Chapter 40: Historical Memory
Qiu Feng, Ashku, and Jin Tong went to Xunhe Town. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
There are only two banks in the town, namely the branches of the Royal Bank and the Xingliao Bank. After Jin Tong opened an account in the Royal Bank, Qiu Feng immediately sent a brief telegram to Dongfang Se and Xiang Yimin.
There was not a moment's delay in the East. The next day, the 75,000 yuan transferred by wire transfer from the printing house arrived.
On the second day, "Pinbao" also remitted the 400 yuan manuscript fee for the full text of "Notes on the Great Wilderness".
During his three-day stay in the town, Jin Tong spent nearly 200 yuan to buy daily necessities, including clothes, gauze nets, farm tools, soap, toothpaste, fruits, refined salt, a short gun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition...... He didn't just buy it for himself, he counted other people's shares.
The last time she came to town, Lin Qian was careful and reluctant to spend money, but this time she just bought enough things!
When he returned to Xinlu Township, Ashku went home by himself to rest. He said to Jin Tong, "Guarding is just a formality, anyway, you can't run, so I won't follow." ”
Jin Tong and Qiu Feng hurriedly climbed the plow and pulled the supplies back to the camp.
When Huajie everyone saw it, their hearts were even more moved, but they were still happy on their faces. They joked, "Isn't this a big eater, what a shame!" ”
Jin Tong does not seek gratitude. After living together for a long time, all the exiles have become like family, and what is there to be polite with them.
Wu Rui communicated with him privately several times, always saying: "If there is an opportunity to leave, you must seize it!"
There is no face that can't be erased, Jin Jing is still so young, it's not a matter to stay in the wasteland all the time! ”
Lin Qian said more bluntly: "To be honest, I, Wu Rui, and others, have always felt sorry for you in my heart. The three major cases have nothing to do with you, but they involve you.
Not only did you not hate us, but you also went out of your way to help everyone.
Buy food, buy horses, buy guns, everyone is counting on you...... I sometimes even wonder if you were born a saint.
Alas! If you have the chance, let's go, take Xiaojing to Shengshan County! Although we have improved the conditions of the full cover, this is not a good place after all! ”
Of course, Jin Tong is not a natural saint, nor is he heartless. Before being pierced by the soul, he did have a bit of a problem with Hua Xie in his heart. But the fusion of the two souls broadened his eyes and heart, allowing him to re-look at the misfortune that happened to him from an objective and neutral perspective.
So why hate those young people?
They are just framed by traitors, so what bad intentions are there?
The days of exile are long, and since you have to live together, don't worry about it, after all, you can't survive alone in the wilderness. Instead of holding a grudge, why not treat each other with sincerity?
This kind of thinking may be a bit of a philistine's calculation, but it is not another form of warmth!
Released on medical parole, of course Jin Tong is excited!
But that reluctant friendship is also true. He has already fallen in love with these friends, and he can't bear to abandon them, how can he just leave?
Therefore, when others talk to him about "parole", he is always vague: "Isn't this an impossible!" "Let's talk about it then!" "Jin Jing is reluctant to everyone!" ……
Yes, Jing Jing was reluctant to leave.
In the Mangai Wasteland, except for her brother, everyone else also cherishes her as her own sister.
She was born lovable and had a likable personality, and the revolutionaries were both her brother and sister and her teacher, and anyone who was free liked to tease her for a while.
Jin Tong once joked that Jing Jing has become the mascot of Huajie!
Zhao Ying, an art student, had painted several portraits of Jin Jing before her death, including a three-headed caricature that was widely circulated in the camp.
In the painting, Jin Jing, who has a cute bun head, wears a straight imperial marshal military uniform, stands on the city tower and waves, like a leader, while the military formation under the city is crooked, and the people who are read are painted as Huajie people, all of whom are smiling like fools.
The painting is still plastered on the wall of the cafeteria and is a strong evidence of the mascot's claim.
For Jin Jing, although Mangai is desolate, and the heat and winter have different hardships, there is no lack of joy, and she does not want to leave this paradise at all.
The prospecting team also stayed in Mangai for more than a month.
With the exile camp as the center, they went out early and returned late, and traveled every inch of the wasteland with all kinds of exploration equipment, drawing a large number of maps and collecting a pile of data.
Lin Qian is a member of the United Geographical Society and a head snake, so she naturally accompanied the prospecting team throughout the investigation and put forward a large number of valuable suggestions and opinions.
After a few days of walking, all members of the seventh detachment admired this woman who did not let her eyebrows go.
Her professional knowledge and abundant physical ability overwhelm everyone, and even Captain Ji himself is out of reach.
During this period, the Geological Survey Institute sent a team of people into Mangai to deliver supplies to the prospecting team, including a large number of chicken, fish, meat, eggs, rice, flour and milk powder.
Captain Ji didn't open a small stove, but handed over all the supplies to the exile's kitchen.
Although there were twenty more mouths, the workload of the kitchen increased greatly, so that Wu Rui had to adjust the duty schedule and increase the number of people, but the diet level of all the exiles was raised to a big level in a short period of time.
During the days of hard exploration by the prospecting team, Qiu Feng carried a rifle on his back and a camera on his chest, claiming that he was willing to be a bodyguard and followed Lin Qian around the wasteland.
Hunting and taking pictures became his biggest hobbies.
The camera is a small camera produced by the "Changhong" optical factory under Huangen Machinery Company.
Huangen Company has invested heavily in the introduction of German technology and engineers to manufacture this small and lightweight "Changhong camera", which is far superior to the portable square box camera of the American "Kodak Company", and is the world's first.
After the company released the news, domestic newspapers set off a wave of hype climax as usual. It's a pity that the production of new products is limited, and the number of cameras put on the market is very small, so there is no market for them at all.
In terms of practical application, this camera is not perfect. The biggest flaw is that the film uses boxed motion picture film, at least 5 meters per box. Before use, it must be cut in the darkroom, and then transferred to the special cassette attached to the camera; After taking pictures, the film must be taken out and wrapped in a darkroom, and then sent for printing, which is quite troublesome. Of course, this is a great technological advance for this era.
As a rangefinder camera, the lens and framing system are separated from each other, which also requires certain skills from the photographer.
Before leaving, Dongfang Se handed over the Changhong camera to Qiu Feng and solemnly entrusted, "As long as you take ten single photos of Lin Qian's different scenes and costumes, the camera is yours."
This condition made Qiu Feng overjoyed, and it took several days to ponder and study before he mastered the method of use.
A few days before he arrived at Mangai, he also did some serious work, and then turned into Lin Qian's personal photographer and took a lot of photos.
Qiu Feng used up a box of film every day for 20 days!
In these photos, Lin Qian is the only protagonist, but others are inevitably included in the camera: the prospecting team, the Huajie people, the Jintong brothers and sisters, the deer hunters, the forest sea snow field, the wilderness scenery, ......
Some of these huge photographs were sent to Dongfang; Some of them were sent to the "Newspaper of Goods" to cooperate with the publication of "Notes on the Great Wilderness"; Another batch was kept by Jin Tong and Qiu Feng respectively, becoming the most precious historical memory after many years.