Ren Wangwang's heart skipped a beat. He looked carefully and saw that Qiao Xuejun was so tense that he could not even breathe. His forehead was covered in sweat, which was dripping down in large drops.
I didn’t see Teacher Qiao sweating just now. How come he sweated so much in just two or three breaths?
According to the facial expressions and movements that Ren Wangwang had learned, this was almost a sign of a panic attack.
This is frightening.
It’s over. Don’t let this scare you into any problems.
Ren Wangwang didn't dare to breathe, and anxiously whispered to comfort him: "Teacher Qiao, it's not that dangerous. Don't be afraid. The captain has climbed more dangerous places before."
Qiao Xuejun couldn't hear anything, and she looked down the cliff with her pupils dilated.
Finally, the people below dug out the plant with its roots and put it into the pocket of the tactical vest. He climbed up twice, grabbed the rope again, and tied it to his safety ring.
Only after seeing the rope being tied again did Qiao Xuejun breathe a sigh of relief.
It's safe.
She sat back and her whole body relaxed. She realized that she was so nervous that she was sweating all over. She subconsciously pulled the mask down a little to make her breathing smoother.
It was not until Zhao Xian climbed up from the bottom of the mountain and jumped onto the edge of the cliff that Qiao Xuejun touched his chest and finally caught his breath.
Zhao Xian walked towards her: "Teacher Qiao, how is it, what I just did..."
Qiao Xuejun suddenly raised her eyes to look at him, climbed up from the ground, rushed over to grab the rope tied to his safety belt, and asked: "Zhao Xian, what are you doing? Why did you untie the rope?"
The safety ring and buckle were jingling as Qiao Xuejun pulled them.
Qiao Xuejun pulled the safety belt around his waist tighter.
Zhao Xian looked at her with some surprise.
Qiao Xuejun held the safety buckle in her hand, trembling slightly, and pulled him two steps inside, far away from the cliff. She said sternly: "Are you tired of living on such a high cliff?"
Fifty or sixty meters, almost as high as more than ten floors. What if something happens? What if it falls? If it falls, won't it be broken into pieces and can't be put together again?
Zhao Xian looked into her eyes. Her brows were furrowed, and the anger in her eyes was obvious, with the corners of her eyes turning red with anger.
"Ask you, speak!"
Zhao Xian reached out and held Qiao Xuejun's still trembling hand, which was still holding the safety ring. "It's okay. The cliff is not as steep as you think."
"Is it steep or not? I don't have eyes to see!" Qiao Xuejun couldn't accept this explanation at all. "You are still lying. Deputy Captain Ren clearly said that there was a longer rope and we could just change it. Why didn't you come up to change it? Why did you have to untie the rope?"
Qiao Xuejun was rarely angry. Zhao Xian was at a loss for what to do. He could only take out the seedling of the plant from the pocket on the chest of his tactical vest and held it in front of Qiao Xuejun: "Here, look, this doesn't seem to be a bean."
Qiao Xuejun's eyes moved to the plant, and then quickly fell on him: "Just to pick this, you take such a risk? If there is one here, there will be one somewhere else. We don't need this one! Staying alive is the most important thing!"
She said, "Even if there isn't any, I can still cultivate cold-resistant types with the germplasm resources in the seed bank in a few years! Do I need you to show off your strength to me? You are going to help me pick things, so who will be held responsible if something goes wrong?"
Zhao Xian held her hands tightly with his other hand and said soothingly, "I know my limits."
How to untie the safety rope at the bottom of the cliff?
"Captain Zhao, Colonel Zhao, Lord Zhao, yes, you are awesome, you are amazing," Qiao Xuejun was so angry that she laughed, "You are a god, a saint, a cat with nine tails!"
Zhao Xian vaguely felt that Qiao Xuejun's anger came from nervousness and fear.
He could only sincerely reflect: "I was inconsiderate. Don't be angry, Teacher Qiao." Zhao Xian said softly, "I won't do it again next time."
When Qiao Xuejun heard his assurance, the panic in her heart began to subside. She lowered her head to hide her overly excited emotions.
Zhao Xian didn't move. He put the plant in his hand aside, reached out and patted Qiao Xuejun's vest awkwardly with a soothing force.
"Zhao Xian." Qiao Xuejun still kept her head down and called his name softly.
Zhao Xian felt her tug at the safety rope around his waist again, this time the movement was much lighter: "Yeah."
Her voice came slowly: "I know that as the manager of the base, you have a heavy responsibility and want to be in charge of everything. But human energy is always limited."
"Huh?" Zhao Xian almost didn't react. Why did Qiao Xuejun's words suddenly turn in this direction?
Her voice was still low: "You are very strong, yes. But as long as we are human, there will be things that we cannot do. Many things cannot be accomplished in a day or two. Don't be stubborn, don't force yourself. Don't be anxious, we will take it slowly."
Zhao Xian: “…Yeah.”
After hearing what Qiao Xuejun said, he looked down at the person standing in front of him, his eyes moved slightly, and his eyes were complicated. He didn't expect Qiao Xuejun to say such a thing.
Don't push yourself too hard...? He rarely heard such words. Zhao Xian didn't feel that it was too hard, he was doing what he should do.
Just from Qiao Xuejun's words, he felt as if a flame had melted in his heart.
Wasn't she still angry just now? Now she can care about him again.
In an instant, Zhao Xian felt so soft-hearted. How could there be such a lovely person?
After Qiao Xuejun finished what she wanted to say, she raised her head and looked at Zhao Xian.
She loosened her hands and no longer held the safety ring on Zhao Xian's waist. She lowered her eyes and looked at the plant on the ground next to her. She bent down, picked it up, and looked at it carefully.
The whole grass is about forty to fifty centimeters long, with dense roots grasping the soil. Its leaves are narrow and long, and the stems are thick. It has already produced ears, which are long and densely arranged, and the grains are relatively large and full.
She judged: "This material looks like a wild species closely related to rye." Like wild rye in the mountains.
It's not a bean. The bean pod-like thing I saw before should be a wheat ear. It was too far away and I couldn't see it clearly.
Zhao Xian: "Black wheat?"
"Dark brown." Qiao Xuejun nodded, then shook her head, "But black wheat and rye are two different varieties."
As Qiao Xuejun spoke, he picked up the rye and walked back to his backpack. He took out a plastic bag from it, put the roots of the rye into the plastic bag, and then put it into his hiking backpack.
Be careful and cherish it, and try your best to protect the rye.
She buried her head in packing her backpack without even looking at Zhao Xian: "Lord, untie my climbing rope and give it back to me. I'm going somewhere else."
There is a high probability that there are other cliffs as well.
Zhao Xian reached out and untied the rope on the safety ring. He looked at Qiao Xuejun who was sorting her backpack over there, and suddenly paused, then tied the rope that was almost untied again.
"Teacher Qiao." He walked to Qiao Xuejun's side.
Qiao Xuejun still didn't look at him: "What?"
Zhao Xian cleared his throat and said helplessly, "I can't untie the rope."
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