Forward: the world's best short story in the last quarter-the last business

The dust gradually receded over the sky, and the sky and the sun appeared over the desert again.

> He drove the dilapidated yellow taxi on the road. The wreckage of the car was everywhere on both sides of the road,

> The smoke in the distance tells him that the war is in progress in his motherland.

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> The weather was fine, very hot, and there was no wind. A team was driving across, and many people were sitting in the car,

> This is a bit like a group of trucks in this country. But the difference is that it's not a truck,

> It's a tank. It's a foreigner and a gun in his hand. He looked at them, and they looked at him.

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> "Damn war! "He secretly cursed. Two days ago, a missile fell into the market at his doorstep,

> Almost destroyed everything. Fortunately, he survived. So he decided not to take a taxi anymore,

> He planned to leave the place with his wife and children when the last business was finished.

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> "Sarah, children, I love you. We will soon be able to meet you and wait for the last business to finish. "

> He turned his head and looked at a picture on the driver's seat. The glass of the photo frame was broken, but on the photo,

> The smiling faces of his wife and three children are the only thing that makes him feel gratified.

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> Soon, he arrived at a checkpoint where many tanks were parked on the side of the road, the long barrel and the polygon head.

> It's chilling. Many foreign soldiers are standing by the side of the road. A foreign soldier

> Reached out and motioned him to stop. He fixed his mind and stopped the car.

> In the past few days, there were almost no civilian vehicles coming out of the capital. So now, except for tanks,

> He is the only one.

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> A few foreign soldiers stepped forward, one, two, three, four, and five. There is a headed

> I looked at the broken car, bent down, looked at him again, and asked, "Where are you from? Where to go? "

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> He smiled and answered in a strange language that the soldiers could understand: "Sir, I'm from the capital and want to leave here,

> War is too dangerous !" Speaking, he handed the soldiers a cigarette and lit the fire. "The war will last ."

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> "Now, our army will be able to liberate your capital immediately." Foreign soldiers took a deep breath,

> Like seeing the photo frame in the car, "the smoke is good. Is that your wife and child? I also have two children,

> They are about the same age. "

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> "Yes, they are my most concerned people. They left here not long ago and I will go to see them,

> Maybe I don't want to come back. It's too dangerous to drive a taxi in the Age of war. "He looked at foreign soldiers,

> Still smile.

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> "You can come back and drive with peace of mind when we overturn your dictatorship. "Soldiers lean on the windows,

> Maybe the first time I met the indigenous people who smiled at him in so many days, I felt good.

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> "Maybe, but I have to look at my wife and children. Are you interested in visiting my home? My wife will cook delicious food for you?

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> Let's go together. The last business won't charge you any more. "

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> "We have a task, but we can't do it anymore. Ask your wife and children for help." The soldiers are obviously excited,

> He may think that many people are welcome here. "By the way, the South is a battlefield,

> Where are you going to meet your wife and children? "

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> He still smiled, picked up the broken photo frame, kissed the photo, and turned his head,

> Look at the forgetful soldier and other foreigners around him with guns.

> One word in one sentence:

> "Tian Tang. "

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> The last thing he could see was the horror and fear of the soldier's distorted expression, and the cigarette butts that slipped from the fingers.

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> Then, he pressed the button.

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