Teacher Dinah—The blue mountain!
The cold wind howled in the sky, and pieces of goose-feather-like snowflakes rolled down from the lead-gray clouds, covering the entire earth and mountains with a silvery dress.
Youzhou is located in the north of Taixia, and for Youzhou in winter, there are certain days when all means of transportation in the sky will be useless—the harsh and strong northwest wind will make it difficult for airships to move in the air. The cold current and low temperature in the high altitude may freeze the wings and engines of the aircraft. At this time, transportation on the ground becomes valuable.
"Woo..."
The whistle on the front of the train emits a stream of white mist. In the mist, the melodious sound of the whistle resounds through the mountains. Along with the vibration of "吭姧...孭Chi...孭Chi..." coming from the two railway tracks, people are far away from the railway. The snow on the nearest pine trees on both sides fell down one after another. For a stubborn train traveling in the mountains, this scene was like someone spreading snowflakes on both sides of the railway track to welcome the arrival of the train.
At this moment, in the dining car near the front of the train, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy and an eight or nine-year-old girl were lying on two seats, their blue eyes wide open. Clinging tightly to the double-glazed carriage, I watched with excitement the snowflakes falling continuously on the pine trees outside the train.
For children, all this is extremely interesting, and the scenery of large tracts of snow falling from the pine trees can only be seen from the carriage near the front of the train. If it is from the back of the train, it can be seen along the way. , there are only pine trees shaking off the snow, and such an interesting scene cannot be seen.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already past the noon meal time, so there were relatively few people in the dining car. Except for the two children lying by the window of the dining car, there were not many other people. Half a train car away from the two children, there were seven or eight adults gathered at the bar counter of the dining car. These seven or eight adults ordered a glass of wine each, and then gathered around, listening with gusto. There was an old man holding a wine glass, with gray hair and beard. He looked like he was sixty or seventy years old, but he still looked energetic and was talking about something.
"... You must have never heard of the name of the Republic of Hernand, but back then, this name was very famous in the Hawaiian subcontinent, because the people of the entire Republic of Hernand were all enthusiastic glider flying enthusiasts. During the Holy War, Before the fall of the Hawaiian subcontinent, many of my friends and I served at a glider base in the Sernes War Zone, responsible for logistics. I still remember that the leader of our base was named Howlson, who was a colonel. , You will never imagine who I saw in that base one day..." The old man took a big sip of wine, and there was a layer of red on his cheeks.
"Haha, have you seen that person?" A person next to the old man asked in disbelief, "That person also served in the Sernes War Zone. Everyone knows this..."
The speaker did not say that person's name, but his respectful tone made everyone present know who that person was referring to. That person's name has become the symbol of the entire human race in the Third Holy War. Legends and monuments are unknown to almost everyone.
"The possibility is too low..." Some people shook their heads in disbelief.
The white-haired old man put down his wine glass and smiled calmly, "There aren't many things going on in the glider base on weekdays. They are specially equipped for engineers like us. I was sleeping in the dormitory that day, and the door was kicked in from outside. Opened, the base's messenger sent an order from Colonel Howson, asking us to gather in Hangar No. 1 of the base. It was said that it was time to bring glory to the Republic of Hernandez. Hearing this sentence, I put on a coat I put on a piece of clothes and rushed towards Hangar No. 1 of the base as quickly as possible. When I arrived at Hangar No. 1, I saw a Chinese teenager in Hangar No. 1 and came to us. Made a strange modification request..."
As the white-haired old man spoke slowly, the people around him widened their eyes and showed excitement. When the old man finally proudly took out a treasured recruitment card, the people around him were excited. .
The recruitment promotion card was clamped in a special silver clip. There were transparent crystal pieces on both sides of the quality clip, and through the crystal piece, you could just see the writing and content on the recruitment promotion card inside.
On the front of the old recruitment card, someone wrote a strong and powerful handwriting in Chinese -
Pay tribute to the human warriors who fought side by side with me in Cernes—Zhang Tie!
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The slight noise coming from the dining car bar did not affect the two children who were observing the scene outside the car window attentively. The train was passing through the vast snowfield. Suddenly, in the vast white world, I was startled by the train whistle, and a flash of flame danced in the snowfield not far from the train track, which was particularly conspicuous...
"Fire fox, fire fox, that's a fire fox with two tails..." the little girl and boy screamed.
But the fire fox in the snowfield was extremely vigilant. In the blink of an eye, the fire fox disappeared from the sight of the two children.
"Go tell grandma, we saw the firefox..."
As the two children spoke, they got off the seats in the dining car, then held hands and ran to the back compartment of the dining car together.
In just a moment, after passing through seven or eight carriages, the two people suddenly opened the door of a train compartment.
"Grandma, Grandpa, Reggie and I saw the Firefox just now. The Firefox is exactly the same as what Grandma said. It has two tails and can run very fast in the snow..." As soon as he rushed into the box, the little boy drove first. Finished.
"I also saw that the fire fox used its tail to sweep away its footprints when it was running. It was so smart..." the little girl added.
Compared with the outside, the inside of the box seemed warmer. The gentle heat emitted by a brass candle oil tincture made the box as warm as spring. There were only two people in this box, both of whom were sitting by the window. On the sofa, grandpa was looking down at a map, while grandma tilted her head thoughtfully and looked at the scenery outside the window.
"Really?" After hearing the words of the two children, the grandma who looked out the window turned her head, smiled slightly at the two children, reached out to touch the little heads of the two children, and said gently, "In Taixia's According to legend, those who can see the fire fox in winter will definitely have good luck. Reggie and Ent are indeed the lucky angels of our family... "
"We have to tell dad and mom, they don't know yet that Reggie and I just saw the Firefox..." The two children smiled happily, ran out of the box again in the blink of an eye, closed the door of the box, turned around and ran away. He went to the box next door and started chattering.
"From the map, there are still more than a hundred kilometers. As long as we pass through these mountains, we should reach Black Flame City..." Grandpa put down the map in his hand, raised his eyes, and looked at the time-honored city opposite him. But in his heart, his wife is still elegant and beautiful, "I heard that the Black Flame City in Youzhou is completely based on the Black Flame City on the Hawaiian subcontinent. Dinah, you may meet a few of you there. Former acquaintances and students…”
"Maybe!" Teacher Dinah smiled slightly, and a bunch of gentle wrinkles suddenly appeared at the corners of her eyes, making her look a little kind. Teacher Dinah, who is already over seventy years old, looks like a fifty-year-old due to proper maintenance. The women on the left and right are the same, except that she has become slightly fatter, a little more graceful, and has a few strands of silver in her brown hair. Her elegant, intellectual and gentle temperament has not changed at all.
Grandpa suddenly remembered something and suddenly became interested. He leaned his whole body towards this side and said, "By the way, I heard that that person also came from Black Flame City. Dinah, when you were in Black Flame City before, I’ve never seen that person…”
"Do you believe me when I say that person is my student?"
"Hahaha, how is that possible? We have been in Taixia for so many years and I have never heard you talk about it..." The man laughed and shook his head, thinking that his wife was joking to him.
The smile on Teacher Dinah's face did not diminish, but she just turned her long gaze to the window again.
There were some things that she had kept in her heart for so many years and never talked about with anyone. Although she never saw that person again for so many years, she was also paying attention to that person silently. All kinds of news will always reach her ears, and people around her will talk about it and mention it repeatedly, as if it has become a myth.
Thinking of her last meeting with Zhang Tie, even if decades had passed, a different kind of warmth would still surge in Dinah's heart.
—Promise the teacher that you will always be the student who makes the teacher most proud, okay
That person did it!
But Dinah also regarded this pride as a precious gift, a pure and beautiful agreement, hidden in her heart forever, only she knew it, and only she could taste it.
Over the years, Dinah has been living in Guizhou, Taixia, and is also working as a teacher in a school. However, this year, Dinah has retired from the school, so she has time to visit the black city of Youzhou during the school winter vacation. What is Yancheng like
This Black Flame City in Youzhou has been lingering in Dinah's heart for many years.
And her family knew what she was thinking, so they simply accompanied her to Youzhou as a long-distance trip.
For all the ethnic minorities living in Taixia, Heiyan City in Youzhou is a legendary city. The openness, tolerance, and vitality here will make everyone who comes to Heiyan City Everyone remembers it.
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Two hours later, the train arrived at the Black Flame City Railway Station. From the moment she stepped off the train, Teacher Dinah couldn't help but get excited, because the train station in front of her was the same as the Black Flame City in her memory. The train station is exactly the same, just like the newly renovated Heiyancheng train station. When you walk out of the train station, there is also a street called "Liujin Street" from south to north outside the train station. It is not just a street. The names, even the light poles on both sides of the street, are exactly the same as those in Black Flame City before...
At this moment, the memory in my mind slowly overlapped with everything in front of me. Everything in the city in front of me seemed like a dream, so illusory and yet so real...
I remember that that person seemed to have worked in a grocery store near the train station.
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A few days later, the snow started to clear, and the whole Black Flame City became lively again...
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"Grandma, ah, there is indeed a grocery store here..."
The sound coming from the door made Zhang Tie, who was wiping things with linen cloth in the grocery store, wearing a green robe and a hat, dressed as a clerk and enjoying himself, suddenly turned around.
Two children ran in from the door, and their grandmother walked in behind them.
All Zhang Tie's movements suddenly froze because he saw those beautiful blue eyes again, like blue mountains...
The person who walked in from outside the door also froze for a moment. That person was the same as before, unchanged at all...
Zhang Tie scratched his head...
After looking at each other for a moment, the two people laughed at the same time...
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