Wuzhou city center is the largest business district in the city. At early six o'clock, the white fish belly blended with the night that had not yet fallen on the horizon. Early in the morning, there were many office workers and students on the streets rushing to catch the subway in order to arrive early and have perfect attendance.
The transformation of night market stalls into breakfast shops means...the city wakes up from the night.
Late at night, urban management officers have to go home and enjoy the hot bed with their wives and children.
Near the business district in the city center, from one o'clock in the morning, various night market food stalls will pop up on both sides of the street to make a living. They appeared quietly in the middle of the night, stuck to the time when the urban management team went to work, kicked off the Mars on time, and rode food carts to get off work.
Lao Wu, whose hair has been thinning recently, is one of the night market stall owners.
He smoked a soda and forcibly refreshed himself with nicotine.
From working at the night market until breakfast, after catching the last wave of people from early morning office workers and students, Boss Wu had to ride his car home to catch up on his sleep and take a nap.
He couldn't sleep too much, Lao Wu had to get up and prepare lunch for his daughter when Xiangwu got out of school.
Business is not easy to do these days, and the more unlucky a person is, the more unlucky they will be.
I lost my job in the harsh environment of the past two years. Fortunately, at home, my wife still kept a 996 blessing.
If I work hard at night and open a small stall, I dare not say that I will get rich through hard work. If I work from late night to morning and work hard on my body, I can squeeze out some money from the cracks in my bones to pay for my children's future college education.
“Well, business is getting harder and harder now, and classes are getting worse and worse.
Young man, eat slowly, there is not enough left in the pot. The night shift in your hospital is also a hard job for your body. You have to stay up until this point before you can come out to breathe and have breakfast.
Uncle me...
Last year in the company, I was considered a department manager. I had to work hard on my brain back then, but now I have to work hard on my body.
It’s impossible if we don’t work hard. The daughter of the family is a sophomore in high school this year and is about to take the college entrance examination.
Her grades are very impressive, and she ranks among the top ten in her grade every time. After this girl goes to college, the family will have to spend money on everything, including tuition and living expenses. We, as parents, have to grit our teeth and squeeze it out.
Why not suffer the child, but her first choice would be to apply for a local university, from a girl's family, because it would be too far away for her family to worry about.
The best thing would be to take the editor-in-chief exam after finishing college and graduate school. For people like you, it's good to be admitted to a hospital unit. It will provide you with security for the rest of your life, and we as parents can rest assured. "
The sparks on the cigarette end were exhaled and inhaled as Old Wu talked.
When people reach middle age, their favorite thing is to nag others about their parents’ shortcomings.
At Lao Wu's stall, he cooks breakfast all the way from night to night, which is hard on his mind and body. He forced himself to talk about trivial matters at home, as if talking about these things would make him more motivated and less tired.
On the folding table, there are more than a dozen bottles of Snowflake and Braving the World scattered.
The countertops were clearly left untied after the night market ended, but most people who were reduced to eating at street food stalls didn't pay attention to this.
The bowl is filled with hot wonton noodles, and the small wooden stall that knocks the wontons is a retro feature of Wuzhou.
This kind of wonton stall has too much liquidity.
Lao Wu started this business just to ride on the popularity of non-traditional inheritance.
Young people now like this kind of sentimental stuff, which has a sentimental and retro tone. They want to chase you all over the city, vying to check in.
On the bright side, pushing a wonton cart is playing the emotional card. In fact, the best sellers at night are Lao Gan Ma fried rice, fried noodles, snow beer with spicy stir-fried scallops and braised large intestine.
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Thin wonton wrappers with freshly pounded meatballs inside. Make a base of clear soup, pour a spoonful of old soy sauce, and while it's steaming, sprinkle a handful of chopped green onion.
Half a bowl of wontons and half a bowl of bamboo noodles.
A breath of hot air in the morning, and the hot soup pouring down a line in the throat, made the whole person seem to come alive.
On the messy countertop, there were two large empty bowls.
This young doctor in a fat white coat has been squatting on a plastic pony since early in the morning. After drinking a bowl of soup, he has already destroyed a bowl of wontons and a bowl of noodles by himself. In the end, because there were not enough ingredients, Lao Wu cobbled together some wontons and bamboo noodles and put together a third bowl for him.
I don’t know how much oppression I suffered and how long I worked the night shift.
The young doctor held the soup bowl and slid it up and down his throat, pouring a large bowl of hot soup into his stomach.
He was wearing a loose white coat, and he didn't even have time to remove the ballpoint pen from his coat pocket.
Underneath was a simple white shirt, but what made people feel very mismatched was that he was wearing a pair of wide-leg denim shorts and Cantonese-style sandals on his feet.
The funny outfit looks out of place on the young doctor.
He was a handsome young man with short hair. He looked young. Old Wu guessed that he was an intern who graduated from a nearby medical university.
After downing the third bowl of hot soup, this feeling made [the intern] make a wish, feeling that there was still some hope of being alive.
White coat, denim shorts, Cantonese style sandals...
These are all warm gifts given by kind-hearted colleagues who keep vigil in the hospital duty room, and are a big gift package that is pieced together and taken off to make a wish.
Touching the crumpled ball of change in his pocket...
Xu Yuan raised his head and looked at the increasing number of pedestrians on the overpass. It was obviously early in the morning, but at this hour, there were so many people like ants gathering together to carry candy bars.
"Uncle, let me give you a suggestion. My daughter's going to college will have to be done after college. As you are busy, spend more time with your child.
If, I mean if...
The world is going to end in a week. Uncle, are you still going to ride this little car from dawn to dusk, leaving your daughter trapped in school and your wife in the company, all for the sake of a dead salary?
What would you do if there was only one week left? "
Looking at the oily flowers floating on the bottom of the bowl of clear soup, the oily flowers overlap, and the reflection reflects the busy crowds on the overpass above.
He reluctantly took the last puff of his cigarette.
Lao Wu lifted up the high imitation Italian leather shoes on his feet and put the cigarette butt on the soles to extinguish it.
“Young man, 2012 has passed long ago.
I can't see it, top students like you still believe in doomsday theory. However, if there is any chance, I will still be riding a food truck in the last week.
The savings saved by the family over the years will definitely have to be spent. As a person, the biggest pain is not spending all the money before death.
My daughter studies so hard and stays up until two or three in the morning every night. As a father, don’t you feel sorry for her?
I have to take a leave of absence from school, and I don’t need my diploma, so I have to take my daughter out to have fun.
My wife is not in that shitty class anymore. Today I will go to her company and throw that shitty cup of coffee into her boss’s face. That fat pig is sneaking around and messing with her. I really don’t know.
Our family has to go to Jinhaihua and have a meal at Black Pearl Restaurant this afternoon.
I have long heard that a bowl of rice in a star-rated restaurant costs three figures.
Since my daughter is so old, I have never dared to take her to Michelin or Black Pearl to see the world.
What I have earned over the years is enough for our family to live comfortably for several months. At that time, I drove directly from Wuzhou to Qiongzhou. My daughter has been clamoring to see the sea. I have promised her for a long time, but I have never taken her there..."
As if opening up the words that had been suppressed in his heart, Lao Wu was spitting what he said. He didn't fall silent until he talked about his daughter's little wish.
Looking at the silent old Wu, Xu Yuan asked.
"Then what?"
“Then, then there were three bowls of wonton noodles.
The young man will give you a small change, 48 for you, 45 for you. Should you use WeChat or Alipay? "
Quickly switching from fantasy to reality, Old Wu cheerfully revealed his big teeth that were yellowed by tobacco.
The charm of an adult man is that when he fantasizes, he can blow as much as he can.
The heifer blew up, licked its lips, and had to continue living.
Lao Wu went from Black Pearl's three-digit white rice to his own three bowls of wonton noodles.
In the pocket of the white coat, there were a crumpled ten-yuan note, three five-yuan notes, and five rusty chrysanthemum coins, spinning in circles and falling on the table.
Looking at Wishes, he dug out the five-cent coin hidden in the seam of his denim shorts.
Lao Wu suddenly laughed out loud. He took out a ten-yuan note from the table and said to the wish.
"Yes, you came out in a hurry, you didn't bring your mobile phone, right?
Don't pay for it, young man. I'll charge you the cost, and the rest is my uncle's expense. Speaking of which, I have to thank you. If you hadn't reminded me, I almost would have forgotten. I have promised for a long time that I will take my daughter to see the sea.
Uncle, I think he was actually having fun just now.
When I feel high, I wish I could drink a bottle of snowflakes and accompany my brothers to bravely travel to the ends of the world. At that time, the whole Wuzhou will be mine.
I'm really awake. I have to live this day as I should. Don't look at the bragging I say, it's all about oral pleasure. Give yourself something to look forward to.
But when I am not busy these days, I will ask my wife to take a leave next month, and our family will go to the beach to play.
You are right, we have to find time to spend time with our children.
Money is endless.
It's just like what you said. If only, I could live a happier life. But life, no one knows whether it will be the end of the world in the next second, and now you can still get hit by a car when you go out to buy groceries.
Who knows when the end will come. Like my uncle, when my daughter is admitted to college and we, the fathers, can’t afford the money, then the sky will fall.
No more talking, no more talking...
Young man, you come here for breakfast early in the morning. I remember that the nearest hospital is two streets away from here. After traveling so far, do you know our old Wu’s craftsmanship and come here to check in? Hahaha. "
After folding the crumpled banknote, Old Wu started to chatter all the time.
Looking at this middle-aged man whose edges have been polished away by time, to him, his wife and daughter are the most important thing in the world.
In order to maintain the warmth of a home in this huge city, Lao Wu could only sacrifice his fading hairline and ride a small car to survive.
Looking at the top of Lao Wu's head, Xu Wish's expression became a little bitter.
This man, who is gradually balding, has a bone crow hovering above his head.
Half of the crow's skull was made up of rotten flesh, revealing the dense white bones inside. The bone crow screamed and landed on Old Wu's head with the withered hairline.
Xu Yuan once saw a flock of crows that covered the sky and the sun. These bone crows were a sign of death.
Compared to the bone crows among the crows, which were holding bloody heads with tears in their mouths, the beak of this bone crow was empty. But from time to time, it used its sharp beak to try to pierce Old Wu's skull, indicating that the bone crow, which represented a sign of death, had already chosen its target in advance.
"I came here...to hunt...
Uncle, this place will soon become the scene of the biggest disaster.
He is a good person, so run as fast as you can. The faster you run, the better. Just like what you brag about, everything you brag about today will come true.
Run, run with your family, run out of this city, keep running to the sea..."
He stood up suddenly and reached out to grab the top of Lao Wu's head.
The bone crow screamed and was pinched in his hand.
Grabbing the bone crow's neck, Xu Wan stared at the ugly creature with cold eyes.
The disgusting eyeballs were squeezed out by a force, and the feathers all over its body exploded. The whole body of the rotten bone crow gradually swelled up, like a balloon that was about to burst.
Rotten flesh and blood burst into pieces, and black feathers scattered.
Startled and confused by Xu Wish's sudden move, Lao Wu looked at Xu Wish's empty palm and smiled.
"Hey, the young man is quite good at middle school.
I understand, my daughter, who is in the second grade of junior high school, also had this symptom when she was playing COS.
At that time, she claimed to be Marilyn von Menglai who was living in another world, the ancient queen of the forest, and had the super power to turn bad boys into magical girls.
During that period, she pestered me every day, asking me to give her 500 yuan to fund the restoration of the country.
If she talks about opening up the entrance to another world, she will reward me as a prince, and give her father a second room, where she will wash my feet at night. Being a filial piety, I gave her a thousand dollars on the spot.
But at your age, young man, the secondary disease has not been cured yet. What do you call this, late stage secondary cancer? "
He teased Xu Yuan with a smile. As Lao Wu looked into his eyes, the joking smile gradually solidified.
Unlike normal people's dark brown eyes, his eyes were golden.
At this moment, these golden eyes became the supreme symbol of truth in Old Wu's heart.
In the depths of his pupils, there was a faint golden ring.
The whole person seemed to be possessed by a demon, muttering to himself.
"Run, run quickly...
I have to ask for leave for my daughter and let my wife resign. Our family...yes, we have to go to the beach together..."
Lao Wu didn't care to clean up the scattered countertops, and even abandoned the folding tables and plastic mats on the street.
He turned over and rode on the unloaded snack cart so fast that the rubber tires scratched sparks on the asphalt road.
Watching Old Wu pedaling his tricycle, he gradually disappeared at the corner of the street.
Make a wish and understand......
Today, he will become the man and the father he says he is.
In the palm of his hand, powerful spiritual power filled the Bone Crow's body. His hands were soaked with rotting, stinky blood, and maggots were still crawling in the blood.
His golden eyes stared at this world that belonged to him alone.
The moment he made a wish to crush the bone crow, the crowd of crows hovering in the sky, the rotten flesh crawling on the building, the disgusting tentacles surging out from the shadow of the building, and all the strange things near the street all focused their attention on him. .
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[Strategy Files] (Information is currently available to the public)
[Death Crow]: A strange creature that often represents a sign of death. Compared with ghosts and gods, the agglomeration of bone crows is more inclined to the unique monsters born from the negative emotions of the world that are possessed by the breath of the abyss.
The dead crow likes the smell of death. The hovering dead crow symbolizes bad luck and the dying person. When the person they choose dies, the death crow's pecking will tear out part of the soul and pierce the deceased's head on the bird's peck. It is this creature's special way of showing off and symbol of courtship. The Death Crow's [Wailing] ability can cause mental shock and damage. When the death crows that cover the sky pass by, the high-level ghosts and gods must temporarily avoid this strange creature.
