The shop owner was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and then frowned.
A kind face appeared in his field of vision, filled with a stereotyped youthful air. It must be said that the man looked very approachable.
only……
After all, the clothes are a bit retro.
"Do you want to use the phone?" the boss asked in a skeptical tone. He suspected that he heard wrongly. After all, who doesn't have a mobile phone these days?
"Yes, is that okay?" He smiled gently, looking very kind.
The store owner hesitated, thinking that his phone might have been stolen or something.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in crowded places like stations. I lost my mobile phone, so I was anxious to contact my friends... This reason is probably justified. As for deceiving people... I should choose other passengers to defraud. Where can I go?
From the supermarket?
After thinking for a while, the supermarket owner pointed to a landline phone in the corner of the table and said, "Let's call it."
"Thanks."
As he spoke, he stretched out his dry and well-proportioned right hand and picked up the microphone.
His hands were somewhat wide, and his fingernails were neatly trimmed and clean without any dirt. When he stretched out his hand, the cuffs turned up, revealing an old-fashioned watch on his wrist.
I pressed a series of numbers, then waited for a while, and then the other party probably connected. He held the phone and said something like "um", "ok", "we'll be here", "trouble" and the like.
Short sentences.
The owner of the supermarket next to him took a few steps back as soon as the call was connected. He deliberately did not eavesdrop on the conversation. He just continued to hold the phone very attentively and watch the live broadcast inside.
It was a broadcast on a certain video platform, and the latest lottery draw was in progress.
He put his mobile phone on the shelf, holding a lottery ticket tightly in his right hand, with a serious look on his face.
Suddenly, a middle-aged woman who was busy in the supermarket came over.
First he glanced at the man on the phone, then at his husband.
A look of disgust appeared on the face that looked dull due to insomnia and fatigue, and he shouted: "Look, you will know it? How can you still win? It's time to pay for my daughter's cram school again, listen
Have you arrived yet?"
"Just wait a minute, the lottery will be drawn soon. Let's talk about it later." The supermarket owner said impatiently without looking back.
"I don't! Let me tell you right now! How many years have you been buying lottery tickets? What if you win five or ten yuan?" the woman said, slamming the cardboard box in her hand.
"What do you know? If I keep buying this number, I will win one day." He continued without looking back.
"Okay, okay, just watch you, you will live with the lottery in your next life!" The woman probably considered that there were outsiders present, so she did not have an attack after all, she just turned around and left with a cold face and a disappointed look.
After she left, the store owner, who was wearing loose short-sleeved shirts, sighed deeply, raised his eyes from the phone screen, and let go of the lottery ticket with his right hand.
The various awards on the screen were revealed one after another, and there were fewer and fewer left, and he no longer counted on them.
In other words, I didn’t expect too much at first... After all, after buying a series of numbers for several years and being disappointed for several years, it’s really hard to raise expectations again.
"Crack."
Putting down the microphone, he looked over in his Chinese tunic suit and asked in a gentle voice: "Thank you, how much did it cost after the shot?"
The middle-aged and depressed supermarket owner forced a smile, probably because he was a little embarrassed about having his family scandal exposed.
With a hint of middle-aged frustration and lack of enthusiasm, he waved his hands and said, "Forget it, how much does it cost to make a phone call? It's always difficult when you're away from home."
"Money still has to be given." He said seriously, and then took out a neat stack of banknotes from his pocket. The red one hundred yuan was at the end, folded in half, then fifty, twenty... and finally
The outer layer is light green "Three Pools Reflecting the Moon".
It's very neat, with neat corners.
The supermarket owner watched helplessly as the weirdo took out a banknote from the outer layer, put it on the table, and then put the rest away. Then the other person raised his head and smiled at him.
But I don't know if it's an illusion.
He always felt that for a moment, the other person's eyes lit up.
It seems to hide the beauty of the starry sky and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.
After being stunned for a moment, he shook his head and put away this strange hallucination. The supermarket owner heard this strange customer suddenly look at him with a very strange look, and then said with a smile: "Fate is always wonderful.
Isn’t it? Congratulations.”
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the door.
The supermarket owner was confused and confused. He frowned and was about to mutter something about mental illness. The next moment, he heard the host's excited announcement coming from his mobile phone placed casually on the shelf.
And then.
The middle-aged man with a dejected face suddenly seemed to be immobilized by a restraining spell. After a moment, he tremblingly picked up the lottery ticket that fell on the ground.
His eyes widened, his double chin trembled, and he shouted in an unbelievable voice: "Daughter-in-law... I... have been hit!!"
…
…
Under the floating land.
The temporary ground command center of the 13th Division.
This building built on the edge of the floating land is very simple, consisting of several temporary blue houses made of colored steel.
Standing in the wild, surrounded by local mountains and rivers.
Nearby is a national highway. At this moment, one side of the national highway is almost crowded with cars. At a glance, there may be hundreds of them.
Inside the command center, people were coming and going, and it was very lively. As the ground command center, on the one hand, it had to communicate with the exploration team on the floating land in a timely manner, and on the other hand, it had to take care of the overall situation, which was a heavy responsibility.
The people who appeared here walked in a hurry, almost jogging, and the sound of answering phone calls never stopped.
"How is the situation of the exploration team?"
"Still confronting?"
"Send me the latest satellite pictures and let me take a look."
"Where is the envoy? You haven't received the news yet?"
In the barracks.
The person in charge here, who is also another deputy chief of the Thirteenth Division, stands at the table with his legs together, holding a mobile phone in both hands, with a respectful expression. Even if the person on the other end of the phone can't see him at all, he still stands.
Straight, as if it was a subconscious action, "Okay, I understand. Please rest assured, principal, that everything on the ground is stable."
After confirming that the person over there hung up the phone, he took a deep breath and returned to normal. A young clerk from the Thirteenth Division who was standing next to him holding a stack of documents had been standing for a while. At this time, he finally found a gap.
He tentatively asked: "Chief Secretary? Look at these..."
"give it to me."
After making this call, the deputy chief executive, who had always had a frown on his face and a nervous and melancholy expression, suddenly seemed to have a backbone. His melancholy dissipated and his whole body looked much lighter.
"Is the person you're talking to on the phone...an important person from the headquarters?" The little girl asked boldly, probably because they were familiar with her.
"No," the deputy chief shook his head, then held the document in his hand, looked at Fu Lu through the cracks in the tent, and said with respect, "But even the big shots in the ministry respect him."
"Ah? Could it be that..." The young clerk's eyes suddenly lit up and he had a vague guess.
"That's right, it's him, the head of the First Division, my former teacher and principal, the only one in the seventh rank in Xia Kingdom! Shi Shengcun! He... is here!"
…
at the same time.
Principal Shi, one of the only deputy heads of the Thirteen Divisions, was getting out of a taxi.
"goodbye."
After closing the car door, Shi Shengcun waved to the car that was moving away, then turned around, raised his head, and looked at the floating land.
He is now standing on the national highway on the edge of the floating continent. There is no one around, and the orange-red sunset light is mostly blocked. But after all, some of it pours down from the edge of the floating continent, illuminating the road and his eyes.
Eye.
It seems to be burning.
"I'm running out of time."
Glancing at the old mechanical watch on his wrist, he murmured, then raised his right hand, placed it between his eyebrows, and looked up.
He estimated the distance to the horizon.
The next moment, the air twisted slightly, and his figure disappeared.