brother of space

"Chirp-boom! Chirp-boom..."

"Boom—crackling—..."

When night fell, Zhujiawa at the foot of Beimang Mountain, which had been quiet all day, was broken by the explosion of fireworks breaking through the sky, reflecting most of the village, followed by the sound of fireworks and firecrackers, as if they were going to a market. , crackling non-stop.

When the villagers reacted, the deafening sound of firecrackers in the north of the village turned into the whole village immersed in the sound of firecrackers.It seems that there are people in the southeast and northwest setting off firecrackers and fireworks wantonly.

"A lot of fireworks, it's the New Year's Eve..." Someone yelled, and then the village responded one after another.It seemed that in an instant, the village became lively.

"Isn't it forbidden to set off firecrackers? Why did you set them up yourself?" Some old men in the village who had had a reunion dinner and didn't want to crowd with their sons and grandchildren to watch TV looked up at the sky above the village with Yantai pots in their hands. The constantly flickering lights of the fireworks couldn't help but murmur.

"Let's just let it go, you can blow up a hole in the sky. It's so big that you don't want to let the cannons go off. Damn, it doesn't look like New Year's Eve. I don't like the reunion dinner."

"That's right, maybe just blowing it up in this way can blow up all the filth."

"Hey, if it was that simple, those soldiers wouldn't be able to come batch after batch. Look at me, they can't figure it out now!"

"Stop talking nonsense, if the higher-ups don't care about us, it won't matter if our lives are gone, but what about the group in the room?"

"..." That's right, the old men were originally gloating, but under the reminder of the old man at the end, they gradually fell silent.

After the firecrackers and fireworks were set off for about three to five minutes, and they were still going on for a long time, some people in the village couldn't bear it anymore.The first ones are those children who bought fireworks early for the New Year.

Everyone tried their best to rest their minds after being informed that firecrackers could not be set off during the Chinese New Year, but now the whole village is surrounded by the sound of fireworks and firecrackers.

Not only the children, but some young couples also want to have a try, setting off fireworks to join in the fun and see if anyone cares.

Human beings all have a tendency to follow suit. When they see something happening in their neighbor's house, they gradually become moved by themselves, and then spread it to ten, ten to hundreds.In just half an hour, the whole village became lively.

Even the people who didn't even dare to turn on the lights in the yard for some reason turned on the lights one after another when the fireworks and firecrackers were buzzing.It was as if the village that was as silent as death before did not exist at all.

"This is just like Chinese New Year!" The warriors and soldiers stationed in the rice field in front of Zhujiawa Village also looked up to see the gorgeous fireworks above the village.Some people couldn't help muttering while watching: "...it's silent, somehow it's like a horror movie..."

"Who set it off in front, rich, so many fireworks."

"It's just that they are all cheap. If they are more expensive, they will look good when placed."

"I'm back!" Suddenly, someone yelled, and the warriors on the paddy field looked around in bewilderment.Soon they discovered the reason for the scream.

Major General Qin Mian quickly ran out of the small white building of the village committee and rushed to the most crowded place in the rice field.Since more than half an hour ago, he was sent out by Zhang Jin's unkind, "food-protecting" words, which made people laugh and cry, "I'm going to release the regiment whip, can you go back first?" I have been suffering in anxiety.

What I didn't expect was that the boy's words actually became reality - "When I set off the firecrackers, they will probably come back, about three or four 10 minutes, I have to cook quickly."

are you back?are you back?Is anyone really coming back?Major General Qin roared excitedly and anxiously while trying his best to squeeze into the crowded crowd. When he finally squeezed into the crowd and saw the scene inside, he was pleasantly surprised and at the same time, a stream of sour heat flowed out of his eyes.

In front of him, it is indeed the team he sent away before Dongfang Yao and others, but it is not that team.

Obviously, what he sent away before was a group of 24 energetic and dignified comrades; but now, there are only a dozen listless people standing or lying down here, who look like people who escaped from a refugee camp.

Qin Mian even saw panic and despair in the eyes of some soldiers.Familiar with this kind of look, he knew that such a soldier had already lost the qualification to go to the battlefield again.Even the best psychotherapists cannot erase the shadows that already exist in their hearts.

What kind of catastrophe is it that can destroy the top lions in the armies of these countries into such a state?

"Chief." Qin Mian choked up and looked at the person in the team who, although his face was haggard, his body was covered with injuries, and his clothes were in tatters, leaving only a strip of white shirt, but he was still working hard like a tall and straight plant. Like a cedar, the old man stood proudly, and then saluted solemnly.

"Major General Qin." The old man tried his best to open his tired eyes wide, and returned a standard and majestic military salute to Qin Mian, as if he was a soldier who had just returned from the battlefield.

In fact, some things don't need to be described and described in too many words, but can also be guessed based on appearances.Looking at the group of exhausted and physically exhausted teams in front of him, Major General Qin Mian didn't ask anything, and quickly asked the medical team to carry the group of people who had finally returned. He was going to rescue them together. tent.

But when he saw Dongfang Yao and his party following Lieutenant General Shen, he paused and gave another solemn military salute.

Dongfang Yao and his party, who have been silently behind the crowd, except Dongfang Yao who was a soldier, are all from ancient martial arts background. These people are usually loose, so it is impossible to expect them to respond.

Major General Qin didn't want the other party to respond, but purely to express his gratitude, thanking this group of warriors who had only set off at noon but were already covered in rags, exhausted, and wounded for bringing their men back.

"..." Qin Mian opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Dongfang Yao, the team leader, "General Qin, let's talk about the rest later, let everyone rest for now."

Major General Qin paused and nodded.

"Thank you, please prepare some gauze and other things at the medical camp, I will take them away later." Dongfang Yao said to the warriors behind him, "If you don't mind, you can come with me."

"Mr. Dongfang is polite." The warrior following Dongfang Yao, thinking of everything in the forest, looked back at the forest behind him with lingering fear, and then nodded resolutely, "Then trouble Mr. Dongfang."

Qin Mian watched Dongfang Yao leading a group of seriously injured warriors towards the road into the village, and suddenly thought of something in his heart.

Doctor Zhang's family!If he remembered correctly, it was clearly recorded in the information given to him above that the youngest martial artist who followed this time is the youngest and highest-cultivated member of the Medical Sage Zhang family.

Looking at the direction of the medical camp, Young Master Qin walked over quickly. For the injuries of Lieutenant General Shen and others, the people in the medical camp would at most help to bandage the external injuries, but there was nothing they could do about the internal injuries.Maybe the young man from the Zhang family, the medical sage, has a solution, but it's not necessarily true.

Just walking, Qin Mian's pace slowed down again.Thinking of the pot of fried meat that was still in his office at this moment, he felt that if he rashly brought Shen Zhongjiang and his party there, the young man from Zhang's family, the medical sage, would definitely not be hospitable.

"Chief?" The guard following Major General Qin looked suspiciously in front of him, staring at his officer.

Major General Qin pondered for a while and said: "Go and inform the cooking team and the purchasing team to prepare twenty quilts and some food and send them to the small house behind the village. Remember to tell the team leader of the cooking team, everyone The food that has been delivered for many years will be richer."

"Yes." The guard didn't ask anything, stood at attention, took a break, saluted a military salute, and ran away quickly.

Seeing the guards leave quickly, Major General Qin continued to walk towards the medical camp, unconsciously looking in the direction of the village.After the previous bombardment of firecrackers and fireworks, the entire area of ​​Zhujiawa is now filled with the smell of gunpowder.However, looking at the village at this moment, it is much more lively. Not only are the lights brighter, but the sound of children firing cannons can be heard from time to time.

Dongfang Yao and his party walked slowly towards Zhujiawa Village. The situation encountered in the mountains before made this group of people who had lingering fears really lose their interest in talking.

But as the footsteps approached the village, the strong smell of gunpowder in the nose and the smell of food mixed with the smell of gunpowder made the people in this team feel agitated gradually, their spirits improved unconsciously, and their footsteps also Much lighter.

"It's strange, why do I feel that the further you walk into the village, the more strength you have?" A martial artist who looked about 30 years old stretched his waist and couldn't help frowning.

Another person who was about the same age laughed and said, "You smell the smell of meat, don't you feel greedy?"

"No!" The warrior who spoke shrugged his shoulders a few more times, and said with a serious face, "Well, gluttony is second, I just feel that the smell of gunpowder is very pleasant."

"..." The team fell silent again, and after that, several warriors laughed and looked at each other, the meaning was self-evident.

A martial artist who was about 50 years old glanced at Jiang Mo and said, "Guardian Jiang, do you think the firecrackers exploded at the right time?"

Jiang Mo glanced at Dongfang Yao who was walking in front of the team, and smiled calmly: "It doesn't matter if it's time or not, as long as we come out."

The other warriors looked at each other again, and then at Dongfang Yao in unison.There is a calculation in my heart at the moment.

The situation in the mountain forest this time made almost everyone feel fear in their hearts. Under such a huge coercion and terrifying and strange attack, they even felt that even if the entire Chinese martial arts came, they would definitely be wiped out.

If they hadn't temporarily decided to completely obey Dongfang Yao's arrangements, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to stand here now.

There is also that Lieutenant General Shen, whom many of them have heard of for a long time. It is said that he is also a master in the mid-stage of energy transformation, but under such pressure, let alone dodging a slight attack, even moving is still difficult. It is as difficult as a child who has no strength to restrain a chicken.

As everyone's footsteps quickened, the group soon arrived at the door of the small house.The firecracker red paper all over the ground, the fireworks boxes scattered all over the place, and the huge bright red couplets at the door, together with the rich meaty fragrance that seemed to overflow the whole world, almost made the whole team feel like they were full of blood in an instant. The urge to go back and fight again.

"It smells so good!" Someone couldn't help muttering.

"Very hungry. I suddenly feel very hungry. I don't know if there is any food in it for us."

"If you don't have a share, just give me some soup. I think as long as I have this fragrant soup and a big pot of white rice, I can finish it all."

How fragrant the meat is, just look at those children who are attracted by the strong meat aroma and shrink their heads.

A young man in a red down jacket appeared in front of everyone at this moment.

The boy was holding a small wooden basin, which was full of fried food that looked like it had just been cooked.

In normal times, this group of warriors who are able to eat mountains and seas almost every day would simply dismiss them, but now they all have the urge to rush forward and grab them.

"I'm back." Zhang Jin smiled at the people who came to the door, as if the return of the people was nothing new at all.

"Want to help?" Zhou Xiaomei walked out of the crowd slowly.

Zhang Jin paused, then shook her head: "No need, Aunt Zhou, you guys go into the house to rest, I'm ready." But when he said the words of preparation, his eyes unconsciously aimed at the back of Dongfang Yao of the people.

That look, no matter how you look at it, it seems that you don't welcome people.

Dongfang Yao paused. Seeing Zhang Jin's relaxed face, he smiled and said, "They're just here to see a doctor."

Well!Yeah?In fact, they still want to be a guest by the way, really!All the warriors felt like they collapsed instantly.At the same time, he shouted in his heart, who the hell came from, how could he be so stingy?Isn't it normal to treat guests to dinner for Chinese New Year?