Chapter 16: The River
Xiao An will come to the water bar that An Xiaoyang introduced to her if she is fine, but she found that this girl has almost never been here since then, and she understands that her old friend wants to introduce this excellent man, Maider, the owner of the water bar, to herself as the object of love, and after several chats with Maider, she also found that this man is indeed interested in herself, but she is not ready to invest in the next relationship, so in the face of such a good object, she has not made a decision.
In the face of love, some people's choice is to find the right person to start the next relationship as soon as possible, while Xiao An is to find a lot of things for himself to make himself as full as possible. Otherwise, it's easy to fall in love, but it's easy to fall out of love! If you are always in such a cycle, maybe some people will enjoy it and never get tired of it, but Xiao An will definitely not be able to stand it, she has invested so much in a relationship, so many feelings, don't you have to scrap it?
No, I'd better love my love first, at least they won't betray me.
Although, the person before didn't leave me because of betrayal.
But in the face of Maide's obsessive waiting, he is not good at always perfunctory him. Recently, I have learned a lot of things, and there are still a lot of things to learn, but there is one thing that I will never deliberately learn in my life, and that is stealing my heart. One, I can support myself without harming others; Second, if you really want to steal, you don't have to work the museum like stamp collecting; Three, even if you steal it, can you guarantee that you will never run away? Feelings still have to wait for real investment, and then treat them sincerely.
Therefore, in order to live up to Maider's heart, and in order not to lose a good friend like him, Xiao An got his consent after telling him, and became a free part-time employee here, and also helped make some drinks to entertain customers or something. And although Maider didn't get Yiren's heart all at once, he was very happy to get along with her often.
"Sometimes, I can't believe that some people really let someone like you go to someone else?"
probably heard about Xiao An, after all, Daisy's incident was still very sensational, so one day in the off-season, Maider told Xiao An such a question.
"Well," Xiao An exhaled faintly, "but I'm not the only one in this world." ”
"But you're already so pretty?"
Yes, Xiao An himself knows that he is beautiful, but what is the use?
Xiao An looked at Maider with a smile, "But the beauty of people is not the same. ”
Maed frowned, thoughtful. Maybe, maybe she was just an ordinary girl before she knew her, maybe she was just a cute woman who lacked some charm before she experienced something. However, after this disaster, Xiao An is no longer the little jasper who is ignorant of the world, and his body exudes a mature grace, which is fascinating and distressing.
In addition to going to work, volunteering, and helping his mother sort out textile materials, Xiao An spends the rest of his time at Maide's water bar. He had a young cleanswoman from out of town, and she and her husband had a daughter of two or three years old, named Little Skylark. However, it is said that the child is not hers, it was born by her husband and ex-girlfriend, because the woman is temporarily unable to raise it, so she entrusted the child to the man, but the man also has to work, and the lark's stepmother is pregnant again, she was called by Xiao An, the child is very well-behaved, Xiao An likes her very much, and takes her around to play when she is fine.
On this day, Xiao An led the lark out to relax, because his biological father and mother neglected to take care of her for a living, and her stepmother was often emotionally unstable because she was pregnant, and often beat and scolded her. Xiao An took pity on this child, afraid that she would leave a shadow, so he wanted to take her to meet more people, be happy, and forget the unhappiness at home.
"Auntie, there's a river ahead!"
"Yo, really, let's go over and have a look!"
With that, the two of them walked towards the river, but before they could get there, they smelled a pungent smell, Xiao An asked the lark to cover his nose, and found a familiar aunt to inquire.
"Alas, don't mention it, it's a good river, it's all polluted by them."
"They, who are they?" Xiao An asked.
"It's the garment factory! You work there every day and you don't know? ”
What the? How could my garment factory do such a big thing? And I've been here for so long and I don't even know it?
Xiao Anxin is very uncomfortable, although he does not really participate in the implementation of pollution, he is also working for this garment factory, and he is also a helper.
"Ahem, yes, how could you possibly know, you don't make clothes directly."
Auntie continued.
"What, isn't it the dye of the clothes?"
"I don't know, I just know that it's because your garment factory produces a lot of underwear every year, and that kind of underwear consumes a lot of something, and this kind of thing flows into the river, and the river becomes like this. Alas, it's so unpleasant, I'm not staying here anymore, I'll go home quickly. After the aunt finished telling her, she went home.
"Then, let's go, your Uncle Maid may have to make you something to eat in a while, it's too late, we won't be able to eat!"
"Hmm!"
Xiao An picked up the little lark who was tired of walking and walked briskly towards the water bar.
But that river will still dwell in Xiao An's mind from time to time, how much profit can drive the company to make this money rather than commit eternal sins? She began to question more and more the Shiguan Group, which she was in awe of before, and those huge charity funds and convenience measures were just small favors for the sake of corporate image, and these people were essentially a group of money strings with a special interest in making money. This is understandable, because Xiao An also deeply loves the business of making money and has never been bored. It's just that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and he can't take more innocent happiness for his own selfishness! Besides, if they pollute the river, they will get more. Or is it worth what they did compared to the cost of polluting the river? Don't they need the river? Or is the river a hundred years or more in existence, just waiting for someone to use it as a garbage dump?
The more Xiao An thought about it, the more angry he became, so he simply stopped the novel in his hand and came to the river again.
"Alas, providence! Providence! ”
It's an old man who often chats with her, and he sighs by the river for some reason.
"Uncle, what's wrong?"
Xiao An walked over and asked.
"Alas, in the past, several nearby villages were not as rich as here, but later there were garment factories, which led to employment here, and for a time it was indeed the same. But now, because of the good environmental protection in those villages, several foreign businessmen have signed contracts with them, but we are here, alas. Walk, move, move, and there are few left. ”
The old man was right, if they were not polluted, it would be a beautiful place. Although it does not have a long history of humanities, it has not caused much damage because not too many people have come here before, but now because of the development of the Internet, this place is gradually being known, and more and more people are coming to tourism and developing other industries. That's why Maider can make a lot of money in this place that is not a downtown area.
Fortunately, only the area near their garment factory is polluted, and the rest of the area is well protected.
"Alas, providence."
The old man sighed again.
Providence? The providence that the old man repeatedly emphasized caused Xiao An to think. Hasn't humanity always been strong? So what is this providence? Is there an authority outside the human world that checks us down? I don't know, it's just that if that's the case, then humans really don't matter. However, sometimes it seems that there is indeed a need for such an institution to govern us, and human beings will always feel too sorry for themselves and indulge themselves, at least they should establish such an operating mechanism to supervise each other. Because human beings will always act arbitrarily and do things that hurt others, and those things cannot be changed even if there is a crossing.
History is always irreversible, it happens when it happens, and life cannot be repeated. If you have the opportunity to travel back in time or travel into the future, you may travel there, but some of the things that happened in that era are difficult to change.
For example, Daisy before, she killed 14 people, should she die 14 times? Is that a matter of how many times she dies to save a few people? Not even myths say so. Mythology is not nonsense, it is all scientific and logical, and it is only on the basis of following these that it begins to boldly display the rich and romantic imagination of human beings.
Since this river is really unpatronizable, I think that a forest not far away is very good, and I have noticed it for a long time, but I have never had a chance to come.
Thinking about it, Xiao An was about to say goodbye to his uncle and walk towards the dense forest.
"Girl, where are you going?"
"I want to go up to that forest!"
"Huh?!" The old man's voice suddenly panicked, "Girl, you can't go!" The forest is too dense, and there is something in it that cannot be seen! ”
Well? What does this mean, not seeing the light?
"Uncle, has anything happened here before?"
"Alas, don't mention it, it's not because of the river! Originally, this place used to be very clean, the river water was clear, and the forest was often a paradise for everyone, but since a few people drank the polluted river water by mistake, people have died here one after another. Some swim here, others are poisoned by dirty water. At first, it was just this river, but gradually even the forests were polluted, because they were all moistened by the same water! Then, there were a few cases of people hanging themselves in the forest or even dying inexplicably, and everyone rarely went there again. ”
"Really? Thank you then. ”
"So, don't go in! At the very least, you have to find several people to go! ”
"yes, I see!"
The old man admonished her like this, but he still couldn't help moving forward, and the more he said this, the more Xiao An wanted to go.
Although, too, scared.
The river was no stranger, but deep in the woods, she had never been there. The old man said, if you don't do it well, you will die, so I will go and take a look, and if I don't do anything, will I die there?
Cough, I am already a person for the rest of my life, and my fate is destined to be big, what are you afraid of, go, take a look!
So, Xiao An came to the forest that he had been curious about for a long time.
Isn't that great? The air is fresh, there is no sign of pollution, the foliage is luxuriant, and the birds fly freely in the woods. How wonderful, how could all those strange things happen? It must be that people are scared of themselves, and word of mouth spreads, so no one dares to come.
It's a pity, just like back then, no one dared to eat tomatoes, and they always treated them as flowers, and gave them a bunch of strange or romantic names: wolf peach, love apple or something. Until a bold painter risked his life and found that not only was he not dead, but he was still alive and well, and most importantly, the sweet smell remained between his lips and teeth, making him linger in his aftertaste. Later, seeing that he was not dead, everyone began to "kill" tomatoes, remove them from the aesthetic shelf, and turn them into food for people's stomachs. It's just that there was no such a large variety at the beginning, but now people regard the cultivation of small cherry tomatoes as an achievement, and the price is different from the big ones, which is really a kind of retrograde expensive. You know, the ancients couldn't afford to buy today's big tomatoes even if they had the money.
So, let me be the first to eat crabs! What's more, it's not like no one has been here before, but after a few rumors, people don't want to come. This is really unacceptable, how can you put such a good realm without embracing and enjoying it?
Xiao An walked into the forest in a brisk mood, and before he knew it, he had walked into the depths of the dense forest.