Chapter 5: The Starry Sky
Xiao Xiao's father was an explorer, and when Xiao Xiao was eighteen years old, his father gave her a special gift for the coming-of-age ceremony, a photo album of the Arctic scenery.
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The photo album is the painstaking effort taken by his father one by one, each photo is shocking, Xiao Xiao's favorite is one of the photos of the starry sky, the dark blue sky shines with white and dazzling stars like diamonds, which makes people sink.
It's been 10 years since Xiao Xiao's coming-of-age ceremony, and her father gave up his career as an explorer because of an old injury.
Over the years, the starry sky gradually blurred in Xiao Xiao's mind.
Today, Xiao Xiao decided to give up her job, she wanted to go to that starry sky holy land in person, she wanted to witness that sacred scene in person.
"Dad, I quit my job and I decided to go to the North Pole"
"Huh?"
"Uh-huh?!!??!"
Xiao Xiao's father Xiao Hongsheng was originally lying lazily on the recliner reading the newspaper, and got up directly when he heard his daughter's words.
"What!? You're going to the North Pole?? Xiao Hongsheng asked his daughter in shock.
"Well, I want to go to the North Pole, I've already resigned," Xiao Xiao said seriously looking at his father.
"Girl, why can't you think so much about going to the North Pole??" Xiao Hongsheng saw this daughter's serious appearance and hurriedly persuaded Xiao Xiao.
"Your father, I and your uncles almost confessed there"
"I just want to go, I want to see the scenery of the North Pole" Xiao Xiao listened to her father's words unmoved, she would not give up what she believed.
"Alas, girl, listen to me........"
Xiao Hongsheng advised Xiao Xiao bitterly, but Xiao Xiao couldn't pull back the ten cows that Xiao Xiao had decided.
At this time, Xiao Xiao's mother came back.
Xiao Hongsheng watched his daughter-in-law enter the door, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Xiao's mother and pull Xiao's mother into the ranks of persuasion, Xiao's mother was also startled when she heard that her daughter was going to run to the North Pole.
"Girl, we are in the south, you haven't even been to the north, how can you adapt to the North Pole?"
"Mom, don't persuade me, I'm serious this time, I want to see the starry sky and the aurora in person, this is my dream when I was 18 years old"
Xiao Xiao looked at his mother with firm eyes, and Xiao Xiao's mother looked at Xiao Xiao's firm eyes, and the words on her lips could only be swallowed in her stomach.
"Go, mom told you to go." Looking at Xiao Xiao, Xiao's mother compromised.
"Alas!! Daughter-in-law, how can you let her go to the North Pole, the North Pole is very dangerous" Father Xiao disagreed.
"If you don't agree, then you come and persuade your daughter, I'll go cook and ignore the two of you, break it" After Xiao's mother finished speaking, she ignored Xiao's father and went into the kitchen with the ingredients.
"Alas, this old woman will make trouble!" Father Xiao saw that Xiao's mother was relieved, and he could only let go.
"Go, Dad agrees with you." Father Xiao said helplessly.
"Thank you, Dad" Xiao Xiao finally hugged Xiao's father with a smile when he heard this.
"However, you have to learn some survival methods from me before you go again, and now go and wait for me outside the courtyard immediately."
Xiao Xiao saw his father's situation and immediately said happily: "Okay" After that, he ran out of the yard.
"This wild girl, really" Father Xiao shook his head helplessly again.
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Time drifted away in the noisy wind, and a month passed, Xiao Xiao finally learned all his father's field skills, of course, whether he was familiar with it or not is another matter.
"Dad, Mom, I'm leaving."
"Girl, you must take care of yourself, you know?" Xiao's mother reluctantly touched Xiao Xiao's cheek.
"Okay, okay, people are still waiting for our girl, really, what a big person" Father Xiao saw that Xiao's mother was reluctant to give up his daughter, so he could only step forward and be a 'bad guy' to separate the mother and daughter.
"Mom and Dad, I'm leaving! You have to take good care of yourselves. Xiao Xiao bowed to Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, turned around and walked towards the Arctic expedition group she had signed up for.
Xiao's mother watched her daughter leave, and her tears finally couldn't help flowing, she stretched out her hand and kept patting Xiao's father and said: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, if it weren't for your daughter, she wouldn't have to go to such a dangerous place now."
"Alas, alas, alas, blame me, blame me, it's all my fault" Looking at Xiao's mother who condemned her, Xiao's father could only hug Xiao's mother into his arms to comfort her emotions.
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Xiao Xiao's trip to the North Pole was originally planned to be carried out alone, but Xiao's father was not at ease, so he signed up for Xiao Xiao's Arctic expedition that he had been leading before.
As soon as Xiao Xiao got in the car, he greeted everyone, and some people in the expedition knew Xiao's father before, so Xiao Xiao easily integrated with everyone.
A total of 6 people came to this expedition, plus Xiao Xiao is 7 people, there is a couple in the team, who only joined the expedition a few years ago, and I heard that they got together because of a trip.
Two of them are good brothers of Xiao's father who used to explore together, one is called Huang Shaofang, and the other is called Ma Xuewu, this expedition is also Xiao's father specially invited them to join, driving a middle-aged man's driver, according to Uncle Huang and Uncle Ma, the driver's surname is Li, and he has already had several experiences in climbing the pole.
The rest is a young girl like Xiao Xiao, who also joined the expedition because she loves adventure.
The expedition arrived at the airport in this way, and everyone boarded the plane full of hope.
Russia
"Wow, that's beautiful!" As soon as they stepped out of the airport, the girls were immediately attracted by the exotic scenery in front of them, and they were greeted by the colorful bean-like Orthodox churches scattered all over the streets, and the Russian court buildings as skirts, blooming with dazzling brilliance.
Everyone dragged boxes and things to enjoy the scene in front of them, handsome exotic handsome guys, beautiful Russian girls, and stalls with bright vegetables and fruits, all of which were beautiful landscape paintings.
"It's here, that's it" Uncle Huang spoke, and the expedition team came to a hotel, and everyone entered the hotel.
After arranging the room, Uncle Huang said: "Today and tomorrow will be rested, and the day after tomorrow, everyone will gather here to take the train to the North Pole."
"Okay"
"Understood"
"Received"
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Everyone replied one by one and went to their rooms.
On the third day, everyone was ready to go, and their faces were full of anticipation.
"It's all ready," Uncle Ma asked, looking at the crowd.
"Uncle Ma, where is Uncle Huang?" Seeing that Uncle Huang was gone, Xiao Xiao asked.
"Your Uncle Huang has a stomach problem, I'll let him stay here, anyway, the old man has been to the North Pole, and he doesn't care about this time or twice"
"Oh, that's fine"
Uncle Ma saw that Xiao Xiao had no doubts, so he asked again, "Are you ready?" ”
"Ready," everyone replied in unison.
"Okay, let's go!"
Everyone got on the train in full gear, except for Brother Li and Uncle Ma, everyone on the train was like children, feeling great curiosity outside the window and inside the car.
In this way, the train departed for the North Pole with people's curiosity and anticipation.
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Darkness shrouded the Arctic, and the young people's original anticipation for the Arctic was instantly extinguished by this darkness.
Uncle Ma sat by the bonfire and looked at the young people with a depressed face, smiled and picked up the boiled water in his hand and smiled: "Hey, don't worry, how can the aurora be so easy for people to see, wait"
The depressed people heard Uncle Ma say this, and regrouped.
Xiao Xiao took out her newly bought camera, and she hoped that she would be able to take pictures of the starry sky that she would never forget tonight, the scenery that represented her dreams.
"Ah, it seems that I won't be able to see the aurora tonight," Uncle Ma said regretfully as he looked at the pointer that had reached 12 o'clock.
The people in the camp felt even more depressed because of the cold, and everyone gave up waiting, and everyone consciously returned to their tents.
Xiao Xiao was lying quietly in his sleeping bag, beside two girls who were traveling with him, only to hear one of them say, "We should be able to see the aurora, right?" ”
"Well, I can," Xiao Xiao replied affirmatively.
Another girl next to her saw Xiao Xiao's affirmative answer, and she also comforted: "We must see the aurora."
"Well, it must be," the girl herself affirmed herself, hearing the affirmation of the other two.
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Xiao Xiao lay in the sleeping bag for almost an hour, the people around her had already slept, only she had been showing the scene of the starry sky in her mind, Xiao Xiao got up, shivered, she put on a cotton coat and quietly opened the tent, at this time, a meteor dragged the blue phosphorescence with a long tail, and crossed a gorgeous arc in the air.
Xiao Xiao was stunned.
After a meteor, suddenly a beautiful picture of the prosperous world began to appear in the sky, it was a meteor swarm!
Meteors flew past Xiao Xiao's head, leaving behind a brilliant tail.
Xiao Xiao reacted at this time, and immediately turned around to wake up the sleeping person next to him, "Wake up!" There are meteor swarms! Wake up! Xiao Xiao woke up the two people, picked up the camera and hurriedly ran out of the tent.
"Wake up, everyone! There are shooting stars! ”
"Wake up, everyone! There are shooting stars! ”
Xiao Xiao made Shengping's loudest voice wake everyone up.
"It's beautiful!"
"This is a scene that only exists in novels," this is the exclamation of the girls who are in the same tent as Xiao Xiao.
"It's really a meteor swarm!" Everyone who woke up looked up at the meteor group roaring in front of them, that brilliant galaxy, so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
"Look! It's the Aurora! ”
The brilliant aurora also performed on stage not long after the meteor debuted, and looking at these scenes, Xiao Xiao felt that his whole life was shining brightly.
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"Let's take a picture to commemorate the occasion!" Xiao Xiao raised the camera in his hand and said.
Everyone smiled happily, and everyone seemed to have become part of a family at this moment.
"Three, two, one, eggplant!"
"Eggplant!" ........
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"Alas, old horse, have you seen the aurora this time?"
"Hey, hey, hey~ Lao Huang, you lost a lot this time! This time, we encountered a rare meteor shower and an aurora."
"Huh!? Hey, old man, I knew I had to go for my life like this."
"Hahaha, who blames you for your stinky face, hahaha"
"Old horse, you ................."
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Xiao Xiao, who hadn't slept all night, was lying on the bed in the hotel, staring at which minute of starlight, she saw the flashes of countless diamonds, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and at that moment, she became the happiest girl in the world.
End of Chapter 5