Data Wasteland

For Mrs. Ursula, apart from food, housing is another hell.

A long line of Datong shop, underneath is a red clay hot kang, on which is covered with straw mats, permeated with a sweat and sour smell.

Brooke sat at the door and leaned directly against the wall, and it didn't take long for him to snore.

The maid cleaned for more than half an hour, then spread a blanket and sleeping bag, and then she felt she could barely lie down. Compared to the wild, the only advantage here is probably the well water.

It is cool and refreshing, with a little sweetness, which is refreshing.

In this way, a group of people stayed.

A few days later, in early November, the Wilderness Circus that the store guy said finally came.

A warm drum trumpet sounded outside the village, and caravans came in and stopped on the square at the entrance of the village.

The first group of clowns in strange costumes to get out of the car were all disabled with arms and legs, lame, blind and deaf, holding a begging basin in their hands, doing a funny performance while begging to the onlookers.

This is the tradition of the Wilderness Circus, called "beggars open the way." It is said that the embryonic form of the Wilderness Circus was a group of beggars who could not survive, gathered together and depended on each other. At first they just wandered around, begging for a living. Later, in order to increase the success rate of begging, some small animals were raised for performances to increase the fun, and then later, some small crafts were made and sold.

Then, Liu Ying and the goddess joined the group.

After thousands of years of development, it has gradually evolved into today's Wilderness Circus, a diversified mobile business system integrating begging, circus performance, tarot divination, herbal medicine, small craft sales, and skin and meat business.

Ursula and her party stood in the crowd, Marguerite's eyes widened, full of curiosity about everything new.

"Madam, eldest lady, good job, give me some reward!"

An old blind man with a cane stretched out the pitted basin and begged the two.

"Aren't you blind, how did you see us?" Marguerite asked strangely, obviously there were no eyeballs in the other's eyes, only whites, but she accurately stated the identity of their mother and daughter.

"Haha..." The old blind man pointed to his nose, "I smelled the perfume of the noble lady."

"It's amazing!" Marguerite exclaimed, taking out three gold coins from the old butler's purse and throwing them into the basin.

"Oh, three gold coins, kind eldest lady, the wandering **** will bless you." The old blind man opened his hands, bent his body, and performed a standard noble courtesy.

According to the rules, after a beggar gets the reward, no other beggar can disturb the kind person who gives alms.

Following the beggar was the drum horn team, which turned out to be a group of monkeys riding goats, playing trumpets and drums, and they looked very funny and made the villagers laugh.

"Roar!"

A **** female trainer sits on the back of a lion, waving her long whip from time to time, making a crisp sound of breaking through the sky.

If Chen Xing was here, he would definitely think of a person-Princess Allure, Lacey Maris. Only the riding lion was replaced by a two-headed manticore "Manticore", and the whip was replaced by a gold double gun.

Then, a group of actors and actresses in gym suits, with enthusiastic smiles on their faces, kept beckoning and blowing kisses to the onlookers.

Then there was a group of players, some playing the accordion, some playing the tuba, and some playing the violin. The music was messy but very lively.

At the end were a group of old women in tattered cloth robes, with crutches in their hands, their robes dragged to the ground, dirty.

Goddess, an old woman who specializes in occupying the fate of servants and providing some herbal medicine.

"Wow, they are so happy~"

Marguerite couldn't help but exclaimed. Although these people are in ragged clothes, and their bodies and faces are covered with traces of poverty and hunger that cannot be erased, they all have one characteristic in common, that is, they feel happy from the bottom of their hearts.

The world seems to have opened a new page for the Earl’s eldest lady.

A world that has never been seen before, outside of cognition.

It turns out that there is still such a life.

It turns out that a smile can be

With so splendid.

It turns out that happiness can be so simple and so unrestrained.

The smiles she saw were completely different from those of the nobles in Ice Blue City.

Although the nobles of Ice Blue City always have gentle smiles on their faces, in fact, anyone can feel their coldness and vigilance, as if a smiling lion will violently hurt people at any time.

For them, smiling is just a kind of etiquette, something that must be carried, not really happy.

Others are like this, and she is like this too. Smile every day and face anyone with a smile, but the ice cooling in my heart is inversely proportional to the smile on my face. Often the happier you laugh, the more you want to kill the other person.

Because she grew up in such an environment and surrounded by such people, she can only become such a person, otherwise she will be rejected by that circle and become a "loser".

And the happiness of these people is simple and pure, like a bird flying across the sky, free and unrestrained.

Because I am happy, I laugh.

It is not only the Ursula lady who touches the heartstrings, but also the lady.

She remembered the girlhood running in the countryside and the day of the wedding with her husband. It seemed that it had been a long, long time, and she had not felt such joy.

The Wilderness Circus is an angel that brings happiness to those struggling to survive in the harsh environment.

Power, wealth, and status are not important to them. They don't care about poverty, hunger, and discriminatory eyes. The only thing they need is happiness.

Their happiness infects countless people who are struggling on the edge of the world and living hard, so that they can continue to live, feel the warmth of the sun, and the goodwill of the world.

Before she knew it, Mrs. Ursula put her arms around her daughter's shoulders, and the latter also got her small head into her arms.

The mother and daughter cuddled with each other, as if time had slowed down, like a trickle of water, soft and quiet.

At this moment, they reconciled.

In the afternoon, the circus raised a huge tent and held a grand performance.

Although the equipment is a bit old, the speakers are hoarse, and the costumes are rudimentary, the dancing girls are either too old and slow in their movements, or too young to learn to be clumsy. As for the animal performances, the lion dared not jump through the ring of fire and rushed out of the stage halfway through the stage. Chasing the monkey who was teasing him, a group of villagers frightened and shouted for a refund.

Regardless of professionalism, being happy is indeed very happy.

After the performance, it was already night. A huge bonfire was set up outside the circus tent. People gathered around the fire, holding hands, singing and dancing.

Suddenly, a high-pitched music overwhelmed the accordion and six-string guitar.

The movement is brisk and joyous, just like the sound of nature. Everyone stopped and looked at where the music was coming from.

I saw a young girl walking out of the crowd, her white neck propped a violin, the strings were pulling quickly, and two golden ponytails were beating in a brisk melody. As soon as he turned around, the skirt flew up, as graceful as the fairy fairy in the legend.

People gradually came back to their senses, and jumped to the rhythm of the music, and the dance became more enthusiastic and unrestrained.

When the music reached its climax, Marguerite was covered in blue light, jumped onto the bonfire, her little red leather shoes stepped on the burning logs, the ballet step swayed freely, and the high-pitched piano sounded straight into the sky.

The people cheered. I don't know who shouted the slogan "flaming swan" first, and everyone followed.

The carnival lasted all night, until the next morning, the tired-faced people left one after another.

The Wilderness Circus will stay for three days. On the first day there will be large-scale performances and bonfire carnivals. On the second day, it will become magic and throw fireballs and other small acrobatics. By the way, small crafts will be sold. , The third day continues the second day's things.

For the refugees who have been busy for a whole year, the three days of the circus are the happiest times of the year, even happier than the harvest festival.

Especially for those old bachelors who have not married a wife, or who have grown up but do not have a girlfriend, no

A young guy who vents strong hormones everywhere.

Compared with ordinary orioles with a fixed residence, the quality of the orioles in the circus is generally not high. They can’t be too good in their skin when they sleep and eat in the wild all day long, but the price is relatively cheap, and sometimes they don’t need money. Food will do.

Moreover, the circus warbler has a tradition of not taking any contraceptive measures. Once pregnant, they are born and raised by the big family of the circus to supplement the population.

Among these children, some grew up to be acrobats, animal trainers, craftsmen, or guards and warblers.

The descendants of some of these refugees are in the circus. If they pass by again, their blood relatives will have to pay a large amount of support if they want to claim it, or they may give up their settled life and join the circus so that they can be with their children. life.

Usually the Wilderness Circus will have its own itinerary. This route is relatively fixed, going back and forth between familiar villages, basically once a year. After all, the refugee villages and fringe towns are very poor and cannot withstand too frequent carnivals.

If there is an accidental "car crash", it means that two wilderness circuses come to the same village at the same time, or if a circus has just been here not long ago, they will leave politely.

But this kind of time is rare, because they will agree with the local village chief or tribal leader a date for next year.

For example, after the circus leaves, the village chief of Guzala Village will hang a colorful flag at the entrance of the village, which means that the circus has visited this year or that there has been an agreed object. Seeing this flag, other circuses will leave silently.

On the third day, Ursula's mother and daughter visited the head of the circus.

"The beautiful Miss Flame Swan, and this honorable lady, what can I do for you two?" In middle age, some bald heads bowed and greeted.

Ever since Marguerite’s amazing violin solo and the ballet posture of walking through the flames that day, everyone has started to call her that.

"We want to go north, don't know where you will pass?" Marguerite asked.

"We will arrive in Beifeng Town before the beginning of winter, and spend the whole winter there, passing Dashi Village, Niujiao Village, Lazi Tribe, Prade Town, Locke Town, Roast Duck Town, Lanhua Town... "

Hearing Orchid Town, Marguerite's pretty eyes lit up, and she immediately asked to follow the team to the north.

Under Brooke's repeated warnings, even though the middle-aged uncle seemed to be a good person, Marguerite still did not reveal the true destination, so as not to be prying.

Although Marguerite has reservations, the tradition of the Wilderness Circus is that no one will refuse to come. Anyone who wants to join can come and leave at any time, not to mention the noble lady who is willing to pay for the travel expenses.

After getting a huge sum of one hundred gold coins-for the Wilderness Circus, one hundred gold zizi may be half a month's income, and the leader vacated a newer caravan for them to use.

The caravan is fuel-powered, with long strips of carpet on the inside and thick patchwork of canvas on the outside. Although it looks tattered, it is quite comfortable to sit inside. At least you can lie down without basking in the sun.

However, compared with the unrelenting tolerance and friendliness of the wild circus, it also has its cruel and ruthless side. During the trip, people who are sick and sick will soon die and be buried everywhere.

People who lose their function are also easy to be abandoned, because everyone is free and can't ask for too much.

A bard once wrote, "If one day, you feel tired, tired, disappointed in this hypocritical world, and want to lay down all your burdens and find your own happiness, then you can join a The team of the Wilderness Circus, because there is only happiness there."

The Wilderness Circus has always been full of dramatic romance, but the premise is that all pursuits in the world have been given up, and all fame and fortune, love and hatred, responsibilities and obligations have been left behind.

Compared with Holy Light Church, New Zen Buddhism, and Supreme Spiritualism, the pure heart, low desires, and otherworldly, the Wilderness Circus is more pure and thorough.

Let me ask, how can an organization with a strict hierarchy and a territorial concept and expansion needs be truly undesirable and extraordinary?