In his sleep, he felt that the speed of the car had slowed down, so Xu Ziling immediately got up from the seat of the car and looked around through the window.

Major Tan in the front cab noticed Xu Ziling's movements and glanced at him from the rearview mirror, "Awake?" Just as we were about to call you, we were on the ground. ”

"Arrived?"

Looking at the time, it was already 0:00 in the evening of Celestial Empire time. Surrounded by high walls, a few standard prefabricated houses on the construction site, and a number of construction trucks, Xu Ziling felt that this place seemed to be no different from domestic construction sites.

Major Tan drove the car to an open space, turned off the fire, and said to Xu Ziling, "Get out of the car." ”

"Good!" Xu Ziling didn't ask anything, and got out of the car directly with the equipment.

"Come with me."

After getting out of the car, Major Tan opened his mouth and asked Xu Ziling to follow, and walked towards one of the prefabricated houses he had just seen.

To Xu Ziling's surprise, Major Tan did not take him into the house, but waited to get closer, spared the house, and walked towards the back. When he got to the back, Xu Ziling found that this place was much bigger than what he saw, and when he came in, he happened to be facing this house, and his vision was blocked, so he couldn't see the back.

And standing here at this time, he found that there were many more such houses behind, and Major Tan took him through four or five houses, and finally stopped in front of one house. "It's been so long, you haven't eaten, presumably you don't have the heart to eat, so I prepared some dry food and water for you first. Grab it first, and then you can eat something on the plane. ”

After he reminded him like this, Xu Ziling remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner yet, and he didn't feel hungry because he had something in his heart, but he still had to thank others for their kindness.

"Thank you. Or did you think about it well and hurry up in a hurry, and you didn't think of this at all on the way. ”

"It's okay, the above gave us a message, and we knew that you had been on the road, so I thought you definitely didn't prepare this. If only you could use it. The plane is just behind, and the people are waiting, so you can leave right away after taking your things. Major Tan said to Xu Ziling while taking out the key to open the door.

Picking up the military rations and water that had been prepared for a long time, the two of them went out of the house again and walked to the back.

Walking to the back, there is a large open space, there are a few lights on the ground, under the illumination of the lights, Xu Ziling saw a civilian Mi-17 helicopter parked in the center of the open space, and even vaguely saw that there were already people waiting there in the cockpit.

Major Tan led him straight to the helicopter, and at this time, the pilot in the plane also saw the two of them, waved at them, got down from the cab, and stood next to the plane and waited.

"Lao Wang, I'm going to have you on the night shift again."

When they got closer, Major Tan said loudly to the pilot standing next to the plane.

"Ha Lu Ha...... You don't know how to fly here, sometimes it's safer at night than during the day. The pilot was a man with a rough face, a typical Celestial Empire face, listening to Major Tan's words, Da Lu answered him with a smile, and then looked at Xu Ziling behind him, as if surprised by his youth, a little incredulous, "This is the guest?" ”

"That's right! This is the lion. I'll leave it to you. Major Tan replied to the pilot, and then turned to Xu Ziling to introduce, "This is the pilot who is responsible for sending you, we all call him Lao Wang." You can call him that. ”

Xu Ziling stretched out a hand and shook hands with Lao Wang, "Then trouble Lao Wang." ”

Lao Wang's hand was thick and powerful, and he shook it tightly with Xu Ziling's outstretched hand, "What's the trouble, it should be." Since you're in a hurry, let's get in the car and set off right away. ”

Turning to Major Tan, he asked, "Old Tan, do you have anything else?" Nothing to do just drove the car. ”

"It's okay, stay safe on the road! Take care, lion. I hope to see you back in the future. ”

Xu Ziling listened to his words, smiled, and then solemnly saluted him. "He will meet again in the future, and he will rest when he is drunk."

"Good...... Good...... One drunk Fang Xiu, one drunk Fang Xiu ......" saluted Xu Ziling, Major Tan was a little excited, and gave Xu Ziling a standard military salute back, and kept chattering in his mouth

On the plane, Xu Ziling and Lao Wang talked for a long time, and learned that this so-called mineral exploration company was nothing more than a subordinate enterprise unit established in Afghanistan by the army in the name of a domestic enterprise for strategic needs. All the personnel who are ostensibly employees have been soldiers with various skills in the army, they have been doing all kinds of mineral exploration work in various parts of Afghanistan in normal times, and once there is a task or other need from above, they immediately become soldiers.

Just like Lao Wang himself, in normal times, he is responsible for transporting some important exploration tools, and once there is a task, he will be responsible for picking up special guests like Xu Ziling.

"Lao Wang, how long have you not returned to China?" After resting for a few hours before, Xu Ziling is now in good spirits, and he wants to be idle and idle, so he simply chats with Lao Wang.

"It's been eight years!" Lao Wang's voice carried infinite emotion, "When I came out, my son was in elementary school, and now he is in high school. ”

For the sake of safety, people like them stationed abroad have basically come out for several years, and Xu Ziling also knows the way, but he didn't expect that Lao Wang would come for eight years.

"When I was in the army, I was selected to be here. I told my family that I had been discharged from the army and had found a job abroad, but it had been eight years, and when I got home, I didn't know if I would recognize my son. But even so, I'm willing, just to send more guests like you. Originally, people like us were changed every four years, but in the company, except for special circumstances, no one is willing to go back every four years. Because our current identity is a civilian, as long as we go back, we have no relationship with the most obscure thing about the green military uniform, so everyone wants to stay here for a few more years. ”

"However, I'm going back this time. It stipulates that people like us can only be eight years at most. Therefore, I can't send you anymore in the future. ”

Lao Wang's tone was very flat, but it sounded very sad, which made Xu Ziling feel unpleasant. had to divert the topic: "Lao Wang, I've heard you say for so long, I still don't know where you are?" ”

"I'm from Jiangnan Province. We have a lot of beautiful girls there. You're not in a relationship yet, are you? Wait a minute, I'll leave you an address, and when you go back, remember to find me, and I'll introduce you to our Jiangnan girls for you. Ha Lu Ha ......"