Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

These consecutive incidents only happened within one kilometer of construction. What will the situation be like when they really reach 2365 meters underground?

Now that side-level guide tunnel technology exists, which can improve safety and solve many problems, why not use it? He only regrets that he had never heard of this technology before.

This technology involves excavating a pilot tunnel alongside the main tunnel, which naturally increases the cost significantly. The budget for the West Tianshan Tunnel construction has already been determined, and excavating a second pilot tunnel would require a new budget and financial application.

This is very difficult for him, and this task must fall on his shoulders.

At nine o'clock in the evening, dinner was long over. Ling Fengxi called Ye Minglang and said, "Go down the mountain. Go to the Municipal Committee early tomorrow morning."

Ling Fengxi and Ye Minglang went down the mountain overnight.

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Two days later, Wu Yongjie also came down the mountain, bringing with him technical personnel such as Yan Zhuoyu and Li Jianguo.

Later, Wu Yongjie, Li Jianguo and others came back, but Ling Fengxi did not come back.

This action made everyone in the West Tianshan Tunnel very confused and worried. Fang Ya asked Wu Yongjie about it, and Wu Yongjie also looked uncertain. "I don't know! Why are you always concerned about Ling Fengxi? You are sure you are not together anymore, so why do you still care about him?"

Fang Ya actually knew in her heart that it would be impossible to have a serious conversation with Wu Yongjie, and it would not produce any results, so she did not ask.

The temperature has dropped again in the past few days, and some workers have begun to worry about the construction situation in winter. Wu Yongjie is also worried. After all, all they know about the Western Tianshan Mountains is limited to data, and they have no real experience of living in the Western Tianshan Mountains. At this time, the time when Gulinar delivers milk and makes milk tea for them is an opportunity for them to fully understand the winter in the Western Tianshan Mountains.

So everyone gathered around, and someone said with a smile, "Guli, this is really strange. The fire isn't even lit yet, but as soon as you show up and stand next to me, it's like standing next to a stove. You carry your own heat."

Gulinar smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment. We, the children of Western Tianshan, all have our own stoves." She went on to explain, "Our hearts are stoves, much warmer than ordinary stoves. Our hearts are as hot as the sun."

Everyone laughed, and someone asked, "Can you, the sun, melt all the winter snow in the Western Tianshan Mountains?"

Gulinar said loudly, "The snow in the Western Tianshan Mountains can't all melt. If that happens, our cattle and sheep will be drowned. So it should remain as it is. It's best if it doesn't melt."

"How are we going to survive the winter? Will we freeze to death?"

Gulinar looked at them with disdain. "In winter, cows do freeze to death. Even camels have frozen to death, but it's rare for people to freeze to death. What about cows, sheep, and horses? They can't light a fire. But people have brains and nimble hands..."

She stretched out her hand, moving her delicate fingers. "People can light fires to keep warm, and they can cook. If someone freezes to death, it's either because they're sick or they're too lazy."

She then brought up a local saying, "Learn from the legs of an ant, not the mouth of a sparrow! You see, ants never freeze to death, but sparrows do. People who move their mouths are only frightened by what they say, while people who move their legs can cover a distance, no matter how many meters, in one step."

The workers were still a little scared and said, "It sounds good, but it's not that easy to do, right?"

Gulinar said, "The Western Tianshan Mountains didn't freeze a woman like me to death, so how could they freeze strong men like you to death?"

Wu Yongjie happened to walk over and continued, "Not only did she not freeze to death, but Xitianshan also raised Gulinar to be so beautiful that she has completely captivated Ye Minglang, the little prince of our construction site..."

Everyone laughed again.

Wu Yongjie also ordered a bowl of milk tea, then said, "Don't say such spineless things here. Even Antarctica has been conquered, how can this place be difficult for us? If you say too much, the girls will laugh at you. Where will your dignity go?"

Having said that, who isn’t afraid of the winter in Western Tianshan Mountains?

Because the workers who are building the West Tianshan Tunnel are digging deeper and deeper, returning to the camp on time for meals and accommodations is entirely dependent on trucks. Fortunately, a simple road has also been built.

But Wu Yongjie said to Fang Ya, "In two months, when winter really arrives, we may also have to move."

"What do you mean?"

"We just need to break camp as a whole."

However, Wu Yongjie did not say how to break camp, and Fang Ya did not ask further. She just felt tired.

Just when we'd grown attached to this camp and thought everything was going smoothly, we were about to leave again? Fang Ya was having a hard time adapting, but for Wu Yongjie, it was a common occurrence. Construction often involved moving around; it was necessary. You couldn't possibly work five kilometers away and then return to the starting point five kilometers away to eat and sleep, right?

How long does it take to run back and forth today?

But breaking camp is indeed a big deal. What would it feel like to live in a tent in the middle of winter?

After finishing her meal, Fang Ya walked into the yard. Looking at the clean yard and the house that had just begun to feel human, she felt sad.

People always can't let go of places that were once bustling. They always feel that there are many feelings, people and things they once loved. It's like some old people. No matter where they went when they were young, they always like to return to the village when they are old. They believe in returning to their roots.

Fang Ya suddenly laughed at the thought of "fallen leaves return to their roots"... How could the Western Tian Mountains be considered a place of returning to one's roots for her? Why did she harbor such feelings? This house wasn't particularly good either. Even though she'd lived there for a long time and cleaned it daily, some stubborn bugs still lingered.

Sometimes snakes appear...

What is left here is more of hard work for her, but sometimes, hard work is a symbol of struggle. Is it because she has struggled here that she is reluctant to leave?

In the evening, he couldn't help but call Ling Fengxi. Unexpectedly, he immediately picked up the phone. "Doctor Fang, what's up?"

He seemed to have been drinking and his voice was lazy.

"You—have been drinking?"

"A little bit."

"Did things go well?"

"smoothly."

After saying these words, the two fell silent. Fang Ya waited for a while and then asked, "Are you asleep?"

The other party replied, "Yes."

Fang Ya also nodded, and then said, "Then you should have a good rest and drink less."

"OK, good night."

Fang Ya put down the phone and suddenly smiled. Actually, she had never really liked communicating with Ling Fengxi, but she couldn't break this communication pattern. If she liked him, maybe they wouldn't have broken up in the first place? Ling Fengxi wouldn't have married Li Yuehe, so her still having feelings for him in Xitianshan was actually a very wrong and naive thing to do.

And she was sure that she had let it go, but she didn't know why she made the presumptuous call tonight, just like an unwelcome person knocking on a door that shouldn't be knocked.

As a result, he was coldly and politely rejected by the host.