Chapter 394 393. Gardenia Tree [Please vote]
Boss Tang quickly found a few thin young men, borrowed the cart from the testing station, and took away all the goods.
There is a shortage of meat, eggs and milk these days, and everyone relies on nutrient solutions for trace elements in their lives. Unless they are in the defense army or garrison, it is difficult to see strong people again.
Huaiyu is also used to it. At this moment, he looked at Lin Xuefeng and Zhou Qian who were wiping their hands and asked: "Are you going to find Uncle Zaozi now?"
Zhou Qian nodded: "Well, Take the couple to the garrison and return the car while delivering the bones.”
Having said this, he looked at Lin Xuefeng again: "Your figure is too conspicuous, is that okay?"
Ordinary people can only see his unique temperament, and his belt will separate the ill-fitting training uniforms. He is tied around his thin waist, and when he takes off his coat when working, anyone with a discerning eye can see his ape-like arms and waist.
——In this day and age, that is not a body that ordinary people can develop.
What's more, even if he wears a hat and a mask, he still stands out among the crowd.
Zhou Qian was a little worried about being recognized by the garrison - after all, there were countless people across the country who regarded him as their idol, and they had gone through all the previous propaganda videos and studied them thoroughly.
But Lin Xuefeng nodded and said firmly: "No one will think of me."
After all... time will dilute everything.
It has been more than a year since he last appeared in front of the public.
In this case, Zhou Qian got into the car with him and carefully took out two large boxes from the back seat: "Let's go."
......
Long time no see, Uncle Zaozi's home furnishings store is still open as lazily as before, and the four-piece bedding set displayed above is different from what I saw before.
The difference is that this time the store is not empty, nor is he the only one there, but a middle-aged woman with long hair simply tied up is sitting there, folding the sheets carefully .
This is Zhou Yunfang, the wife of Uncle Zaozi.
Her face was pale and her brows were peaceful. It was impossible to tell that more than half a year ago, she was lying beside the window crazily and desperately, with unspeakable sadness flowing in her eyes.
Huaiyu was stunned: "Auntie."
The figure watching her go away hopelessly by the window once made a silent wave surge in Huaiyu's heart, but at this moment, Zhou Yunfang smiled slightly and his eyes lit up.
"Xiaoyu? It's been a long time since you came. Your Uncle Li said two days ago that you didn't reply."
Huaiyu was a little embarrassed.
Actually, after she left the wasteland in the morning, she reported to many people that she was safe, but Uncle Zaozi was the only one who didn't know how to say anything, so she put it aside for the time being.
At this moment, my lips wriggled twice, but I still took a deep breath: "Aunt, Zao... is Uncle Li here?"
"He went to set up a stall in the market somewhere. I sent a message to ask him to come back." Zhou Yunfang smiled: "I know, when he started bringing some weird and unpalatable things home, you still called him He’s Uncle Zaozi, he’s unique and easy to remember.”
She recovered and became so amiable that he even enthusiastically offered to make tea for her.
But Huaiyu was a little restless at this moment, and his fingers moved uneasily. Then another broad palm pressed on her shoulder, and Lin Xuefeng's voice came through the mask, a bit muffled:
"Take a deep breath."
Huaiyu took a breath subconsciously, and then Slowly spit it out again.
His pounding heart seemed to slow down, and when Zhou Yunfang turned around and saw him coming in, she couldn't help but be startled: "This is..."
The next moment, Zhou Qian also entered the store.
Zhou Yunfang's eyes quickly focused on the boxes held by the two of them - they were two storage boxes that Huaiyu found temporarily at home. In the wasteland, when she pulled Lin Xuefeng, the bones were wrapped in bags for convenience.
But at this moment, once it is put into the box, it seems that something can be predicted immediately.
She seemed to be able to see with her own eyes that the face of the woman opposite her turned pale little by little, her body slowly became stagnant, and the originally bright light in her eyes dimmed inch by inch...
"Xiaoyu!" At this moment, Uncle Zaozi rushed back with a big bag on his back: "You kid, I said you must be fine! You didn't even send a message, I hurried over after setting up the stall. This was the last time I had sex on the highway——"
They have been married for many years, and he noticed something was wrong with his wife just by meeting her. Then he turned his eyes and was equally shocked by the box they were holding.
After a moment, he silently put the bag in his hand on the ground, then stepped forward and held his wife's cold hand, helped her sit aside, and then turned around with a rare look on his face. of peace.
"Yes..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, his throat seemed to be stuck. He could only say the word tremblingly with difficulty, and then quickly closed his mouth.
At this moment, the originally calm eyes were filled with water.
Huaiyu didn't dare to speak at all. She only heard that one word, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. The palm pressing on her shoulder exerted a slight force, and the hot temperature came from the palm, causing her to take a deep breath.
Uncle Zaozi smiled at her with difficulty, as if he had finally found his voice: "Yes...it's mine...my..."
What happened next? Can't go on.
He squeezed his wife's palm so hard that even the veins stretched out. The woman sitting there just stared at this side, unaware of the pain in her palms. The expectation and pain in her eyes were so clear.
Huaiyu took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Uncle Zaozi, I brought back two pairs of skeletons and badges from the wasteland. One is named Li Ruxing and the other is named Li Ruyue."
The whole room was silent. , only the sound of trembling and extremely thin breathing came.
The couple who were once acquainted stood and sat there, stunned. It is like an eternal stone, and like a big tree yearning for hope.
Lin Xuefeng sighed silently in his heart, and took a step forward: "This is, Li Ruxing."
He added: "Sorry, it has been too long, and some of it has become weathered and decayed, so We couldn't find them all, but they fought bravely in the wilderness until the end of their lives."
In this terrible silence, his voice was gentle and gentle, like a gurgling stream - it was the calmness and sigh condensed after experiencing countless such painful separations.
At this moment, the only thing he can do is to prevent the couple in front of him from being trapped in unrelieved misery for a longer time. That kind of pain is like a monster moving in the chest, rushing through the body, causing the heart to sting, the head to be dizzy, and the breathing seems to be cut off. Both the body and the soul are resisting life.
Some people will kneel down and cry loudly, some people will fall into fainting due to the extreme pain, and some people will curse wildly and become hysterical...
These are all things he has faced before, Withstood.
"They are human heroes. We originally planned to send them back to the garrison base first so that they could come back in a higher and more glorious way. But Xiaoyu said that you might want to do it as soon as possible..."
He didn't say the rest of the words, but the moment the words fell, two lines of hot tears suddenly fell from Uncle Zaozi's eyes. The couple finally couldn't help crying at this moment, and then couldn't help but stretched out their hands: "Let me, let me see..."
Two simple and old In the wooden box, ordinary white cloth was laid out, with some broken and decaying bones on top. You don't need to look closely to know that it is not complete. Only the golden badge quietly reveals their past.
The setting sun shone into the spacious room. Uncle Zaozi tremblingly picked up the badge. The three words [Li Ruxing] were gently wrapped in the sunshine, shining brightly at the moment.
The box Zhou Qian was holding was already being held gently in his arms. Zhou Yunfang's tears fell heavily, but at this moment she hurriedly took the box back to Zhou Qian's hands carefully, and then wiped her tears in embarrassment:
"Xiaoyu, you, I heard that you have wood-type powers, so...can you cause plants to bloom?"
She looked at Huaiyu, her eyes full of hope.
Huaiyu was stunned - many people knew that she had a weak wood-type power. Logically speaking, it was too weak to produce flowers.
But at this moment, facing the gaze of a mother, she nodded firmly: "I can."
The other party touched the corners of his lips, showed a pale smile, and then hurriedly returned backyard.
Not long after, she brought back a pot of gardenia with green leaves.
Tears were still flowing quietly on her cheeks, but the corners of her lips were slightly raised. At this moment, she was gazing at the small potted plant in her hand with a gentle expression:
"I should have known they were gone... Mine is like the stars, like the moon... They have always cared about us, so considerate, such good children... In the dream, they said goodbye to me "
She raised her head: "Ruxingruyue likes gardenias, and I promise to plant one for them... If possible, can you please let it bloom?"
< br>“They want to be buried in the cemetery, and I will plant the gardenia tree there—I asked, and it’s okay!”
Her voice became increasingly urgent, and her eyes looking at Huai Yu were full of expectation: "Can it be done?"
"Yes."
This time, Huai Yu no longer deliberately concealed her abilities. Instead, he reached out his hand and also quietly touched the green leaves that were not stained with a trace of dust.
"Do you want it to grow up?"
Zhou Yunfang laughed quietly: "Is that okay? The child wants a gardenia tree."
The moment he finished speaking, the small basin he held in his palm shattered with a "snap", and then countless roots spread downward, absorbing unnecessary nutrients from the air.
The branches quickly grew stronger, side branches sprouted, the leaves stretched, and then white flower buds sprouted on the branches.
This kind of speed of birth cannot be achieved by some weak wood power, but no one cares at this moment.
The buds of the gardenia grew bigger and bigger, and Huaiyu let go of his hand, looked at Zhou Yunfang who hurriedly hugged the flower tree and asked: "Is this size OK?"
" ”
Zhou Yunfang nodded: "This size is just right! I went to the cemetery and saw the cypress trees planted on the edge of the cemetery there. This one can just fit between them..."
She did not speak anymore, but at this moment , but both Uncle Zaozi and Uncle Zaozi wiped away their tears quietly.
Huaiyu paused, then slowly stretched out his index finger, and gently tapped the fullest bud with his fingertips.
At this moment, it seems like you can hear the sound of flowers blooming.
Like a seed sprouting and breaking through the ground, the white petals unfold in an instant, and the entire gardenia tree branches are as bright as clouds of white. Against the background of thick green leaves, there is a silent shock and beauty.
The overbearing aroma instantly lingered throughout the room, and even the wooden boxes held by Zhou Qian and Lin Xuefeng seemed to be contaminated.
The couple took a deep breath. Then he looked at the box again, and finally Uncle Zaozi returned to the backyard, changed a large pot of soil balls and simply wrapped the one-meter-high gardenia tree.
Zhou Yunfang also said with trembling voice: "Since the children are back, let them sleep early."
Uncle Zaozi raised his head: "Xiaoyu, take us to the garrison Military base.”
……
And in the garrison base.
Bai Yu was handling official business when his communicator suddenly vibrated.
She looked down, then quickly stood up and pressed the intercom: "Notify me that some soldiers have returned home."
When Zhou Qian drove his car to the base, he saw At the entrance of the base, two neat rows of guards were already standing. Seeing several people getting out of the car, someone immediately stepped forward and carefully supported Uncle Zaozi and his wife.
Then someone also wearing a snow-white uniform hurriedly came forward. Uncle Zaozi wanted to say something, about his children, the pain of the couple, and that the children had no regrets...
But at this moment, thousands of words are stuck in my heart, and only one line of tears is left to flow quietly.
The other party silently gave him a military salute and gently opened the box. Two badges indicating his identity were particularly eye-catching in the dim twilight.
The next moment, everyone present silently performed a military salute.
......
Uncle Zaozi and his wife stayed at the base tonight. After Huaiyu detailed his misunderstandings and the accidental encounter with two skeletons, time has come. By 8pm.
She did not mention that she had been to the center of the wasteland - she should not have known that it was the center of the wasteland. He just described the environment in detail and attributed the reason why he could go there to the underground river.
Not to mention meeting Lin Xuefeng, Bai Yu didn't ask either.
In fact, searching for human heroes in a dangerous wasteland sounds more like a fairy tale. No one would think that fairy tales come true.
In short, these were all discussed in detail on the way back, and no one doubted its authenticity - after all, the fact that Huaiyu was injured by the garrison officer Wu Yue and fell into the underground river had already caused the garrison to panic. Can't hold my head up.
Now, the other party has worked so hard to return the hero's bones without any intention of pursuing any investigation. Can they still question its authenticity? The details described by the other party can now be compared one by one.
When Bai Yu sent the three people out of the base, she was particularly wary of the man who suddenly appeared next to her - she could feel that although the man appeared very harmless, her sixth sense was ready to activate, as if she was always vigilant, and It seems like a familiar person...
But in this era, there are too many people with secrets. It is not uncommon for people to be wrapped up tightly like him, so she only told Huaiyu:
"We will definitely explain the fact that Wu Yue injured you."
" Just leave the car on for now, I I know that your car has been mortgaged - it was driven away by Zhao Feiyan of [Baizhao Subsidy] just last week."
"Before your car comes back, this car can be used by you. .”
"In addition, in three days, there will be a memorial ceremony in the base - Huaiyu, I thank you on behalf of all the guards."
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