Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 29 Recalling the Past (recommendation ticket)

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong swept around, and the two things that impressed the residents of Shuiwei Town the most:

Everyone’s clothes are myriad, as if they come from different places, and there are many patches; the body is dirty, the hands are dirty, the face is dirty, the hair is dirty, and the clothes are dirty.

In addition to these two points, fatigue, thinness, and not height are more common things.

The townspeople looked at Outsider and saw that Tian Erhe was also there, so they stopped paying attention and worrying. They went back home, or moved out of the stove, made a fire to cook, or mixed the valley. The chaff of grain was cautiously put out in a bowl, poured into a pot, or directly with cold water, eating half of the cold nest left over at noon… The whole Shuiwei town gradually filled with the smell of smoke and food.

Tian Erhe noticed Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong’s observations of the residents in the town, and smiled and asked:

“How is it? Have you seen anything?”

Long Yuehong opened his mouth, and felt that it seemed impolite to tell his impression directly, so he closed his mouth again and considered his words.

Shang Jianyao retracted his gaze and said frankly:

“It’s not clean.”

“It’s not clean…Hey.” Tian Erhe gave a low laugh. “Compared with you, it must be unclean.”

Although Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baiman and others have done tumbling in previous battles, there are many mud and dirt on their bodies, but when they replenish water on the way, they They wiped their face clean habitually.

Without waiting for Jiang Baiman and Bai Chen to interject, Tian Erhe pointed to the middle of the square with his chin:

“Although our Shuiwei Town does not lack clean water, charcoal is still needed. Save some use. I read in the book that excessive felling of trees will make the land less fertile. Therefore, to prevent them from cutting trees in the vicinity, they must go far away.

From smuggling caravans to get coal, it’s like a Chinese New Year. You know, the’White Knights Group’ has a lot of coal.

“Oh, it’s okay in summer. It can be washed directly with cold water. In autumn, I can only endure as much as possible. It is better to be dirty than to get sick. If I can’t stand it, I just boil a pot of water. Wipe your body.”

At this point, Tian Erhe paused, and his smile became complicated:

“Furthermore, they are busy everyday from morning to night, and wait until they can rest. Who still had that energy?”

Long Yuehong suddenly remembered the training of the previous two months: he and Shang Jianyao everyday all were exhausted by Jiang Baiman’s training. After returning home, he just thought Lie on the bed and do nothing.

However, “Pangu Bio” has a staff canteen inside. He and Shang Jianyao can take the lunch box directly or not take it at all and go to the canteen to eat ready-made food without having to work hard.

“No wonder.” He expressed his understanding.

Shang Jianyao didn’t say anything, silently nodded.

Jiang Baiman glanced at him with a smile:

“I thought you would ask them why they don’t use cold water in winter. This seems to effectively promote blood circulation and improve their own resistance.”

“The physique is too bad.” Shang Jianyao replied seriously.

At this time, a member of the town guard with the nickname “Gouzi” ran over holding the stove of Tian Erhe’s family, with a small bag of charcoal on his back.

He was very expressive and helped to set the fire, and then took the initiative to join the patrol team in charge of the surrounding area, and he did not want to leave.

It’s not that he is eager to get some canned braised beef, but Bai Chen and Jiang Baiman with clean hair and face are more attractive to young men than most girls in town. Jiang Baiman’s eyes, especially Jiang Baiman, is tall and long in legs. He has been genetically modified since the embryo. In the eyes of the young man of the town guard, he is as beautiful as a fairy, making them just want to move around.

On the earth, the relationship between men and women is not so conservative. Even if you only know each other for a few minutes, you can roll the sheets once you see it right. Therefore, those who patrol and guard The members of the town guard held their heads high and showed themselves to their heart’s content.

Jiang Baiman glanced, almost amused by them.

She didn’t take care of it, walked to the trunk of the jeep, and took out four more military cans.

“Do you want a pot? Do you want a pot? There are also bowls and chopsticks, do you want?” Tian Erhe asked with bright eyes.

“Yes, this is much more convenient than using lunch boxes.” Jiang Baiman didn’t dislike it at all.

“Coyote! Hurry up, get my pot and dishes! Count how many people there are!” Tian Erhe immediately raised his voice.

The town guard member with the nickname “Gouzi” promised quickly, and it didn’t take long for him to take a black iron pot with five sets of bowls and chopsticks in it.

After helping to set the pot, he glanced at Jiang Baiman, and said weakly to Tianerhe said:

“Mayor, can you please, can you stop calling me again? Ninety? I’m twenty…”

“What’s wrong? I watched your dad grow up. I still call him his nickname now!” Tian Erhe glared with a beard. He replied a few sentences, and then waved his hand, “go go go, don’t influence us to eat, no, chat.”

Shang Jianyao kept staring at the pot and found that the bowl inside was light azure. Very delicate pattern, and the chopsticks are ivory white, without any flaws.

This is much better than the tableware of most of the employees of Pangu Bio.

Tian Erhe glanced at him, said with a laugh:

“What? I think this bowl is not big enough?”

“He thinks it is too good It’s too delicate.” Jiang Baiman rushed to help Shang Jianyao answer the question, as if he was afraid that he would say something impolite.

Shang Jianyao is no wonder, nodded said that this is what I think.

In the next second, he looked at Jiang Baiman and closed his mouth tightly, wu wu for a while.

Everyone was astonished and at a loss, he asked Jiang Baiman:

“Guess what I just wanted to say?”

“…this How can you guess?” Jiang Baiman’s expression was a bit sluggish, and he barely kept smiling.

“Didn’t you guess very accurately just now?” Shang Jianyao was rather regretful.

Jiang Baiman took a breath and exhaled slowly:

“If it weren’t for you, I would definitely think it was angry at what happened just now.”

At that time, she was not staring at Shang Jianyao’s eyes, but at the top of his head, as if she wanted to come.

Tian Erhe watched them interact with a strange expression, and finally said with a smile:

“The atmosphere inside you seems to be very relaxed and lively.”

“It’s mainly because he occasionally twitches his brain, um, that’s it.” Jiang Baiman emphasized solemnly, Bai Chen nodded sadly.

Shang Jianyao responded immediately:

“How do you know that I am not deliberately enlivening the atmosphere?”

“…Try to keep it up.” Jiang Baiman grumbled. tooth.

Tian Erhe laughed twice, picked up a pair of chopsticks and said:

“These are all taken from the ruins of the old world city, there are too many similar Things, and they don’t have much value in themselves.

“The hunters of the relics came over through the mountains and rivers. Who wants to carry a backpack and a cart of dishes and chopsticks back? “

Jiang Baiman listened very seriously, and he felt it:

“Indeed, there are still many things buried in the ruins of the old world. Hmm… Not being used currently does not mean it is worthless. “

While speaking, Jiang Baiman poured five cans into the pot.

“Mayor, before heating up the cans, you can talk about the old world. Tell me about your experience back then? “Jiang Baiman casually threw the canned shell aside, and graciously handed the burnt yellow and black leaf smoke to Tian Erhe.

Tian Erhe took the leaf smoke and used the charcoal in the stove. Set it alight.

After Meimei took a sip, Tian Erhe half-squinted and said:

“My biggest wish now is to smoke three times a year. This is the first time this year. Twice. “

After sighing, he looked around, showing a reminiscence expression:

“Old world annihilation, I was only in my early 10s, and I was still a primary school student.” “

“My mother is a teacher from a junior high school in the city, and my dad is an employee of a government unit. At that time, the winter vacation was just a little bit colder than it should be now. It may be more than a little bit. I can’t remember it because What’s the matter, it may be that the junior high school holiday is later, and my dad gets busier as it gets closer to the end of the year. No one is taking care of me at home, so they took advantage of the weekend and sent me to my grandfather’s house, which is not far from Shuiwei Town. In that village.

“I remember very clearly, they said, wait eight days, they will pick me up with grandfather and grandma back to the city to celebrate the New Year.

The village runs around, but I still feel homesick every night, I read the calendar, and my father and mother will pick me up as long as there are days left.

“On the morning of the last 2nd day, a few of my friends and I wanted to go fishing by the river, but they were blocked by the adults. They could only go to play near the shallow creek, and then heard an explosion. The sound, I feel the whole ground is shaking.

“I was frightened. I just want to go back to grandfather’s house and never go out again.

“The explosions one after another, becoming more and more violent, cough, cough, I even think it was accompanied by a high-level earthquake.”

Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, While Jiang Baiman and others were listening attentively, Tian Erhe stretched out his hand and baked the fire, and continued to recall:

“There is a section in the middle. I fainted for some reason, maybe it was caught by the blast from the explosion. Well, there is nothing hurt to wake up anyway.

“After waking up, I continued to run back and saw the grandfather house collapsed… They didn’t have time to run out…

“At that time, my grandfather and grandma were much younger than I am now, raising chickens, growing vegetables, and doing everything.

“Cough, don’t talk about it. There were still many people alive in the village. I followed those Uncle Aunt and grandfather grandma all the way to the town. There are still a lot of intact houses in the town, but we didn’t choose one. We picked this place because there is an open space, so you can live in a tent temporarily without worrying about the house collapsing.

“At that time, the communication was also broken, and there was no signal. Everyone was waiting here, waiting for rescue, waiting for help, but unfortunately, I didn’t wait until…”

The voice gradually became lower, it seems that until now, I still remember the panic and despair.

“There are a few Uncle Aunts who don’t want to wait any longer, go to the supermarket, go to some people’s homes, collect some food, and try to leave Shuiwei Town and go to the city. I, I also follow them , I hope to return to my dad and mom, don’t laugh, this is a child’s very instinctive choice.

“We drove for a while, crawled through the broken road, walked for a long time, finally In the city.

“Here, here, more terrifying…”

Tian Erhe’s eyes gradually lost their focus.

He seems to be in a nightmare that he can’t get rid of in his whole life.

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(End of this chapter)