After regaining consciousness again, Li Jie had entered the dungeon. Looking around, he found that he was now standing next to a small river, with a pole on his shoulder and a bucket hanging on each end.
Looking down, what was reflected in the water was an unshaven face with a big beard, a weathered face, a shabby cotton-padded jacket, and hair as messy as a chicken coop.
At this time, I am simply a living ‘savage’.
Seeing this look, Li Jie knew where the plot was going, even without looking at the memory in his mind.
The original drama title of "The Most Beautiful Youth" is "The Meritorious Tree". Like "Mountains and Seas", this drama is a serious drama, the kind that cannot be more serious.
The play tells the story of 18 graduates from all over China, represented by Feng Cheng and Qin Xuemei, who formed a pioneering team with the Chengde Weichang Forestry Department in the 1960s and actively responded to the motherland's call for afforestation.
The location for afforestation is the "beautiful high mountain" - Saihanba.
Saihanba is a word composed of Mongolian and Chinese. ‘Saihan’ is Mongolian, meaning ‘beautiful’, and ‘ba’ is Chinese, meaning ‘high mountain’.
Just like its name, Saihanba originally had beautiful and colorful mountains and rivers. During the Kangxi period, it used to be the "Mulan Paddock", and the autumn hunting ceremony was held here every year.
It is a pity that Saihanba later went through uncontrolled mining by the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, warlords of the Republic of China and little devils, and the beautiful high mountains turned into a desert.
A heavy rain brings a lot of silt, and a strong wind brings a lot of yellow sand.
"A wind blows on the dam, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year", which describes Saihanba. This song is similar to the song "A wind blows every year, from spring to winter" in Xihaigu area.
In view of this, in the 1960s, in order to reduce the harm of sandstorms, the Ministry of Forestry took the lead and cooperated with Hebei Province to establish a mechanical forestry on Saihanba in the plateau desert to prevent wind and sand and store water.
The first generation of tree planters, such as Feng Cheng and Qin Xuemei, came to the dam and built vast tracts of forest on the desert. This was a great initiative by mankind to transform nature.
For half a century, the people of Saihanba have never forgotten their mission. They have overcome difficulties that are unimaginable to ordinary people, created the miracle of turning deserts into oases, and wastelands into seas of forest, creating "the world's largest
Artificial forest".
Feng Cheng and his partners advanced and retreated together, shared adversity, and cared for, loved, and helped each other in work and life. The initial comradeship and comradeship slowly transformed into friendship and love.
After digesting the memories in his mind, Li Jie already knew the current time node.
'Yuan Shen' has been on the dam for three years. At first he came to the dam alone. When he first came to the dam, Yuan Shen was full of pride and felt that he could plant a whole 'forest' in less than a year.
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However, three years later, the dam is still a desert. Three years of hard work have been in vain, and not a single tree has been planted.
Of course, this is also related to the origin of the original owner. Although the original owner was admitted to university and later became a university teacher, he did not major in seedling cultivation, but in wood processing.
The professionalism is not suitable, and it is tree planting in an area with harsh conditions like Saihanba, so some failure is understandable.
Three years later, in view of the difficulties faced by Saihanba, the state increased its support for Saihanba and sent a group of forestry university graduates to provide support.
And today is the day when college students go to the dam.
Originally, according to the instructions of his superiors, the original person should gather with the members of the advance team at this time to attend the welcome party for college students to visit the dam.
But the 'original body' does not think highly of the college students in Shangba. He was a college student before and is very aware of the moral character of college students.
The conditions in Saihanba are too difficult!
This is a barren land.
The wind and sand are raging here, and you can't even open your eyes when you go out on a windy day. You can only squint your eyes or cover your eyes with a gauze scarf.
There is little rain here, and water for daily use is extremely scarce. Not only bathing, but also daily drinking water is also a problem. You have to climb over several sand dunes to reach the water source, which is where Li Jie is now.
It is cold and windy here, with snow covering six months of the year. In the coldest winter, the white wind blowing outside can even freeze a person's nose off.
The climate here is so bad that no crops can be grown, and daily food has to be transported from the lower part of the dam to the upper part of the dam.
The conditions here are difficult. The staple food is "Kulai" (oatmeal noodles and potatoes mixed together), the side dishes are pickles, and the people live in underground huts. In winter, the wind leaks everywhere.
In addition, the night here is not safe because there are wolves at night. If you encounter a pack of wolves unfortunately, without thermal weapons, it will most likely be cold.
I have experienced all the above and understand it deeply. The vast majority of people from poor backgrounds cannot bear the hardships in Bashang, let alone those college students.
These college students are all the proud sons of heaven and are accustomed to life in big cities. They can't stand it even if they go to rural areas, let alone Saihanba.
Therefore, the original person was sure that these college students would fall into the dam soon, so he did not want to welcome these people who were destined to leave.
While he was thinking about it, the bucket was already filled with water. Li Jie leaned over slightly, raised his shoulder to the shoulder, and stepped forward calmly.
After three years of living on the dam, this body has already developed strong muscles. Carrying two buckets of water and walking for several miles is no problem at all.
At the same time, a unique welcome party was being held at the new camp on the dam.
Yu Zhenglai, the former director of Saihanba Farm and current director of Chengde Forestry Bureau, specially came to the dam to attend the welcome meeting in order to welcome college students to the dam.
Seeing a jeep coming outside the camp, Qu He, the current director of Saihanba Farm, immediately rushed to the entrance of the camp and greeted it.
"Old leader, welcome! Welcome!"
The two parties exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Yu Zhenglai walked into the camp.
In the middle of the camp is a wooden barracks, which covers a large area, about forty or fifty square meters. There is a red banner hanging on the gatehouse saying "Saihanba welcomes college students"!
Below the banner is a wooden double door, and next to it is a small blackboard with the word 'canteen' written on it.
In fact, even if you don't look at the blackboard and just look at the chimney rising from the roof, you can tell that this house is a canteen.
Looking at the bright glass on the windows, Yu Zhenglai felt quite emotional.
"This camp is so impressive! Huhu is full of life!"
Indeed, compared with before, the current camp is much more grand. The advance team that first arrived at the dam did not have such a grand canteen.
How could the advance team at that time be so particular? They could just put the pot in the sand and start cooking.