Chapter 41 A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

Xia Zhi helped them untie the ropes.

Zhao Hong and the other four were disheveled, their faces were purple, and they looked a little dull and dazed.

Seeing their miserable appearance, Xia Zhi couldn't say anything.

This is the reclamation area, it's not so beautiful here, the cruel life here is that after leaving certain areas, no one can stop it.

Zhou Zhengan led his comrades to dig a pit and bury the male comrade guarding the monument with a look of grief and indignation.

A new pile of soil was solemnly raised next to the boundary monument.

In recent years, the comrades guarding the boundary monument have died too quickly because the foreign devils on the other side of the border line made small moves from time to time.

The injured female comrade was bandaged, but she was still unconscious and had to be rushed back as soon as possible.

The four female educated youth were scared to death.

There was no spare space when the camel came.

Only three female educated youth could be taken back.

One person could not go back.

But now Zhao Hong and the others were already terrified, holding the hands of the young soldiers tightly.

"Don't leave us, please, don't leave us."

"We won't run away again, we won't run away again."

"I can't stay here, I can't stay here anymore."

The four female educated youth cried heartbreakingly.

One look at the situation shows that they must not leave the four people behind, otherwise they will probably have a mental breakdown.

Zhou Zhengan jumped off the camel.

"Xiao Wei, you take them back, you are familiar with this road, I will stay here. When you go back, drive over to pick me up."

This is at the border.

In any case, they have to leave someone here.

Xiao Wei complained a little, the captain had been tired for so long, but he left the captain here alone.

At this time, Xia Zhi also jumped off the camel.

"You go back, Captain Zhou and I will wait for you to pick you up."

Xia Zhi couldn't bear to leave Zhou Zhengan here alone. This is the border. If something happens, no one can guarantee it.

After all, the two of them were friends, and Zhou Zhengan treated him as a real friend.

After all, he had eaten so much of his meal, and he couldn't just leave his friend here alone.

When Xiao Wei and the others heard this, their eyes couldn't help but become more interesting.

"Okay, Captain, we'll go back first, and you and Comrade Xiao Xia will wait here for us to pick you up."

Everyone knew that the captain treated Xiao Xia differently from others.

If they had thought it was incredible that the captain liked Xiao Xia, a female educated youth from the city, after all, city women were just delicate and incompetent to them.

The first place in trouble.

Although the ratio of men to women here was unbalanced, for the four female educated youths like Zhao Hong, no one would probably hit on them.

No one wanted to marry a wife who would be troubled when they got home.

At this moment, they suddenly understood the advantages of Xiao Xia, and even they could see it, not to mention that the captain was still the captain, who was really strong, and really took the initiative.

A group of young men laughed and got on the camel.

With the help of the comrades beside them, the four female educated youths including Zhao Hong also got on the camels.

They left without looking back, and never wanted to return to this place in this life.

Everything here was a nightmare for them.

Zhou Zhengan and Xia Zhi waved at the backs of the departing figures.

"Someone just died here, aren't you afraid to stay?"

Zhou Zhengan said as he cleaned up the house.

Xia Zhi smiled, rolled up his sleeves and joined the cleanup.

"No fear! The one who died was our comrade, he left his life here forever, guarding the border for us. I am not afraid of our comrades."

This kind of thing happened in the previous life, and there are all kinds of things on the border.

She is not afraid of ghosts.

If she is afraid, she is afraid of living people.

Xia Zhi used a broom to sweep away the fallen leaves next to the wooden house.

Zhou Zhengan had taken off his outer uniform.

He was wearing only the green fleece coat inside, swinging an axe to chop firewood.

Xia Zhi carried the firewood that had been chopped next to him into the house and lit the stove in the house.

The weather was too cold. This was not a cave, but the cabin was full of wind and air. If the firewood was not lit, the two of them would probably freeze to death in two or three hours.

The temperature had dropped to nearly 20 degrees below zero these two nights.

The two of them worked together in a tacit understanding.

Xia Zhi touched her stomach. She had only eaten a bun. She had not eaten anything since she went out, and she had almost eaten it all.

Looking at Zhou Zhengan's back outside the window, it was obvious that Zhou Zhengan was also starving.

Zhou Zhengan had a big appetite and could eat several times more than others in one meal.

He rummaged through the cabinet against the wall and found half a bag of flour, a jar of sauerkraut and dried vermicelli, as well as some potatoes and cabbage.

There should be a dozen eggs in the basket, but they were all eaten by the old man. Two or three eggs were broken and spread out in the basket.

Seeing the clean and tidy cabinet, Xia Zhi knew that the couple who lived here should be hardworking people.

I couldn't help but feel sad when I thought about it. I looked at the boundary marker outside. In fact, there were several graves behind the boundary marker.

They were all comrades who sacrificed their lives to guard the boundary marker.

They used their lives to build this defense line for the motherland.

Zhou Zhengan was sweating all over. He carried all the chopped firewood back to the house and placed it against the wall so that he didn't have to go out at night.

In fact, he didn't have to go out at night. It was already the second half of the night.

He wiped the sweat off his forehead with a towel and saw Xia Zhi fiddling with batter on the fire.

"What are you doing?"

"Aren't you hungry? Let's make some food. Anyway, they won't be able to come for a while."

It took several hours to get here. It would probably take several hours to get back. It would take some time to drive to pick them up.

Xia Zhi pointed to the big pot on the stove.

The earthen stove has two pots. Vermicelli has been cooked in the other pot. He will stir-fry some pickled cabbage vermicelli and add some homemade egg pancakes.

Of course, if conditions permit, he might be able to make some hot mixed soup.

When Zhou Zhengan heard about eating, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face. It was a kind of joy as if he was about to meet his lover.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but laugh. Sometimes he couldn't understand Zhou Zhengan.

Why is Zhou Zhengan so obsessed with food? Is Captain Zhou also a foodie?

But no matter what the reason is, she is ready to fill her own stomach and Captain Zhou's stomach.

The hot egg pancakes were served on the table, and the pickled cabbage and vermicelli were placed on the side.

Xia Zhi also served the mixed soup in the bowl.

"I don't know how many egg pancakes you can eat. Now I have baked 12 pieces. I will eat two pieces. The remaining ten are all yours. If it's not enough, there is still batter to make."

Zhou Zhengan stretched his neck to look at the batter left on the stove.

"Or make all of them. I'm hungry. I can probably eat a cow."

Xia Zhi...