The Lunar New Year is the weekend, and the school is kind enough to give senior high school students a day off. They played too late the night before, and Gong Xue slept until after nine o'clock for the first time before opening her eyes.
In fact, she woke up once at around five o'clock in the morning. She was awakened by a series of terrible nightmares. She could no longer remember the content of the dreams. The only thing she remembered was the bottomless whirlpool like a black hole in the sky, swallowing the world.
The horrific scene...
When she fell asleep again, she faintly heard the whistling of the wind outside the window, which was like the mournful cry of a mourner.
Feeling heart palpitations inexplicably..
When Aunt Tian saw the dark and gray outline of Gong Xue's eyes, she felt distressed and wanted to laugh. She cut a few slices of cucumber and stuck them on Gong Xue's eyelids, calling it an exclusive secret recipe.
Gong Xue laughed heartily, took the eggs Aunt Tian cooked specially for her, and ran to make breakfast.
Grandpa went to play chess in the veteran cadre activity room. In the huge Gong family, there were only Gong Xue, who was quietly peeling birthday eggs at the dining table, and Aunt Tian, who was busy in the kitchen.
She was used to the enthusiastic and noisy pace of life at school, and the too quiet atmosphere at home made her feel slightly uncomfortable. She bit into the soft and sweet egg yolk and turned on the TV with the remote control.
Grandpa usually only watches the news channel, and when she turned it on, the screen stopped at a current affairs news program.
"China News Service, Kingston, February 2nd, the Vice President of China, who was attending the opening ceremony of the first ministerial meeting of the China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, met with the leaders of Cuba and other Caribbean countries who came to attend the meeting on the afternoon of the 2nd local time.
Man. He thanked everyone in the Caribbean..."
Gong Xue picked up another cooked egg with red dots and banged it hard on the table. The tight skin of the egg immediately showed irregular lines.
Just as she was about to bite the snow-white eggs into her mouth, Aunt Tian poked her head out of the kitchen and called her, "Xiaoxue, come and try the dumpling fillings!"
The cabbage and pork dumplings made by Aunt Tian are thin in skin, large in filling, fresh and refreshing, and are the best in the military compound. Every year when winter vegetables are on the market, grandmas, aunts and nannies from neighbors often come to Gong's house to learn their skills.
Gong Xue responded, put down the egg, and picked up the remote control to turn down the sound.
The TV screen switched, and the male anchor who was hosting the news program with a smile suddenly changed to a serious expression.
"Xinhua News Agency Yunnan Branch reported that this morning, under the instructions and unified deployment of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Public Security, a large-scale anti-drug crackdown was carried out in the Qinghe area, which is known as a lawless place. After three hours of fighting,
The crackdown and round-up operation achieved a decisive victory. The big drug lord Ma and the other five leaders were killed on the spot by our military police while escaping. During the battle to encircle and annihilate the drug lords, in order to rescue the hostages controlled by Ma, the Lieutenant Colonel of a certain unit of the C Military Region
Officer Gong Liangjun, Major Zeng Rulan, soldier Gao Rubao, and Sha Qijing died heroically.... It is reported..."
Gong Xue turned into a clay sculpture and stood at the dining table for a long time, staring at the phone screen that had switched to the next news, motionless.
The remote control fell from the hand and hit the floor hard. The battery flew half a foot high. It rolled a few times when it landed and stopped at the feet of Aunt Tian who looked confused...
"Xiaoxue?" Aunt Tian followed her fixed gaze and looked at the normal working TV screen.