(a)

On the third day after arriving in Bossan, you received a express mail from our city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When you were instructing us in the field to do the acclimatization training, the teacher at the base came in from outside with this big blue envelope for you.

I saw you sitting in a chair behind the shooting range, unwrapping the envelope. You take some paper out of the envelope, and you sit there and look at them all.

You said thank you to that teacher. You put everything back in the envelope. You stand up and walk up to Director Wang and talk to him. You seem to be saying that there is something to go out first. Director Wang nodded in agreement. Then you came and gave us a few more words, and then turned and went out of the range.

I see your back disappear in the doorway.

I haven't seen you again all afternoon.

After the training was disbanded, we went back to the cabin, and you weren't in the cabin either.

At dinner, I went to dinner with everyone, but no one saw you at the dinner table. I asked a few teammates and no one knew where you went. I didn't dare to ask Director Wang.

(b)

Later, I learned that you talked to Director Wang, and after you went out of the shooting range, you went back to your room, put your things, changed your clothes, took your equipment, and then left the camp alone.

You find a local horse nearby, ask the locals for directions, you carry a sports bag, ride a horse, and go to the snowy peak alone.

You're going to climb the mountain.

That afternoon, from 3 to 6 p.m., you start alone at an altitude of 4,400 meters, crossing three lawns and a long rocky slope and climbing all the way to an altitude of 6,400 meters. Then you sit alone in the dark for 30 minutes.

You're sitting on a cold snowy mountain, and you hope that icy temperature will cool down the boiling boiling in your heart.

Except for the stars and the moon that shone on Bosang that night, no one knows what you did or thought that day in the high places of the snowy mountains.

You didn't tell Wang that you were going to climb the mountain. So, no one in the team knew that you were going on an adventure alone without crampons, trekking poles, and other equipment and necessary rescue measures.

When you return, it's already dark.

You shuffle back to the cabin with heavy footsteps.

You're so tired that you can barely lift your sports bag.

You stand for a moment at the door of the cabin. You put your hand on the light switch on the porch. You feel a force that prevents you from going inside. You haven't pressed the light switch.

Just as you hesitate at the door, you hear a violent cough coming from inside the house. Listening from the voice, there are men and women. Then you see a puff of blue smoke coming out of the crack in the door.

Startled, you reach out and turn on the light, and use the key to open the door to the hut.

As soon as you open the door, you'll find yourself enveloped in choking smoke.

(c)

"What are you doing? It's so late, why don't you sleep?

Hearing your question, a few of us turned around from the fireplace together.

We coughed and wiped away our smoked tears.

S stood up from the fire and said, "It's a little cold at night and we want to light the fireplace."

He and the other boy had black and white faces.

Another girl said, "But after we made it for a long time, it only smoked, but it couldn't burn."

Your eyes fall on me.

I look at you and ask you with my eyes, "Where have you been?"

You don't answer me.

You set your sights on the fireplace.

You say, "Go back and dress more, and open the windows and doors to let the smoke out."

Then, you put your sports bag back in your room, and you go over to the fireplace and take a closer look.

You laugh a little. You say, "The way you set up the wood is not right, and the way you light the fire is not right." “

You get down on one knee by the fireplace.

You use tongs to pick up the smoking wet chopping wood, and you choose some dry firewood and put it in the air. You find some more wood chips and bark in the fuel tank, and you sprinkle them on the top and bottom of the pyre.

You feel the humidity in the air, and you say, "Wait a minute."

You want to stand up. But you couldn't get up.

You try a little harder. You stand up.

I watched as you stood up, walked over to the cabinet where your gear was kept, and unlocked it.

After a while, you take four bullets, and you carefully pry open the bullet casings with the tip of your knife and pour some gunpowder on the sawdust inside.

You light a match and light the fire. As soon as the flames burst out, the tongue of fire quickly ignited the lowest level of firewood sticks.

The teammates immediately applauded and cheered.

I saw some sweat running down your face in the firelight.

You feel my gaze. You feel a little uncomfortable.

You laugh a little and say to S, "I'll go back and take a shower first." The fireplace will be hot after a while, so be careful to add wood slowly like this.

You say, "I'm going to train tomorrow, you guys have a little fun, and you have to go to bed early."

You say, "I'll come and help you put out the fire." ”

As you spoke, you slowly got up and left the living room. You walk straight back to your room.

I watched you, and I saw you walk in, and the door closed from the inside. You didn't look at me again.

I stood up from the fireplace.

I said, "The guide forgot to turn off the porch light when he came in." “

Then I went to the porch, and when I opened it, I saw that there were traces of snow and dirt on the porch floor.

I flipped the switch and turned off the lights.

I sighed inwardly.

(iv)

When you come out of the room again, it's 11:40.

You are amazed to see that I am sitting alone in a chair near the fireplace. I had a book in my hand, but my eyes were on the fire in the fireplace. My mind is not in this room.

You look at me, you take a few chopping woods from the fuel tank and add them to the stove.

Your movements woke me up. My eyes turn to you.

We looked at each other and smiled.

I see you have that military kettle in your hand again. The firelight made your face red.

You wearily sit down on the carpet by the fireplace. You lean against the edge of a sofa chair.

You feel stiff in your legs and pain in every joint in your body.

You say, "Why don't you go to sleep yet?" It's late. ”

I said, "I slept too much during the day, and now I can't sleep." ”

You say, "Tomorrow you have to get up early to train, sit a little longer and go to sleep." It's a high altitude here, you don't sleep well, and you'll get sick. ”

You say, "Even if you can't sleep for a while, it's better to close your eyes and recuperate." ”

You look at my clothes, and you say, "Is it cold?" I see the sweater you bring, it's a bit thin. ”

You say, "Wait." ”

Then you get up and go back to your room again. When you get up, your body resists you and doesn't want to get up again. But you worked hard to overcome.

After a while, you come out with a thick blue sweater jacket.

You say, "Mine, I'll put it on for a while." ”

I draped your thick sweater around my body, and I felt warm all over my body. After a while, the cold hands were warm again.

I smile gratefully at you. You laugh back, too.

Then you sit down on the carpet again and face the fire.

You unscrew the lid of the kettle and your neck to drink. I reached out and pressed your kettle.

I said, "Don't drink it, it's cold." ”

Then, I'll hand you your thermos mug.

The first day we met, the one you poured water for me to drink. The one you forgot about in the station wagon when you arrived at the base.

You unscrew the lid of the cup. You take a sip and the temperature is neither lukewarm nor hot. You glanced at me. You say, "Thank you." ”

You feel very thirsty, so you gulp down a large glass of water.

You poured the last drop of water into your throat with all your heart. (To be continued.) )