In the cold winter, when the cold wind hits at night, the temperature drops quickly, and the sheep are squeezed together to keep each other warm. Slowly, after the position of each sheep is determined, they will lie down all night without moving, if it is not for the intention of driving them, the sheep will not move or pee for a night. In the past, there was a shortage of fertilizer in the village, so before planting in the spring, the sheep were allowed to lie on the ground, and people came in the middle of the night to drive the sheep, and after the sheep were driven up, they urinated, and then drove the sheep to another field.

At night, watching the cattle in the main hall and the people sleeping, the two of them sneaked into the sheepfold slightly. Separate the flock, find a gap and lie down, and hold one sheep. Sheep have the same body temperature as people, as if there are people on all sides, both wind-blocking and warm. This is the feeling of being at home for the first night after two people came out of Yingji's house.

The next day, they had to leave before the people came to feed the sheep, after all, Liang Guocheng had a special status. Since then, people here often see a man and a woman, two disabled people supporting each other, begging in the wind and snow. After more than a month of difficulty, the coldest period of the Korean winter was over, and they decided to go on the road. I don't know how long I walked, but I overheard the sound of the river.

Liang Guocheng was ecstatic, and walked to the river in three steps and two steps. A third of the frozen river melted in the middle, and the rushing water rushed down. The riverbank is already sprouting green grass, and spring has quietly arrived. There was a small village not far along the embankment, and it was just getting dark when we arrived. There was a bright light in the small courtyard of a house, and the door of the small courtyard was open along the bright light, and there was an old man mending fishing nets in the courtyard. Ying Ji stood outside the small courtyard and greeted the old man: "Uncle! I'm passing by, and I want to beg for saliva. ”

The old man vigilantly picked up the wood knife beside him, and Ying Ji hurriedly untied her scarf to reveal her long hair. The old man saw that Yingji was a disabled woman, followed by a man on crutches, and pointed to a buried pot against the wall with confidence: "Drink boiling water and boil it yourself." ”

It's been a few months since I came out, and I rarely have been able to drink boiled water. Drink a bowl of boiling water and feel warm. Ying Ji tentatively asked the old man how he could cross the river, and the old man immediately became alert again. Yingji had no choice but to tell Liang Guocheng that he was a volunteer and was wounded and captured. If it is an able-bodied person, the old man must not believe it.

After the war, there were too many disabled people begging on the streets, and it was the disability that made the elderly believe in them. The old man sighed and said, "It's the season to melt the ice, and the fish boat will be crushed by the ice in an instant when it goes down the river. I don't have a boat now, but after the country was restored, people were prevented from smuggling, and the fishing boats were all managed in a unified manner. I haven't fished for two years, and I'm packing up my nets when I heard that fishing will be allowed this year. ”

Is there no other way?"

The old man pointed outside: "Three days ahead, there is the Yalu River Bridge." ”

The two gladly accepted the old man's suggestion, stayed at the old man's house for one night, and got up at dawn the next day to hurry. After walking along the river path for three days, I saw Yalu River Village in the distance at noon. Liang Guocheng was extremely excited, the hard work of the past few months has not been in vain, and there is finally a result.

As long as you set foot on the land of the motherland, all suffering will end. Thinking that he would soon resume his status as a soldier, he was admitted to the army hospital to heal his injuries as soon as possible. To find Xiaoyu as soon as possible, she may still be a military doctor, thinking about how to surprise her. Young-hee followed behind him, her heart full of sadness. The more Liang Guocheng urged her to walk quickly, the more she couldn't move her feet.

Thinking that Liang Guocheng had returned to China and was about to marry Xiaoyu, the woman's tears of jealousy blurred her eyes. Thinking that Liang Guocheng returned to China and lost his protection, the relationship between the villagers that had just eased up a little might deteriorate again, and he might become the most disgusted person in the whole village.

She looked down at her newly bulging lower abdomen, hoping to give birth to a boy who would grow up to be as handsome as Liang Guocheng, and a man like an iron tower could protect her. She didn't want to tell him the news of her pregnancy, she was worried that he would come back to recognize her son in the future, and the child in Bi Jing's womb was her only hope.

I got closer to the bridge, and I could see the sentry's face clearly. Liang Guocheng turned around to say goodbye to Young-hee, who insisted on sending him to the bridge. When they were more than 10 meters away from the sentry post, a man with a gun came out of the guard tower and gestured to them with his hand to stop them. Ying Ji Jue came to the front to explain clearly, and the young soldier at the sentry ran forward a few steps to intercept her.

Those who forcibly enter the country are considered to be defectors. At this time, the border patrol team came and handed them over to the patrol. They were escorted into the barracks, which is the barracks of the North Korean border guards. Because there were often defectors, a backyard was built here to hold these people. The DPRK has just been restored, the country is in a difficult period, and the troops have the task of local construction.

This Yalu River Bridge border defense unit has the task of building a road here. They formed a labor camp of those who tried to cross the border, and the soldiers carried them to build roads and do the hardest work of smashing stones.

Liang Guocheng and Yingji were taken to the quarry to smash stones because they were disabled. Although the weather is starting to warm up, the temperature in North Korea is low, and the temperature is still below zero at night. Human skin is brittle at low temperatures, and they have never done such work, and the hammer often hits the fingers. The hand holding the hammer shook open with a crack, and blood stained the handle and the hammer with red.

At first, Liang Guocheng and Yingji only thought that they would be arrested for a while, and if they were not intentionally sneaking across the border, they would be released. Ying Ji has repeatedly explained the fact that Liang Guocheng is a volunteer army many times, but in fact, everyone who sneaks across the border has various reasons, and it is difficult to implement the truth and falsehood. Therefore, no matter what Yingji explained, no one believed it, let alone investigated, and regarded them as stowaways, repatriated people, and they were reformed through labor here.

It's been three months, and no one has been let go in the labor camp, and Liang Guocheng has no confidence in being released. The crops in the field have turned green, and the earth is covered with a layer of green, a spring scene. Every day when I was escorted to the construction site, I could hear the sound of the river flowing. The frost-free period in North Korea is short, especially in the northeast of China, where the frost-free period is almost half of the year.

In a few months, another year in North Korea. He decided to escape from the labor camp and swim across the Yalu River to return to his homeland. As long as I return to my motherland, there is no language barrier in the first place. He told Young-hee a little bit about his idea, because it would be easier to succeed with Young-hee's cooperation.

Young-hee's belly is getting bigger day by day, and they can't have a baby here. is worried that she will be sent back, what should Liang Guocheng do? She approved of his escape, but at the same time feared for his safety.

Smuggling across the border is not a criminal offense and does not pose much harm to society. The detainees are all border guards and are on patrol duty every day. Escorting the smugglers to work is a job that no one wants to do, so when they are escorted to work, they get together to smoke and chat. It's more about talking about women, and Young-hee is the one they talk about the most.

In order to catch up with the construction deadline these days, I eat on the construction site at noon, and I have to work overtime until dark at night. Liang Guocheng thought that there was an opportunity, and he was paying attention to the terrain here. The Yalu River is north and south, and their labor is on the west side of the bridge. The terrain here is relatively flat, although the distance from the river embankment is drawn to grow crops, but in the flood season, the ditches and ditches dug by the embankment are taken. Taking advantage of the fact that the escort soldiers were not paying attention, he hid in a ditch and waited for them to escort the team away before running.

It was a cloudy day, and the sky was covered with layers of dark clouds. In order to meet the deadline, they were still escorted to the construction site. While working, Liang Guocheng deliberately leaned on the place where Yingji was working, telling her that he wanted to escape tonight, and then swim across the river to return to China. By the time the evening was over, it was already dark.

Lightning appeared in the sky, followed by thunder and a strong wind. The escorted soldiers hurriedly split up and ordered everyone to gather, and Liang Guocheng took the opportunity to get out of their sight and jumped into a dirt pit that he had watched during the day. When the escort soldiers were named, the raindrops of copper coins fell with a snap, and before the names of the detainees could be read, they hurriedly escorted the people back to the camp.

It was raining heavily, and Liang Guocheng waited for them to go away, stood up and walked in the opposite direction. He knew in his heart that the rain had disturbed people's hearts just now, and he would definitely count the number of people when he went back, and if he found that there were fewer people, the troops would soon come to search, and he had to find a good hiding place before they searched. Although he limped on crutches, he was still much faster than usual at the stall where his life was at stake.

On rainy days, the river rose fast, and when I ran to the river, the river rose one person wide, and it was almost to the berm willow tree on the embankment. He was going to run a little farther away from the bridge and go into the water, if he got too close to the water, the searcher rushed to the river, rowed on the boat to chase him, and the swimming was not as fast as the boat, and he would be caught back quickly. Even if the rain and water are turbulent and it is inconvenient to row, the DPRK and China are friendly countries, and if they send people across the river to block the smugglers, the Chinese side will definitely provide convenience, and besides, he must indeed be a smuggler.

He ran all the way along the embankment, and saw that there were stars of light behind him from far and near. The situation has become critical, and if there is no place to hide, so many soldiers are chasing down one person, and it is entirely possible that they will be captured. This section of the embankment was hollowed out by the river, and the embankment was lost to the slope of the river, and it became an embankment that went straight up and down.

Half of the roots of an old willow tree above are exposed by the river, half are buried in the embankment, and half of the old willow tree is hanging in the air and swaying, and it may be washed away by the flood at any time.

The pursuers got closer and closer, and there was no hiding place around, and if they didn't hide as soon as possible, they were soon discovered. In a hurry, he didn't care about the danger, grabbed the root of the tree and poured down two hands, and the whole person was immersed in the river. In this way, although his life is in danger, if the old willow tree suddenly falls, because the river side is hollowed out by the river, the willow tree will inevitably fall towards the river, and he will not escape being hit.

In contrast, there is only risk, if the willow tree does not fall during the search, or if it falls and does not hit him, he will float away from the sight of the hunter with the tree in his arms, and swim to the opposite shore to be safe. Although this is a great risk, it is much stronger than not being able to return to the country if you are caught back. Because he was caught and returned to bear two charges, he was sentenced to a longer sentence according to smuggling and escape, and his return to the motherland was even more indefinite!