Chapter 21: Liao Fei
Very few people remember the battle, just as few can remember what the world was like a decade ago, because most people died in the war or left their homeland, never wanting to recall the tragedies of that time.
In addition to the runway, there was only a lone tower left in the temporary airport in front of him, and there were no buildings in a radius of several kilometers, not even ruins, and no trees.
Ji Kefeng looked at the tower and said: "This was originally Zhenyang Airport, after that battle, there were no other buildings left in the airport except for the tower, and the tower was also half collapsed, and now this appearance should have been renovated later." ”
"Wrong!" A voice came from the ground next to them, and the three of them turned to see the countless lids on the ground next to them being lifted, and then out of them came out of the twenty or so armed men with loaded guns, wearing a mix of military uniforms and civilian clothes, and it was none other than the fat man with a full face of flesh, who seemed to be their leader.
The fat man crawled out of breath, walked towards Tang Shuxing, stretched out his hand, and introduced himself at the same time: "My name is Liao Fei, and I am the instructor here. ”
"Instructor?" Ji Kefeng nodded, feeling that it was very kind to hear Mandarin mixed with a Zhenyang accent, and he hadn't heard the title "instructor" for many years.
Tang Shuxing shook Liao Fei's hand, subconsciously glanced at Liao Fei's belly, Liao Fei then shook hands with Gu Yan and Ji Kefeng, and then pointed to his stomach and said: "I wasn't like this before, when I got sick, I became this virtuous, and there are many people here like this, if it weren't for Chi Chen's medical assistance, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to hold on a long time ago." ”
Tang Shuxing looked at it. I saw that the other subordinates standing behind Liao Fei were many disabled people, and some were wearing highly myopic glasses. There are also those who are blind in one eye.
Liao Fei said in a low voice: "Everyone is the same, we were originally from the surrounding area of Zhenyang. A small number of the garrison troops survived at that time, after the Battle of Zhenyang, there were very few people who were still intact, and in the past ten years, many people died, no food, no clean water, and no medicine. has been able to survive until now, all thanks to Chi Chen. ”
Tang Shuxing nodded: "So, you are also Chichen's people?" ”
Liao Fei shook his head: "We want to, but Mr. Zhan disagrees, he said, we have a relationship with Chi Chen, it is not good for us." So, we're all for ourselves, by the way, you haven't eaten yet, have you? ”
Tang Shuxing immediately shook his head: "Thank you." We've eaten. ”
Liao Fei smiled: "It doesn't matter, our most difficult time has passed, and so many years have passed." We have already turned over the land, dug deeper, the soil below is full of nutrients, we planted grains, vegetables and fruits, etc., but the source of protein is unstable, last year we finally found a few pigs, cattle and sheep, but many died, because of the disease and death, and did not dare to eat. I can only dig deep and bury and burn things. ”
Tang Shuxing nodded, and changed the topic: "The Battle of Zhenyang back then. Is it true that no one survived here? ”
Liao Fei was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Almost." Because the main city became a sea of fire, the fire caused by the missiles in Shangdu burned for more than a week, and everything was burned down, and we didn't dare to go in on the periphery, and there was no way to get in, so we just stood there and watched the fire burn all the time. ”
Tang Shuxing stood there looking at the desolation in the distance, and didn't say a word.
"That's right." Liao Fei looked at Tang Shuxing and asked in a low voice, "I heard Mr. Zhan say, what Gu Hunting Ground Competition has started, will the pattern change after this competition?" Will there still be war? ”
Tang Shuxing looked at Liao Fei and shook his head for a long time: "I don't know." ”
Liao Fei nodded: "By the way, the plane has been filled with fuel, parked over there, far away, we have a car, but it broke down, let's barely walk over." ”
Tang Shuxing nodded, remained silent, and walked slowly behind Liao Fei. He didn't know what the clown wanted to do, the clown seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with Zhan Tianya, or coerced Zhan Tianya to do it, making this place a transit station, and making the barren Zhenyang a transit station for them to participate in the competition, did he want to have a nervous breakdown before he officially entered the finals?
On the way to the plane, Tang Shuxing and the three of them saw a lot of people coming out of the ground on both sides of the airport runway, men, women and children, but there were very few children, but when they saw a pregnant woman, the three of them all stopped and stood there watching. It was new life, and they hadn't seen it for a long time.
Liao Fei took a deep breath and said with a smile: "That's my wife!" ”
"Congratulations, I'm going to be a father." Ji Kefeng said immediately.
Liao Fei's face sank slightly, and he shook his head: "This is my third wife, my first wife, during the Battle of Zhenyang, she was rushing back from the city, and the phone could still get through at that time, I kept talking to her, telling her to persevere, to be brave, and to escape, at that time it was a company of the garrison that protected their group of people out of the city, more than a hundred people, in order to let the people leave, the garrison was almost running forward, following trucks, armored vehicles and tanks, but in the end it was too late, I stood on the top of the mountain, Looking at the other side, the missiles that fell all over the sky were like meteorites falling from the sky. ”
Liao Fei said this, took a deep breath, and suppressed the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes: "The second wife was in the third year after the start of the all-out war, she came from the Great South with a fleeing team, and after coming to us, she was chased and killed by some thugs, I took someone to save them, but when I rescued them, their team was almost killed by the thugs, and she was still running, she begged me, let me quickly take someone to save those companions, save them, she will be my wife." Actually, I thought so much at the time, and took people over, but when I arrived, those people were all killed by the mob, and there was not a single one left alive, and the miscellaneous pieces even stripped off their clothes and took them. ”
Liao Fei looked at the tragic situation, but heard a plopping sound, and then turned around, and saw that the woman had fallen, and after a detailed examination, he found that she had already been injured, and she had been holding on, holding on to Liao Fei and others who had come to the vicinity to find Liao Fei and others who had been contacted by radio before. Liao Fei rushed back to the camp with the woman, and after the doctor examined her, he said that because of the lack of medicine, her wound was very seriously infected, and she basically couldn't be saved, so it was better to give her a good time, because she was in pain now, very painful.
The woman was lying in the tent, holding Liao Fei's hand, biting her mouth, biting her blood flowing, but with a smile on her face, she said to Liao Fei in a trembling voice, thank Liao Fei for everything, although it was late, but still thank him.
Liao Fei, who was sitting next to the woman, didn't know why, when he saw the woman's appearance, he thought of his wife, and felt that his wife would be so painful before she died. Then Liao Fei burst into tears, howling and crying, and then the crying was like an infectious disease, and the people in the entire camp began to cry.
Recalling this, Liao Fei looked blankly into the distance and said, "Why are you crying?" I don't know, everyone sees the same thing, but the memories are different, I used to be just the owner of a small supermarket, I used to be a militia for a while, and I was not a soldier at all. ”
Before the woman died, she grabbed Liao Fei's hand and told him that if she didn't dislike it, she would be Liao Fei's daughter-in-law.
Liao Fei cried and nodded, and the woman closed her eyes.
Liao Fei shook his head and said: "Until she died, I didn't know what her name was, I rummaged through the things she carried with me, but I didn't find anything that could represent her identity, and when I finally buried her, I could only write the words 'Liao Fei's wife' on a wooden plaque." ”
Liao Fei wiped away his tears and waved at his third wife, who also crossed her waist and tried to raise her hand to wave at him.
Tang Shuxing, Ji Kefeng, and Gu Yan didn't speak, and they didn't raise their heads, but just followed Liao Fei and continued to walk forward.
"How did the third wife meet?" Tang Shuxing suddenly asked.
Ji Kefeng frowned and looked at Tang Shuxing, feeling that he shouldn't ask these sensitive questions, but Tang Shuxing ignored him.
Liao Fei continued: "The third wife also fled, she arrived two months ago, and when she came, she was already pregnant. ”
Everyone was stunned for a moment, stopped to look at Liao Fei, Liao Fei looked at them very strangely, motioned for them to continue walking, and continued to say, "Why are you surprised?" It's nothing, children always need a father, and we haven't seen a new life born for many years, and we need new blood here, so we are trying to rebuild and hope to create a good environment for future children, at least so that they can grow up healthy. ”
While Liao Fei was talking, they had already seen the large military plane parked in front, and they could see that the plane was Chi Chen's, Chi Chen was taken from the resistance army, and the previous resistance logo on the wing had been smeared, and at the cabin entrance, two pilot-like people were sitting there, and after seeing Tang Shuxing and others arrive, they turned around and entered the cabin, and immediately started the plane.
At this time, the plane was surrounded by people, Liao Fei scratched his head and said, "Don't be surprised, we haven't seen an airplane for many years, especially this kind of large plane, so we are all curious." ”
Tang Shuxing shook his head, not knowing what to say, and then the three of them boarded the plane, and the moment they walked into the cabin, Liao Fei chased after him and stuffed a few baked potatoes into their hands: "This is the potatoes we grew ourselves, my wife baked them, it's good, there is no problem, you can eat it, it's just a little smaller." ”
Tang Shuxing just nodded and took the potatoes.
Liao Fei glanced back at the people who were around the runway, but never stepped on the runway, and looked at Tang Shuxing: "I hope you come back safely, if you come back safely, no matter what the result is, come back here, this is your hometown, isn't it?" We are all your relatives, there are not many relatives, and everyone hopes that you can be safe. ”
"Thank you." It took Tang Shu a long time to say these two words.
Afterwards, Liao Fei stepped back, saluted the three of them, and then said: "Of course, it is best to have world peace, and there will be no war." ”
Tang Shuxing just nodded, nodding vigorously, but when he saw Liao Fei turn around and walk off the plane, his eyes were completely blurred. (To be continued)