The women are at home, tending to the cattle and sheep.
When the water flow of the oasis gradually dries up, a new oasis will inevitably appear, and everyone will find new homes, migrating two to three times every year. The elders know where the water sources are, and they will convey this knowledge to the most intelligent members of the tribe. Passed down from generation to generation, this is the most precious knowledge—the knowledge of survival.
Samman and his companions took Wang Anfeng to the first settlement.
But they could only see the corpse of the dried-up lake and withered trees, and traces left by tents. Samman was used to it and continued to look for the next settlement.
On the twenty-first day after Wang Anfeng left the Western Regions.
Wang Anfeng encountered the first sandstorm in his life.