Battlefield Contractor

"Is there any way to help us get out?" Lin Rui asked in a low voice.

"Yes. The friend I know is in the smuggling business. He used to secretly help Mexicans sneak into the United States." Crazy Horse explained, "He has the ability and resources, and he can help us go to Mexico without knowing it. We are keeping it. The ground can only be safe for a while, and the federal government will not let it go. Only in Mexico can it be completely safe."

"I agree." Lin Rui thought for a while, "where is your friend?"

"There is still a way." Crazy Horse nodded.

They finally rushed to their destination before the sun set-Crazy Horse's friend's house, and a few wild dogs lined up to welcome.

This is the first time Lin Rui has seen such a strange house. Its shape is similar to that of a yurt, with a wooden wall and a mud roof, which is very strange.

Crazy Horse explained, “This kind of house is called Hogan by the Navajo people, and it is a symbol of the ancestral spirit. There can be no one living in it, but it cannot be without fire.”

Nowadays, many people no longer live in the reserved area for their livelihood, but as long as someone is there, they will still light a fire in the house every day. "

Crazy Horse’s friend has a very western name, Jonathan. The left side of his room is full of photos of the maternal genealogy, and the right is the paternal genealogy. Around it are the saddles, bows, whips, headdresses and eagle feathers of his grandparents. The continuation of the flame in the house means that the spirit of the ancestors is endless.

The exterior of this house is rectangular. In Navajo tradition, the male residence is rectangular and the female is regular octagonal. There are three large floor-to-ceiling windows on one wall, small irregular round windows scattered on the other walls, and colorful wine bottles. But entering the house, it is a yurt-shaped circle, with sofas, round tables, and stoves lined up in sequence. In the center, there is a small stove with a chimney sticking out of the roof.

Jonathan doesn't like to sit on the sofa. It is for guests. He sits on sheepskin felt. The Navajo people also pay attention to sheepskin felt. When sleeping, the head must be in the direction of the sheep’s tail. If the sheep’s head is sleeping, the soul will be taken away in the dream; therefore, he will check his sheepskin cushion every night before going to bed. where.

"Let's talk about it, what's the matter with Crazy Horse? You won't come to me for no reason." Jonathan looked at Crazy Horse.

Crazy Horse shook his head and said, "We have some trouble and want you to help go to Mexico. We can pay."

"That must be a big trouble." Jonathan looked at Crazy Horse and said, "If it used to be, it's not a problem. But recently, have you heard about the federal government building a wall on the Mexican border? They built the wall and sent nationals. Guard. I'm afraid it won't be easy to smuggle."

"Is there no way?" Crazy Horse whispered.

"Well, I want to find a way. But it may take two days." Jonathan thought for a while.

"We are in a hurry. It's best to arrange it today, and wait until tomorrow at most." Crazy Horse shook his head.

"Okay. Then tomorrow." Jonathan nodded, "I will take you there myself. But since you are in trouble, we can't live here. We have to go camping and make sure no one can find us."

"Camping?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Yes, spread a layer of plastic on the ground, then spread a layer of canvas, cover a few sheets of sheepskin felt, put a sleeping bag, raise a bonfire, the stars will be yours all night." Jonathan said calmly.

"What if a cougar or wolf comes?" Scarface asked.

"I've encountered cougars a few times, maybe two or three, they wanted to besiege me. I lighted a torch and they went around. Then I took the opportunity to ran back into the car and continued to sleep in the car. But you know , I am not afraid of them, I am not afraid of coyotes, cougars and bears, I am afraid of people. They killed my relatives, took our land, and wanted to destroy our tradition." Jonathan shook his head.

"He seems to be quite dissatisfied with the federal government." Lin Rui asked Crazy Horse in a low voice.

"Yes. So he's very reliable." Crazy Horse nodded. "The Indians have had a very unhappy life these years. In order to fight for the territory and freedom of his tribe, Jonathan's father was in jail twice. His father is a man. Hero, participated in the famous 1978, TheLongestWalk when he was young.

That year, people set off from Arizona to Washington to fight for human rights and freedom for Native Americans and protest the 11 anti-Indian clauses enacted by Congress. At that time, hundreds of natives and white Americans participated in the peaceful protest movement. "

Jonathan nodded. "My father once said to me from that position: I have not been happy in my life, and I don't want my children to do the same. He often tells us not to repeat his way again, this way is too Suffering, but before you fight with others, you must not forget who you are. I am an Indian and will always be."

Jonathan used his previous relationship to arrange for Lin Rui and others to get out. Under the baptism of the first ray of gold in the morning, the brown-red sandstone showed a dazzling scarlet. Stunning, vast, majestic, open and desolate. Lin Rui and others left by car and changed to other vehicles along the way.

Smuggling across the Mexican border has always been a very headache for Americans. Successive governments in the United States have been working hard to solve it. However, its difficulty is too great, and it can only achieve some phased results. Said that this problem has not been resolved. Until recently, they built a border wall to isolate the United States and Mexico.

The Mexican border of the United States is about 2,300 kilometers long. Almost 1,600 kilometers have been built. The government estimates that it will invest 21 billion U.S. dollars on this project, and 14 billion of funds have been used. This border wall is still very powerful. Its height can reach nine meters. In order to prevent stowaways from digging tunnels, its foundation depth has also reached five meters. The walls are very strong and can effectively prevent stowaways from digging through the wall.

But real professional smugglers would not take this wall in their eyes at all, because the 1,126-kilometer-long separation wall between the two countries cannot always be watched by people everywhere. How much manpower does that cost? You can only rely on border patrols, but there are always gaps in patrols.

Some Mexican smugglers use such patrols to sneak across the border intermittently. If they are caught, it is considered bad luck. The location chosen by Jonathan is in a hidden place, this place is a water area, not a concrete wall, but a steel plate wall.

And they had already completed underwater cutting underwater, cutting out a large hole in the steel plate wall, and nothing could be seen on the surface. But if you go underwater, you can go to and from the border through that opening. As long as you avoid the patrol, it is almost foolproof.