Chapter 35: Star Luo City
Xingluo City is a prosperous city, although it is not as technologically advanced and high-rise buildings as Shrek City and Mingdu, but its ancient buildings and the trees that fall cherry blossoms everywhere on the roadside make people forget to return.
This is a beautiful city, it is like a magnet to attract the people around it, countless people want to settle down in Xingluo City, enjoy the beautiful sunset and the cherry blossoms in June.
Huang Li is one of them, he fled to Star Luo City in a famine five years ago, and as soon as he arrived, he was attracted by the scenery and bustling appearance here, he had never seen such a clean street, and he had never seen such a dense and bustling market.
He longs for the environment, and he wants to make a home here.
But the reality is often not as good as it should be, he has no job and abandoned the fields that have been cultivated for generations, and he cannot even survive here.
Until one day, he was finally picked by the labor market, and with all the net worth obtained from begging, he threw himself into this industry without hesitation and became an ordinary rickshaw driver.
He finally had a head, and he felt that he could rely on his own strength to set up a small home in Xingluo City, a little bit of a small home, even if it was just a small place of a few square meters.
But how could he, who had never seen the world, endure all kinds of temptations. Prostitutes with weak bodies, exciting gambling, delicious wine and meat, there is always a voice lingering in my head.
"Enjoy it for a while, just for a while, and it won't get in the way"
He sank, like any rickshaw puller, in the extravagance of the big city, even forgetting who he was and forgetting his purpose.
Only occasionally at night would he regret in his contemplation, regret what he had done, regret that he had wasted his hard-earned money. But the next day, as usual, he entered the house of the prostitute, which was filled with the pungent scent.
He even fell into self-doubt, wondering if he still needed to save some money, wondering if he didn't need to have a car of his own, wondering if he didn't need to buy a small house.
It seemed that a voice was telling him that this was good, just need to enjoy it, and then enjoy it.
Until that day, a group of refugees poured into Star Luo City, and as usual, there seemed to be no difference, just a few more competitors, but these competitors would soon become fewer.
Not everyone can afford to work in a rickshaw, and there is often an influx of refugees that adds to their already modest incomes, but it's not something to worry about.
In just four or five months, a large number of people will die from unbearable hard work. Huang Li is one of the best, just like his name - Huang Li, has a good body and a good strength.
Huang Li has seen many of his peers die inexplicably, or they drink a few sips of cold water and blow up their lungs after pulling customers, or they catch up with the guests who have been pulling in for a day, and finally die suddenly and inexplicably.
However, Huang Li is not worried about himself, he believes that he will be the survivor and believe in his body.
Huang Li met a woman among these refugees, a woman with a child in her arms, whose shack was right next to him, and the crying of the child could often be heard at night.
Huang Li knew very well that such a woman with a child would not be able to survive in this large Star Luo City, unless she could abandon her dignity.
Huang Li felt noisy at first, and he felt that the damn baby's crying every day affected his rest. Later, he began to sympathize, he thought of his former wife, who died in that escape, and he thought of the child who starved to death during that flight, how similar it was to this scene.
It was as if he had returned to that day, the day he had forgotten for so many years, the day of grief.
He began to help the woman and her child, not for anything else, but because this scene pierced his heart and reminded him of that day.
He was fantasizing, fantasizing that it would be nice if someone would give him some relief, just like himself.
Until that day, he hurried back from pulling the cart with two hot meat buns, cheap but delicious.
From the moment he stepped into the alley, he sensed that something was wrong, and the woman's cry was heard in the distance, and he hurried over.
The woman was in rags, and there was a dirty homeless man who wanted to plot against the woman, so he rushed up, and I don't know where he got the courage and strength, and smashed the homeless man to death with a roadside stone.
He was panicking, this was his first murder, and he was afraid of being discovered, so he secretly threw the homeless man's body out.
But who cares about the death of a homeless man in Nuoda Star Luo City? Just as a feral cat dies in a fight with a wild dog, no one cares whether a stray cat lives or dies.
It doesn't seem right to say this, stray cats are still cared about, but who cares about their own kind with a greasy heart? Humans are always cruel to their own kind.
The woman began to slowly approach the man and take care of his life, and the two shacks were merged. Once again, he felt the feeling of home, the taste of home.
He understood that the woman didn't love him, but she just recognized this cruel and beautiful Star Luo City, she was just looking for a backer, a reliable person.
Who cares, Huang Li doesn't care if a woman loves him or not, and he doesn't care if a woman approaches him for some reason. He liked the feeling of stability, if it was just a matter of taking what he wanted, false love and family.
Huang Li felt that life was rushing, he wanted to give a woman a home, and wanted to raise that child with a woman, even if it was not his own child.
Huang Li no longer went to rooms full of pungent fragrances, stopped gambling, stopped eating, drinking and having fun, began to save money, put the worn, dirty, and badly worn copper soul coins in a small bag, and counted them every day after work to see how much was still missing.
Watching every hundred Bronze Soul Coins exchange for Silver Shining Brand New Silver Soul Coins, his heart was extremely comfortable, and the Silver Shining Soul Coins and women provided him with great motivation.
However, slowly, he found that he seemed to be tired, he could no longer withstand the high-intensity pulling of the cart, and he could no longer hold the copper soul coins in his hands.
That day, he pulled two small children, a boy and a girl, just two little children, and they didn't even run, but they felt their chests stuffy and couldn't breathe.
He panicked, and he kept reassuring himself that he was just too hot and uncomfortable, just because of the weather.
Finally, he had to save enough money, a total of five Silver Soul Coins, and he could finally have a car of his own.
He began to fantasize about a better life in the future, he could save some money and buy a small house, a real house to live in, which could support the family, and the children would gradually grow up.
Only the last few copper soul coins are missing, only the last few, but it happened to be raining, and there were few guests on the rainy day, so he could only collect the car early and feel the warmth of home in the small shed that leaked rain.
The cherry blossoms had already fallen with the rainstorm last night, and the morning sun was nailed to the ground through the heavy dark clouds.
He was very excited, today the sky was fine, and he could finally pick up a few guests beautifully and get the copper soul coins full of heat and body temperature.
He had been discussing the shift change with others early in the morning, he couldn't wait for a moment, and he felt like he was committing a crime when he sat quietly for a while, and he took the car with passion and impulse.
Wantonly looking for customers in the streets, expecting the hot copper soul coins to jingle when they fall into their pockets.
Star Luo City didn't know what was going on, many people were busy, and overnight, many strange people appeared on the streets, and there were many more empty-eyed women.
After waiting for a long time, he finally received the first customer, and he ran hard, like a wild horse, wantonly swaying his strength.
His luck was good, he just finished pulling a guest and found the next one, and one by one the copper soul coins went into his waist bag as he ran.
Finally, after half a morning, he finished pulling the last guest, and the money was enough, not a penny, a lot, four silver soul coins and a hundred copper soul coins.
The small cloth bag on his waist is bulging, and he can hear a pleasant jingle even if he walks.
What a lucky day, he thought, and took a jingling bag of copper soul coins, and slowly pulled the cart towards the small shack.
He was desperate to tell the woman the good news and share his joy with her.
But as soon as he had taken two steps, a great sense of exhaustion overwhelmed him, and he felt dizzy and dizzy, and he wanted to sleep, much like lying on the ground and sleeping beautifully.
His eyes were a little dark, and he felt that he was tired, very tired, and he only needed to rest for a while, for a while.
He parked the car in a small corner, where no one could see it, and he sat in the car, carrying the money bag in his arms, and holding it tightly in his clothes.
His eyes were a little dark, and he felt that maybe he was tired, and when he was tired, he would take a nap for a while, just for a while.
He just closed his eyes, smiled on his face, and never got up again......
No one found that in a certain corner of Star Luo City, a person died in his own dreams, in this dark corner.
Only the woman remembered him, looking for him like crazy, she couldn't tell what it was like, maybe the man couldn't live after he disappeared, or maybe she was really in love with the man.
The people in the car shop said that he ran away, and quietly ran away with the car, but the woman didn't believe it, she still held on to hope and carefully looked for the man.
It wasn't until three days later that the dealership found the man's body, which had rotted and had grown maggots on a hot summer day, staining the car with a foul smell.
They pushed the man away with sticks like a dead dog, and threw him on the muddy and dirty ground. The man's money bag fell out, and soul coins were scattered on the ground.
They carefully picked up the money, counted it carefully, and did not worry that the stench of decay would stain them, so they took the car with them.
After carefully washing the car several times, the car was in the hands of the next person, and the person holding the car was also so simple and stocky, and he was also the first time to come to Star Luo City. How long can he last? No one knows the answer to this question.
As for the woman, what could be more desperate than having a child.
She finally walked into the room full of pungent fragrance, slowly losing herself in the years, and losing the meaning of life in the years.
Many years later, she was old, she had contracted some kind of dirty disease, she could no longer make money, she had suffered and humiliated, but it didn't matter, the important thing was that her children had finally grown up.
No one is qualified to say that she is dirty, and her soul shines like gold in the entire Star Luo City, and is as noble as a god. What could be nobler than a strong mother, and what could be nobler than a mother's love?
Her children eventually became rickshaw drivers and got the same rented car, old, clean, and without a rancid smell.
Her child, just like the man who died in Star Luo City, is also full of hope for life, hoping to make herself and her mother live a better life, hoping to have a house of her own in Star Luo City, even if it is small......