Chapter 21 The Notebook
"Teacher Wan..."
Su Yichen didn't know who Lin Jia was, and he had never heard of this name, so when Wan Changchun made this move, he was a little confused. After Wan Changchun bowed, Su Yichen couldn't help but ask about Lin Jia's identity. Only then did Wan Changchun tell him about Lin Jia's situation.
Lin Jia is a very famous scholar in China. He is the leading expert in agricultural chemistry in China. He has served as an assistant professor in the Soil Department of the School of Agricultural Sciences of BJ University, an assistant, assistant researcher of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a researcher at the SH Institute of Chemistry. In 1978, Lin Jia was transferred to the Northwest Academy as vice president and professor, and presided over the scientific research and investigation work in the Northwest region. During his tenure, he went deep into the northwest hinterland for scientific investigations more than ten times, and even led a team across the desert to conduct first-hand scientific research work.
In June 1980, three years ago, Lin Jia led a team into the desert for a scientific investigation. Due to the logistics problems in the middle of the inspection work, there were some problems with the team and the team was seriously short of water. Lin Jia took the initiative to go out to find water sources, but who would have thought that he never came back after he went there and disappeared.
Lin Jia's disappearance was a major event at that time. When Lin Jia was discovered to have disappeared, the scientific expedition team organized a search on the spot, but Lin Jia's whereabouts could never be found. Then, when the news of the disappearance reached the Northwest Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the leaders of the two academies, including the central leaders, attached great importance to it, and even mobilized nearby garrison troops to conduct a network search within a radius of dozens of kilometers. However, although the final search lasted for a long time, Lin Jia's whereabouts were still not found, and the result was that no one was seen and no corpse could be seen.
When Lin Jia had an accident, Su Yichen was at the most critical moment in participating in the Galaxy giant integrated circuit project. He was staying in the laboratory every day and did not pay attention to external news reports. Moreover, although Lin Jia is a well-known domestic scholar and scientist, his research direction is completely different from what Su Yichen is concerned about, so it is normal for Su Yichen not to know that Lin Jia's name is normal.
But Wan Changchun is different. On the one hand, he and Lin Jia are not far apart in age. They are scientific researchers of the same era. On the other hand, although Wan Changchun has never seen Lin Jia or dealt with him directly, he has long heard of Lin Jia. Even when the news of Lin Jia's disappearance came, Wan Changchun regretted the loss of such an excellent scientist in China at that time.
But who would have thought that Lin Jia, who disappeared three years ago, would have found his body in this place? This situation is simply incredible. Did Lin Jia's disappearance encounter an accident like them and mysteriously land in this place? But even so, Lin Jia shouldn't die here! Could it be that something incredible happened after him?
After a brief and solemn silence, Wan Changchun slowly squatted down and flipped through the bag that Lin Jia carried with him. There was nothing else in the bag except a kettle, an enamel tea tank, a flashlight that exhausted the battery, a damaged military compass, and other small tools used for field operations. Then Wan Changchun looked at the chest of the corpse and reached out to gently pull out the separated pen. When he saw Lin Jia's name engraved on the pen holder of the pen, he could be sure that the other party was Lin Jia, who was mysteriously missing in the desert.
A scientist who has been concerned about countless people, a respected and respected scholar, whose body was discovered in this place, which made the three people present feel deeply moved. Although they did not know what Lin Jia had encountered, and they did not know how Lin Jia came into this place, no matter what, it was inappropriate for the Chinese to pay attention to the death and the treasury of the land. It was ultimately inappropriate for Lin Jia's body to be lying in the passage like this. For this reason, Wan Changchun suggested that Lin Jia's body be placed a little, and this suggestion was quickly recognized by everyone.
Su Yichen took the initiative to take off his coat, and with the help of Hu Zhijun, he wrapped Lin Jia's body a little, preparing to move it to a suitable place for placement. When he had the chance, he would find a way to take his body out. But when they just lifted Lin Jia's body, they heard a light sound. He looked down and saw a notebook lying quietly on the ground.
This is a very ordinary notebook with four gold-plated words "Work Manual" printed on the cover, but these four words seem a little dim due to time. The notebook should belong to Lin Jia, and was stuffed into his arms, so Wan Changchun did not find it before, and when they lifted their bodies, they fell out of their arms unexpectedly.
"Wait!" Wan Changchun shouted quickly, leaned over and picked up the notebook, and subconsciously opened it and looked. After looking at a few pages, he found that the contents of this notebook were used by Lin Jia to record work and diary, and he immediately raised his eyebrows.
At the moment, Lin Jia's body still needs to be placed first. Wan Changchun suppressed his curiosity and put away the notebook first. After the three of them carried the body to the fork in the road, they found a relatively empty place to put down the body. Only then did Wan Changchun take out the notebook and continue to read it.
Lin Jia is a rigorous scholar, and his major is in agricultural chemistry, and he has also studied geological exploration in depth. Due to long-term outdoor scientific investigations, he has developed the habit of recording at any time, so this notebook records many details of his investigation, including data on the terrain, landform, soil, geological structure and other aspects of the inspection area.
Judging from the initial date of the notebook, it should have been recorded when Lin Jia was transferred to Northwest Academy of Sciences. Wan Changchun had just read the previous contents roughly, and then quickly flipped to the back and forth. When he found June 11, 1980, Wan Changchun's eyes suddenly tightened because he knew that this day was the day before Lin Jia disappeared.
"On June 11, the weather was sunny, with temperatures of 7 to 38 degrees. Today is the fifth day after the expedition team entered the desert. I took Xiao Wang and Xiao Tang to conduct strict resource and conditions investigations on this desert. The results were not optimistic. Due to the intensification of desertification in the northwest in recent years, the deterioration of the natural environment has been very serious... According to the information before departure, there should be a dark river nearby, but after searching, we did not find this dark river, and even the signs of plants left in the desert were not found. Maybe this dark river has dried up, or the terrain changes caused by sand dunes have shifted. Considering this, I decided to continue eastward tomorrow. If the dark river shifts, the biggest possibility is to be in the east..."
"On June 12, the weather was sunny, with temperatures of 10 to 39.5 degrees. Today is the sixth day of the expedition team entering the desert. According to yesterday's decision, I led the team eastward to continue looking for the underground river. After the team advanced 20 kilometers, we finally found signs of plants in the desert. Although these were just a few poplar trees that had died long ago, after sampling and analysis, the poplars did not die for a long time, at most four or five years. From this point, it can be fully confirmed that the darkness described in the data is real. What is even more surprising is that I also found several living cactus 1.2 kilometers eastward to the poplar. This is good news. The discovery of the cactus means that the underground river has not completely dried up. Perhaps you will find an oasis in the desert after continuing to search eastward.
According to my idea, the expedition team should continue to search east again, but at this time Lao Ma told me that the water and gasoline carried by the team had almost exhausted. Lao Ma suggested that the expedition team temporarily stop moving forward and camp on the spot, and contact the troops to seek help through telegrams. After collective discussion, I reluctantly agreed to the suggestions of Lao Ma and his comrades, and personally drafted the telegram, and the sender Xiao Xiao sent the telegram. Half an hour later, the troops quickly called back to agree to our request for help.
After the camping was completed, I was lying in the tent and couldn't fall asleep. The team was short of water, but I thought I could still stick to it, because it was a very careless decision to ask the army for help when they were about to discover an oasis. Although as the captain, I personally respect the collective opinion, I should know that the troops sent cars to deliver water to them would cost a lot of money. With the current tight funding situation, this money is enough for the inspection team to do more scientific research.
After thinking about it, I believe that my judgment will not be wrong. There will be an oasis not far from the east. As long as we find the water source, our lack of water will be alleviated and we can save this considerable cost. So I decided to take advantage of the gap that the troops have not yet set off to find the water source..."
Seeing this, Wan Changchun's eyes gradually became wet, because he knew that it was this time that Lin Jia's disappearance that led to Lin Jia's disappearance, but he never expected that Lin Jia would leave the camp alone to look for water because of this reason. When he learned about Lin Jia's disappearance, he was also puzzled and puzzled. He could not understand why, as an excellent scholar and a rigorous scientific worker, ran out alone in the desert to find water? After reading Lin Jia's records, Wan Changchun suddenly realized and deeply understood Lin Jia's idea of making this decision at that time.
Chapter completed!