Chapter 12 (B)

Living in the old town, every time I walk in the extremely narrow lanes, I am always worried, because of the tangled wires and fiber optic cables on my head, I am afraid that they will fall and hit me. They connect thousands of households and form my impression of the city.

They have witnessed the passage of time, the changes of the times, and the relationships between people in every possible way. No one will try to unravel them, and the more complicated they are, the deeper their lives will be hidden.

I quit my job and locked myself in a rental house, thinking that my life would be like this. I kept typing my memories and memories in the computer, and the memories were not sad or joyful, just my experiences; Memories are what make my life good, and every time they come to the screen, I always come back to that place, and the scenes around me are even clearer than when the story happens. At that time, I only cared about my own feelings, and everything around me was automatically covered with dust. And time is like a cloth that wipes away those hazes. In my memory, I am both a director and an actor. In reality, I am a lonely viewer who appreciates my own memories of the film.

I was still young, but I began to sigh about my life constantly, and I was too old to be pretentious. I am constantly shuttling through the city, looking for nature in the civilization of reinforced concrete. I weave the impression of the city from everything I see.

I see strangers who rub by me, and they are as intimate with me as you are. But I can't really take them for you, I don't even know who they are? I just watched them go, not even a trace left in my mind.

I saw people in the bright lights gesturing at me, and they confidently thought they would attract me...... They wanted to be intimate with me, but I rejected them for no reason.

I saw those who were begging, how much they were like me, using their eighteen martial arts to please others...... You must be disdainful. I really should have tossed myself less, and I thought that I was shining a little, but in fact, others might have their eyes closed. You're right, we just want to see things that touch our insensitiveness, not our unwillingness.

I stood on the bridge and watched the lights of thousands of homes, one on top of the other, one on top of the other, but they could not illuminate the darkness of the city. But you think it's beautiful because it covers the darkness of the city's daytime.

Letter 759 addressed to you.

I moved, in a place I can't name. I made several changes and headed west to get here. Why did you choose this place? Probably because of the reeds in front of me. When I heard the rustling sound of the reeds being encouraged by the wind, my heart sank when I had nowhere to put it. They swing just like you, clean to transparent, clear to the bone.

I live in a transparent room and the owner of the house made me not have to worry about being snooped, the customs of the place are like this. What is it called...... Fair and square. I adapted quickly, perhaps because I had nothing to hide. The owner's surname is Chen, and she spends her days doing research in the research room and rarely stays at home.

Tell me about my daily schedule, maybe you'd like to hear it.

Wake up at seven o'clock, it's easier in the summer, and it's much more difficult in the winter. Eat a light breakfast, mix a salad or something. After breakfast, I will light a stove of agarwood in the hall, put on music, and practice yoga for a while. My limbs are much softer, and I can do some dances with ease, just like you can hold them.

I'm really a good place to stay. Even if you come, you'll like it. I have cultivated a piece of land in front of the house, and I have worked a lot of hard work for it! I grew a lot of vegetables in it, and the seeds were all obtained from an old man. This grandfather is so nice, the only friend I know when I come here besides the owner. Every Saturday, he would come by rowing over to bring me some melons and fruits. I'm lucky to be cared for wherever I am.

I also planted a few fruit trees, and they bear fruit in the past two years. Through them I saw the passage of time, and I was relieved that I felt like I had lived peacefully for many years.

The most important thing I do every day is my own food. It's no exaggeration to say that my life now revolves around eating. So I'm also good at cooking, maybe you should try my craft?

The vegetables are freshly picked from the soil, and they are so tender that you can eat them straight after you pick them, and I really love the smell of nature! I spent a lot of time processing a meal and more time eating. I designed a table that would keep the meal hot all the time. Thanks to this table, I was able to extend my meal time quite a bit, and lunch lasted until two o'clock.

After lunch, I still have to drink tea.

The tea was also picked from the uncle's house. He planted mountains full of tea leaves and fruit trees of all kinds. I sometimes think, this uncle must not be a mortal, otherwise how can he live an idle life? He never took tea and fruit to sell for money, and gave them all away.

Thanks to him, I have been relieved of a lot of the burden of my life.

Tea is also a good thing. My temperament has precipitated a lot, and if I take a sip, I may be able to return to it. I'd like to make you a pot of tea, and then sit in front of the tea stove and talk about what I can't write. Making tea can also hone people, the same tea leaves, tea sets in the hands of different people, the taste of brewing is very different, this is due to different temperament. We are accustomed to drinking "Kuaishou tea", we only know to pour boiling water into the tea leaves, and when we see that the water is dyed green, we drink it in one go, and we don't know the taste.

When I drink tea, I like to look out the window. The scenery outside the window is the same as before, but I never get tired of looking at it. I am pleasantly surprised by the occasional bird that flies by my window and stops at my window frame. The change of seasons here is obvious, and I can sense the time by the change of the four seasons. Then slowly, I stopped feeling it.

Dinner is just as much the same as Chinese food, and I spend a lot of time on it. Sometimes the mind is too much, and time seems cheap.

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After writing so much, I know I'm talking to myself.

Writing to you is a very difficult task, I have picked up and put down my pen countless times, and the garbage basket is full of waste paper. I have so many things I want to share with you, so many things I want to do with you...... But every time I think about not knowing when we met again, I become miserable.

It's been so long, I don't even know how long it's been. All I know is that I in the mirror seems to be changing day by day, and sometimes it changes so quickly that I can't recognize myself. Actually, I'm about to lose track of you.

I want you to know that I'm all right, and I'm going to keep it that way until you come back.

In the end, I couldn't send this letter to you because I didn't know where to send it.

I picked up the lamp on the table, the flame still dancing ghostly with the wind, and the next second, it stretched out its tongue of fire and swallowed the 800th letter.