Every year when this season comes, if the wind and snow are too strong, the Corps will send people to inspect. It has become a routine to help those herders living alone.
With a total of five households close to the infrastructure company, Ye Wancheng packed up early in the morning and set off with five soldiers. They carried some food and medicine with them. As for the forage, they did not belong to their jurisdiction. After reporting, there would be arrangements.
Ye Wancheng went to the Amir family first, which has a large population and many cattle and sheep. Every year, he is the company's focus on taking care of him.
Although there is a lot of snow on the road, the horse can barely walk. But it is no longer possible to walk as soon as you enter the mountain. It is difficult for the horse to walk by itself, let alone carry someone.
Today, the few people were wearing very tight clothes, wearing military uniforms and cotton trousers in military uniforms. There was a military coat on the outside, but this military coat was made of extra materials. It was not cotton inside, but a thick layer of sheepskin.
I was wearing felt boots under my feet. Why did this thing step on the snow? It was also hot inside, unless it was soaked.
Ye Wancheng is fully armed today, with a May Fourth hanging around his waist and a rifle on his shoulders. The five people behind him, one with a submachine gun, and three with a semi-automatic one.
People who live in northern Xinjiang have experience. This season is when wild animals are more active. The earth is covered with ice and snow. If all kinds of animals cannot find food, they will come to places where people live to try their luck. Although humans are very dangerous, they are no longer afraid of this kind of danger compared to starving to death.
The Amir family lives in a mountain nest east of twenty kilometers away from infrastructure. His winter nest is in a good location, not only guarding the river and forests.
In such places, there will be less snow because of the woods. When the snow is heavy, sheep can go to the forest to eat fallen leaves without climbing the mountain.
When we arrived at Amir's house, the family was drinking milk tea together. The eldest son led a few dogs to herd sheep in the woods. You can see it from the door of the house.
After letting everyone in, Ye Wancheng and the others drank a few cups of milk tea. Their bodies quickly became warm. After asking about the situation at home, everything was fine, so they were about to say goodbye.
Amir's wife had many children and was not well maintained during the confinement period, her arthritis was very serious, and her joints were deformed. Ye Wancheng left some medicine and left.
After the fourth company, it was already dark. Ye Wancheng took off his goggles. He needed to wear black goggles when walking in the snow, otherwise he would easily get snow blindness. However, after dark, he would not need this thing, just put it on his hat.
In the weather of more than minus twenty degrees Celsius, no matter how thick you wear, it will soon become popsicles. At least these people have been walking, but if they ride a horse, they will be frozen long ago.
"Doctor Ye, the fourth house is still more than ten kilometers away. Why don't we go back and go tomorrow." A soldier obviously couldn't stand it anymore and made a suggestion.
Ye Wancheng thought for a moment and pointed at the three people behind: "You guys go back first, just go and have a look,"
The three people obviously couldn't stand it anymore. The trembling upper and lower teeth made a sound of bumping. Only Lao Li was better.
Lao Li is Xue Lian's father and a carpenter in the company. Because he has always had enough oil and water, he is a little resistant to freezing. However, after hearing Ye Wancheng's words, he was a little unhappy.
"Doctor Ye, the group asked for inspection, but there was no requirement for a few days. We don't have to work like this, right? We asked me to come back tomorrow, at least we can rush back that day. These companies just now had nothing to do, so it would be fine to notify the group to send some grass to survive the snow."
Hearing Mr. Li say this, Ye Wancheng smiled and said, "Then you go back with them too. Don't worry about coming out tomorrow. If it's okay, I'll go back in the morning."
When the three people heard that Dr. Ye wanted to go by themselves, they immediately said that they would not leave. Only Lao Li seemed to leave immediately.
When Ye Wancheng saw this attitude, he smiled and said, "You all go back, it's not far away anyway. I'll stay there for one night and I'll go back tomorrow morning. Don't worry."
Several people looked at each other, and Ye Wancheng repeated it again. Everyone finally left, mainly because they were cold and tired. At the end of this day, they were like a circle. It took less than two hours to go home from here.
When you get home, you can take a hot shower and drink some wine. You can lie in bed and sleep comfortably. If you go to the winter nest, you will have to sleep in your clothes tonight. The sanitary conditions are not good, and it is still cold.
Ye Wancheng understood the mood of these people, so he forced them to go back. On the way, everyone complained about Lao Li and shouldn't let Dr. Ye leave by himself. Lao Li didn't care:
"He is the instructor, he has advanced ideas. There is no need for us to suffer with him. Isn't it the same to go home and sleep at night?"
Everyone was silent. After all, this was not a matter of the company, nor was it a matter of the corps. So if there was one objection, everyone did not insist.
Although this place is closer to the company, the road is very difficult to walk. Ye Wancheng led his horse to climb over a mountain with difficulty. But the more he walked, the more he felt that Ye Wancheng felt wrong. Has he taken the wrong path? He has been to this family, and there is no such a steep mountain?
When he climbed to the top of the mountain, he looked around. But it had already darkened. Because it was snowing and the sky was dark, the telescope he brought was useless.
He put his hands on his eyes and looked around hard. Wherever his eyesight reached, it was white and the scenery was the same. I couldn't tell where it was? He had already confirmed that he was lost.
He felt a little panicked and wanted to go back along the way he came. He just looked around and his footprints were covered by snowflakes as big as goose feathers. Several hills crawled over, but he could no longer tell the direction.
As a soldier in the corps, he knew that he would be almost dead. If you can't find a place to keep warm in such a cold day, even if you cover a few more quilts, you will freeze you even if you cover yourself with a few more quilts.
The lightning was also a little anxious, as if it had discovered its master's plight. It dug a few times on the ground.
Ye Wancheng calmed down his emotions and then looked around. Although the visibility was not high at such a night, if there were lights, it was the easiest to see. Moreover, the herdsmen were used to hanging a lantern at the door of a yurt or a mud house, and wolves were afraid of fire.
Finally, he found a little light in the northeast direction. Although it was very weak and appeared and disappeared from time to time. But he knew that he had read it right.
He was not pulling lightning, but pointed the direction and told it to walk by itself. The horse is spiritual and can understand the meaning of its master. It walked ahead first and explored the way for Ye Wancheng.
Chapter completed!