Having scrutinized me with casual curiosity, the sentry tapped our medicine boxes once or twice, then drew aside the barricade and motioned us out onto the North China Plain.

• 那哨兵带着一种不在乎的好奇心端详了我一会，在我们的药箱上敲了几下，就拉开路障，挥手让我们的车开出去，进入华北大平原。