love Shigatse

Chapter 49 Pagoda

After driving for three days and two nights, Li Zheng changed the car in the other direction on the second day.

When we parted at the fork in the road, Li Zheng hugged Sun Lang tightly, and the horn rang twice. Sun Lang patted him on the back before letting go.

"Come find me when you have time." Sun Lang was afraid of being too sentimental after speaking, so he got into the car and drove away.

Payang is a small town in Shigatse, with an altitude of 5300 meters, snow-capped mountains and lakes, blue sky and white clouds against each other, and a large area of ​​red grass wetlands. Occasionally, you can see a few black-necked cranes.

Sun Lang didn't feel much in his heart. The scenery was beautiful, but his heart was sore.As a result, when I got out of the car, my heart was not only sour, but flooded with bitterness.

The sand and soil blown up by the strong wind covered the sky, and a small house was vaguely seen. In front of the house, a boy wearing a military uniform and about his own age was using a tire to fetch water from the well.

"Today?" the boy asked.

"Yeah." Sun Lang stood in place with his luggage on his back, and naturally he didn't have time to think about whether he should help when he was emotional.

"I'll take you to see the director." After speaking, the boy walked towards the house with the bucket filled with water.

Sun Lang followed behind and listened to the boy's self-introduction. His name was Zhang Wei and he was from the same province and a soldier of the same year.

After seeing the director, Zhang Wei led him to the dormitory to rest.This is a small police station on the border of Payang, and there are only five people including the director. Except for the director and deputy director who are local policemen on duty, the other three are soldiers like Zhang Wei.Zhang Wei was in charge of burning the boiler and cooking, and the other four were divided into two teams, who took turns to stand guard and patrol, and of course they also had to take care of some trivial matters of the nearby residents.

It was only his first day here, and Sun Lang felt relaxed. Because of the high altitude, he was afraid that he might not get used to it for a while, so he let him rest in the dormitory for most of the day.

He couldn't fall asleep even in bed, but Sun Lang didn't want to wake up because of the body ache from the car ride.Just when he felt thirsty, Zhang Wei came in with a glass of water.

"Drink some water, just boiled."

"Thank you." Sun Lang said politely, and then took it, ready to wet his lips and throat.

"Drink later." Zhang Wei took it again, blew on the surface of the water, sprinkled some out, and then handed it over, "The water here is hard, in addition to the lumps on the bottom of the pot, there is also a layer floating on the surface. Blow on it before drinking."

"Thank you." This time, I am not being polite, but thanking you from the bottom of my heart. It's nice to have a fellow villager.After drinking the water, he fumbled in his pocket, trying to take out the cell phone that Li Zheng had stuffed into him when he said goodbye.

But after taking it out, I found that there was no signal.

"I still have a mobile phone." Zhang Wei laughed, a little mockingly, and probably regarded himself as a second-generation ancestor who hadn't experienced anything. "The electricity and signals here are sent by myself. If you want to make a call, all It’s more convenient to have a landline in the chief’s office.”

"Oh." Displeasure was evident.

"Well, I'm going to cook first. The director told you to be on duty at night." Zhang Wei also realized that his laughter just now might be a bit hurtful, so he patted Sun Lang on the shoulder and left first.

Sun Lang took a sip of water, looked at the blue phone screen with no signal, and smiled self-deprecatingly.The advance team to Tibet, the spirit of Karakoram, has been learned repeatedly since the first day of recruits, but after enjoying the blessings for a few months, they made themselves delicate.

After packing up and having dinner, Sun Lang put on his heavy military coat and prepared to patrol.When it comes to dinner, Zhang Wei's cooking is really good. Although it is just a big porcelain bowl with half a bowl of rice, there are two dishes on it, one vinegared Chinese cabbage and one stewed beef with radish. It is not beautiful but delicious.

Patrolling with Sun Lang was a local soldier named Yangjin Tashi. He was a young man with dark and red skin, and his teeth looked particularly white when he smiled.He didn't talk much, and after wandering around half a circle, he knew his name and age.

After nightfall, the temperature of Payang was terribly low. Although he kept walking, he couldn't feel the temperature of his feet. So, under the pretext of drinking a cup of hot water, Sun Lang went to the boiler room to warm up.

"It's cold, isn't it?"

Sun Lang had just sat in front of the boiler to warm up when he heard voices behind him.Looking back at Zhang Wei, he looked at him with a smile, holding a cup filled with hot water in his hand.