The Tight Embrace of the End Times

"Then what did you do later? What efforts did you make to change the status quo?" Old Wu couldn't help asking, you must know how much he hated Beggar Chen at the beginning. I can't stop worrying about his affairs.

Beggar Chen said: "I was in a trance for a while, and I didn't go to work. My family couldn't stand it anymore and forced me to go out, but I couldn't go back to the factory, but I wasn't worried at all. If you think about it, you can’t make any money anyway, so I won’t go. As you can see, the economy in Yanghai City is in a downturn, and people who want to make money are running out. I want to go out too, but it’s just from us. People usually go to the construction site as brick movers at the beginning, and after getting familiar with one place, they slowly plan for other things. I can't do the work on the construction site, and it requires a man with healthy hands, so I didn't follow others. Go out together, me, I went to the city opposite Yanghai City, Binhai City. Binhai City is really different from Yanghai City, the buildings are so tall that you can’t see the roof, and everyone is dressed brightly, why don’t you Take care of yourself and you are embarrassed to go out. I also went to the beach in Binhai City to have a look. There is a beautiful and smooth coastline, white and soft sand, and a lot of trees. I asked later, it is called coconut The fruit on it is called coconut, and many people like to drink it. There are no fishermen there, and the buildings there are all European-style glass buildings, which are completely different from the small fishing village in my hometown. Is this still the seaside? Why are the two sides of the same sea so different? People in my hometown have a smell of fish all year round. People here walk by and bring a scent of fragrance, which makes people feel very comfortable. Even people are like this. It's different, fate is such a prejudice, it's really not a thing."

Everyone has sympathy and sympathy, one side supports the other side, no one has the experience of beggar Chen, nor the deep and angry experience he has.

Beggar Chen went on to say: "I hate the sea, but I decided to stay by the seaside in Binhai City. I imagined that the other side of the sea is my hometown, and there is my old mother's love for me in the sea. I want to stay on this seaside. I am looking for After many days, I couldn’t find a job, and the money in my pocket was about to run out. One day, I was squatting on the bridge in frustration, and a passerby threw 10 yuan at me. I was stunned, and I wanted to chase I went up and said, I am not a beggar, but people have gone far away, but I need money, I kept the money, I simply continued to squat on the bridge, buried my face between my knees, and put the hat on my head in front of me , Passing tourists throw money to me in twos and threes, and after a day, the money is no less than that of my fellow villagers on the construction site."

What a sad start.There is nothing wrong with people being kind and helping those in need.

Beggar Chen said: "I tried several times and confirmed that this road is passable. Once I accidentally exposed my broken left hand. Instead of being disgusted or afraid, pedestrians cared more about me. That day I I got much more money than before. Later, I exposed the wounds that I have been unwilling to show to others."

Everyone sighed, and just embarked on the road of begging.

Beggar Chen was also complacent: "I do this job, but I am self-taught."

The sympathy that everyone felt for him just now disappeared.

Beggar Chen went on to say: "I have done this business, and I have given up on marrying a wife. I am very good to my nephews. I just think that one day, I can't walk, and my nephews will take care of me. Oh, by the way, I also want a big house, a house like the seaside in Binhai City, I used all the money I raised to build a house, a white European-style building, on the original address of my hometown."

Everyone frowned, Nian Xia asked: "Then why are you alone now? Where are your brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces?"

Beggar Chen smiled wryly: "At that time, more than a year ago, didn't there be disasters everywhere? People in the city were panicked, so I went back to the fishing village and lived in a small European-style building. But the sea ruined everything again. A tsunami swept up half of the city, and the fishing village was the first to bear the brunt. Fortunately, not far from the fishing village, there were some rolling hills. Those who ran to the hillsides were lucky enough to survive. That's how I survived. After the tsunami, things changed, countless people died, my younger brother and two nephews also died in this tsunami, countless houses and property were lost, and my small European-style building just disappeared. Later, My younger siblings took all their nephews and nieces away, not only them, this Yanghai City, this circle near the sea, everyone who can walk has gone."

Nian Xia asked, "Then why don't you go with me?"

Beggar Chen said: "Let's go? Where are we going? It's not the same everywhere. I have nothing. The life of begging has made me lazy and lucky. I can't do anything. It's better to stay here forever. If one day I die, I also want to die in the sea, just like my old mother, in the next life, I will be his son and start over." Beggar Chen said this, bowing his waist, full of decadence.

Everyone hated what he did and sympathized with what happened to him.

Beggar Chen patted his stomach and was full. Seeing that there was still a little vegetable soup in the pot, he simply poured it all into his broken bowl and drank it in one gulp. He took it into his own bowl and salivated and said, "Brothers, please give me some more, I don't have many good meals left, so please show kindness again."

Everyone was speechless, but they still gave him some sweet potatoes and some corn.

Old Wu said bitterly: "As expected, beggars are still so annoying, they are all liars."

The relationship between Nian Xia and Lao Wu turned out to be very good, a good-looking and kind child, older people would prefer it.

Later, Nian Xia told Gu Leng that Lao Wu hated beggars so much because he was cheated by beggars, and he once swore that he would not give beggars a penny or a grain of food.

After the beggar Chen left, everyone cleaned up the pots and bowls together, and then found a place to sleep.

Since this is a wasteland, there are only a few haystacks, so everyone found a haystack to rest on.

It's just that you have to go through some spiritual baptism before you can fall asleep. What happened to beggar Chen makes you feel uncomfortable. I can't help worrying more about the beach I'm going to, and about the tsunami.

In adversity, some people can face the difficulties and get out of the predicament through their own efforts.But some people will be devastated and never get up again.

In modern society, the growth process of many people is gentle and gentle. Is this catastrophe of the end of the world a test for human beings? Those who die will die forever, and those who survive will bring history to another What about one direction?

Gu Leng and Xiao Qiao chose a haystack, close together in a corner out of sight of others.

Gu Leng said softly: "I want to eat sweets, sweets make people happy."

Xiao Qiao nodded slightly, Gu Leng found a pack of big white rabbits in the corner of the space, gently tore off the wrapping paper, gave Xiao Qiao one to eat, and one for himself.

The two leaned together, Gu Leng squinted his eyes, chewed candy, and suddenly remembered an incident related to beggars in high school a long time ago.

"Do you remember the farmer's market near the high school, where there was a bridge?" Gu Leng asked.

"Of course I remember that there was a millefeuille shop in the farmer's market that was delicious. I would buy it occasionally and walk across the bridge." Xiao Qiao recalled.

"There is a beggar on that bridge, do you have any impression?"

"It seems that there is a beggar who has been sleeping on that bridge all year round."

"Well, I like to eat mille-feuilles very much. For a while, I bought two servings of mille-feuilles every day. When I walked across the bridge, I would leave one for beggars. I persisted for a while. Later, the young man didn't As a rule, I changed to other breakfasts, and I stopped passing that bridge, so I didn’t continue.”

"Do you like to eat puff pastry? I went to learn it before, and thought about starting a small business. I will make it for you when I go back."

"Okay, the one with a lot of sesame seeds needs to be added, and the taste should be stronger. The one I ate before has enough ingredients and is delicious."

Xiao Qiao smiled softly and said, "Okay, my little greedy cat."

The haystack gave Gu Leng a lot of memories.When I was young, whenever new rice was harvested, my grandfather would pile the straw together and make a haystack. At that time, firewood was still burned. Whenever there was not enough firewood, my grandfather would shout at home with a long voice. He said: "Xiao Leng, bring me some straw."

Gu Leng then ran to the haystack, pulled out a pile of straw from it, picked it up, and ran home, waiting for grandpa's praise.

Occasionally, when the summer is too hot, Gu Leng will run to lie down on the haystack, with the breeze blowing, looking at the stars and moon in the sky, and experience a kind of heroic emotion of "taking the sky as a quilt and the ground as a mat".

Leaning on the haystack, Gu Leng gradually fell asleep. Maybe, he might have a good dream.

After getting up, I ate a meal as usual, and continued to drive, moving forward according to the predetermined plan.

The further you go, the higher the humidity in the air, and the road is still dry, but the mottled walls and destroyed buildings show the destructiveness of that tsunami.

As we went forward, almost no complete houses were seen, and there were broken bricks and debris everywhere, sometimes blocking the road. Gu Leng and the others had no choice but to get out of the car and remove these obstacles.

In the distance, the sound of turbulent waves hitting the shore can be heard, and a little further forward, a little further forward, finally, the sea is in front of you.

Although the sea level has dropped a lot, in front of the land is a silt that is tens of meters long, and then there is the blue sea. Everyone still feels the awe of the ocean.