Chapter 176
Everyone has his own way of life.
People who seem to live in isolation are actually not separated from the crowd. Everyone in modern society is in the grid woven by society, and it is not easy to break away.
Lanze has many good friends.
However, no matter how many friends you have or how good your relationship is, it does not mean that your friends can help you survive.
Everyone can only live his own life. Everyone has his or her own unhappiness. Everyone's mission in life has always been irreplaceable by others.
Loneliness is a terrible thing. Especially when you are standing among your loved ones and friends, surrounded by laughter and noise, this person is alone and has no one to return to.
Farmer Jia doesn't look lonely at all. He is very energetic in his work.
The food is also quite good.
Farmer Jia added a lot of bamboo shoots and mushrooms to the broth, cooked gluten and vermicelli and ate them.
Lan Ze found that the cooked gluten was very delicious. The noodles were also delicious.
He made an embarrassing confession: He originally didn't like food made from flour. He didn't eat bread, biscuits, steamed buns, noodles, rice cakes, or rice noodles. However, he could eat a little jelly, cold skin, and a few steamed buns.
Farmer Jia listened to his introduction attentively, and finally summed it up: "I am familiar with picky eaters like you. One word."
Lan Ze listened attentively.
"greedy!"
Hit the nail on the head. Lan Ze refused to accept it.
The next day, Lan Ze helped organize the herbs in the warehouse.
Agricultural products are no different from industrial products. All living things will metabolize; since they metabolize, various changes will occur.
Their job is to pass the shrub branches stored in the big basket through the screening machine, pick out the unqualified ones, and repack the remaining branches into the big basket.
Before the medicinal materials company pulls away the branches, these things can only be regarded as grass, not medicine.
Because the medicinal material company has requirements for dryness, after the farmer Jia hires workers to harvest the branches, he still needs to dry them in the warehouse for a period of time. Do not dry them in the sun, as the active ingredients will volatilize.
Fortunately, this is a suburb, and warehouses and land are not valuable. For medicinal companies in the city, if they want to dry medicinal materials in the shade, the cost will be prohibitively high.
This job is very simple, mainly just watching the machine running and occasionally moving the basket.
With Lan Ze staring at the machine in a daze, Farmer Jia took the time to prepare a large bucket of medicine. He said it would be used in a few days.
On the third day, Farmer Jia continued to take him, driving around the farm in large circles, occasionally picking out pieces of bark and picking up branches. Lan Ze couldn't stand it anymore.
He came out looking for a place to die, not to eat and sleep comfortably every day.
Moreover, when he stayed overnight the next day, he began to dream about strange-looking female animals. They were not human-shaped, and he didn't know what they were. They might have been animals stewed in the kitchen pot.
As the saying goes: When you are full and warm, you think**.
From this it can be seen that he should just freeze in the wilderness so that his mind can be clear.
After Lan Ze took his leave, Farmer Jia sent him to the front door unhappily.
"If you leave, who will help me eat?"
What strange reason is this?
"Brother Jia, if I am still alive tomorrow winter, I will come to you for dinner."
Life and death are fateful. Since you are still alive now, you might as well arrange something happy.
"It's settled, I'll wait for you to come."
Farmer Jia watched him leave. After watching Lan Ze go away, he returned to the car.
Suddenly, Farmer Jia jumped out of the car again, ran to the door and shouted: "Be careful of the wolf!"
Lanze waved to him to show that he heard.
Going out from the farm gate, there is a main road not far away.
Lan Ze took a look at the map and decided to follow the road line obediently.
Although being eaten by a wolf was a way to die, he felt that he hadn't walked far enough.
If he were face to face with a wolf in the wild, he wouldn't think there was anything scary.
But what if we meet a group of people?
In seasons when food is scarce, wolves also like to form groups and collectively hunt down large animals, such as wild domestic pigs.
It would be even easier to deal with him, a human with thin skin and tender flesh.
What if he was sleeping soundly when the wolf appeared?
As a carrier of a major mutation who is restricted everywhere, he neither wants to receive extra care nor extra constraints, so he feels that death is a good destination.
However, he only felt that he was worthy enough when he traveled far enough before his death.
Although his life is useless, he doesn't want to waste it casually.
On the road again, Lanze no longer avoided people.
Listening to songs, writing diaries, and hiking all the way, every day is interesting.
It's a pity that the end in the distance is the end of life. It can't be said that it has any meaning.
Along the way, he passed through service areas and small towns.
I have never met a wolf. I have met a few dogs, but they all have owners. The ones I have met the most are all kinds of humans.
Every small town is settled by people who hate big cities.
Among the residents, there were not only no children, but also young adults and old people. Everyone looked relaxed and comfortable. Lan Ze felt envious, and he only regretted that he had unnecessary mutations and could not live a free life.
There are public housing in small towns that you can apply for, and the application conditions are very simple and you have a legitimate job.
It is a bit difficult for him to find a normal job.
Various unemployed people receiving relief can only be concentrated in big cities. While enjoying welfare, they also undergo personal management.
In terms of cost of living, of course it is higher in small towns.
All facilities and departments must be equipped, but only serve a small population. It is really a luxury.
Lan Ze walked along the road and met other walkers.
Most of them were people who came out on vacation, carrying huge bags, and would stop after walking for a short distance to find a place to have a picnic. It was very leisurely.
A small number of them looked like him and were engaged in wilderness survival.
The features are all very obvious, their hair is messy, their faces have been exposed to wind and sun, and they are burnt black with a touch of red inside.
Regardless of gender, they are proud of this look.
After meeting several wilderness survival enthusiasts who ran outdoors looking for trouble, Lan Ze discovered that he was not conspicuous at all.
Another time, he met a monk face to face.
A long line of gray monks, carrying blankets on their backs and wearing hoods to keep out the cold, lined up and walked quietly along the road.
No matter in any era, as long as there are still unknowns in the world, the awe of the unknown in human hearts will never cease.
As long as awe remains, superstition will never die. In other words, faith will always be with human civilization.
Among all religions, the most unbelieving ones are Taoism and Zen Buddhism. Taoism believes in Taoism, and Zen Buddhism believes in cause and effect, and is agnostic about the world.
However, the determination to believe that the truth of the world exceeds human cognitive abilities is not a kind of faith.
On the contrary, believing that science can eventually explain everything in the world is another kind of superstition.
Science in the real world is far from being able to explain everything in the world. The future is difficult to predict; infinity is inexhaustible.
Chapter completed!