李伟欣 税林 位龙刚
By Li Weixin, Shui Lin and Wei Longgang
公寓楼。旦增伦珠摄
The new apartment buildings stand in the barracks of a border defense regiment of the PLA Army in the Ali plateau in China’s Xizang autonomous region. (Photo by Danzeng Lunzhu)
西藏阿里昆莎机场，一辆开往陆军某边防团的汽车缓缓启动。军嫂吴洁琼坐在车里，心中充满期待。
One day in mid December, at the Ali Kunsha Airport in Xizang autonomous region , a car bound for an army border defense regiment pulled out slowly. Sitting in the car, military wife Wu Jieqiong was full of expectations.
“我这次只带了保暖衣物，可以吗？”此时，吴洁琼拨通电话，向丈夫刘晓东报落地平安的同时，再次确认新公寓房的情况。
"I only brought some clothes with me this time, is that okay?" Wu called her husband Liu Xiaodong by phone about her landing and reconfirmed the condition of the new apartment she was about to move in.
去年年底，该团新营区投入使用。考虑到来队家属与官兵聚少离多，该团决定启动公寓房装修工程，高标准配齐各类生活设施，让官兵和家属都满意。
The new barracks of the regiment were put into use at the end of last year. To improve the living conditions of visiting family members of officers and soldiers, the regiment launched the indoor fitting-out project of apartment buildings with high standards.
“来部队过年吧，全新公寓，全新设施，拎包入住！”当刘晓东把公寓房装修好的消息告诉吴洁琼时，电话那头的吴洁琼没有当即表态。
"Come here to spent the Spring Festival. We have brand new apartments, brand new facilities with all household items." When Liu told his wife about the good news, Wu did not immediately say yes.
六年前，吴洁琼从内地赶赴阿里高原，决定与刘晓东领证结婚，并长期生活在阿里。可是，她从机场赶往营区，一路颠簸，沙尘飞扬，除了几座零星散落的房子外，几乎看不到人烟。“这里和你发给我的照片不一样！”一下车，吴洁琼就“质问”刘晓东。
Six years ago, Wu traveled all the way from her hometown in inland China to the Ali area on the Qinghai-Xizang plateau to get married with Liu Xiaodong, who was serving in a frontier defense regiment of the PLA Army, making her mind to settle down there for a long time. However, on her way from the airport to the barracks, all she saw was bumpy and dusty roads and a few scattered houses, it was almost a wasteland. "This is quite different from the photo you sent me!" Wu questioned Liu after getting out of the car.
“破旧的公寓房里只有一张床和一个柜子，没有做饭的地方。”想到以后要长期生活在这里，吴洁琼的眼泪掉了下来。
"There is only one bed and one cabinet in the apartment, with not even a kitchen," Wu recalled the first apartment she moved in six years ago. Back then, she was in tears when thinking of living there for a long time.
尽管一切和想象中的不一样，但吴洁琼还是留在了阿里。她说：“决定和边防军人结婚时，我就想到了要吃很多苦。”
Although everything was different from what she had imagined, Wu still stayed in Ali. She said: "I have been prepared mentally to endure a lot of hardship from the moment I decided to marry a border defense soldier."
2019年3月，吴洁琼因为怀孕离开了阿里。一别两年多，眼前的一切超出了她的意料。
Wu left Ali because of pregnancy in March 2019. Now, everything in front of her exceeded her expectations after two years.
汽车一路飞奔。透过车窗，吴洁琼看到了洁白的雪山，看到了新修的柏油路。“变化真不小。”
This time, through the car window, Wu saw the white snow mountains and the newly built asphalt road. "The change is quite big!"
“哇，这么棒！”一进营区，崭新的公寓楼立刻吸引了吴洁琼的目光。走进公寓房，沙发、电视、茶几，都是新的。厨房里，冰箱、燃气灶、微波炉，一应俱全。
"Wow, that's great!" The new apartment building immediately attracted Wu's attention when she entered the barracks. Stepping into the apartment, she saw sofa, TV and coffee table, etc., all brand new. In the kitchen she was welcomed by various cooking facilities including refrigerator, gas stove and microwave oven.
吴洁琼说，“新公寓房什么也不缺，就连氧气都直通房间。”除了住宿条件改善，购物、就医、通信也比之前方便了许多。
Wu said, "The new apartment is well-equipped and even oxygen-supply device is directly connected to the bedroom." In addition to improved accommodation conditions, shopping, healthcare and communication are much more convenient than before.
219国道的1314号路碑，是吴洁琼上次来阿里时，刘晓东带她参观的第一个“景点”。故地重游，夫妻二人感慨万千。吴洁琼告诉记者，这次来队探望，她感觉像“回家”一样，非常温暖。
The No.1314 road marker on National Highway 219 was the first "scenic spot" Liu took his wife to visit when she came to Ali in October 2015. The Chinese pronunciation of the number 1314 sounds like the pronunciation of lifetime, the newly married couple took a group photo beside the road marker to mark their lifelong love. They revisited it with a lot of emotion this time. Wu said that she felt like "going home" this time and felt very warm at heart.
公寓房内景。旦增伦珠摄
One of the well-furnished apartment suites for troops and their family members in an apartment building in the barracks of a border defense regiment of the PLA Army in the Ali plateau in China’s Xizang autonomous region (Photo by Danzeng Lunzhu)
2015年10月，吴洁琼、刘晓东在1314号路碑前合影。王寒凝摄
The photo taken in October 2015 shows Wu Jieqiong and Liu Xiaodong sitting beside the No.1314 road marker on National Highway 219 in the Ali plateau in China’s Xizang autonomous region. (Photo by Wang Hanning)
