Urban Cultivation

On the first day of work, Lin Xiang was directed around. In addition to the cleaning aunt in the stairwell, the little girl who poured tea in the office also let Lin Xiang run to buy three cups of coffee under the sun.Seeing the receipt that Lin Xiang took back, he curled his lips, reluctantly gave Lin Xiang the money for coffee, and muttered a little fussy.

Scratching his head and wiping the sweat off his face, Lin Xiang still had a smile on his face, but after the tea pouring girl turned around with her ponytail swung, she pinched the three banknotes in her hand, put away the smile on her face, and went back to chew Finished with the remaining half of the loaf.

Back home after get off work, Dahei was squatting at the door waiting for him, Lin Xiang picked up Dahei and rubbed him twice in a good mood, "I didn't go out to be crazy today, I did a good job, and I will eat meat tonight!"

It was said to be a meat dish, but it was nothing more than a plate of stir-fried cucumber slices. There were five or six pieces of pitiful meat on the plate. Lin Xiang picked four slices and left two slices for Dahei.

That night, Lin Xiang had that strange dream again. The voice in the dream kept asking Lin Xiang the same question repeatedly. Lin Xiang was so annoyed that he frowned and opened his eyes, only to see Dahei lying on the Next to his pillow, when Lin Xiang moved, Dahei also woke up. He stretched out his paw and patted Lin Xiang twice. The pads on the paw were soft. Lin Xiang couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch it a few times, and looked at his watch. , exactly six o'clock.Just about to get up, Dahei meowed twice, Lin Xiang took a closer look, and there was still that black stone under Dahei's paw.

It's strange, he clearly remembered to put the rock in his trousers pocket, and the trousers were still soaking in the barrel, how did Dahei get it out?

Lin Xiang only treated Dahei as mischievous, pulled Dahei aside, got up and got out of bed, Dahei followed Lin Xiang with the stone in his mouth, circling around Lin Xiang back and forth, almost being stepped on by Lin Xiang to the tail.

Lin Xiang was not in the mood to play with Dahei, so he pushed Dahei away with his feet, but Dahei entangled him again, he had no choice but to squat down and look at Dahei, "What the hell do you want? Are you hungry? When I get paid and buy you a fish to eat, don't bother me now, okay?"

Seeing Lin Xiang squatting down, Da Hei straightened up and rushed towards Lin Xiang. Lin Xiang was taken aback, and he instinctively caught Da Hei with both hands, but he didn't want Da Hei to get close to Lin Xiang and grab his hand. The stone he touched was thrown into Lin Xiang's mouth at once.

Lin Xiang only felt a coldness in his mouth slipping down his throat and into his stomach, licking with his tongue, where is the shadow of that stone?

shit!

He won't swallow that stone in his stomach, will he?Ignoring Dahei, Lin Xiang ran into the bathroom, lay down in front of the washstand and retched.After throwing up for a long time, there was no effect, and when he saw Dahei running in, Lin Xiang's face turned green.

"You said, I don't treat you badly. Since I brought you back, I haven't eaten or drank less than you. Why do you treat me like this... Your hair is black, maybe your stomach is also black ?”

Lin Xiang picked up Dahei, complained to the round cat face, and touched his stomach. Fortunately, the stone was not big, so he prayed for the reincarnation of the five grains.Didn't the news still say that a certain person in a certain place eats dirt and swallows iron?He's just a rock, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?

Just as he was consoling himself, Lin Xiang's stomach suddenly felt cramped, as if something was stirring his intestines. In just a moment, his limbs and bones seemed to be pierced by steel needles, and his forehead immediately swelled. A thin layer of sweat broke out, his face was pale, he yelled, turned around and rushed into the bathroom.

There was a sound of rushing water, Lin Xiang walked out holding the door frame, saw Dahei who was squatting at the door, just about to speak, his face turned pale, and he covered his stomach again...

Five minutes later, Lin Xiang almost crawled out of the bathroom. He weakly raised a hand and pointed at Dahei. His lips trembled. Cyan, pinching her nose, turned around and crawled back to the bathroom again...

After going on like this, half an hour later, Lin Xiang lay down on the bed weakly, sweating like he had been in a sauna. Da Hei lay obediently at the foot of the bed, meowing twice, but Lin Xiang didn't He didn't have the energy to deal with it anymore, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed the company number with difficulty. As Lin Xiang expected, he asked for leave on the second day of the probationary period, and being fired was a matter of course.

"I was hurt badly by you."

Lin Xiang wailed, the money in the passbook had paid half a year's rent, and there was very little left. Without a job, it would be a problem for him to eat next month.He is ashamed to reach out to the two old people in his family again. The two old people have worked hard all their lives facing the loess and their backs to the sky. He might as well have had a belt and ended up forgetting it himself.

Phoenix man, phoenix man, everyone else has become a phoenix flying out of the valley, but he is worse than a chicken.

This job is definitely gone. Fortunately, it was the beginning of the month and he still had time.Dahei stayed at the foot of the bed all the time, saw Lin Xiang closed his eyes with a pale face, his breathing gradually calmed down, jumped under the bed, curled up by the window, and fell asleep with his head in his arms.

Lin Xiang slept very restlessly, always dreaming that he fell into the swamp and was covered in mud.I don't know if it's a psychological effect, not only the body feels sticky and uncomfortable, but also an unpleasant smell rushes into the nose.After falling asleep, Lin Xiang was almost suffocated by the smell, which was very similar to the ammonia water used in high school chemistry experiments. That experiment class was Lin Xiang's biggest nightmare in the past 23 years.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Lin Xiang finally woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he opened his mouth wide in fright. His whole body was covered with a thick layer of black mud, and the white sheet under his body had been stained. The color has faded, and the black mud spots have dried up one by one, and the unpleasant smell in the dream is still faintly exuded.

Lin Xiang covered his mouth, but forgot that the palms of his hands were also full of mud. The pungent smell rushed straight into his brain, retched, jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom, ripped off the dirty pajamas on his body, The shower was turned on to the maximum, and the cold water washed over the body, and the mud and dirt were washed down by the cold water. Along the texture of the snow-white tiles, they merged into small black streams and flowed into the sewer next to the washstand.

Lin Xiang let out a sigh of relief, picked up soap and a bath towel, and scrubbed vigorously the mud on his body. Layers of mud were washed away by the water flow, gradually revealing the white and delicate skin underneath.

Lin Xiang froze for a moment.

Are you so white?

He pinched the tender flesh on his arm, and took a hissing breath. Isn't he still dreaming?He is an old man, why did his skin look like soft tofu after sleeping?

Lin Xiang washed the mud off his body, pulled off the towel and tied it around his waist, and stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom with a look of bewilderment.Is this still him?I wasn't so tender when I was 16, right?Pinching himself cruelly, looking at the red mark on his arm, Lin Xiang was sure that he was not dreaming.But this is too strange, right?

Dahei squeezed in through the open door, Lin Xiang was still staring at the mirror in a daze.

"You're not dreaming."

"Drink!" Who? ! "Come out! Peeping at the old man taking a bath from hiding, sick!"

"You have the disease!"

Yo ho? !

Lin Xiang squinted his eyes, followed the sound, and only saw a black cat.

"Are you talking?!"

"Of course."

"...This is an illusion..."

"Wrong!" Dahei meowed twice leisurely, stretched his waist, and scratched his ears, "This is reality."

Lin Xiang's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and his jaw dropped to the ground.