Chapter 1260 Veteran

Volunteers and local villagers who have entered the mountain once before are already waiting at the entrance. According to them, the mountain road is not too long, but the most difficult thing is that there is a natural moat in the middle, with mountains on both sides, and a wide road in the middle. The river is more than 50 meters long, and there is no bridge between the two mountains, only two steel cables. Anyone entering the mountain, except for helicopters, can only enter and exit through these two steel cables.

Although Li Mu had been prepared for a long time, only after following these people into the mountain did he realize the hardships here. The mountain road has not been systematically repaired, and the slightly gentler places are almost hard soil that is completely stepped on by feet, and the steeper ones Some traces of artificial repairs can be seen in some places, but it is only to make some of the foot pits deeper and flatter, so as to prevent people from slipping on the soles of their feet when climbing.

According to the guide, although the villagers in the mountains rely on this road to get in and out of the mountain, even they are not sure of absolute safety. Every year, people are injured on this road, ranging from sprains to fractures. For the mountain people, If you break your leg on this road, you will basically not be able to get out of the mountain in the first half of the year.

This is the first time for Li Mu to walk this kind of difficult mountain road. To be honest, he is an old man in his early twenties, and it is extremely difficult to walk such a mountain road. It is hard to imagine how the old people here can get out of the mountain.

Fortunately, there are still these soldiers who have been tempered through hard work. They can guarantee that each of them can carry fifteen kilograms of weight on this kind of mountain road. In addition to some equipment, they also brought some grain and oil for the elderly. Unable to persuade the old man to go down the mountain, Li Mu himself is not sure, these grains and oils are a record, at least it can stop the old man from worrying about food.

Li Mu's hometown is on the eastern coast. Although it is not an economically developed area, it is generally acceptable. The poverty he saw with his own eyes before was nothing more than living in slums, thrift, careful planning, and at most, ragged clothes. But when he was in the southwest Deep in the mountains, he realized what real poverty is when he was walking hard on the mountain road that was not a road.

Real poverty is the kind of reality that makes people fall into despair at a glance.

In this kind of mountain where even a bicycle can't get out, Li Mu put himself in, and all he can think of is despair.

What surprised Li Mu was that Liu Xinxin, who was walking with him, didn't seem to be struggling so much. Her movements were exceptionally neat, sometimes much more dexterous than him.

Li Mu was surprised at first, but soon he thought of one thing and he was relieved. Liu Xinxin is an amazing woman, she has been to the North and South Poles, and she is someone who wants to climb Mount Everest. Climbing this kind of mountain road should be a piece of cake. Compared with her, I am inferior. I really have never participated in that kind of challenging outdoor activities, and I have never had such experience.

The group climbed for an hour on the mountain road, and finally gradually climbed to the top. When they reached the top of the mountain, the first thing Li Mu saw were the two ziplines that spanned the two mountains. The ziplines were steel cables thicker than thumbs. , fixed on the top of the two sides of the mountain, it happened that a villager was holding a lamb and was sliding over the opposite mountain. Li Mu was panting and observed carefully, only to find that there were two pulleys side by side on the top of the zipline. The rope used for fixing is to tie yourself to the rope when crossing the river, and then drag the steel rope with your hands a little bit to let the pulley move forward.

Before he got close, Li Mu had already heard the sound of huge waves, like the opening of a hydroelectric power station, and the momentum was extremely loud. He couldn't hear clearly at all. When he came to him and looked down, Li Mu could clearly see the turbulent river water, which was flowing extremely fast and tumbling with sand and sand, which made people feel awe.

A volunteer from the province said loudly in Li Mu's ear, "Mr. Li, the Nu River is right below."

Li Mu suddenly realized: "No wonder I always feel that I have seen this kind of battle somewhere. I remembered it when you mentioned Nujiang. I learned it in junior high school geography class."

The volunteer smiled slightly and said: "In the eyes of those of us from outside the mountain, this is a rare scenery.

But in the eyes of the locals, this is the mother river, and it is also a natural moat that blocks them from the outside world. For such a zipline, there is a town on the side of the zipline, and a dozen primitive villages deep in the mountains on the other side. Mountain residents with a radius of more than ten kilometers share this zipline to get in and out of the mountain, but even if they go out of the mountain, they can only go to the town where we stopped just now. Thinking of the county town, they have to walk dozens of kilometers to get out. There are no buses here. In the town, some people ride motor tricycles to carry passengers, and some people drive cattle to carry passengers. After walking for dozens of kilometers, it is really out of the mountain. "

Li Mu nodded lightly. More than a dozen villages use this zipline to enter and exit the mountain, with a radius of more than ten kilometers. That is to say, the farthest village in the mountain has to walk more than ten kilometers to reach the mountain. Well, more than ten kilometers on flat land is nothing, but in such a big mountain, I am afraid that it will take at least half a day to get there, right?

Calculated in this way, one day may not be enough time for the villagers to go out to the mountains...

Just as he was thinking, Liu Xinxin waved to Li Mu from the end of the zipline, "Mr. Li, we've crossed the river!"

Li Mu once played zipline in the mountain scenic area around Yanjing, and the feeling of sliding down the mountainside while hanging on the zipline was particularly refreshing. To a certain extent, Li Mu liked that kind of exciting feeling, But today Li Mu was full of awe, tied himself up tightly, and then dragged the zipline forward with both hands.

Since the heights of the mountains on both sides are similar, there is basically no drop between the two ziplines, so no matter whether you are entering or exiting the mountain, you can't just slide down. You have to use your hands to drag it a little bit. How tiring is this thing? Although there is no height difference between the two sides of the cable, the cable is not stretched straight. After the person goes up, the position of the cable is naturally lowered, so it is extraordinarily hard to slide like this. The turbulent waters of the Nujiang River are just under our feet, which makes people feel weak in the bottom of their hearts.

Li Mu only slid halfway, and his arms were already extremely sore. When he finally slid to the opposite side, his arms were so sore that he couldn't feel it.

The slender Li Ziwei, halfway through the slide, hung on the river and cried for ten minutes before she finally gritted her teeth and slid over. While comforting her, Li Mu sighed inwardly, no matter how much money people in the city earn, it is too little , many people complain about the pressure, hardship and social injustice of life every day, but compared with the people living here, they are already many times superior. The young people here, the biggest wish in their life, is probably Get out of the mountains.

The large troops slid across the river in turn, and marched for another hour under the leadership of the guide. When everyone turned over one mountain and stood at the foot of another mountain, the guide pointed to the dozens of sparse houses on the mountainside and said: This is the Baofu Village we are going to, and it takes about 20 minutes to go up the mountain from here."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After more than 20 minutes, victory was already in sight.

The guide introduced: "There are still more than 30 households in the village. The resident population is in the early 100s. Most of them are old and young women and children. There are also some middle-aged laborers suffering from silicosis. Mr. Sun, who we are going to visit, lives in On the easternmost hillside."

Mr. Sun's original name was Sun Xiaozhong. Filial piety means filial piety, and loyal loyalty means loyalty. Since ancient times, it has been said that loyalty and filial piety are not both. I don't know what kind of deep meaning behind the old man's name.

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After more than 20 minutes, the mighty group of more than 20 people finally arrived at Baofu Village. This village has been ruined. The whole village is full of thatched houses, not even a single brick house. The better ones People, having three thatched huts is already very good, and some people even have only one small thatched hut. From the outside, it is impossible for the internal area to exceed ten square meters.

Baofu Village has almost never had outside visitors, and occasionally people from outside the mountain came, and they were all young people who went out to work. This time, so many people from outside the village came, and there were more than a dozen soldiers in military uniforms. Shocked, men, women and children went out one after another, looking at these uninvited guests with horror on their faces. There is no officially appointed village head in this village. Seeing such a big battle, the old man nervously stepped forward to ask Chen Chengwu, who looked the most like an officer, and he said something in his local dialect, but Chen Chengwu couldn't understand it at all. At this time, the guide hurried forward and said to Chen Chengwu: "Is he The village head elected by the village, surnamed Tian, ​​everyone calls him village head Tian, ​​he just asked you if the People’s Liberation Army came to the mountains to arrest fugitives, he said that dozens of People’s Liberation Army came here 20 years ago They searched the mountain for three days and three nights to catch fugitives."

Chen Chengwu hurriedly said to him: "You explain to the old village chief, we are here to see Mr. Sun."

The guide nodded, pointed to the east direction and said a few words to that village chief, who was taken aback for a moment, and then said a few words to him again, the two chatted for a while, only to see that the expression of village chief Tian became more and more surprised, and then it seemed that In a hurry, he slapped his thigh and yelled a few words.

Chen Chengwu asked the guide, "What did the old village chief say?"

The guide said: "The old village chief said that someone came to see Mr. Sun a few days ago and said that he was a great hero who beat Japanese devils before. The villagers didn't believe it. I just told him that Mr. Sun really beat Japanese devils. And it was the Flying Tigers who flew planes to fight devils in the sky. Why didn't the old village chief say such an important thing sooner? Grandpa Sun has spent half his life alone in the village. No one knows that he is a great hero. I know, I have confessed him as my ancestor!"

Chen Chengwu sighed and said, "It's not too late to know now, just tell the old village chief that we have to go and see Mr. Sun first, and then visit him later."

The guide said a few words to the old village head, and the old village head replied immediately. The guide said that the old village head wanted to go together, and Chen Chengwu didn't object, so he called the guide to take everyone there.

When Li Mu came to the hillside at the east end of the village, when he saw the lonely thatched hut, tears almost welled up in his eyes. This thatched hut was really dilapidated. The rotten and broken wood inside seems to be completely blown down by a gust of wind. The door of the thatched house is even more crude, and it is basically nailed randomly by a few crooked branches. There is a fertilizer bag with urea written on it. I don’t know how long that bag has been used, and it is now riddled with holes.

Before everyone reached the door, the old village head shouted twice in an accent that everyone couldn't understand. After a while, the dilapidated door was pushed open from the inside, and a rickety old man with gray hair and beard and ragged clothes was leaning on his shoulders. A walking stick made of tree branches staggered out from the inside. When he saw a dozen soldiers in military uniform standing outside the door, the old man was stunned. After a while, he raised his right hand tremblingly, After a long time, he raised his right hand to his ear with difficulty.

Only at this moment did everyone realize that the old man was actually saluting them as a soldier...