The early morning is the coldest time of day, and the temperature difference between day and night is large in the Northwest, so it is estimated to be at least minus ten degrees Celsius at this time.

Wang Tianxiao was wearing cotton gloves, cotton shoes, and special warm leg warmers wrapped around his legs. He also wore a cotton hat and a cotton mask, almost fully armed, but he still felt cold.

The biting northwest wind, mixed with unmelted snowflakes, stung his face like needles, and soon his face became numb with cold, as if it were a door panel, not belonging to him.

My hands started to feel numb from the cold, then painful, and then itchy, which was very uncomfortable. And because I was pedaling the bicycle so hard, my sweater was soaked with sweat...

A hellish experience.

But Wang Tianxiao only got off to push a short distance when his feet were so cold that they lost all feeling. He persevered the rest of the time, and despite the difficulties, he rode the nearly 100-kilometer journey to the destination by 11 p.m.

Because it was too late, he didn't go to the forest farm station and went straight back to his place.

Before we even reached the entrance, we saw two figures rushing towards us like lightning from the mountain road.

These were the two dogs that accompanied her on her mountain patrols.

Both dogs were wolfhounds, also called wolfhounds here. They were covered in a uniform mix of black and yellow, and looked somewhat like wolves, but were stronger and similar in size.

These two dogs are siblings, born to the same mother.

The older sister, named Aying, is very domineering and is basically the leader of the dozens of patrol dogs in the forest. No matter how fierce the other dogs are, they will tuck their tails between their legs when they see Aying.

Ah Ying only has one ear; the other was bitten off when she was a kitten by a leopard. But instead of being affected by having only one ear, she became even more ferocious.

He is Wang Tianxiao's most reliable partner.