Speaking of sensation, Jiang Jun was stunned.
In this time and space, she seemed to have no connection with any of her family members.
Her former family and current family only flashed in her memory occasionally.
What went wrong?
Before she could think about it, the voice of the cavalry company commander Bater came from afar: "Ah! The female general is here!"
Seeing the tall horse, Jiang Jun forgot to salute and waved happily as ordinary people would greet him: "Captain Bater!"
It’s a pity that she can’t ride a horse because there are so many people.
The two groups approached and greeted each other.
Engineer Fan was delighted: "We've found a good spot for digging a well. Once winter comes, I'll bring some people over and dig a big well!"
Jiang Jun didn't understand: "Why wait until winter?"
It's so cold in winter! The ground is frozen solid. Digging a well is so hard! Is it really because submitting a report and getting it approved takes so long? Isn't that too bureaucratic?
Engineer Fan smiled and said, "After winter comes, the soil will freeze hard, and then we can dig deeper!"
There were no more advanced tools in this era, so we could only follow the will of nature and make full use of all the laws of nature.
On the grassland, stones can only be found in the mountains, and digging a well requires almost the entire village.
In the 1960s, herders on the grasslands were almost all nomadic peoples.
It was only after the first year's snowstorm that these herders began to accept semi-settlement and started to learn from the Han people to build houses with adobe bricks on the grassland.
The border defense company and the new recruits' camp also participated in disaster relief efforts during last year's snowstorm, helping many of the affected herders.
Engineer Fan was inspecting the grasslands everywhere because he received instructions from his superiors to build more wells for the herders on the grasslands to help them move from nomadic grazing to semi-settlement and then to settlement.
Not to mention the lack of sufficient tools, even sufficient manpower is needed.
Fortunately, both the herdsmen and the soldiers are able to endure hardships.
Jiang Jun was stunned and fell silent.
Even fifty years later, not every corner has been urbanized, and many environmentalists still strongly demand that the extremely rare undeveloped original ecology be protected as much as possible.
Hu Dali, who was standing by, was glad that the female soldiers were called to the shore by the instructor. If they were seen by the people in the cavalry company, it would be difficult to explain.
Engineer Fan pointed to the other side of the distant hill and gestured as if a well full of water had already been built there. "Luckily, Captain Bater took me there to look. If I had to look for it on my own, I would have wasted two more days!"
Bater laughed heartily and said, "I've been walking on this grassland since I was a child. I know exactly where there's water and where it rains before there's water!"
Jiang Yun asked Zhang Gong, "Is this the connection between Captain Bater and the grassland?"
After listening to Zhang Gong's explanation, Bater laughed again and said, "My ability (to identify water sources) is nothing. There are people on our prairie who can tell where there is water and where the grass is growing well just by listening to the sound of the wind, wrinkling their noses and smelling it."
Those people are old herdsmen with decades of grazing experience.
Jiang Jun was fascinated by what he heard. Wow, under the blue sky and white clouds, cattle and sheep can be seen on the grass with the wind blowing, and herdsmen are riding their horses leisurely. This place is really a paradise!
Guo Heping invited Bater and the others to visit the new recruits' camp: "I haven't thanked you for last time, so why don't you stop by for a meal and take a look at our camp construction."
A large group of people returned to the camp in a lively manner.
Bater and his team did not tie up the horses, but let them walk freely around the camp.
Chen Yuefei was so excited that he ran over and walked around the tall horse, unable to stop looking at it.
Those war horses are also spiritual.
They will not hide when they see people in military uniforms, but they will not docilely allow others to ride them either. War horses usually recognize their owners.
One of Bater's men, a cavalryman named Eli, deliberately teased Chen Yuefei: "If you like, you can consider joining our cavalry company!"
Chen Yuefei rolled his eyes. He wasn't a stupid kid. His father was in charge of the soldiers. Whether he could go or not had nothing to do with his liking for the ride. What he was thinking about now was riding a horse: "Can you let me touch it? No riding, just holding it for a walk is fine."
Third Platoon Leader Wu Jianguo mercilessly exposed him: "Chen Yuefei, you just got released from confinement, and you want to escape on horseback again?"
Chen Yuefei's smile froze on his face, and he rolled his eyes at her murderously: "Even if I knock your jaw off, I won't run away!"
Damn it, if you don’t tear people down, you’ll tear them down everywhere! Anyway, he’s not the squad leader anymore, so he immediately pushed back.
Wu Jianguo put his hands on his hips and said, "Wow! That's awesome! Just try to knock me on the chin! Come on, stop looking at the horses and get back to work. I'm waiting for you to move bricks!"
Chen Yuefei looked back at his brothers who had already started working and hesitated for a moment. He had not yet touched the horse.
Eli smiled, led his horse over, and threw the reins to him: "Take my horse and walk a few steps."
Chen Yuefei was so proud and happy. If he were here now, he would definitely be able to take hundreds of photos with a selfie stick.
Jiang Jun walked over confidently, greeted Eli, and pointed to the training equipment for the male soldiers on the large parade ground. He asked, "During your cavalry company training, do you usually ride horses and jump over obstacles?"
Eli had a special fondness for this "female general." If she were in his cavalry company, he would definitely take this little female soldier with him and teach her how to climb obstacles: "Of course, one-meter-high obstacles, two-meter-wide sand pits, you have to practice them!"
Jiang Jun asked again, "I've seen in movies that some people don't even sit when riding horses, they just stand on their backs. Can you do that too?"
Eli grinned widely. "Standing on a horse's back takes practice. We have to step on the stirrups to stand. It's just like when you ride a bike, you step on the stirrups while standing."
Chen Yuefei walked around with the horse and came back, just in time to hear this sentence: "If you can ride a bike, you can also ride a horse?"
Eli nodded: "Yeah!"
Just as he was about to say something, he saw Jiang Jun blinking at him repeatedly. He suddenly realized that he had almost let the cat out of the bag and quickly changed his words: "If it were that easy, the cavalry company wouldn't only recruit Mongolians. We have all been riding horses since we were young. We were born and raised on horseback."
In fact, Jiang Jun didn't want to tell anyone that she could ride a horse. Secondly, she knew Chen Yuefei's temper, and he might secretly find a way to ride a horse.
Her theory that if you can ride a bicycle, you can also ride a horse is totally misleading.
Jiang Jun turned around and said, "Chen Yuefei, the third platoon leader is watching you!"
Chen Yuefei stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, I'll leave now!"
Eli's shoulders were shaking with laughter. This new recruit dared to talk back to the platoon leader, but he became obedient when he saw the "female general".
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