"Realistic, Dreamy"

Two opposite words, it is easy to get lost in these two words, we live in this reality and never know the boundary between reality and fantasy. "Reality" is the mechanical repetition of something every day until old age and death, and "Dream" is the infinite exploration of unknown destiny and changing oneself.

The two are not opposites in the first place, but living in the real world, the two must be separated. In reality, people have no excitement, no freedom, no individuality, and there is not too much, while people living in dreams basically rely on thinking about everything and not doing it.

When a person goes through all kinds of ups and downs and tribulations from fantasy to reality in the process of going from a child to an adult or even an old age, not to mention what kind of character this person will become, he will slowly give up his dreams and ideals, and live for survival and material things. We don't say whether this is right or wrong, but some people feel that if they give up their dreams and ideals in life, in other words, they live with a clear conscience, and that way of living is like selling their souls, then there is no point in living for this person.

(Which way of living is the best?)

Yijiang held his cheek with his left hand, and he thought about this question for a long time, but he never had a correct answer, what kind of person he belonged to. Yijiang, 22 years old this year, is a very inconspicuous lower-class office worker who works in a private company in Sunshine City. He is a hard-working person who came to the city from the countryside, and his career has not improved, but he came to live in the city and let himself become an urban person, which is estimated to be basically a dream of every person who comes to the city from the countryside to work hard, and Yijiang is no exception. However, life in the city is not as he imagined, what he sees is full of useless quarrels and deceptions, everywhere is full of negative energy, sometimes he always wonders if he was wrong in the first place, maybe it is best to stay in the countryside and live that comfortable life.

However, Yijiang did not regret it, all the choices were his own ideas, since it was his own choice, he tried to make himself more comfortable with this material society, and he understood one thing, that is, he could not abandon himself and his ideals. If because of the influence of this society, he unconsciously changes into an image that he hates, then he is absolutely unacceptable, so he has always had his own concept of survival.

"Have you thought about it?" It was Cheng Cheng, a colleague sitting next to Yi Jiang, who spoke this question, which Cheng Cheng inadvertently asked, but he didn't expect that Yi Jiang thought for a long time and didn't have an answer. Cheng Cheng is one of the classmates Yijiang met when he came to Sunshine City to go to school, and the two of them usually have close hobbies, so they naturally became good friends. Compared with Yijiang, Cheng Cheng's body looks thinner, but don't look at him so weak, he is a very tall and mighty image. His family is much richer than Yijiang, and he owns several buildings in Sunshine City. However, he is not a person who dresses flamboyantly and extravagantly like the children of other rich families, and swaggers around. Moreover, Cheng Cheng usually acts low-key and is relatively taciturn, unless he is in front of some people he knows, it is difficult to find a topic to talk to strangers, and he should not be as wealthy as Yijiang.

Yijiang asked rhetorically, "So if it were you, which side would you choose?"

"Of course it's a dream, don't you think it's boring for us to spend the days all the time? To be honest, I really want to live in troubled times, so that we can fully reflect our usefulness. ”

Yi Jiang scratched his head: "That's what I said, but isn't the war in the troubled times just for peaceful coexistence one day?" Isn't it now?" Yijiang was only halfway through his words, and Cheng Cheng interrupted: "Peace? Is it true that those who intrigue all day long and form gangs in private are also called peace? Wars in the cloak of peace, I think the world is more terrifying now than wars in troubled times, and I don't know how I died when I lost my life." ”

When Yi Jiang heard this, his face showed some indifference, and he said lightly: "Actually, I think so too, there are many people like us, we are all inconspicuous small characters in society, and no one will pay attention to us, alas...! Cheng Cheng immediately made a "shhhh

Yi Jiang took a pose and glanced at the door out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough, just as they were ready, the door was quickly opened. What came in was a fat and bloated man, neatly dressed that did not match his appearance at all, with old-fashioned myopic glasses, a few terrifying cold lights shot out from time to time in the small eye slits, with natural contempt on his mouth and feet, and his hair was oily and shiny.

The man walked into the house angrily with a look of who owed him money, and seeing who the posture was about to swallow alive, Yijiang could imagine that this man suddenly opened his disgusting bloody mouth, saliva flowed all over the ground, and then ate a person in one bite, and finally he could not escape his doom. Thinking of this, Yijiang couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, coupled with the fact that he was already a little afraid of this person, so Yijiang didn't dare to move, and sat straight in his seat like that. That's right, this person is their boss, this man killed everyone's blood in an instant with his eyes, and then said: "It's been hard lately, everyone knows that the holiday is coming, right?

As soon as these words came out, Yi Jiang and several of his colleagues couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, and they all smiled a little, and they also put down their hanging hearts, but in this excitement, they couldn't help but have some anger and complaints lingering in their hearts; excitedly, they finally got through to this time, and they were angry that this damn man, and he had to deduct a day of leave for seven days! Is it true that everyone who is a boss in the world is like this? Isn't there a good saying: "The boss of the world is as black as ever." "Is this really the case, at least Yijiang himself thinks so, if he becomes the boss one day, he will definitely not be like this. Also, if he continues like this, sooner or later, his body will be unbearable, and it is estimated that his company will almost go out of business by that time, because everyone will resign.

Yijiang's boss didn't care about the other people's expressions, he just said as usual: "Get off work!" and walked straight out. "Whew!" Yijiang let out a sigh, although he was a little dissatisfied, but he still felt a lot more relaxed when he heard that he was off work, which is exactly what all the lower-level employees in the society are thinking in their hearts now, and everyone else also showed a rare smile. Yijiang and Cheng Cheng walked out of the company without hesitation.

This is a relatively small company, and it is also the longest stay since Yijiang graduated from the city of Sunshine City, this stay is two years, and he has also applied for other companies because of school assignments, but none of them are willing to ask for these graduates. Yijiang knows that he is not good at learning, but this can be learned again in the workplace! No one can do everything as soon as he graduates.

Yijiang is still very confident in his learning ability, who knows what people say that they have no work experience! This inevitably makes many graduates angry, if all the companies in the world are like this, then where do we go to get work experience, it seems that they definitely don't understand the phrase "masters are in the people".

Yijiang said when he was separated from Cheng Cheng downstairs: "Cheng Cheng, is there anything wrong with the holiday?"

"It's okay! What's wrong?"

Yijiang has long been tired of this life like a walking corpse all day long, just like Cheng Cheng said. So he secretly thought in his heart that he would take advantage of this holiday to ask Cheng Cheng to go back to his hometown to have fun. I believe that people who have been living in the city will take him to see the scenery of nature, and Cheng Cheng will definitely agree. "Then do you want to come back to my hometown with me?!"

Cheng Cheng was silent for a long time, because he didn't know why Yijiang suddenly wanted to go back to his hometown. And to pull him. "Well, I can go at any time!

Yi Jiang was overjoyed in his heart, "Tomorrow at ten o'clock, then it's decided!" Although this tone was a bit forced, Yi Jiang knew Cheng Cheng's personality and knew their relationship. So Yijiang had long expected that he would agree, but he didn't expect it to be so simple, probably because he was really tired of this kind of life. On the way back, Yijiang was all excited, and people passing by looked at him unconsciously, thinking that he was a psychopath and gave up treatment. Yijiang didn't care about these people's gazes, but just swept these "poor people" in the world with his gaze slightly!"

Back at home, Yijiang lay on the bed and suddenly recalled the process of his childhood to adulthood, recalled all kinds of happy and bitter past, Cheng Cheng's question appeared in his mind again, he has not yet determined what kind of person he is, saying that reality is not realistic, saying that fantasy is not dreamy.

Unconsciously, Yi Jiang thought about it and fell asleep like this.

I don't know how long it took, Yijiang woke up, it was already sunny at this time, and Yijiang looked at the time. Yijiang didn't expect that this sleep would be more than ten o'clock in the morning the next day, so he slept for nearly ten hours, and he didn't even take off his clothes. I don't have time to think about why, because today he has to go back to his hometown with Cheng Cheng, he hurriedly washed up, got dressed and quickly picked up his mobile phone, but found that there was a new message, Yijiang thought it was sent by Cheng Cheng, urging him to leave quickly, or some kind of spam text message. (No, this number is not Cheng Cheng's, it seems to be a bit like a spam text message.) The sender number of the message is a five-digit phone number, which is four fours and one zero. Yi Jiang had never seen such a phone number, and what surprised Yi Jiang even more was that when he opened the message, there were two words written on it: "Death!"

When Yi Jiang first saw these two words, he thought it was a prank, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but hurriedly began to pack his luggage, he found some daily necessities and stuffed them into his backpack, such as water, paper, medicine, and various electronic devices. After loading these, Yijiang took a taxi and went straight to the station.

A few minutes later, Yijiang got out of the car and found Cheng Cheng by phone, it turned out that Cheng Cheng had already been waiting here. The two of them entered the station and bought tickets and just waited to go back, but it was already close to noon, and the geographical location of Yijiang's hometown could not be said to be far or close to Sunshine City, it took six hours to take the bus, and it was estimated that it was already dark when they arrived at Yijiang's hometown.

The two of them didn't talk much along the way, and the sleepy environment and depressing atmosphere in the car really made people not interested in chatting, but when Yijiang was in the car, he secretly made a decision in his heart, that is, when he went back this time, he must explore the place that he didn't dare to go to before.

The two of them finally survived six hours, and the day was already dark and sleepy. After Yijiang got off the car, he stepped up his pace to rush back, but he didn't forget to take two breaths of the air of his hometown, the rural environment is different from the city, and what he breathed into was the unpolluted breath of nature.

"It's still good air outside!" Cheng Cheng couldn't help but sigh. "Yes, that's good!" Yi Jiang said as he looked at the village in front of him that was getting closer and closer, and an indescribable feeling suddenly welled up in his heart, he only felt that many things suddenly came to mind in his heart, this small village "Yangshan" that gave him childhood memories. There are more than 2,000 people living in the village, which is about three square kilometers in size. Yijiang grew up here, whether he liked it here before or not, this is where he grew up. His grandfather, grandmother, and grandfather have now moved out of the area, and now they are back in the village and can only live in their old house.

The old house of the Yijiang family was in the middle of the entire village, and the two of them didn't walk long before they came to a rusty iron gate. What made Yijiang strange was that the door was not locked, because Yangshan Village obviously no longer had his relatives living here, and the door should be locked. Yi Jiang gently pushed it with his hand, and the door was gently pushed open, followed by the strange sound of the iron door rubbing.

It was already dark, and Yijiang looked into the courtyard through the brightness of the moonlight, thinking that the yard that should have been overgrown with vines and grass was also clean, and even the houses that should be dilapidated were intact, and there were obviously some traces of manual repair.

"Huh, doesn't that seem right?"

Cheng Cheng immediately asked, "What? Could it be that you are in the wrong place?"

"No, this is indeed my home, but it shouldn't be so clean, no one has lived in it for a few years!"

"Who are you looking for?" An old voice came from behind the two, Yijiang and Cheng Cheng were suddenly startled by this voice, a voice suddenly appeared behind the black light, and anyone would be afraid, not to mention that Yijiang and Cheng Cheng were thinking intently. The two of them suddenly turned their heads at the same time as the voice was remembered, but fortunately, there was not some demon or monster behind them, but an old man in simple clothes, his hair was gray, his hand was on crutches, and there was a slight smile on his wrinkled face.

Yi Jiang exhaled, although he didn't know this old man, but his face was not scary, so he fixed his mind and asked: "Old man, are you also here to find someone?" The old man first laughed a few times, and the laughter was mixed with a few coughs: "What is the matter with you two coming to me so late?", "Looking for you?" Yi Jiang chewed this word in his mind, it was clear that he was going home, how did he become looking for him! (Oh...!It turned out that he lived here!) Yi Jiang, who suddenly understood it, asked: "Who are you?" I'm just an inconspicuous old man, you're Xiao Shao's son, right? You've grown up, and I'm almost unrecognizable." Yijiang understood that what the old man said about Xiao Shao was his father's nickname, so he said with certainty: "Yes! It's me! My name is Yijiang, and this is my classmate Cheng Cheng." ”

Cheng Cheng smiled at the old man to say hello, although his way of greeting can only be understood by Yijiang, because Cheng Cheng is very familiar with Yijiang, he is usually relatively low-key, and he can laugh to give the other party a lot of face. But his heart is very kind and warm, but he doesn't know how to express it. The old man looked at the two of them and still smiled and said, "Then let's go into the house first!

The two followed into the house, and after entering the house, the old man lit a candle. "Why don't you have a light?" Cheng Cheng asked casually. The old man smiled bitterly: "Because I'm too old to use too bright lights, dazzling." ”

As soon as Yijiang entered the house, he found that the environment inside was much warmer than he imagined, or because he hadn't lived in an old house for a long time and slept in an old kang kang, he finally had the warmth of home in his childhood memories. "This kang is big, it's still more than enough to fit the three of us, come on, sit down!" After the old man finished speaking, he walked to a table, picked up something and stuffed it into his mouth, Yijiang understood, it turned out that the old man was taking medicine, I believe it must be medicine to treat his cough.

Yijiang and Cheng Cheng saw that the old man was so enthusiastic, and they were embarrassed to be humble, he felt that he had not come to his own home, but Yijiang still thanked the old man. The old man replied with a smile: "It's nothing, I also want to thank your parents, if they hadn't let me live here last year, I, a bad old man, would have fed the dogs somewhere?" (coughing) The three of them were already sitting on the kang while talking, Yijiang took over the topic and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, who are you? Why haven't I seen you before!", "Alas, no wonder you don't know me, I have always had bad legs and feet and don't go out often, but my grandson should be known! He is about the same age as you, his name is Zhu Yun." Yijiang first made sure he had heard correctly. (Zhu Yun! Then he won't be Zhu Yun's grandfather, right?)

Yijiang once heard Zhu Yun mention that he had a grandfather with bad legs and feet, Zhu Yun is a very good friend of Yijiang, when he was young, Zhu Yun was very naughty, always fighting with people, because he was too young to know how to be humble, now Zhu Yun has become much more stable, and he is no longer as naughty and troublesome as he was when he was a child.

Yi Jiang thought of this and said with a face full of surprise: "I know your grandson, we are good friends!", the old man said with joy on his face: "Oh, yes, that's great!", Yi Jiang hurriedly asked: "By the way, Zhu Yun didn't come back?", "It's coming, there are still two days." ”

Time passed minute by minute, Yijiang chatted like this for more than an hour, and finally talked about dry mouth, the old man also enthusiastically made some simple meals for them, Yijiang and the two of them ate dimly, hungry for an afternoon, only ate some bread and snacks in the car, the stomach had already begun to growl, if it wasn't for the old man to remind him, the excitement of returning home made Yijiang no longer know that he was hungry, and they all fell asleep after eating.

That night, the moon was bright, the sky was full of stars, and the crickets and gnats sang happily in the grass, and a few dog barks were heard from time to time. Yijiang turned over, even he didn't know if he was asleep now, he just listened attentively to this beautiful sound, and then looked around with half-open hazy eyes, the old man was sleeping deeply, Cheng Cheng was still turning over, probably because he was a little unaccustomed to sleeping on the farmhouse kang all of a sudden, but his eyes were closed, it is estimated that he didn't even know when he turned over, it is estimated that Cheng Cheng is wandering between falling asleep and not asleep.

The wall clock on the wall ticked and ticked, and even a few snores could be heard. Yijiang looked out the window again, the night sky in the countryside was full of stars, it was really beautiful, and a crescent moon hung in the air to highlight its brightness.

Yi Jiang couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It's so beautiful...!" and then took a deep breath, and at this moment, Yi Jiang suddenly noticed that there was a star in the night sky outside that was moving, and it was constantly getting bigger and bigger.

No, it's not getting bigger, but it's gradually approaching here, and in the blink of an eye, the star has become a luminous body larger than the moon, and as it approaches, it comes to Yijiang's front at some point, yes, it's already above Yijiang's head. Yi Jiang was taken aback, his eyes widened and he stared at this luminous body tightly, and only then did he feel that although this luminous body was light, it was not dazzling.

The luminous body then slowly darkened, and the luminous body slowly appeared, it was a pendant with a circular pattern, which looked like the shape of a sun from the pattern, and Yijiang was about to look carefully, the pendant violently shot out a dazzling light, and Yijiang suddenly fainted.