Chapter 60: A New Life in the Flames (Part II)
Taking advantage of the heavy rain and steam obscuring the view of the reconnaissance satellites, the six men continued to advance north.
Shortly after dark, they arrived at a farmstead 45 kilometers from the southern Belarusian city of Mozyr, and around a hill with a dim porch light on the inaccessible hillside.
Exhausted people climbed up the hill and opened the wooden fence gate, and a dog barked wildly until the hostess who came out of the hut stopped it.
"Good evening, Tailan. Barr waved his hand and said hello in Russian.
"Good evening, Bishnoi. The hostess warmly returned the favor and greeted her.
In the dim starlight and faint light, Gu Tie was shocked by the beauty of the hostess, the tall woman in the long skirt had dazzling golden curly hair, a high nose bridge, a pointed chin, and large, clear brown eyes, and the loose skirt could not cover the devilish figure that was convex and backward.
The standard woman of the Yugoslavs. The perfect earth woman. Gu Tie hurriedly took two steps forward and took the hostess's hand: "Tai Yilan...... Tailan, have I seen you somewhere?"
The hostess smiled, showing her white teeth, "I believe not, Mr. Iron. When you fought on the battlefields of Africa, I was a child. ”
Gu Tie walked around her boringly and walked towards the house: "It's boring, I thought you were a simple peasant woman, but it turned out to be Shiva's intelligence agent." ”
The group walked into the wooden house of the farm and collapsed on the wooden floor.
The interior of the house is simple, with a wooden dining table, chairs, and beds, wood burning in the fireplace, and the smell of beetroot soup coming out of the soup pot.
"This is Shiva's safe house in Belarus. This lady is Miss Natalia Taylan. This is Mr. Gu Tie, my closest comrade-in-arms and worst brother. As he lay down in front of the fireplace, Barr feebly led the two men.
"Hello. Gu Tie lay there and raised a hand to indicate "fortunate meeting".
The hostess spread out a floral tablecloth on the dining table and began to work on dinner, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Iron. She took the time to reply, "Bishnoi, you came two hours later than expected." ”
"Cut, his plan is bullshit. He didn't plan to get out of Ukraine alive...... Natalia, what do you have to do with him?" Gu Tie took a sip and asked.
"What?" the hostess turned to look at Shiva's leader.
"He told me what he planned to retreat to Belarus, and you must have said the same, but in fact he wanted to be a bastard martyr. He simply did not have a detailed plan to deploy an absconding to Belarus. Tell me, Lao Ba, besides, I'm guessing you two have had an adulterous affair before, haven't you, Natalia?" Gu Tie weakly switched to English and counted his comrades.
"What?" Amber turned to look at Shiva's leader.
"I guess...... It's just a guess, don't be angry if you guess wrong.
Natalia, you were originally a simple and lovely Minsk girl, who was abducted by an Indian playboy, but the Indians were not at ease to put you on the front line of the battle, and arranged for you to stay alone in the far south of Belarus.
In this way, if he is unfortunate to hang, he will be considered to be martyred with his new love Amber, and if he survives, the two of you will not show his true feelings in front of his comrades, and he will be left to linger in the future when he is newly married. Am I right?"
"What?" the two women stared at Shiva's leader together.
"Ask me how I guessed it? It's very simple, when we met, Natalia you didn't call Lao Ba by 'leader' like everyone else, nor by his first name like me, but by his last name, and without honorifics, and likewise Lao Ba called you by your last name, without honorifics, which in my experience is a distinguishing characteristic of adultery.
When you wave your hand, Natalia, your eyes do not scan all the visitors, but stare at Lao Ba's thin face, and when you wave your hand, it is not a natural posture of stretching your fingers, but five fingers curled and stretched out to the palm of your hand, which is a gesture of 'grasping, possessing', indicating that the object you are waving to is your possession on a psychological level. Is it enough? I also observed...... "Gu Tie gushed endlessly, and he didn't notice that the atmosphere in the room was about to rain.
Balvindra feigned sleep, her nostrils blowing a peaceful breath. Two women stood to his left and right, crackling electric sparks in their eyes as they looked at each other.
"Uh...... What about Aunt Sula?" Gu Tie suddenly remembered and asked.
"Outside. Bury Professor Tariq. The timpani replied.
There was silence in the room.
"I'm going out and have a look. Barr opened his eyes, struggled to his feet, and walked out of the house with heavy steps.
Sniper Joe lay on the bed, sleeping with a heavy breath, the timpani wiped his face with a snow-white towel, glanced at Gu Tie, and sighed.
The women put aside their disputes for a while.
Natalia has a good hand and quickly brings a wealth of food to the table, piping hot beetroot soup, roasted baby potatoes, feta cheese, bacon, sausage, fennel stew, grilled assortment, lettuce salad and home-brewed kvass sparkling wine. When the bread and salt were on the table, Aunt Sula and Barr had not returned, and Gu Tie sat up tiredly: "I'll go out and have a look." ”
The autumn night in Belarus was cold and watery, not far from the hillside, standing or sitting two figures, Gu Tie dragged his steps over, and saw Aunt Sula standing next to the tomb of the new pile reading the eulogy, Barr sat on the ground and hugged his knees and didn't know what to think. Gu Tie walked over and patted Lao Ba's shoulder and said nothing.
"I thought I wasn't afraid of death. "Death is the entrance to another reincarnation, the body is a tool for the soul to cling, and when the soul leaves, it becomes an unimportant skin."
According to the teachings, I should have cremated Uncle Tariq's body, but I couldn't make that decision.
We spend our whole lives pursuing the supreme state of Brahma-self, transcending the pain of death, and lifting the cycle of the soul, but in the face of other people's deaths, I can't let go of my demons, I can't treat this corpse as an inanimate skin, this is my uncle, the venerable Professor Tariq, my eternal mentor and guide. I killed him, and ironically, I'm still alive. ”
"It's better to be alive than dead. Instead of pursuing the detachment and liberation of nothingness, it is better to drink one more glass of wine, love one more time, dream one more time, and smell the fragrance of flowers outside the window one more time. Gu Tie looked at the hazy starlight.
"I know. I...... I just can't think about it for a while. Barr sighed.
"Let's go, I'll wait for you to eat. Gu Tie stretched out his hand. Barr hesitated, took his hand, stood up, and walked side by side to the cabin.
"And, you have a very difficult problem to face. What is the more difficult question than life and death?" asked Gu Tie.
"Love, of course. Barr smiled wryly.
"Of course you're getting bigger than anything I can't understand, haha! I can't save you. Gu Tie smiled and patted Barr's head.
Pushing the door into the house, they were enveloped by the warm air and the aroma of food, and as people sat at the tables and talked, Joe woke up, drank some hot soup, and his face was bloodied.
After Baal, Gu Tie, and Aunt Sula were seated, Natalia poured everyone a sweet kvass wine.
Barr raised his glass, "To Professor Tariq, to the comrades who died in Operation Kadavaro, and to all the heroes who lost their lives in the war against the GTC's hegemonic notice, whose spirits in heaven blessed Shiva to march bravely." Tomorrow, we leave Belarus to receive the glorious results of Cardavaro, and the world will remember the name of 'Shiva', cheers!"
"Cheers!"