sadik’s mother was not in good health at that time, so Sadik often went home and sometimes lived for a while. I think this photo was probably taken at that time."

I confirmed to Kurban again, “So, was this photo taken near Karamay?”

Kurban shrugged, "That's all."

I nodded and was about to leave, but suddenly I remembered what Baikeli told me. So I said to Kurban: "By the way, Uncle Baikeli asked me to tell you that the things for this month will be delivered earlier."

Kurban took a deep breath and looked at the sky outside the window, "Yes, I have to deliver it early, the wind season is coming again."

Say goodbye to Kurban and I walked out again.

Holding the photo in my hand, I felt a little uneasy. We had always thought that my second uncle entered the desert from Urumqi, but now it seems that it is not. He first went around the west side of the desert and entered Gurbantonggut from Karamay. So what is the purpose of the second uncle doing this?

I decided to go to Karamay.

I was thinking, and suddenly, a dizzy feeling came. I felt a little bit bad. I quickly held a telephone pole next to me and slowly squatted on the ground. I knew I was sick again, but what made me a little scared was that this time the situation was more fierce than before.

I felt like a balloon, and all my strength was pulled away in an instant.

I moved my arms tremblingly, took out the box given to me by my second uncle from my backpack, used all my strength to pinch some and stuff it into my mouth. After doing this, I felt that I had only the strength to breathe.

Several Uyghur brothers passing by asked me if it was important and whether I had to take me to the hospital. I smiled and waved my hand, and said weakly: "I'm an old problem, dizzy, I'll be fine after a while. Thank you!"

About ten minutes later, my condition improved a lot. I struggled to clean up and then walked forward

go.

I found another motorcycle and sent me back to the hotel of Celsius.

I fell on the bed and fell asleep in a long time. When I woke up again, I felt much better, but my mouth was so dry. I got up and poured a glass of water and drank it all.

At this moment, it was still dark outside the window. I looked at the time and it was just around four in the morning.

I turned over and lay down and wanted to sleep for a while, but for some reason I was completely sleepy. So I put on my clothes and pushed the door and walked out.

The weather is pretty clear today, and the soft moonlight spreads all over the yard. I took a deep breath and looked around and found that the Baikeli room was still dark with lights. I guess he was still asleep at this time.

Turning back, I saw a crack in the yard door. This made me move. I remember when I came back, I plugged the yard door in. Why is it open now? Could it be that there is a thief in?

While thinking, I slowly walked to the front of the yard. I gently pushed open the door and looked out, but found a person sitting on the sand not far from the door.

I looked closely and found that the man was actually 100k. I was a little surprised, but I still walked over slowly.

Hearing my footsteps, Baikeli turned his head and looked at it. He was not surprised, but said lightly: "Why are you getting up so early?"

I smiled, "Yes, I can't sleep anymore. Uncle Baikeli, why are you here?"

Baikeli turned his head and looked into the distance, "Every midnight, my chest feels so stuffy that I feel uncomfortable, and I will be awakened. I can't sleep anymore, so I will come here to sit until dawn."

"Your illness is quite serious. Have you ever gone to the hospital for a look?" I heard Kurban talk about Baikeli yesterday and thought he was quite pitiful.

Baikeli waved his hand, not seemingly trying to continue the topic. He looked up at the distance. It was much later that Xinjiang was dawn than in North China. At this time, the sky was still full of stars and the moonlight was bright. It contrasted with the distant desert, magnificent and mysterious.

Baikeli raised his hand and pointed: "This desert is 45,000 square kilometers, formed a million years ago. Do you know how many secrets are buried here?"
Chapter completed!