A generation of soldiers begins with Feng Yuxiu traveling through time and space with Xu Sanduo

Chapter 441 Heading to Changchun City

When night fell, Erzhu still didn't have the guts to come and cause trouble.

After Gao Peng's family saw off their relatives and villagers, only a few of his close friends remained, still drinking, but the table had been moved from the yard to the living room.

In the courtyard, Gao Peng's mother and several female relatives were cleaning up the leftovers from the daytime.

Chen Yixin left at the end of the afternoon; he didn't belong in the atmosphere and was just there for show.

But before leaving, he told Feng Yuxiu again that he would go to his place in a few days, and at least he would be doing something else, not just guarding the door.

It's unclear why Chen Yixin insisted on sending the only person in the village receiving government assistance. Perhaps she hadn't even considered it before, but after seeing Feng Yuxiu, the idea became uncontrollable.

After seeing Feng Yuxiu agree, Chen Yixin drove away in a car even more luxurious than Erzhu's.

Xiao Zhuang sighed after seeing this: "Damn, running a school is still the most profitable thing. Even Erzhu can't afford this car anymore."

If Chen Yixin didn't intend to integrate into the villagers' lives, why did he still come? If he didn't intend to show off, why did he drive his best car to display his social status?

Even school principals are not immune to this.

By 8 p.m., we had drunk quite a bit of alcohol.

Gao Peng grinned, "It's so late, guys, how about we head out tonight?"

Xiao Zhuang's eyes reddened, and he let out a hiccup, grinning, "Forget it? Gao Peng, what day is it today? It's your big day! According to our local custom, it's not considered a perfect wedding if there's no wedding night festivities. Don't you guys agree?"

"Yes!" Dezi was the first to raise her hand and shout.

The others readily agreed.

Seeing that the group of drunkards had no intention of leaving, Gao Peng sighed helplessly, "Fine, fine, let them cause trouble then..."

"Brother Shu, how about saying a few words?" Gao Peng was the first to look at Feng Yuxiu.

Feng Yuxiu stood up, a cigarette dangling from his lips. "I'll just watch. You guys make a scene."

"Alright, since Brother Shu has spoken, let's go to the new house."

Xiao Zhuang and his friends shouted and drove Gao Peng towards the new house.

Feng Yuxiu stood up and walked to the steps, gazing at the cold wind of the night and the moon in the sky.

"What exactly was that dark shadow...? Am I really sick? Why do I keep seeing that hallucination..."

Am I mentally ill?

As soon as this thought came to mind, Feng Yuxiu's mind suddenly became clear.

"No, Xiao Zhuang said I didn't sleep with him yesterday, but I remember clearly being with him... No, no... Xiao Zhuang has no reason to lie about this; there's no benefit in it for him..."

Feng Yuxiu clutched his head in anguish, squatting on the steps, "I don't want to think about it anymore..."

He punched his temples hard a few times, trying to stop thinking about it, otherwise his memory would start to deteriorate sooner or later.

However, he has now accepted his reality in Wangdu Village. The older generation used to say that people often suddenly have a breakthrough when they are in their thirties.

He had lost all his previous memories, but everyone in Wangdu Village knew him.

This is undeniable, therefore he is a person from Wangdu Village, he is the tree.

This is the result he has achieved after so many days.

Having accepted this premise, Feng Yuxiu exhaled a puff of smoke, smiled, and turned to enter Gao Peng's bridal chamber.

At this moment, Gao Peng was stripped down to his underwear and kneeling on the bed, with a cucumber taped to his crotch.

His wife was looking shy and keeping her head down, remaining silent.

Xiao Zhuang started egging them on from the side, "Go for it! I'm telling you right now, you have to eat the cucumber to pass the test."

Gao Peng smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything, let alone try to stop it; this was simply a custom of this era.

This is what wedding night pranks are like.

Gao Peng's wife gritted her teeth, "I..."

"Oh, bride, don't be shy. It's bound to happen sooner or later. Finish up quickly so we can go back to sleep and give you two a chance to perform tonight..." Dezi shouted, his face flushed.

"Hahaha... Bride, come on up..."

The others joined in the shouting.

Feng Yuxiu, however, did not have the instinct to approach, and instead leaned against the door, smoking and watching with a smile.

After hesitating for ten minutes, the bride finally closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and went upstairs.

After seven or eight unusual and elaborate rituals, the pranks on the bride and groom finally came to an end.

The bride was already exhausted and lying on the bed, unable to move. Gao Peng, dressed in sobs, pointed at everyone and said, "Just you wait until your wedding, and see how I deal with you."

As Xiao Zhuang Dezi and the others walked out, they grinned and said, "If we don't get married, you're going to miss out."

Gao Peng smiled and said, "It's impossible not to get married in the countryside. Nobody wants to become the second Mr. Tree."

Although Feng Yuxiu chased away Erzhu today, he is still the village guardian of Wangdu Village.

As long as he is not married and does not have a proper job.

Then other people will naturally look down on him.

In rural areas, those who don't get married and don't have a proper job are considered unemployed.

Unless he becomes the second Erzhu, who doesn't need to work and can directly rise to the top by using his father's embezzled money to open a factory.

He transformed from a good-for-nothing in his youth into a soon-to-be successful entrepreneur.

This is the ladder for the second pig.

The group left Gao Peng's house and parted ways.

Xiao Zhuang, drunk, reached for his motorcycle.

Dezi immediately shouted, "Xiao Zhuang, you're so drunk you're still riding your bike? Just leave it there and ride it tomorrow, it's not far anyway."

Xiao Zhuang wobbled along, "This is all flat road, you know my driving skills, don't you? Why don't you get on and I'll give you a ride?"

"Come on, I want to live a few more years." Dezi rolled his eyes, lit a cigarette, and left.

Feng Yuxiu walked alone, hands in his pockets, toward that dilapidated house.

His house was the most dilapidated in Wangdu Village; the yard was half-finished, and the house only had one suite.

He usually sleeps inside with the old lady, while he sleeps on the sofa in the living room.

No wonder the old lady's third son went to the city.

Even the only appliances in the house were a black and white satellite dish; things like bicycles were simply a pipe dream.

The winter nights are very white, and the snow on the ground seems to reflect light. Even though it is dark, Feng Yuxiu can see far into the distance at a glance.

His right hand held a kitchen knife he had taken from Gao Peng's house. It came from the pigpen and pig trough; Gao Peng's mother usually used this to chop grass for the pigs.

If Erzhu dares to ambush him on the way tonight, he'll have something to defend himself.

Taking something or not makes all the difference in a fight. This thing may look old and worn, but it's the thing that makes three unarmed men afraid to move forward.

A tetanus wound combined with a large surgical incision would be enough to kill them.

Perhaps Erzhu was frightened by Feng Yuxiu's glass shard during the day, and did not come over to surround them as Feng Yuxiu had imagined.

Ten minutes later, Feng Yuxiu returned home. As soon as he opened the door, a blast of cold air rushed out.

The old lady still hasn't returned; it seems she was taken away by the second son.

The houses in the county town all have heating, which is much better than in the countryside.

Feng Yuxiu stood at the door for a full minute, smoking a cigarette. He then turned around, grabbed a handful of firewood from the corner, and threw it under the stove inside the room. He then turned back, picked up half a bag of charcoal, closed the door, turned on the light, and started a fire. In an instant, smoke filled the room, filling it with a thick cloud of smoke.

Feng Yuxiu was not allowed to open the door to let the smoke out. Five minutes later, the smoke in the room disappeared. After closing the door, the stove roared to life with the sound of intense fire less than two minutes later.

In less than three minutes, the entire room was filled with steam.

Feng Yuxiu then took off his coat, changed into cotton slippers, pulled up a stool and sat down next to the stove, turned on the TV and stared blankly at the monotonous Qinqiang opera.

He sat there from around 8 p.m. until after 10 p.m., and since alcohol is the easiest to digest, he got hungry again.

Remembering there were a few raw potatoes left in the kitchen, he stuffed them into the ash box under the stove.

Forty minutes later, I took it out, peeled off the skin, and it was immediately steaming hot.

"Huhuhu..."

Feng Yuxiu blew on the steam rising from the food and ate it in big mouthfuls. After he was full, he brewed a cup of old tea.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, they added fuel to the fire, turned around, and went to bed.

I don't know what to do tomorrow. Maybe if there's nothing to do in the village, I'll go to Chen Yixin's school?
At eight o'clock the next morning, Feng Yuxiu opened his eyes, and the room was immediately filled with cold air.

He yawned, got out of bed, poked the charcoal fire from the night before, and added a few more pieces of coal to keep it burning.

After sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze for a few minutes, I put on my clothes, lit a cigarette, and continued to stare blankly.

He only came to his senses when the heat from the stove made the room feel as hot as the dog days of summer. He quickly washed his face and rinsed his mouth with tea.

"No, there's no hope if things continue like this. We need to go... I remember that school is in Changchun..."

Feng Yuxiu changed his clothes, took out a pack of cigarettes from under the covers, found a snakeskin bag, carried it out the door, casually hung a lock on it, and left home.

"Good morning, Brother Shu! Where are you going?"

The villagers who were playing cards early in the morning greeted Feng Yuxiu in surprise.

Feng Yuxiu nodded, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and walked toward the village entrance without looking back.

"See that? See that? The trees have changed... They used to smile and nod when we greeted them, and they'd even offer us cigarettes..."

"He must have been provoked by someone. He's acting super arrogant right now, so stop being sarcastic... If he hears you, he might turn around and stab you, and you'll be in big trouble."

"Let's go, let's play cards."

In winter, migrant workers return home, and farmers take a break.

So winter is the peak season for rural people, when everyone is so bored that they open their eyes and immediately start looking for someone to play cards with.

They could squat in anyone's house, convenience store, or small house, and a group of them could stay up from morning till night with just a few packs of cigarettes.

This is their favorite way to pass the time; otherwise, they simply wouldn't be able to while away the long day.

Feng Yuxiu didn't run into Erzhu along the way. Perhaps Erzhu was feeling stifled, but Feng Yuxiu didn't want to get entangled in such matters.

When they arrived at the village entrance, they kicked the door of Xiao Zhuang's house. It was a day of rest, and Xiao Zhuang, who had drunk the most last night, was still asleep.

Feng Yuxiu almost kicked the door open before Xiao Zhuang came out with his head down and opened the door. "Brother Shu, have you eaten yet? If not, just grab a bite? My mom just made some egg drop soup."

Feng Yuxiu nodded and went inside.

"Mom, Brother Shu is here. Make a bowl of egg drop soup and reheat yesterday's fried dough." Xiao Zhuang shouted towards the kitchen.

Feng Yuxiu walked into Xiaozhuang's living room, sat down, lit a cigarette, and looked at Xiaozhuang, saying, "After you finish eating, take me somewhere."

"Okay, Brother Shu, where are we going? In town?" Xiao Zhuang asked, scratching his toes and looking up.

"No, I'm going to the county. I need to go out for a while."

Xiao Zhuang was immediately stunned, then showed an envious expression. "Going to Changchun? Chen Yixin is a good match. As soon as people hear you work at a school, they'll definitely be able to introduce you to a good partner. Maybe Brother Shu will be able to get rid of his bachelor status after the New Year this year. By the way, Dezi said Gao Peng's mom introduced you to someone, but I haven't heard you mention it. Did it fall through?"

Feng Yuxiu exhaled a puff of smoke. "I don't know."

Seeing this, Xiao Zhuang didn't say anything. After the two finished eating, Xiao Zhuang started the motorcycle and took Feng Yuxiu towards the county town.

I just arrived in Wangdu Town and happened to see Gao Peng's mother.

"Hey, Tree, it's like this, Xiaomei's mom came to see me today. She said you didn't reply to my message. Here's Xiaomei's phone number. You two should keep in touch more often."

Gao Peng's mother slipped a note into Feng Yuxiu's hand.

Feng Yuxiu nodded.

When the two arrived at the county town bus station, Feng Yuxiu remained silent for a moment before going into a mobile phone shop and buying a PHS phone.

The money given by the second brother and Lao Qiu was enough.

"Brother Shu, I'll be going now." Xiao Zhuang got on his motorcycle and roared away from the station.

Feng Yuxiu went into the station and bought a ticket to Changchun.

Three hours after the bus started moving and left.

For the first time, large numbers of military vehicles and helicopters landed around Wangdu Town.

After a day and a night of intensive searching, the troops and helicopters left, leaving only the idle middle-aged people of Wangdu Town to gossip and speculate.

As the helicopter flew overhead, Wu Zhecheng and the others on board looked extremely grim.

"It's been three days, and we still haven't found him! We've searched every mile... we've even set up surveillance for 500 miles around. Where did he go?"

Opposite Cheng Cai, Gan Xiaoning and Ma Xiaoshuai were both pale-faced and unable to lift their heads.

The three of them went to deliver Bai Tiejun's ashes, but they lost everyone else in the process.

Both of their arms are still broken; Gao Cheng broke them.

Every single person from Bai Tiejun's village was dealt with by Gao Cheng.

The village chief, who had initially been so defiant, was now completely unmoved, yet he still couldn't detect a single trace of Feng Yuxiu.

It vanished abruptly into the vast snow-covered forest.

“Wu Zhe, this snow forest is so vast… It has snowed heavily several times in the past three days… If someone has collapsed and been covered by snow… we won’t be able to find them.”

Cheng Cai spoke the truth, but no one wanted to hear the truth.

After the encirclement and annihilation of Crescent Island, Wolf Fang, Old A, and the reconnaissance battalion were all awarded collective first-class merits.

Feng Yuxiu was awarded the Special Merit Citation, as one person changed the course of a large-scale war, which is the standard for the Special Merit Citation.

This is someone we absolutely must find!

"Keep searching! Turn this area upside down and find him! We need to find him alive!" Wu Zhe spat out coldly through clenched teeth.

Rumble!
The plane sped past the land below, and on the snowy road, Feng Yuxiu sat inside the bus, tilting his head to watch the helicopter disappear into the sky.

This was the first time he had ever seen an airplane... The people on the bus were also craning their necks to look at it with great curiosity.

"An airplane... This is the first time I've seen one this close to something this big..."

"Just like a bird..."

The bus slowly left the county town and headed towards Changchun.

The dilapidated rural communities are gradually transforming with the arrival of buses, just like the rapid reforms of this era.

The atmosphere of a big city was completely brought over after the appearance of the asphalt road.

Everywhere you look there are skyscrapers and dense buildings.

We've arrived in Changchun.

(End of this chapter)