After Tian Mei left, Yan Jinqi held the water cup and carefully read her name, Tian Mei?
She is indeed Tiantian’s sister, but why do I always feel that this name is familiar?
But she didn't know anyone named Tian Mei.
She stayed in the camp for two days before she realized that this was a temporary camp built by an engineering corps to build a dam. Other people also lived in tents or mud houses, and some even slept in the open air.
The captain of the engineering corps who rescued her was called Ling Dawei, a tall, strong man with a loud and rough voice. He was a straight-forward man with an upright appearance, and both of them were several years older than her.
Ling Dawei only spoke a few words to her and briefly asked about her physical condition.
She accidentally discovered that there was some ambiguous atmosphere between Ling Dawei and Tian Mei. After asking the soldier next to her, she found out that they were a couple and had already given birth to a boy who was six or seven years old.
She felt that the couple was a good match. One was tall and strong, the other was beautiful and sweet. Both of them were cheerful and good-looking. They looked very young, and the baby they had would definitely be a handsome one.
Under Tian Mei's careful care, she recovered quickly.
However, her application to return to her original unit was never received, and her comrades were hunted down by spies, leaving her the only one who survived.
She felt something was amiss. The operation was supposed to be top secret, so how could it have been discovered so easily? Furthermore, the spies were wearing our military uniforms, indicating they had already infiltrated. If she couldn't return to her original unit, the mission would fail, and the confidential documents would be leaked, with disastrous consequences.
But there was nothing she could do now but wait.
The camp where the dam was being built was cold, but there was not much food, and it was quiet, making it a good place to recuperate.
The engineers were all very motivated. Although there was not much food in the camp, Captain Ling would find a way to get something from the mountains or rivers every day to satisfy everyone's cravings.
Sometimes fellow villagers would come and give us some food.
Now that she was so poor, she couldn't help but think of the fine clothes and delicious food at home. Although there were no delicacies from land and sea, it was still much better than the thin sorghum and millet porridge here.
But joining the army is her life ambition, so this little hardship is nothing.
Her second and third brothers have died in the battlefield. She only hopes that she can carry on their last wishes and become a female soldier to serve the motherland. Of course, it would be best if she could survive and return home.
She missed her parents, her eldest brother and her fifth brother.
"Q61, what are you thinking about? Are you missing home?" Tian Mei came over with a jar and handed her a cornmeal cake.
She took it and said, "Thank you, Sister Tian. I wasn't thinking about anything. I was just looking at the dam. I wonder when it will be completed? How long will your construction period be?"
Tian Mei took a bite of her own steamed bun and answered vaguely, "It still takes a month. It's not spring yet, and the ice and snow upstream will melt after spring."
"Every year when the rainy season comes, floods come here and the crops are soaked. The people suffer a lot. In recent years, there have been famines and poor harvests. Even the crops we planted were flooded. We need to repair it as soon as possible so that we can plant crops in the spring without being flooded. Over there, to the east, they are also working on flood discharge measures. They will probably be completed a little later than ours."
Yan Jinqi looked in the direction Tian Mei pointed and saw that they were indeed digging a separate reservoir. "So if we release the flood water, we can store the water and use it when it dries up?"
"Smart! The weather here is quite bad, either floods or droughts. This way, we can achieve a balance and grow crops well."
"I see! Hey, Sister Tian, I heard that you and Captain Ling have been married for many years?"
Tian Mei blushed a little and fiddled with the long braid on her shoulder. "Yes, we got married early, and our eldest son is already six years old."
Yan Jinqi smiled. "That's great. To be honest, you don't look older than me at all. I thought you were the same age as me. Sister Tian, have you and Captain Ling always been in the Engineering Corps? I don't think you studied medicine, so why are you taking care of patients here?"
"Hey, you young girl have a sharp eye. That's right, we're actually not from the engineering corps. We both used to be armed. We served in the battlefield and met on the border. There was a shortage of military doctors and nurses back then, and there weren't many female soldiers. The few female soldiers there simply learned some first aid knowledge. Later, when he was injured, I happened to be bandaging him. As we chatted, we discovered we were from the same hometown, and that's how we slowly connected."
"Then why are you two here with the engineers? It seems like you have nothing in common."
Tian Mei smiled and took a bite of her steamed bun. "Maybe it's because of Dawei's amazing talent as an engineer. He's a natural at reading blueprints, so he doesn't need to learn. He's also very capable in practical operations and is a great leader. Plus, he was seriously injured after the battle. If he didn't join the engineering corps, he'd have to go back home and farm. But we're both so young, and he's interested in these things, so he followed the advice from above and joined the engineering corps. As for me, it's only natural that I followed."
Yan Jinqi looked at Tian Mei's sunny face and knew that this must be the charm of love.
Although she doesn't understand love and has no one she likes.
However, she hopes that if she can return home alive, she can find someone who understands her feelings, just like Tian Mei and Ling Dawei.
Three days later, she received a telegram from her former unit.
He said someone would come to pick her up in two days and asked her to stay there.
Now that she has completely recovered, she believes that she cannot eat the food of the Engineering Corps and her fellow villagers for free.
I also rolled up my sleeves to help with the work.
Working, chatting and singing with everyone, I felt that time passed very quickly, but I was also very happy.
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