The two of them stood on a hill, and Chu Qianqian pointed to a relatively high mountain in the distance and said, "Do you see the fog faintly floating in the valley over there?" ”

Xue Jianguo looked at it carefully, and nodded for a while, but he didn't understand in his heart that there was fog in the valley, and there was something strange about it.

Chu Xiangqian saw that he was confused, and couldn't help but curse elm in his heart.

But in fact, if the hadn't found the hunting team of the rolling mill first, Chu Xiangqian himself would not have seen the problem.

I can only forcibly explain, "In my experience, it is most likely that someone made a fire in that valley to keep warm, which caused more water vapor in that valley than in other valleys." ”

Xue Jianguo felt that it made sense when he heard it, and nodded excitedly, "God, if you hadn't pointed in the direction for me to see, even if I looked over there, I wouldn't have noticed this clue." ”

After speaking, he began to hesitate again, and looked sideways at Chu Xiangqian, "Xiangqian, how can you be sure that it is those people from the rolling mill?" ”

Chu shrugged forward, "To be able to gather mist in that valley, there must be at least three or five fires, which means that there are more people."

Second, the people in the rolling mill have been in the mountains for five or six days, and their physical exertion is relatively large. It's 4 p.m., and they're suffering.

It will prepare the fire early to warm up, barbecue food at the same time, and prepare early for the night.

The most important thing is that these people will lose contact for a long time, and their mentality will be unbalanced, as long as the team leader is not stupid, he knows that he will walk with him for an extra hour.

It's better to fill everyone's stomachs as soon as possible, find a place with little wind, and a place where you can shelter from the wind and sleep well. ”

Xue Jianguo nodded hurriedly, he didn't know much about this, plus the clues in front of him, naturally he believed whatever Chu Xiangqian said.

Chu looked around and pointed to a forest on the mountainside, "We'll spend the night over there at night." ”

Xue Jianguo naturally had no opinion, and the two spent half an hour going down to the mountainside.

Chu Xiangqian took down the small shovel hanging from his backpack, measured it on a snow field, and began to dig snow in the clearing.

With the efforts of his physical monster, Xue Jianguo only assisted from the side, and the two of them made a snow house with a diameter of 2.5 meters before dark, which could lie down and shelter from the wind.

Chu Qianqian had seen a video of an Eskimo building an igloo in his previous life, and the more snow and the drier the weather, it was not difficult to build an igloo.

But for Xue Jianguo, that is a strange thing.

After entering the igloo, I suddenly felt that the temperature was much higher.

Waiting for Chu Xiangqian to raise a fire in the house, and hung a kettle with a tree branch to boil hot water, and took out the dried meat to roast it, Xue Jianguo hurriedly asked, "Xiangqian, make a fire here, won't the snow on the top of the snow house melt?" ”

Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Don't worry, the inner layer will indeed show signs of melting, but the outer layer will freeze quickly under the action of cold wind and low temperature."

When the time comes, the roof will be stronger. ”

Xue Jianguo scratched his head and was about to help, but saw that Chu Xiangqian fed Da Zhuang and Hongniu two large pieces of shredded jerky.

Then he sharpened a small wooden plaque with a hunting knife, carved 'I am Chu Xiangqian' on the wooden plaque, and wrote the words 'Wait for me to find you on the same place' on the back.

After carving, he took out a piece of charcoal from the fire and blacked out all the words engraved on the wooden plaque.

With a leather rope, hang the wooden block around the neck of the big strong.

After doing this, Chu Xiangqian thought about it, normally speaking, he should not know that the hunting team had already caught a large and two small three wild boars at this time.

So it is normal to let Da Zhuang and Hongniu carry some food such as jerky on their backs.

Busy with a rope tied to four pieces of jerky with a size of 2 catties, bound to the backs of Da Zhuang and the red girl.

I checked again and made sure it didn't affect the two hounds.

Only then did he say a few words to Da Zhuang and Hongniu, and saw Da Zhuang and Hongniu rubbing their heads against Chu's front legs, turning around and running out of the snow house, disappearing into the night.

Xue Jianguo hurriedly asked, "Forward, aren't you afraid that Da Zhuang and the red girl will encounter wolves or tigers at night?" Also, how can you be sure that the two of them will find the people at the rolling mill?

And should we take turns keeping vigils? ”

Chu Xiangqian glanced at his second uncle, "Second brother, I'm tired for a day, eat some barbecue and go to bed early, I have to leave for a day tomorrow." ”

Xue Jianguo knew that Chu Xiangqian disliked himself for having too many problems, but he really didn't think that Da Zhuang and Hongniu could look all the way to the rolling mill at night and find those people in the rolling mill.

But for Chu Xiangqian, everything he is doing now is just for people to see.

As for the igloo's defenses.

All you need to do is seal the exit of the igloo and leave two vents on the roof so you don't have to worry about wolves, leopards and other beasts.

There is no need to worry about anyone daring to run around at night in this cold winter weather.

Besides, along the way, I have long made the not know how many times they have observed their rear and sides.

If someone follows him, he can avoid it for a while, but he can't not show up for a day.

So Chu Xiangqian is not worried about his safety at all now.

And Da Zhuang and Red Girl, who have 3 points of physical strength, have the guidance of, and it only takes an hour or two to cross the snow road of thirty miles and find those people in the rolling mill.

As for the wolf or leopard, there are fewer of them, and they are no match for the two hounds.

If there are a large number of them, Da Zhuang and Red Chick will turn around and run.

When the time comes, relying on the absolute superiority of physical strength, when the physical strength of the wolves is consumed to a certain extent, the chickadees will take the lead, and the two hounds will take advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, and they can kill the wolves casually.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Xu Damao and Xie Zhende sat together with a sad face, discussing tomorrow's route in a low voice.

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard a continuous barking of dogs outside the camp.

The others hurriedly stood up with their guns, and subconsciously gathered together, their muzzles facing outward back to back.

Seeing this, Da Zhuang and the red girl could only keep calling outside the camp.

After a while, Xu Damao's heart suddenly moved, "The muzzle of the gun is pointing down, the muzzle of the gun is pointing down, maybe it is the hunting dog that came to find our rescue team and released it." ”

When everyone heard this, some people pointed their guns down, but some people kept carrying their guns uneasily.

Then one of the militiamen shouted, "Just in case, let's divide up a few people and carry torches." In this way, even the wolves will be able to take advantage of the time to force them back.

At that time, it is easier to kill the wolf if you shoot again. ”

Now the big guy is a lot more relieved.

Soon five men were holding burning firewood as torches, and the others were holding their guns all the time, although they did not raise their muzzles.

Chu Qianqian saw the actions of everyone in the camp through the sight of the, and then ordered Da Zhuang and the red girl to come out of the darkness.

Everyone's first reaction was a wolf, but when they saw that Da Zhuang and the red girl seemed to have something tied to them, someone immediately shouted, "Don't shoot, they have something tied to them." ”

This shout, everyone quickly saw it clearly.

Although Xu Damao shouted excitedly, "It's Da Zhuang and Red Girl, who came to us." ”

More than a dozen people were stunned for a moment, and then they cheered. A few people whose mentality had begun to be unbalanced shouted and shouted, and the tears could no longer hold back their tears.

Da Zhuang and Hongniu walked to Xu Damao's side, lowered their heads and rubbed on his legs, and now everyone was sure that it was really Chu Xiangqian's two hunting dogs.

Xu Damao hurriedly hugged the necks of Da Zhuang and Hongniu, and after being excited, he soon found the wooden sign hanging on Da Zhuang's neck.

Xu Damao hurriedly tied the wooden sign off Da Zhuang's neck.

After a closer look, he shouted to the people who came over in surprise, "It's really forward, he let us wait for him in place." ”

Xie Zhende took the wooden card and looked at it, and nodded excitedly and said, "In this way, we should not be far away." If it hadn't been dark, he might have found us by now. ”

The wooden card quickly turned around in everyone's hands, and the smile on the big guy's face didn't stop after reading it.

After there was hope, the order that was faintly about to collapse was quickly restored.

Xie Zhende's words are also useful again.

Xu Damao rolled his eyes and said, "I said leader, since the forward is not far from us, then there is no need to save that little wild boar tonight."

He has the ability to get us food casually.

And if we eat and sleep well, we will have more strength to follow forward and get out of this hellish place tomorrow. ”

Xie Zhende thought about it for a while, then nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, we must eat well tonight." If you are lucky, you can still catch the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve and return to the city to reunite with your wife and children. ”

Everyone's faces were happy, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.

There was even a bachelor who smiled and said, "Director, unless you introduce me to a daughter-in-law, where can I reunite with my wife and children?" ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

Xie Zhende not only didn't get angry, but said with a smile, "Okay, when I go back, I will definitely introduce you to a few girls."

Next year, you have to drink your wedding wine, and if you are lucky, you may be able to drink the wedding wine of the birth of your child at the end of the year. ”

Xie Zhende is obviously trying to win over people, but after experiencing this incident, he also has a special feeling for the militia of these 12 rolling mills.

And having had this experience, these dozen or so people are naturally easy to get closer to him.

Of course, it's hard to say whether you can have a heart-to-heart relationship.

After a full meal, the big guys laughed for a while, and then divided into three shifts, groups of four, either sitting by the fire and dozing, or holding guns, and on duty in the camp.

The night passed quickly.

Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jianguo began to pack their things and set off at 5 o'clock in the morning because they slept early.

At around 9 o'clock in the morning, Da Zhuang and Hongniu suddenly stood up and screamed in the direction of Chu Qianqian.

The people in the rolling mill, who had been waiting for a long time, were busy and vigilant, and at the same time, their eyes also looked in the direction that the two hounds were staring at.

Immediately, under the gaze of more than a dozen people, he suddenly rushed out of the camp and went to find Chu Xiangqian.

Several militiamen were busy trying to catch up, but they heard the militia captain shouting, "Don't run around, and tell us to wait where we are."

If someone gets lost at this time, let alone catch up with the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it's good if nothing happens. ”

A few people who had just run up stopped obediently, and together with the others, kept staring in the direction where the two hounds had run.

Ten minutes later, a long whistle was faintly heard in the distance.

Everyone was stunned, and immediately understood that it was the two hunting dogs and Chu Xiangqian who had converged, and excitedly raised their guns and cheered.

But after waiting for an hour, I saw two figures following the two hounds and appearing on the hillside in the distance.

No one can stand it now.

They all swarmed up the hill.

After the convergence, Xu Damao cried directly into tears, hugged Chu Qianqian and shouted, "Brother, brother thought he would never see you again." ”

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help rolling his eyes, but said, "Okay, okay, it's okay." We will be able to go back to Sitai Village almost tonight, and we will be back in the city at noon tomorrow. ”

When the others heard this, they all smiled expectantly.

After Xu Damao was excited, he hurriedly let go of Chu Xiangqian, but he didn't expect everyone else to hug Chu Xiangqian and thank him again and again.

After a lot of politeness, Xue Jianguo was introduced to everyone.

Someone who has known Xue Jianguo for a long time is naturally full of emotion and gratitude.

returned to the temporary camp to clean up, and under the command of Chu Xiangqian, it took more than an hour to make two simple sleds before setting off back together.

Along the way, even Xue Jianguo was a little like an arrow, everyone's pace was much faster unconsciously, and they didn't feel how tired they were.

I just ate a meal of roast wild boar on the way, and then rested for fifteen minutes, and then set off in a hurry.

It was estimated that it would take ten hours to complete the journey after dark, but it only took seven hours, and at more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, I rushed to the outside of Sitai Village before it was completely dark.

Even on the way, when the found a few wild boars, Chu Xiangqian still had time to sneak over quietly, and shot with the militia captain more than 60 meters away, killing a wild boar of about 200 catties and a boar of about 160 catties.

A group of people stood on the hillside, looking at the village not far away.

The mood is called an agitation and complexity.

Some people even turned to look at the mountains and forests, and suddenly floated as if they were in a different world.

It's just that before they finished sighing, cheers came from Sitai Village.

It seems that someone in the village has already seen their group.

Soon ten men ran out of the village and rushed to this side of the hill.

Chu Xiangqian had the best eyesight, not only saw Cao Guanglin, Chen Huaili and Deputy Factory Director Li, but even a big leader in the district ran out of a courtyard.

Chu pulled Xue Jianguo forward, and then looked at Xie Zhende and the others.

The big guy smiled and nodded, "Forward, don't worry, we will definitely unify our voice and say that this rescue is led by Comrade Xue Jianguo."

Besides, if you two come to save us, if you are not the rescue captain, then naturally Comrade Jianguo will be the leader. ”

Xue Jianguo scratched his head a little embarrassed, but he was not so pedantic that he had to fight on this matter.

At that time, even if everyone knew that Chu Xiangqian was the main one, as long as it was written in the report, the rescue team led by Comrade Xue Jianguo successfully took the comrades trapped in the mountains out of the mountain.

Then he can't run away from the credit.

And Xue Jianguo did go to the mountain to rescue, this thing can't be faked.

After the team converged, to everyone's surprise, the 5-person team that set out to rescue yesterday has not yet returned.

On the contrary, the group of three who set off with Chu Xiangqian this morning returned to Sitai Village early at noon because someone sprained their feet.

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but scold in his heart.

(End of chapter)