Heart fire

When it was almost time for dinner, two cooks came in carrying big and small bags of vegetables and meat, so after a short chat, Fang Jianhua went back to the back kitchen with them to prepare dinner.

After filling their stomachs, Zhou Tong and Wen Yue went to the training ground to find Xiang Yu.Vice Captain Xiang basically fits the old Fang's description. He is a simple and honest middle-aged man. He is not tall but has a strong physique. Several obvious old scars can be seen on his shaved head. After taking off the heavy protective clothing , There is also a burn mark on the exposed forearm, the area is not big, but it is shocking to look at.

Seeing a newcomer report, most of the team members stayed on the playground, holding their respective water glasses and forming a circle behind the two, waiting to hear Xiang Yu's introduction to the arrangement.

Wen Yue was assigned to the first squadron.The first team has two platoons and four classes. Each class has eight members. Although their heights are uneven, all of them are older, stronger and darker than him. Wen Yue, who is 178cm tall, has nothing in the middle. The imposing manner can be described as an alien in vain.

After arranging the news and reading, Xiang Yu called another team member named Zhang Siqi, asked Zhou Tong to introduce him to each other, and said to him: "The intervention team was only established, and Siqi was also drawn from the fire fighting squadron. learn from him."

Zhou Tong replied loudly and firmly: "Yes!"

Zhang Siqi's height is close to Zhou Tong's, with a very short cropped hair, a slightly round face with a bit of baby fat, and she doesn't look very old.He patted Zhou Tong on the shoulder and asked Xiang Yu: "What about the dormitory? Our eight shops are full."

Other members of the intervention team also gathered around at this time.One of the smallest people, named Du Wei, yelled loudly: "Brother, how about squeezing with me? Just help me make the quilt!"

Everyone laughed, and Zhou Tong scratched his head shyly.Zhang Siqi hugged him affectionately: "Don't pay attention to him. He is the ugliest quilt, and he gets scolded every day."

At this time, Xiang Yu said: "Come to my place first and make do with it for a couple of days. I will discuss it with your trainer."

Following him, he yelled at all his teammates on the playground: "Hurry up, pack up quickly! Welcome new comrades in the cafeteria after dinner!"

Wen Yue signaled Zhou Tong to meet later with his eyes and expression, and left with his teammates.Zhou Tong followed Zhang Siqi to carry the rolled water to the warehouse, and asked him while working: "Brother Qi, what does the intervention team do?"

"Save people, save your own people." Zhang Siqi carried a rope on his shoulders and a hose in his hand. He walked with the wind on his feet and was quite steady.

Zhou Tong wanted to continue to ask, but suddenly caught a glimpse of Xi Yang walking towards the office building with a big cardboard box not far away.Zhang Siqi didn't have both hands free, so she nudged him with her elbow: "Don't be stupid, hurry up and help."

Xi Yang is not only the deputy captain of the brigade, but also serves as the instructor and the leader of the intervention team.Zhou Tong didn't know why he was so slow to react when he saw him, he was stupid and slow, but he didn't have time to think about it, he hurried to catch up with the cardboard box in Xi Yang's hand: "Instructor, I'll come."

The palms and the backs of the hands touched, and for a brief moment, Xi Yang let go of the cardboard box as if he had been scalded by something, and let Zhou Tong hug it. He heard him ask, "Where do you want to put this?"

"The computer room on the second floor..."

"Okay." Zhou Tong carried the box neatly and went up the stairs one step ahead of him. With two long legs, he crossed three steps and disappeared at the corner in a blink of an eye.When Xi Yang followed, he was already waiting at the door of the computer room.

After putting away the things, he followed Xi Yang to the cafeteria.The whole journey was silent, until Zhou Tong couldn't help but said to him: "Xi Dui, your hands are so cold, pay more attention to your body."

A small pebble was thrown into the already rippling lake surface.Xi Yang's footsteps paused for a moment, his eyes looked away: "Yes."

Is it a cold-blooded animal?Why is there no reaction that a normal person should have.Zhou Tong murmured, and followed him into the cafeteria, telling himself not to have too much hope for the plan of "find a chance to ask him if he knew Zhou Yi when he was a soldier in Chonghuai".

...

Dinner is scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, hot and sour potato shreds, braised fish nuggets and braised chicken legs. Each person also has a bowl of winter melon and shrimp soup, which is quite hearty.Zhou Tong regretted that he shouldn't have eaten so much fried rice before, but now smelling the aroma on the plate, his mouth was drooling wildly, but his stomach had no capacity.He looked up at Wen Yue who was sitting at the other table, and was surprised to find that he was immersed in eating and drinking soup like everyone else, and he looked like he had just eaten two big bowls of fried rice with great relish.

Zhou Tong: "..."

Zhang Siqi on the side asked him, "Why don't you eat?"

Zhou Tong pushed the food towards him: "I ate fried rice when I first arrived, and I'm not hungry now. Chicken legs for you?"

When Zhang Siqi heard this, he unceremoniously took the chicken leg away, and advised by the way: "Eat as much as you want, you will get hungry easily at night, and the trainer doesn't have snacks."

"Ah?" Zhou Tong watched Du Wei come over to pick fish pieces and eggs from his plate, but didn't react for a while.

"Don't you sleep in their dormitory tonight?" Zhang Siqi gnawed on the chicken leg and said, "He, Teacher Xiang, and Uncle Tu live in the same dormitory. But Uncle Tu is often away."

"Teacher Xiang...Uncle Tu?" Zhou Tong was puzzled by these titles.

A member of the intervention team sitting across from him, Wu Wei, explained to him: "People give them nicknames in private. Old Xiang, nagging, often a peacemaker, we all think he is like a class teacher. Team Tu usually doesn’t care about things, he’s elusive, he’s either wandering around or messing around with his few potted flowers, he’s a diamond king, and the backstage seems to be very hard, and his family always arranges blind dates for him, but he’s been in the team for more than a year. No."

Wu Wei was picking and choosing from Zhou Tong's plate while talking.Zhou Tong was very familiar with his accent, so he asked, "Are you from Jiangzhou?"

Wu Wei was confused at first: "That's right." Then he had an epiphany: "You too?!"

Zhou Tong smiled and replied to him in his hometown dialect.

"Damn it! Meet an old friend in another land!" Wu Wei immediately patted his chopsticks and shook hands with him: "I just said, how can there be no Jiangzhou people in such a big city!"

Zhou Tong pointed to Wen Yue who was chatting with someone and showed him: "My college classmate is also from Jiangzhou."

Wu Wei couldn't help but said: "See, Jiangzhou is such an outstanding person, and we Jiangzhou people are all outstanding talents."

All of a sudden, everyone at the table cast contemptuous glances at him, as if to say, "Doesn't include you?"

Wu Wei greeted Zhou Tong nonchalantly: "Call him another day, and I'll buy you some soda!"

Zhou Tong responded with a smile, and continued the topic just now: "Where's the trainer? Doesn't he have a nickname?"

"No." Du Wei rushed to answer: "We haven't found his flaw yet, remember to observe more when you live with him, and come back and tell us."

Zhou Tong: "..."

The management atmosphere of the Special Service Brigade is much more relaxed than other places.The recruit company stipulates that the meal time is only 10 minutes, and they are not allowed to chat with each other. Here, they eat for 10 minutes, and they add soup and chat.Fang Jianhua also sat among the team members with a bowl in his hand, happily mingling with everyone.

Sitting together with Xiang Yu, Xi Yang ate every grain of rice and drank the soup cleanly, without any residue on the table.It's almost time, Xiang Yu got up and organized everyone to be quiet: "Two new comrades joined today, let's applaud and welcome."

Whistles and applause sounded at the same time.Zhou Tong and Wen Yue stood up a few tables away and saluted everyone together.

Xiang Yu went on to say: "New comrade-in-arms, please introduce yourself!"

As soon as the words were finished, someone shouted: "Name, age, zodiac sign, whether you are married or not, what position the king plays, what you do at home, how many cows and sheep you have, how many acres of land, you have to tell me all about it!"

Amidst the booing, Wen Yue blinked at Zhou Tong, indicating that he would come first.

Zhou Tong stood up shyly, faced all the curious eyes, calmed down and replied Hong Liang: "Zhou Tong, 19 years old, Scorpio, currently single..."

Unable to understand what was wrong with this sentence, there was a burst of laughter around.Zhou Tong continued with some embarrassment: "The king plays less, and usually fills up the position, and plays more with chicken."

Now the laughter turned into hilarity.Zhang Siqi stretched her neck and looked around: "Oh my god, it's a good thing Tu is not here."

Faced with so many people, Zhou Tong was unavoidably nervous. For a moment, Zhou Tong forgot what Tu Ke emphasized about not being allowed to eat chicken, and was so laughed that he couldn't continue.He reprimanded everyone in Yu Chao and encouraged him to continue: "Tell me about your hobbies, specialties, why you became a soldier and so on."

The surroundings finally quieted down.Zhou Tong paused for a moment and continued, "I study physics in college. I usually like to read books and play table tennis. Nothing else matters."

"Why did you become a soldier..." At this point, Zhou Tong hesitated, and subconsciously glanced at Xi Yang in the corner. Seeing that he was bowing his head in thought, as if he was not listening at all, he organized his thoughts and opened his mouth. Said: "My father and elder brother are both firefighters. I also want to be like them and contribute to the cause they love."

Du Wei said quickly from the side: "Amazing! Where are they all?"

Zhou Tong felt that Wen Yue was looking at him, as if telling him: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it, or lie, it doesn't matter."

What a friend.Zhou Tong's heart warmed up, and he mustered up the courage to say to everyone: "They have all died."

In an instant, the entire cafeteria was silent, so quiet that only the heartbeat remained.At the same time, Xi Yang got up suddenly, whispered a few words to the team who was also surprised, and then left in a hurry with his head down.

sacrifice.A word that seems to show everyone's way back.From stepping into this door and putting on the airtight fire-proof clothing, fire after fire has branded everyone's body, leaving an invisible scar, which is invisible but painful all the time. There is no cure.

The atmosphere fell to a freezing point. For everyone here, whether they have experienced it or not, they can deeply understand the kind of pain, and any words of comfort are pale and powerless.

Wen Yue quickly opened his mouth and drew everyone's attention to himself: "Uh, come to me. My name is Wen Yue. I am a news reporter, and a reader. I got this name. Cancer, I haven’t been in a relationship yet, the king plays gank. My specialty is playing the guzheng, and I have a small business at home. If anyone wants to buy a boat, you can find me..."

The last sentence is really confusing.After a burst of sparse laughter, the cafeteria finally returned to its original bustle.

...

The simple welcome ceremony ended in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.There is no crazy physical training at night, but there are still many people who consciously run around the training tower.Zhou Tong and Wen Yue went back to the dormitory to pick up their luggage, exchanged pleasantries with the rest of the intervention team, and made an appointment to play table tennis together in a few days.

Wen Yue's dormitory is on the third floor.Before parting, Zhou Tong asked him anxiously: "Xiao Yueyue, before... I never asked you if you would like to be a firefighter, Uncle Yao..."

Wen Yue guessed what Zhou Tong meant in an instant, and showed him a relaxed smile: "I'm fine, don't worry. Doing other things is also risky, don't you have me here here?"

Zhou Tong breathed a sigh of relief first, and then said firmly: "Yes. I will definitely protect you."

After seeing Wen Yue off, Zhou Tong went up to the fourth floor with his backpack, found the officer's dormitory at the end of the corridor, and knocked on the door lightly.

"It's not locked, let's go in." Xiang Yu replied inside.

The officer’s dormitory is no different from other dormitories, but it has a large space due to the small number of people living there. It has a separate toilet and a small terrace. In addition to wardrobes and lockers, there is also a bookshelf full of books.

A large desk in front of the window separates bunk beds and single beds on both sides.The table is full of miscellaneous things such as thermos cups and chargers, and there are several safety hooks of different models.Xiang Yu sat cross-legged on the lower bunk, the white vest on his body was washed loosely, making him look like an old man at first glance.Seeing that it was Zhou Tong who came, he pointed to the locker and said, "The bottom one is empty, you use it first, and lock up your personal valuables."

Zhou Tong thanked him and squatted on the ground to tidy up.He doesn't have any valuables, except for mobile phones and books.And that letter, which he sandwiched in "A Brief History of Time".

"There is no water heater in the bathroom. If you want to take a shower, you have to go to the public bathhouse on the first floor." Xiang Yu patted the edge of the bed above his head again: "Let's sleep on Captain Xi's bed tonight, and I will ask Lao He to move another bed tomorrow."

Zhou Tong let out a "hmm" and looked around secretly. Seeing a blue boxing glove at the foot of the single bed opposite, he guessed that the bed should belong to Tu Ke.

The quilts were folded squarely at the head of the bed, and all the sheets and quilts were the same, all in army green, nothing new.Zhou Tong quickly packed up his things and went downstairs to take a bath with the towel he just received.When he came back, Xiang Yu was already lying down, so he turned off the light, turned on the light on his mobile phone, and climbed onto the bed on a ladder.

There was some red light flickering slowly outside the window, and the room was bright and dark from time to time.Zhou Tong suddenly remembered that Xi Yang hadn't come back yet, so he tentatively asked, "Xiang Tui, where's the trainer?"

"He has something to do, so he won't come back tonight." Xiang Yu's voice came from the lower bunk, with a strong nasal tone, as if he was about to fall asleep.

The air conditioner was turned on in the house.The temperature in the bed was as icy and cold as that person's, but it didn't take long for Zhou Tongyu to warm him up.The new environment was still a little strange, he stretched his body, wrapped himself in the quilt and turned over, facing the wall and thinking wildly.

When the red light came in, you could see a dent on the wall the size of a fingernail.Zhou Tong unconsciously picked it up with his hands, removing a bit of the wall skin, and the area of ​​the depression suddenly became larger.

It's not a special day, but I don't know why it is particularly sad.After thinking about it carefully, I realized that I was the only one left to walk alone in the world.Today and here, I don’t know whether it is right or wrong, good or bad.Along the way, I have said goodbye to and separated from many people, and now I have new encounters and new beginnings.Life is like a circle, constantly approaching the starting point. If the future comes to an end, I hope there will be no reincarnation, and it will be good to turn into particles and dissipate in the vast universe.