Growing up in the mountains, Lu Shanmin is accustomed to seeing different places as different mountains, if you regard the rows of high-rise buildings as dense trees, and Minsheng West Road as bushes, the East China Sea is actually a forest, a steel forest made of cement and steel steel.

Walking out along the alley of Minsheng West Road, I spent five yuan at the newsstand at the intersection to buy a map of the East China Sea, I have not seen the rough map drawn by the old hunter before, but this map is obviously much more complicated, many of the marks on it are not incomprehensible, compared with the map and the surrounding objects, it took more than half an hour to understand a rough idea.

On the map, he found Minsheng West Road, which is the old town of Luohu Street, the most backward place in Parkway District, and Lu Shanmin found several such places in other areas on the map. Walking out of Minsheng West Road and stepping into Minsheng East Road is a completely different world. High-rise buildings, cars are like shuttles, various shopping malls and office buildings abound, and the roads and sidewalks are cleaner than those on Minsheng West Road. Pedestrians on the road are also more fashionable and cleanly dressed, and the greasy stall vendors in the alleys are barely visible.

Lu Shanmin is like a hunter plunging into the deep mountains and old forests, with a pair of eyes looking around to observe everything around him. The pedestrians on the road are in a hurry, some people are holding their mobile phones to make calls while walking, some people have been nodding and smiling at the mobile phones, and some people are frowning at the mobile phones with angry faces, which are richer than the expressions of the people in the movies they used to watch in the village.

Along the way, from time to time, someone threw strange glances at Lu Shanmin, that kind of look was like looking at animals in the zoo, at first Lu Shanmin didn't know why, but later found out that it was because of his own clothes, two fashionably dressed girls took two pictures of Lu Shanmin with their mobile phones, "Handsome guy, are you filming a TV series? You are too into the drama." Lu Shanmin smiled and continued to walk forward, this area is where he will often stay in the future, he wants to understand everything here as soon as possible.

Along the way, I saw several shops on the street posted recruitment advertisements at the door, but they didn't walk in, because those recruitment requirements, Lu Shanmin is too far behind, one of the shops selling mobile phones has the lowest requirements, but also has to graduate from high school, for Lu Shanmin, who has only gone to elementary school, seeing these recruitment advertisements, there are only four words in Lu Shanmin's eyes: 'Forbidden to enter'.

This is a very lively city, but Lu Shanmin doesn't feel any heat in his heart, and always feels that there is an invisible glass wall around his body, isolating himself from everything around him, which seems so out of place. I can't help but think of Bai Ling, she is also in Donghai now, she is a college student at Donghai University, maybe only people like her can really integrate into this city.

Unconsciously walked in front of a tall building, looked up, the building towered into the sky, and the top of the building was not visible. In the center of the building is a few big words, "Wanhui Center". Lu Shanmin looked at the map, this should be the most prosperous place in Parkway District.

Walking into the 'Wanhui Center', the eyes are full of dazzling, and the palace in ancient times is probably not so prosperous, Lu Shanmin thought in his heart. Lu Shanmin's dress still attracted the attention of many people, ignoring the pointing and pointing of those people, and leisurely shuttling through various stores. I was thinking of buying a piece of clothing that was not so dazzling, but after turning around, the cheapest clothes cost thousands of yuan, Lu Shanmin pinched the only more than two hundred yuan left in his pocket, and he really couldn't understand how it could be so expensive just a warm cloth to cover his shame.

After walking all morning, my stomach was already growling, and when I walked to the restaurant area on the third floor, the whole floor was full of fragrance, and my stomach was even more angry. In the end, I had to let my stomach rumble in protest.

Walking out of the Wanhui Center and sitting on the steps, Lu Shanmin had to re-examine this steel forest. This is truly a forest unlike any other. In other forests, with the skills of hunters, even if there is no one around, you can't go hungry, in this steel forest, even if there are people around, even if food is everywhere, and if you don't have money, you have to go hungry.

After walking around the prosperous area of Parkway District, Lu Shanmin deeply understood Chen Kun's cousin's words, 'The East China Sea is full of gold, but it has nothing to do with you'. Looking at the map, Lu Shanmin directly skipped those prosperous areas, and turned his eyes back to Minsheng West Road, Luohu Street, maybe there will be its own place.

There was still a little uneaten dry food left on the train, which was dried and cured meat from wild boar, from Harrier Mountain, but at this moment he came to the East China Sea thousands of miles away, and he barely filled his stomach with the boiled water in the kettle, and began to walk towards Minsheng West Road. It was a low old building, and I only saw a small corner last night, but when I walked in, the narrow lanes were like the strangeness of the countryside, intertwined with each other. There are all kinds of small shops in the alleys for the people living in this area, there are grocery stores selling daily necessities, barber shops with only two or three square meters, hardware stores, restaurants, and even several bars mentioned by Bai Ling, but they are closed at this time, and it is estimated that they will not open until the evening.

Just like when he walked in the mountains in search of prey, Lu Shanmin walked slowly, carefully observing each shop. After walking for about half an hour, I stopped in front of a grocery store that sold hardware. The business of this store is very good, the owner is a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, sweating profusely, constantly running around the shelves, very busy, and four or five people waiting at the counter are constantly urging. Lu Shanmin stood there quietly, as if he was in the mountains, lying quietly in the grass and waiting for the prey to approach the trap. After waiting for more than half an hour, the wave of customers dispersed one after another, and the boss finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down at the counter and poured a pot of tea, and leisurely lit a cigarette.

"Hello boss. Lu Shanmin stepped forward.

The grocery store owner glanced up at Lu Shanmin, and looked at his whole body, the middle-aged man is also an outsider, but he has been opening a store in this alley for more than ten years, and he has seen too many people of all kinds over the years.

The grocery store owner spat out a smoke ring and waved his hand impatiently, "We don't have a shortage of people here, let's go." ”

Lu Shanmin didn't give up, and said seriously: "Boss, I see that you are very busy here, you are too hard to be busy by yourself, I can do anything, and I am willing to endure hardships, do you want me to try." ”

The grocery store owner did not have the slightest pity for the outsiders in front of him, even though he was the same when he arrived in the East China Sea. Glancing at Lu Shanmin: "What have you done before?"

"I was a hunter. ”

The grocery store owner was stunned for a moment, smiled, as if he had heard a very funny joke, and shook his head, "Young man, I advise you to go back as soon as possible wherever you come from, there is no prey for you in this city, and judging by your appearance, you are almost the same as becoming someone else's prey." ”

Lu Shanmin smiled politely, didn't speak again, and turned to leave.

After an afternoon of wandering around a few nearby alleys and entering a few shops, the results were similar to those of the grocery store, and although the flow of people on the road did not decrease but increased, for those who grew up in the mountains, it meant it was time to go home.

Back at the rental house, Zhang Li and Huang Mei were cooking in the kitchen, Chen Kun's face was a little ugly, sitting on the sofa and biting a cigarette, and the ashtray on the coffee table was already full of cigarette butts.

Zhang Li came out of the kitchen and nodded to Lu Shanmin, "Wash your hands and eat." ”

Four people gathered around the coffee table, a plate of fried potatoes, a plate of fried cabbage, and a pot of radish soup.

Chen Kun put down the dishes and chopsticks angrily after eating two bites, "We didn't come to the East China Sea to be monks and nuns, and we didn't even see a piece of meat for a day." ”

Zhang Li said lightly, "The vegetables here are more expensive than the meat in my hometown, just a few of us eat like this, plus oil, salt, firewood and rice, we have more than 100 yuan a day, and now we can't survive the rest of the money for a month." ”

Huang Mei also pouted and sullen, "What kind of world is this, there are dozens of people robbing a clerk for three thousand yuan a month, and there are even several graduate students, when did college students become so worthless." ”

Zhang Li was not as optimistic as Chen Kun thought at the beginning, Donghai, the most prosperous metropolis in the country, attracts a large number of college students from all over the country every year, and it is difficult to stand out here. But I didn't expect it to be so bad.

Today, the three of them went to the job fair in the talent market, only to find that the reality is more cruel than imagined, the whole job fair, 985, 211 college graduates are as many as a cow, graduate students, doctoral students abound, and even a lot of returnees, seeing other people's resumes, the three of them are embarrassed to take out their resumes. There are many enterprises and units with a minimum threshold of 985,211 or graduate students, and they are undergraduates from two colleges and universities in prefecture-level cities, and they are not even willing to accept resumes. There are also a few companies that are not so demanding, but such positions are often competed by dozens or hundreds of people for one position. The three of them walked around the job fair for a day, but they found nothing.

The four of them ate unusually quietly at the meal, and there was a thick sense of uneasiness in the air, and even Chen Kun, who was usually full of confidence, had a worried look on his face. Lu Shanmin didn't have too much worry, in his opinion, if he can't find a job today, he will continue to look for it tomorrow, and if he can't find it tomorrow, he will continue to look for it the day after tomorrow, such a big city will always find a way to survive.