Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

When Gulinar came out, she didn't bring her household registration book. Ye Minglang hurriedly asked why, "Hua Duo'er, don't you want to marry me? We're going to get the marriage certificate now. Why did you come out empty-handed?"

Gulinar looked at Ye Minglang worriedly, feeling very sad. But after staring at him for a while, she suddenly laughed. "Minglang, I'm confident that my uncle and aunt will eventually agree to let me marry you. They'll have to accompany us to get the marriage certificate. I don't think we need to do it secretly. It's not fair to me, my uncle and aunt, and you either."

Ye Minglang was anxious, "But..."

Gulinar blocked his lips with a kiss... After a while, the two separated. Ye Minglang's eyes suddenly turned red, and he hugged Gulinar for a long time without saying a word.

Because he knew his parents better than Gulinar, he knew that it would not be easy for Ye's mother and father to agree, and Gulinar just wanted to get her parents' consent, but this was difficult.

The two young men sat on the slope, looking at the flocks of sheep scattered on the shallow grass in the distance.

The weather in July is already the warmest in Western Tianshan.

Summer is so short. Based on last year’s experience, autumn will soon be here, and then winter... Here, every warm day is rare, and every long winter is difficult to endure.

Gulinar followed Ye Minglang back to the camp because she felt that she should not miss the opportunity to get along with her future mother-in-law and father-in-law. If she wanted to be recognized by the other party, she must have the opportunity to come into contact with them. If both parties always avoided each other, the misunderstanding would become bigger and bigger.

It happened to be noon, and Gulinar asked Ye Minglang to have dinner with his parents, while she went to find Fang Ya.

Ye Minglang returned to the camp alone with red eyes. His mother noticed it immediately and asked, "Minglang, why are your eyes so red? Did you cry? Or was it because the wind was too strong and damaged your eyes?"

Ye Minglang turned his back slightly and continued eating, saying, "It was the wind."

But Ye's father pointed out the truth, "They must have gone to Gulinar. The two of them hugged each other and cried."

When Ye's mother heard that it was because of Gulinar crying, her face suddenly turned sour. She could only say three words unwillingly, "You are useless."

Ye Minglang said, "Hua Duo has returned to the camp. When we meet again, you are not allowed to bully her."

Ye's mother couldn't get her face down, and growled unwillingly, "Who bullied her? I knew she would complain to you. A girl who always complains about her mother-in-law can't be happy."

Ye Minglang felt that even if he had a thousand mouths or ten thousand mouths, he would not be able to explain it clearly to Ye's mother. His face was full of disappointment and he asked, "When are you going back to Shanghai?"

"Are you eager for us to leave right now?" Ye's mother couldn't help but raise her voice again.

"This is a workplace, and work has been very busy recently. It's a critical time, and everyone's focus is on tunnel construction. While you're here, I can't work at my full potential, which is unfair to others."

"You have parents who love you, and others can't wait to envy you. Besides, Secretary Ling didn't say anything, so why are you so anxious? You're just afraid that we'll run into your Hua Duoer and won't treat her well. You don't have to rush us. If you weren't here, your father and I wouldn't have come to this damn place."

Seeing that both father and son kept silent, Ye's mother said, "We'll stay for another week and then leave."

Ye Minglang reluctantly hummed a yes and walked out. Ye's father advised Ye's mother, "I think our son is very determined this time. He really loves Xiao Guli. Let's not make things difficult for him. If this continues, it will probably hurt the relationship between him and us parents."

"No, I've raised this child since he was young, and I understand him very well. Minglang loves his parents, too. It's just that he's been confused because of little Guli."

Ye's mother sighed again, "Since ancient times, beautiful women have brought disaster. Little Guli is just too pretty. Look at the ancient kings. Those who were lustful never had a good ending."

Father Ye sighed helplessly: "Where are you talking about again?"

On this side, Gulinar finally heard some news.

Seeing Nurlan just passing by the dormitory, she rushed out and blocked his way with open arms, "Nurlan, are you hiding something from me?"

Nurlan turned her head and said, "Sister, you are back to the camp. You should rest at home for a few more days. Ye Minglang's mom and dad are both in the camp. I'm afraid they will treat you badly if they see you."

Gulinar's expression softened a bit, and she said, "They are my future parents-in-law. It would be wrong for me to hide from them. Now that they are in the camp, I can spend more time with them. This is a rare opportunity. I can't hide away like a turtle. That would be too unreasonable."

Nurlan hummed, then added, "Just be mentally prepared."

Gulinar stared at Nurlan and suddenly pinched his cheek. "Baron, you've grown up now. You know how to care about your sister."

Nurlan smiled stiffly, "Sister, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Nurlan fled as if he was escaping. In fact, he was very uneasy. Although the police did not find any clues in the West Tianshan camp, he believed in his own eyes. He really saw Su Binghe running into the camp. Why he disappeared later, he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried. But he had a hunch that this person was still in the camp, but was hiding.

So Nurlan wandered around the camp all this time, his eyes checking every corner like an eagle, but he found nothing.

He didn't question whether he had seen it wrong, but rather whether Su Binghe was hiding very well. He seemed to have seen Su Binghe again, so he quickly chased after him, but was unexpectedly stopped by Gulinar. When he looked forward again, there was no trace of Su Binghe.

Nurlan was unwilling to give up and continued to wander around.

Today, a car happened to be going down the mountain, and a group of girls from the medical team went down the mountain to buy things. Gulinar also went down the mountain. It was late at night when she returned to the camp. She carried the things she bought back to the dormitory to sort them out.

Ye Minglang wanted to see her.

She came out of the dormitory, hugged Ye Minglang's neck and acted coquettishly, "I'm so tired today. I bought a lot of things. If I didn't miss you so much, I wouldn't have come out of the dormitory."

Ye Minglang laughed, "What did you buy?"

Gulinar smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't tell you."

After all, the two of them didn't want to go back to the dormitory, so they went out of the yard together, walked to the high ground in front of the yard, sat on the stone where Jiayi Laobai played the dombra, and looked up at the stars together.

As the evening stars scattered across the sky, Gulinar suddenly said, "Ata once said that when herders in our mountains die, they all turn into stars in the sky. Stars and mountains are always one family. If the mountains were without stars, they wouldn't be beautiful. If the stars were without mountains, they wouldn't have a home."