Time flew by and it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. After work, Mu Yi went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables and went back to the house to cook dinner. Because it was too deserted in this room alone, he went downstairs.

Go for a walk by the river.

The climate here has four distinct seasons, and the altitude is high. The temperature difference between morning and night is also quite large. It is not as hot as the climate in the south, so it is suitable for planting two seasons of rice. Rice in Xigui County is only grown for one season.

Some green seedlings have grown on the rice piles where the rice has been harvested. Occasionally, some straw straws have not been taken back by the owner, and they are just scattered in the field, which does not look very special.

Mu Yi walked slowly upstream along the embankment of the Xigui River. After walking for about a kilometer, he came to an intersection. At this intersection, there was the Xigui River to the east and Qingshan Valley to the right.

The Xigui River originates from Jimuliangzi, flows through the five towns of Daxin, Dama, Datang, Longzhong and Qingshan, and reaches Chengguan Town. Here it intersects with the Qingshan Valley flowing from under the Wuyi Bridge. Then it flows through

The four towns of Chengguan, Dongjiao, Huayang, and Taiyang reach the confluence of Changma River Dam and Qinggang River. Then they quickly gather together under the attack of the high mountains and canyons on both sides of Pantonggou Valley. After descending as the altitude drops suddenly, they end in Xitie Township.

At the junction with Shunhe Town, after converging with the Sanpu River, it flows through Shunhe Town and absorbs the Baisha River tributaries, forming a majestic floodplain river. It continues to flow through Datu and Baishi Townships as the altitude decreases.

, leaves Xigui County, enters Haitang County, and finally merges into Dadu River.

As the saying goes, water flows to low places, and people go to high places. At this moment, Mu Yiyi’s understanding of this sentence is: water flows to low places, and no matter how hard it is, it can’t stop it.

Neither mountains nor boulders can stop water from flowing downwards. "Water flows downwards" is a natural law.

Human instinct is to pursue a better life. To achieve self-growth, self-evolution, constantly improve oneself, perfect oneself, climb higher, and develop for the better. "People go higher" is instinct and reality.

Looking back on the past few years, there have been ups and downs, gains and losses.

From a student, I grew up to be a government worker. From a Communist Youth League member, I grew up to be a Communist Party member. From having only a technical secondary school diploma to obtaining a college diploma, I will also obtain an undergraduate diploma in the near future.

From the corner of the field in Datang, I walked to Zhongguozhuang Varado. Then I walked to Zhongguozhuang Varado, and then to the County Safety Supervision Bureau. I settled on the fourth floor of No. 57 Wuqu Street.

Along the way, I gained a lot and lost a lot. My former classmates and friends have gone their separate ways and have little contact. My childhood home is now divided into four places.

He works in Xigui. Brother Jun is studying in Haichang. His parents work in Chengdu. Xiaojie went for an internship soon after returning to school after the Spring Festival. I heard from Xiaojie that he went to an electric power construction company for an internship. After the internship ended

I might just stay in the company and work.

Mu Yi walked through the intersection and continued to walk up the embankment of Qingshangou. After walking not far, he found that this section of the embankment was seriously damaged. Fortunately, there was almost no water in Qingshangou. Muyi was able to

Step on the huge pebbles on the river beach and continue walking.

After walking for a while, I saw the May Day Bridge not far ahead. There was a big gap between where Mu Yi was standing and the May Day Bridge. Therefore, this section of the embankment was particularly difficult to walk on.

It is particularly dangerous. The height of the river bank from the river bed is getting higher and higher. If you accidentally fall down, the consequences will be unbelievable.

Mu Yi stopped and found a clean place to sit down.

Sitting on this concrete river embankment, looking at the empty riverside fields, I felt that the sky and the earth were leisurely, and the breeze was cool. But I was like a lonely ghost in the wilderness, it was really lonely.

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This feeling is really bad. However, this is the most real state at the moment.

Take out your phone and call your parents far away.

"Hey, boss, what are you doing on the phone?" My father answered the phone and asked.

"Oh. Dad, there's nothing wrong. It's just that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I'm calling you to ask. I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Have you eaten yet?"

"Eat. Have you eaten?"

"We ate too. We were watching TV. By the way, can Xigui see the moon?"

Mu Yi raised his head and looked at the sky. "You can see it."

"Oh, you can't see it in Chengdu. It's covered in fog."

"Have Xiaojie called you?"

"I just called you before you called. By the way, he said he had signed an employment contract with the company. I heard him say that the basic salary is 800 yuan per month, and there are some other things like this. In total, every month

You can get almost a thousand yuan. But you are not a formal employee of the company yet. You have to work for three years before you have the opportunity to become a regular employee."

"That's great. The salary is quite high. I've been working for three years, and it's only a little over 600. I deduct this and that, but it's only a little over 500 when I get it. It's almost twice as much as me."

"But, I heard from him that it's quite hard and dangerous. The chimneys of any thermal power plant they build are tens or hundreds of meters high. Their job is to repair thermal power plants. It's very hot, every day.

You need to drink a lot of water and take 'Rendan'."

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The two fathers and sons talked on the phone. The father mainly talked about Xiaojie's "hard work". When they had finished talking, Muyi asked again: "Brother Jun, have you called?"

"Brother Jun hasn't called me yet. I don't know how he is doing at school."

"The school is very good. There are classmates and teachers. There should be activities today. I will call the teacher in their dormitory later to ask."

"Send me the phone number of the teacher in their dormitory."

"OK."

"By the way. Where do you live when you go to work in the county? Does your work provide you with a house?"

"The unit is newly established and is on the fifth floor of the Government Affairs Building next to the county government. We are not allocated a house. But I have already rented a room."

"Oh. Is the rent expensive?"

"It's not expensive, five hundred yuan a year. Water and electricity are also included."

"That's still a good deal. That's it. The phone bill is also expensive. Hang up."

After saying that, his father hung up. Mu Yi heard the busy tone of "beep...beep...beep..." coming from the phone.

I hung up the phone. I looked at the time and saw that it was still early for the evening self-study. I didn't immediately call the dormitory teacher.

It was getting late. The riverside was getting deserted. Mu Yi left the river embankment and walked along Orchard Road to Xin Street.

The lights of Xinjie Street are just starting to come on, and the neon lights are flashing. Songs of "Ghosts Crying and Wolves Howling" have already been heard in the Song City, as well as high-decibel accompaniments of various rhythms. It immediately gives people a very prosperous, lively, noisy, and noisy feeling.

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It's just that all these are happiness belonging to others. But Mu Yi's heart is empty, even a little sad. There are thousands of doors, bright lights, but none of them are open for him. He can only go back alone

Go to your rental place.

When passing by the grocery store, Muyi bought two bottles of beer...

Returning to No. 57, he heard the laughter and laughter coming from Uncle Chen's house. Mu Yi felt very envious. He went upstairs quietly.

Looking at the bright moon in the sky, I couldn't help but think of the sentence "The bright moon sends lovesickness thousands of miles away". It's just that the bright moon exists thousands of miles away, but I don't know who to send my lovesickness to.

I came to the roof, sat down, bit open the lid of the beer, and started drinking...
Chapter completed!