Chapter 394 393. Gardenia Tree [asking for monthly ticket]

Boss Tang quickly found a few thin young men, borrowed the cart from the inspection station, and took all the goods away.

Meat, eggs and milk are in short supply these days, and everyone relies on nutrient solution for trace elements in their lives. Unless you are in the defense force or the garrison, it is rare to see a strong person.

Huaiyu was used to it. Looking at Lin Xuefeng and Zhou Qian who were wiping their hands, he asked, "Are we going to find Uncle Zaozi now?"

Zhou Qian nodded: "Well, take the couple to the garrison, deliver the bones over, and return the car at the same time."

At this point, he looked at Lin Xuefeng again: "Your figure is too conspicuous, is it okay?"

Ordinary people can only see his unique temperament. The belt holds the ill-fitting training uniform tight around his thin waist. When he takes off his jacket while working, anyone with a discerning eye can see his agile arms and slim waist.

——In this day and age, that is not a body that an ordinary person can maintain.

What's more, even with a hat and a mask on, he still stands out among the crowd.

Zhou Qian was a little worried about being recognized by the garrison troops - after all, there were countless people across the country who regarded him as an idol, and they had studied all the promotional videos over and over again.

But Lin Xuefeng nodded and said firmly: "No one will think of me."

After all... time will dilute everything.

It has been more than a year since he last appeared in public.

In that case, Zhou Qian got into the car with him and carefully took out two large boxes from the back seat: "Let's go."

…

After not seeing for a long time, Uncle Zaozi's home furnishings store is still open as lazily as before, and the four-piece bedding sets on display are a little different from the ones I have seen before.

The difference was that this time the store was not empty, nor was he alone there. Instead, there was a middle-aged woman with long hair simply tied up sitting there, carefully folding the sheets.

This is Zhou Yunfang, Uncle Zaozi’s wife.

Her face was pale and her brows were calm. It was hard to tell that more than half a year ago, she was lying by the window in a frenzy and despair, with unspeakable sadness in her eyes.

Huaiyu was stunned: "Aunt."

The figure standing by the window looking at her hopelessly as she went away once caused a silent wave of sadness in Huaiyu's heart, but at this moment, Zhou Yunfang smiled slightly, and her eyes lit up.

"Xiao Yu? You haven't been here for a long time. Your uncle Li said a few days ago that you didn't reply to his messages."

Huaiyu felt a little embarrassed.

In fact, she informed many people that she was safe after leaving the wilderness in the morning, but she didn't know how to start the conversation with Uncle Zaozi, so she put it aside for the time being.

At this moment, his lips moved twice, but he still took a deep breath: "Aunt, Zao...Is Uncle Li here?"

"I don't know where he went to set up his stall in the market. I sent a message to ask him to come back." Zhou Yunfang smiled and said, "I know. At first, he brought home some weird and unpalatable food. You can still call him Uncle Zaozi. It's unique and easy to remember."

She recovered and became so amiable that she even enthusiastically offered to make tea for her.

But Huaiyu was a little restless at this moment, and her fingers moved restlessly. Then another large hand pressed on her shoulder, and Lin Xuefeng's voice came through the mask, a little muffled:

“Take a deep breath.”

Huaiyu subconsciously took a breath and then slowly exhaled.

The pounding heart seemed to slow down, and Zhou Yunfang turned around and saw him coming in, and was stunned: "This is..."

The next moment, Zhou Qian also entered the store.

Zhou Yunfang's eyes quickly focused on the boxes in the two people's arms - those were the two storage boxes that Huai Yu had found at home. In the wilderness, when she was pulling Lin Xuefeng, the skeletons were wrapped in bags for easy carrying.

But at this moment, once it was put into the box, it seemed to immediately foreshadow something.

She seemed to be able to see with her own eyes the face of the woman opposite her gradually paler, her body slowly becoming still, and the bright light in her eyes gradually dimming...

"Xiao Yu!" At this moment, Uncle Zaozi also rushed back with a big bag on his back: "You kid, I said you must be okay! You didn't even send a message. I hurried over when I was halfway through setting up the stall. This is what happened last time at the highway exit--"

After being married for many years, he noticed something was wrong with his wife at the first sight. Then he turned his eyes and was also shocked by the box they were holding.

After a moment, he silently put the bag in his hand on the ground, then stepped forward and held his wife's cold hand, helped her to sit aside, and turned around with a rare calm expression.

"yes……"

As soon as he opened his mouth, his throat seemed to be stuck. He could only utter this one trembling word with difficulty, and then quickly closed his mouth.

At this moment, tears welled up in his originally calm eyes.

Huaiyu didn't dare to speak at all. She couldn't help but get red in the eyes when she heard that one word. The hand on her shoulder exerted a little force, and the hot temperature came from the palm, causing her to take a deep breath.

Uncle Zaozi smiled at her with difficulty, as if he had finally found his voice: "Yes... it's mine... mine..."

I couldn't say anything further.

He squeezed his wife's palm so hard that the veins were stretched. The woman sitting there just stared at him blankly, not realizing the pain in her palm at all. The expectation and pain in her eyes were so clear.

Huai Yu took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Uncle Zaozi, I brought back two skeletons and badges from the wilderness. One is called Li Ruxing, and the other is called Li Ruyue."

The whole room was silent, with only the trembling and very faint breathing sounds coming from it.

The couple who used to know each other stood and sat, frozen in place, like a piece of eternal stone, or like a big tree eager for hope.

Lin Xuefeng sighed silently in his heart and took a step forward: "This is Li Ruxing."

He added: "Sorry, it's been so long and some of them have weathered and decayed, so we couldn't find them all. But they fought bravely in the wilderness until the last moment of their lives."

In this terrible silence, his voice was gentle and calm, like the gurgling of a stream - it was the calmness and sigh condensed after experiencing countless such painful separations.

At this moment, the only thing he could do was to prevent the couple in front of him from being trapped in the unrelieved misery for any longer. That kind of pain was like a monster running through his chest, rampaging through his body, causing his heart to ache, his head to feel dizzy, and his breathing to be cut off. His body and soul were resisting life.

Some people would kneel down and cry loudly, some would faint due to extreme pain, and some would curse wildly and become hysterical...

These are all things he has faced and experienced.

"They are heroes of mankind. We originally planned to send them back to the Garrison Base so that they can return in a higher and more glorious way. But Xiaoyu said that you might want to…"

He didn't say the rest of the words, but the moment he finished speaking, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from Uncle Zaozi's eyes.

The couple finally couldn't hold back their tears at this moment, and then couldn't help but stretch out their hands: "Let me, let me see..."

Two simple and old wooden boxes were covered with ordinary white cloth, and on top were some broken and decaying bones. You didn't need to look closely to know that they were not complete, only the golden badge quietly indicated their past.

The setting sun shone into the spacious house. Uncle Zaozi picked up the badge tremblingly. The three words "Li Ruxing" were gently wrapped in the sunlight and were shining brightly at the moment.

The box Zhou Qian was holding was also gently held in his arms. Zhou Yunfang's tears fell, but at this moment she hurriedly took the box back to Zhou Qian carefully, and then wiped her tears in embarrassment: "Xiao Yu, you, I heard that you have wood-type abilities, then you...then can you make plants bloom?"

She looked at Huaiyu with hopeful eyes.

Huai Yu was stunned - many people knew that she had a weak wood-related ability, but it was too weak to produce flowers.

But at this moment, facing the gaze of a mother, she nodded firmly: "I can."

The other person raised the corners of his lips, revealing a pale smile, and then hurried back to the backyard.

Soon, she brought back a pot of gardenia with emerald green leaves.

Tears were still quietly flowing down her cheeks, but the corners of her lips were slightly raised. At this moment, she looked at the small potted plant in her hand with a gentle expression: "I knew they were gone... my Ruxing, Ruyue... they always cared about us, so considerate, such good children... In my dream, they said goodbye to me."

She looked up. "Ruxing and Ruyue like gardenias. I promised to plant one for them... If possible, could you please let it bloom?"

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"They want to bury them in a cemetery, and I will plant the gardenia there - I have asked, and it is allowed!"

Her voice gradually became anxious, and her eyes looking at Huaiyu were full of expectation: "Is it okay?"

"Can."

This time, Huai Yu did not deliberately conceal his ability. Instead, he stretched out his hand and quietly stroked the emerald green leaves that were not stained with a trace of dust.

"Do you want it to grow?"

Zhou Yunfang smiled quietly: "Is it okay? The child wants a gardenia tree."

The moment the words fell, the small basin in his palm broke with a "snap", and then countless roots spread downwards, absorbing unnecessary nutrients in the air.

The branches quickly grew thicker, side branches sprouted, leaves spread out, and then white buds appeared on the branches.

This speed of induction is not something that can be achieved by some weak wood-related ability, but no one cares at the moment.

The buds of the gardenia were getting bigger and bigger, and Huaiyu let go of her hand, looked at Zhou Yunfang who was hurriedly hugging the tree and asked, "Is this size okay?"

"OK."

Zhou Yunfang nodded: "This size is just right! I've been to the cemetery and saw that there are cypress trees planted around the edges of the graves there. This one will fit right in between them..."

She didn't say anything else, but at this moment, she and Uncle Zaozi quietly wiped away their tears.

Huai Yu paused, then slowly extended his index finger and lightly touched the fullest bud with his fingertips.

At this moment, it seems that I can hear the sound of flowers blooming.

Like seeds sprouting out of the soil, the white petals unfolded in an instant, and the branches of the entire gardenia tree were a brilliant white cloud. Against the backdrop of dense green leaves, there was a silent shock and beauty.

The overbearing fragrance instantly filled the entire room, and even the wooden boxes held by Zhou Qian and Lin Xuefeng seemed to be stained with it.

The couple took a deep breath, then looked at the box again, and finally Uncle Zaozi went back to the backyard, changed the soil ball in the big pot and simply wrapped the more than one-meter-tall gardenia tree.

Zhou Yunfang also trembled and said with difficulty: "Now that the children are back, let them go to bed early."

Uncle Zaozi raised his head and said, "Xiaoyu, take us to the garrison base."

…

And in the garrison base.

Bai Yu was handling official business when the communicator suddenly vibrated.

She looked down, then quickly stood up and pressed the intercom: "Notify everyone that the sacrificed soldiers are coming home."

When Zhou Qian drove to the base, he saw two neat rows of guards standing at the gate. When they got out of the car, someone immediately stepped forward and carefully supported Uncle Zaozi and his wife.

Then someone wearing the same snow-white uniform hurried forward. Uncle Zaozi wanted to say something, about his children, about the pain they and his wife had experienced, and about the children not regretting anything...

But at this moment, thousands of words are stuck in my heart, and only a line of tears flows quietly.

The other party saluted him silently and gently opened the box. Two badges indicating his identity were particularly eye-catching in the dim twilight.

The next moment, everyone present saluted silently.

…

Uncle Zaozi and his wife stayed at the base tonight. After Huaiyu recounted in detail his coincidences and the accidental encounter with the two skeletons, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.

She did not mention that she had been to the center of the wasteland—she should not have known that it was the center of the wasteland. She just described the environment in detail and attributed her ability to go there to the underground river.

He didn't even mention meeting Lin Xuefeng, and Bai Yu didn't ask.

In fact, the idea of ​​finding a human hero in a dangerous wilderness sounds more like a fairy tale, and no one thinks that fairy tales will come true.

In short, these were discussed in detail on the way back, and no one doubted their authenticity - after all, the fact that Huaiyu was beaten by the garrison officer Wu Yue and fell into the underground river had made the garrison unable to hold their heads up.

Now, the other party has taken great pains to return the remains of the hero, and has no intention of pursuing the matter. Can they still question the authenticity of the matter? The details described by the other party can be verified one by one.

When Bai Yu escorted the three out of the base, she was particularly alert to the man who suddenly appeared beside her. She could feel that although the other party appeared to be very harmless, her sixth sense was stirring, as if he was always on guard, as if he was someone familiar...

But in this era, there are too many people with secrets. It is not uncommon to see people as tightly wrapped as him, so she only told Huaiyu:

"We will definitely give an explanation for Wu Yue injuring you."

"Just keep the car for now. I know your car has been mortgaged. It was just driven away by Zhao Feiyan from Hundred Zhao Subsidies last week."

"You can use this car until your car comes back."

"In addition, a memorial service will be held in the base in three days. Huaiyu, I thank you on behalf of all the guards."

It's the end of the month, please give me a monthly ticket! See you next door! I'm likely to be late.