The team members all leaned against the cave wall and fell asleep. Wan Lin turned his head and glanced at the sleeping team members. He quietly stood up and walked to the bushes in front of the cave entrance. Brother Feng Yu, who was on guard, turned around and nodded to Wan Lin. Then he turned back and stared at the surroundings.
Wan Lin looked at the surrounding terrain, turned and walked towards the top of the mountain. On the top of the mountain, snipers Lin Zisheng and Li Ping were lying on both sides of the mountain. They turned their sniper muzzles from time to time to observe the movement in the distance. Wan Lin ran to Lin Zisheng's side and lay down and raised his Pick up the telescope and look around
Surrounded by mountains, puffs of white cooking smoke are rising from the distant hillside. The aroma of rice fills the mountains. Wanlin, who is six or seven kilometers away, seems to smell the aroma.
There are some low houses scattered on the surrounding hillside. It can be vaguely seen that they are built with moso bamboo or forest trees that are abundant in the area. It is from these scattered roofs that the smoke rises.
At the foot of the mountain is a basin surrounded by mountains. In the middle is a spacious mountain road. There are two rows of houses on both sides. On the street, some people wearing local costumes have appeared one after another, some carrying long tools on their backs. Others were walking around the mountains, and some were going in and out of the houses. I don’t know what they were doing. Several carriages were dragging full sacks on the streets and were slowly walking towards the mountains.
The scene in front of him was just as the guide Lao Liu introduced. This is a mountain town. Wan Lin looked at the surrounding hillsides. Suddenly he found that the people walking out of the hillside houses seemed to have weapons on their chests. Wan Lin was shocked and didn't understand why. There are still armed soldiers stationed here. He looked at the surrounding hillsides and saw that the figures walking around were also armed soldiers with weapons on their chests.
This is when he heard a slight noise behind him and turned around to see his guide, Old Liu, bending down and walking over. Old Liu walked to Wan Lin and lay down. Wan Lin asked in a low voice: "Why are there armed men around this town?"
Old Liu took the telescope from Wan Lin's hand and took a look at it and said: "This place already belongs to the Aokun Group's sphere of influence. The rooms in the town below are basically shops selling some daily necessities and also carrying out scattered drug transactions. Behind the surrounding mountains are Some local indigenous tribes make a living by hunting, and even further away there are some farmers who make a living by growing opium poppies.”
He held up the telescope and observed the town for himself and then said: "Because there are often disputes between individual tourists and sellers in scattered drug transactions, Ao Kun stationed a small number of troops in this area. One is to protect the interests of the locals, and the other is to obtain money through tapping." income"
Lao Liu returned the binoculars to Wan Lin, with a trace of worry on his face and said: "There are very few drug traffickers here. It's not a big concern. The point is that the indigenous tribes behind the mountains are extremely tough. They originally used primitive weapons such as knives, guns, and sticks, but now they can't." Equipped with some modern weapons, once they are entangled, it will be a life-or-death situation, and they are extremely united and fearless of death.
He looked at the mountains in the distance and continued: "Many soldiers of the world-famous Gurkha mercenary group were recruited from them. These people are good at fighting and respect the strong. We should try to avoid interacting with them when passing by their territory. create conflict”
Wan Lin nodded and then said to Lin Zisheng: "Be more vigilant." He turned around and took Lao Liu back to the cave.
When everyone woke up from their deep sleep, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. Lao Liu opened his eyes and saw the sunlight outside the cave slanting into the cave, just shining on the team members who were leaning against the wall opposite.
Lao Liu took a closer look at the team members huddled together across from him and was surprised to find that the dozen team members opposite him were actually women. Everyone stared at the red flowers in their hands with wide eyes. From time to time, they put the red flowers to their noses and smelled them vigorously.
Yesterday, he had been marching in dense forests and dark mountain roads. He only found a few female soldiers in the team, but he did not notice that there were so many female soldiers in the team. He had a question in his mind: "How come there are so many female soldiers in this group?" What kind of army are people?”
He looked at the female soldiers opposite and suddenly laughed. These female soldiers had obviously secretly picked a few beautiful flowers when they passed by the sea of flowers last night. Although they were dressed in military uniforms, they could not hide the beauty-loving nature of these girls.
At this time, Wu Xueying on the opposite side saw Lao Liu opening his eyes and looking at her side with a smile, holding up the red flower in his hand and asking: "Uncle Liu, what kind of flower is this? Why is it so beautiful?"
People around her covered their mouths and laughed when they heard her calling them "uncle". Old Liu looked at her with a smile and said: "Hahaha, it's not a loss for you to call me uncle. My girl should be as tall as you. I haven't seen her in many years." She is dead." There was a sense of loss in her words.
Wen Meng's heart twitched suddenly. She suddenly thought of her father. Why wasn't his father like this? She understood better the sufferings of these old national security soldiers. For the sake of the safety of the country, these people had long abandoned their small families. But... Deep down in their hearts, each of them is not thinking about his or her family.
Lao Liu's lonely demeanor suddenly disappeared. He looked at Wu Xueying and answered her question: "This kind of red flower is famous. It is the national flower of this country. Do you want to hear its story?"
Wu Xueying and the female team members both stood up holding red flowers and sat down in front of Lao Liu on the aisle. Wu Xueying smiled and said, "Of course I have, please tell me."
Lao Liu looked at a group of young female soldiers gathered around and looked at Wu Xueying with fondness, taking the red flower from her hand and talking about it.
It turns out that the flower that the team members saw on the hillside yesterday is called Dragon Boat Flower. Because the flowering period lasts for several months, it is commonly known as Hundred-Day Red.
The dragon boat flower is very common in the local area. Although the flower shape is very beautiful, what really makes it famous around the world is a local romantic wedding custom called the Inda people. It is said that the ethnic minorities in a lake area who have lived here for generations are known for planting "water gardens". It is a custom that they have lived by the water for generations. When a daughter is born in their family, they will build a small floating garden with bamboo and wood on the water near their house, plant dragon boat flowers in it, and tie it with ropes.
On the wedding day of her daughter, the bride, who is wearing beautiful national costumes, will sit in this small floating garden with bright flowers in full bloom. Then her family will gather at the edge of the garden, recite words of blessing, cut off the rope, and let it drift down the river until it floats. The groom, who had been waiting downstream for a long time, fished the garden to the shore, then put his arms around the bride and walked home step by step, surrounded by many young men and women holding hundred-day red flowers, to hold a lively wedding.
The dragon boat flower is also famous all over the world because of this beautiful and touching custom. Therefore, it was listed as the national flower by the country.