[Waiting for the end of the world] Dongli chrysanthemum

A man from F province who lived nearby worked as a coolie for a period of time like Eleven. He used his savings to open a small breakfast shop and called his wife from his hometown. The two of them got up early and worked late. But the business is slowly improving, and I have to hire people within two months, otherwise I will be too busy.

Eleven would occasionally go to his place for breakfast, and sometimes his wife would ask him to have dinner together. The dark-skinned Northwest man slapped Eleven on the shoulder when he was too drunk, and said with his tongue out, "Working as a coolie is something you do when you are young and strong. I have been doing it for a long time, and when I get old, my bones will hurt. I think you should make plans earlier, and you can't do it for a lifetime..."

Eleven still travels with Qin Lai in the game. The only thing he spends money in the game is to buy a house with a large courtyard. The courtyard allows him to plan it very well. A clump of green bamboos is planted here, and a few chrysanthemums are planted there. There are ponds, rockeries and gazebos. Water lilies and lotuses are planted in the ponds, and fish swim in the ponds.

And the house was almost empty, with only the simplest low couch and the cheapest stool. To Qin who came to play, "That's for you to sit on."

They made an appointment to go to a big movie theater to watch a new horror movie, go to a bookstore together, visit the largest flower breeding base in the suburbs, and occasionally go shopping together to buy clothes. Qin Lai forced Eleven to try them on. Changing himself, feeling a little lost, Qin Lai showed a look of approval: "The clothes are very nice."

The price of the two sets of clothes I tried on was not high, only a few hundred yuan in total. Eleven hesitated again and again and asked the salesperson to dress them up.

Qin Lai went out of the store together with him, and said: "You look pretty good, I would be sorry for your appearance if you don't dress up well. Even the Buddha needs to be dressed in gold, so there is nothing wrong with dressing better."

Qin Lai's partner, Lu Meng, runs a jade antique shop. It's located in the bustling commercial street in the city. It's a jade antique shop in a very good location. There are nearly 20 shop assistants alone. On a Thursday afternoon, Lu Meng couldn't come because of something. Then, Qin Lai went to check the daily situation in the store, checked the accounts for him, and called Eleven by the way, saying that he was afraid that he would get moldy, so he wanted to go out to dry.

Qin Lai was busy upstairs. On the eleventh day, he didn't know jade, let alone antiques. He just looked at the jade wares covered with fine silk, dazzled. How much is that one?One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, heaven, seven-figure jade... and those porcelains from the Ming Dynasty, bronzes from the Shang Dynasty, copper coins from the Tang Dynasty...

Because of Qin Lai's confession, there was an idle salesperson accompanying Eleven. Eleven was embarrassed, and declined the company after watching it for a while, preferring to watch it by himself.The salesperson did not force him, and only answered in detail when he asked.

The business of the store seems to be good. Within half an hour, two pieces of jade and an antique were sold, and the income was 10,000+. Under the influence of the man, Eleven would actually think about these things.

Before I knew it, it was time for dinner. The salespersons went to the neighborhood to have dinner in batches. Qin Lai had a little while to go, so he asked Eleven whether to eat first or wait, and Eleven naturally decided to wait.

The flow of people on the street became denser, and traffic jams appeared from time to time. Eleven stood next to a person-high vase, looking at the traffic and people outside, and a familiar car came into view. Yan Changnian slightly turned his head to look at the sitting The woman in the driver's seat smiled sweetly, her face was facing the jade shop, Eleven was startled, her footsteps automatically moved a step behind the vase, and when she looked up again, the car had already gone with the traffic.

Qin Lai came down from upstairs and saw that Eleven seemed to be hiding from someone. He was a little puzzled. He looked outside, but there was nothing special. He went to him and said, "What are you looking at? Wait for a while, wait a while." Please eat Cantonese cuisine."

Qin Lai had a car, but they didn't drive when they came here. They came here on foot. When they crossed the road, Qin Lai pulled Eleven, and a car drove past Eleven, as if they were waiting for a green light. .

Eleven was taken aback: "Thank you!"

"Thank you." Qin Lai led him through two streets and came to the food street. A newly opened restaurant stood beside the central garden. Keep your feet off the ground.

Qin Lai said: "The business of this restaurant is very good. Almost every day when you come here to eat, you have to book a table first. Lu Meng reserved a box for us yesterday. Let's go in."

They went up to the third floor, and someone led them to a box. The small box was small, but the view outside the window was very good. It was facing the river in the city. There are sightseeing boats passing by slowly, and the weeping willows on both sides of the river are swaying in the wind.

Eleven wore the newly bought clothes a few days ago. It was the first time I wore them, and I felt pretty good. I went to the bathroom with Qin Lai. The bathroom was covered with black and white tiles, clean as new, and had a faint fragrance. with hand sanitizer and bottle of flowers.

When returning to the box, Eleven always felt that someone was watching him, but when he turned around, he didn't see anyone suspicious.

Qin Lai said, "Have you watched too many horror movies? Suspicious."

"Perhaps there are ghosts in this world, but technology cannot prove it. Modern people believe in science," said Eleven.

"Believe it or not." Qin Lai was unpredictable, "Sometimes people are scarier than ghosts."

Eleven stayed in province G for a few years, but never tasted Cantonese cuisine. My family’s financial situation is very poor, and I have never had the spare money to go to restaurants, so I am quite emotional. They don’t order many dishes, and they are not people who like to waste , three dishes and one soup, plus two bowls of rice, but added two times after eleven.

Qin Lai knew that he had always had a big appetite, so he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he asked him to eat twice. The two became more and more familiar with each other recently. Shi Shi was not polite to him, and ordered two baskets of small snacks, small and exquisite ivory white snacks Arranged on a blue plate like a flower, with sweet and sour dipping sauce, it whets Shi Shi's appetite.

The two chatted casually, and the topic turned to a certain country's sci-fi blockbuster recently watched. Qin said: "It's not without any scientific basis. Maybe we will experience an unforgettable natural disaster in a short time. You see, we rely too much on technology now. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation are all inseparable from technology. To eat, rice cookers, induction cookers, microwave ovens, refrigerators, etc.; to wear, clothes, shoes and socks are woven and stitched by machines; to live, elevators, lights, air conditioners, fans, TVs and computers; to travel, cars, electric vehicles, subways Buses, even bicycle parts are made by machines... people in the city can’t live without technology. Eleven, if one day, these things don’t work, and there’s no electricity, how are you going to live?”

"Go back to my hometown, can those who have fields and land still starve to death?" Eleven said casually. He started helping the family with work when he was very young. Except for some heavy work, he basically did all the work in the field. Before going to school, although the village had electricity, it was cut off for eight or nine months out of twelve a year, and it was common to light oil lamps. Apart from an old-fashioned pedal sewing machine, which was relatively valuable, there was nothing else in the house except electric lights. items that use electricity.

Qin Lai seemed to be talking about excitement: "I guess when I go to the countryside, my eyes will be blackened. I can't do anything. I can eat everything."

"Don't underestimate yourself, you are very smart, even if you haven't touched it before, you will learn it as soon as you learn it."

Qin Lai smiled, as if he was imagining how he would go to the fields with bare feet: "If you really can't live in the city, it's good to learn how the ancients plowed the fields and weaved cloth, but the premise is that we have to learn how to plow the fields and weave cloth, let's say making clothes , you need a loom, cotton, cotton can be grown, do you know how to make a loom? You need a loom to weave cloth... You can't buy food and vegetable seeds sold in stores, although the yield and quality are good, But those seeds are one-off and cannot be saved, so we have to buy seeds specially reserved by farmers in the countryside..."

"People are born, old, sick, and die. The most important thing in life is not to get sick. When you get sick, you have to find a doctor. Now that Chinese medicine is declining, Western medicine is popular. If those instruments can't be used, what is Western medicine? You have to go to Chinese medicine and get some herbal medicine to treat the disease. The best thing is to know herbal medicine by yourself. If you have a little headache, you don’t have to worry about not being able to find a doctor, so you have to buy some Chinese medical books..."

Qin Lai drank alone. Although he was not drunk, he obviously talked more. Seeing that he was talking funny on Shishi, he said, "There is no electricity, and the electrical appliances can't be used. What phenomenon will lead to such a result?"

"Do you know the geomagnetic field? After a period of time, the geomagnetic field will reverse. Scientific research shows that it reverses once every 50 years. The most recent one was 78 years ago, and the geomagnetic field has been weakening for 100 years. Some people predict that it is time for the magnetic field to reverse again." ..."

"The geomagnetic field forms a giant protective shield for the earth, reducing the invasion from cosmic rays, so that the creatures on the earth can survive and develop. Once this protective shield is lost, the closer to the surface, the easier it is for the creatures to be killed by cosmic rays, so If you want to hide underground, the deeper you hide, the better..."

Eleven was amazed when he heard it, and felt as unreal as a science fiction novel.

Seeing his serious face, Qin Lai laughed, "I came from Baidu."

Half a month later, Eleven ran into Qin Lai in the game. Qin Lai didn't know what he was up to these days, and he was never seen in the game. As soon as Qin Lai showed up, he asked Eleven: "What about you and that Yan Changnian?" How are you doing?"

Eleven didn't know why Qin Lai suddenly asked him this, and said vaguely, "How is it? It's not like that."

"Tell me the truth." Qin Lai, who had never taken the initiative to inquire about Eleven's personal affairs, went out of his way today and insisted on asking Eleven for a clear answer.

Eleven put his hands on his forehead and looked at the corner of the ceiling. Sometime there was a spider web there. The little black spider crawled back and forth along the web, as if it had caught its prey: "I don't know what's wrong, But there is a big gap between us, so it is natural that we can’t go on.”

"Don't underestimate yourself, Eleven." Qin Lai typed quickly, "You are a person worth cherishing."

"Sometimes I envy you and Lu Meng. You can be the only one for each other, and you will go on for a long time until the day you die. I may never find such a person in my life." Eleven said .

"Life is still long, if you meet the right person at the right time at the right place, the process may not be smooth, but the ending will be happy. Eleven, happiness is not a dream, you will be happy in the future." Qin Lai The typing fingers paused, "A friend of mine said that Yan Changnian seems to have a fiancée. This is very hurtful, but I don't want you to be the last to know."

Eleven's head buzzed, and it went blank for a moment.

"Don't be too sad, maybe it's just rumors. I think you and Yan Changnian seem to lack communication. Maybe you need to communicate in depth. Lu Meng said that you can spend the rest of your life with him." Qin Lai's pigeons continued to flow Flying here seemed to be some words of comfort and enlightenment, but Eleven didn't have the energy to look at it again, his eyes were blurred, and the carefully managed courtyard was full of flowers, but the color had faded.