Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Perhaps they really had a good rest during the Chinese New Year, and the entire West Tianshan Tunnel Construction Camp was full of energy. Under the command of Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie, West Tianshan regained its former vitality and operated in a very regular manner. Everyone entered and exited the tunnel, drank milk tea, and ate from a big pot.

There are still workers who come to Fang Ya for injections, medication, or Chinese medicine... But the difference from before is that the workers used to come to see a doctor, they always looked pitifully sick, and the topics they talked about were inevitably about leaving Xitianshan and complaining about the living conditions in Xitianshan. Now, even if they are sick, they just take it as a normal thing.

I didn't feel there was anything wrong with taking medicine or getting injections, and we even talked about topics related to architecture, without any more complaints.

Fang Ya's mood was also better than ever before.

But I'm still worried about Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie's health. Since returning from the survey, Wu Yongjie's legs have become worse and worse, and he even needs to use a wheelchair to move around these days.

However, every time he came to the medical room, he would still stand up and deliberately walk back and forth in front of Fang Ya, and then confirm with her, "My legs are fine, there is nothing wrong. I am in a wheelchair now just to cooperate with your treatment and to make my legs recover better, not because I really need a wheelchair. You have to understand that I am not a cripple, not a disabled person, and you can't stop liking me because of this."

Fang Ya shook her head helplessly and pushed him down on the wheelchair. She knew it was painful for him to walk now. His joints, his muscles, and his entire feet were all severely injured.

But it was definitely not the kind of injury that could disable a person. Instead, it made him more sensitive. Every step he took now felt like walking on the edge of a knife. He stood up and walked only because he was afraid that Fang Ya would dislike him for being a cripple.

Fang Ya massaged his legs and said, "I'm a doctor. Of course I know what's wrong with your legs. I know it can be cured as long as you persist in treatment and take good care of yourself. If you continue to walk around like this and really become lame, then I will dislike you."

This sentence frightened Wu Yongjie, "I won't do this again until my leg is healed."

Fang Ya ultimately resorted to Wu Yongjie's final treatment option: dry needling. Wu Yongjie's screams, like a pig being butchered, were often heard in the treatment room. Everyone knew it was Fang Ya who was acupuncturing Wu Yongjie and fumigating him with mugwort. Those who heard it couldn't help but cover their ears...

Wu Lao Hu’s reputation will be ruined from now on!

Ayala continued to come to the camp to learn medical skills. What moved Ling Fengxi the most was that Ayala's husband Hanati felt that the workers were too tired to work and clear the snow on the road, so he organized and called on nearby herders to come to the West Tianshan Tunnel Construction Camp to sweep the snow when they had nothing to do.

Hanati did have some appeal and organizational skills. Since that day, thirty or forty herdsmen often gathered on the road. Regardless of whether it snowed or not, they always cleared the snow on the road. They brought their own milk tea and dry food, and sometimes they would set up a temporary stove on the road to roast a whole lamb.

If a worker came over because he was greedy, they would share the food.

As for why they did such a good deed, they had a good reason. "Our sheep were almost wiped out by the plague this year, and even the people were affected by the plague. If it weren't for you, our sheep would have died and we would have no sheep to eat. Now the sheep are saved, and the people are saved too. People should repay a little kindness with a spring. What's the big deal about us sweeping some snow? There's nothing else to do in winter..."

Hanati said, "That's right, that's right. The snow is so heavy this year that herding sheep is dangerous. Now I'm trying to find a way to transport the materials up from the mountain. Everyone is willing to buy them, and they have to use this road. If there is no road, how will the drinks be brought up?"

In short, their reasons were very sufficient, and they would definitely not make Ling Fengxi and the others feel embarrassed or ashamed. It also seemed to show that they were the real masters of Xitian Mountain.

Ayala and Ling Fengxi still meet each other frequently, but there is no extra talk between them. Sometimes they just say hello and then move on.

Only when Ayala saw Ling Fengxi looking unwell would she remind him to go to the medical room.

Ling Fengxi really listened to Ayala. Whenever she urged him, he would go. Fang Ya had no choice but to hand over the task of monitoring Ling Fengxi's regular treatment to Ayala, and the effect was good.

The Xitian Mountains, which had been plagued by accidents, suddenly became peaceful.

Live a peaceful life.

Harmony between the upper and lower classes, unity between workers and the people.

Because there is still some distance from the glacier belt, the technical team is the busiest. They need to design the operation plan in advance. Moreover, due to the glacier belt, the current direction of the tunnel benchmark has also changed slightly, and the arc is a bit larger, but it must be within the road construction standards.

But this small modification also requires great technical support. The technical team members almost go to work and go down the mountain with the workers. No, the workers work in three shifts, and some even four or five shifts, but the technical team does not work in shifts. They work for fifteen or sixteen hours in a row, then sleep, and then continue to work for fifteen or sixteen hours after sleeping.

Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie were both very distressed and took care of the canteen and the medical team, especially the technical team staff. Even so, the technical team could not stop working.

Because the next stage is the very difficult construction of a tunnel in the glacier zone.

In the blink of an eye, it is already April.

It's the season when the ice and snow are about to melt.

However, at the current construction camp in the Western Tianshan Mountains, there is no sign of ice and snow melting. On the contrary, it still snows frequently, and the herders still come to clear the snow every day.

Ling Fengxi looked up information, but because climate or natural science monitoring of the Western Tianshan Mountains was limited, there wasn't any solid data to support it. He went to talk to Jiayi Laobai, who said, "You've already reached this point, and you're still expecting the snow to melt? Your tunnel may be in the middle of the mountain, but you're already at the highest point! How can the snow melt? It never melts year-round."

In other words, the expected warmth and sunshine will not come.

While the sun shines brightly below the mountain, workers in the Western Tianshan Mountains still have to endure the heavy snow and wind. Who can accept this?

So they started following last year's old routine and began to send workers on their day off to Wensu County at the foot of the mountain in batches, one by one, to enjoy the sun and the warmth.

However, most workers refused.

We spent the entire winter huddled in the Western Tianshan Mountains. Although we had all the necessary amenities and showered regularly, the harsh living conditions, coupled with the sheer exhaustion and busy schedule, left us feeling like mountain thieves and wild men in the snowy mountains.

In a nutshell, I can't see anyone anymore.

After being here for a long time, it seems that all my emotions, passion for food, passion for beautiful women, and passion for all material things have been eliminated.

My daily thoughts are simple: work, construction, milk tea, meals, and sleep...

When they were asked to sunbathe, they were stunned. What is a sunbath? Is it warm? Why go all the way down the mountain to sunbathe? There are sunbaths up there, too.

The sun in the western Tianshan Mountains is also very bright.

Yes, it is very bright, but it has no temperature.