NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 48 Conscience
The days passed like this. On the day when her period ended, she finally received a notification from the public account. The night market in the Mangrove Antique City, which she had been looking forward to for so long that she had not looked forward to it until now, was finally about to open.
So, in the early morning of the first day of July, she drove to Mangrove Village and stood in the antique city that was half dark and half brightly lit with a big flashlight.
It's not quite accurate to say it's dark, it's just because the other half is so brightly lit that the lights in this half look a bit underworld.
Wei Jiao quietly put the useless flashlight back into the space, stepped on the dividing line and turned into the darkness.
The small, bright area is the late-night carnival area. With bright lights and colorful flashes, it looks very lively and urban.
Wei Jiao stood in the other half of the area with slightly mixed light, and suddenly thought of what the girl who reminded her said that the origin of the things here was not clear. This description always made a sinister image appear in her mind, a human face. Hidden under the hat, his body was hunched, his arms inserted into the sleeves of his military green coat.
Even though it was summer, she didn't know why she was thinking out of season.
But now that I'm standing here, the sellers and buyers are all very excited, and the people eating there are even more so, having barbecues and beer, chatting and laughing loudly, it's very lively. She smelled the fragrant barbecue smell and was greedy.
Shaking her head and turning around, she swallowed and plunged into the crowd.
Although the girl had told her that good things would come out in an hour or two, she really didn't expect that the night market before that time would be so... down-to-earth.
She looked at the small truck parked there, with a bunch of various small dolls and toys in the truck bed, and... she really wanted to laugh.jpg
It's like going to a market!
After walking around, she found a few small things with outstanding points, but they were really not many. They might only have a few digits more than other points, but they were far inferior to her small bracelet. Naturally, she didn't buy it. She was sure there was nothing good, so she couldn't control herself and walked to the barbecue stall.
She was just greedy, but not actually hungry, so she only symbolically ordered some mutton skewers to satisfy her craving. To be honest, the taste of this restaurant is not particularly good, the seasoning is a bit salty, and the roasting is a bit old, but it's all a little bit, Wei Jiao is not very picky about her food, and she is quite happy with it.
She didn't dare sit here and eat in peace. She was always afraid that the really good things would slip away in the dark side without her noticing, so she always ordered a few skewers, finished the meal, and walked around for a while. , just use the light to see if there are any new stalls or anything.
After all, she had never been here before. Even if someone told her that there would be something good in an hour, she still had no idea and could only rely on herself to keep an eye on it.
Of course she didn't bet her hopes on this. As the saying goes, there is no disappointment if there are no expectations, not to mention that such a lucky thing can't be encountered just by casually mentioning it? She is not the protagonist of a novel, and the girl who is more socially fearful than her is certainly not a reclusive expert.
She arrived at the night market from the moment it opened until the crowds thinned out and the sellers packed up their stalls. She ate through the menu of the small barbecue restaurant and walked around and around. She could draw a map of the night market in her mind, but she couldn't find it. Something better.
It would be an understatement to say that she was not disappointed at all, but it was really just a trace of sadness. What she regretted even more was that after staying up all night, she had to spend time during the day to make up for it.
There was nothing new after that, and the days passed slowly. On the first Saturday of July, she moved into a new home.
The enthusiastic Ms. Zhang introduced her again, invited her to join the chat group, taught her how to pay, and introduced surrounding shops and several common neighbors.
Wei Jiao listened with gratitude and handed her the gift she had prepared in advance. She smiled and said, "Thank you. I was in a hurry to find a house. Fortunately, I rented it here. A few small gifts and daily necessities."
God knows how long she had been holding it in her heart to look relaxed and natural in this moment.
Miss Zhang was surprised and took it, two bags, one big and one small. After signaling to Wei Jiao, he gently opened the bag and looked inside, and then made a sound of surprise.
What she gave was a large bag of tampons, and another small bag of protein bars and compressed biscuits.
The tampons were because she saw them in the bathroom when she visited the house, and the food was out of consideration for the end of the world. Although she didn't know how much effect this food could have, it would be considered a replacement if she gave it away. A peace of mind.
"Tampons! There are so many," Ms. Zhang said happily, "They were all given to me!!"
Wei Jiao smiled shyly: "Yes, I saw you using it last time when I came here. I thought of giving you a gift to thank you..."
Miss Zhang's eyes filled with tears: "What a good girl! You are such a great good person! This will last a long time!"
The two people's attention naturally turned to another small bag - it was actually not small, it was a normal size, but it looked a bit pitiful compared to the big bag next to it.
Wei Jiao picked her hands a little awkwardly and used the words she had prepared a long time ago: "These are... protein bars and compressed biscuits, which I usually eat very well. Well... they are very filling. If If you don’t have time to eat or something, you can use this to make do. The shelf life is quite long, so you don’t have to worry about expiration.”
"Okay, thank you!" Miss Zhang's eyes were bright, "I hope you enjoy your stay here!"
Wei Jiao responded with a smile and helped her carry her luggage to the taxi. After returning to her new home, she finally let out a long breath.
This is where I will live in the future.
She sat on the sofa and leaned back, thinking of the two packages of gifts she had given her.
She has never been a sociable person, and the idea of giving gifts is already distant and unfamiliar to her, and the "thank you gift" she prepared is just a cover, essentially an attempt to cover up her inability to convey the news of the end of the world. And a big flag of intolerance was born.
It was impossible for her to reveal that she was pregnant with Goldfinger, nor to openly promote the theory of the end of the world. She wants to protect herself, she wants to be foolproof, so she can only be cruel and keep her mouth shut.
This gave rise to the uneasiness that kept popping up in her heart all the time. In order to suppress this negative emotion and soothe her conscience, she had to do something, even if it was to deceive herself and others.
Ms. Zhang is a warm-hearted and lively girl, and she is not familiar with her, so the gifts she gives should not be too exaggerated, not to mention that the other party is about to fly abroad, which makes the scope of gift-giving shrink again and again.
What she gave was not really a thank-you gift, but an apocalyptic survival kit that she didn't know if it would be useful. After thinking about it, she selected the necessities, tampons and some inconspicuous food.
Compressed biscuits have a long shelf life and can be stored for several years; she added protein bars simply because she thought it was too strange to give compressed biscuits to others... Protein bars are a popular meal replacement bar in recent years, and it seems more natural to mix the two together, although the shelf life Not that long, but it can last until after the end of the world.
In fact, under ideal conditions, it would be better to send these things out closer to the end of the world, but there was no way, the other party was leaving soon, so she could only pack more and send them out in advance, hoping that it would have some effect.