Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

He will never forget the hard times when he was serving as a soldier in southern Xinjiang. He once promised his fellow villagers there that he would find a way to come back and grow corn and cotton with them and live a good life together.

How many years has it been...

The shadow of a girl vaguely appeared in his mind again. She was probably extremely disappointed in him, or maybe she had already forgotten him?

Or perhaps it was just that men understand men. Wu Yongjie suddenly said, "Are you thinking of your old lover?"

In return, Ling Fengxi glared at him, "Since you're going to take the job, don't waste time. Do you want to continue the research?"

"No, Li Jianguo is ill and needs to go down the mountain for treatment. He is our technical backbone. If he really collapses, we can't take him over even if we want to.

And that Yue Lin, if he doesn't come down the mountain, he'll be in despair."

"Wu Yongjie, this is no joke, can you really take it?"

"If I accept it, I will definitely be able to do it. I will never bring a coward like Yue Lin up the mountain again. I will not allow such a person to exist in my team."

The two leaders had already reached a tacit understanding, but the others still didn't understand what was going on. They only knew that the investigation was over, and they happily packed up their things, planning to leave overnight. However, a sudden huge hailstorm came in the afternoon, blocking their way down the mountain.

This hailstorm almost made Wu Yongjie back down again.

But words spoken cannot be taken back, and he did not want his reputation as Wu Lao Hu to go to waste. He also inexplicably thought of the old shepherd who gave him a sip of goat milk when he was in danger.

He felt that he and Xitian Mountain were destined to be together and could not refuse.

When they were going down the mountain, Yue Lin cried like a baby, saying over and over again that he had let his boss down and that he would definitely lose his job this time. He was too embarrassed to stay here...

Everyone looked at him speechlessly, but Wu Yongjie said, "You're a promising engineer. How could the team give up on you? However, this Western Tianshan Mountain isn't suitable for you. You should stay down there and gain experience for two years. When the Western Tianshan Tunnel is completed, all of us will go down in history. Just don't be envious."

It was these words that made Li Jianguo realize Wu Yongjie's intentions, and his headache immediately became even worse.

Ling Fengxi and his team have been to Xitian Mountain several times and are familiar with all the phenomena here, so they don't react much. For them, whether the engineering team comes or not, they have to come. They have already accepted the difficulties they have to face from the bottom of their hearts, so the psychological impact is naturally smaller.

But we also understand that this time may be different from the past.

Perhaps the investigation activities are about to end and the construction of the West Tianshan Tunnel is about to begin.

……

The following year. Spring.

Ling Fengxi and Wu Yongjie met again, and their identities had changed slightly. Ling Fengxi, as the seconded secretary of the Western Tianshan Forest Management Bureau of the Autonomous Region, was stationed at the Zhaowen Highway Project Base in Dongduguoergou, Xiate Kirgiz Township, Zhaosu County as the official representative in charge.

He is also one of the project leaders of the national headquarters of this project.

Wu Yongjie is the person in charge of the construction and the main person in charge of the project construction of China Communications Construction First Group Corporation.

In other words, the relationship between the two is a cooperative one, but also a relationship of supervision and being supervised. This kind of relationship made the two of them like enemies but not enemies, and like friends but not friends at the first banquet of this meeting.

At that time, Ling Fengxi held on to his wine glass and said, "Wu Lao Hu, don't try to get close to me. This project is too important. If even a detail is wrong, there will be problems. The country has spent so much money on this, I won't allow anything to go wrong. So, there's no point in trying to get close to me."

Wu Yongjie said bluntly, "We took on this project at the risk of our lives. We might even be stained with blood along the way. We are all prepared to face death. You saying this now makes us feel cold.

However, whether you're disheartened or not is irrelevant. All I want is for everyone around us, including you, to make concessions so that our construction can proceed smoothly."

The two of them were at loggerheads, each with their own focus.

But they both knew in their hearts that the two of them would embark on a long collaboration, lasting two to three years or even longer. Now they would see each other every day and would quarrel for several years.

But good things also happened.

Due to the special construction environment, the state has equipped a professional medical team to be stationed there.

The medical team arrived at the same time as the management and construction team arrived. Many members of the construction team came to watch. As Fang Ya stepped out of the car, she saw several workers in dusty work clothes staring at her with eager eyes. She immediately felt disgusted and walked past them with a haughty look on her face.

Arriving in front of the tent, she frowned, "We're going to live here? This is too unsafe. Can this tent protect us from wild animals?"

“Will there be bugs?”

Faced with Fang Ya's barrage of questions, Ye Minglang, who was in charge of coordination, could only smile. "Doctor Fang, we'll have to make do with this for now. There's already a construction team building temporary housing not far away, and we can move there when the time comes."

Fang Ya was still puzzled, "Why can't the construction start earlier?"

Ye Minglang didn't know how to answer, so he could only continue to smile, "Doctor Fang, this is quite good."

After Fang Ya entered, she saw tables, chairs and beds in the tent, but they were very simple. How could it be what Ye Minglang said was "not bad"?

But Fang Ya knew the conditions here were very poor before she came here, she just didn't expect it to be this bad. She asked again, "Where is the bathroom?"

Ye Minglang introduced, "There is a small forest behind the tent, where there are several simple toilets."

"what?!"

Fang Ya was completely speechless.

After Ye Minglang had made all the arrangements, he had not yet gone out when several soft and sweet-smelling girls squeezed in from outside the door. Ye Minglang staggered and almost fell.

The girls rushed to Fang Ya as if they didn't see him and said, "Doctor Fang, there's nothing here!"

Cheng Yue looked frightened. "I just saw a scorpion in the tent. It's so scary! Doctor Fang, do we have to stay here?"

Pan Xiaoyue also said, "Yes, Sister Fang, there is no bathroom in Xiaoxu and I's tent. How are we going to take a shower?"

"Neither did we!"

Ye Minglang added at the right moment, "The mountain is too high to dig a well, so we can only rely on accumulated snow water. There's a pond about two kilometers away, and someone needs to fetch water every day, so water is quite scarce. Everyone should use it sparingly. As for bathing, we can send you down the mountain once a week to the county bathhouse."

"Oh my God, I'm going dark... Am I dreaming? There are still people living like this nowadays?" Cheng Yue's face was full of disbelief.