Chapter 100: What is Happiness (part 1/3)
It's not easy to wander around, especially in a foreign country, and it's even more difficult to endure this kind of life.
Those who have never wandered will not know how torturous it is to live in a foreign home. At the beginning of the lanterns, when thousands of families are reunited, there is no lamp in this city that is lit for themselves.
The smoke is faint, the food is fragrant, but none of the bowls are prepared for themselves.
That feeling of loneliness and loneliness can only be experienced by the adrift.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, and the streets of the hive are lively. Mooncakes are always the best-selling thing at this time of year. Whether it is freshly made mooncakes in the window of a pastry store, or a delicate and luxurious mooncake gift box in a supermarket restaurant.
Or drive a small light truck and sell along the street: "Ten yuan and ten yuan, all ten yuan." Ten yuan a pound of moon cakes, there are any flavors!"
As well as Huaihai characteristics, every time it is baked, it will be fragrant and will attract a lot of gourmets to eat their fingers.
From south to north, from east to west, Chinese eating mooncakes for a pound has become a memory rooted in national genes.
Hive City is now very lively, and the permanent population has exceeded the 200,000 mark. The hive people come from all over the world, and this group of people from different regions also brings the taste of their hometown.
On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fragrance of mooncakes actually fills the streets and alleys of the beehive.
Jenn quietly picked up what he could use in the suburbs of Huaihai in the darkness of the night. Whether it's a slightly broken but barely usable stool, or an old folding table with a mottled lacquer finish. There were also some bottles and cans and old clothes, he didn't let go, and he took everything he could.
Passing by a pastry bakery that is still working late at night, the chef inside is working hard to make mooncakes, and tomorrow will be the last peak of mooncake sales. Customers who order mooncakes have to come to pick up the goods. Today's kitchens are destined to be busy.
Through the crack in the door, Jenn saw the back kitchen. Pastry chefs in white chef suits are busy making the last batch of mooncakes. The sweetness of osmanthus bean paste, the richness of lotus paste egg yolk, or the richness of innovative chocolate fillings. Through the crack in the door, the scent penetrated Jenn's nose.
He sniffed hard, holding back tears from slipping from the corners of his mouth.
"Nothing good to eat. He grunted and left the back kitchen of the bakery with the snakeskin bag on his back.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, many communities and streets are lit up, and they hang banners on the roadside: "I wish the owners of Shanshui Home Community a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy family".
Just after the National Day, the red flags on the streets have not been removed. The businesses along the street are still planting national flags, and red flags are also hung on lampposts, plus advertising slogans for the Mid-Autumn Festival played by various communities and businesses.
At a glance, the street is red, and it is indescribably festive.
As Jenn walked down the light-filled street with a snakeskin bag on his back, he looked at the festive and peaceful scene and couldn't help but whisper, "It's good." ”
As Jenn walked away from the outskirts of the hive with the snakeskin bag on his back towards his temporary shelter under the bridge, he couldn't help but look back at the hive with thousands of lights, and he whispered, "It's good." ”
Jenn was envious, envious of the inhabitants who lived in the hive. It's not because of how rich and enjoyable they are. Rather, it is simply envy that you can get a good night's sleep every night in this place.
You don't have to listen to the sound outside the window to tell if it's a regular truck or a tank.
There is no need to tell whether it is a civilian aircraft or a fighter jet whizzing overhead.
There's no need to wonder if the roar overhead is a missile or a bomb.
Don't worry about firecrackers or machine guns ringing in your ears.
Every house here has running water, and every household has electricity, so you don't have to worry about sudden danger all the time. Children of your age can attend classes and play games at school with peace of mind.
Jenn remembers a game his father played with him and his sister when he was a child. That is, to guess if it was a bomb that fell from the sky. If it's a bomb, then laugh together.
Jenn didn't understand it as a kid and just thought the game was fun. Whenever a bomb fell, his father would say, "Guess what fell?booom~", and he would laugh heartlessly with his sister.
There are no guns, no cannons, no missiles that can fall at any time, and there are no extremist terrorists who break into their homes and shoot their own family members with guns.
Jenn envied the peace and tranquility of the hive, which he had never enjoyed in his life. Even wandering in the wild is countless times safer than being in your hometown. At least you don't have to worry about being killed here because you have a warmer quilt and a pair of well-fitting shoes than other homeless people.
Carrying the heavy snakeskin bag on his back, Jenn returned to his foothold under the bridge, looking out at the peaceful and bustling beehive, his eyes moistened.
But he patted his cheek: "I can't cry!" and he forced back the tears.
He wants to learn and cultivate here to a powerful ability, and then return to his hometown. To save his sister, if he can, he wants to bring her to this peaceful place to live.
Here, my sister doesn't have to worry about her being snatched away, and she doesn't have to worry about a missile falling on her head at any time.
Back at the residence, Jenn took out an outdoor kerosene lamp from the tent that Niu Ben and Huang Zeying had bought for him, lit the kerosene lamp and sorted the things he picked up in the dim light.
He was also taking good care of the dwelling under the bridge, and as the weather got cooler, he built a barrier for himself with discarded wooden planks to protect himself from the wind.
The old stools and tables he had picked up went to the river to be washed and put on in front of the tent, and he sorted the garbage by the light of the kerosene lamp. These are the money, which can be sold later.
After doing all this, Jenn opened the book "Chinese and Arabic Translation" that Niu Ben bought for him by the light of a kerosene lamp. Since he is now living in China, he must learn Chinese.
Because he knew that he looked like a foreign child, and if he went out during the day, it might cause unnecessary trouble, so he always went out by day and night.
He would take advantage of the darkness of the night to go out and pick up garbage. Although he has not yet figured out how to sell this garbage in the future. But if you keep it first, there will always be a way to sell it later. Jenn felt like he had to be ready.
Although collecting garbage every day, although it is tiring every day. But Jenn always kept himself as clean as possible, and went to the river every day to bathe and wash his clothes.
He has always kept his life in a busy and even hard state. Only then can he forget his troubles for a while.
He turned off the kerosene lamp when it was bright and bright, and continued to recite Chinese words in the light of day.
From three in the morning to twelve in the afternoon, Jenn did not rest except for eating a loaf of bread and drinking saliva, and kept learning to memorize Chinese.
It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that he rubbed his eyes, ate a compressed biscuit that Huang Zeying and Niu Ben had bought before, and drank a sip of water before falling asleep.
In his dream, Jenn finally learns powerful abilities in the hive, and he returns to Beirut to rescue his sister. Then the two found a peaceful place to live. There were no missiles, planes, tanks, artillery, just quiet streets and peaceful people.
Roadside food carts sell tempting breakfasts, and streetside bookstores are packed with customers. When there was a crackling sound, everyone would not shout and run in a panic, but turned their heads to look at the wedding car to welcome the newlyweds and send the highest blessings to the newlyweds.
It was the most wonderful place Jenn dreamed of, and the happiest place in the world.
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"Well, this kid is really hardworking. ”
"Yes, it's harder than us to learn English and even prepare for the high school entrance examination. I saw that he was in front of the cake shop and wanted to eat it, and he could sneak away from the pastry as long as he reached out, but he didn't steal it. ”
"So, what do you think of the calf?"
"I? I think so. ”
ps: Ask for votes~