Chapter 416 Shooting

There were quite a few tourists visiting Badaling two years ago.

After all, there are only so many places to visit in Beijing. College students and military recruits are the most enthusiastic. During holidays, they like to organize people to climb the Great Wall.

Most people have said that he who has not been to the Great Wall is not a true man.

Because of the special period, the university has suspended classes, and there are fewer hardcore people climbing the Great Wall, so it seems a bit deserted.

But for Xia Zhizhi, she thinks this is the best way.

There are a few tourists here and there, so it doesn't feel desolate, but it's not too crowded to affect your travel experience.

Apart from anything else, people of this generation do have better physical strength than people of later generations.

Comrade Wang Lizhen is probably the typical example of a docile woman in this era. She climbed hundreds of stairs in one go without feeling tired, though her breathing was a little unstable.

If future fragile college students were asked to climb so many stairs at once, they would have to climb two stairs every minute to show their respect.

The two climbed up a little further.

Anyone who has climbed the Great Wall knows that it is much more difficult to climb than normal stairs. The steps are relatively high and some require climbing up with hands.

The times these days are different from those of later times. There are no iron chains as handrails like those set up by scenic spots on the side. There are some collapsed areas that have not even been repaired, making climbing more difficult.

Even though Wang Lizhen exercises a lot by riding a bicycle to work every day, she is indeed tired after climbing such a long distance. She opened her mouth, gasped for breath, and her face turned red.

At this moment, the weather in Beijing was already quite cool, and beads of sweat were oozing out of her forehead.

Xia Zhizhi looked at Wang Lizhen, worried that she was tired, and asked in a rare caring way: "Are you tired? How about we go to the fortress in front, drink some water, eat something, and rest for a while?"

Wang Lizhen raised her head. The weather was good today and there was sunshine. She faced the sun and squinted her eyes to look at Xia Zhizhi who was walking in front of her.

This amount of exercise was a piece of cake for Xia Zhizhi, so she didn't blush or get out of breath.

Xia Zhizhi cared about Wang Lizhen, so she leaned against the parapet and looked at the scenery below the mountain. She had her hands behind her back, and not even a strand of her hair was out of place. She looked so calm and relaxed.

Looking at myself, although I was in better health than Xia Zhizhi, I was hunched over, leaning on my legs, and panting like an old cow.

It's okay that I'm not as good as Xia Zhizhi in other aspects, but how can I be inferior to Xia Zhizhi in physical strength?

Wang Lizhen's inexplicable desire to win played a role. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not tired yet. If you are tired, tell me and we'll find a place to rest."

Since Wang Lizhen isn't tired, Xia Zhizhi naturally won't be tired either.

The two climbed forward a little further and caught up with several groups of tourists in front.

Most of the tourists who have the energy to climb the Great Wall are young people.

From the conversation, one could probably tell that there were factory workers and students among them.

There are also some comrades whose backs are particularly straight. You can tell at a glance that they have been trained. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be newly enlisted soldiers from the nearby military region.

After climbing to the top of this section of the Great Wall, there is a long, gentle slope down, and most tourists choose to rest here.

Climbing the Great Wall is quite physically demanding. After climbing such a long distance, although she was not tired, Xia Zhizhi was hungry.

Said to Wang Lizhen: "Let's eat something and rest here."

Wang Lizhen was so tired that she felt dizzy. After hearing what she said, she nodded hurriedly.

Xia Zhizhi found a spot where the sun could shine. Ah Ju took out a piece of cloth from his backpack and spread it on the ground. Then he took out a few lunch boxes, opened them and placed them on the ground.

There are halogen platters, pastries, dried fruit snacks, and washed fruits. There is a kettle filled with brewed fruit tea, and everything you can eat and drink is available.

After all, Xia Zhizhi has always been hypocritical and is unwilling to put herself in a difficult position when going out to play.

The two of them were basking in the warm early winter sun, eating and drinking sweet water. In front of them were the winding mountains and in their ears were the clear and happy laughter of boys and girls. These days were simply wonderful.

Not far from Xia Zhizhi and the others, there was a group of tourists resting. They consisted of three men and two women, all relatively young. From their conversation, one could tell that one of them was an educated youth who had just returned to the city after working in the countryside.

They should be classmates or good friends. It's a rare opportunity for them to come back, so they decided to get together.

The fact that he was able to come back proves that he has connections at home. After all, the special period has just begun, and he probably went to the countryside with the intention of serving his motherland.

But after I went there, I found that there was a gap between reality and my ideal, so I returned to the city.

The comrades who went to the countryside took turns talking about the interesting things they had experienced there. Although the farm work was tiring, as long as they didn’t have to do it anymore, it was actually quite interesting to look back on that period of time.

One of the girls, who was called Meilan by others, also talked about her experience of going to the countryside. She went to a farm, which was quite different from other people's experience of going to the countryside, and the cultural landscape was naturally different as well.

Miss Meilan is a good eloquent girl, and her description is very vivid, which is very attractive to people who have never seen border scenery.

Wang Lizhen, who was standing next to her, was gnawing on a pig's trotter while listening with her ears pricked up.

After Meilan finished talking about the scenery of the Frontier Farm, she changed the subject and said, "Hey, this year our farm had a serious incident. It happened a few days ago when I came back. The higher-ups came to investigate."

Meilan took a breath when she said this, and her originally excited expression turned serious.

Seeing her like this, the others immediately became interested and asked, "What happened? How serious is it? Will it be reported in the newspapers?"

Meilan said, "I think it might be reported in the newspapers, but it's only been a few days, so the conclusion may not be reached so quickly."

The little girl next to her pushed her and urged, "Tell us what's going on."

Meilan said, "There is a young girl in our farm who came here last year. She has not been here long, but she is very active in her work, has a good ideological awareness, and is very enthusiastic about learning. When she has free time, she always goes to the hospital to learn about medical knowledge. It happened that the hospital was short of nurses for a while, so their group leader recommended her to work as a nurse in the hospital."

"And then? Did she kill someone?" someone impatiently asked.

Meilan paused for a moment and said in silence, "How could she, a nurse, kill someone with her medicine? Don't be so anxious and just listen to me."

The person who asked the question felt embarrassed and scratched his head and said, "Okay, go ahead and tell me."

Meilan continued: "Although she didn't kill anyone with her medical treatment, she shot and killed four people."

“Is this true or false?”

"That's right, how could a little girl like her dare to shoot and kill someone?"

"Besides, he's just a nurse in the hospital. Where did he get the gun?"

The others were all puzzled and shocked, and at the same time, they doubted the authenticity of the matter.