Chapter 1: Glacier (6)

The dry and hard Hu cakes were taken out of the bag, and the three of them ate with snow. Li Yuanfang took out a few cloth strips from his luggage and handed them to Di Jinghui: "Tie the cloth strips on the boots, and it is not easy to slip when walking on the ice." Di Jinghui said in surprise: "Do you often walk on the ice? You are so experienced." Li Yuanfang squatted down and tied the cloth strips on Han Bin's shoes while answering: "I have never encountered any situation when I joined the army outside the border." Finally, he tied the cloth strips on his boots. Everyone stood up and tried on the frozen ice on the side of the road. Sure enough, they could stand a lot more steadily and basically didn't slip when walking.

Han Bin jumped and jumped excitedly, and accidentally fell on his back. Li Yuanfang took out a long hemp rope from his luggage and began to re-pack the luggage quickly. He packed the money, documents and food into a small bag, and the rest were tied together. Li Yuanfang handed the small bag of luggage to Di Jinghui. Di Jinghui raised his eyebrows and said, "What? I look down on me and carry a small bag for me?" Li Yuanfang replied as if nothing had happened: "You are heavier than me, just carry a lighter one, so as not to be too heavy to break the ice." Di Jinghui took the small bag with a smile.

Li Yuanfang untied the hemp rope again. He took a deep breath and said, "Although the ice surface looks very thick, the Yellow River flows fast and whirlpools everywhere, so the degree of freezing in each place is different. We must be careful. From now on, I walk in the front, Bin'er walks in the middle, and you break the back. Everyone is separated by thirty steps, and use this rope to lead each other, so that even if someone accidentally breaks the ice surface, the other two can rescue him. Keep it far and near, and the rope cannot be pulled too tight, it is best not to be loose or tight."

When he arrived at the shore, Li Yuanfang jumped first and then gently landed on the ice. He turned around and just hugged Han Bin, Di Jinghui also climbed and slid down the slope. The three of them stood side by side on the vast ice surface, looking into the distance. The peaks on the other side were faintly visible in the fog of winter, a hint of coolness rose from the soles of their feet, and invaded their bone marrow in a blink of an eye. The blood in their body seemed to be frozen to the point of flowing. Li Yuanfang looked up again to look into the distance.

In the sky, I saw dark clouds and heavy haze in the sky. This was a sign that the blizzard was about to arrive. He turned his head to look at Han Bin and asked with a smile: "Bin'er, are you afraid?" Han Bin blinked his bright eyes: "Brother, I'm not afraid!" "Good boy." Li Yuanfang circled the rope twice around Han Bin's waist and said softly: "Then let's go. You stand first, wait for me to call you before leaving." After that, he led his head to the other side of the river.

After walking for exactly thirty steps, Li Yuanfang turned around and shouted to Han Bin: "Bin'er, start walking." "Oh!" Han Bin agreed loudly and took a step forward. After he walked for a while, Li Yuanfang also called Di Jinghui to follow, and the small three-person column slowly moved forward on the silver basin-like river surface. Under the vast sky and above the ice river, the three of them were like three small ants, fragile and insignificant as if a gust of wind could blow down, but they walked firmly and heroically, with innocent courage.

It is indeed difficult to walk on the ice surface. Compared to walking on the snowy road all morning, you have to use more strength to move forward step by step. If you are not careful, you will slip. After walking for a while, Han Bin fell several times, and Di Jinghui was not spared. Only Li Yuanfang was still steadily leading the road ahead. Fortunately, both of them fell heavily, and soon accumulated experience and gradually stopped falling. It was just that it was really not easy to walk, and everyone heard their heavy breathing, louder and more rapid.

After walking for about half an hour, looking back, the shore where they set out was hidden in the thick fog. Li Yuanfang shouted loudly: "Di Jinghui, don't you understand poetry? Do you talk about the Yellow River? Read a few words for us." Di Jinghui also shouted: "Yes, I'm going to fall asleep even if I'm so busy! Wait for me to think about it..." Not long after, he heard him chanting loudly: "Not even more beautiful than the Yellow River! Hiding the steepness of Kunlun, the rugged stones are revealed! ... Thinking of the wise and sighing, how hard is the virtue of water!" Only the poem was heard, sweeping among the mountains. A goshawk seemed to be attracted by this high-spirited poem, hovering over his head for a long time, and then spread his wings to the end of the sky.

Time passed by little by little, and they had already walked through the center of the glacier. The black clouds were pressing down more and more densely, and the wind began to blow. Li Yuanfang frowned and looked into the distance. The opposite bank was dark and could not be distinguished at all, but he felt that it was not too far away. He gritted his teeth and turned around and shouted to the two people behind him: "The blizzard is coming soon. We need to go a little more. We are not very far from the other bank, hurry up!" Hearing two answers behind him, he immediately accelerated his pace. The wind on the ice became stronger and stronger, and soon swept through the snow bead-like particles, hitting them, and their eyes were almost unable to open by the wind.

Li Yuanfang has almost run away now, and Han Bin and Di Jinghui have tried their best to follow him quickly. At this moment, the three of them knew very well that they had to take advantage of the real blizzard to arrive, otherwise everything would be hard to say. Fortunately, the other side was already close to us, and the ice surface under their feet became rough, mixed with mud and grey stones blown by the wind, which was much easier to walk than in the middle of the river. They moved forward in the strong wind and finally arrived at a place with rugged rocks like mudflats. As long as they walked through this place where smooth sand and stones were mixed, they would be a steep river bank.

Li Yuanfang stopped in front of this mudflat. Soon, Han Bin and Di Jinghui rushed over panting. The three finally got back together again. Li Yuanfang first protected Han Bin, who was shaking in the storm, and looked at Di Jinghui who was breathing heavily and shouted: "The only one difficulty left. The river bank is too steep and very slippery. I must go up first and then pull you and Bin'er up!" "Okay, we'll wait for you!" Di Jinghui

He also answered loudly. Li Yuanfang sent Han Bin to Di Jinghui, then tied the long rope again, and ran quickly among the strange rocks with his back. At this moment, the world was as dark as night fell, and the wind and snow were roaring violently. Li Yuanfang's figure was as fast as lightning, and after a few steps, he had already jumped onto a steep cliff two or three feet high. He climbed the wave-like icicles on the river bank, jumped hard, and climbed up the river bank.

Standing on the strange rock beach, Di Jinghui narrowed his eyes and looked at the river bank with all his might. Finally, he saw Li Yuanfang poking his head out again, and he was immediately ecstatic. Li Yuanfang threw down the long rope, Di Jinghui tied the rope tightly around Han Bin's waist, and watched Li Yuanfang lift Han Bin a few times and then lifted Han Bin up. Then, the long rope hung down again, Di Jinghui tied himself up and shouted: "Hey, I'm quite heavy, you can pull it with some force!" Li Yuanfang lowered his head and walked around his waist a few times, took a deep breath, tightened the rope tightly, and swayed his arms, and then steadily lifted Di Jinghui to the shore. Then he reached out and grabbed Di Jinghui's hand, and Di Jinghui followed the trend and flipped over the shore.
Chapter completed!