Chapter 68 The World Outside the Well
After bidding farewell to Mr. Fernandi, Heshia continued to work busy at "Glass Dream". Although she might receive some subsidies in high school, it was more practical to make money on her own.
Just like her mother said, when you can make money on your own, you will feel a great freedom because you don't have to rely on others.
In this way, the bar in "Glass Dream" is still under renovation, and Heshia finally has another vacation.
Should I go out or spend it at home?
Heshia sat in front of the bed. The window on one side of the bedroom emitted bright simulated sunlight, reflecting her lower body. Her slightly slender legs were exposed in the sunlight, white and bright, and her toes showed a semi-transparent color.
I have been very busy recently, with work, music learning, and occasionally paying attention to school.
Lying on the soft quilt again, Heshia looked up at the ceiling above her head, her nerves relaxed a little, her brows slowly stretched, and then her eyes closed again.
I'll just sleep at home today.
Just like that, in the window that radiates sunlight, the fan whirred, bringing a little circulating wind. In the morning shortly after getting up, Tilan continued to sleep, her legs first arched, then slowly laid flat on her side, her soft hair scattered between the quilt.
Time flows silently, no one disturbs her, and she doesn't have to go to work. Forgetting those complicated formulas and study materials, the girl enjoys a quiet holiday.
Today is June 5th, Sunday.
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In the afternoon, Heshia finally got up from the bed, not because she didn't want to sleep, but because she was hungry.
Ah——
After a long yawn, Heshia sat in front of the bed, shook her head, shook her hair, and stood up.
In two simple steps, she came to the mirror and leaned over to look at herself in the mirror. Her flax-gray hair color matched her black eyes, and her side bangs covered her ears a little. She needed to use a hairpin to gather or roll up her ears to fully expose her small ears.
Sitting in front of the dressing table, the girl used a comb to simply straighten her hair, gathered the long hair on one side of her ear, then took the rubber band and tied it to her chest, and then did the same on the other side.
After simply combing her hair, she stood up, opened the closet beside her, found a dress suitable for going out in summer, and then changed into a pair of strappy sandals and prepared to go out.
Today is a sunny day. After eating something, she is ready to go to the ground to take a look.
After packing up her things, Heshia took a small handbag, put away her belongings, and then went out.
Since entering the third year of junior high school, because of the pressure of schoolwork and the financial difficulties of life, she has almost no energy to worry about other things. Every day, in addition to studying, she goes home to buy vegetables and cook something, and then continues to review at night, and repeats this over and over again.
Because her father has also left, she is the only one at home, and she has no one to rely on. If she fails to pass the entrance exam to Irene Academy, repeating the year will be extremely difficult. Not only may she not be able to support it financially, but her mentality will also be more likely to collapse.
She spent a whole year like this, and only when she graduated a month ago did she take a breath, but she still couldn't relax completely because she hadn't received the admission letter yet. Even if she was accepted, she would still have to worry about her future job.
Now, these things no longer bothered her, and she could finally relax for a while and do things that she couldn't do before.
For example, take a walk on the ground in the patio.
Although there is also a simulated sky underground, it lacks the atmosphere and boundlessness of the natural sky.
Walking into the vertical elevator leading to the top of the patio, the girl watched the numbers on the screen constantly change upwards until the last floor showed '0', and the red steel elevator door slowly opened.
Walking out of the passage in the patio, the oncoming strong sunlight made Heshia unable to open her eyes. She shielded her forehead with her arms and stepped on the dry and banging steel stairs in the warm wind.
Holding the guardrail on one side, she walked out of the stairs and looked outside.
In front of her was a whitish world, the ground was gray and hard, and there were sand and dust in the wind, which made her feel gray and fluffy when it blew on her body.
No wonder people rarely go out, the girl thought, but she still liked this feeling.
Outside the surface of the patio of Arpeggio City, there was only a large parking lot besides a desert without vegetation. Under the scorching sun, the parking lot also seemed very lonely, with not many vehicles coming in
and out. Some large trucks suitable for driving on the ground would drag the goods to the back and unload them here, and then the drivers would park the cars here and go to Arpeggio City under the patio to rest and relax for a day or two before continuing their journey.
Walking outward, leaving the ground with metal flooring near the patio, Heshia stepped on sandals and came to the dry ground. Her white summer skirt fluttered in the hot wind. She lifted the messy hair on the side of her ear, then squatted down and looked at the ground in front of her carefully.
The muddy surface of the land, which was originally muddy due to rain, cracked into irregular gaps after being exposed to the sun. If you gently pry it apart with your fingers, you can crush the edges to form gray-white powder particles.
Slowly twisting these particles between your hands, they will turn into fine powder and dissipate in the wind.
A long time ago, this land was also full of emerald green, but due to the corrosion of the poisonous rain, vegetation no longer grows now.
The sea has changed, which is probably what it means.
Heshia slowly stood up. At this time, her forehead was slightly sweating due to the sun, so she prepared to return.
Just as she was walking on the hot surface, a truck drove from a distance and slowly slowed down towards the parking lot.
"Hey, little girl~" A person leaned out of the truck and looked at the girl below.
"Are you walking outside alone?" The driver looked to be in his 40s, with thick arms and stubble.
"Yes, I came out for a walk." Heshia had to speak loudly for the other party to hear.
"Hahaha, take a walk, okay." He laughed for a while and thought the little girl was very interesting.
"Here you go." He threw down a light yellow straw hat.
Heshia took the straw hat with rough edges and a little prickly, and before she could say anything, the truck continued to move forward and slowly drove into the parking lot.
The automatic loading and unloading machine crane moved, pulled up the container behind the truck, and then moved it to the freight elevator track on the side. Soon, the contents of the container would be sent underground, and the driver's task would be completed.
Heshia fumbled for the straw hat, put it on her head, and walked towards the parking lot. Soon she saw the uncle coming out with two bottles of iced mineral water in his hands.
"Drink a bottle?"
The other party threw it over, and Heshia caught it in a panic. It was not that she was slow to react, but she had never encountered such a thing before. It
was a very ordinary mineral water, probably the most basic T7 emergency drink. It had no other use except for replenishing water, but it was also extremely cheap, and could even be automatically produced by the small machine she bought.
As she continued to walk closer, Heshia could see that the uncle had a ruddy face and a lot of hair on his body. He was wearing work clothes with some stains and oil, and the smell of sweat had not yet dissipated.
"Why don't we go sit in the parking lot lounge? It's not so sunny there, and it's safer."
"Okay." Heshia had never been to this parking lot before, and she was a little curious today.
"You were born in Arpeggio City, right?" The uncle asked casually while walking on the road.
"Yes, uncle, how about you?"
"Ha, me, I'm from Feiji City in the North Sixth District. I have a daughter who is about the same age as you, and she is currently in the second grade of junior high school."
"Run so far?" Heshia knew that the North Sixth District was at least 200 kilometers away from here.
"It's just to make a living, so how can it be far or not." He said nonchalantly.
"What about you, running out alone, aren't your family members worried? This is what I saw. If a bad guy suddenly kidnapped you, there wouldn't even be any surveillance around." Although the safety factor in the Federation is not low now, it cannot be ruled out that extreme situations may occur in some remote corners.
Heshia blinked, "I'm just walking around the edge of the patio, I won't go too far."
"That's good, the area around Arpeggio City is relatively stable. If it's a road in the wilderness, there's no one in the wilderness for dozens of kilometers, people who go in will be like wild animals." He said with emotion.
"Anything can happen on the road to transport goods, it's best if nothing happens."
"I'm always nervous on the road, and I can only rest and relax when I get to the place."
Coming to this parking lot with only a few people, the two walked up the stairs of the lounge, which was obviously much cooler here.
The entire lounge is made of steel structure, with only a rainproof and corrosion-resistant interlayer on the top. The roof is ^-shaped, and below is a ventilated and spacious lounge, where fixed steel seats and beds are placed, and further down is the part of the bracket overhead, the wind whistles through, making a humming sound.
It's not that there are no extremely comfortable buildings and environments in the Federation, but many times, in order to save costs and expenses, the lower levels and remote areas generally use whatever can be used.
In the past, people always had a morbid obsession with high technology, believing that everything would become popular after the development of technology, but this statement is also inaccurate. The continuous upgrading of technology will indeed reduce costs, but as long as the return of a place is not large enough, or the owner is not so rich, it will still be limited by costs and will not exceed the upper limit set.
Leaning on the suspended corridor outside the lounge, the wind blew past, taking away the sweat on the body, bringing a cool breeze, looking at the baked and hot surface in the distance, the two continued to chat.
"I envy you kids, you can spend every day without worries. Although you will encounter some troubles, but now looking back, these are probably happy troubles." The driver put his arms on the steel guardrail and quietly enjoyed the breeze.
"What did the uncle experience before?" Heshia did not refute, but continued to ask curiously.
"As for me, I would fight with others for the girl I liked." He grinned.
"Unfortunately, although I won the fight, the girl I liked still didn't get together with me."
"Did she fall in love with the guy you fought with?"
"No, it was another boy she just met. Well, that boy is indeed a bit handsome, I have to admit."
"I was so sad at that time, I hugged my brothers and cried, and vowed to wait for the other party to change his mind for ten years."
"As a result, now I can't even remember what she looks like. I only vaguely remember that she likes to wear white skirts. Maybe it was that summer figure that attracted my soul." The uncle looked into the distance and took another big sip of mineral water.
"People are like this. Things that they care about so much at the time will gradually fade away later."
"Huh, I won't chat with you, little girl. I have to find a place to sleep now." He crushed the water bottle and threw it into the trash can beside him, then turned and went into the lounge at the back.
"Just now I saw you walking alone, and I thought you were worried about something, but after chatting for a few minutes, nothing happened. Really." He shook his head.
"Go back quickly. It's sunny outside. I'm sleepy." He waved his hand behind Heshia's back, then dragged his loose steps to open a separate small compartment and prepared to have a good sleep.
"Uh, thank you for your kindness, uncle." Although Heshia wanted to laugh, she still felt a little warm.
She wanted to return the hat to the other party, but the other party also went in to sleep, so she had to give up.
Turning back and leaving the parking lot, she continued to walk around the patio, and then walked towards the steel stairs with a little satisfaction.
Although I didn't see any special scenery today, my mood seemed to be much better.
Just like a frog, it grew up in a well and thought that the things in the well were everything to it. There were people it liked, things it hated and sad, and it was happy for it and cried for it. But as time passed, when one day it walked out and went far away, it would slowly realize that this life in the well was just a small part of a small part of life, and life was still very long, and there were many unknown scenery outside, as well as endless distances waiting.
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