Chapter 39 Fire
This time when they went to the provincial capital, Long Liexue took the bus with Xiaopang. In just a few days, it was the third time that the two of them came to the provincial capital.
The first time was to give away the Skinny Monkey, and the second time was to give away Ren Ziwei. During the summer vacation, Ren Ziwei and Fan Fangfang, a pair of good friends, have gradually integrated into Long Liexue and others. The person who is most happy about this is Skinny Monkey. If you get a brick, you can get the favor of beautiful women. Not everyone can encounter such a good thing. And the one who has the most objection to this is Xiaopang. Why did the brothers and the other brothers have girlfriends in a blink of an eye? Let’s not talk about Tianhe’s bj for now. Ren Ziwei likes the boss because she has vision, but why does she even have a poor-level guy like Skinny Monkey? Has the world changed? For this reason, Xiaopang has said such a sentence in front of Long Liexue more than once.
"Fortunately, Ren Ziwei and Shouhou are not in the provincial capital, otherwise I will almost become a three-kilowatt light bulb in the future!"
By the way, Fan Fangfang’s Southwest Art Academy is also in the provincial capital MK City.
After several hours of shaking, the bus from Robin Bus Station to MK finally arrived at MK. The bus departed from Robin at 9:30 in the morning. In addition to stopping twice on the roadside, the rest of the time, 50% of the new buses were bumping on the road. The window glass next to Xiaopang was also swaying with the rhythm of the car body, "pa, bang". Along the way, Xiaopang was worried that the glass next to him might fall down at any time. Fortunately, the glass did not fall off, and the time when the car arrived at the station was 13:58, which was only eight minutes later than the time printed on the ticket, which was acceptable.
The car stopped, Long Liexu and Xiaopang got out of the car. The others in the same car were busy holding their luggage, and they were all on the roof of the car, carrying large bags and small bags, as well as some agricultural goods. These things were tied to the roof of the car with ropes. Two people climbed to the roof and were untied.
"Ah, I finally got to mk. Damn it, the feeling of putting my feet on the ground is good!" Xiaopang said, stretching his waist, "Boss, we will have a good meal tonight, and we didn't even have lunch, so we have to make up for it in the evening!"
Long Liexue smiled and nodded. He was with Xiaopang, and he never had to worry about eating this.
This time I went to Southwest Associated University to study, Xiaopang was completely empty and only had a wallet in his hand. Xiaopang didn’t bring any of the other things. Long Liexue only brought a small travel bag, which contained a few pieces of clothing that he had worn before. For clothes, Long Liexue still likes to wear old ones.
After a little discerning in the bus station, the two of them walked outside. Long Liexu's travel bag was also taken into his hands by Xiaopang without saying anything.
The place where Long Liexu and his team got off the bus was the western passenger station in the provincial capital. Needless to say, this station is located close to the western suburbs next to MK City. Like all other bus stations, it is crowded and noisy.
It was noon, and it was like a huge farmers' market, with all kinds of people passing by, shouting, and crowding. On the rough concrete surface, flying confetti, melon seed skins and chewed sugarcane bagasse could be seen everywhere.
Just after walking a few steps, a short and fat woman in her forties stood in front of them.
"Oh, boss, do you want to stay? Red Star Hotel is not far away, a bed worth ten yuan, clean and hygienic!"
"No!" Xiaopang reached out and pushed the woman away. Who knew that the woman had grabbed Xiaopang's sleeve, "Don't do this? We have a complete set of equipment, and there are also standard rooms. You can also watch "discs" in the room. If you need it, there are a bunch of beauties for you to choose! It only costs for forty yuan at a time!"
The beauty? It only costs forty yuan at a time. Looking at the woman's yellow teeth and the ambiguous smile on her face, Xiaopang suddenly got goosebumps. As soon as she exerted force on her hands, the woman couldn't stand back a few steps and almost sat down.
"Damn! Who do you think of the old people!"
This woman is not the first time she has encountered such a thing. Nowadays, just as she is about to use this trick to play tricks and sit on the ground to cry and scream so that she can cheat money, Long Liexu glanced at her.
Just like when he was poured down from his head by a basin of ice water in June, the woman was shocked, and it was hard to describe what the woman felt. Long Liexue's eyes were very clear, and Long Liexue's face was not even a bit fierce, but that's it. The woman who came into contact with Long Liexue's eyes suddenly lost the courage to make a fuss.
When he saw a red cloth sign with the words "Southwest University New Student Reception Point" in a place outside the station, Long Liexue and Xiaopang had already turned down the "invitation" made by three people who asked them to stay in hotels and five people who asked them to take saunas. Outside, the whole street was filled with hawkers, lighters, cigarettes, alcohol, newspapers, fruits, sugarcane, shavers, and keychains... These hawkers were hawking all over the street, one after another, and it was very lively.
"XG's brand leather bags, and the brand leather bags from xg, each cost only 25 yuan, each cost only 25 yuan. Everyone comes in and take a look. You can walk by. Don't miss the opportunity...XG's brand leather bags from Hong Kong, each cost only 25 yuan..."
Next to a small shop selling bags with the same content played on a small speaker at the door is the Xinsheng reception point of Southwest Associated University at this station.
There was a big umbrella at the reception center, and there were four people, two boys and two girls, both of whom were very enthusiastic. After Xiaopang and Long Liexue explained their purpose, one of the girls took Long Liexue and Xiaopang to a school bus parked not far away. The school bus was a minibus, and there was a school emblem of Southwest Associated University in a very conspicuous position in the middle of the car, and the school name of Southwest Associated University was written.
The one who brought Long Liexue and Xiaopang here was a very energetic girl. She was also pretty and had a ponytail. She walked with a swaying moment. When she introduced herself, Long Liexue and Xiaopang knew that her name was Ma Yan.
"You two came together, right?"
"yes!"
Ma Yan looked at Long Liexue.
"You are really strange. You don't bring anything to school. You just swayed your hands."
"Ha...he... the boss's thing is here with me!"
"Boss?" Ma Yan's confusion expression showed that she did not understand the title.
"Yes!" Xiaopang didn't plan to continue discussing this issue, so he changed the subject.
"Is there any good food near the school? We are not very familiar with that place!"
"Oh, near the school, there are many delicious places on the edge of Cuihu Lake and Bayern Street!"
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Long Liexue didn't say much. Xiaopang and Ma Yan were chatting along the way. They waited until the car door before Long Liexue said "Thank you!" to Ma Yan.
There were already seven or eight people in the car, including men and women, all of whom were admitted to Southwest Associated University in the province. Most outside the province came by plane or train, and at airports and train stations, there were also freshmen reception points for Southwest Associated University. After Long Liexu and Xiaopang arrived, the car stopped waiting for anyone.
This place is not too far from Southwest Associated University. It takes about twenty minutes to arrive by car.
Southwest Associated University is located in the middle section of Ba21 Street in the provincial capital, adjacent to Green Lake and close to Tongyuan Mountain. The surrounding scenery is beautiful and universities are gathered. Speaking of Southwest Associated University, we have to talk about the origin of Ba21 Street.
On August 12, 1947, due to different governance policies and differences in interests among all parties, the Republic of China held a secret party meeting, hoping to re-challenge the civil war with the support of foreign forces in order to achieve its goal of dominating the power of the coalition government. On August 15, the full text of the "Tai Kung Pao" published the minutes of the secret meeting of the Republic of China on August 12. Suddenly, the whole country was in an uproar and protests were constantly occurring in various places. In order to fight against the civil war and fight for democracy, students from four universities including Southwest Associated University, the Chinese Law School and the English College.
On the evening of August 16, the Governor's new school building lawn (i.e. democratic lawn) jointly held a current affairs party. There were about 6,000 college, middle school students, teachers, and people from all walks of life. At the meeting, Qian Duansheng, Wu Qiyuan, Fei Xiaotong, Pan Dakui and other professors delivered special speeches, demanding to oppose civil war and foreign forces' interference in the internal affairs of zhh, and calling on the people of the whole country to unite and resist the crazy behavior of the reactionary group of the Republic of China. During the speech, the Republic of China secret agents were mixed into the association.
The sabotage was carried out, and military and police were used to surround the UN General Assembly, and fired guns and fired cannons to intimidate, arousing the righteous indignation of the students, teachers and people from all walks of life. Starting from August 17, more than 40,000 middle school students in the provincial capital announced the general strike in order to protest the illegal infringement of freedom of assembly, established a joint strike committee, issued the "Anti-Civil War and Anti-Dict Declaration", and held large-scale demonstrations, and organized propaganda teams to carry out anti-civil war propaganda activities. These activities were destroyed by military and police spies of the Republic of China, and the students were driven away, beaten and arrested.
However, the city's anti-civil war and democratic propaganda and struggle for students quickly received support from the people. Workers from tap water plants, electric light companies, spinning mills, and machine factories began to make strikes, and the struggle was intensified. In order to expand the influence, the strike joint committee and trade unions of several factories negotiated to hold a more powerful demonstration on August 21. When the news was found out by the reactionary group of the Republic of China, the yn Provincial Party Committee and the yn Garrison Command decided to suppress the patriotic democratic movement.
On August 21, when the parade began to gather in various schools, the secret service organs and the Republic of China army, with the cooperation of the Three Youth League, attacked Southwest Associated University, the Institute of Technology, the United University Master College, the United University Affiliated High School and Nanqing Middle School and other schools, beat students and teachers, and threw grenades and fired at the students' concentrations. During this suppression activity, teachers and students of the above-mentioned schools sacrificed 96 people and injured more than 300 people. This is the "August 21 tragedy" that shocked the whole country. On August 24, more than 200,000 people in the city held a public memorial for the victims of this suppression. The struggle of the mk students aroused widespread sympathy and support throughout the province and the whole country. All localities gathered, protested, and issued electricity.
The protests were conducted to protest the atrocities of the Republic of China. In just two days, the anti-civil war and democracy movement quickly swept across the country. The people's hearts were unstable, how could the military be stable? Faced with the fierce people's sentiments across the country, the reactionary group of the Republic of China decided to take a gamble and launched a civil war in advance without being able to grasp the strategic advantages. On August 29, the national civil war broke out. The 821 patriotic movement of MK students thus wrote a lot of points in history books. After the end of the civil war, in order to commemorate the patriotic movement of MK universities, the new government rebuilt this section of road connecting Southwest Associated University and various universities. The rebuilt road was 7,821 meters long and named "821" Street.
Compared with other streets in the provincial capital, Baer 21 Street is very wide, with six lanes in both directions, 7,821 meters long, and green belts in the middle and on both sides of the road. In the provincial capital, in terms of momentum, only Jinghua Road can be compared with Baer 21 Street. Jinghua Road has a strong commercial atmosphere. On Baer 21 Street, because there are many universities here, the commercial atmosphere here is not as good as Jinghua Road, but the cultural atmosphere here is the best in the province.
Sitting on the school bus and driving on this wide and extended 821st Street, Long Liexu thought of a lot of things for a moment.
"Boss, there is a place in front of you that seems to be on fire!"
Long Liexue also saw it.
Just in the front, a thick smoke surged into the sky, and Long Liexue also saw it. Using the method taught by Long Liexue, Xiaopang closed one of his eyes and stretched out his thumb to point it at the place where the thick smoke was emitting...
"Boss, it's about 2,300 meters ahead."
Long Liexu nodded.
Others who saw them in the car were also talking in a low voice.
The driver slowed down and drove the car into the lane to the right.
Sure enough, in less than thirty seconds, behind the car that Long Liexu and the others were riding, the shrill alarm of the fire truck sounded. "Woo... Woo..." A total of three fire trucks roared past the window of Long Liexu and the others.
"I don't know who was in trouble? Such a big smoke seems to be burning so much!" Although it was not intentional, the driver's muttering was still heard by Long Liexue.
When Long Liexue and the others were passing by the fire, the road was wet and half blocked. In addition to the fire truck, Long Liexue also saw some policemen maintaining order. There were not three but five fire trucks parked there. The thick smoke rolled out from a six-story building about 30 meters away from the roadside. From the fourth floor of the building, the flames licking the windows were enough to discourage anyone. Similarly, if there were anyone inside, the ending could be guessed.
The firefighters were busy below, and several white water dragons flew up from below and rushed towards the thick smoke and flames. The mist splashed in the air drew a small rainbow in the sun! Long Liexu felt that the picture in front of him seemed to have some unspeakable profound meaning in it in an instant. Rainbow, thick smoke, and flames were like a work of Dali.
In addition to the fire building, the water that fell was sprayed on the fire building, more of it flowed elsewhere. In the place near the fire source of 821 Street, the street nearly fifty meters was soaked, just like a heavy rain. In the distance, in the place where the fire was on, there were many people shouting loudly and running, and the scene was a little confused. On the opposite side of the street, a little far from the fire source, many passers-by stopped by the street, raised their heads, and looked at the building with black smoke not far away, sighing with curiosity, regret or gloating, "What a big fire!"
The rolling smoke and dust mixed with the water vapor steam steam steamed by the flames, covering half of the sky. It looked like that, the fire could not be extinguished for a while.
A fire truck slowly stretched out the ladder, and a firefighter stood on the top of the ladder, holding a water gun, and was about to spray water directly from a high place in the place where the fire was most vigorous.
This is just a fire, a fire.
When Long Liexue was about to take his eyes back from the thick smoke and water dragon in the distance, he attracted Long Liexue's gaze.
While most people were only staring at how firefighters fought against the fire, while most people were shouting and running under the building, the man stood there quietly like a stone statue, silent, but facing the fire place, the splashing water splashed like rain, which had completely wet his hair and clothes.
All Long Liexu saw was his back, a deep, black, silent sorrow and sadness.
That person was as quiet as a piece of ice in front of the flames and the thick smoke.
Due to the speed of the car, Long Liexu's eyes stayed on that person for only three seconds.
Many times, God loves to tease people.
At this moment, Long Liexue could not have imagined that one of the most important friends in his life was less than fifty meters away from him at this moment.
Sitting in the car, Long Liexue glanced back and finally saw clearly the sign with the name of the unit hanging behind the fire, "Zh National Academy of Sciences Southwest Metal Research Institute" hanging behind the figure.
Chapter completed!