Chapter 13: Continuing to Live (Part II
In the midst of the noise of eating meat and drinking soup,
Soon, several documents that looked very simple were handed over to Zhou Huai'an. It is said that it is a paperwork, but in fact, it is a few old books with yellow colors and stains, and they are written and recorded from the back.
Among them, the thickest and self-proclaimed most important one is the hand-copied "Rabbit Garden Book", which is said to be the enlightenment textbook of rural school teachers written in simple script in this era; On the surface of the paper, which is stained with a little oil and stains, there are not only crooked and twisted small characters like earthworms crawling, but also unidentified patterns and chaotic lines like ghost drawings; There are even depictions of human and animal forms that resemble ancient hieroglyphs.
Is this all the current belongings and chronicles of the Fury Camp located? , Zhou Huai'an only felt that his head was big for a while, this is simply a Red Cliff Book in a sense, and it takes a lot of time to decrypt and analyze it before he can get started and use it. Sure enough, there are no shortcuts or tricks in the world.
As the sky darkened and the night gradually wore on, the torches that patrolled the night and the fire cages placed between the passages became the only sources of light that could be illuminated.
Most of the rebels lived in makeshift sheds, like the barrals and stables of later generations, covered on all sides with bundles of bamboo and branches, leaving only a cloth-covered entrance; It also looks better than the previous wet, stained, damp and smelly tents;
In the shed, it is directly on the dirt floor with different wet and dry floors, with bundles of straw and straw, that is, it can be full of several people's Chase Bunk; This bundle of hay straw is used as forage for livestock during the day, a temporary bed for walking at night, and in a pinch, it can also be used to start a fire or set a fire, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone;
As the exclusive treatment of the veterans and small leaders of the sheds, they have an extra piece of dirty coarse felt or cloak cloth as a cushion and wrap their bodies than these new pawns. Therefore, as soon as it gets dark today, there is already a body lying in it, trying to taste the taste of broth and blood clots, and waiting to fall asleep.
The officers and above of higher status live in the few remaining warehouses, shops and other ready-made buildings in the towns outside the city, and they generally sleep on the door panels, stoves and troughs made of local materials, and even all kinds of car boards and shelves, and piles of goods, and almost everyone has a set of new or old cloth and linen covering.
The few leaders were accompanied by the guards and lived in a few slightly renovated and furnished houses that served as daily living quarters and giving orders.
And Zhou Huai'an, the only clerk, was also somewhat stained, and was able to get a narrow corner separated by a tattered screen as a temporary shelter on the edge of the stable in the wide warehouse full of miscellaneous items;
Although outside there was the remnants of horse manure and the smell of sweat that was always lingering in the midst of the thunderous snoring, because there were the most important belongings—two dozen mules and horses pulling carts and riding, and miscellaneous personnel such as foot servants who routinely squeezed into the room to sleep;
But in this crunchy and creaking space, there is at least a three-legged case that doubles as a table top and a bed, as well as a half-potted rough-edged candle, and bits and pieces of thread, bamboo chips, brushes, and ink blocks are his exclusive objects, just enough to fill a small bamboo-backed basket.
Fortunately, in the early years of the calligraphy interest class, the foundation has not been completely lost, dipped in water to grind away the unpleasant bad grinding blocks, began to re-copy one stroke by stroke, on the relatively large piece of paste paper torn off the wall, and then glued the edge with rice grain grinding, it is a not very regular notepad.
In the midst of the boring nights and the sound of snoring, his mind quickly became immersed in the numbers and words.
It wasn't until the warehouse where he was that there was a loud noise opening the door again, and there were drunken complaints about eating, but he took a cadre of generals to the general office in the city, and the chief officer of the Fury Wind Battalion who participated in the banquet and others returned.
"Hey, monk, are you still doing things?"
The purple-faced leader, who was covered with the smell of alcohol and vomit, suddenly walked over and looked at the paper and pen on the desk in front of Zhou Huai'an.
"This is for you, monk"
Then a small wine bottle with liquid swaying was stuffed into Zhou Huai'an's hand without saying anything
"Pick-me-up,"
"Thank you, General, for your attention."
Zhou Huaian could only accept it a little stupidly, and then watched the other party climb upstairs with heavy footsteps.
Then I shook it and unscrewed the stopper and smelled it, and most of the wine smelled sour, obviously a low-degree turbid wine that had not been well precipitated and filtered; But relying on his past experience, after adding some medicines, it can barely be used as a medicinal wine to remove injuries and stasis; Even if you don't drink it yourself, you can still use it to exchange and use materials with others.
Then, after thinking about it, he took a sip from the mouth of the bottle, and he might need to sweat a little after soaking in water for the past two days; When the cold and somewhat pantothenic wine swallowed his stomach, and slowly turned into a warm heat flow, his stomach was full of thoughts and chaotic thoughts, as if they had been curtailed, and the only thing left was "to do everything possible to live, and then escape from this environment." ”
This night, Zhou Huai'an had the first dream of coming to this era. He dreamed of the vast savanna, the galloping wildebeest and the herds of antelope, the lazy lions and chasing cheetahs that haunted the field of vision, and the herds of hippos and elephants that were active among the rivers with loud voices and huge bodies.
To tell the truth, from the volunteer teachers who teach in the mountainous areas to the volunteers of the overseas medical rescue team, many things actually happened around Zhou Huai'an during this period;
For example, he initially had the idea and touch of joining the foreign aid medical team, just because of a popular domestic military action movie "Wolf Warrior" series; And of course, he will never admit that the reason why he finally made up his mind is actually envious of the rich second generation in the movie who can play with guns and hunt wild animals legally abroad.
As a result, in fact, he has gained and lost all the way to Africa, with both gains and losses, as well as disappointments and disadvantages; For example, he has never met the arrogant and cute mixed-race girl in the movie; In fact, the women that Li could see in the medical team were either middle-aged or more middle-aged dragoons with clinical experience from foreign backgrounds, or local African aunts who were three or five thick or simply like the waist of a water tank;
As for the local African girl who is known for her enthusiasm and unrestrainedness, in the case of various epidemic X disease severely affected areas, he does not have the heart and courage to provoke one or two.
In the end, in these years, the only person who can have a good impression of him and take the initiative to show his willingness to get along is the daughter of a local Taiwanese-funded business owner, who is said to have graduated from WW Women's University, with a round face and a petite and delicate figure that conforms to traditional aesthetics, and her eyes are very big A little bit of Xu Ruoxuan's photo album, but her chest is a little more remnant, which makes Zhou Huai'an, who is a member of the majority of "chest slaves", a little lost;
And the past when they got along and collided was to be this natural little fortunate Taiwanese girl who had a natural yearning and good impression of neon because of the environment in which she was born; Through telling facts, reasoning, and showing up to speak, we have gradually reversed the narrow prejudices such as "powerful tea eggs" and "rare instant noodles" of the small people on the island.
It's a pity that he didn't make up his mind to settle down, so after eating a lot of tofu from other people's homes but not going deeper, he soon gradually lost contact and the motivation to continue to communicate in the continuous turmoil and conflict that is commonplace.
is the old squad leader-like character played by "Secretary Dakang" in the film, but he has met many during his trip to Africa; Due to the psychology and comfort of the Chinese people hugging each other in a relatively dangerous and unfamiliar foreign land, he also learned some superficial skills and common sense under these former veterans from different armies and names;
Therefore, Zhou Huai'an can be said to have learned a lot of things, even including short-term military training and excessive environment of collective life before entering Africa, but it is basically a beginner's level and superficial kung fu that covers a wide range of things and knows a little about it.
"Lift up. Turn around.. Stab.. ”
When Zhou Huai'an easily fell asleep relatively calmly in some rough and uneasy strange environment, and was woken up by loud shouting, scolding and noise,
I saw that the outer stables and barns had been emptied, and only fodder and manure were left on the ground; Not far away, there were deep and shallow footprints and large patches of mud that had been trampled on.
Those new pawns with blue noses and swollen faces and unclothed bodies were clumsily holding long bamboo poles, walking unevenly and making jerks and forward movements under the sound of commands, and the undulating bamboo pole heads were like messy weeds in the wind; From time to time, someone misses or loses his strength to hit the bamboo slightly, poking it on the shoulders and on the top of the head, and in the screams and exclamations, the overseered old guards whip and whipped the wailing screams for a long time.
Well, who said that if you practice the spear formation, you can fight the world, obviously even these peasant rebels will train and use the big road goods of the rotten streets, or the cheapest choice of the golden oil type.
On the edge of the field, which was obviously more solid, some of the vacant pawns were practicing catching each other with knives, guns, axes, and sticks, both one-on-one and staggered grappling, as well as alternating cover and battle between plural and plural small groups of long and short soldiers; It looks much more skillful and ferocious;
Because they used real knives and guns, and there was no sign of holding hands or hesitating when they started to move; In this way, the sound of the exchange of blows was slashed together, and then the back was pressed head-on and collided almost to the flesh, and one side fell or did not support before it was separated again. Therefore, from time to time, some people with blue noses and swollen faces are helped to the side to rest, and some people cover the bleeding wounds and retreat to bandage.
Others, armed with wooden shields of various sizes and shoddy hand rows, swung and parried oncoming rocks as they flexed and undulated along the dodging curves. It's more like another primitive version of the Ready Arrow and Assault Training.
It also somewhat made Zhou Huai's impression and evaluation of these rabble slightly improved.
You must know that among the African black uncles he has seen, some of them are far inferior to the gray-backed gorillas who can use simple tools, and when they fight, they will only roar and scream, run and shoot wildly, relying on momentum and sound to scare each other in order to win.
It's just that he didn't wait long to see it, and in the sound of the tiger's armor hitting and the sound of Xi Xi's friction, the commander of the Angry Wind Battalion who had just come downstairs had already come straight to him.