13 last bus 2

Chapter 1 The people in the photo

Spring City encountered a rare extremely low temperature this year, minus 35 degrees.This is also a severe challenge for the relatively cold-tolerant northerners.

Goose feather snow has been drifting for more than a month, and the knee-high snow has brought great troubles to residents' travel.Many schools are closed, companies are closed, and the streets are sparsely populated except for the occasional snow plow.

But even in such a harsh environment, Chen Chen still has to work the night shift every day. He works in an ice cream factory in Fengyao Town. The workshop produces 24 hours a day. He needs to watch the automated machine to prevent it from going down, and occasionally press the button.

The company actually provides dormitories for employees, but it is cold and humid, and the heating is not good, so many people choose to commute.Chen Chen lived on Caishi South Street, and was the furthest among the commuters, and he had to take the last bus at ten o'clock at night.

Today, he was wrapped in a heavy down jacket and waited under the stop sign for more than half an hour, his feet were numb from the cold, but the bus still did not come.

Chen Chen sighed impatiently into his palms, it was already ten fifteen, and usually this bus would always be right, but tonight's situation was very rare, and it might be related to the heavy snow.

After another 15 minutes, the last train finally appeared, but unlike before, the car did not turn on the lights, and it was completely dark, wandering around in this dark old street, like an old man in his twilight years.

There were not many people on the last bus at this time, and it was snowing heavily, so he was the only passenger on the bus at this time.

"Master, why didn't you turn on the light?" Jumping into the car, Chen Chen saw that the car was dark, and asked while inserting coins.

The master driver was sitting in the cab, wearing a gray overalls, hiding in the shadows with his head down, without responding, he just closed the car door in a daze.

Usually the car is quite warm with the air conditioner turned on, but I don’t know if there is something wrong, but today the car didn’t even turn on the heater.

Chen Chen wrapped his clothes tightly again and found a seat in the back row to sit down.

Not far away is Zhenjiaqiao Station. Two people wearing army green coats come up. One is tall and the other is short. They both wear cotton hats and scarves. can not see.

The two moved slowly and dullly, and did not communicate with each other. After getting into the car, they sat down in the middle row.

These stops are in old neighborhoods, and there are only a few people who often take this bus at this time. Chen Chen generally knows each other, but this is the first time I've seen these two people. Chen Chen tilted his neck and looked curiously.Seeing them sitting there was as motionless as a wooden stake.

Chen Chen looked away, breathed out on the car glass, and wanted to wipe off the frost that had formed on it and look outside, but he didn't expect the frost to be so strong that no matter how hard he scratched it, he couldn't get rid of even a little bit of it.

After drumming for a long time, a sentence suddenly came out from behind him, "Don't wipe it, it's so cold, the frost is too thick."

This voice startled Chen Chen, trembling, he turned around to look, and at some point there was an uncle in a black leather jacket beside him.

Although the inside of the car was dim, one could still see that the man's face was well contoured and his facial features were regular.

Chen Chen glanced at the front of the car suspiciously. When he parked the car just now, he only saw the two men in military coats coming up. He didn't remember him at all.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" The man had a smile on his face when he spoke, like a person with a good temper.

"It's okay, it's too dark in the car, I didn't notice when you came over."

The uncle wrapped his clothes, "Brother, where are you?"

"Ice Cream Factory!"

When he heard about the ice cream factory, the uncle's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Oh, I've worked there before!" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to shake Chen Chen's hand.

It might be due to the weather, but the man's hand was hard and cold, like an iron lump just picked up from the snow.

"Coincidentally, I haven't been working for a long time. I came here last year in 19. What about you?"

The uncle said "Oh", "I'm an old employee from the batch in [-]. I was in the workshop at that time. What did you do?"

"I'm from the equipment operation and maintenance department!"

"Equipment operation and maintenance?" the uncle repeated in doubt.

"It's the one who repairs the machine. When there is no problem, just press a button!"

"Hey, it's easy for you to work, unlike when I was in the workshop assembly line, I had to wear boots and soak in the water every day, it was cold and dangerous"

As he spoke, the uncle seemed to recall something, and his voice became smaller and smaller.After pondering for a while, he continued:
"I still remember that at that time, there was a colleague named Zhou in the workshop. His wife divorced him every day. He was absent-minded when working on the assembly line, and his whole right hand was twisted into the conveyor belt."

After hearing this, Chen Chen suddenly had a picture in his mind, and couldn't help frowning.

"You shouldn't be too old, how will you live in the future!"

The uncle glanced at Chen Chen, then shook his head helplessly and smiled wryly:
"What are you living for? The person watching the machine wasn't there at the time. The machine didn't stop in time after Xiao Zhou stretched his arm in. In the end, the whole person rolled into the gate!"

He spoke eloquently. Although he was telling someone else's story, Chen Chen could clearly feel the complex emotional changes of this uncle.

Chen Chen felt a little depressed, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he just let out a long breath.

"I was by the side at the time. People went in, but they couldn't be pulled out. I saw with my own eyes that Xiao Zhou's blood soaked into a pool. The cream was white, and all his blood floated on it. Even the bones were made into ice cream. "

Hearing this, Chen Chen obviously felt uncomfortable, and it was still late at night, so it was not suitable to talk about the deceased.

He straightened his waist, deliberately changed the subject and asked:
"Uncle, why are you going out so late?"

The uncle also quickly got rid of the sad mood and restored the smiling face just now:
"Because I live in the village in front of the ice cream factory!"

Then, he started talking about anecdotes and anecdotes in the village. Chen Chen felt a little drowsy when he heard it. He crossed his arms and responded politely.

After chatting all the way, they finally arrived at the ice cream factory. The two passengers in military coats in front were still sitting still, probably going to the terminal. Chen Chen glanced at them, waved goodbye to the uncle, and got off. car.

Although it was past eleven o'clock at night, the factory was still brightly lit and full of people.

Chen Chen went to Niu Jun's dormitory to change his work clothes and came out. He happened to meet his colleague Sun Qiang. This kid has no education, but he is a good flatterer. , he is sure to start holding stinky feet down there, "That's right, that's right, that's that!"

After a long time, everyone called him Sun Nadu.

Sun Na is also from the operation and maintenance department, commuting with Chen Chen, and they live not far from each other. Seeing him pushing a motorcycle, Chen Chen's eyebrows were covered with hoarfrost from the cold, so he asked curiously:

"It's so cold, why are you still riding a motorcycle!"

Under the light of the factory building, Sun Na's face was flushed from the cold, and he sucked back his snot in a "swipe".

"What if you don't ride a motorcycle, can you still run here?"

Chen Chen rolled up his sleeves, waited for him to park the motorcycle, and walked to the equipment room together.

"Why did you come here? Why are you here so early?"

"Take the car, isn't this normal!"

"By car? What kind of car? Did you buy a car?" Sun Na was not tall, panting heavily and looked up at Chen Chen.

"What kind of car to buy, take the No. 8 bus!"

Hearing this, Sun Nashou pushed him on the shoulder, "Nonsense, the road was blocked by heavy snow last night, and the bus service on this line was suspended, so why don't you take the bus!"

"It didn't stop, it just waited a little longer."

"Didn't stop? Why is the news so inaccurate? If I had known earlier, I would have come by car!"

With that said, the two walked into the equipment room, which was next to the flow workshop, with a large transparent glass in the middle, so that they could observe the situation on both sides at any time.

Sun Na and his wife entered the room and began to change their clothes. Chen Chen stood at the window, staring at the non-stop operation of the conveyor belt in the workshop, and suddenly remembered the uncle who talked with him in the car just now, and remembered the accident that happened in the workshop many years ago. , I was stunned for a moment.

With a "snap", Niu Jun kicked open the door with a box in his hand. Seeing that Chen Chen and Sun were there, he took out two ice creams and handed them over:
"Try it, it's new!"

Working in an ice cream factory, the most common thing I see is ice cream, and the internal staff have long been nauseated.

Sun Na frowned, and didn't answer anything. Chen Chen and Niu Jun had a good relationship. He was in the marketing department, and every time a new product was released, he would come to Chen Chen for advice.

Chen Chen reluctantly took the ice cream, took a bite and felt pretty good, coping:

“It was delicious!”

"Try it again, it's filled with chocolate!" Niu Jun said with thick eyebrows and a high voice.

Chen Chen said "Mmm" and took another big bite.Before I tasted it carefully, I felt something stuck in my mouth, and I couldn't chew it.

When I took it out, it turned out to be a small one-inch photo with a blue background!
The location of the ice cream factory is remote, the scale is small, and the sanitation conditions are not too strict. The internal employees are well aware of it, but this is the first time that such a photo has been eaten!
Chen Chen felt disgusted and couldn't help scolding his mother.He is familiar with everyone in the factory, and wants to see which wicked person can drop his photo into the assembly line.

Sun Na and Niu Jun also came over, and when Chen Chen opened up the photo, the three of them didn't even know each other.

"Who the hell is this?" Sun Na scolded and grabbed the photo.

After looking carefully for a while, Niu Jun also shook his head.

"There should be no such person in the factory. Whose family member is it?"

Chen Chen threw away the ice cream in his hand, always feeling that something was wrong. The person in the photo was wearing dark blue overalls, with hair parted in the middle, with sharp edges and corners. He looked about 60 or [-] years old.

This person seems familiar!
He took the photo back again and put it under the lamp to look at it. The more he looked at it, the more he felt like the uncle who was driving with him tonight?
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