Suddenly, the sky and the earth were covered in silver, the cold wind was howling, Zhong Yuemin clearly felt the cold air, coming in from the nasal cavity, passing through the trachea, entering the lungs, and then carrying warm carbon dioxide and water vapor, being exhaled, forming a white mist in the air.

The heat was taken away like this between breaths, Zhong Yuemin felt extremely cold, his hands, feet and face were frozen and painful, the shoes on his feet were also wet with snow, the wet socks inside slid in the shoes, and there was a constant sound of friction when he walked.

Zhong Yuemin could only keep walking, walking along the road without stopping.

Unfortunately, the heavy snow covered the road and fields, so Zhong Yuemin couldn't tell where the road was, so he could only use a crowbar as a snow pole, poke it, and hear the sound of metal and stones crashing, before taking a step forward.

I walked forward step by step, for more than an hour, and I didn't know where I went. I don't have a phone to navigate, I don't even have a map.

Zhong Yuemin estimated his speed, and walked more than ten kilometers in more than an hour, and it stands to reason that he should have reached the intersection that the conductor said.

But looking around, except for the white expanse, I can't see where the intersection is.

Just when Zhong Yuemin was worried, a donkey cart came from behind him, and the bell tied around the donkey's neck rang with a bell.

Maybe because of the wind and snow, the donkey cart arrived behind Zhong Yuemin before he heard the sound.

Zhong Yuemin was overjoyed, it was really an endless road, and he walked quickly to meet it.

"Fellow!

"Phew!" the driver stopped the donkey, "get on!"

Zhong Yuemin was stunned, and he couldn't take care of it anymore, threw the bag into the car, and climbed into the donkey cart.

The car was loaded with dry straw, and the driver sat on one side, and Zhong Yuemin sat on the other side.

"Come, take a sip and warm up!" the fellow shouted as the donkey cart got back on the road, handing over an army-green kettle.

Zhong Yuemin took it, took a sip, it was Lao Baigan, he couldn't bear the spicy throat and choked his eyes, and said curiously, "Fellow, aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person?

"Did you get off the minibus to Langfang?"

"yes. Zhong Yuemin replied, "Did you see that car?"

"I passed by half an hour ago, and I saw them, and I was trapped there this big night, and it was cold enough. The fellow replied, "The nest also gave them a bundle of straw, so that they could spread it in the cart as a cover." ”

"Hello! The person in the car told you that I was on the road, right?" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile.

"The ticket seller said that he doesn't look good, but his heart is quite good!" The fellow turned on the kettle, took a sip of Lao Baigan, and squinted his eyes comfortably, "He saw that it was snowing, and he was afraid that you would freeze to death on the road, so let the nest see you and give you a ride." ”

Zhong Yuemin said gratefully: "I walked here for more than an hour before I came here, and if I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have known how to leave later." ”

Speaking of this, Zhong Yuemin suddenly remembered that he didn't know where his fellow was going, and if he took himself away, it would be really sad.

"Fellow, where are you going?"

The fellow said: "Don't worry, aren't you going to Nanyuan Airport? ”

"That's a good dare! Today I am so lucky, I go out to meet nobles, and I can meet you in this wilderness. Zhong Yuemin said happily.

"If it weren't for the fact that it was snowing today, and the forage for the big animals was not enough, the nest would not have gone out. The fellow drank a little wine, his face was a little red, and his voice was high-pitched.

"Why are you here for the Chinese New Year?" the fellow suddenly wondered.

"I'm here to visit relatives, and the unit has just been on holiday, so I came here while I had time. Zhong Yuemin said.

"Oh, just had a holiday!, where is the unit?" the fellow nodded and asked again.

"Miyun Reservoir, I took a minibus from Miyun County, how do I know that the car broke down!"

"Miyun Reservoir is a good place, and I went to Wo during the afforestation battle. The fellow shook the reins, "I don't know what's going on now?"

"You are still the builder of the Miyun Reservoir! I didn't expect such a fate!" Zhong Yuemin said happily: "Now the mountains and rivers on the reservoir are beautiful, and the trees planted back then have grown." ”

Zhong Yuemin took out an apple from the bag, "This is the apple grown in the reservoir, maybe it was you planted back then!"

"The nest was planted with cypress trees, and it didn't grow apples!" said the fellow with a smile, but he was also very happy to see the red apples.

Zhong Yuemin answered: "Then you are also a sower, and you should taste the fruits of labor now." ”

The fellow smiled and took the apple, "Well, you young man is quite good at talking, which family are you a relative?"

Zhong Yuemin suddenly realized that this honest-looking fellow has a lot of eyes on his heart, and he has been playing his own words.

"Hi fellow, I'm not a bad person. Zhong Yuemin snorted, after all, he didn't have any relatives here at all.

"I know you're not a bad person, otherwise I would have tied you up and sent you to the airport security company!"

Zhong Yuemin knew that he must have missed a flaw, and he didn't want to do anything bad anyway, so he simply admitted: "I went to the troops at the airport to see a friend who cut in line." ”

"Male or female?"

"Female. ”

"It's you, right?" said the fellow with a knowing expression.

Zhong Yuemin simply nodded, "Yes." ”

"I know that this snowy day is so far away, and he has walked all the way, he must be going to see the object!"

Zhong Yuemin had no choice but to smirk at him.

"Fellow, why are you so vigilant?" asked Zhong Yuemin.

"Nanyuan is the airport of the army, so I am afraid that the spies will come to sabotage, of course we ordinary people have to help watch the point. The fellow said arrogantly, "Besides, when Wo was young, he was the militia captain of the team!"

"No wonder!" Zhong Yuemin admired in the spirit of patting sycophants and not wanting money: "As soon as I got in the car, I saw that your spirit was different from ordinary people, and you sat on a straight waist, and you used to be the captain of the militia!"

The fellow was a little embarrassed by Zhong Yuemin's praise, but he still straightened his waist unconsciously, "I'm old, I haven't trained for many years, and now it's all up to you young people." ”

"When you were a militiaman, did you train to shoot?"

"Don't talk about guns, we've even shot guns!" The fellow was asked where he was itching, and his voice was much louder, "Our village is just next to the airport, unlike other places, the militia has a heavy responsibility, and they have to help defend the airport! Our weapons are all handed over by the troops, although they are old, but they are all good things! Ordinary thieves and thieves dare not approach our village······

That's it, the fellow was deliberately touted by Zhong Yuemin, reminiscing about the past.

The donkey cart also moved forward slowly, getting closer and closer to Zhong Yuemin's destination and Qinling.

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"See, that bright place is the barracks of the troops stationed at the airport, but I'm afraid you won't see anyone tonight, so go to my house for one night. The fellow pointed to the brightly lit place not far away and said to Zhong Yuemin.

Zhong Yuemin had already seen the light, several lampposts that reached the sky, each with dazzling bulbs on them, illuminating a radius of several miles, and there were no pillars of light on the other towers that shook back and forth, patrolling around.

"Uncle, where do you live?" Zhong Yuemin looked at his watch, it was almost twelve o'clock now.

The fellow pointed to the side of the road, "There is a tree stump on this side, and there is a path down, and the second house is the nest house until you go down." ”

"Uncle, you go back first, I'll go forward, and I'll go to your house later to disturb you." Zhong Yuemin still decided to go to the barracks to have a look, knowing that he might not be able to see Qinling, but he still couldn't wait to get closer to Qinling.

"Young people are just impatient, just like when they were young. The fellow grinned, choked on a breath of cold wind, coughed for a while, and then reminded: "It's okay to go and see, don't get close, if the sentry misunderstands, you can shoot directly." ”

Zhong Yuemin said: "Understand, don't worry." ”

With that, he jumped out of the car and ran away with the light, all the cold and fatigue before were gone, but his whole body began to heat up, and the back of his palms seemed to burn.

The barracks of the garrison troops were actually in the southeast corner of the airport, a relatively independent area, surrounded by a high wall, and no one outside could even peep into it.

Zhong Yuemin knew that it was impossible to find a gap to enter this kind of place, so he simply walked along the main road, with lights shining, and the road was much easier.

"What are you doing?" Zhong Yuemin was still a few dozen meters away from the gate, and the sentry raised his gun and asked.

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly put down his things and raised his hand, "Don't be nervous, I'm here to visit relatives!"

Two sentinels, one in front of the other and one behind, came over with guns, "Visiting relatives this big night?

"If I were a spy, I wouldn't be able to come over so openly! That's not stupid!" Zhong Yuemin couldn't help but retort.

"Don't talk nonsense!" the sentry in front scolded, "Tell me my name, my unit, do you have any documents?"

"My name is Zhong Yuemin, I am a student at Qingdao University, and my ID is in my coat pocket. ”

The sentry in front glanced at the one behind, then put the gun behind him, slowly approached Zhong Yuemin, put his hand into his pocket, and took out a small red notebook and a pile of change.

"I'll keep the money, and I'll go home with the change. Zhong Yuemin couldn't help but open his mouth.

The sentry glared at him, stuffed the money back for him, looked at the documents carefully, and compared the photo with Zhong Yuemin.

"It's a student ID card of Qingdao University, and the photo is correct, so I don't know if the certificate is real or fake. After the check, the sentry handed the student ID to the sentry who was farther away.

"Grandma, I thought I had caught a spy. After checking the student ID, the sentry who was farther away cursed, he put down his gun and asked Zhong Yuemin: "Whose family are you and whose relatives are you visiting?"

"Communicator, Qin Ling, do you know?" Zhong Yuemin said, with a hint of expectation in his heart.

"There are so many people in the communication company, how can we know where to go?" said the Shandong sentry impatiently, "Who are you?"

"I'm her ······" Zhong Yuemin suddenly thought that it was not good to say that this was the object, so he changed his words and said: "I am her cousin, her grandmother misses her, let me come to see her and bring her something." ”

Zhong Yuemin said and raised the bag in his hand to show the sentries.

Maybe seeing Zhong Yuemin's face covered with snow triggered the sentinel's compassion, "We can only call and ask for you, you are waiting by the gate." ”

"Hey, thank you, thank you so much!" Zhong Yuemin was overjoyed, if he let him go in by himself, he didn't know where to find it, it would be great if someone helped call!

Another sentry saw that he was too excited, and said: "Don't be too happy, the female soldiers of the communication company have to be on duty, if the person you are looking for is on duty, even if you come, you won't be able to get out!"

Then the sentries took Zhong Yuemin to the sentry box and asked him to stand aside, one person continued to stand guard, and one person went to make a phone call.

"Your name is Zhong Yuemin, aren't you?" confirmed the caller.

"Yes, yes, leaping leap, people's people!" Zhong Yuemin nodded in confirmation.

The sentry nodded in understanding, and then spoke across the phone.

"You're just waiting here, and the person you're looking for will come out in a moment. The sentry was also very happy after calling, "You're lucky, she's just off duty, she has ten minutes of free time, and she'll be over in a while." ”

Zhong Yuemin's heart was full of joy, and he didn't know what to say excitedly, and thanked the sentinels vigorously.

"No thanks, we also see you for the New Year, it's not easy to rush over in the middle of the night against the wind and snow, but it's not so easy to change someone!" After the sentry finished speaking, one left and one right, returned to the sentry box, and stood straight.

After saying a basket of thanksgiving, Zhong Yuemin didn't know how to thank him, he suddenly thought of the bag in his hand, and quickly took out two apples and gave them to the two sentinels.

"This is the apple I brought, it's very delicious, you can taste it!"

"We are standing sentry, we can't accept the things of the common people, you can take them back!" the Shandong sentry refused.

"I know that the People's Liberation Army doesn't take a stitch from the masses! But I took the initiative to give it to you, and it can be regarded as a labor army. Zhong Yuemin knew the thoughts of these soldiers, so he deliberately changed his words, "I'll put it here, remember to take it when you change the guard." ”

Zhong Yuemin said that he put the apple on the snow by the sentry box, and the sentries didn't know how to refuse, so they had to keep talking.

All that remained was anxiously waiting, Zhong Yuemin paced back and forth in front of the sentry, the snow on the ground was melted by him, and he looked at his watch from time to time, he had never felt so slow in the second hand as he did now.

"Don't turn around, I'm dizzy when I turn around!" the Shandong sentry couldn't help but complain.

Zhong Yuemin was embarrassed and apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm a little anxious, I won't turn around." ”

"It takes three and a half minutes to walk from the dormitory to the gate, and now it's less than two minutes, why are you in a hurry? ”

"Three and a half minutes, right?" Zhong Yuemin looked at his watch, "It's already two and fifteen seconds, and there is still one minute and fifteen seconds!"

"I think you remember that, you don't look like a cousin, do you?" the sentry asked.

"It's cousin! It's definitely cousin!" Zhong Yuemin denied, but immediately he ignored the sentry's suspicions, and he saw a green figure running quickly in the distance.

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly grabbed the iron door and tried to look inside, looking at the figure tightly.

The Shandong sentry glanced at the wall clock, it was only two and a half minutes, and this person came too fast!