Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 643, Malan's Old Friend

Several people discussed the next itinerary there for a while.

It is close to the sea, nearly 2,000 kilometers away from South Yemen, and separated by the sea.

So I can only take the flight tomorrow.

Things were naturally settled in advance.

However, the rescued people did not have these things. If they were really rescued, they could only take sea transportation, return here, and then return to the mainland from the border.

You can't take a plane.

So much time has passed, and although I know there is little hope, I still need to go on.

After dinner in the evening, they needed to go to the beach to find the contact person.

Everyone has to go, because no one knows whether anyone will never come back in the next action.

If I only tell Shen Yuanfeng, if something happens to him, I won’t be able to find anyone to contact.

After everything was settled, Shen Yuanfeng decided to take these people to the beach.

It’s only three or four kilometers away from here.

To be precise, it is not a sea, but an inland lake connected to the seaside with many docks.

It is an important port here.

Yang Xiaole looked at this scene and felt curious about how people like Wang Xia lived here.

This should just be a temporary base.

He was really curious about how these people lived abroad.

Because after these people come here, apart from a small amount of start-up capital, they basically have to rely on themselves for the rest.

Shen Yuanfeng looked at them and said, "I'll take them out first. You cook here and wait for us to come back."

Wang Xia nodded: "Okay, then you go first. Take the things with you."

Hearing this, Shen Yuanfeng agreed.

Seeing this, Wang Xia got up and left, went inside, and took out a wooden box after a while.

After opening it, he said to the few people: "It's a bit chaotic here, you should bring some for self-defense."

When a few people saw it, they saw a few pistols and some bullets inside.

Shen Yuanfeng took the lead and took out a gun, handing it to Yang Xiaole beside him: "Unless you encounter special circumstances, you are not allowed to shoot. Leave your ID here and take it when you leave!"

Yang Xiaole took the gun, clicked, and tried a few times.

They are all old guns, and they are not mainland standards. They were obviously bought here.

In fact, the Type 56 is not uncommon all over the world.

Some were provided to Albania back then, and later these ungrateful people sold them everywhere because they were cost-effective.

This is all done for safety.

He took the bullets and started loading them.

The sound of clicking continued in the quiet atmosphere.

After getting ready, throw all the documents into the box.

Shen Yuanfeng took a note given by Wang Xia, read it carefully, and then burned it.

Yang Xiaole watched there.

The other party gave an address, contact code, and contact code.

Shen Yuanfeng obviously knew this place, but Wang Xia still gave him the note, which showed that she was not from the same line of work.

"Let's go!"

Shen Yuanfeng nodded to Wang Xia, then looked at Yang Xiaole and the others.

After saying that, he took the lead and left

Yang Xiaole and the other person nodded, followed each other out of the yard, and headed towards the southeast.

Wang Xia watched the few people leave, closed the yard door and left directly without staying.

Walking on the road, the two of them were looking at the surrounding scenery curiously.

This is the suburbs, but there are not many crops nearby because this place is more like the inland plateau area and the vegetation on the surface is not very lush.

There are small numbers of livestock scattered around.

But there is a forest in the distance.

Shen Yuanfeng looked around and said, "Remember the way. If something unexpected happens, you should come back here. The way I'm taking you is easy to recognize."

After walking for more than ten minutes, we arrived at a main road.

The other party pointed to a landmark building and said, "Remember this place. From here, follow this road and go straight down to the pier by the sea."

It was already getting dark by now.

But the dilapidated castle opposite was obviously no longer inhabited.

Both of them paid close attention to this place, including the surrounding environment.

Then he followed the other person along the main road and walked away.

It is said to be a main road, but in fact it is just a relatively wide dirt road with no street lights.

There are some sporadic lights in the distance.

In less than an hour, when it was completely dark, the three of them entered another urban area.

It's not much different from before.

After a while, under the guidance of Shen Yuanfeng, the three of them came to a cotton fluffer's shop.

At this time, a middle-aged Chinese man was busy working with a cotton-bow.

"Remember this place. I'll go over there first."

When they arrived at the place, Shen Yuanfeng gave instructions to the two of them.

Then he walked towards the store.

After Shen Yuanfeng approached, the other party greeted him as if he had just discovered him.

Neither Chinese nor English.

It should be the local language.

"There are not many Chinese people here. If we come to contact them ourselves, we will definitely speak Mandarin. If we use Mandarin directly, is it appropriate?"

Yang Xiaole stood there and asked Li Baoguo.

Li Baoguo looked around and whispered, "It shouldn't be a problem. There are quite a few Chinese here. Some came here before, and some came here in the past two years."

Having said that, he sighed softly.

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly when he heard this.

In a place like this, his scanning area was fully opened, and just as he was about to speak, he frowned.

He said to Li Baoguo next to him: "I have something to do. You wait here for me. When Brother Shen comes, tell him that I have something to do."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"I met our comrades."

Yang Xiaole was talking nonsense there.

Upon hearing this, Li Baoguo looked at Shen Yuanfeng and remembered what he had said before, that Yang Xiaole had the right to act independently.

Then he nodded: "Okay, we'll wait for you here! Be careful."

Yang Xiaole nodded gently after hearing this: "Okay, I'll go first. If I can't wait, I'll go back first."

After saying that, he walked straight towards an alley.

Then it disappeared into the darkness.

……

On the street, a man was pulling a cart, rushing towards one direction, looking exhausted.

But his eyes were still alert to his surroundings at all times.

At this time, Yang Xiaole, who was wearing mainland clothes, immediately attracted his attention.

But he didn't particularly care.

It’s not like there are no Chinese people here.

But the other party kept staring at him, which made him suspicious.

"Brother Meng?"

Just when he was wondering, the other party shouted and made him stop.

"You... are you?"

Looking at the young man in front of him, the man looked at him puzzledly.

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person and was also happy. He smiled and said, "I... Yang Xiaole, do you still remember?"

The other party was Xiao Meng from the Northwest Base.

"Yang Xiaole?"

Meng Dong was suspicious for a moment, and tried to recall quickly in his mind, but he just couldn't remember when he had seen him before.

"Northwest, Antelope, Captain Liu... Do you remember?"

Yang Xiaole reminded him.

Hearing this, Meng Dong was stunned.

Then he came to his senses, looked around and said, "You...you are the kid who went there before?"

"Yeah! Do you remember?"

Yang Xiaole nodded, confused for a moment.

Hearing this, Meng Dong was delighted at first: "I remember, I remember, it was you who hunted the antelope for me to eat so that I could recover quickly. I didn't expect that I could see you again, and you've grown so tall."

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Yes! It's been several years! Why are you here?"

Meng Dong's eyes rolled when he heard this, and he whispered, "My situation is a bit special. I was separated in the middle. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. Later, I escaped."

Yang Xiaole felt strange for a moment.

He understood what the other party meant.

It's about escaping.

But the people who could go to that place back then were all scientists, while the others were all of good family background.

It shouldn't have ended up in this situation!

Looking at Meng Dong's expression, he felt that the other party was hiding something from him.

It was dark and others couldn’t see it, but how could it escape his eyes?

While thinking, Meng Dong asked: "Why are you here too? Could it be..."

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly when he heard this: "I am the same as you. I came from the inland area and worked as an educated youth in the countryside."

Then he asked, "Brother Meng, are you alone?"

At this time, Meng Dong was already around thirty years old and no longer looked like the young man he used to be.

After hearing what he said, Meng Dong shook his head and said, "There are a few more people, some you know and some you don't." "Some I know? Who else?"

"There's Brother Liu, oh, that's Captain Liu, he and his sister-in-law are here too."

When he heard Captain Liu, he thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Is it Sister Fang Mei?"

Memories from a few years ago came back to me.

Fang Mei was interested in Captain Liu back then, and she took good care of him when she went there. After all, in her eyes, he was just a child.

Xiao Meng smiled and nodded.

"Yes!"

Yang Xiaole was delighted when he heard this. He didn't expect to see his old friend again.

If I hadn't kept the scan turned on the whole time, I would have missed it and might never see it again in my life.

He quickly collected his thoughts, looked at the cart he was pulling, and asked, "Brother Meng, are you pulling a cart now? What is Captain Liu doing now? Why are you here?"

There must be some unexpected events that he is not aware of.

"Well, there's nothing we can do. Apart from doing manual labor, we can't do anything else."

Meng Dong responded there intermittently.

Then he asked, "Where are you now? Did you just come here?"

Yang Xiaole nodded: "Yes, I just arrived here not long ago. I stayed in the suburbs with a few fellow villagers. Today I came to see if there is a suitable job. It's because I don't know foreign languages ​​that I haven't found a job."

You can't say that you are here to carry out a mission.

Xiao Meng nodded, then smiled and said, "Have you eaten yet? Let's go home, I'll treat you to a meal."

Yang Xiaole was pondering in his mind when he heard this.

Meng Dong smiled and said, "Let's go. It's rare to meet you. You don't have a job. If you don't have a way out for the time being, just come with us. As long as you have some strength, you won't starve. The place is not far, just ahead."

Yang Xiaole pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's go."

Then he followed the other side and rushed towards the road.

The place is not in the urban area, but on the outskirts of the city. The distance is not very far, less than one kilometer.

After all, Yang Xiaole had already followed the other party for some distance before.

As they walked along the road, Meng Dong reminded them, "Xiao Le, although we are no longer in the country, I hope that when you come out, you will not tell anyone about what happened at the base. Okay?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole slowed down his pace a little, and then quickly caught up.

He smiled and agreed: "Don't worry, Brother Meng, I'm not that kind of person. No matter what, I also hope that the motherland can become stronger."

Hearing this, Meng Dong laughed: "Well, that's good!"

Then he asked, "Did you know that our experiment was successful not long after you left?"

With excitement and a sense of pride on his face.

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Yes, I know. It was all in the newspapers at that time. The whole country knew about it. Unfortunately, no one knew about the existence of you people."

"Hey, what's the matter?"

Meng Dong said somewhat nonchalantly.

The two of them walked and chatted on the road, and soon they arrived at the place.

Arriving at the gate of a large compound, Meng Dong simply knocked on the door and shouted directly inside.

"Old Zhou! Open the door!"

Hearing the sound, the wooden door was opened.

Only a thin middle-aged man appeared inside.

The other party looked at Yang Xiaole and asked curiously: "Xiao Meng, who is this?"

There was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Seeing this, Xiao Meng smiled and said, "This is my old friend from China! I just happened to run into him today."

Seeing him say this, the other party nodded slightly.

"come in!"

Seeing this, Xiao Meng gestured to Yang Xiaole: "Come in!"

He pulled the cart into the yard and put it down. There were some other carts and animals in the yard.

The yard looks quite big.

At this time, there were a few children playing around in the compound.

Although it is dark now, the moonlight is still visible and does not affect the children's fun.

"Little ball, kick it with your feet, Malan blooms twenty-one, two-eight, two-five, six, two-eight, two-five, seven..."

Yang Xiaole watched the children playing in the yard and singing nursery rhymes.

I actually knew in my previous life that this song was related to the atomic bomb.

Only after experiencing it in this life can you truly understand what it means.

The small ball naturally refers to the atomic bomb.

Kicking the bomb by standing on a rack means that the bomb was not detonated by airdrop but by standing on a rack.

Malan Blooms Twenty-one refers to the Malan Base, which is the 21st experimental base.

And 28256 and 28257 refer to the two mailboxes there.

Apart from the dedicated line, these two mailboxes were the only two external contact methods at the time.

Box 28, sub-boxes 256 and 257.

As for the rest, they are basically made up just to make it easier to say.

Unexpectedly, the song has also spread among the children here, but except for the adults who have signed the guarantee, the children definitely don’t know what the song means.

However, Yang Xiaole already found out on the way that few of the children here were from the Malan Base.

And this is actually one of the gathering places for Chinese people here.

Xiao Meng and the others came here later.

"Let's go!"

He took Xiao Meng to a room and knocked on the door gently.

There was no electricity in the entire compound, and everyone used oil lamps.

After a while the door opened.

Xiao Meng looked at Captain Liu who opened the door and said with a smile, "Brother Liu, guess who I brought with me. Sister-in-law, take a look!"

Liu Shengli had already seen Yang Xiaole at this time.

But it's not recognizable at all.

Inside the house, a woman in her thirties was waiting to eat with her two children.

The boy was about five or six years old, and the girl was about three or four years old.

Hearing his voice, the other party also stood up and put down his bowl and chopsticks.

Looking at the two people who came in, they were all curious.

Fang Mei looked at Yang Xiaole and said suspiciously: "Xiao Meng, who is this brother? He looks familiar!"

Speaks with a strong northeastern accent.

Seeing this, Xiao Meng smiled and said, "Guess! You know him!"

"I know?"

Fang Mei was puzzled for a moment, but after looking for a long time she really couldn't remember it.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Sister Fang, it's me, Xiaole, Yang Xiaole. It was the time when we went to the northwest. There were five of us in total."

Fang Mei was also shocked when she heard this: "Oh my god, you are... you are Xiaole!"

Although they haven't seen each other for many years, how could she forget what happened back then?

Then she came over and took his arm and started talking: "How did you grow so big? If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have recognized you!"

After that, a burst of curiosity: "Why are you here?"

Yang Xiaole smiled and looked at Captain Liu: "Captain Liu, long time no see! Do you still remember me?"

Liu Shengli grinned: "How could I not know him?"

Then he said, "Don't call me company commander here. This is all in the past. Just call me Lao Liu."

"Hey, Brother Liu, your accent changes really fast! Okay, I won't call you company commander anymore."

Yang Xiaole made a joke with a smile.

This made Liu Shengli feel a little embarrassed.

And it is indeed inappropriate to call him company commander here.

Then he looked at the two children inside: "Sister Fang, this is... your child?"

The two little guys looked at them curiously.

Fang Mei turned her head and looked at him, then smiled and said, "Yes! Tiedan, Lanlan, call me uncle!"

"Hello, uncle!"

The two little guys greeted him in a childish way when they heard it.

"Hey, hello!"

Yang Xiaole greeted the two of them.

Fang Mei saw this and said, "Sit down, don't just stand there. I'll add a set of bowls and chopsticks for you to eat first. Xiao Meng, you can eat here too! Lao Liu, get some wine, come and chat with my big brother today."

Xiao Meng laughed happily and said, "Okay! I'm not polite."

After saying that, he sat down with a smile.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole also sat down.

Looking around, I found that the house was actually very simple, similar to the mud houses in the mainland.

A house made of adobe bricks.

The light was also a kerosene lamp, and the lighting was a little dim.

"Xiao Le, why are you here?"

Liu Shengli brought over a bottle of wine and asked curiously.

Yang Xiaole was about to speak when he heard this, but when he looked at the other person's arm, he remembered that something was wrong with his previous actions.

Just open the scan and take a look.

Then he frowned and asked, "Brother Liu, are you injured?"

And it was a gunshot wound.

Hearing this, Xiao Meng, who was originally happy, quickly put down his wine glass and looked at the expressions of the two men.

He looked at Liu Shengli again and asked, "Brother, what's going on?"

Liu Shengli was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled nonchalantly, "It's okay! Just a minor injury."

(End of this chapter)