I just quietly accompanied the curious little baby to look at the clear water, green mountains, strange rocks and peaks outside the window, and occasionally read a medical book by myself. To be honest, I haven't read much in the past month, and I feel a little ashamed of the teachings of my two masters.

Until we were about to arrive at the station, I didn't run into that annoying old lady again. She thought that because her son was an official, everything belonged to her and she took other people's things as if it was her right. There are actually many such extreme people in life.

The train arrived at Shancheng Railway Station in the evening of the next day, a small place called Jiulongpo, the starting point of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway.

The foggy scene around reminded Chu Xi of its nickname "Fog City". Visibility was very low, so Chu Xi still bought a map at the train station as usual.

Because the local terrain is complex and has large elevation differences, many mountains and rivers, it is known as a "mountain city". It has a subtropical monsoon humid climate with heavy moisture, and foggy days are quite common.

There is always a thin mist surrounding the city and the mountains and forests, which does not cover it completely, allowing the mountains to reveal their sharp corners. The flickering lights in the corridors seem to be wearing a thin layer of gauze.

The sound of the Yangtze River rang in my ears, and the waves seemed to hit my heart, but I couldn't see its shadow.

After randomly finding a guesthouse, the two did not rest immediately, but instead wandered around the mountain city with great interest. Although Chongqing at night did not have the colorful neon lights of later generations, it was still charming and distinctive.

Because it was built along the mountain, its structure is unique.

Although there is no bright starry sky tonight, with the lighting of the night lights, the mountain city has become a "city that never sleeps".

There is nothing good to buy in the city that never sleeps now. In an era when private transactions are not allowed, the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores have already closed, so Chu Xi has no choice but to "violate the rules" again and find the nearest black market through mental scanning.

It seemed that there were quite a lot of people there, so Chu Xi didn't hesitate to give Xiao Shitou a hat and a mask each and walked in.

There are street vendors selling miscellaneous goods and a variety of snacks, and my favorite is Jiangjin rice candy. Made with high-quality glutinous rice, walnuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, malt sugar, and rose sugar, the rice candy is crystal white, sweet, crispy, refreshing, and not greasy, yet rich in nutrients.

There are also specialties such as okra dried tofu and strange-flavored broad beans. Little Stone loves broad beans very much. Children all like sweet things.

The strange-tasting broad beans are made with oil puff pastry and then coated with sugar. They are still a bit hard, but not sticky or greasy. You need to crush them with your teeth before eating them. You can feel the slight resistance of the broad beans, and then the various flavors of numbness, spiciness, sourness, sweetness, freshness, fragrance and crispness will sweep across your taste buds.

After making a large purchase, Little Stone was very excited, as these would basically be his snacks in the future.

It’s a pity that the famous Shancheng hotpot was not available yet, and state-owned restaurants probably didn’t have hotpot yet.

Passing by an alley, tireless children were still happily playing there, two old men were chatting at the door, smoke drifted from the courtyard from time to time, and the sound of scolding children could be heard from the tube-shaped building behind...

This is their home full of the atmosphere of home, where they have families that love them and who love them.

Home is where life begins, and people are on the way home throughout their lives.

Under the same roof, they make fire, cook, and use food to bring the family together and comfort their families.

The ordinary pots and pans are filled with Chinese life and ethics.

People grow up, fall in love, separate, and reunite...

Home-cooked delicacies are also the flavor of life.

Looking at the little stone that is beginning to doze off in my arms, this is also a kind of life and a kind of happiness.