The next morning, after a hearty breakfast in the cafeteria.

All members of the art troupe gathered in the playground.

"I believe you all know, and then we will select a part of our comrades to go to the northernmost outpost in our country, the Mohe Arctic outpost. Sending laughter to the border guards stationed there. ”

"According to meteorological data, the temperature at the Arctic outpost today is minus 41 degrees, and there may be a cooling tomorrow. So, comrades who are not in good health, please do not raise your hand. Comrades who are willing to go, please raise your hand. ”

Standing on the stage that had not had time to disassemble yesterday, head Li of the General Political Department spoke.

"Why are you so sick raising your hand?"

As soon as Chen Ming raised his hand, he heard Head Li scolding. Some overwhelmed fishers, me, sick seedlings?

When I looked back, I realized that it was a little boy with eyes behind me who looked weak.

"How old are you?"

Seeing him put down his arm in disagreement, Chen Ming turned his head and asked. Chen Ming had an impression of him, as if he was a flutist from the Air Force Military Band.

“17.....”

Chen Ming was slightly speechless. Well, the admission criteria for the art troupe and the military band are indeed different.

Chen Ming knew through chatting with Huang Huai and others that Huang Huai went to the military art at the age of 13, and then joined the General Political Art Troupe at the age of 16.

No wonder there will be layoffs in the future.... Ahem, ahem.

After a while, the members of the Arctic outpost were selected. There were only 6 people in total, and to Chen Ming's surprise, Huang Huai actually signed up and was selected.

"Why are you here?"

Chen Ming sat on the car to Mohe, looked at Huang Huai beside him and asked.

As for how the two of them sat together. No one else is blind, these two young men are in love with each other, and they consciously give up the two seats in the back row to them.

"What? Can't I come? Don't underestimate me, I usually fuck in the morning, but I come out every day. ”

Huang Huai saw that the co-pilot colleague in front of him didn't look at him, and showed a fierce expression at Chen Ming, and then raised his small fist.

Chen Ming was amused by Huang Huai's actions, which immediately attracted the attention of the driver and the comrades in the front seat. Quickly waved his hand to signal that he was fine.

Then there was a pain in my lower back.

In the middle of the noise, two jeeps drove out of the camp one after the other, all the way north.

The rest of the colleagues of the art troupe began to disassemble the stage equipment and load the truck with the help of the soldiers, and they also had to go to other military stations to perform.

Sitting in the car more and more north. The change in temperature is fine, but the snow white has become noticeably more and thicker. The crowd is also slowly starting to thin out.

Huang Huai had long since fallen asleep leaning on Chen Ming's shoulder. Chen Ming and the others also appropriately silenced, and the performance was so late yesterday. Girls have to remove makeup and so on, and at least a little more than a little bit to bed. It is understandable that I woke up early in the morning and is now asleep.

"Comrade, I'm sorry to get out of the car. Further on, snow chains need to be installed. ”

The driver said as he turned on the double flash.

"Eh, wake up."

Chen Ming gently shook Huang Huai awake, looking at her sleepy eyes, his heartbeat suddenly trembled. Oops, it's the feeling of heartbeat.

The two cars continued on the road after changing their snow chains. Hearing the sound of Huang Huai in the back row blaming Chen Ming for why he didn't wake him up when he had just fallen asleep, the three old men in the car all laughed.

As the only lesbians who signed up to go to the Arctic outpost, they were all admired in their hearts. The laughter at this time is more of a trace of kindness, and a little bit of gossip teasing.

Seeing Huang Huai's embarrassed appearance, Chen Ming could only honestly dedicate the soft flesh of his waist to let him vent his anger.

At noon, a few people had a casual meal in the car. It wasn't until about eight o'clock in the evening that the two cars drove into the Arctic outpost.

"Comrades, hard work. Hurry into the house, we boiled some ginger soup and drank some to warm up first. ”

Seeing Chen Ming and the others get out of the car, Director Yang of the outpost immediately led the soldiers to greet him.

After Chen Ming shuddered, he hurriedly held the hand handed over by Director Yang.

Just this grip gave Chen Ming the first shock.

What kind of hands are they? Icy cold, cracked, and some chilblains. Chen Ming looked down, and the chilblains on his dark palms were like big meat worms.

People who don't know will look a little hideous and a little disgusting.

I said hello, but I didn't have time to say hello. Several people hurriedly entered the house.

Even if the warm clothes were added under the arrangement of the leaders of the 16th Army before departure, I felt the feeling of coldness after standing outside the car for less than two minutes at this time.

"You drink some ginger soup to ward off the cold, the soldiers have already started cooking. The temperature here is low, and there is nothing to keep warm. You didn't arrive, and the meal came out quickly and cold. ”

Director Yang welcomed a few people into the back of the house and arranged for the soldiers to cook, and when he came in again, he saw that several people were standing still, so he hurriedly greeted.

"Xiao Wang, hurry up and make a few bowls of ginger soup for the comrades of the art troupe."

Chen Ming hurriedly refused. After thanking him, he snatched the soup spoon from the hand of the soldier named Xiao Wang, took out a bowl and handed it to his colleagues, and then continued to serve the next bowl.

"Poof~"

After Huang Huai took the ginger soup, he took a sip. Suddenly squirted.

"I'm sorry, comrade. We don't have coke here, we can only boil ginger with water. ”

This action suddenly embarrassed Director Yang and the others.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's better to keep the cold out this way. ”

Chen Ming patted Huang Huai's back, then picked up the bowl and took a big sip.

Hiss ~ It's really spicy enough, this taste. But hot ginger water does work better than ginger ale to ward off cold. After a few more bites, my body slowly warmed up.

After Huang Huai quickly apologized, he also pinched his nose and drank the ginger water.

Seeing this scene, Director Yang and the other soldiers at the outpost also felt much warmer in their hearts.

There is no television, and the only way to communicate with the outside world is a telephone line in the duty room.

So a few people can only sit and chat. Chen Ming and other colleagues from the art troupe told them about some important events and anecdotes that happened in the outside world, and the border guards chatted with them about some of the situations they encountered during their patrols and their daily life.

Both parties are curious about each other's content, and it feels like time flies by in the chat.

When the meal was ready, Director Yang lifted the curtain made of thick quilts. Border guards rushed in with food and fish.

Eating here is different. There are no rows of sitting, no prohibitions of talking.

There are a total of 12 soldiers at the Arctic outpost, plus 6 Chen Ming and 2 drivers of the 16th Army. Twenty people sat on the mazar, chatting and eating with a large bowl of food in their hands.

"I'm sorry comrades. The conditions here are tough, and if you want me to say that you don't need it. We haven't seen a show in so many years, and it's nothing. ”

Director Yang is not a native of Northeast China, but after staying for a long time, he has also been infected with that kind of hospitality. At this time, when he saw the guests coming, he didn't even have a table, and he said very ashamedly.

"It's okay, we can't eat this mess in the south. Don't say it, this atmosphere is pretty good. ”

Chen Ming said, holding the bowl with one hand and patting Director Yang's knee with the other. He didn't know if it was a messy stew, but the soup of pork stewed vermicelli was soaked in rice and covered with other dishes. The flavor is mixed and the taste is really unique and delicious.

Director Yang saw that the rest of the people also nodded, and felt better. After eating, we hurriedly arranged for everyone to stay.

Chen Ming and the others did not refuse, after all, it was not early. It's definitely better to prepare well tomorrow and then give them a show than now.

After a day in the car, everyone was also a little tired, and they quickly fell asleep while lying on the bed.

It's just that in the middle of the night, a sound of Suode woke up Chen Ming.

Hurriedly got up, put on his clothes and rushed out!