Chapter 40: The Traveler
The press conference was over, and they all walked out of the hall.
Huang Feng and Huang Dong were together, ready to get into his car and leave.
However, a car stopped beside him, and Huang Feng turned around and saw a person.
The person was dressed in casual clothes and drove a jeep, Huang Feng didn't recognize it at first, she was wearing sunglasses.
But immediately, he recognized that it was Alice.
The girl's long hair flicked, "Mr. Huang, can I invite you to dinner together as a reward for your bravery?" ”
Huang Feng was stunned.
Huang Dong seemed to understand, "Huang Feng, you go, we'll see you later, I know your phone number, we'll contact you at any time!" ”
Huang Feng smiled at Huang Dong and nodded.
This is invited, and if you don't go, it doesn't make sense.
"But I'm going to press it!" Huang Feng said.
"I have all the equipment here, no worse than the hotel's communication center, you can use it!" Alice said.
Huang Feng coughed, thinking that it was okay, the equipment of the army headquarters was certainly not bad.
He followed Alice first to the communication center here.
"I still have to write, I guess it will take more than an hour!" Huang Feng said.
"You have to go to a quiet place to write, I'll take you there, you write first, I'll wait for you, it's okay!" Alice said.
When Pingshui met, there were people waiting for him, Huang Feng felt a little wonderful.
Alice took him to a separate office with everything and some photos.
Huang Feng took a look, isn't this a photo of Alice?
Is this her office?
"This is my office, you can write whatever you want!" Alice said.
Huang Feng nodded.
He took the paper and pen that Alice had handed him and began to write.
When he was done, he revised it and then re-copied it.
He writes quickly, it's just a press release.
He wrote two articles for two newspapers, the one he worked for and the other one.
Then he looked at his photos, selected some, and gave them to two newspapers.
Then he used Alice's communication device here and sent it.
The other party was sure to receive it, and Huang Feng was relieved.
This first job is done.
While writing, Alice was reading a book on the other side, and Huang Feng saw that it was an English version of a celebrity biography, "Madame Peron"
It's just that Alice came down when Huang Feng was writing.
She didn't bother him and told him to write quietly.
After writing and sending, Huang Feng stood up, "Can you go?" ”
Huang Feng nodded.
"Alright, let's go!" Alice said.
Huang Feng went out with her and got into Alice's car together.
"What does Mr. Huang usually like to eat?" Alice asked in English.
Huang Feng coughed and replied in English, "Arbitrary, I know it's difficult to have authentic Chinese food here, just feel free, your local delicious food will be!" ”
Alice thought for a moment, "We only have one Western restaurant here, but there are too many reporters there, so let's take you to the barbecue!" ”
As soon as Huang Feng heard the barbecue, he remembered a person in his mind, but he returned to reality in an instant.
"Okay, it's fine." He and Alice still have a strange feeling, and the feeling of being familiar at first sight is not yet there.
Love at first sight is even more not.
He still has Han Mei in his mind, and there is also the shadow of Chen Miaoke.
Although they are still close to good friends, they always feel that the nearest woman is them in their minds.
Alice smiled and drove off.
Huang Feng saw that behind them, an off-road vehicle was immediately followed, and it was estimated that there were plainclothes inside.
This is necessary to protect the safety of the eldest lady.
Huang Feng saw the car driving out, where would he drive?
The car kept going, and it seemed to be heading for the suburbs, not in the direction adjacent to General Tuman, of course, but in the other direction, and the place was relatively safe.
They were driven to a mountain.
There are not many trees on this mountain, and there are many grasses and shrubs.
The jeep stepped over those hillsides, and when it reached the top, it was possible to see a lot of the capital.
Huang Feng and Alice got out of the car, and Alice's men came.
They set up a barbecue grill.
Then, Alice smiled at Huang Feng, "What do you want to eat?" ”
Huang Feng was stunned again.
Alice took a shotgun in her hand.
It's a shotgun of British origin, and it looks pretty good.
Alice suddenly shoots into a bush and snaps!
Someone came over and came with a hare.
Alice smiled, "You're here too?" ”
She gave the gun to Huang Feng.
Huang Feng is so depressed.
"You can stand up in the battle between the soldiers of both sides, you must know a lot about fighting and whatever!" Alice said.
Huang Feng coughed up, he had to put it on.
He is no stranger to firearms, this shotgun, he has also studied its construction, and he is also a gun fan.
Now he thinks it's good to have a wide range of interests, in life, you never know what will happen in the next second, so it's good to learn more.
He raised his shotgun, snap!
He also fired.
The bullet also hit a large thing in a bush.
Soldiers passed.
They were shouting and coming out with the thing, and it turned out to be a wild deer.
Huang Feng smiled at the corner of his mouth.
As soon as this thing came over, Huang Feng saw it, fortunately, it had a big target.
It is estimated that no one has been on this mountain for a long time, and the sound of their cars is not enough to scare the animals away.
"This deer is enough for us to eat!" Alice laughed.
What she means is that these bodyguards have enough to eat.
She motioned for her men to go and straighten up, and they took the deer over.
Alice and Huang Feng walked on the hillside.
Watching the red sunset about to set, in the grassland in the distance, there seems to be endless life doing the last dance of the day.
Not far away, the city stood, but it seemed to be devastated.
One of the tallest buildings, the symbol of the city, has long been blown away by shells.
There are some small houses in the city that are still there.
"We weren't like this here before, everything is not the best, but it will be done!" Alice said.
It seems that she is also nostalgic for the past.
"But, if it weren't for that chaos, your father would still be an ordinary general!" Huang Feng said.
Alice looked at him, not speaking, looking at the distant sunset.
Huang Feng was also watching.
"They all wanted to settle down, the turmoil was provoked by the Westerners, and in order to support their agents, they plotted to overthrow the previous government, and the rebels killed the president, saying that he was corrupt, etc., but in fact, he just had a better relationship with the Soviet Union, and it was not bad with your Huaguo." Alice said.
"He accepted a large amount of patronage from the Soviet Union, and of course the West hated him to the core." Huang Feng said.
"Yes, those Western forces cultivated opponents everywhere in the army, planned turmoil, and when the turmoil, those rebels killed people, raped, and robbed in the capital, and my father couldn't stand it anymore, so he led troops into the capital and drove them away, and then the leader of the rebels was killed by their own men, and they split into several forces, the largest was General Tuman, and the remaining two armies were not to worry, they were defeated by Tuman, and the distant parts of the country were entrenched."
"Now the capital is a big province where your father and Tuman are fighting, right?" Huang Feng said.
It seems that this is the Central Plains in the history of China, and the place where soldiers must fight.
"Later, the United Nations resolution came out, asking you to cease fire, right, and the Blue Helmets are also stationed!" Huang Feng said.
"Yes, Tuman wants to enter the capital and become president, of course my father is not worried about him, our two troops have fought several times near the capital, of course, many people have died, civilians, soldiers, it can be said that corpses are everywhere!" Alice said.
Huang Feng can imagine that scene, some reporters took those photos.
"There's a country behind Tuman, and we've got France to support it, and at the moment, we're evenly matched!" Alice said.
"Their soldiers seem to be a little more ruthless!" Huang Feng remembered the events of the day.
He saw that the soldiers were tenacious and fierce, and they never seemed to be afraid of death.
"Yes, they came according to the military instructions of the country behind them, and our current military is French instructors, you know, the French character is still relatively loose." Alice said.
Huang Feng nodded, "Their army still has a certain combat power!" ”
"Well, we can't be inhuman!" Alice said.
Looking at the huge sun in the distance, as if it was about to sink into the grass, they were all in a daze.
For Huang Feng, this is a place to work, but he knows that for Alice, it is all about it.
"You didn't tell me about your past, I think you're a mystery!" Alice said.
Huang Feng smiled, "Isn't that what you see?" A new reporter, so to speak, a rookie, you don't see their reporters, who heard me stand in the middle and shout when the two armies were fighting, and look at me like a monster! ”
Alice tilted her head to look at him and smiled.
"You are like a student, but with vicissitudes, you must have a story, you came to my country, it seems, just to let me take a look!" Alice said.
Huang Feng was drinking the water he brought, and he almost spit it out.
Alice smiled, "Although I studied political science in Paris, my greatest hobby is writing, and I like Tagore's poetry!" ”
As she spoke, she began to recite the poem in English:
Traveler, do you have to go?
The night was quiet, and darkness slept in the woods.
The terrace is brightly lit, the flowers are bright, and the young eyes are still awake.
Traveler, do you have to go?
Traveler, there is nothing we can do to keep you, we only have tears.
What is the unquenchable fire that burns in your eyes?
What is the restless frenzy running in your blood?
What is the call in the darkness urging you? What terrible magic do you see among the stars in the sky,
Is it the night with the sealed secret message that enters your silent and strange heart?
O weary heart,
If you don't love convivial parties, if you must be quiet,
We put out our lamps, and we no longer play our harps.
We sat quietly in the dark night with the sound of the leaves, and the weary moon
It will sprinkle a pale glow on your window.
Traveler, what sleepless spirit touched you from the heart of midnight?
……
Huang Feng can understand.
He felt that his language skills were improving rapidly.
Although my English is not the most standard, I can basically express it clearly.
He seems to be playing the taciturn genre anyway.
He could also understand other words, including this classical English poem.
He remembered the first time he read the Chinese version of the poem.
It was at dusk, by the river in my hometown.
He couldn't put it down, looking at the street lamps lit in the distance, and he regarded them as those classical lamps hanging in the inns on his future journey.
Those classical lamps, is it an ancient style of Dongying or an ancient style of India?
Now he had entered that world and felt like the traveler.
Aren't you a traveler, the African savannah in the distance is about to sink into darkness, those animals, those elves, are the scenery on your own road.
And this girl, who was also the daughter of the General, except that she felt that she was a traveler who could give her a temporary tranquillity, free from her present state of anxiety.
Because she saw that she could think of poetry.
"You must be longing for the distance, right now!" Huang Feng said with a smile.
Alice looked at him, "Yes, if it weren't for this war, I would have graduated from college, I should have traveled the world, and I would have gone to find Tagore's soul in his birthplace!" ”
She turned, the last rays of the setting sun on her face, "It's not bad to meet you on this hill at this moment!" ”
She smiled, and the evening breeze blew her hair, and everything was like a dream.