ACT87: Lost the train

The sky was just dark, and the water droplets outside the window were falling out of the road, and the depressed trees were rapidly retreating, and the eyes were a dull indigo blue, which only added to the coldness.

Yu An opened her eyes, leaning on the soft pillow in a daze, she had not slept all the time, counting her pulse, watching the dark night slowly fade, following the train through the tunnels, the land and wilderness outside the window from dry to muddy, as if a long time had passed, but in fact it was only a short night.

Hui Hui slept soundly, and habitually woke up in the second half of the night to prepare for the vigil, looking at Yu'an's bright eyes in the dark, and was stunned for a long time before remembering that the two of them had boarded the train. laughed at himself, and saw that Yu'an was not sleepy, so he was not reluctant, turned over and fell asleep again.

The first night was peaceful, and the "roommates" on either side of the carriage did not show much enthusiasm, except for a woman who came, carrying a plate of boxy pastries, and asked them if they wanted to try it. Yu An did not refuse, accepted the snack with a smile, and chatted briefly with the woman.

The woman boarded the train two months earlier, and she was alone, and when she was cornered by a group of walking corpses, she saw the black beast as she climbed over the platform. The conductor led the men to kill the walking corpses they were chasing, gave her food and water, and asked the doctor to bandage her scratches as she fled. The woman was grateful and begged if she could get on the train, and the conductor agreed without hesitation.

Yu'an asked her, what about after getting in the car?

The woman said that everything was fine, two meals a day were served, she was not a combatant, she usually helped in the dining car, and would also go to the tail train to do some laundry and sewing work, the conductor was very nice, the "passengers" were also very friendly, whenever the train stopped, they would have time to get off the train and move. Combatants search for supplies, and non-combatant units clean wagons, and they are generally not required to participate in combat unless the situation is critical.

The panic of boarding the train for the first time subsided, and Yu An couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked the woman how much she knew about the conductor. The woman just smiled shyly at this, saying that the conductor rarely came to live in the carriage, and every time he appeared, he was that gentle and elegant image, polite in words and deeds, but somehow, it can give people a sense of security, like a sword framed on the wall, warm as jade on the surface, but in fact, it can bloom at any time. The woman's evaluation of the conductor gave Yu'an goosebumps, and whether the conductor was as she said was open to debate, but what was certain was that the woman had already secretly agreed to the conductor. After a few more conversations about unnutritious topics, Yu An excused herself for being sleepy and dispelled the idea of the woman continuing to sing the praises of her sweetheart.

The steam-powered train is not as fast as modern technology, and the scenery outside the window changes, and an hour later, the dawn sun breaks through the gloom and shines through the window. Yu An looked at his watch, at eight o'clock, the whole carriage woke up, the voices of people gradually rose, and the aisles came and went, starting a new day's life.

Chu Guangxu, the young man who took them to the car, carried a plastic basin printed with red carp, containing towels, toothbrushes, and soaps for the two of them, and sent them over, looked at Yu'an's faint dark circles, and said with a smile: "Didn't sleep at night?" ”

"I didn't sleep well." Yu An smiled politely, took the basin and thanked him.

"There is a queue in the water room, you go to the purser with me first, and then wash it when you come back." Chu Guangxu's voice is very good, like the male host on the midnight radio in the past, rich and magnetic, which is a little out of tune with his overly sunny appearance. It was as if there lived an old man in a young body.

"Okay." The two had no opinion, wiped their faces briefly, and followed Chu Guangxu out of the carriage.

Chu Guangxu took the two of them to the dining car first, there were only a few middle-aged women in charge of distributing food in this dining car, Chu Guangxu said hello to them, and after a while, he brought over a tray, in which there were two glasses of milky milk and two eggs.

"Eat some first, the purser will come later." Chu Guangxu grinned, his eyes kept rolling over Yu An.

The two of them were not polite, and they coincidentally knocked the eggs lightly, peeling off the shell to reveal the crystal egg whites inside.

"What? Not sure? Chu Guangxu raised his eyebrows, picked up a cup, raised his head and took a sip, and said, "It's not poisonous." ”

“……”

"How many people are in the car?" Megumi took a bite of the egg, almost burst into tears, the last time she ate eggs was estimated to be a year ago, she looked at the large aluminum basin in front of several women, full of hard-boiled eggs.

"Counting the two of you, it's about seventy."

"How much food do you have to consume every day?" Megumi couldn't help but be a little stunned, except for the nightmare in her memory, she had never seen such a large group of survivors.

"Only when you are full can you have the strength to work, it's nothing." Chu Guangxu spread his hands, pointed to the milk and said, "There are three cows in the tail car, fat and strong, and they are open to drink. ”

"Cow?" Megumi stuck out her tongue and said in surprise, "What else?" ”

"That's a lot, I'll tell you later." Chu Guangxu stopped talking at the right time, raised his eyelids, and said, "The purser is here, you can talk to him, I'll go first." Drink the milk and don't waste it. With that, he got up and left the dining car.

The two looked back, and yesterday's teacher Tian walked over with a bird's nest hairstyle, and a bright smile like a wild chrysanthemum bloomed from afar.

"How's the night's rest?" Lao Tian smiled and pushed the thick bottom glasses.

"It's okay, I'm a little unaccustomed." Yuan shrugged his shoulders and saw something dark red on his cuffs.

Lao Tian noticed Yu An's gaze, smiled, pulled down the sleeves of his coat, and said casually: "I wanted to learn from you to use the animation brush, haha, I'm old and my hands are unsteady." ”

"Oh? Is there a walking corpse in the car that can be used? Yu An asked curiously.

"No, no, I found some in the storage compartment, and I made do with it." Mr. Tian replied simply, brought the topic into the right track, and introduced the division of labor between men and women in the car, as well as the work that needs to be carried out in each position.

Yu An had no interest in laundry and cooking, and frowned and asked, "Can't women join your battle queue?" We have killed a lot of walking corpses, and we also have experience of surviving in the wild. ”

"This one won't work." The purser took off his glasses, rubbed the corners of his eyes, smiled apologetically, and said, "Who made our conductor a gentleman." ”

"But I'm only good at killing walking corpses, and I can't do laundry and cooking." Yu An leaned on the seat with his arms crossed, made a distressed expression, and said, "It's not that you choose a position that suits you, I can, and I will definitely not hold everyone back." ”

Teacher Tian scratched the chicken nest and said slightly apologetically: "This is the rule set by our conductor, and no one can change it." As he spoke, he took out a small notebook and a ballpoint pen from his inner pocket, and said, "I'll talk about labor later, let's make some records first, and the two girls will cooperate...... Well, what's your full name? ”

"Dong Yu'an."

"Bian Huihui."

"What about age?"

"Twenty-one."

"Twenty-four."

"Oh..."Teacher Tian lifted his glasses, wrote down a few strokes, hesitated, and then looked up and asked, "Have you ever given birth to a child?" ”

The two were stunned, looked at each other, and shook their heads in unison.

"Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of babies on our train, and there are milk powder and that thing, but for the sake of the child, it's better to breastfeed." Teacher Tian smiled, then asked about some inconsequential things, seemed to think about it for a while, and took the two of them to the second carriage, saying that he wanted to ask the doctor for a physical examination.

The two women cooperated throughout the whole process, and on the way to the second carriage, Huihui pinched Yu'an's palm and cast a worried look.

Yu An was quite helpless to his companion who was three years older than him, and comforted him softly: "Adapt, go back to the carriage." ”

The seats in the second car were all disassembled, the benches and beds were re-welded, the white curtain divided the carriage into several pieces, two women and a man wearing white coats, were sitting by the window playing poker, and saw Lao Tian bring the two women in, and hurriedly stopped the game in hand.

"It's so early." The male doctor was in his early thirties, and his chin was scraped with stubble.

"I drove last night, so I was tired of doing a check-up to see if there were any injuries." Lao Tian glanced at the male doctor without a trace, and the latter understood, smiled on his face, and welcomed the second daughter in.

"I'm the chief medical officer of our 'Forward', relax, it's just a normal checkup." The male doctor took out the stethoscope from the locker, turned around and walked into the curtain, and after working for a while, another female doctor took Megumi over.

The male doctor lifted the curtain on the other side and beckoned to Yu An: "Come on." ”

Yu An glanced at Lao Tian, and the old man at the head of the chicken nest smiled generously and said, "Go ahead, I'll be waiting for you in the dining car." With that, he turned around and pushed the door open.

Behind the curtain is a small space, a narrow bed, next to a metal workbench welded, on which are some simple equipment common in hospitals.

"How to check?" Yu'an was a little dazed, the place was just like this, standing or lying?

"Have you been sick lately? Or injured? The male doctor brought in a notebook from outside, saw Yu'an standing in place, and said with a smile: "Lie on the bed." ”

Yu An frowned, went around to the other side and sat down, thought about it, and said, "I had a little cold a few days ago, but now I am better." ”

"Where's the injury?"

"Nope."

"Never been hurt?"

"Not recently."

The male doctor nodded thoughtfully and asked, "What did you do before?" ”

"Staff." Yu Andong felt inexplicable, and responded casually.

"Oh," the male doctor bowed his head and wrote, "Take off your clothes and lie down." ”

"What?" Yu An was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and narrowed his eyes.

The male doctor smiled understandingly, shook his head and said, "Everyone is the same, don't have to be burdened, I'm a doctor." ”

"Can you change someone, isn't there a female doctor outside?" Yu'an felt that something was not quite right.

"She's an intern, and she's only been here for a few days." The male doctor put down the notebook in his hand, took a pair of PVC gloves from the workbench and put them on.

"Sorry, I'm not used to it, let's wait for my friend to check on me." Yu An stood up and took two steps back, shaking his head resolutely.

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