Several days of snowfall blocked the road leading to the outside world in Lao Ye Ling, and the last place of the snow can not pass people's thighs, even when it is not windy and sunny, it is impossible to get out of the snow from Lao Ye Ling, so the material reserves made by the post in advance are enough for several people to survive the long winter in the primeval forest.

For people who come to Changbai Mountain for the first time, the snow-capped scenery in front of them is particularly spectacular and can't help but admire, but if you stay here for a while, it doesn't take too long for a cold winter, you can make people mention that the snow of Changbai Mountain can hit a few shivers, and the fear of Changbai Mountain is revealed in their eyes.

The frontier post in Lao Yeling may be different from what we usually see, because at that time, the border had not been demarcated, and there was no concept of the boundary monument, so the location of this frontline post was the border of the country. A kilometer or two out in the direction of North Korea, you can see their outpost, the same wooden house, guarded by small soldiers with guns, similar to ours. But this boundary is in a primeval forest, four or five meters away there is a tall ancient tree hugged by a person, and from time to time you can see night owls whistling overhead, walking through the trees to hunt for small animals to eat.

The night owl is the owl, in the primeval forest, the owl is very long, the wings are longer than the arm span of a person, there have been rumors that people have been attacked by night owls and scratched their skulls, but the young soldiers who have been in the post for almost two years have not encountered it.

Wu Qi took the gun, tried to pull the bolt to make sure that the bullet was loaded, then put his backhand behind his back, stood straight in the sheltered sentry box, and looked ahead very strictly. But Wu Qi looked back and saw that Liu Xuemin was still standing behind him and didn't leave, so he asked him: "Go back quickly, I'm all for you, what are you still standing?" Not afraid of the cold? ”

Liu Xuemin: He is timid. Rubbing his hands, he said with some embarrassment: "Wu Qi, Seventh Brother!" Or you are a good person to the end, since you are all standing guard for me, you can also send me back by the way! ”

Wu Qi glanced at him and frowned and said, "Just such a two-step path, what am I sending you for?" Hurry up, don't affect me to stand guard! ”

But Liu Xuemin still grinded and chirped and didn't leave. Say what if you meet a black blind man, you can't eat him, and let Wu Qi send him back with a gun, wouldn't it be safer.

In fact, there are no black blind people on the top of the mountain where the post is located, because the altitude here is somewhat high and the temperature is very low, and the perennial snow animals are relatively rare, and occasionally you can see some beasts that can dig holes, as well as night owls in the forest, it is said that there is only a tiger there, there is nothing left, and there is not even a ghost shadow.

Liu Xuemin grinded for a while. found that Wu Qi ignored him, so he had to follow the footprints and tremble and go back by himself. Wu Qi was very conscientious and responsible when he stood guard, saying that he was going to take care of his military uniform, and when he found that Liu Xuemin was gone, he estimated that the guy had already run back to the wooden house and sat by the fireplace to warm up.

The name Wu Qi was not his real name, because he was an orphan who was taken care of by the captain Wu two years ago while working in the Henan grave team. Coming here to be a soldier was also brought to him by Lao Wu, so in order to repay Lao Wu's kindness. When he signed up as a soldier, he added a surname Wu, and then used his seven-character character in the seventh rank of the grave team, so he called a Wu Qi.

Wu Qi is also nineteen years old this year, and he has experienced well in the harsh environment of the frontier, he is taller than before, and his appearance has grown. From a child to a man guarding the country's borders, he didn't actually notice this change, but he felt that his whole body was filled with a kind of strength, a sense of proud honor, which made him stand guard when he was on duty. It is always the standard posture of standing straight ahead with a gun on his back, and he is the model pacesetter in their squad.

Standing guard duty is very boring, 365 days a year, staring at the forest in front of you every day, occasionally there will be something unusual flashing, it may be just animals and the like, but it can also make the soldiers on duty nervous for a long time.

Because he stood for Liu Xuemin for a few more hours, when the next group of people came to replace him, the sky was dark, and there was a layer of snow and fog in the forest, and he couldn't open his eyes when the wind blew it like this. Wu Qi stood at least eight or nine hours on the post, and the others generally kept their guns on the side and slept on the side, only he was conscientious and meticulous. After standing for a long time, my whole body was extremely sore, and after handing over the shift with the visitors, I put on my dogskin hat and wrapped myself tightly, and dragged my tired body to resist the wind with snowflakes and walked towards the wooden house.

The wooden house is a dormitory for the soldiers on duty to rest and sleep, the whole is completely made of large logs, the gaps of the logs are pasted with clay, there is a heating stove in the center of the house, and the ground around is covered with a layer of soft sawdust, a total of only more than 40 square meters of space, will be enough for five people. But this wood is impermeable, and in the coldest weather, as long as the stove burns hard enough, the room is sweaty and very warm.

After Wu Qi walked to the wooden house and pushed the door open, the whistling sound in his ears stopped abruptly, and he didn't care about the others, he quickly squatted in front of the stove, and after his coat was hot, he relieved himself but his face was a little pale, and when he turned his head, he found that Liu Xuemin was sitting on the side with his head bowed, as if he was frustrated by criticism, and when he saw Wu Qi coming back, he just showed a wry smile.

"Seven! Why are you standing guard for the students again? Didn't we all say that we were standing at our own posts last time we had a class meeting? Why do you keep talking? At this time, a person stood up from Liu Xuemin's side, his black and thin figure was not good-looking with a public face, but this person was the most powerful person in the wooden house, he was Wu Qi's squad leader, called Lin Sheng, but in private, these little soldiers called him Bao Gongmian or Lin Heizi.

Wu Qi rubbed his numb and unconscious hands that were frozen, grinned and said, "Squad leader, Xuemin is not in good health, and he is easy to freeze after standing for a long time, so I will stand for him if my physique is okay." ”

But the squad leader said unhappily with a black face: "If he can't do it, go down the mountain and get out, what are you doing for him?" If we are soldiers, then we have to be soldiers, what do we leave him to do like a noodle melon! Why don't you go home and farm! Don't you have a next time, remember? ”

Wu Qi stood up straight and said to the squad leader that he was wrong and would never dare again. But after speaking, as soon as the squad leader turned his head with his backhand, Wu Qi immediately changed into a hippie smiley face, and squeezed his eyes at Liu Xuemin, who was squatting on the side, and Liu Xuemin secretly clasped his hands into fists and said with his mouth: "Brother Qi is exquisite!" (To be continued......)