Volume 1 Alone in the Demon City Chapter 1 Special Festival
Today's Double 11 is a special day.
Tang Muye didn't know if this was his holiday, although he was single again, but he had an extra son by his side.
At this time, it was already late at night, Tang Muye was sitting on the train to the magic capital, buying a hard seat ticket, and his son Tang Yihuan was lying on the seat next to him, sleeping soundly on his laps, covered with a small red blanket.
This is the first time he has gone far away, when the train leaves the station, his mood is quite complicated, there are expectations for the future, there is the sorrow of leaving home, and there is a hint of worry in the excitement, the train will have an end, but where is his life going?
He gently covered the blanket for the child, then leaned back in his seat and fell into deep thought.
In the countryside, it is said that people are diligent and produce treasures, but in this remote mountainous area where "the sky is sunny for three days, and the land is flat for three miles", there is not much land per capita, even if it is a bumper harvest, it is just that it will not starve to death, prices are soaring, and it is really not much to sell grain in exchange for other materials, and life is becoming more and more difficult day by day.
Almost all the young people in their hometowns have gone out to work, and there are only the elderly and children left in the village, and then there are some older unmarried young people, who have no conditions to go out to work, so they can only stay at home.
It is said on the Internet that there are now more than 30 million singles in the country, that is to say, one in ten men of school age will not be able to marry a wife, this data Tang Muye believes, because he combines the situation of his own village and neighboring villages to speculate, and finds that the proportion seems to be higher.
Of course, it is normal for the mountainous areas to lag behind, and the proportion is higher.
After all, almost all the girls in the nearby villages have gone out to work, so where else can they find a partner at home?
And a single father like Tang Muye with a child is even more difficult to remarry.
In these years, women do not worry about getting married, but it is becoming more and more difficult for men to marry a daughter-in-law, the bride price is higher and higher year by year, and the grade of the banquet is also constantly improving.
There are not many ways to make money in rural areas, but there are not many places to spend money, and if you just rely on farming, you can't cope with the annual human exchanges.
Therefore, even those who stay at home in their fifties and sixties to farm and take care of their grandchildren, after the busy farming, will go to the construction sites in nearby cities to do odd jobs to earn some money to supplement the family, so that they can get by.
In fact, the country life is not bad, the pace is slow, the air is fresh, and a person is free, that is, he farms when he is busy with farming, and he can live the rest of the time as he wants.
It's a pity that as a father, you have to be responsible for your child's future.
There is no one at home to help take care of the children, everything can only be relied on by themselves, after the busy farming, you can't take the children to work on the construction site!
Sometimes, watching the child play there carefree and worried, he still has an unreal feeling in his heart, he has really become a father, is he the child's father?
There are thousands of roads in the world, but after thinking about it, he felt that he seemed to have only one way to go, and that was to take his children to the outside world to see if he could mix up his personal appearance.
This year's harvest is not bad, I sold all the grain, and I have more than 8,000 yuan in my hand, saving some flowers, and I can probably support it until there is an income!
I don't know if this is a ruin, selling food, and even having a way back home, I can only bury my head and move forward, just like the saying - "Since I have chosen a distant place, I only care about the wind and rain." ”
Since it is not the Spring Festival period, the train is not crowded, and it is estimated that there are still 20% of the seats in the carriage that no one sits, so that the people who are just cheaper in the seats next to them can lie down and sleep, which is regarded as a sleeper.
At this time, it was past midnight, the night was deeper, the train was still running in the mountains, there were many tunnels, not long after walking out of one tunnel, and soon entered the next tunnel.
The scenery outside the window recedes rapidly and constantly changes, sometimes you can see the hazy outline of the mountains, sometimes you can see some villages with lights on, and when you pass through the town, you can also see rows of cold street lamps, and occasionally you can see the night scene of the big city with brilliant lights.
Inside, about two-thirds of the people in the carriage have fallen asleep, some lying down, some leaning on their seats. And the remaining third, most of them are still playing with their mobile phones, some are reading novels, watching the news, and some are typing and chatting, almost all of them consciously do not let the mobile phone make a sound, only a small number of people are still talking in a whisper.
Tang Muye was not sleepy at all, because his heart could not be calm, and he was a little anxious in his excitement, if it was just one person, it would be fine, one person would be full, and the whole family would not be hungry. But it's different with a child, no matter how hard you are, you can't be bitter with the child!
Seeing that his son was sleeping so soundly, he didn't dare to move, in case he woke up the child, it would not be good.
Tang Muye leaned on the back of the seat and thought, thinking, he fell asleep unconsciously, and when he woke up, it was dawn.
He habitually reached into his trouser pocket and touched his mobile phone, wanting to see what time it was, but as soon as the pocket was empty, he immediately panicked, and then rummaged through all the pockets of his clothes and pants, but he couldn't find it. With a bit of luck, he let the child stand in the aisle, rummaged through the seat and the bag placed under the seat, but still did not find it, and then finally gave up, it seems that it was really lost.
At this time, an uncle sitting opposite him told him that when he stopped at the station at three o'clock in the morning, he fell asleep, and five or six people came up in the carriage, and one of them sat next to him, and the rest stood around his seat, and after a while, they got up again and left.
They stop and go in the car, and when they see someone asleep, they will stop and sit close to each other, some people take cover, and one person approaches the sleeping person to steal things, presumably he is not the only one who loses something in the car.
Sure enough, after a while, several people found out that they had lost something, and one woman was so anxious that she began to cry.
Some lost their mobile phones, some lost their wallets, some lost their jewelry, and one woman even lost the small bag she was carrying.
There was also a man in his forties who put his ID card and ticket in his wallet, and it was stolen along with the wallet, and he was so anxious that he scolded in the carriage, but what was the effect? It's just a way to vent your emotions.
Those people got on the bus from this side of the carriage, got off from the other side, and ran away for a long time, everyone looked for the attendant, and the attendant was also helpless, he said: "I have been reminding you all the way, to take care of your valuables, if you are traveling with many people, it is best to take turns to rest, but you are still so careless, now that the things are lost, where can I find them for you!" ”
In the end, that is, find the police, register, and then everyone leaves a phone number, and the police say, if it is found, call again.
In fact, everyone understands in their hearts that this is basically hopeless.
Tang Muye was secretly glad that his wallet was in his trouser pocket on the other side, and the child was sleeping on his pillow, so it was not stolen, otherwise the bank card, some cash and ID cards were also stolen.
Not long after he went out, he encountered such a thing, which was really sad, Tang Muye's mood became a little lost and irritable inexplicably.
But in front of the child, he can't show too many negative emotions, so he quickly adjusts his psychology and doesn't care so much.
When the train stopped at Hangcheng Station, Tang Muye, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, suddenly heard a girl shouting in his hometown: "Tang Muye!? I didn't expect to see you here, where are you going? ”