An old man was sitting on the subway with a notebook and a camera on his back, looking at the empty subway with dull eyes.
While the subway was driving, he passed one station after another, but he never got off. It was not until he came to the terminal station that he came to life. After a while, he sat on the subway again and headed towards the starting station.
Looking at the subway which was empty most of the time, the old man didn't know what to say for a moment.
Just a year ago, this subway was often full of passengers. Especially when commuting to and from get off work, it was so crowded that sometimes there was no place to stop.
Only after the migrant workers start to go to work, the number of regular passengers on this subway will be slightly less, but even so, most of the seats are occupied, but there is no need to stand at that time, and there is no need to fight for a seat
Position yourself and race against time.
But now, the old man is sitting on the subway. Most of the time, the subway is empty, there are very few passengers, and most of the benches are empty.
Only when commuting to and from get off work can there be slightly more passengers on the subway, but it is far from the crowded scene in the past.
Moreover, the old man can feel that there are fewer and fewer people. No, another pair of young people are planning to leave the city.
"Dear, we have saved one million, but is it really necessary to stay here?" This is a lady with light makeup. According to the old man's experience, she is estimated to be in her early thirties.
There were many, many women like this in the past.
Many men, in their early thirties, will choose to return to their hometown or go to other cities if they still cannot stay.
Many of these men graduated from prestigious schools, and their study and work abilities are not to mention, but they just can’t stay in this city. After all, not all graduates from prestigious schools have their parents able to spend seven figures in cash to help them.
Pay a down payment.
Therefore, some of these elites in their early thirties choose to go back to their hometowns and take the civil service exam. Although the civil service exam has become more and more difficult over the years, the civil service exam essentially still tests students' learning ability.
The stronger the learning ability, the better the written test scores will generally be. Therefore, it is not a fantasy for those real elites to return to their hometowns and take the civil service examination. Others choose to go to other cities to find jobs, and eventually settle in other second-tier cities.
But in the past, only many men would choose to return to their hometowns when they reached old age. At that time, most women, even when they were thirty, were not willing to return to their hometowns.
Many people superficially say that these women cannot recognize the reality, are too vain, and always want to marry rich men, so they stay here and are unwilling to go home. This is a typical example of failure to recognize themselves.
But the old man has been here for many years, and he knows that there are indeed such superficial and vain women, and there are quite a few, but they are not the mainstream.
The main reason why most women stay here and never go back is because there is no place for them in their hometowns.
In fact, the smaller the city, the earlier the average age of marriage is.
After most women reach the age of thirty, in the marriage market and blind date market in small cities, they can only be exploited and rejected. That's it, no one wants them if they have a bad attitude.
On the other hand, most women’s hometowns are small cities, towns, or rural areas. Most of their hometowns do not have well-known companies and there are no jobs to speak of. It is almost difficult to find a career that suits their position. After returning home, most of them just
You can go into sales or get admitted into the system.
However, the positions within the system in small cities are limited. There are only a few hundred or more than a thousand each year. For these places, young people have to compete with others who have returned from big cities to eventually enter the system.
After all, those who achieve stability are very few.
Therefore, in the eyes of the uncle, the reason why so many highly educated and high-quality women in their early thirties stay here is not that they fail to recognize the reality, but that there is no place for them in their hometowns.
Besides, after seeing the prosperity of this place, can we really calm down and go back to our hometown?
However, since the spiritual energy was revived, everything has been different!
"It's not necessary. Nowadays, the elixir of youth is very cheap. One shot per one hundred thousand, and your body will be restored to the age of eighteen or twenty. Age is no longer a problem." Although the man on the side said:
Physically, he looked very tired, but when he spoke, his eyes were full of spirit, full of hope, and bright.
"Yeah, I'm already thirty-three. In the past, we didn't dare to get pregnant because of problems such as income and buying a house. Once I got pregnant, I would most likely lose my current job. I'd wait until after giving birth to find a job.
, I will be thirty-five or even thirty-six, and by then I will definitely not be able to find a high-paying job like I am now."
"So, in the past, we didn't dare to get pregnant or have children, let alone buy a house and settle down."
"But if I don't give birth now in two years, I will be thirty-five. The doctor said that if you give birth to a child at the age of thirty-five, you will be an advanced maternal age. I am going crazy!"
In fact, this problem is not only a problem faced by the two of them, but also a problem faced by many migrant workers who are working hard and making money with their lives in big cities.
"It's all over. Nowadays, the elixir of youth is so cheap. We can definitely get a shot and then start preparing for pregnancy and have a baby."
"Moreover, the way to the extraordinary has been popularized now. Although we have not achieved extraordinary results, I heard that if you practice Xiangxiquan more, you will be more powerful and more convenient and faster when giving birth." The middle-aged man was very happy.
He heard that some female supernatural beings, when giving birth to a baby, directly controlled the muscles around their body, and the baby was born by brushing it, and then restored it after brushing it.
Then, you only need to apply some medicine with extraordinary properties, and you will recover quickly. You will no longer have pain in three minutes, you can walk normally in three hours, and you can walk as fast as flying in three days.
This is also the benefit of being extraordinary!
"Although my wife is not an extraordinary person, we can also use the extraordinary package. Those medicines containing spiritual energy can greatly reduce the pain of giving birth..."
"Moreover, we can sell our home, even though it's not worth much, and then find a learning town with beautiful scenery. The doctors in today's learning towns are all doctors acting as intelligent beings. They
Very experienced and can handle a wide variety of illnesses.”
"Moreover, I heard that every characteristic town has built an ICU ward, with a large number of beds, and the hardware and equipment are very good."
Listening to her husband's nagging, the wife's expression became more and more relaxed. The young couple was full of hope for the future, but this hope could only be realized after they left.
The uncle sitting silently aside looked calm on the surface, but actually sighed in his heart.
More and more young people are leaving this international metropolis, but fewer and fewer young people are coming here.
And those well-dressed experts also analyzed it from various angles. Some experts said that with the recovery of spiritual energy, the sea is full of sea monsters. Although sea transportation has not completely disappeared, the total transportation volume is an order of magnitude lower than in the past.
And it may be even lower in the future.
At this time, this place will definitely be affected. After all, this place belongs not only to Daxia but also to all mankind in the world.
It’s an international metropolis, so cool!
But if you prosper like this, you will surely perish like this.
When globalization ceases to exist, this place will naturally lose its former glory. But fortunately, this place is still the first window for foreigners to enter Daxia, so it is still holding on.
Even in the past six months, a large amount of resources have been invested in the northwest to directly build more than 30 characteristic towns. These more than 30 characteristic towns are all named after certain local districts, that is,
Just add a new character in front of the name of the local area.
It is said that they hope that when local residents go to the Northwest, they can give priority to these small towns to ensure their influence in the Northwest, but this plan also failed.
Seeing that the number of people in the city is decreasing day by day, the old man's mentality is not good.
The uncle has lived in this city since he was a child. For him, this is everything in life. As a native, looking at the lost appearance now, the uncle feels extremely complicated.
He understands all kinds of truths. Experts, scholars and various up owners have analyzed them countless times, but when it is his turn, it is difficult to accept them.
This is the so-called butt determines the head!
The uncle is no exception, he is also a common man.
The fact that he can persist to this day without taking the elixir of youth is of course not because of lack of money, but because of his final stubbornness.
The uncle feels that even if the new era comes, people from the old era must not be allowed to live. He plans to continue living here until he has physical problems or the city disappears completely, then he will leave and inject youth.
Elixir.
As for more requests and ideas, I have none at the moment.
What the uncle didn't know was that he had become the focus of attention a long time ago.
Ever since Xiao Guanming took over the Internet in Daxia, he has quietly analyzed the entire population. There are many different categories of analysis, one of which is groups that may commit suicide or may commit suicide due to stress.
At night, an intelligent life wrote down today's analysis: A certain old man took the subway for a day again this year, and he seemed to miss his past life. Personally, I estimate that his mentality is relatively firm, and there will be no accidents or investment.
Lake, jumping off buildings and other behaviors.
But just in case, I suggest that the next time he watches videos, he should watch more related short videos of family members with both sons and daughters, so as to enhance his longing for his children and grandchildren, and finally use family affection to resolve the resentment deep in his heart...
Just when the old man was nostalgic for the past, the old man in another city started his own sunset.
Of course, it's a bit wrong to say Sunset Red. After all, he no longer looks old, but is actually very young.
At this moment, it is his wedding scene.
Perhaps because of his age, the old man didn't make much arrangements, and he didn't even invite many guests.
The old man is sixty-eight years old this year. His ex-wife contracted the disease when she gave birth to their second child, and she passed away within a few years. Then the old man worked hard to raise a couple of children by himself.
Later, my son went to a military academy and joined a relevant department, and my daughter was admitted to a prestigious school. With her own hard work, she finally stayed in a big city, which can be regarded as completing the leap from a small city to a big city.
Therefore, we have grandchildren and granddaughters, so we can be called a family full of children and grandchildren. The only bad thing is that the uncle has no wife and has lived alone for so many years.
In the past, when the children were prosperous, the old man was already in his fifties or sixties. He was already too old to find an old woman of the same age. After serving his children all his life, he would serve an old woman again?
The uncle said that he no longer wanted to serve!
Therefore, although the children have also had the idea of finding another one for the uncle, they have always been rejected by the uncle.
The grandmother opposite the uncle was in a similar situation. This grandmother had three sons and a daughter. When her husband was in his early thirties, he accidentally fell into the river and drowned.
From then on, the old woman had to raise four children by herself. Fortunately, her relatives at the time helped her. Although the life was very difficult, she still got through it.
After a lifetime of hard work, I finally raised my three sons and one daughter. Now they are living a pretty good life. The three sons and one daughter are also very filial. The only regret is that I don’t have a wife. After the three sons and one daughter got married one after another,
Everyone has moved out, the house is empty, there is only one person left, and it is very lonely.
The children also thought about helping the old lady find another one, but the old lady said, I have served you four all my life, and now you want me to serve an old man?
Don't do it, don't do it!
After the elixir of youth came out, the uncle and grandma received an injection respectively, and now their youth has been restored.
I went to the hospital for a physical check-up and checked various physical indicators. The doctor said that he was just like young people. At this time, grandma and uncle had the idea of looking for another one.
Coupled with the persuasion of their children, grandma and uncle began their second spring.
With the help of their children, the uncle and grandma learned to use smartphones, surf the Internet, and use various tools.
At that time, both of them had the idea of starting a business, and they hit it off immediately.
As for their entrepreneurial project, it is also very simple, that is, blind date.
This is what the uncle said at the time: "In the future, young people's marriage will be a real problem. From now on, they will not lack food, drink, or a place to live. They will have a study town to protect them. They can even lie down until
It's forever. At this time, it's absolutely impossible for them to feel wronged because of their marriage."
The aunt said this: "Indeed, today's young people are very precious. They are the treasures of their parents from childhood to adulthood, especially those who are only children. They have no brothers and sisters and are used to being self-centered. That's not to say
They are not kind, but they simply do not have this awareness."
In the process of jointly starting a business, the uncle met grandma, and then today's wedding happened...