《fall into darkness》Darkness
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Jula took out a bunch of keys and opened the door with a click.
Du Di'an looked at this slowly opening room, knowing that this would be where he would live for some time to come.
"Dian, come in." Jula took out a pair of adult cotton shoes from the small cabinet by the door, and shook it in front of Du Di'an on purpose as if to make him happy, "These are uncle's shoes, you first Dress up, and I'll take you to buy a new pair before the curfew at night."
Du Dian was stunned for a moment, and then he was relieved. One of the conditions for adopting a child is that he must be married, that is to say, he has a nominal father who has never been masked.
He consciously took off the dirty thick-lined shoes on his feet. The rough shoes carved several painful red marks on his feet. When he stepped on the clean cotton shoes, he felt a burst of comfort.
"Come on, I'll take you to wash first," Jula said enthusiastically.
Du Di'an thought she could take a comfortable bath, but she saw that she just soaked the towel with warm water, then wrung it dry, and wiped her face and arms for herself. This kind of bathing method is exactly the same as that of the orphanage.
It's just that the color of the water is much purer.
Du Di'an doesn't know that in this world, including nobles, use this "dry cleaning" method to bathe. People's general cognition believes that water will weaken human body functions and reduce disease resistance, even the most Nobles who love cleanliness will only do a lot of washing once or twice a year.
After washing, Jula let Du Di'an familiarize himself with him everywhere at home, and he took the coarse clothes that Du Di'an changed for disposal.
Du Di'an walked around the room. As he expected, he didn't see anything with a symbol of technology, not even a simple clockwork alarm clock. Moreover, he also saw one that he had only seen in fairy tales. The old loom, he remembered, and that fairy tale was set in what seemed to be medieval Europe, before the age of steam.
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Although a textile machine alone cannot determine anything, Du Dian thinks of everything he has seen in the past few months, and he is convinced that the civilization of this post-disaster world has not yet entered the age of steam. This discovery made some thoughts in his heart stir up...
In the evening, the sky was getting dark, the air was a little colder, and it seemed that it was going to rain again.
Jula was worried that Du Di'an was afraid of the dark, so she lit the oil lamp early, and the dim light swayed on Du Di'an's face. Every time she saw it, Jula had an amazing feeling. It was so white, even whiter than her complexion.
"It's going to rain, isn't uncle back yet?" Du Dian glanced out the window and said.
Jula smiled, thinking that this is really a good boy, and said, "Uncle has been making a batch of goods these days, and he won't be back at night. Are you hungry? I'll do what you want to eat."
"I like to eat everything." Du Di'an has been a picky eater since he was a child, but he really can't tell the name of the dish.
"Okay, I'll let you taste Mom's craftsmanship, I'm sure you like it," Jula said confidently.
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...
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Du Di'an has already met the nominal father, a tall and thin middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance, called Gray, with the same personality as Jula, gentle to others, a "tailor" by profession, and the textile machine at home is his The workbench, when the black snow season arrives, will bring the goods to the home to make, after all, there is no coal and coal stove in the factory.
Jula's adoption of a child was obviously discussed by them. When he first came home and saw Du Dian, his expression was the same as those of the adults in the orphanage. Any other problems, it is even more satisfied with the smile for several days.
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night.
The common storm in the rainy season came again, and the rain was pattering.
Du Dian, who slept in his small room, opened his eyes in vain and sat up suddenly, only to realize that it was just a nightmare, and then he felt that his whole body was soaked with cold sweat, and his clothes were sticking to the skin with sweat, which was a little uncomfortable, and he shook his clothes. , and then felt the urge to urinate, and immediately got out of bed, put on shoes, and gently opened the door, only to find that there was a dim light on under the crack of the room of Jula and his wife, who were diagonally opposite to the door.
So late, they haven't slept yet?
Du Di'an suddenly jumped twice in his heart, and he didn't know what to think, and unknowingly approached the past.
The building materials in this world obviously did not consider the sound insulation effect, at least not in Jula's house, and a subtle sound came from the room.
"Are you really going to do this?" This was Jula's voice, with a bit of hesitation.
"I know, you like this child very much, and I like it very much. To be honest, I can't bear it, but this time is a rare opportunity. If he can be seen by the lady of Ivy's family, we can move into business. We'll find better jobs there, and if you feel lonely, we'll adopt another child, and we can afford it anyway."
"It's not about money, I'm worried, that if Du Di'an marries into Ivy's house, this child will not talk much and will be bullied. They are completely two worlds. When I saw a doctor, I saw those who married into big families. The children of my life are similar to servants, and some are not as good as servants.”
There was silence in the room for a while, and Gray's voice continued to sound, "Jura, you should think like this, he was an orphan in a slum, if it weren't for us, he was adopted by another family, and his life would not be as good as a servant. And being able to live the life of a servant at Ivy's house is what many people dream of."
"But……"
"Okay, this matter is so decided, and whether it can be achieved or not is another matter."
The room fell silent.
The little figure at the door also fell silent, his little hand clenched into a fist, and then slowly loosened, turned around, as if dragging his body, and returned to his room, even the previous one. It was as if he had forgotten the urge to urinate.
Sitting on the bed, Du Dian listened to the sound of the rain outside the window, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart. Although he has always put Jules and his wife as nominal parents, the meticulous care of the Jules and his wife this month has allowed him to He was very moved, and there was a little more warmth in his heart, but he didn't expect that the world would coldly and ruthlessly tear apart some of the soft beauty in his heart like a mockery.
He suddenly felt lonely.
Suddenly, I miss the father and mother who are knowledgeable and gentle and the sister who always likes to pinch her ears.
Why, why leave me alone?!
He clenched his fists, but his heart was very weak, but an idea suddenly emerged. Since the people who have passed away can't come back, let the world return to the way he is familiar with!
Boom~!
The thunder roared and the rain poured.
No one knew that on this rainy night, the gears of history, in the chest of this inconspicuous little figure in the dark, slowly turned and moved forward.
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