After returning from the mountain patrol that day, Meng Jian has been depressed.

His younger brother was terrified. He waited and waited for them to come back. He thought that something had happened, so he ran to the top of the building with a binoculars to look around, and finally saw them walking back from the north.

Before Shao Gufeng could figure out how to explain how they came back so late, Meng Jian prevaricated with a single sentence: "I met a roe deer, and the two of us went chasing the roe deer."

Meng Hua's face collapsed: "Chasing the roe deer? Brother, you are not stupid! If you really want to eat it, can't you just put a clip and wait?"

Meng Jian smiled: "Gu Feng has never seen a roe deer, let him chase him for fun."

Take him to chase and play... This is too unlike something Meng Jianhui would do.His younger brother looked at Shao Gufeng in disbelief, then at him again, and murmured: "You never played with me like this when I was young..."

Meng Jian took the telescope and went upstairs without looking back: "I will take you to play tomorrow."

Shao Gufeng said "I'll go up and have a look too" and went upstairs.

The watchtower has five floors, only the first and second floors have rooms, and the third, fourth, and fifth floors are all empty. Meng Jian walked up the empty stairs. He knew that Shao Gufeng was behind him, and wanted to tell him not to follow. .

The more he followed, the more Meng Jian couldn't forget the person he just buried.Thinking of Mr. He, his eyes were sore.

On the observation deck on the top of the building, Meng Jian still didn't speak, and looked around with the binoculars as usual, the wind made him cry.

Shao Gufeng stood behind him, repeating comforting words over and over again, not knowing what to say.Meng Jian's back was so thin, as if he was about to be overwhelmed by grief.

He had a bad premonition, Meng Jian probably knew that that person was He Ming, and he probably overheard the call that day.

If this is the case, Meng Jian's state is also a bit strange, as if he has lost a very, very important person.Could it be that their teacher-student relationship was particularly good back then?

"Gu Feng," Meng Jian suddenly turned around and asked him, "Your comrade in arms, what kind of person is he?"

This question is not difficult to answer. Shao Gufeng could make up a lie, but he gave up. He said: "He is a very gentle man, he is very polite to everyone, and he does everything without leaking."

Meng Jian's smile was mixed with sadness: "What does he look like?"

"He has a good temperament. He is in his 40s, and he doesn't look old at all."

Meng Jian nodded, and asked again: "His... what's his name? Can you tell me?"

"Sorry, I can't tell."

This refusal was said too quickly, without any hesitation, as if it had been prepared long ago.

Meng Jian wiped away the tears blown by the wind, and then said: "You know what? When I was in the Petroleum Institute, our head teacher was named He Ming. He was very nice, and we all liked him very much..."

Shao Gufeng stepped forward to embrace his shoulders, and hugged him vigorously: "He must like you very much too, I hope you are all well."

After a while, Meng Jian nodded: "I know, thank you."

That evening, Meng Jian said that the guest room on the second floor had been tidied up and the heating had been turned on for several days, making it ready for occupants.

Shao Gufeng packed up and moved upstairs.Meng Jian went back to his bedroom and found that the room was clean after a few days, the quilts were neatly folded, the things on the table were kept as they were, and there were a few books on the bookshelf that seemed to have been taken down. Put it back in the original order.

He went to the wall, took down Teacher He Ming's photo, and put it in the bottom drawer.

That was a person he had kept in his heart for ten years, so long that he forgot that there was still such a person in his heart.

This time Shao Gufeng came and fell from the sky, and then Teacher He left.

He thought selfishly, if Shao Gufeng hadn't come here, he wouldn't have known about Teacher He's death.Or if the plane doesn't break down, Mr. He is still alive and well...

God's will never fulfills people's wishes, and there are no ifs in what happened, and Teacher He's death must not be blamed on Shao Gufeng.

But Meng Jian still can't let go of it now, the memory of the past was revealed, accompanied by life and death, it made him feel uncomfortable.

He lay on the table for a while, and heard Shao Gufeng knocking on the door: "Meng Jian, the dumplings are out of the pot, come and eat."

Meng Jian hurriedly collected his emotions, opened the door and went to the living room.

Today's dumpling meal was made by the three of them together.

It is cold on the mountain, and many vegetables cannot be stored. Before winter, all the vegetables are sent up are cabbage, potatoes, beans and eggplants. The rest are pork and tofu, which are not afraid of freezing.

They pickled half of the cabbage into sauerkraut, put the other half in the cellar, and put a bucket of water down every day. Finally, the whole cabbage survived the winter without rotten or frozen. Now.

Shao Gufeng can be considered a northerner, but his family never pickled sauerkraut, nor did he eat it.On the second day after arriving at the Watchtower, Meng Jian made sauerkraut.

Looking at the plate of golden cabbage mixed with shredded pork, Shao Gufeng had an ominous premonition, the smell was very sour...

As it turned out, it was really sour. He ate a little, and finally couldn't help frowning, covering his cheeks and surrendering.

Meng Jian and Meng Hua laughed.

In summer, there will be adventurous tourists driving up. When my parents were still on the mountain, sauerkraut was indispensable every time I entertained guests, which is a local specialty.

Later they discovered that outsiders, except those from the Northeast, seem to be unaccustomed to eating sauerkraut, and all of them are too sour to avoid it with their teeth bared.The family quietly observed the sour expressions of the guests, and never tired of it.When guests come again, there will still be sauerkraut on the table, which is a local specialty.

This time when Shao Gufeng came here, he was tricked by the two brothers again.

Today's dumplings are half sauerkraut pork and half cabbage pork.

Shao Gufeng eats cabbage with peace of mind. The news broadcast was on the radio, so he followed the news haha. Meng Hua tried his best to persuade him to try sauerkraut, but he just refused, and his stand was very firm.

Under the table, Meng Hua kicked his brother for an assist.Meng Jian squeezed his chopsticks and shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity, sauerkraut is so delicious..."

"I don't have such a good taste," Shao Gufeng expressed his position again, "I have bad teeth, and I am most afraid of acid."

"Brother Shao, you are afraid of acid!" Meng Hua had an idea, "Then, there is something you must try."

After eating, Meng Hua went to the warehouse to dig out some frozen sour pears, soaked them in a basin of water and waited for them to thaw.

Shao Gufeng stared at the yellow, black, yellow and black fruits, and it took him a long time to say: "I've eaten this stuff in Beijing..."

"Hey there are sour pears in Beijing too?" Meng Hua held on to him, "Then Brother Shao, try it quickly and see if it's the same as Beijing's sour pears."

Shao Gufeng fished out one, but couldn't finish it for a long time. He recalled the fear of being dominated by sour pears...

Just in time, Meng Jian came down from the upstairs monitoring. When he saw a sour pear, he picked it up and gnawed it. While gnawing, he asked his brother, "Why do you remember to eat this?"

Shao Gufeng watched him eat the whole sour pear, leaving only one core, and asked him indifferently: "Isn't it sour?"

"It's sour," Meng Jian trembled, and the corners of his eyes were red with acid, "but it's cool."

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