winter in greenland

Summer 2014, University of Ulster, Jordan Campus, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland.

The sunshine in June was warm and warm. Students in twos and threes walked or played baseball in the small square in front of the library. The air was filled with a lazy atmosphere before the end of the semester.

Under an oak tree in front of the corridor on the right, a young man is sprawled on the grass.He was fair-skinned, with locks of brown hair falling over his eyes, and he wore a light blue hoodie with two or three books beside him.

"Hey, Dan, why did you come here?" A light-blond boy poked a head out of the hallway above him.

Dan slowly opened his eyes without moving, and gave the boy a lazy look: "Hello, Ari."

The boy named Ai Rui quickly turned out from the corridor and sat down beside Dan: "Professor Linda is looking for you. She seems to say that you haven't handed in your employment intention form."

"Oh, that, I didn't plan to fill it in." Dan's voice was still lazy.

"What?" Ai Rui's eyes widened: "Aren't you kidding? You don't plan to find a job anymore?"

"Shh, don't be so excited."

Ai Rui hesitated for a while: "Or do you mean that you don't plan to stay in the UK? You want to go back to Denmark?"

"Well, indeed, I'm going back to Copenhagen."

"But based on your grades... I just heard from the professor that several companies have already inquired about your situation at last week's presentation." Ai Rui's tone was a little unbelievable: "You have to give up the work here. The condition is to go back to Copenhagen and start again?"

Dan turned over and sat up on the grass, with a half-smile on his face: "I'm not interested in these things."

"Then what are you interested in?"

Dan moved slightly closer to Ai Rui, and raised a finger mysteriously: "I plan to join the army."

"What?" Ai Rui almost doubted his ears.

"You heard me right. I've already submitted my application. Anyway, I'm only studying here. In fact, I've received a notice from Copenhagen asking me to go for a medical examination next Monday. If I pass, um."

Ai Rui still had a frightened expression on his face: "But...why?"

Dan stretched his waist, squinted his eyes and looked into the distance: "There are so many reasons, it's just interest. Life is so long, and there are always different possibilities to try."

A week later, Copenhagen.

The routine physical examination is carried out at the hospital on Monday morning, and the report will be sent directly to the Military Review Office.The results came out quickly. It happened to be Wednesday afternoon when Dan received the notice asking him to go to the "interview".

For newcomers like them, the interview process is very simple after passing the medical examination report. After answering a few simple questions on the spot, after filling out the form, all that is left is to wait for the review to pass.

When he came out of the sports center, he was not in a hurry to go back to the hotel where he was staying. Instead, he rode a bicycle and wandered around the city leisurely.

He came out of an orphanage on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Although that place wasn't too bad, there were not many warm memories for him.He has been applying for the education welfare fund since elementary school, and stumbled all the way to high school. He used weekends and holidays to do odd jobs everywhere. He barely supported himself for so many years, and almost never went back to that place.

A few years ago, he saw the news of the closure of the orphanage in the newspaper. It is said that because of the new municipal planning, the place was first converted into a small business district, because it was not in the city center and there were few customers. Fang bought it, and now a new headquarters building should be built.

Letting his thoughts wander all the way, he wandered slowly to the neighborhood where the original orphanage was located.

The changes are visible to the naked eye, except for the name of the street that has not been changed, all the old buildings that existed in his memory are gone, replaced by a group of brand-new high-rise buildings, the uniform silver-gray outer layer glowing with a cold metallic luster in the sun , the tallest building is on his left, about 30 floors by visual inspection, and the ones behind are relatively shorter.There are straight and upright fir trees planted on both sides of the road, adding a bit of cold color to this block.

He didn't go around, and stopped the bicycle at the intersection of the street *, with one foot still on the pedal, one foot on the ground, squinting his eyes and looking up slightly ahead.

The wind blowing from the bay gently brushed his slightly long bangs, blocking his changing eyes.

It was almost time for lunch, and there were few pedestrians on the street. He stood there for a while, and was just about to turn the car around to leave when a voice came from the garden path on the right.

Like a ghost, Dan stopped the movement of his hands, still maintained the posture of one foot on the ground, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Two youths wearing gray-blue urban camouflage appeared in his sight around the corner of the path.

The man walking in front was slightly shorter, with his hair cut into a round inch, his skin was pale, and his stature looked a little thin. Smile; the person walking behind him was about half a head taller than him, with exactly the same hairstyle, but compared to his companion, his face had a much more serious expression.

Sensing Dan's gaze, he raised his hand and pressed it on the shoulder of the person in front of him, frowning slightly, and looked in Dan's direction with probing eyes.

"En? What's the matter?" The young man in front half turned his head.

The tall young man didn't speak, but raised his chin slightly.

The young man who was talking turned his head and saw Dan. He was a little puzzled for a moment. He took two steps forward and waved to Dan: "Hey, how can I help you?"

Dan didn't talk to them. He looked at them silently for two seconds, stepped on the pedal, turned the car around and left.

The young man shrugged: "What a weirdo."

His companion raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Arthur, we still have 40 minutes of free time."

The young man's face drooped: "No, it's rare to come here. I also want to try the oysters at that famous seafood restaurant. What's the name of that restaurant? Auguste?"

The tall young man's face became softer: "I don't remember either, there will always be a chance to come again in the future."

"It's easy for you to say. If we really went to Greenland, how could we have so many opportunities to come to Copenhagen."

……

6 months later.

Odense military base.

The pickup truck transporting the recruits slowly drove into the gate of the base and stopped outside the training ground.Dan and a group of recruits about his age jumped out of the car.

On the training ground in front of him stood three straight figures in camouflage, and the one in the middle had three silver six-pointed star logos on his green epaulets.

"Welcome. I'm Colonel Lewis. Today is the first day you have officially transferred to the army from the reserve training grounds in various places. From now on, I will be responsible for all your training." The colonel glanced at the people in front of him one by one like a falcon : "Stepping into this base means that you are already a member of the Royal Danish Army. I hope that your future performance will make me, the base, and the kingdom proud of you!"

……

At the same time, Greenland, Port Ferringe military base.

On the training ground, the searchlights at the four corners illuminated the gloomy sky. The lieutenant colonel with iron-gray hair had his hands behind his back and looked at the few people in front of him with scrutiny.

"Sergeant August Field, Sergeant Arthur Green, graduated from the Roskilde Army Academy, and they are also young officers who have been admitted in advance to the Sirius team this year. I have seen your grades in school and they are very good. I hope you Can adapt to life here with the same positive enthusiasm. This year's patrol is not over yet, so there is about half a month to a month left for you to adapt. During this period, your daily training will continue as usual, led by Captain Swald Responsible. After the patrol ends in February, you will officially join the Sirius team training." After a pause, the colonel's voice became somewhat meaningful: "Boys, I hope you have a good time here."

The author says:

Happy Lantern Festival everyone~

Also:

All the names of military bases and military schools are made up by me, please don’t take it seriously~

In addition, I personally think that the 7 chapters of this series can be eaten with "Alone in Kyoto" (the soundtrack of "Lost in Translation")~