Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Age of Storms
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Red River is a remote town on the edge of the wilderness, dozens of miles away from the nearest major city. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info..
In the storm of the times for more than a year, Red River Town is like a broken ship tossed in the wind and rain, even if it is swept away by the tail of the storm, there is a feeling of unbearable weight.
Soaring prices, inconvenient transportation, the ensuing era of contractors, the ensuing great changes on the earth, and the subsequent biological explosion have left the people of this remote town dizzying, and can only bear the damage caused to them by the changes of the times.
The people in the town watch TV every day, watching the mythical stories on TV, and feel so far away from them, is that really a reality thing?
"What contractor? Seeing that prices have risen, the railroad that was built so easily is now no longer open to traffic, so why hasn't a contractor in our town come out to let us see what it looks like? ”
"The earth is good, how can it be said that it has changed? That's too unreliable, isn't it? It doesn't feel like it's much bigger, but my family's two acres of land are still two acres of land! ”
"But then again, there have been a lot of changes in the barren mountains and wilderness over there during this time, and I have heard that someone has been injured many times."
Some time ago, the townspeople always liked to gather together in their spare time, complain about the injustice of God, talk about the incomprehensible changes of the times, and then continue to live the same, but more poor.
Fortunately, the land is vast and sparsely populated, everyone has a few acres of land at home, and they don't have to worry about food and clothing.
The times are changing too fast, and Honghe Town is a real corner of the countryside, if it weren't for a computer bought cheaply when home appliances went to the countryside to sit and watch the world change, Ye Huan, a non-literate person who had just finished high school, would have a sense of alienation from being excluded by the times.
It was only when he looked up at the waist-deep weeds that seemed to grow overnight in the wilderness that he suddenly felt that this dreamlike era was really around him, and it was affecting his life every moment.
times, let himself lose the opportunity to go to school, that sudden topographic change, once interrupted the contact between Honghe Town and the outside world, and then delayed his studies, and then the railway transportation was completely interrupted, Ye Huan shrugged his shoulders, whether he wanted to or not, he had to accept his fate: he never had the chance to go to college again.
Now, the times have given Honghe Town a new space for development, I don't know when, like a wind cháo surging in, Honghe Town, as a pioneer fortress heading into the wilderness, suddenly became prosperous.
A large number of outsiders came to Honghe Town, where they temporarily lived, replenished, and rested, and set off from Honghe Town, heading further into the jungle, at first the townspeople looked at these explorers and hunters with various guns and ammunition in their hands, and were too frightened to approach, thinking that they were outlaws from somewhere, but now, after a short period of time, these people have become a source of income for most people in Honghe Town, and everyone is accustomed to this.
Ye Huan's family is no exception, they were originally so poor, and the little income in the family was not enough for the expenses of their grandfather all year round. Now, those outsiders have more money than the other, and they have converted the houses on the street into hotels, and they also run a little breakfast and dinner business, and only serve the guests of the house, and it is easy and effortless, and the income earned is enough to cover the expenses and have a surplus.
Ye Huan looks old when he says it, after all, he is not very old, he is busy with the work of the hotel every day, and he likes to run around when he has time, the current Honghe Town is amazing, just outside the town, a large animal trading market has been newly opened, where people come and go every day, it is said that there are novelty things, many people have never seen animals before have been caught, and they are sold on the spot there, Ye Huan is indescribably curious, and he has long wanted to go and see it, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity.
The house at home is really not up to grade, even if it is used as a hotel, it can't be sold for money, in order to decorate and take care of the house, the family once again fell into deficit, and as a last resort, my father collected people's money some time ago, followed those expeditions out, and pointed out the path to others, it is said that although it is not of great use, there is still a little bit of small use, and the money is also very generous, after all, the degree of danger is really not small.
How dangerous is that in the wild right now? I heard that some of the villages further inside are now abandoned, and many have moved into Honghe Town, that is, those hunters with loaded guns don't look into it, as if they can reach out and pick up a lot of money, but in fact, when will they not be carried back two? It's not uncommon for a bad one to die inside!
Ye Huan was really worried in his heart, he was really at home for two days when his father went out, and he could dream of the blood stains on his father's face when he dreamed at night, and he was gnawed off by some ferocious animal, and he was bloody! Frightened, he broke out in a cold sweat and woke up from his dream.
Now that my dad is back, although I can't say that there is no disease or disaster, the head is covered by bees and I don't know if it's a wasp or what kind of bee, I gave a big bag the size of a quail egg, and I hummed and chirped every day for the first two days.
Now seizing the opportunity, Ye Huan slipped out with the little black dog at home.
The little black dog was caught from a relative's house, and it is only two months old now, but it is quite smart and clever, as if it can understand people's words, so that Ye Huan likes it very much, and he plays with it when he has nothing to do all day long, and he washes very diligently in bathing, this little thing is not afraid of bathing like ordinary dogs, and every time he washes it, he looks very comfortable, and he feels that the expression is the same as that of a person.
Ye Huan suspected that this little thing should also have opened up his wisdom!
A few times, in a trance, he seemed to see this little thing howling at the moon, and he didn't know if it was absorbing the jinghua of the moon.
He just heard that there are people in the city who now collect this kind of intelligent animal, and the domestic ones are worth more than the wild ones! The chicken farms and pig farms in the city are specially designed to receive this kind of domesticated chickens, pigs or something, it is said that there is such a thing, as long as you control a chicken king/pig king, it is much easier to open a farm, and I don't know if this is the case.
Those wild animals that have opened their minds are not so lucky in comparison, after all, they are wild, all of them are very manic, it is said that they were transported back to the city, either sent to scientific research institutions for research, or sold to rich contractors as meat to eat, it is said that the price is very expensive, ordinary people are not able to eat, and it is very good for the body.
However, although it is very valuable, and it is not sent out to be abused, Xiao Hei still does not sell it!
Riding an electric car, it didn't take long to reach the entrance of the town, and then go out, you will be inside the wilderness, and the animal trading market is built next to it.
Outside the town was originally a saline-alkali land, not to mention that the grass did not grow, it used to be sparse and there was a little grass, but a few months ago, I can't remember exactly what time it was, anyway, it didn't take a few days, this large wilderness, it was swishing overgrown with weeds, at first the people in the town were very surprised, and a little happy, this grass has grown a lot, and it is convenient to go home to raise rabbits or something, isn't it?
I never thought that there would be more grass and all kinds of insects, and then slowly all kinds of beasts came running, and even wolves!
The weeds at the entrance of the town have not been cleaned, but they grow fast, and the cost is still large, and then no one can manage it, and now there are people coming and going here all day long, but they have stepped on a large piece and walked out of a road.
Depositing the electric car in the place to watch the car, Ye Huan slipped into the animal market.
It's really hilarious!
I heard all kinds of strange cries here, and before I walked in, there was a big smell of sāo and smell, which really deserved to be an animal market.
Walking into the market, there is a bustling flow of people everywhere, but the place is large, but it does not seem congested.
It's different from the general rural livestock trading market, the live animals here, the top ** are all high-end goods with spiritual wisdom, in other words, they all have the potential to become demon jing, but the time is still short, and they don't have time to cultivate, but at a glance, they are all extraordinary.
Not to mention anything else, the cage that closes them is not ordinary, the cage is made of special alloy smelting, the sun shines, showing a strange colorful sèze, it is said that it is four or five times harder than the general steel, the toughness is good, just a cage is worth a lot of money, a piece of alloy welding rod is the thickness of the thumb, and there is an indestructible feeling when you look at it.
What made Ye Huan even more curious was that these cages were not simply placed on the ground, and the four corners under the cages had additional protruding hollow rings, stuck on the four steel pillars on the exposed cement floor.
"Uncle, why is your cage still stuck on the pillar?"
Ye Huan asked curiously, he saw the animal in the cage, this is a fluffy animal more than a meter long, the tail is very short, I don't know what the name is, it looks very fierce, it looks a bit like a cat and a bit like a lion, the eyes are slightly squinted, gray and blue eyes, and there is a bush of black hair standing up on each ear.
The seller is a majestic man, and he is dressed in a way that you will certainly not see in a typical farmer's market: the upper body is an elastic vest full of pockets, two yellow, orange and orange chains hang from his shoulders, and a large gun that cannot be said to be of any model, in short, at first glance it is very hideous.
If you want to change to a month ago, seeing this kind of guy, Ye Huan must have hid as far away, but this time he is used to seeing it, there are several hunters in this kind of dress living in his house, knowing that although they are short-tempered, but for no reason, they don't dare to shoot at ordinary people indiscriminately, and they seem to have some special scruples. (To be continued.)