Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Other equipment such as total stations, CPS receivers and remote sensing equipment are also operated by dedicated personnel, each in their place and busy in full swing.

Wu Yongjie was not lying, his legs really hurt. His understanding of the instrument was certainly better than that of most ordinary people, but he was not a technician after all. He could not really understand some operations and data, so when others were busy, he could actually relax for a while.

So he took out the big medicine bag that Fang Ya had prepared for him.

How to say it, as long as he saw this medicine bag, he felt very happy in his heart, and felt that Fang Ya came with them. When he opened the medicine bag, in addition to a lot of emergency medicines, there was also a plaster and an alcohol lamp specially prepared for his leg treatment.

He took them out one by one and followed Fang Ya's instructions. He first rubbed his legs to warm them up, then used an alcohol lamp to heat the plasters before applying them to his legs.

He didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but after applying the patch, he immediately felt that his legs were much better, and a warm current gradually flowed through his limbs.

He let out a long sigh.

That night, the wind in the western Tianshan Mountains suddenly became very strong, with white winds howling and snow being blown up by the wind, filling the entire space. The survey team members who came back a little later even had difficulty breathing. Wu Yongjie organized rescue personnel, using ropes as connections to control the direction and leverage, so that the team members stumbled back to the tent in the wind and snow.

Fortunately, the snow circle was dug in the afternoon. Because we were afraid that the tent would be blown away by the wind, we set up another tent inside the snow circle instead of setting up the tent on top of the snow circle. The space was smaller, but it was much safer.

Everyone who had returned didn't want to recall what they had just experienced. Some couldn't help but sob softly, "It was horrible... horrible... I couldn't see a thing, all I could see was white, and I couldn't breathe. The snow was blowing into my nose and mouth. It felt like the world was filled with snow..."

No one blamed the crying man for what he was saying because everyone was terrified.

In this high-altitude, cold region, with raging snow and wind, it's normal for anything to happen. And anything could happen here. Wu Yongjie calmed down for a while before saying, "Everyone needs to be vigilant. We must rotate shifts during breaks to avoid unexpected incidents."

"Yes."

...It was actually impossible to call the camp at this time. It had been disconnected for a long time. We had to use the radio to communicate, but maybe because of the strong wind and snow, the radio only made a crackling sound.

Ling Fengxi did not sleep that night.

Because he had not received any news from the survey team, and the wind and snow outside were so strong that it seemed as if the whole world had been submerged, and the whole world was no longer the world he knew.

Ye Minglang guessed that Ling Fengxi was not asleep and wanted to go see Ling Fengxi. But when he opened the door, he found Ling Fengxi standing in the yard.

The wind and snow seemed to bury him, but he stood there firmly, looking in the direction of the underground glacier area.

Ye Minglang quickly went into the room, brought out a quilt and covered Ling Fengxi with it. "Secretary, it's too cold, the wind and snow are too strong, let's go inside."

Ling Fengxi said, "The road down the mountain will be closed again tomorrow. But everyone is on holiday."

Ye Minglang said, "It's okay, let's just close it off. Anyway, the supplies on the mountain are enough to last for a month. The herders' sick sheep have all been cured. Even the sick herders have gone back up the mountain now, so there's nothing to do and they don't need to come down."

Ling Fengxi shook his head. "No, the road can't be closed by heavy snow. Starting tomorrow, we'll organize people and anyone who wants to go to the snow trail can go."

"Secretary, we finally have a holiday. The snow is falling one after another in the Western Tianshan Mountains. There is no need to keep clearing the road, right?" Ye Minglang was a little opposed to it. In fact, it was because he knew in his heart that if Ling Fengxi tired the workers for such useless work while Wu Yongjie was away, it would instead make the workers rebellious.

To put it bluntly, Ling Fengxi might not be able to get rid of these workers who are on vacation. After all, it is the New Year. It's okay if they can't go home, but can't they even take a few days off in the camp?

He persuaded Ling Fengxi mainly because he didn't want him to "humiliate himself" and be rejected by the workers.

But Ling Fengxi was very determined this time, "The road down the mountain must not be closed, the road must be open all the time."

"Secretary, why?"

"Captain Wu and the others, if they get injured or need emergency treatment when they return, we can send them to the hospital immediately."

Ye Minglang patted his head and suddenly realized... He also understood Ling Fengxi's intentions, but he knew it would still be difficult to convince the workers to do this, because Captain Wu was going to survey, and their team would not be back for at least eight days... It was hard to say whether they would be injured, what if they could come back safely?

The next day, as expected, Ling Fengxi notified everyone on the loudspeaker to clear the snow and clear the road, but few people responded. Even if some people came with snow-clearing tools, they saw that no one listened to Ling Fengxi and the road was empty, so they were unwilling to be the obedient fool and carried the tools back.

Ling Fengxi shouted for a long time, but there was no one clearing the road. After waiting for a while, he saw a few figures sweeping the snow there.

But not the workers.

When Ling Fengxi got closer, he found that it was Ayala, Hanati and others... Even some of Hanati's friends were there.

"What are you doing--" Ling Fengxi was puzzled.

Hanati said, "My silly old woman insisted on bringing milk to you. It snowed so heavily yesterday, how could I trust her to do it alone? So I sent a few brothers with us to see if you needed any help. As soon as we arrived, we heard that you needed to clear the snow. But, Secretary Ling, it's very strange, why didn't they come? Only a few of us..."

Ayala vaguely guessed something and said, "Hanati, we'll help if we can, and it doesn't matter if we can't. Let's not ask about Secretary Ling's affairs."

Hanati unexpectedly changed his usual behavior and didn't scold Ayala for interrupting. Instead, he nodded and said, "As for the snow, it's better to clear it away. It's not a good thing to have the road blocked by snow."

As he spoke, he continued to work hard.

Ayala walked up to Ling Fengxi and said, "He had a fever last night and was sick again. He went to worship the mountain god by himself, but he fainted in the snow and almost fell to the ground. I dug him out and saved him with the emergency medicine that Doctor Fang gave me. I also gave him an injection. I know how to give injections now."

So that's why. No wonder Hanati's attitude towards Ayala has changed a lot. However, they all know that Hanati will not be able to recover for a few days, and he will trample Ayala under his feet again.

There is no need to worry about the future. Just take it one day at a time.