Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Ye Minglang knew about the big incident in the West Tianshan Tunnel and called back, but everyone, including Ling Fengxi, acted nonchalant. Even Gulinar told him not to worry and said happily, "These workers in your family are becoming more and more like the men of West Tianshan. They are all great!"

Ye Minglang didn't dare to admit that the workers were "ours", but he knew in his heart that the incident in Xitianshan would not be a small matter. It was just that everyone had become a little bit reckless after the series of "accidents".

Anyway, we have to face it no matter what.

Jiayi Laobai's condition improved rapidly. After being hospitalized in the medical room for a few days, he was able to get up and smoke a cigarette. Although he still had a little cough, he said it was okay.

He said that the mountain god didn't want to accept him, and he could feel it himself.

He also said that he had a dream in which he was about to reach Tengger, and then someone pulled him back. This pull would mean he would have to endure another five or six years in the Western Tianshan Mountains, which was no problem at all.

Jiayi Laobai's words made everyone laugh. The old man was funny, and Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie gave him special face. Everyone had eaten the naan and milk made by the old man many times, so they were not averse to the old man and even pestered him to play the dutar.

Gulinar called Nurlan, who quickly sent the old man's dutar over and said that Akoana had learned that Ata had recovered and was very happy, but she had to take care of the cattle and sheep at home and could not come to see Ata.

In fact, An was a little embarrassed to come. After all, Ayiboli had caused such a commotion the day before, and it would be a bit awkward to meet again. The key point was that they had actually cut off the supply of milk to the camp. It was a bit difficult to explain after he came here. It felt like he was repaying a kindness with a hateful one, and it was not a good idea to bring up the matter of continuing the supply of milk now.

After all, the milk supply on Hanati's side is larger, and there are people on Ayala's side to help deliver it, so it is more convenient and safer.

Gulinar looked at Ayi Laobai sitting on a protruding rock in front of the camp, playing the dombra. The sound of the dombra revealed endless vicissitudes of life in this snowy mountain land, as well as indomitable vitality. A flock of sparrows flew up not far away, and there were flocks of sheep even farther away. A shepherd was looking at the camp from afar.

Some workers gathered around, grabbing handfuls of melon seeds and eating while listening to the dombra. Some imitated Gulinar's movements and then laughed heartily.

Wu Yongjie and Ling Fengxi watched this scene from a distance. Wu Yongjie said, "I now understand why the camp is so indispensable to this old man, as well as Gulinar's family. They treat the camp as their own home. With them around, life isn't too hard. We're actually living the same life they live every day. We think hard times are their normal state, and they can even add some sweetness to this normal state."

Wu Yongjie always talks too much, making it seem like everyone understands him... But Ling Fengxi didn't mock him. He thought for a moment and said, "This is fate, remember? Once we were inadequately equipped and inexperienced in Xitian Mountain and almost froze to death. It was this old man who showed up and saved us."

Wu Yongjie laughed heartily. "Who says it isn't true? If we had frozen to death, do you think the West Tianshan Tunnel would have been shut down at that time?"

Ling Fengxi thought for a moment and said, "It won't stop. This Xitian Mountain will be traveled through sooner or later. It's just that if something happens to us at that time, it won't be us who travel through time."

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That said, such a heartwarming moment shouldn't distract from the serious challenges facing the West Tianshan construction project. A dedicated working group was quickly dispatched to address the sudden outburst. Their primary objective was to document the loss and damage to equipment and machinery, and to assess its impact on the project's progress and determine whether the active fault zone could be resolved.

Ling Fengxi had already conducted deep self-reflection and self-criticism to his superiors, so before the working group came, they had some understanding of the current construction status of the West Tianshan Tunnel.

A group of three cars found a sunny day to go up the mountain, but they didn't expect it to be so dangerous. Snow tires were nothing here, so they finally parked the car on the relatively flat hillside, and Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie sent an engineering vehicle to pick them up.

The so-called engineering vehicle is actually a transport vehicle with a cloak. There is no heating facility in the truck bed. When the working group arrived at the camp, they were all shivering with cold. Although there was heating in the office, in such weather, no amount of heating seemed to solve the problem of the cold.

In the end, the working group had to take a break in the medical room. Because there were always patients in the medical room, a radiator was specially added here to prevent the workers from catching a second cold during treatment.

This slight temperature rise was nothing for Xitianshan, but it was rare for the working group. They couldn't help but criticize the medical room, which added a lot of pressure to Fang Ya.

The members of the working group were not accustomed to the climate of Western Tianshan. When they walked out of the room, they felt they could not breathe because they felt that "the air had frozen into ice cubes." Could ice cubes be directly inhaled into the chest cavity for oxygen replacement?

The medical office gave each of them a thick mask, specially made by Ayala, which almost covered the entire face, leaving only the eyes exposed. It looked more like a mask than a mask.

But there is a smell, a smell of sheep, but it does not stop the staff from liking it. After putting on the mask, they can finally walk out of the house.

When they entered the tunnel, the workers were not surprised to see this group of hairy monkeys wearing masks, but they found them a little funny.

Because although the workers wore masks, they were unwilling to wear this cover, which was really a bit hypocritical.

This is also the reason why the masks ended up in the medical room. Fang Ya provided these masks to sick workers, who had to wear them even if they didn't want to.

Disinfect after wearing.

Therefore, this mask is specially provided for patients by the workers in Xitianshan.

It's really ridiculous that so many "fellow patients" came at once.

The working group members did not know what the workers of Xitianshan were thinking. They went deep into the tunnel with stern faces and finally reached the place where the mortar burst.

I saw that there was indeed a big hole on the face of the grouting pit, and various steel frames were built inside the hole to prevent further collapse. The mud and stones that gushed out had not been cleaned up yet, or it would take ten days or half a month to clean them up. There were too many of them. Construction vehicles were constantly going in and out, and workers were constantly loading mud into the vehicles.

Wu Yongjie, for some unknown reason, kindly explained to the work group, "This mud is the flesh and blood of the Western Tianshan Mountains. It doesn't grow well, so it's been eliminated. However, the flesh and blood of the Western Tianshan Mountains still need to be filled in. So after we finish clearing this area, we'll have to use these trucks again to bring in almost the same amount, or even more, of sand and gravel for filling and grouting."