The neighbors who were supposed to say goodbye also said hello at noon, with envious looks in their eyes. Half of the members of the small town are indigenous people, and half came here from other places. They have also been to other cities to see.
Yes, most of them want to move out of the small town at some point in the future.
The station is almost the same as before, because almost no one will come back or leave now, so that the staff here didn't even shovel the snow in front of the station, they just sat in the room. The arrival of the Imperial train
The time will be more than a month later, and it will take a long time to prepare.
The snow is not pure white, but has a grayish feel. As the end of the year approaches, the factories in the small town become more and more unmatched in their vitality.
After buying the tickets, Cassia and the others sat on the hard chairs and waited. There was a printed latest timetable on the board nearby, but the train did not arrive on time according to the time on it. It was more than an hour late and was painted white.
The train slowly stopped at the edge of the platform with a rumbling sound. The locks on the iron fence were all broken. If you want to replace them, you have to wait until the retraining comes. Usually there will be no one here.
When Cassia and the others walked over, several strong men in steward uniforms walked out of the train with iron rods, as if they were going to break the frozen ice on some parts of the train.
Most of the seats on the train are empty, and the number of people is sparse. You can count them at a glance. The railway line in the border area has only a few trains passing through it all year round. The timetable is on each station.
They are all based on half a month or a month. And the trains stopping at these places are not expected to be full of passengers. The money to maintain their operation and maintenance is all paid by the empire. This may be the only thing that the empire can be worthy of.
That's praiseworthy. At least apart from the use of airships, the empire has really allowed railway lines to cover the entire country.
This can be regarded as Lilia’s first time taking a train. She also took a train when she came here a few years ago. But at that time, she was still held in her mother’s arms and her eyes had not been open for long.
The things around her may be very novel to her, and after the train started, the scenery outside the window was the same. It was always moving, and her eyes were shining. She was half-kneeling on the chair, holding the window with her hands to watch the rapid flow outside.
The scenery in the past. A snow-white scenery, and not far away you can see the smaller and smaller shadow of Lilac Peak.
The small town was quickly surrounded by the surrounding white scenery and disappeared from Cassia's sight. For some reason, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
Lilia looked at the unchanging scenery outside and was completely tired after an hour or two. Now she curled up in a ball on the chair and fell asleep. Her long eyelashes moved from time to time. It was a quiet age where she didn’t have to think too much.
Mother was in a similar state beside her, leaning on a soft chair and resting with her eyes closed. There are always strange things on the train, which have the power to make people fall asleep.
Cassia couldn't rest, and she couldn't calm down. She took out a book to read, but it wasn't a good choice at this time. She brought a few books back, but they are still lying on Cassia's side.
There was not a single page in the box that Cassia had turned over. During the days when she was waiting for the snow to stop at home, she could not read a single line of words. She took out the book, opened it, and her eyes were really reading the contents of the book.
into the brain, but the meaning of those words cannot be thought out.
This state continued for Cassia until the train carried him and his mother and sister through half of the empire and arrived at a major city in a prosperous region.
The sound of the whistle woke up everyone who had fallen asleep on the train. Cassia, who was asleep, opened her eyes when the train slowed down, put down her luggage in advance, and waited for the train to stop.
A considerable flow of people can be seen outside, and lamps connected to the current are hung high above everyone's heads, emitting a cold light. There is a thin layer of steam floating on the ground, which is gushing out from under the train. The temperature here
It's far less cold than the small town, and even the snowflakes haven't fallen yet.
Lilia's eyes were wide open, and the electric light attracted all her attention. Even though the bright light made her eyes hurt, and after looking at it for a long time, there was a blurry glare. But for her,
This may be the first time I have seen this kind of strange lamp. After being picked up by her mother and walking towards the outside of the station, Lilia always wanted to reach out and touch the lamp above her head, but the height difference was too much, and it was not within her reach.
Height, the last wave of the little hand could only catch the air.
The place where Cassia got off the train can be regarded as the terminal station of this train. It is in a region called Mesalia. In terms of the prosperity of development, it is definitely not as good as Manoma and some areas along the coast of the Endless Sea, but
It is only about half a grade lower. And it is not known for its high degree of industrial development. The Meselia area in the main film is a vast plain, and it is rare to see a raised terrain on the horizon. Agriculture is mainly developed here.
It is one of the main producing areas of food, vegetables and fruits in the empire. There is no cold feeling caused by metal objects, and there is a kind of natural warmth. Although now Cassia only feels the bleakness of winter. But the agricultural planting technology has also evolved in the history of the empire.
During a certain period of time, it was vigorously developed and developed by Avalon. The approximate time was also when the empire was researching tranquilizers. Many greenhouses for cultivation were built on the plains, ensuring that even in winter, it would be safe for other people in the empire.
The region’s output of grain and vegetables will not drop much.
Moreover, one of the schools affiliated with the seminary, the agricultural research branch of the Imperial School of Biology, has also established a branch school here. It is considered one of the best schools in the Meselia area. I will let my sister go to this school in the future.
Plan, Cassia has done an investigation, and the Imperial Biology School is one of the few schools in the empire that is less involved with theological schools and military schools. Other educational environments are not out of touch with the empire, and various should
All the resources are available. In addition to these reasons, there is probably another important factor in choosing to place my mother and sister Lilia here, that is, it is much closer to Manoma. Compared with the small town, the distance
Reduced by almost half.
There were many regions and cities that were considered, but Cassia finally chose a place that was more or less far away from machines.
When I walked out of the waiting room, it was only about two o'clock in the afternoon. Outside, there was a row of limousine cars for guests parked in an orderly manner. Calling a limo car over, Cassia put down her luggage and told the driver.