Just when everyone in Class 7 had fallen into despair, Zhang Jinhao, a student standing at the front of the team, suddenly screamed.

"I seem to see a mountain twist...... It's a mountain twist! That's right, it's a mountain twist! Come and see, is that piece sticky!? ”

Zhang Jinhao's whole person was almost crazy, pointing to the right front and dancing, even more excited than Columbus discovering the New World.

Mountain twist, also known as myrtle, is found in most parts of the southern part of the country. The fruit of the mountain twist is plump and juicy, delicious and sweet, and the juice is purple-red, which is the childhood memory of many people.

The most exciting thing is that its fruit can not only quench thirst, but also rich in iron, the medicinal ingredients of traditional Chinese medicine are basically similar to pomegranates, the fruit is edible, the whole plant is used for medicinal purposes, it has the effect of invigorating blood circulation, astringent and antidiarrheal, replenishing deficiency and stopping bleeding.

Zhuang Zhuang jumped up from the ground and ran to Zhang Jinhao's side to look at the slope he was pointing at.

In the distance, a large area of half-human-tall plant species was faintly dotted with small purple-black fruits, but the distance was forty or fifty meters, and it was impossible to see whether the fruit was a mountain twist.

"Let's go! Brothers, let's go over there and have a look! It seems to be really a mountain twister! ”

No one moved.

Everyone is too lazy to move.

went up the hillside, solemnly bent down to check it, and suddenly turned around and jumped excitedly and shouted: "All up, all up!" There is sticky, we are saved!! ”

The others were stunned at first, and at first no one moved.

Perhaps, no one would have thought that there would be such good luck in meeting the mountain twister.

After a few moments of surprise and confusion, everyone jumped up on the ground almost at the same time, rolling and rushing up the hill.

Including the serious, everyone threw down their gear and weapons and ran up the hill like crazy.

Sure enough, there is a mature mountain sticky on the hillside, such a large piece, and it is actually half of the mountain!

At this time, it is the season when the mountain sticky seeds are ripe, and the fruits are sweet and juicy. Everyone screamed like crazy, laughed, took off the mountain twist and stuffed it into their mouths, gobbled it up, laughed when they looked at each other, and opened their mouths on a blood plate stained red by sticky juice.

There's nothing more precious than these mountain twists, which are simply a godsend for life-saving food. This means that you can stick to the meeting point, you can go to the meeting point and then look for water, and you don't need to worry about thirst at all for the remaining kilometers.

After a dozen soldiers frantically picked on the hillside for twenty minutes, everyone stuffed a lot of sticky in their satchels in addition to quenching their thirst, and the morale of the team was high.

"You're all full!?" Solemnly asked everyone loudly.

Wang Jie's face finally lost the expression of wanting to die, and said, "I'm full!" ”

Liu Ruiyong stuffed a few mountain twists into his mouth, the corners of his mouth dripped down the juice, his face was full of smiles, and he nodded and said, "It's okay!" This thing quenches your thirst! ”

solemnly cheered everyone up: "It's five o'clock, there are still five kilometers, let's fight and see if we can get to the assembly point at half past six!" It's all up to this, and we don't believe it's much slower than others! ”

"I think so! In an hour and a half, let's fight! ”

"Good! Hit the road! ”

After enough rest, and full of food, everyone still has a whole bag of mountain twists, there is already something more beautiful than this.

After that, everyone rushed desperately to get to the meeting point before sunset.

The remaining five kilometres of mountain trail went surprisingly well this time.

Climb over the last mountain and follow the path pointed out on the map.

Gradually, local residents were seen in the surrounding area.

And houses began to appear on the side of the road.

The last meeting point is in a small place called Pot Town.

An old man dressed in a black gauze suit and wearing a hat, who looked to be about seventy or eighty years old, suddenly walked out of a small house on the side of the road and stopped in front of everyone.

“%￥@#%@#%@#@……”

She opened her arms and began to babble to the group of soldiers in front of her.

She ...... What did she say? Zhuang Yan and Xu Xingguo were leading the team in front, and the two of them couldn't help but look at each other.

Is there some misunderstanding?

The common people stopped the soldiers, is this the wrong person?

"Old man...... We don't understand what you're saying......"

Solemnity was just a gesture, pointing to his ears and then to his mouth, trying to tell the old man in front of him that he didn't know what she was talking about.

There was a middle-aged man standing next to the house on the side of the road, and he suddenly shouted at Zhuang Zhuang and the others: "Grandma said, you soldiers look so pitiful, she told you to go to her house to drink saliva!" ”

Drink!?

Only then did everyone remember that where there are local residents, there must be water.

Moreover, it is not considered a violation of discipline.

Although I have eaten a lot of mountain twists, who doesn't want water?

Now, the kettle is long empty.

I followed the grandmother more than 20 meters away and arrived in front of her family's small house.

Grandma motioned for everyone to sit on the stone stools in her yard, then turned and went inside.

"Lao Zhuang, there is water!"

Liu Ruiyong pointed to a well in the courtyard.

Everyone couldn't bear it, hula all gathered around the well, divided three times by five by two, and put a bucket of water, each holding a whole bucket and pouring water into their mouths.

"Don't drink too much at once...... Xu Xingguo reminded on the side.

Liu Ruiyong said: "I'm afraid of a bird, so I'll get to the meeting point, less than a kilometer, it's the last day!" ”

"We've survived......" Wang Jie took off his backpack, put it on the ground, and sat on it with his buttocks, and suddenly his eyes turned red.

Everyone was stunned.

The excitement just now immediately subsided.

Right.

I finally got through it.

It's the last day......

It is not so much that he has completed the wilderness survival and training subjects of the brigade, but that he has overcome himself......

Zhuang Zheng suddenly found that at this moment, he didn't care about the ranking at all, and there were any camp awards.

After experiencing the kind of despair before, he suddenly had a kind of awakening - it's good to be alive!

A strange feeling welled up in my heart, not sadness or excitement, but a relief and touch.

5 days, 200 kilometers, one pound of rice, one pot of water, two packs of compressed biscuits......

I actually came over.

This is something that Solemn has never thought of or done at home.

For himself, in the previous eighteen years of his life, he had never tried to achieve such a feat.

Since he was a child, he has been studying, and after school, he has been all kinds of waves, and when he grows up, he thinks about how to pick up girls, and now, he feels that he seems to have done a very meaningful thing in life.

At least, for yourself.

Perhaps, Wang Jie suddenly had this kind of thought, so his eyes turned red.

Grandma came out of the house and watched as a group of soldiers filled their buckets with water from their wells, and poured the rest of the water over their heads.

Again, she babbled in a big bucket in that incomprehensible vernacular.

The middle-aged man in the neighborhood stood aside enthusiastically, holding his hookah, smoking and puffing white smoke, and said, "Grandma said that you are too hard to be a soldier, and she looks very distressed." ”

Distressed?

Solemnly turned his head and saw himself reflected in the water in the bucket - a dark, thin face appeared in the reflection, dangling with the waves.

Since he hadn't shaved for a few days, the beard on his chin and lips was sparsely elongated, and it was no longer enough to describe it as haggard.

He smiled, nodded to Grandma, and said thank you.

Grandma began to pour tea for the soldiers with her own large kettle and cup.

Tea is a type of tea called kuding tea, which is bitter.

took a sip and furrowed his solemn brow.

The middle-aged man laughed on the side and said, "Although this tea is bitter, it clears heat and detoxifies, and has many benefits!" ”

Grandma took out the fruit from the basket and distributed it among the people.

More than a dozen soldiers, each daring to take it, are all shirking.

The middle-aged man couldn't stand it anymore, and said loudly: "Wild nectarines in the mountains!" It's not worth much, there are several trees behind Grandma's house, you can take them and eat them! Otherwise, she won't let you go! ”

Everyone had no choice but to give in once again and take the fruit.

A sip of bitter tea, a sip of sweet nectarine, that kind of taste, the small mountain village that I don't even know the name, and the old woman who doesn't know what nationality I don't know, solemn has never forgotten it in his life, even after many years, it still comes unexpectedly in solemn mind.

Drinking tea, solemnly imagined again.

He remembered a text when he was a child, which said that ordinary people sent watermelons to the passing People's Liberation Army.

At this moment, he had a sense of intimacy.

Once upon a time, he was a common man, but now he wears a military uniform.

This kind of change in roles made Zhuang Zhuang really realize what it means to be a military and civilian fish and water situation at this moment.

This grandma, did she also see the People's Liberation Army when she was young?

Perhaps in her eyes, the People's Liberation Army wearing khaki homespun uniforms back then was no different from the dozen or so young soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms this year.

She brought out the best tea and gave it to the person she thought was the hardest.

Simple emotions, that's all, but touching.

Waving goodbye to Grandma, everyone hurried on the road with their savings.

Now, Class 7 is full of energy.

"Let's run back!" Xu Xingguo's strength broke out again: "If you can't run, I'll carry a gun for you!" ”

"you! Lao Xu, don't underestimate people, you cow! ”

"That's it! It's all squad leaders, who's worse than whom! ”

In the midst of each other's relaxed burials, Class 7 finally returned to the meeting point at 6:50 - the central primary school in Huzhen.

On this day, said Sunday, the teaching brigade had already calculated the time and borrowed the campus of the Central Primary School as a campsite.

From a distance, solemnly saw Luo Xiaoming and other coaches, squad leaders, and captains standing at the gate.

Seeing Zhuang Zhuang and the other soldiers, Luo Xiaoming smiled and waved at them: "Cock soldiers, hurry up!" You guys are number one! ”

First!?

Everyone couldn't believe their ears.

However, since the squad leader called for a run, everyone subconsciously sped up.

Rushing into the school gate, everyone threw their things on the ground and began to walk around cross-legged to calm their breathing.

"Squad leader...... We...... Is it really number one? ”

The solemnity felt incredible.

Delayed a lot of time halfway, actually the first?

Could it be that Lao Qi coaxed himself and other comrades-in-arms to be happy?

Luo Xiaoming pointed to the campus: "See for yourself, who is back?" ”