Chapter 238: The Town
When a person gives unconditionally to another person, do not ask what is the charm or quality of that person that attracts the person who is willing to give. Because most of the time there is no solution to such giving, but there are still many very persistent people who are constantly looking for answers. When they finally return in vain, they can only tell those who are waiting to hear the story, 'Those two people were enemies in their last life, so they will have unpaid debts in this life.'" ’
There is a town by the sea that has been forgotten by time and space, and the people here don't care what happens to the outside world, and they don't need the outside world to care about what their situation looks like. Eating from the sea is their way of survival that has been passed down from generation to generation, and as long as the sea does not dry up, they will continue to thrive here from generation to generation.
The town has no name, and no one has named it. The only steward here is the old man who is called an elder by the townspeople, and although he is an elder, he does the same thing as the townspeople every day, going out to sea to fish every day. When he was in the prime of life, he went to the open sea, and now he can only be near the sea when he is older, but he still maintains the yearning for the sea when he was young, and he has not even changed in the slightest.
The town does not exclude outsiders, but it also does not actively reach out to outsiders. When outsiders come to the town, they will find a place to live, and the elders will tell them in advance where they can go and where they can't. What belong to the townspeople is not to be touched. Which are public resources and can be utilized. However, few outsiders can last more than a week, and they will eventually be driven crazy by the closed environment, after all, the most advanced thing here is the electric light that everyone has, and there is nothing else that is in line with modern technology except electric light.
Wu Jia and Tong Fei are the outsiders who have lived here for the longest time, so long that Tong Fei has already given the neighbor next to him a cute nickname. It all started when Tong Fei took Wu Jia away from Xi Ling that day, when Tong Fei brought out the sleeping Wu Jia, she didn't know where to take him. If you bring back the Spring Flavor Bar, first of all, Tong Fei's trust in Fang Fan and the others is not high, although they have been together for a while, but Wu Jia was still free at that time, and he has not done anything illegal and undisciplined, Fang Fan may still take them in. But now Wu Jia has three lives in his body, and if he is sent to Chunwei Bar, he will be sent to the police station if he is not able to protect him. And now the entire Zhonghai City is full of Wu Jia's wanted warrants, so it is better to take Wu Jia to an extremely remote place, a place where there is no wanted warrant.
This road leads to her hometown, Tong Fei thought about it again, she decided to take Wu Jia to her hometown where she had never even gone back, where she had only heard her mother mention it, but because it was very closed, Tong Fei, who was used to city life, never went back, but now it has become the refuge they dreamed of.
The road was bumpy, and it happened to be windy. The wind and sand made Tong Fei forget whether he had deviated from the correct route, and he didn't know how long it took for the car to run out of gas. Tong Fei looked helplessly at the raging wind and sand outside, and then looked at Wu Jia beside him. Wu Jia was still asleep, Tong Fei smiled slightly and snuggled in Wu Jia's arms. She gave up, even if she couldn't get there, it didn't matter, even if the wind and sand were enough to overturn the car, as long as he was by her side at this moment.
The next morning, the sand had almost buried the car all night, and the thick sand on the windshield made it dark in the car. Wu Jia woke up in amazement at what he saw, he didn't know why he was in this place. When he felt the warmth in his arms, he understood a little, but immediately fell back into confusion. Wu Jia did not get angry because of the situation at this time, on the contrary, his heart was very peaceful, he stroked Tong Fei's forehead, and when the warm current passed through the palm of his hand, he was extremely steady, just like the feeling he felt last night. Thinking of the scene of himself and Tong Fei lingering, Wu Jia's face was hot again, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot, until he woke up the sleeping Tong Fei.
"You're awake."
Tong Fei looked at everything dark around her sleepily and said.
"You woke up before dawn. Let's sleep again. ”
Tong Fei closed her eyes again, but immediately she realized that something was wrong, they were still in the car after the wind and sand last night. Tong Feiteng sat up suddenly, she couldn't see Wu Jia's expression clearly in the dark, but she also imagined how ugly Wu Jia's dead fish face would be. Tong Fei was a little tentative and said.
"How are you?"
Wu Jia took Tong Fei into his arms and whispered in her ear.
"It's never been better."
Tong Fei felt that not only his face, but even the blood in his whole body was boiling. Wu Jia has never been so gentle with himself, in the few days in the villa, as long as the two of them can say a few words calmly, thank God, the feeling at this time makes Tong Fei feel like he is still in a dream.
"Wu... Wu Jia, are you alright? ”
Wu Jia asked jokingly.
"What do you call me?"
"Wu Jia."
"No, no, no, that's not what you called me last night."
Tong Fei's face can definitely fry an egg at this time, and the female shyness made her subconsciously reach out to Wu Jia.
"What nonsense are you talking about. I forgot. ”
Wu Jia was pinched by Tong Fei, and hurriedly said.
"Let go, let go."
"Ahh Does it hurt? ”
"Miss, what do you say?"
"I'm not... Oh, it's all your fault, why don't you say that? ”
Wu Jia came to Tong Fei's side, and he suddenly smelled Tong Fei's body fragrance, mixed with hormones. Although they couldn't see each other's positions, Wu Jia could find her nervous and thirsty lips with the sound of Tong Fei's rapid breathing, and the fire was almost burning dry firewood, Tong Fei pushed Wu Jia away and said.
"Now... Not now. ”
Wu Jia looked around, smiled awkwardly and said.
"Indeed. It's really not a good place here. Anyway, why did you take me out? ”
Hearing this, Tong Fei was stunned for a moment and said.
"Just... I just want to go out and walk with you. ”
"That..."
Before Wu Jia could speak, he heard someone knocking on the car window outside. The knocking shook the dust off the windows, and the man outside was looking inside. Tong Fei shouted loudly.
"Look at it!"
There is no such thing as a bird just now, and the wings of the Roc have been completely opened. Tong Fei opened the door and got out of the car, and Wu Jia hurriedly followed. The people outside the car saw Tong Fei and Wu Jia hurriedly take a few steps back, obviously they scared the man from their dress and momentum. Tong Fei frowned and looked at the man and asked.
"What are you looking at?"
The man shook his head, fear still written in his eyes. Wu Jia pulled Tong Fei and said.
"I'll do it. You seem to have scared him. ”
Wu Jia walked up to the man with a smile and said.
"Hello, may I ask what kind of place this is?"
The man thought for a moment and said.
"The town."
"What town?"
The man repeated again.
"The town."
Wu Jia smiled awkwardly and said.
"I know it's a small town, every name?"
The man shook his head, and Wu Jia then asked.
"And what's your name?"
The man pointed to himself.
"Ali."
"Good. Ali, do you know how far it is from the city center? ”
"I don't know."
Wu Jia got into the car, took out a map in the car, showed it to Ali, and asked.
"Can you point me to the map where we are now?"
Ali stared at the map for a long time, then shook his head and said.
"I don't know."
Wu Jia sighed, and then said to Tong Fei.
"He doesn't seem to know the map, we seem to have come to a terrible place, let alone go back, we don't know where we are now."
Tong Fei smiled secretly and said.
"Then you can't blame me, it was so bad last night. You slept so dead, and I drove at great risk. ”
"I'm sorry to say, did you drugged me in the water last night?"
Tong Fei smiled and said.
"You've found out. I didn't see that you haven't been sleeping well these days, so I'm going to help you. ”
"If you can't go back today, you'll suffer."
"What's wrong?"
"Don't knowingly ask if it's okay."
"You're murdering me again."
"Why? Okay, if I can't go back today, I won't be able to replenish the soul of Revenant Requiem in time. ”
"Isn't it enough for tomorrow?"
"It's enough, it's just not enough."
"If that's enough, don't worry about something that hasn't happened yet."
With that, Tong Fei walked up to Ali and said.
"Ali, can you show us around this town?"
Ali nodded and said.
"Yes..."
After saying that, Ali lowered his head, and Tong Fei saw that he seemed to be a little hesitant, so he continued.
"I won't let you work in vain."
With that, he took out a few bills from his pocket, stuffed them into Ali, and said.
"It's your pay, and if you do well, there's more."
Ali looked at it and asked.
"What is this?"
Wu Jia and Tong Fei were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other. Tong Fei said.
"It's money. You... Don't you know? ”
Ali shook his head and said.
"I've never seen anything like this before. But it's pretty beautiful, and you can stick it on the wall when you go back. ”
Wu Jia and Tong Fei didn't know whether to laugh or be surprised, Ah Li continued.
"The place where we are now is a small town, and the village is not far ahead, is this big guy going to stay here?"
Ali asked, pointing to the gas-dead car. Ali called the car a big guy, Wu Jia and Tong Fei were right when they thought about it, he hadn't even seen the money, how could he know about the car. The two looked around, surrounded by a large area of wilderness, Tong Fei whispered.
"How can this look like a small town, it's just a wilderness and a wilderness, there won't be wolves here, right?"
Ali nodded and said.
"Yes. Not only wolves, but also lions and tigers, there are a lot of animals here. ”
"Aren't you afraid they'll hurt you?"
"Of course not, we and animals coexist peacefully."
"And what do you live on?"
"Ask Mom for it."
"Mom? Does your mom work outside the home? ”
Hearing this, Ali suddenly laughed and said.
"When I say mom, I don't mean mom, but the forest not far from the village, and the sea next to the village. The elders told us that it was a mother, and that everything we lived in came from our mother, from food to use, without exception. ”
"I see."
"But the elder also said that when you ask your mother, you just need to be self-sufficient, if you ask too much or waste it, your mother will be angry, and the consequences will be serious."
Hearing this, Tong Fei sneered, then touched Ali's head and asked.
"How old are you?"
Ali shook his head and said.
"I don't know, the elder didn't tell me."
Wu Jia asked.
"Does this elder you say knows everything?"
Ali suddenly said excitedly.
"Of course. The elders have told us many stories about the outside world, and they tell us that there is a scary world out there. ”
"Is the Elder preventing you from going to the outside world?"
"Of course not. But he also never told us how to go out into the world. ”
Wu Jia whispered.
"Cunning old man."
Tong Fei pinched Wu Jia, she was afraid that Ah Li would hear it. After a while, Ali pointed to a thatched hut under the mountain road and said.
"That's the village."
Wu Jia looked at the dozen or so thatched huts surrounded by wooden stakes below, and whispered to Tong Fei.
"I can't believe there is such a place now."
"Don't talk about it, let's go down and have a look."
Ali took the two of them to stand at the gate of the village, and the people in the village did not look up and were busy with their own work, some were drying dried fish, some were weaving fish nets, and some were reinforcing thatched houses, in short, no one cared about Wu Jia and Tong Fei, they were like air in the eyes of the villagers. Ali stopped at the door of a thatched hut and said.
"I live here."
Wu Jia said.
"Ali, can I go and see the elders?"
"Yes, yes, but now the elder is fishing and hasn't come back yet."
"And when will he come back?"
Ali pointed to the tallest tree in the forest next to him and said.
"When the sun stands at the top of the tree, the elders return."
Wu Jia looked at the sun that was still on the other side with a little impatience, and Tong Fei said with a smile.
"Don't be like this, we can't go back now anyway, so it's better to feel it here."
"That's it."
Ali stood in the doorway and said.
"Come in, there's no one inside."
Wu Jia and Tong Fei walked into the grass hut and found that it was very small, with only some hay on the ground, and Ali should sleep on it at night. In addition to this, there is a small water tank in the corner and a simple floor stove, which is dug into the earth. At this time, Wu Jia noticed the small lamp on the roof and asked.
"Ali, can this be bright?"
Ali nodded and said.
"Yes, but only after the sun goes down. Because the switch is in the elder's house, only he can control it. ”
Wu Jia felt a little strange and said to Tong Fei.
"They don't understand anything, they live almost like savages, but they know how to use electricity?"
Tong Fei suddenly slapped his hands on Wu Jia's face, Wu Jia was stunned for a moment, and asked.
"What?"
Tong Fei said in a semi-coquettish tone.
"We're not here to investigate the case, so can you not think about that?"
Tong Fei pouted as he spoke, and Wu Jia hurriedly said.
"Don't say it, don't say it. Don't be angry. ”
Tong Fei turned her anger into laughter, and the woman's little emotions were like a cloud in the clear sky, coming and dispersing quickly. Tong Fei and Ali chatted very closely, Ali was not as wooden or recognizant as she thought, on the contrary, Ali had a strong desire for knowledge, no matter what Tong Fei said, he listened to it with relish, and finally did not forget to ask why.
Compared with Tong Fei and Ali, Wu Jia is more boring. He walked around the village again and again, but there were many things that made him feel strange. The first is the electric light; The second is the town, if the people here have never left the town as Ali said, then how can they have the concept of the division of administrative regions such as towns and villages? But Wu Jia thought about it, maybe there were other outsiders? Since he and Tong Fei can come, others can also come. Wu Jia stretched his waist for a long time, and suddenly felt refreshed, in this place that was not polluted by industry and modern technology, he felt extremely relaxed and comfortable all over his body. Even the requiem on my wrist has faded a lot. Wu Jia looked at the sea in the distance, and hoped that Tong Fei's decision was also the beginning of a new life, what he didn't dare to decide, Tong Fei helped him decide, what he didn't dare to try, Tong Fei helped him try, and finally didn't dare to take a difficult step Tong Fei helped him step out, and his dependence on Tong Fei gradually took root in his heart, but Wu Jia himself didn't know it.
"Wu Jia."
Tong Fei waved his hand and shouted his name, and Wu Jia waved in response.
"What's wrong?"
"Come back."
Wu Jia walked quickly to Ali's house and asked Tong Fei.
"What's wrong?"
"The Elder is back."
Wu Jia looked up at the top of the tree, and sure enough, the sun was directly above the top of the tree. Tong Fei continued.
"Ali has already gone first, he told me the location of the elder's old family, let's go now."
Wu Jia nodded and followed Tong Fei towards the elder's home. As soon as I entered the house, I smelled the smell of the sea. Ah Li sat beside the old man, Wu Jia looked the elder up and down, although he didn't know how old the old man was, but judging from the strong muscles, he was strong enough, but if you looked closely, it was not difficult to find that his skin was a little loose.
"You're the Elder?"
"Hmm. Who are the two of you? ”
Wu Jia was stunned for a moment, and said secretly in his heart.
"The old man talks and behaves like an educated man."
Tong Fei stabbed Wu Jia who was in a daze, and Wu Jia hurriedly calmed down and said.
"We are passers-by who got lost here overnight."
"Lost?"
"Ang, my car ran out of gas, so I parked in the wind and sand all night, and Ali found us in the morning."
"I see, what are you looking for me?"
"I wonder how long it will take to get from here to the center of Zhonghai City?"
"Zhonghai City? Where is Zhonghai City? ”
Wu Jia and Tong Fei looked at each other, both of them were shocked by the elder's words, Wu Jia asked.
"Don't you know Zhonghai City?"
The elder pondered for a moment and said.
"I've never been out of the village in my life, so I don't know anything about the outside."
Wu Jia smiled and said.
"Unlikely. If you've never left here, how did the lights come from? In addition, there are wilderness mountains on the outside, but it is called a town, and there are only a dozen thatched huts inside, which is also called a village. If you've never been out, how do you know how villages and towns are divided into administrative levels? ”
After Wu Jia said all these doubts, his heart suddenly became more painful. The elder looked at Wu Jia and slowly took out a few books from the side of the bed. Wu Jia looked at it and said.
"This book is older than my dad."
"That's how I tell them stories from these books."
Wu Jia thought about it, if he said that, it was not difficult to understand why the elder had not told the villagers how to go out on the way out. Because the elders have never gone out, they all rely on these books to talk on paper. At this time, Wu Jia suddenly noticed something and asked.
"No, if you've never been out, who taught you to read?"
The elder pointed to the contents of the book and said.
"It's true that no one taught me, but I just know it, and I don't know why it's happening."
Wu Jia frowned and looked at the elder. At this time, Tong Fei said suddenly.
"Okay, don't ask again. Elder, can we live here? ”
Wu Jia was stunned and pulled Tong Fei aside and asked.
"Are you alright? Are you going to live here? ”
"It's not me, it's us. And I'm not crazy, I just want to live here, live here with you. How? Don't you want to? ”
Wu Jia scratched his head and said.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's just..."
Tong Fei pressed his hand on the Requiem and said.
"I know you're worried about this."
Wu Jia raised his hand and shook the Revenant Requiem and said.
"Actually, this is okay, since I came here, I have found that the speed of soul absorption of Requiem is much slower, and a few times it even stopped."
This is undoubtedly great news for Tong Fei, she couldn't believe her ears and asked.
"Really?"
"Well, that's how it feels to me at the moment, anyway."
"Then there's nothing to worry about. Let's just stay here. ”
"It's not impossible, I just think this elder is a little strange."
"Hmph, you're the weirdest here."
Wu Jia's desire to survive made him talk again.
"Stay and stay, as long as you want."
Tong Fei smiled and kissed Wu Jia's face, and then went to the elders to discuss. Without saying anything, the elder found a place in the corner of the village, and then mobilized all the villagers to build a grass hut for them, and in a few hours their new home was built. As soon as night fell, the villagers slept, and it seemed that they strictly followed the law of life from sunrise to sunset. But Tong Fei and Wu Jia couldn't sleep at all, and the two came to the beach to sit on the soft sand.
"It's so clear to see the moon here."
Tong Fei stabbed Wu Jia and said.
"Can't you just be romantic?"
"The moon is so round tonight."
Tong Fei slapped Wu Jia hard and said.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
Wu Jia grabbed Tong Fei's hands, then gently pinned them behind Tong Fei, looked at Tong Fei with affectionate eyes, and said.
"No matter how beautiful the moon is, it is not as beautiful as you."
Tong Fei said shyly.
"Flim Flam."
Tong Fei closed her eyes gently, and Wu Jia's lips also leaned towards her, and at this moment, a violent roar suddenly came from the distant sea. The romantic atmosphere was swept away, and Wu Jia and Tong Fei both looked intently at the restless open sea.