The car gradually drove out of the downtown area of the city, and the surrounding buildings became shorter and shorter. People like to define a lot of things and give them a proper name, like a shanty town.

This is the junction of urban and rural areas, like the scene of no more prosperous city in the back, and a concrete forest with high-rise buildings in the front. I'm familiar with places like this, and it seems like my entire childhood has been spent in places like this.

The houses here are dense and dilapidated, and there is a mix of people. Some people are struggling here, and some people are struggling here. A large part of the reason for the existence here is to provide a constant supply of labor for the city. People always hope that the light of the city shines here, and once the ground is broken, all the hardships here will be worth it.

However, the city was large enough that it had begun to deteriorate at its core, like a giant mutant that kept eating away at the souls of those who entered. It is no longer covered with gray fog as in the center of the city, and the blue sky can be seen in the distance.

I once asked the old poor ghost if he knew how big the territory of this city was, and the old poor ghost shook his head, for some reason it seemed that the people here had little interest in other places. Perhaps this is just a morbid side of the story.

Since I was a child, there didn't seem to be much information from the outside world, so it seems that everyone from the source thinks that the whole world is such a city. Everywhere there are intrepid explorers, gangs of people who preach everything in the outside world, then set out on an expedition and then go silent.

Everyone is accustomed to it, and it is strange that people can easily hypnotize their own animals, and everyone can live, so why should they leave their homeland. The unknown is frightening, and people instinctively reject fear.

In fact, it is extremely difficult to find one in such a cluttered area. After a few twists and turns, I came to the door of the target's house. I got out of the car and looked at this small courtyard, which was much cleaner than the surrounding ones. The fence that serves as a courtyard wall is crawling with morning glories.

Inside the gate is a brick road leading to the house, and seasonal vegetables are planted on both sides of the road. The house is a brick structure, with three rooms, and a fairly large tree in the yard. In the shade of a tree is a wooden table, at which two boys who look like elementary school students read a book.

I walked into the yard and an angry puppy ran towards me, stopped two meters in front of me and barked loudly. I smiled helplessly, and the sound here alarmed the two children over there. The two children stood up and ran in this direction. One of the puppies who barked back, and the other looked up and asked me, "Uncle, who are you looking for?" ”

I leaned down and looked at him. The boy had very beautiful eyes, jet-black and shining, clean and clear. I was tempted to reach out and touch his head, when it occurred to me that these hands had been covered in blood. I couldn't help but straighten up again, not daring to look at those eyes again.

The other boy had already held the puppy in his arms, and the puppy was quiet at that time, sticking out his tongue and licking the boy's little face, and the little boy laughed. I was stunned and remembered that I had not yet answered the little boy's question, so I replied, "Is your mother at home?"

The boy still looked at me with big eyes: "Mom went to work and won't be back until the evening." Uncle, who are you? ”

I smiled at him, "I'm from the city, and I'm looking for your mother. ”

The little boy smiled at once, pointed in the direction I came from, and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

I nodded, and he seemed to smile even more: "How about the city, my mother comes back every day to tell my brother and me about the things in the city, and said that my brother and I will study hard, and we will move to the city in the future, I heard that there are a lot of interesting things there." ”

It's like a question with a question, but the eyes are full of yearning. I didn't know how to answer for a while, but there were a lot of interesting things in the city. The unknown is always full of curiosity, and then there is some hope, and I think it should be easier to live this way.

When the little boy saw that I had not spoken, he stepped aside and invited me to the table under the tree. Sometimes in the summer, being in the sun and in the shade of a tree are very different feelings. People like to define the world around them by their feelings. At the moment, under the shade of the trees, I feel that the summer is much better.

The two little boys, playing around for a while, soon quieted down. Two dolls read the book side by side on the stool, I looked at the name of the book very interestingly, it seems to be called "Future Fantasy", they will have a future, what about us, it seems that there has never been a future.