Chapter 24 Nightlife and Population Growth Rate
As the last metropolis in the country to usher in night, Mendong City's nightlife is the last. If the family of workers in Mendong City is looking at the red glow of summer outside the canteen, the fishing port of Hilqi is already immersed in sleep at this time.
In fact, the time difference between the two is only three hours.
After Rama Hedi came out of the beef noodle shop to feast, she turned into the branch of Elta in Elta. After annihilating two raw fried buns and a bowl of soup in a row, Miss Elf stepped into the night contentedly.
The stars and the moon are eclipsed by the night. This is Ramaher's impression of Mendong City in a moment. A feeling that could not be described in words, familiar and strange hit her senses.
The street in front of the door was filled with countless Elta and their families. And the bright yellow light just lit up on the top of countless iron pillars taller than one floor, shining on the earth.
Outside of Mendong City, there's only one way to enjoy the nightlife in the city – a huge bonfire or carnival. Of course, like the shield city half a year ago, the whole people rose up to make big news, which was to die with the city and their own lives.
Normally, for most of the year, thieves and robbers and magistrates make a living by capturing the former, and local armies merge to pull up a curfew in the open air. On a night like this which is undesirable to run into both black and white, of course, no one wants to go out at will at will at risk of being stripped of their fines or being taken captive as criminals or slaves.
Miss Elf, who had hidden her long ears, lost her eyes in the sea of lights. Although most of Mendong City is only the necessary lights for law and order and traffic, this is the center of the city. Powerful electricity from a thermal power plant on the outskirts of Mendong City flows into the city center – a nightlife hub – through a high-voltage underground power grid and substation.
The "Mendong City No. 1 Department Store" and "Mendong City Convenience Supermarket Main Store", which are surrounded by food stores, are also lit up with large white, blue and red signboards, which are also decorated with colored light tubes.
Street signs, billboards, bus stops. Some of the shops in the shopping street also have additional promotional signs in front of the shops for the Long Day Festival. The darkness that humanity fears the most does not have to wait for the sun to run to the far north and is dispersed to the corners of the city.
Walking on the shopping street, Rama Hedi also has to praise this city with no nights. You can't enjoy the stars as much as you used to, but it's better than just starry.
Elta's sprawling commercial district closes its doors at night, and only shops catering to the most elite are lit up with expensive grease lamps or more expensive magic powder lamps. Of course, the poor could not afford to play with candles, fishermen might use candles to mend their nets, and merchants might settle today's chicken feathers by candlelight. But none of this counts as "entertainment".
That said, the Elta in general – and indeed the natives of the rest of the world – have no way to enjoy the nighttime. They even have to do all the work they have to do before the sun sets, and they can only pull the quilt to fall asleep at night and try to get up with the sun tomorrow. Also remember to lock the door tightly and beware of possible unwanted guests.
In fact, if you want to say that there is entertainment that consumes time and energy, that is, there are some things that good children can't know between husband and wife. This is how Elta's population grows invisibly. Although some of the old ancestors have already summed up the calculation method of the "safe period" related to menstrual events, it is not foolproof - of course, in most cases, the passion of both parties is unbearable, and human lives are ...... That's the bloody lesson of the old ancestors.
Outside the shopping street, out of sight of La Mahati, the basketball and volleyball courts at night absorb the energy of Elta's young workers who have not yet been consumed during the day. Cinemas, radio stations, on the other hand, attract the attention of idlers in general and women in particular. Serialized radio programs are popular with women, and their husbands are on the pitch without worrying about being hung out.
What Ramahedi saw with her own eyes was countless couples and couples taking their children for a walk in the shopping streets. At the end of the shopping street is the gateway to Mendong Downtown Park, where there will be more families resting.
The result of the diversity of recreation is an unintentional reduction in fertility.
In the afternoons and afternoons when Rama Hedi first came to Mendong, all she saw was a somewhat lonely city. Elves' special twelve-point sensitive vigilance is also particularly strengthened because of the atmosphere. And now she can let her guard down completely. Buildings that look mechanical and bizarre look and feel completely different from what they look during the day.
She had planned to return to her lodgings to observe the night view of the city from a high vantage point. But now she was wrapped up in the crowd and could barely help herself. Every step forward is a whole new world. It's true that Rama Hedi is an elf, but she still has the same strange fetish as human females, which is the desire to shop.
The breakthrough threshold of the elf's shopping desire is indeed higher than that of the average person. But how can the elves who can withstand the usual market rush be the opponents of the big shopping malls that integrate modern business methods? After walking into the door of "Mendong City No. 1 Department Store", Ramahetia's self-confidence and desire to shop broke down together.
She loved the little bows and cat-eared hats in the jewelry store - the five yuan was lost here, and she was very complacent before she entered the next store, but the next step she realized that she had made a mistake in her little abacus. The beautiful sandals in the shoe store next door to the jewelry store also liked her, although the price reached 10 yuan, but she still regretted it - why did she spend all the money just now?
Soon the elven granny ...... The girl was relieved. Corsets that fit a girl's body shape - want to buy. Stretchy socks - want to buy. All kinds of dresses - want to buy ...... Since you want to buy everything, you don't have to worry about why you don't have money.
The girls of Elta have taken their love of beauty to the extreme. They were able to save up for ten days and half a month's wages to buy a dress. The new wife of the battle hero Beslon, together with a month's salary and part of Beslon's bonus, together with the two of them, got the highest-priced skirt in the first department store in Mendong City. Suddenly, this couple has become a popular current event that must be talked about among women in Mendong City after dinner, especially the moment when Beslon, who can fight well and handsome, waved his hand and took out red money to pay, he has almost risen to the realm of gods, and the handsome and rich god of war has fascinated thousands of Mendong girls - probably like this.
In contrast, Rama Hedi only showed a beauty that was higher than the highest level of Elta, and even higher than the highest level of Chinese employees in Mendong City. Not enough, and that's enough for her to be the focus of the male's gaze in the light.
The cat ear hat she just bought was a foul to wear on her. However, the security situation here is enough for Rama Hedi to rest assured, and there is nothing wrong with occasionally experiencing the "pure" gaze of a human male.
Since there is no money, Ramahetia with a cat-eared hat has changed from a state of shopping to a complete wanderer. At the same time, her desire to shop was put away, and she returned to the calm that an observer should have.
"Well, how did you enjoy your first day in the Unknown?"
She bought a cup of "green tea" with a temporary coupon at a beverage shop on the second floor, and a female worker who looked her age leaned against the fence to observe the atrium of the "Mendong City No. 1 Department Store" in the shape of a domestic commercial center.
From eating and drinking, to consuming and killing time—that's the bait that the Atlas uses to hook the Eltas. The aroma of the bait was enough to lift the elf Ramahati. When she wanted to buy shoes and clothes, she even wanted to use the method of becoming an official resident to get more exchange amounts, and even braved the ban on pulling pages to directly exchange temporary coupons for yuan...... That's telling.
"I enjoyed it a lot, but I enjoyed it too much."
Not only Ramah but also the Chinese will understand the principle of moving from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift. Anyone in their right mind will understand the meaning of this sentence. It only takes this day for the elves to be convinced that the Elta were captured by the "sugar-coated cannonballs" given by the Otherworld—but the Elta that Ramahedi saw were indeed happy and well-fed.
Of course, otherworldly forces forced a large number of Elta to abandon their fields and abandon their homeland - this is the news that the elves have received. The Otherworldly Forces use the Elta to work for them in their workshops, and the paychecks eventually go back to the shops and restaurants opened by the Otherworldly Forces. If the average person can't see through it, Ramaher, who has carefully read the instructions on the temporary voucher, can connect the two even if he has no financial knowledge. In her opinion, Mendong City is nothing more than the arm of otherworldly forces to obtain wealth. The Elta people, who seem to be slaves of the otherworldly, have reaped happiness, which looks really incredible.
As for the consumption and entertainment they are deeply immersed in, it is a realm that the residents of Mendong City, or indeed outside of Cierta, dare not imagine. No, even the safety of the saturation is something that many Elta people can't solve. But for the elves, it's humanity's own infighting - according to the rules, they can't and shouldn't interfere.
"Don't worry about enjoyment, Ramaheti. God knows what's beneath the shiny surface. ”
It's easy to see what is on the surface. But don't talk about Ramahetius, even if it is a figure in the inner circle of elves, Ramahetia can conclude that they do not have the ability to determine whether the situation in front of them is classified as good or evil.
"Well, I'll keep an eye on it. If you want to know the contents of the sandwich, you have to bite the crust on the outside, right?