Because it was uphill, and it had been running all night, although the end was in sight, I didn't see anyone who wanted to make a final sprint, and the pace was still slow.

What does a sentinel look like?

A small square courtyard, a small house of less than ten square meters, if there is no small courtyard, it is similar to a sentry tower, a flagpole in the yard, a water tank, and nothing else.

Entering the courtyard, the first thing each soldier did was to throw the equipment on the ground first, find a comfortable position to lie down, Li Jun ordered the personnel and materials and went inside to hand over, but the house was empty, so he filled out the handover book by himself.

Guarding the outpost is a seventh-year veteran, and this is also his fifth year here, which means that he has been here since he became a non-commissioned officer.

"Hey, I saw you coming from afar, but the cabbage in the pot can't be separated from people, now it's okay, squad leader Li, call a brother to serve the food with me." The one who spoke was a white apron tied around his waist, a big leather hat, a green old-fashioned military coat, a shovel for frying big pot rice in his hand, and a non-heavy Henan Mandarin, looking like he was in his thirties.

The three privates were startled by this squad leader who suddenly appeared in front of him in strange clothes and behavior.

Xiang Xiaotian was the first to speak: "Squad leader, don't we have a new military uniform?" Why are you still wearing this! ”

The squad leader shook his hand and waved the shovel and said: "Hey, the new coat is not good, the bottom can't be covered, it's okay to and at night, which is like this, if you are tired of going out, you can still be a quilt when you lie on the ground!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian grinned expressionlessly, and thought to himself: The language is also very weird... Who goes out and lies on the ground on a cold day!

How do you know that this squad leader pulled Xiang Xiaotian and walked forward directly: "Okay, it's you, come with me, let's go carry the vegetables, I stew them for you in the morning, this land is high, and it's not easy to cook the vegetables!" ”

There are two pillars at the back of the small house that are slightly longer and thicker than the front, and the middle is empty, and there is no barbed wire, Xiang Xiaotian feels very strange: "Hey! Squad leader, why did the barbed wire fence empty this section? ”

The squad leader glanced at him with disdain and replied: "I can't see this, think about it carefully!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian was really speechless, and felt that it was difficult to keep up with the thinking of this squad leader. But he suddenly thought, "Ah! Could it be? ”

The squad leader smiled: "Hehe, you guessed right, it's the country!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian was strange: "Then at least there must be a door, isn't this empty..."

The squad leader said indifferently: "You said the door, there was still a year ago, and then there was a snowstorm, and it was blown to the neighboring country, and I couldn't leave the country, and they didn't send it, I reflected, someone should come to repair it soon, but it happened that the wind was really strong that night, and I went out to pee, and just took it out, and a gust of wind came, and I almost didn't freeze it!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian: "......"

There are two washbasins on the right side of the house, which contain vegetables that look like they were just fried, and Xiang Xiaotian picked them up and walked back.

Xiang Xiaotian smelled the dish in his hand and said to the squad leader who walked in front: "Squad leader, you have good skills, this dish smells quite fragrant!" ”

"That's right, my buddy was born in a serious cooking class, and he was a cooking soldier for two years, and then he was transferred to a non-commissioned officer and dropped here. Revolutionary comrades have a brick, where they need to be moved, but I am alone, lonely! However, I have not been idle in the past five years, just studying plateau cuisine, but the materials are limited! The squad leader's face was full of pride at first, and then it was slightly darker.

"Ahh Squad leader, you've been here for five years! No wonder it looks ......" Xiang Xiaotian said in surprise, but the one behind him held back.

But the squad leader didn't care about his words: "What's the wonder? Cut, I know what you want to say, it's always good, it's more than 5,100 meters here, more than 500 meters more than your company, and it has been exposed to direct ultraviolet rays all year round, so it's strange if it looks like a little white face! ”

Xiang Xiaotian asked embarrassedly: "Squad leader, I'm sorry... But why did the three of us recruits come to the mountains without any special altitude sickness? ”

"This varies from person to person, everyone's physique is different, the altitude here is not high, and it is definitely not low, although it is not as dangerous as the 'Fairy Bay', but after staying for a long time, there will be some reactions, you look at me!" As he spoke, the squad leader put down the vegetable basin in his hand and took off his hat, with a simple and swarthy face, only sparse and sparse on his head, and a handful of unevenly distributed short hair.

"Squad leader, ......" Xiang Xiaotian looked at the squad leader with thinning hair, his eyes filled with tears, because he knew that this was the real altitude sickness.

"Hehe, what's wrong! My hair loss is fine, but there are many serious causes that affect fertility, and even death. It's just me here, every time a haircut is a problem, Lian Li gave me a special approval for a razor, and every time those boys cut me a beard, so that I don't have any styling at all! The squad leader put on his hat and picked up the vegetable bowl, still in the same tone.

Looking at the back of the squad leader, Xiang Xiaotian, who was standing in place, couldn't hold back his tears at this time, the brush fell, and he silently saluted behind his back!