Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 482, Arrival

Yang Xiaole was carrying a roll of canvas, which was just one of them. After all, there were several tents, and each tent had several sheets of canvas.

"Hey, Xiaole, do you think we'll run into a wolf soon?"

As soon as I left the gathering place in the town, I heard Wang Laoer asking questions there.

There was no fear on his face, but excitement instead.

Wang Laoer's hand was broken, so he was the most relaxed one in the team.

Even the women carried sticks, one for transportation and the other for self-defense.

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole looked around and smiled: "There must be wolves nearby. Whether you can encounter one depends on your luck."

Wolves are distributed basically all over the country, and this place is near the mountains, so how could there be no wolves?

He'd seen it all before.

But not much.

However, the Northeastern wolf is also a medium-to-large wolf among wolves.

Feng Aijun was carrying two thick wooden sticks. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It's just right that you're here. It's just the right time to have a snack."

This time, there was no need to gather urgently and run forward like before. Although we were carrying things, it was much more relaxing.

At this time, people were walking and eating on the road.

After all, it's dark now.

"That's right, when friends come, we have good wine; when jackals come, we have shotguns."

The others were also chatting there with a smile on their faces.

"Xiao Le, it's getting dark now, be careful, don't let any of you educated youth fall behind."

While he was thinking, Xie Honglin came over with a torch and asked.

When it gets dark, there is a torch every few steps. It is made of wood wrapped in cloth and dipped in a kind of black oil.

I don't know what it is, but it seems to be very resistant to burning.

Yang Xiaole looked at the team and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there won't be any shortage."

It was said that a militia company of educated youth was going to be established, but it was not established after all.

He only had to manage this team of twenty-one educated youth, all of whom were within his scanning range.

It was dark night, and in the mountains.

No matter how excited they were, they still walked in groups of two or three.

Xie Honglin nodded upon seeing this, but he was still worried, so he took a torch and counted the number of people one by one. After making sure that there were a lot of people, he took the torch and left.

As for Captain Xie Hongbing, he naturally had to take care of more than a hundred people in the entire production brigade.

Although we were walking at night, during this special period, we were not allowed to go to the toilet alone.

The class is over, hurry up and catch up.

Even if you need to go to the toilet, you won’t be given more than two minutes.

If it doesn’t work, just cut it off and continue on your way.

Once we entered the mountainous area, the roads became much more difficult to navigate. It was obvious that we were being led by an acquaintance, and the roads we walked on were all mountain roads.

Only a few require climbing over hills 20 to 30 meters high.

After three hours of stumbling and struggling, they passed the mountains and arrived at a river.

The river has frozen over.

The river is only seven or eight meters wide, but the river channels on both sides are quite wide.

Everyone waded across the river, came to the other side, and counted the number of people again.

With more people, it is less likely to fall behind.

But everyone felt uncomfortable.

The temperature during the day may be only minus 20 degrees Celsius, but at night, it is actually minus 30 degrees Celsius.

Not to mention carrying things, just walking for more than three hours with your head hunched is very painful.

While they were gathering to count the number of people, everyone took a break, massaged their arms and legs.

Clean the ice off the brim of your hat.

The water vapor exhaled froze on the hat, and when it reached the eyebrows and hair, it froze there as well.

It looks like ice forming in a refrigerator.

Are you suffering?
It's really suffering.

But that's how people are. When everyone is the same, it doesn't feel so bitter.

Everyone rested for half an hour before setting off again.

Orders came from the front.

"Hey, help me clean it up. The one I just cleaned up is here again."

Wang Lao Er muttered to his younger brother.

Move your face closer.

Wang Laosan took off his gloves, took off the other person's hat and mask, patted them hard, and quickly put them on.

Others did the same thing.

Yang Xiaole looked at the lively crowd around him.

"Hey, aren't you cold?"

While thinking, the educated youth from other production teams whispered something to the educated youth on Yang Xiaole's side.

The words were directed to Wang Laoer.

This is an educated youth from the second team.

They were all shivering with cold.

Wang Laoer and the others nodded in confusion: "It's cold, how can it not be cold? It's more than 30 degrees below zero!"

When the other party heard this, he came over and pinched his clothes.

Then he asked curiously, "That's weird. Your clothes are not thicker than ours! We feel cold to the bone, but you guys are fine."

This made everyone feel strange.

Look at the status of other people.

The militia are better, they are originally from here.

But when these educated youth came, the cotton-padded jackets they brought were not this thick.

The educated youth in the old city were not so bad because it was cold where they lived, so they all brought thick cotton jackets, but they were not warm here.

And for people coming from the south, it is even colder.

These people were a little better when they were walking, but as soon as they stopped, they started to shiver.

Feng Aijun was also puzzled for a moment.

Yes!

Although it feels very cold, it feels almost the same as being in Beijing!

The wind blows on my skin and it hurts so much.

But it doesn’t have to be like this!
Others also noticed something strange, but no one could think of the reason.

Someone did give an answer that wasn't really an answer.

Then I heard Guard Zhao muttering, "We went to the production team and went into the mountains to work a few days ago! We were busy for several days, and while we were busy, you were still lying in bed!"

It means they are used to it.

Others probably mean the same thing.

Yang Xiaole listened to these people chatting and ignored them.

The reason why these educated youth didn't want to go out for more than ten days was because the temperature of more than 30 degrees below zero was too cold and they couldn't bear it when they didn't work.

Unwilling to come out.

As for that time when I was working.

If he had not added a small amount of well water to these people when he started working the next day, several of them might have collapsed.

But the amount of well water he added was not particularly large.

So it's not particularly obvious.

Now when compared with other teams, the gap is obvious.

At this time, he ignored these educated youth. Looking at the dark river beach around him, his brows were frowned.

There seems to be an unknown danger approaching.

The riverbank was covered with snow. Without torches, I could vaguely see far away, but with torches, I couldn't see too far.

Dark under the lamp.

His detection range is only ten meters.

I don't know what dangers are around me.

But there are only a few dangerous situations.

Wolves and tigers.

However, due to the food chain and territory, I caught a nest of tigers, and basically no tigers will appear nearby.

Because the tiger's territory covers hundreds of kilometers.

Then all that's left is the wolf.

"Aijun, I'm going to go to the front, you stay here and watch. I feel there might be danger nearby, please be careful."

With so many people here, it is unlikely that wolves will appear. After all, there are more than 200 people with guns here.

But the educated youth did not.

In this icy and snowy environment, it is possible that the extremely hungry wolves will attack the team.

The educated youth don’t have guns!
It’s not a big problem, after all, there are so many people!

Wear thick clothes, so as long as they don't bite the weak spots, most of the problems shouldn't be serious.

But he still went to the side.

Xie Hongbing and his men were resting there and eating something to eat.

Not sitting down, just stamping my feet.

Seeing Yang Xiaole coming over, he asked curiously: "What's wrong? Can you still bear it?"

Yang Xiaole nodded: "It's okay!"

Then he looked at the dark place nearby and said, "Be careful, I feel there are wolves nearby."

This made Xie Hongbing pause for a moment, "Is it true? Did you see it?"

"No, I felt it! Anyway, we'd better be careful. Even though we have more people and guns, if a wolf really attacks our team, even if we kill it, it won't be good if it bites someone."

Yang Xiaole still reminded him.

After hearing what he said, Xie Hongbing took someone else's torch and looked around.

After a while, he came back and said with a smile: "It's okay. People are afraid of wolves, and wolves are also afraid of people. There are so many of us here! Just don't be alone."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole felt the same way.

With so many people around, the wolf really didn't dare to go.

Nodded: "Okay, anyway, I'll tell you something, just be careful, I'm leaving first!"

After saying that, he watched someone next to him go to the toilet.

Suddenly thinking of something, he said quickly: "The wolf dare not approach, but people who go to the toilet may be in danger. You'd better notify them."

When people go to the toilet, they will definitely go to a dark and secluded place.

Isn’t this a perfect opportunity for the wolf to take action?
Hearing him say this, Xie Hongbing also felt something was wrong.

He quickly shouted to his team: "Be careful when you go to the toilet, there may be wolves nearby."

Afterwards, he gave some instructions to Xie Honglin and the others and walked forward.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole came back immediately.

With Xie Hongbing's notice, even if there are wolves, it won't be a big problem. ...

Director Chen was also holding a tortilla and chewing it hard.

Boiling water turns into ice water in a short while. Although the pancake is covered with cotton clothes, it is not much better.

It's like chewing stones.

Have to chew slowly.

But there is no way, it’s a special period.

When he heard Xie Hongbing's report, he was also puzzled: "We didn't find any wolves, but we felt there were wolves?"

Xie Hongbing nodded: "Yes, that's what he said."

Director Chen chewed something, thought for a moment and said, "Okay, tell everyone to be careful. The militia will follow the educated youth who go to the toilet."

He wasn't particularly worried about the militia.

After all, they all have guns.

But these educated youth were different, they didn’t have guns.

Moreover, if anything happened to the educated youth, he would also be responsible, after all, these people came here in response to the call.

If something goes wrong, how can I explain it to my family?

It's better to be careful.

These words were said to the signalman, one because he was afraid something might happen, the other because he was afraid the person would run away.

Both are considered.

After the signalman ran away, Xie Hongbing left.

Director Chen had just eaten for a while when he heard someone screaming in the dark.

This made him run over immediately.

There were only about 500 militiamen and educated youth in total, so the team was not particularly large.

Because there aren't that many people in the commune here.

The land is vast and the people are sparse.

"Xiao Liu, what's going on?"

Seeing the signalman coming, he hurriedly asked.

Seeing this, the signalman quickly said, "Director Chen, two female educated youth went to the toilet and saw a dark shadow, but it ran away after they shouted. It must be a wolf."

"Nothing happened?"

"no!"

"That's good!"

Director Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he asked, "Did you convey what I just said?"

"It has been conveyed."

Director Chen nodded and said, "Okay, go do your thing, I'll go take a look at the front."

After saying that, he walked forward.

……

"Hey, Xiaole, is there really a wolf?"

Feng Aijun looked at the noise coming from the front and asked curiously.

Yang Xiaole shook his head: "I'm not sure, but it's almost the same! But who knows, there might be something else! What if there's a tiger? Didn't Captain Gao get into trouble a few days ago?"

These words made several people shrink their necks.

Yes, something happened to me a few days ago!
Looking at the dark place, I always feel that there are wild beasts lying in ambush nearby.

The unknown is scary.

If we can see it during the day, even if we encounter a pack of wolves, we don’t have to worry that much, after all, there are a lot of guns in the team!

"Director Chen!"

After a while, Director Chen was seen walking towards this side, and people along the way greeted him.

Director Chen also nodded in response.

After a while, he came to Yang Xiaole and said with a smile: "Yang Xiaole, good! Very alert! How did you find out?"

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this: "It's nothing, actually. I have good ears and I sensed some movement outside. It just felt like something was not right."

It’s hard to explain the feeling.

Fortunately, he has always had an old skill, which is that he has good hearing.

Director Chen nodded when he saw this: "Well, very good! He is a good candidate for joining the army!"

He didn't say much, but smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go take a look ahead and we'll be leaving soon."

Naturally, Yang Xiaole would not try to keep him.

Soon the news of the wolf nearby spread.

Fortunately nothing happened.

After resting for a while, the troops continued their journey.

After what happened before, people were no longer as casual when going to the toilet.

If you can avoid running far, don’t run far.

After crossing a small plain on the river beach, we arrived at the hilly area near the mountains and continued our journey into the mountainous area.

Climbing the mountains and forests late at night.

The journey that was supposed to take three hours took more than six hours.

At around twelve o'clock in the morning, we could clearly feel that we had left the mountains and arrived at the plains.

I don’t know if it was their torches that attracted the attention of the construction corps here.

About half an hour later, some patrolmen came over on the snow. There was a squad in total, but only two or three of them came close.

The two gangs exchanged some ideas, and the other party led the team to a simple snow road that had been cleared.

Rushing along the snowy road towards the northwest.

The people who were patrolling before also left immediately.

Yang Xiaole paid a little attention and found that it was not his sister's company.

Without the coordinates, he didn't know where this place was, nor where Xiaoli's company was.

After more than an hour, as we moved forward, we gradually arrived at a grassland area.

There is basically no tall grass here.

There were only a few small shrubs scattered around.

And here, there are already tents.

"Where are you from?"

When they arrived nearby, they met a patrolman, who pointed a gun at them and asked them a few questions.

But you can get a general idea of ​​the situation without asking.

After some negotiation, we learned that this was the gathering camp.

Everyone waited there, and Director Chen followed the other party to the camp.

It took a long time before he came back.

He led the men to the outskirts and came to a place without tents.

After the leader left, Director Chen gathered everyone together. "Okay, we've arrived. This is our commune's campsite. People from the county have already arrived, but militias from other districts and communes haven't yet. Rest here and set up tents. If you don't know how, go and learn from the militia."

As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Many people threw things on the ground and lay directly on them.

too tired.

A normal person can’t even stand walking for six or seven hours, let alone in such a cold day.

It can really kill people.

Fortunately, everyone arrived safely.

"Don't sleep. If you don't want to die, don't sleep!"

Some militiamen were shouting at the educated youth who were lying down.

He was dragged up by force.

In such a cold day, if you are hungry and cold, it can really kill you.

Director Chen saw this and said, "Don't lie there. It's too cold. If you are injured, let the medical staff take a look."

This journey has not been safe at all.

Although no wolves were encountered, many people fell and some were injured.

The commune’s military department naturally has medical workers. Although their skills may not be very high, at least they exist.

Hearing this, the venue began to become chaotic.

They all pitched their tents there.

Yang Xiaole and his group were naturally there to help.

The wire I brought earlier was used.

Their team was allocated five 5*10 meter tents.

It’s not so easy to pitch tents nowadays.

It took more than forty minutes to finish one tent. Fortunately, several tents were completed at almost the same time.

Waterproof linoleum is laid on the floor.

Standing in the spacious tent, everyone finally felt comfortable.

Although the temperature was still low and it was drafty, it was at least not that cold.

But Yang Xiaole knew that this was an illusion.

Because there is no wind, it doesn’t feel that cold.

If we squeeze together, more than 20 people can sleep in one tent.

The first team where Yang Xiaole was located, and the production teams with fewer people, 5 and 6, together with a total of 25 people, were assigned together.

Place a quilt on the linoleum.

Needless to say, two people shared one bed.

"Hey, Xiaole, make a fire, it's too cold."

Wang Laoer felt the room and finally spoke something.

Yang Xiaole looked around.

Finally he nodded and said, "Okay, you guys stay here, I'll go check and see if there is any."

After saying that, he said hello and went out to ask Director Chen.

Otherwise, at this temperature, something might happen when you wake up tomorrow morning.

The earthen house is well-insulated and has a kang, which makes it comfortable to sleep in winter.

Now there is only a simple tent and a quilt, but it is still too cold.

Before he could find Director Chen, he met Xie Hongbing.

I was told that some stone coal had been delivered in advance, so I went to get ten pounds of it and tried to start a fire myself.

Yang Xiaole was not too surprised. There was a large coal field in He G with an annual output of tens of millions of tons and a reserve of 30 billion tons.

It's just in the southeast of the city.

The rural areas here all have coal quotas, and coal is much more durable than wood.

But no one uses it. One reason is that it is too expensive, and another is that cutting trees and burning firewood has become a habit after so many years.

(End of this chapter)