Chapter 206: Family and Country

The next day, Balgan, who was familiar with the environment, took Lao Zhang and went to Skosbysuncheng together, ready to check the situation, according to the plan, he was preparing to take over the control of this place by direct force, so he had to find out the number of survivors here, as well as the combat situation.

The road was covered with frozen soil, and it was white as far as the eye could see......

"It's the first time I've been so close to the polar regions, and it's a really different feeling." Lao Zhang said with emotion.

Balgan smiled, "The temperature here is below 0°C all year round, and now it is about to enter winter, and the coldest time can reach more than -60°C, so it can be said that the conditions are very harsh." In addition, the polar night will enter the winter, and the sun will not rise for 24 hours, and it will not recover until the winter, and then the polar day, the sun will hang high for 24 hours, which is really a magical area. ”

Lao Zhang nodded, "Yes, although I haven't been here, but I have learned a lot about this place, and I remember that studies have shown that if Greenland's glaciers melt, the global sea level will rise by more than 7 meters, and many island countries may disappear." ”

"You're right."

"Are you familiar with this place?" Lao Zhang asked.

Balekan smiled, "Yes, when I was fishing, I had a fishing contract with here, I lived here for a few months, and I felt it, although the environment and climate are a bit harsh, but the free life is really desirable, I once thought that I would retire here to spend my old age in peace." ”

"It's a good idea."

"If I didn't have enough money, I would have wanted to buy a piece of land here, Greenland is full of Inuit ruins, and I have seen a piece of land near the bay area, where there are the remains of long stone houses left by the Inuit, standing there, it is like traveling through time and space, and you can see all the ...... of Inuit life at that time."

"I can't see you're still ...... Well, how to put it, I still have a very unique idea. Lao Zhang saw that Balekgan's emotions were higher and higher the more he spoke, and he couldn't understand his feelings.

Balghan realized his gaffe, "The human body is so impetuous, it needs a place to purify itself, haha." Don't say it's useless. Don't look at this is the largest island, with an area of more than 2.1 million square kilometers and a total population of less than 100,000, mainly because there are not many habitable places, most of which are permafrost and pure ice fields. However, the biological system is okay, and Greenland is mostly located north of the Arctic Circle, so the sun is not visible during the long winters. But in the summer, Greenland receives a large number of breeding birds, and many plants are thriving, all vying to make the most of the 24-hour sunshine. Although many birds come to Greenland just to breed and then fly south when winter comes, some stop here all year round, including the ptarmigan and the little snow witch. It is also home to the polar bear, the world's largest carnivore, as well as wolves, arctic foxes, arctic hares, reindeer and lemmings. In the north of Greenland there is a large number of musk oxen, which are extremely thick

The outer skin protects them from freezing damage from the icy Arctic winds. Whales and seals are common in coastal waters. The main saltwater fish are cod, salmon, flounder and halibut, while salmon and trout are found in rivers. Especially when it comes to spawning, the fish in these rivers can provide the inhabitants with a very tasty caviar. However, the plant is somewhat lacking, mainly tundra plants, including liverwort, sheep's beard grass and lichens. In the limited ice-free area, with the exception of a few dwarf birch, willow and alder groves, few trees survive. So, after walking for so long, almost all we saw was snow and ice, and there were no plants, and in Iceland, although it was only a few hundred nautical miles away, there were many more plants there. ”

Hearing Balekgan's long speech, Lao Zhang really felt that he was underestimating him, and being able to say it in such detail shows that he has also worked hard to understand.

"Balgan, haven't you ever thought about returning home?" Lao Zhang asked casually.

Who knew that this question made him fall into silence, Lao Zhang didn't know what he touched, and he didn't dare to continue to speak easily, and the two of them walked silently for more than 10 minutes.

Balgan finally spoke, "It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that there are some things I don't understand. ”

Seeing him reply, Lao Zhang continued to ask, "What?" ”

"When I was a few years old, I received harsh wrestling training, in order to have better training conditions and achieve higher achievements, I was out with my father when I was a teenager, and my father left his hometown for me, and I will always remember the loneliness when he left the grassland. Traveled to many cities in China, the system at that time and the importance of wrestling were very poor, we could only go abroad, language barriers, life pressure, let us suffer a lot, fortunately, my father's perseverance, so that we can live down, find training venues, contact the competition, really changed when I was favored and began to practice boxing, at that time mixed martial arts was very hot in the world, with wrestling skills, plus the hard work of the day after tomorrow, I also have some achievements, our lives have improved. As I said before, my father went to sea to make money, and then I bought him a boat and became the captain myself. Years of hard work made his health worse and worse, when he left, he told me that he had the opportunity to serve the motherland, his time, by the motherland a lot of care, and I almost really grew up abroad, although my father has always taught me not to forget the roots, not to forget where the roots are, but I still can't understand his feelings, that deep-rooted love for the motherland...... And the regret of dying in a foreign land...... I really don't understand ......."

Lao Zhang is full of respect for Balekgan's father, a person who has been running around for half his life, has not forgotten himself, and it is really a pity that he can't return to his roots in the end, "Balekgan, there are some things that you need to experience and experience in order to understand, when you really integrate into your compatriots, you will have different feelings, and you live outside, and the foreign culture you come into contact with, is completely different." Think about our country from the millet rifle, to the launch of satellites

, and then to let hundreds of millions of people live a prosperous life, this is the power of a country, we compare the country to the mother, implying the country's selfless love and care for the people, from ancient times to the present, step by step out of the oriental dragon, now finally occupies a pivotal position in the world, we will never expand the declaration, sonorous and powerful, but want to let history repeat itself, invade us, is also wishful thinking, up and down five thousand years of cultural inheritance and precipitation, so that we have a unique humanities, understand etiquette, but never want to oppress and submit. In short, the strength of our motherland, our motherland's love for everyone, is real, but also let the compatriots have that inexplicable bond, no matter where you are, no matter who you are, the bloodline of the descendants of the dragon will make you proud forever......"

"Can you tell me a little bit about your time at home? Say whatever you want. Ballegan savored Lao Zhang's words.

"There's so much to say, Bai Qi, this kid and I met by chance at the beginning, when the end of the world began, he went to the supermarket where we were hiding to look for food, and I repaired it badly...... Red hair, who looks like a little ruffian, is actually a very good cook, and I miss the tail of the braised guinea pig a little bit when I talk about him, with a pot of wine, it's perfect...... We have known Lao Sun, the dead fat man for a long time, a high-ranking officer in the army, usually five or six, is actually an old man, the only thing that can show his hand is marksmanship, that's it...... Sweet little girl, the top figure in the world's prodigy list, don't look at the small person, the brain is a real spirit, we rely on her for advice on many things...... Cobra, pilot, caring warrior...... General Ye Qi, do not forget his heart, full of big obstacles, his behavior is full of righteousness, his ability is very strong, he is also engaged in scientific research, and he has a younger sister, the little girl is eccentric...... "Lao Zhang's chatterbox is a little unbearable as soon as he opens it, everyone, everything is so clear, so vivid, and psychological thoughts also gush out.

In the middle, Balekgan asked a question, which occasionally caused the two to laugh, and inadvertently, Ballegan felt that he had a trace of yearning for the motherland......

"Lao Zhang, what are you so strong for, you are willing to be with Bai Qi, a young man, and stand in the perspective of an assistant?"

"This kid is very stupid, impulsive, affectionate, but that's what I like about him, specifically why it's actually hard to say, there is such a kind of person, born with a unique temperament, able to envelop many people, willing to follow him, Bai Qi has such a trait, and he has love in his heart, and he also has the determination to help more people, follow him, more to see how far we can do together......"

Chatting, time flies quickly, and before you know it, you have come to the city of Skosbysun, not so much a city, but a town, a number of colorful roof cottages, arranged in a disorderly manner, in a white vast, but has a different style, very cute. This color scheme and architectural form reflect the characteristics of the residents here very clearly

Clear, free, free......

The structure of the house is basically wooden, the roof is triangular, it is not easy to let the snow accumulate, if it is a flat house, it is almost looking for death, the wooden structure is simply unbearable too much weight, do not underestimate the snow, the more frozen the more explained, the more squeezed the thicker and heavier, it is not difficult to collapse a house.

"Look! There's a chimney that's smoking! Balekan pointed into the distance.

Lao Zhang looked in the direction he pointed, and he could indeed see the white smoke rising up.

The two of them did not blindly move towards that side, carefully inspecting each house, most of the facades of the houses were half empty, there were no clothes or anything, even mattresses, sofa cushions, etc., were all gone.

Lao Zhang analyzed that the people here should have been evacuated in an orderly manner, and those things must have been taken away in order to live in a new place.

After approaching the place where the smoke was emitting, I saw that this was a church-like building, with a fenced yard, enclosing an area of about several hundred square meters, and the building in the middle was not as tall as the church I usually saw, probably for fear of collapsing after being too high, so it was only the height of two ordinary houses. However, the area is not small, with a length of fifty or sixty meters and a width of about thirty meters......

"What should I do?" Balgan asked.

The chimney on the roof was smoking, and it was clear that there were people inside, but it was not certain how many there were, and the state of the strangers made Balgan feel a little confused.

Lao Zhang thought for a moment, "Wait for me here, I'll touch it over first to see the situation." ”

(End of chapter)

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