7月23日下午5时30分,采访接近尾声,记者突然得知一个消息——魏德友的老朋友常向耀回来了。常向耀,1981年8月来到额敏河边防连任机要参谋,也是在这一年,他认识了魏德友,从此,结下了一生的友情。今年夏天,退休多年的常向耀重回曾服役过12年的额敏河边防连。到边防连之后,他做的第一件事情就是询问魏德友的下落,得知魏德友依然在放牧巡边,他爬上哨楼,向东远眺,仿佛在那里可以看见他阔别23年 At about 5.30 pm on July 23, the interview came to an end. The reporter suddenly got a message that Wei Deyou’s old friend often returned to Yao. Chang Xiang Yao, August 1981 came to the frontier defense of the Emin confrontation of confidential staff, but also in this year, he met Wei Deyou, from then, and ended a lifetime of friendship. This summer, many years of retiring often return to serve the Emin River, which served for 12 years. After the border defense, the first thing he did was to ask about the whereabouts of Wei Deyou and learn that Wei Deyou was still grazing and patrolling. He climbed up to the post and looked to the east as if he could be seen there for 23 years