Crossing the Western Tianshan Mountains

Ling Fengxi didn't seem to be interested in the topic of school. His thoughts were wandering somewhere and he stared at the teacup with his head down.

Fang Ya had no choice but to change the subject, "Ling Fengxi, we women need a decent restroom."

Ling Fengxi then looked up. "The construction team is already building. Your medical team's accommodation is the top priority. In a month at most, the houses over there will be completed, and we can move from the tents into regular houses with bathrooms."

Thinking back to the problem Ye Minglang had given him, he said, "We didn't start construction in advance because after the construction team arrived here, they couldn't provide enough food, accommodation, and medical care. It was too dangerous, so we can only start construction in parallel after the main force arrived and all the supporting personnel were in place."

Fang Ya nodded, showing her understanding, but then added, "Those dry toilets in the woods are really too dangerous. They don't even have doors. Anyone can break in at any time."

Ling Fengxi nodded, "I will solve this problem."

Ling Fengxi stood up and prepared to leave when Fang Ya suddenly said from behind him, "It's been three years. Li Yuehe has been dead for three years. Ling Fengxi, I came here this time because of you."

Ling Fengxi paused, turned around after two seconds, and looked Fang Ya in the face. "The construction of the West Tianshan Tunnel is a very dangerous undertaking. It's best to come here out of genuine personal desire. If you regret it, you can apply to go back now. I don't want anyone coming here with personal feelings mixed in."

"You!" Fang Ya was furious.

He threw the gauze in his hand into the medicine box, "Ling Fengxi, can you please stop being like a stone!"

Ling Fengxi had already opened the curtain and walked out of the tent.

That night, some members of the new medical team who had just arrived at the mountain began to feel unwell. Fortunately, they had brought medical equipment with them and were quite knowledgeable. They all lay in the tent, covered with thick blankets, and breathed oxygen.

Under Ling Fengxi's arrangement, the construction team's camp was moved about 300 meters to the side, and a cordon was used around the medical team to separate the medical team from other stationed members in space, just like Sun Wukong drew a protective circle for Tang Seng.

Fang Ya found it funny. How could this cordon-like thing that shook violently when the wind blew be able to keep out the bad guys?

But now that things have come to this, I can only go to bed feeling uneasy.

Everything around was silent except for the strong wind blowing past her ears. Fang Ya fell asleep when it was almost dawn. In her dream, she seemed to be standing in the strong wind, and someone was calling her name in the wind.

What's funny is that when I woke up, I saw Cheng Yue coming in with a large iron lock. He said in disbelief, "Ye Minglang gave it to us. He asked us to hang this lock on the toilet door. There are four keys. Whoever goes there will take the key."

Fang Ya stared at the big lock for a few seconds and suddenly laughed out loud.

"Ling Fengxi, this is the solution you came up with? You're so cruel!"

The issue of girls going to the toilet became a major issue that had to be addressed seriously in this cold and barren wilderness with many construction workers and local idle people around.

Fang Ya still took the girls to carefully observe the toilet and formulated a set of "toilet rules".

The toilet is a simple blue and white movable iron house with several long deep pits dug underneath, which serve as squat toilets.

This iron house is a product of modern technology and the civilized world, but its use at this time is particularly "primitive" and is really not much better than a toilet made of branches or bamboo strips.

Fangya finally announced the "bathroom rules":

"You have to go to the bathroom in pairs, day or night. You can't go alone. One person stays inside while the other stays outside. Go together and come back together."

"Yes, Captain Fang!"

Amidst the girls' uniform responses, a discordant voice suddenly emerged, "Captain Fang, that's a great move! It's true that smart people always have the best ideas, no matter where they are."

It was Wu Yongjie who came out of another dry toilet not far away. He seemed to have just pulled up his pants and gave Fang Ya a thumbs up.

Fang Ya took out her phone with an unhappy look on her face.

So Ling Fengxi received Fang Yaxin's request, "In the grove, except for the three dry toilets required by the medical team, all others should be demolished and built elsewhere."

After hearing this, Wu Yongjie smiled awkwardly and said, "City people are particular."

This matter was completed very quickly. Within a day, all the other dry toilets in the grove were demolished and moved to a more distant woods.

Wu Yongjie was very dissatisfied and said to Ling Fengxi, "You are biased! You are too partial to women! You solve all their requests immediately, but you turn a blind eye to any request from me!"

Ling Fengxi said, "Does your toilet need to be locked? Also, do you need a separate dry toilet? I'll make it for you right now."

"Forget it. I'm a man, I'm not as hypocritical as those women. Besides, I don't dare to trouble you, a big boss, with such a small matter."

Wu Yongjie brought the topic back to business:

We have tried it, and the excavators and loaders cannot come up. Even if they can, there is no place for them to stay. Therefore, not only must a road be opened for the machines to go up the mountain, but also a place must be leveled out to park these machines. This means that the preliminary preparation work will take more than half a month or even a month.

In fact, Ling Fengxi had known about this problem for a few days, but he always wanted Wu Yongjie and others to think of a solution. It would be best to get the machinery up the mountain at the lowest cost.

Now that Wu Yongjie has brought up this matter, it means that there is no other good solution and this is the only option.

This means further increase in budget, labor and time losses.

Ling Fengxi only asked, "Have you chosen the venue?"

"It's already been chosen. It's right above the medical team."

Ling Fengxi accompanied Wu Tongjie to inspect the site and route. Wu Tongjie pointed to a map of the building's perimeter and said, "Parking the heavy machinery here will make it easier to go up and down the mountain, and it won't be too far from the construction site. However, this will give us a clear view of the hospital team's camp, which will definitely bother Leader Fang and the others."

Ling Fengxi looked down and saw that the girls from the medical team had already set up a simple clothesline in front of the tent, and some were hanging clothes on the rack.

Some girls gathered in twos and threes, curiously looking around the camp.

Fang Ya just walked out of the tent at this time, and looked up at Ling Fengxi's position. Although the distance was far, they could feel that they could see each other.

Fang Ya blushed and smiled at Ling Fengxi from afar.

Ling Fengxi turned around and asked Wu Yongjie, "Aside from the advantages mentioned above, are there any other advantages to choosing this venue?"

"Li Jianguo said that this site is relatively flat and the rock formation is hard enough. It would be very dangerous if heavy machinery were parked on rock that is not hard enough."

"Also, there are currently three excavators and two bulldozers stuck halfway."