Space: 60's Survival

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 "Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang." The ancient customs bell struck a deep and distant sound, a frightened group of foraging pigeons spread their wings and rose into the air, also awakening the The people who are still sleeping in the city.

In an old-fashioned Shikumen house, Mrs. Xie was cooking breakfast in the kitchen when she heard the bell, looked up at the closed door, frowned slightly, and walked to the door in three or two steps. Urging: "Xiaotong, are you up yet? Hurry up, my sister-in-law is coming back today, so get up quickly." The door opened, a beautiful young girl stood at the door, and replied in a clearly sleepy voice: "Grandma, It's so early, it's this weekend!" Madam Xie said angrily, "Today your aunt's family is coming back for dinner, so hurry up and wash up, eat, and buy some food for me later." Tong Yan sighed slightly, obediently Do as you please.

Two bowls of white porridge, a plate of pickles and some leftovers from last night on the table are the breakfast for Tong Yan and grandma. This is their family's practice. While eating, Tong Yan listened to old lady Xie's instructions: "You can buy two fish and two pounds of spare ribs later. I bought the rest yesterday, so you don't need to worry about it." Then she took it out from her pocket. One hundred dollars was put on the table. Tong Yan looked at the money, thought about it, and said, "Grandma, ribs are not cheap now, a hundred yuan is not enough, right?"

When Madam Xie heard this, she pulled her face down: "You go to the wholesale market to buy it, where the food is cheap, It must be enough." After a pause, he started talking again: "Your mother hasn't paid the living expenses last month, and your father still needs to support your brother. How much money can the family have? I'm an old woman. I don't know if I owe you in my past life..." When she heard the nagging mode started by her grandmother, Tong Yan hurriedly put the last bit of porridge into her mouth, took the money, and went out with her bag.

After going out, Tong Yan took a deep breath and felt a little cold in her heart. A few years ago, Tong Yan's parents divorced, her mother remarried, and her father remarried, so she became redundant and lived with her grandmother. The two give the living expenses to the old lady Xie every month, and let the old lady take care of Tong Yan's food and drink. They call Tong Yan every month to show their concern. During the Chinese New Year every year, Tong Yan's mother will give some lucky money. Nothing else. I don't know why, in recent months, when it came time to pay living expenses, my mother would delay for a few days, and she had to urge several times before calling the money. Very dissatisfied.

After Tong Yan's father remarried, the stepmother gave birth to a younger brother, and the extra child was naturally expensive. Grandma was reluctant to let her son suffer, not to mention her favorite grandson, so she didn't ask Tong Yan's father to increase her living expenses. With no money in hand, and angry in her heart, he naturally vented his anger at Tong Yan. Tong Yan lived in her grandmother's house carefully, she knew in her heart that if her grandmother didn't care about her, she would have nowhere to go, because her stepmother would not let her live in the past, so she had to be patient now.

After sweeping a shared bicycle at the gate of the community, Tong Yan went to the wholesale market a few kilometers away. This wholesale market is newly built, not small in scale, and most importantly, has a full range of varieties. The market is divided into two parts: the north and the south. The south sells melons, fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs and poultry, and various aquatic products; the north is for daily necessities, dry goods from the north and the south. Several convenience stores, snack shops, and even a small barber shop were opened for the convenience of the people in the shops. In order to save money, Mrs. Xie would ask Tong Yan to go to the wholesale market to buy more meat dishes on weekends, and buy the vegetables she eats on weekdays at the vegetable market near her home.

This season of S City is the most comfortable time of the year. The blue sky was filled with white clouds like cotton candy, the sycamore branches on both sides of the road were lush and leafy, and among the leaves, a few mischievous sparrows were chirping non-stop. Tong Yan rode all the way to the wholesale market, feeling slightly sweaty on her back. Tong Yan let out a long sigh as she watched the signs of the wholesale market on XX Road shone with silver light in the morning light. Fortunately, there are not many people at this time. Tong Yan often comes to this market to buy vegetables. She is very familiar with this market. She secretly plans which store to go to to buy meat and which store to buy fish.

As soon as she stepped into the door, she felt a violent shaking. Tong Yan subconsciously held on to an iron railing at the door to stabilize her figure. Suddenly a black shadow fell from the sky. Tong Yan wanted to avoid the falling object. The speed is very fast, and it can only be seen that the signboard with silver light is falling. A sharp pain came, and then Tong Yan fell into darkness.

When Tong Yan woke up again, she found herself lying at the gate of the wholesale market, rubbing her head, Tong Yan snorted, and her head was still aching. Reluctantly got up from the ground, patted the dust on her body, and thought to herself: What a bad luck. When she saw the situation around her clearly, Tong Yan was so shocked that she broke out in a cold sweat.

At this time, the wholesale market was eerily quiet, there was no one around, and what was even more terrifying was that all she could see was this wholesale market, and all the other surrounding buildings had disappeared. "How could this be? Where have everyone else gone?" Tong Yan could no longer feel the pain, her heart was beating "thump thump", as if she was about to jump out of her throat, and her palms were full of cold sweat.

Standing at the door for a while, taking a few deep breaths, Tong Yan calmed down her emotions, and when her emotions stabilized a little, Tong Yan grabbed the bag in her hand and slowly walked into the wholesale market. The shops in the market are all open, the goods in the shops are neatly piled up, the roads are clean and tidy, even the lights in the shops are on, the only weird thing is that there is no one - no customers and no shop owners.

Tong Yan boldly called out a few times: "Is there anyone? Is there anyone?" Her voice echoed in the market, but unfortunately no one responded to her. She walked into a pastry shop, the pastries on the counter were still warm, the indicator light on the oven was still glowing red, a briquettes stove next to her was boiling hot water, and the lid of the pot was still steaming.

Tong Yan has traveled almost all over the southern region, and finally confirmed one thing. She is the only one in this market, and the others seem to have disappeared collectively at a certain moment. The only good thing is that there is water and electricity here. , barely able to survive.

Tong Yan walked into the newly opened barber shop in the market, pushed open the door, threw her bag on the table, found a chair and sat down, full of daze and fear, she just felt that she was locked up In a big cage, Tong Yan doesn't know how long she can live alone. Her family doesn't treat her very well, but she still has a little warmth in her heart. What should she do now? Anxiety spread and gradually filled the whole brain, "I want to go home, I want to go home, I want to get out of here, I want to get out of here." As if it was a cry from the bottom of her heart, Tong Yan couldn't restrain her emotions, She burst into tears, shouting loudly, "I want to get out of here!"

Immediately after, Tong Yan only felt her body sway, and when she stood firm again, she was standing in the grass. At this time, Tong Yan couldn't cry anymore. She looked at everything around her numbly and felt that today she had experienced a horror event that no one else had ever experienced in their entire life.

She stood silently for a while, observing the surroundings. This is a small hillside, and the position where she is standing is halfway up the hillside, surrounded by a forest, with lush weeds growing on the ground. In the distance, there was a sunset that was about to disappear, and the warm evening wind was blowing on Tong Yan. Tong Yan was certain that she had never been to this place before. So why did she come to this strange place? Suddenly, Tong Yan remembered a word called "transmigration". Maybe God felt that her life needed some stimulation and gave her such a story. So that wholesale market is God's golden finger? Tong Yan stabilized her emotions and said "Go in" silently in her heart. Sure enough, the next moment, Tong Yan appeared in the barber shop again.

Well, that's it, Tong Yan adheres to the principle of being at peace as soon as she comes, and fate has given such an arrangement, so she must go on well.

Tong Yan thought about the current situation carefully, and planned to see where she had traveled to first. The environment in the outer space is unfamiliar, Tong Yan carefully explores the surrounding situation, and slowly walks down the mountain along a small road. Along the way, Tong Yan carefully observes the surroundings, both hoping to meet people, but also afraid of encountering people. . When you meet someone, you can quickly figure out what kind of place you are in, but you are also worried about what to do when you meet a bad person? She has no power to tie a chicken with her own hands. Although she has golden fingers, she can't use it in front of others. After all, it is too wonderful. She doesn't want to be caught to do research.

After walking for a while, it was already sunset, and the surroundings were getting darker and darker. The birds chirped from the woods when they returned to their nests. At this time, a small open space appeared in front of Tong Yan's eyes, but something erected in the open space. But she was taken aback, because there were several tombstones erected in this place, one of which was newly built, and some paper money was scattered around. Tong Yan only felt that her scalp was numb and her back was cold. What was even scarier was that the inscription on the new tomb was dated 1962.

Tong Yan turned her head and left, trotting away from the cemetery all the way. It turned out that she came not to the era she lived in, but to the 1960s, the extremely hard and turbulent 1960s. On this day, Tong Yan experienced an unprecedented impact, both mentally and physically, she had reached the limit, Tong Yan returned to the space, back to the small barber shop.

I don't know how long she sat, but Tong Yan gradually calmed down. Blind fear is not the solution to the problem. If she wants to go back, she has little hope. If she stays, she must understand the rules of survival in this society. The worst outcome is to stay in this space and live alone.

Tong Yan strolled around first. This barber shop is divided into three, the outermost is the shop, four small tables with four chairs, there is a sink next to the wall, and a reclining chair for shampooing. Inside is a small room, a single bed, a small cabinet, a long table, on which are placed an induction cooker, a kettle, a frying pan and a little seasoning. There is a bathroom on the right side of the room. There is also a washing machine in the bathroom. The living materials are basically complete, and Tong Yan decided to make this her home.

Her heart was settled, and her stomach protested. From the morning to now, Tong Yan has been relying on a bowl of porridge to maintain it. At this time, she was already hungry, and Tong Yan decided to get something to eat. Boil a pot of hot water, find vermicelli and eggs in the cabinet, and boil a bowl of egg noodles. A bowl of warm noodles to eat, not only soothes the stomach, but also soothes the mood.

Tong Yan intends to tidy up, relying on such a large wholesale market, it should be no problem to arrange her life. After cleaning up the bedding, she went to the shop to find new quilts and sheets. After washing up, Tong Yan lay on the bed and thought about her life in the future.

She suddenly remembered her bag. Before, she put the bag on the table outside, opened the bag, and rummaged through the contents. There was a mobile phone and a wallet in the bag. There was a little pocket money of her own in the wallet. The money for groceries given by my grandmother is more than 100 yuan. There was a bag of napkins, the keys to the house, and an ID card. Looking at these things, there are not many useful ones. The mobile phone has no signal and can only be used as a watch. The money in the wallet is a piece of waste paper in this day and age. The ID card is useless, don't you take the second-generation ID card as your identity proof! ? The key is even more useless, and it is estimated that it is impossible to wear it back.

After thinking about it, I found that this is really troublesome. First of all, there is no information to prove their identity, secondly, there is no money, and thirdly, there is no ticket. In the 1960s, it was impossible to do without these things. Then there is the set of clothes that I have to change, it is not a product of this era! Look at yourself, a set of light pink sportswear and a pair of sneakers on your feet. The main colors of this era are blue, black and gray. Thinking of this, Tong Yan was no longer in the mood to rest. She wandered to the North District and went shopping one by one, looking for clothes suitable for this era, and also wanting to gain an understanding of the space she had in hand.

The first thing I found were shoes. There was a shop that sold cloth shoes. Tong Yan chose a pair of black face and white bottom. The pants were also found, a pair of black cotton pants. The most difficult thing to find was clothes. After all, no manufacturer would still produce that style of clothes. There was really no other way. Tong Yan found a black short-sleeved singlet. The walk on the mountain just now was not long, but I still sweated a lot, so Tong Yan guessed that the outer space should be summer. Dressed in almost all black, it should be in line with the wearing characteristics of this era.

After a few more visits, I finally found what Tong Yan wanted. When she visited in the past, she found that this shop sold some small commodities with a sense of age, such as: army green diagonal bags, enamel cups, enamel bowls, and almost extinct matches. I took a satchel, put on a cup with a blue rim on a white background, and found a white towel. This is her outfit for going out tomorrow.

Once your mind changes, it would be too inconvenient if you had to search for these things by yourself. After thinking about it, I gave it a try, silently reciting the cup, and sure enough, a cup appeared in my hand. Very good! This avoids repeated entry into the space and reduces the probability of being discovered. Tong Yan secretly rejoiced. Back at the barber shop, she set the alarm on her mobile phone, and Tong Yan fell asleep.

The next day, when the morning light was faint, Tong Yan appeared on the hillside. She went all the way down and followed the path on the mountain for about 20 minutes. She finally reached the foot of the mountain. When she looked around, a small village appeared. In front of me, houses built of yellow mud are scattered everywhere, slogans are painted on the mottled walls, green smoke billows from the chimneys of one or two families, and the crowing of roosters can be vaguely heard. There were green plants in the field. As for what they were growing, Tong Yan couldn't tell. There is a dirt road at the bottom of the mountain. Tong Yan has been walking along this bumpy road. This road should be on the periphery of the village. In addition, it is still early, so she has not met anyone.

When she reached the end of the road, a wider dirt road appeared in front of Tong Yan's eyes. Looking at the shoes and trousers that had been stained with mud, Tong Yan frowned, tugged at the backpack strap, and prayed in her heart, hope God can bless her once.

After walking for a full hour, Tong Yan's forehead was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and there was a faint pain in her feet. It seemed that she needed to find a place to rest. Tong Yan looked at the surrounding buildings, which were much better than what she had seen before. Most of them were brick houses, and occasionally an ox cart passed by. From this look, it should be a small town.

At a fork in the road, there is an open space, a simple tent is set up on the open space, and there is a stove in the middle. There is a large aluminum pot on the stove. Something is cooking in the pot, and it is steaming at this time. There was a long line in front of the stove. There were old and young people in the line, holding cups or plates in their hands, waiting to distribute food. Tong Yan walked over curiously. At this time, she saw more people, those people wearing shabby clothes, some leaning against the tree with their baggage; some squatting in the corner to eat something; pile. Slightly better, build a shed with rags, and the whole family huddles in one place, Tong Yan thought to herself, how does it feel like an escape.

Looking for a slightly empty place, Tong Yan sat down with one buttocks, and didn't care whether it was clean or not. She couldn't stand still. She had walked for nearly two hours since the morning. She had never walked such a long distance in a row, and she was wearing cloth shoes, so she was not used to it! Tong Yan pinched her calf and helped her muscles relax, while listening to the group of people. After listening for a while, sure enough, this group of people really escaped.

At this moment, Tong Yan only felt a light tap on her left shoulder, and when she turned her head, she saw a woman of about sixty years old, with short hair that was a little messy, with a few white hair still sticking out, a round face. With a smile on his face, he asked, "Girl, where did you come from? I haven't seen you before, have you eaten yet? If you haven't eaten, hurry up and line up, and you won't have anything to eat after the time has passed." He pointed to the place where the queue was standing. Tong Yan also replied with a smile, thanked her, thought about it, and went to line up.