White Bird Cigarettes have a characteristic. It feels extremely pungent when you first inhale it. If you cough at that time, it will immediately go into your throat. If it enters your lungs, it will be over. You will have to choke and spit out your heart and liver.
But if you hold back carefully the spicy feeling that is said to be spicy, and the harshness that is said to be rough, and the smoke slowly turns around a few times and blows out from the nose, it is not difficult to taste the sweetness buried deeply, although it is faint. It’s surprising, but you can taste it after all.
The train was running "clang, clang, clang, clang". When it just left the 102 Base, the Ding 4022 train was still traveling at more than 80 kilometers per hour. After passing a military station, several stuffy tank carriages were attached, plus the wind and snow weather, the speed limit Due to factors such as fuel economy, the speed has dropped below 60 kilometers. According to this situation, it will take a day and a night to reach Yanqi.
Fortunately, the ceiling light in the carriage was installed, so at least the light would not flicker, so Shen Rusong didn't have to bury his head between the lines. He took a puff of cigarette, the white mist blew through the door, took the last puff, and went back to Gan. , stretched his neck for a while, climbed into the berth, undressed, lay down, and put this palm-sized poetry collection with a pure white cover into a secret pocket.
After reading a book for a long time, one's eyes become straight, and the corners of the eyes are strained, and after a moment of daze, the cross-eyed eyes are turned around.
The berths were padded with thick velvet, making them comfortable for both sitting and lying down. There were quite a few brothers sleeping with their heads above each other. Needless to say, they were playing cards and bragging together.
Shen Rusong has always been very popular. He is not very good at getting things done, but everyone is willing to greet Shen Rusong. After a while, several people asked Shen Rusong to go down to play cards, chess and throw dice.
However, Shen Rusong smiled and declined. Compared to these things, he preferred to be alone for a while, in the noisy carriage, watching the scenery outside the window for a while. Yes, after leaving the 102 base, here, something finally changed. .
Shen Rusong tilted his head and opened a crack in the window.
The train was traveling on a towering frozen soil roadbed. The wilderness was still endless, but it was covered with grass as tall as a person, spreading wildly to the end of the field of vision. The tops of the grass broke through the snow, so some of the melted water glowed, reflecting the starry sky. A few wisps of cold wind blew on Shen Rusong's face. Yes, the bright moon was in front of his eyes. The bright moon might be something we could ask for.
The cold season will pass, and the warm season will come sooner or later.
I don't know when it started, but the noise gradually subsided, and late at night, the snoring started. Shen Rusong was wrapped in a military coat, and the thick leather lining locked in body heat. The back of his head inadvertently hit the bed railing, making him feel sleepy and awake at all.
Scenes will always appear in people's minds when they are about to fall asleep. If you think about it deliberately, it is not difficult to know a sign of falling asleep. This kind of tiredness will wear away those who are not firm will.
Shen Rusong opened his eyes and closed them in an instant. He remembered the scene that had just emerged. Although the people in the shallow and deep dreams had no faces, he still knew who those people were.
The whistle blew, pulling Shen Rusong out of his dream. He took a deep breath, and the dizziness in his head disappeared. The car door suddenly opened from the outside, and the early morning air-conditioning and the sound of the horn rushed in together.
"Huahu Base Station is here!"
The door of the carriage suddenly slid open to both sides, and the cold air that broke in instantly woke up Shen Rusong. Several flashlights came in, and a group of soldiers walked and knocked on the wall of the carriage with crowbars, shouting: "From Huahu, Come down and report!”
The wolfdog following behind was wearing a muzzle, shaking its head excitedly, and kept moaning in a low voice.
Shen Rusong glanced at Gao Keming, who was sleeping soundly, but still didn't wake him up. He quickly got up and rubbed his hands. He thought that he really had to get the leather gloves from his backpack. He jumped out of the car and squinted his eyes. , and the beam of searchlight from the observation tower in the distance penetrates directly into the dark night sky.
The snow covered the heels of my boots, and it was even a little difficult to lift my feet. Shen Rusong and his classmates who were assigned to the Huahu base arrived at the luggage compartment. This half-person-high marching backpack contained a full set of equipment for the cadets, ranging from light three-proof clothing, combat readiness toolboxes, quilts, to medicine bottles, The compass, plus the bits and pieces hanging from the luggage, weighed more than 40 pounds and walking in the snow would not be easy for anyone.
Many people who were seeing off got into the luggage compartment to help find their bags. Those who were leaving would make a lunge and put their bags on their backs with a "Hey!"
The one who misbehaved took advantage of the moment when his companion put his bag on his back and tugged it hard. He laughed when he saw the embarrassment of falling on his back. After suffering the loss, he grabbed a ball of snow and threw it with his backhand. He cursed and said that he had been dismissed from the company and why was this kid here? Shit you did.
Shen Rusong laughed when he saw the group of people fighting. When he smelled the aroma of wine, the small wine bottle hit his shoulder.
"Drink a sip?"
The speaker's name was Wu Zuyong, and his scarf covered him with only thick black eyebrows that seemed to have been painted on.
Shen Rusong took the wine bottle and said, "Zhi Liu~" After drinking the wine, his nose immediately stopped feeling cold, and he exhaled a long breath, which turned into ice mist. He passed the wine bottle over and said, "Well~ it's not Bao Gu The taste of wine, it tastes pure when you drink it, it’s good!”
The wine bottle circled around and returned to Wu Zuyong's hand. The man took off his scarf and took a big gulp. His face suddenly turned red, and he raised his fists and said, "It's too shameful to drink Baogu wine at this hour." , now that the corn has been planted on the surface, I will drink this every day from the ration, this is Long Anchun made by my father, I would not be able to part with it today."
Shen Rusong smacked the taste, and indeed, the taste was soft, smooth and sweet without being overpowering.
What Long An picked in spring was the water from the rock cracks in the upper reaches of the Bailong Underground River, the mother river of the underground city. It was pure grain wine and it was controlled not to brew too much in a year. Shen Rusong had never drunk this good wine a few times.
People yelled, but the officers who took over the troops were actually there, just waiting for people to finish their last words.
Shen Rusong coughed and said, "Save up the good wine. Let's go back to Longshan for a big drink next year during the holidays and celebrate again."
Wu Zuyong poked him in the elbow and said with a sideways glance, "You can drink it after you have made a meritorious service! You will get first-class merit in the first year! Do you want to drink it or not?"
Shen Rusong hugged his neck and said, "What if I get second-class merit the next year?"
"Then you have to drink even more!"
Everyone burst into laughter, and someone jumped up and grabbed Shen Rusong's arm, shouting: "Hit him quickly, beat him now. This kid has no chance since he got in the car. Every time this kid comes on stage to be praised, I want to beat him. Quick, quick, quick." .”
Everyone immediately gathered around, gave him a few symbolic punches, and then lifted up Shen Rusong, who had been begging for mercy. Wu Zuyong patted the snow on him and sighed:
"Brother Song, among us, you are the quickest in thinking. You were really unqualified to become a cadet with the score you had back then. You will definitely be a bad boy in the future. You might even be able to get into the exam and be prosperous. Remember to take your brothers with you."
Shen Rusong knew that what Wu Zuyong was talking about was that when he was in the academy, he got almost full marks in military and cultural classes, so he was especially favored by the instructors. He said "hi" and said noncommittally: "Who can say this clearly? Ten years later, as long as There is always life, Master Sergeant Major.”
"Yeah, take your time."
"No more, sir is here, take care and be well."
Wu Zuyong made a "six" gesture
The officers finally came with pistols in hand, shouting: "Line up!". The cadets who arrived at the station hurriedly formed their team. The people seeing them off watched silently as they walked away and disappeared behind the station.
It was already bright. Shen Rusong put his hands in his pockets and kicked the snow with the toes of his boots. He didn't even wear a mask or scarf. He even grabbed a ball of flour-like snow and put it on his face to freeze it. Of course, this was There is radiation damage, but it is not harmful. The further away from the ruined city, the lower the radiation, and people of Shen Rusong's generation are already quite tolerant to radiation. Moreover, compared with this, he felt that his restless heart at the moment was even more uncontrollable.
The underground city is said to be very big, but it is also very small. From the fourth city "Jinping" where Shen Rusong's family lives, it takes three and a half hours by light rail to get there.
During breaks, everyone rides bicycles around the park. The rattling of the iron wheels gives the newspaper readers a headache. When going to collective labor, the class would sneak to the fruit garden to pick things to eat. Everyone took turns watching, eating whatever was available, wiping their mouths after eating, stealing some back, and drinking local wine.
There is no way that dozens of big boys will be bored together.
The train is still parked, and workers are adding coal to the train. Nowadays, trains burn a mixture of oil and coal. Fuel is too expensive.
Workers dig coal from the open-air coal piles with shovels, and then add water to the water tank. The radioactive snow obtained from snow mining can only be used for production water, including river water. The radiation precipitation is too high and is not purified water for human consumption. Mostly from deep wells, many days require rationing.
The Huahu base is not big and is built on a hill. Shen Rusong can see the entire base below the hillside at a glance from the station.
The same gray-brown barracks and a dozen six-story "Fuxing" buildings are exactly the same as those in the 102 deployment base. The barbed wire fence is also erected twice, but it does not surround the entire base like the 102 base, but only surrounds one. side, because there are mountains of wood piled outside the base.
Huahu was a forestry town before the war. After the war, due to the wild growth of trees, the ruins of the city were covered up. The newly built Huahu base, as the nearest resource base around the capital Longshan, is responsible for the task of supplying high-quality logs. Every quarter, it Millions of cubic meters of wood, including pine, birch, basswood, catalpa, etc., are produced and turned into tables, chairs and benches for residents of the capital, rifle butts and aircraft wings.
Shen Rusong raised his chin high and looked intently at the frozen Flower River in the distance. The wide glacier extended toward the mountain ravines, the vast mountains, and the gloomy forests.
The whistle sounded again, but it was not Ding 4099 setting off, but a railway tractor pulling out an old locomotive, and two platoons of animal-hunting infantry gathered in front of the garage.
With the flashback beam of the searchlight, Shen Rusong saw these "wilderness hunters" up close for the first time. The hunters all wore snow camouflage uniforms and carried special large-caliber hunting rifles. They did not wear exoskeletons because the batteries could not support the long journeys of the Jaegers, which often lasted more than ten days. Some of them whistled at Shen Rusong, and Shen Rusong waved to these older veterans.
Shen Rusong watched the hunters board the westbound railway armored vehicles with a calm demeanor. He didn't know whether they were going on patrol or performing dangerous winter missions, but the snow curtain quickly covered up all traces, leaving Shen Rusong alone. The pine shoulders are covered with frost and snow.
The train went east and parted ways.
