Chapter 75: Knock it out
Gu Beixun boiled some boiling water with crushed ice slag and poured it into the pot, Chi Wei drank three glasses of boiled water in a row to barely ease up, Gu Beixun went to the store to buy a lot of food and came back, in the afternoon, Chi Wei sat at home to eat, and heard complaints from outside the door from time to time.
"In this way, people are dying of thirst!" A few military wives at the door discussed.
"Yes, I don't know what to eat at night, I just went to the store to buy a little compressed biscuit and used it to cushion my stomach at night, really, I didn't want to drink saliva."
Chi Wei looked at the remaining half bucket of ice slag and a whole bucket of ice, and hesitated whether to send some to those military wives outside.
"No, let's do something like this!"
"Yes, we can't sit still, the water and snow are too big and the water pipe is frozen, let's either go knock it, take a hammer and knock the ice in the water pipe......"
"The weather is so cold, the snow is still falling, knock it section by section, I'm afraid that just after knocking here, it will automatically condense again in a second."
"What is this, what should I do!" The military sister-in-law who made the suggestion frowned, "Otherwise, let's find a way to get something to melt the water in the water pipe over there, so that there will be no water." ”
"If there is pressure, your side is in pain, the pressure on the source side has not come, and the water cannot come out."
It was noisy outside, and Chi Wei listened to it for a while, and everyone was talking about how to solve the problem without water.
"If you really can't do it, you can only burn the snow, and there is no way to do it." A military sister-in-law sighed, "Actually, it's normal to encounter such a situation when the weather is cold, who told us that the altitude is so high, there was no such problem in winter before because the snow was not heavy enough, and the temperature was not so low, and now this kind of problem occurs, let's just find a way to solve it." ”
"Either let's go to the logistics office and have a look."
"yes, yes, maybe there's water there."
A group of people left as they spoke, and Chi Wei put a barley cake in her mouth, and then took another sip of hot water.
It's not that she doesn't want to give this water to people outside, but it's really uneven, and those who get it will thank her, and those who don't get it will gossip about her.
In addition, I don't know how long the water will last if she gives all the water to others, and after she leaves, Gu Beixun will have no water to drink, then she will probably be distressed to death.
However, the troops were so unkind that the water had already stopped, and everyone had no water to drink and continued training.
Chi Wei felt sincere admiration for the soldiers assigned here.
After eating for a while, Chi Wei was bored in the house, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep on the bed.
I slept directly at night, it was already dark, Chi Wei opened her eyes, only to feel that her body was soft and extremely tired, so she turned on the light with her hand, the room was empty, and Gu Beixun had not come back yet.
There was no one talking, just a light of a sentry soldier standing guard in the distance.
The cold wind was howling, and the wind was blowing on the door, "whirring ....." like the sound of an unknown animal coming from a distant place.
Chi Wei took a sip of the already frozen glass of water on the side, Gu Beixun said, nosebleeds prove dryness and lack of oxygen, in this case, you should drink more water.
After drinking the water, Chi Wei didn't feel hungry, but it was very cold, she didn't want to get up in bed, and she could clearly feel that her spirit didn't seem to be very good, and she was a little bored to do anything.
I don't know how long I've been sitting on the bed, the weird and scary wind outside Chi Wei can't sleep and waits for Gu Beixun to come back.
After waiting for a while, Gu Beixun still didn't come back, Chi Wei put on a thick military coat and opened the door, planning to go outside to find Gu Beixun.
The place where you live is a little bit away from the training ground, but if you walk in the snow, it may take longer.
The small body was wearing a bloated coat, the snow was floating on the clothes little by little, and the snow wind was coming, and Chi Wei couldn't help but shiver.
It's so cold! No wonder the water pipes freeze.
After walking a few steps, Chi Wei met Xiao Xing, who was having dinner with him last night, Xiao Xing was holding a military thermos cup in his hand, and when he saw Chi Wei wearing Gu Beixun's clothes, he stepped forward to say hello, "Brother and sister...."
Xiao Xing should have just come out to look for water.
Chi Wei plucked up the courage to take out her hand and waved, "Brother Xiao." ”
Xiao Xing nodded and smiled, "The water will stop the next day, I'm not used to it, right?" ”
"It's a little unaccustomed." Chi Weiga smiled, she had never encountered this kind of thing in her life.
I used to think that living people could still suffocate urine, but because of the water outage, everyone had no way to live their basic life.
"It's normal to stop the water, after all, the conditions here are too difficult, so you see, the families who come to the army here are much less than the families of the Northwest Army, the reason is that the conditions here are too poor, and there is also altitude sickness, most people are not adaptable, and few people are willing to follow their husbands to join the army."
Chi Wei doesn't know how many family members come to the army here, but judging from the understanding, it is much less than other troops, no wonder the little soldier who sent her to the plateau yesterday is still complaining, complaining that his wife is unwilling to follow.
In this era, most women don't like to go far away, and the days of working in their hometowns, raising pigs and raising children are also very good, men come to such a difficult place, and women are not used to the place, the summer is too hot and the winter is too cold, and some women are more distressed about their children, so they are even more reluctant to come.
"Brother and sister, there's some food upstairs, go up and get some food." Xiao Xing said, "We usually have the habit of turning on the faucet to save water, so we still saved a little last night, if you don't have it below....."
"No, there was still a little bit in the kettle yesterday."
"You're welcome." Xiao Xing thought that Chi Wei was deliberately saying polite words again, signaling that she didn't have to be polite to herself. "Beixun comes here at least a few times a year, and we have a good relationship."
"I know, I really don't need Brother Xiao."
"Okay, you can come to me at any time if you need to, we live over there....." Xiao Xing said, pointing to a location not far away.
Chi Wei smiled and nodded, "Brother Xiao, I want to go to Beixun now, do you know where he is?" ”
"You better don't go look for him, he'll go back on his own in a while."
Xiao had something in his words, signaling to Chi Wei that even if she went, she might not be able to find Gu Beixun, he just came over from that side just now, although Gu Beixun's training had ended very early, but the organization held a meeting on the matter of him going to catch the drug dealer two days later, which was a major matter that the Red Wolf Team had to complete at the moment.