He Siwei was also surprised that in the deep mountains, an old man would appear.

She picked up the weeds and walked over, and the other party raised the hoe in her hand very vigilantly, only to see that it was a little girl before putting it down.

"Little girl, why are you in the mountains?"

"Uncle, I still want to ask you why you are in this deserted place."

He Siwei walked up to him, crouched down in front of his straight leg, and when he got closer, he could see that his exposed foot and neck were red and swollen as big as a fist.

She asked, "Is this the same?" ”

The old man couldn't move one leg due to injury, and he was still standing straight behind him, which could see the fortitude of his character.

As he spoke, he looked at He Siwei with gentle eyes, "If you don't pay attention, you will slide down the hill above." ”

He Siwei stretched out his hand and moved it lightly twice tentatively, "Does it hurt like this?" ”

"It hurts."

He Siwei put the bones, saying that there should be no big problem, but his hands suddenly broke hard and accurately, and only heard the 'click' of the old man's foot bones.

He Siwei let go and got up to help the old man, "The bones are misplaced, now it's okay, you try to move again." ”

The old man's eyes flashed with appreciation, and He Siwei helped him up, "Little girl, have you studied medicine?" ”

"My dad is a Chinese medicine practitioner, and I learned a little from him when I was a child."

"Well, yes, there's a point." While the old man praised him, he was also helped by He Siwei to walk back and forth in place for a few steps, "Although there is still some pain, but the bones have returned to their places, nothing serious, just raise them again." ”

"Uncle, you also know medicine?"

"Understood." The old man's voice was kind, and He Siwei helped him sit down.

This time his legs could be moved, he bent back his legs, checked his feet and necks again, his mouth was not idle, and asked He Siwei why he was on the mountain.

"We are the new point of the Halberd Farm yesterday, today I came to look for a water source, I didn't expect to meet you. You're here alone, you can't be here to collect medicine, are you? He Siwei sat down on the small steep slope opposite him.

"Yes, seeing that the weather is going to be cold, take advantage of the snow to pick some herbs and prepare them, and take medicine when you are sick in this Great Northern Wilderness, but it is difficult." The old man's gentle eyes always shone with kindness, "It's a pity that I'm old, and I can't move easily, and I didn't pick many herbs, but I was injured." ”

He Siwei smiled, "Don't say that, at your age, there are not many young people who can walk so far alone and climb the mountain." ”

Then she talked about how tired she was from climbing the mountain last night, and she almost couldn't hold on.

"People must always have value, and if they don't move when they are old, there is no point in living." The old man smiled without knowing what he thought, and asked He Siwei to help go uphill and take down the bamboo basket.

He Siwei pressed the place pointed by the old man, and after going uphill, he really saw the bamboo basket in the weeds, but after seeing the wilted herbs inside, it didn't look like he picked it today.

When he returned to the old man and put down the bamboo basket, He Siwei asked, "Uncle, you won't stay here all night yesterday, will you?" ”

"yes, it's not luck that I met this little girl."

The old man was calm, he could laugh and talk about what happened to him, and then looked at the old man's chapped lips, He Siwei's heart was hit hard.

"What if you don't meet me?" He Siwei didn't want to know the answer anymore.

The old man looked over sixty years old, with gray sideburns exposed under the green military hat, a pair of resolute eyes on his wrinkled face, and his body had a trace of rickets with the passage of time, but sitting there made you unable to ignore his heroic and righteous spirit.

That's the demeanor of a soldier.

He Siwei thought that he still had a piece of sesame cake in his pocket, walked up to the old man, and under the old man's gaze, he picked up the old man's hand, took out the sesame cake from his pocket with one hand, and put it in the old man's hand.

She looked solemn, "Uncle, you eat the cake, and then I will help you back to our farm." ”

Seeing that the old man was about to speak, He Siwei interrupted him, "I'm not hungry, I brought it out to make snacks." ”

The old man smiled, "Okay, then grandpa won't be polite to you." ”

He Siwei grinned unconsciously.

After the old man ate the cake, He Siwei helped the old man and walked to the farm, she took into account that the old man's ankles were still swollen and slowed down, but the old man disagreed.

After arguing with reason, he still saw that He Siwei was really angry, so the old man slowed down.

But by the time they set up a new site, the sun was already setting in the west, and wisps of smoke were rising from the camp.

Wang Guizhen saw that He Siwei would not come back, so he steamed the multigrain steamed bun and made soup with a cabbage and more than a dozen potatoes.

Seeing He Siwei coming back, she happily greeted her, "Siwei, you are finally back, if you don't come back, I will go to find you." ”

"Who is this uncle?"

"This is Grandpa Shen, from the company below Tangyuan Farm, who went to this mountain to collect medicine and injured his leg." He Siwei handed the bamboo basket to Wang Guizhen, "It's hard for you to cook alone." ”

On the way, He Siwei already knew that the old man's surname was Shen, and he was sent here many years ago because of some problems.

Wang Guizhen held the bamboo basket and followed the two of them, "What's the hard work, what can you be tired of cooking." ”

In August, it was very cold in the mountains, and the new stove was to dig a pit in the ground and put a large steamer on it, so that it was convenient for everyone to gather around the fire.

He Siwei helped the old man to the stove, turned around and got into the tent, filled some oil tea noodles with the tea jar he brought, washed it with the hot water boiled by Wang Guizhen, and handed it to the old man.

"Grandpa Shen, drink something to warm up."

He Siwei was glad that the old man was in good health, otherwise he would not have eaten or drunk in the mountains for two days, and he would have been killed by small bites and mosquitoes if he did not starve to death.

I don't know how the old man survived last night.

Shen Hongwen said, "You drink it yourself, when you are young, you need nutrition, just a piece of sesame cake, it is enough." ”

He Siwei couldn't help but stuff the teapot into his hand, "Usually forget it, your body resistance is poor now, let's take care of your body first." ”

Shen Hongwen smiled.

Wang Guizhen heard that she needed nutrition, "Siwei, do you want to serve some food to Grandpa Shen?" ”

Before He Siwei could speak, he saw several female intellectuals coming out of the woods, doing a day's work, with exhaustion on their faces, but their spirits were wrong, talking while walking, and laughter came out from time to time.

One of them found Shen Hongwen, "Who is this?" ”

He Siwei explained to them how he met Shen Hongwen, and when he heard that Shen Hongwen was from the company under the mountain, the female intellectuals were also secret.

"Fortunately, nothing happened."

"People haven't gone back for two days, why hasn't anyone come to look for them from the company?" Others have raised doubts.

"I'm a lonely old man, the company can give me some rations and don't starve to death, now is the time for the autumn harvest, but I can't delay the harvest because of me."

Shen Hongwen didn't say it directly, and the five female intellectuals also understood the identity of the old man, which was decentralized.

After knowing this, he lost his previous enthusiasm and found an excuse to disperse.

He Siwei was in a heavy mood when he saw this scene, "Grandpa Shen, there is no light after dark, everyone is busy washing, don't think about it." ”

Shen Hongwen smiled, "I'm fine, little girl, I'm sorry for you." ”

"What's not troublesome, you can take care of your legs with peace of mind, and then I'll discuss with the field manager and send you down the mountain."

Such veterans should be respected.

He Siwei was dissatisfied with several powerful female intellectuals in his heart.

Sun Xianghong, who came back after them, saw that there was an old man, and his face became a little more serious.

She directly asked He Siwei to go to the side to speak, "The rations for our new construction point are all divided according to the standard, and the rations we brought at that time were only twenty people, you and Wang Guizhen came over, and the food was also saved from everyone's mouths, and everyone was already dissatisfied, but when you receive the rations next month, you can make up for it this month, so everyone did not express their dissatisfaction." Now having an extra old man will definitely cause conflicts, so think about how to deal with it yourself. ”