Why it never ends

"It's very close," Hesta pointed, "It's just ahead, just pass this ramp."

Eleven had run a long way in the morning, but now he rushed back with an angry face.

"What's the matter, walking so slowly!" Eleven shouted at the two of them in great dissatisfaction, "Hurry up!"

Eucalyptus took a deep breath, carried the whole bag on her shoulders, took big steps along the ramp in front of her, and started to run.

……

By the time the three of them returned to the base camp where they could live, it was past ten o'clock at night.A few people simply ordered some noodles and began to prepare for bed.

There happened to be two rotten mats on the floor in the room, but Hesta directly gave up the one he slept on, but Yugali refused to accept it, and the two pushed each other.Although Eleven couldn't understand what they said, the actions of the two made her quickly understand what happened.

This scene made her especially annoyed. Eleven couldn't figure out why this Hesta man who appeared out of nowhere followed them back directly. What was even more unacceptable was that as soon as this person appeared, he took Hesta away. Star full attention.

Ever since they met at the market, Hesta hadn't said a word to him. The two of them chatted a lot, but they didn't know what they were talking about...

"Stop arguing!" Eleven yelled at Eucalyptus, "You! Sleep here with me!"

Yujiali was taken aback, "Uh, then you..."

"I'll squeeze with Jane!"

Saying that, Eleven sat on Hesta's mat.She patted the mat and called Hesta's name, but the other party had already started to clean up the debris and dust on the ground on the other side - obviously, Hesta didn't plan to sleep with anyone tonight.

Eleven was so angry that he put his arms around his arms and turned his back to the two of them, "I don't care about you! I'm asleep!"

Yujiali was still standing where she was. She faintly felt the little girl's hostility, but she couldn't figure out the reason.Seeing that Eleven had turned her back and calmed down, she hesitantly walked to the mat designated by Eleven, and sat on the floor with her hands tied.

Hesta worked for a long time, then spread his coat on the ground and lay down.

There was only the sound of breathing in the room.

After a while, Hesta raised his head and looked in the direction of Eucalyptus.

"Aren't you going to sleep?"

Yugali responded, and slowly lay down, "...what's your name, Jane, isn't it?"

"Well, Jane Hester."

"Real name?"

"Ah."

A moment of silence.

"...The third district is a beautiful place." Yugali said suddenly.

"Fortunately."

"I heard that the streets over there preserve many very beautiful old buildings. If you point to a house on the street, it has a history of 200 years. Is it true?"

"That's right." Hesta replied, "This is generally the case in old towns, but the same is true in new towns. Most of the houses are newly built in recent decades."

"Are there many churches over there?"

"Ah."

"Do church bells really ring every day?"

"Correct."

"Isn't anyone going to find it noisy...Will that sound be noisy?" Yugali said softly, "Or is it very pleasant?"

"Well, I can't say well, I don't feel much." Hesta replied, "But I do knock every day."

Eucalyptus sighed softly, "...Why did you come back?"

"return?"

"Go back to District [-]," Yugali added, "You said earlier that it was an arrangement from above... Is this arrangement undeniable?"

"Why refuse?" asked Hesta.

Yugali didn't answer.

In the darkness, Hesta pricked up her ears, and she heard the slight sound of Eucalyptus' nails scratching across the mottled mat.

After a long silence, Yugali finally spoke: "Have you heard of 'Jiaozhi Mountain'?"

Hesta propped himself up on the ground, sat up, and looked in the direction of Eucalyptus.

There was no light in the room, and each of them could only see the outline of the other.

"I lived in that area when I was a child," Yugali continued, "it's in the middle of the fourteenth north and south districts, and although it's also classified as a livable area, it's actually no different from the previous wasteland.

"You asked me earlier why I can speak the language of the three districts. This is not unusual. Most of the Hesta people in our area can speak it, and not only the three districts, but also the languages ​​of the fourth and fifth districts... They are all from the family. Those who teach, will also go to a special language teacher to take lessons."

"Why learn this?" Hesta asked.

"In order to leave North [-]th District." Yujiali replied, "My cousin married to the [-]rd District last year, and another cousin went to the [-]th District...Although I haven't seen them since I got married, But my uncle goes there every year, and when he comes back, he will bring us gifts and letters from them...they have all lived well since they left."

"So it's for marriage?"

"You can't say that, because many of our people do business in the third and fourth districts. Like my family, my uncle has basically been running back and forth between the third district and the fourteenth district in the past seven or eight years. He often takes Friends come back, three districts, four districts and five districts...there are people from these places. The children are obsessed with it, and the family takes the initiative to teach it, and it will be slowly."

Eucalyptus let out a long and light sigh again.

"When I was a kid, I really wanted to see the church in the third district, really, but I only saw pictures."

"Why don't you go?"

Yu Jiali was amused by this question, "How can I go, I have no money."

Hesta immediately bit her tongue—she asked a stupid question.

"I sometimes envy my cousin," Yugali put his hands behind his back and leaned back a little, "I heard that men in the third district are very gentlemanly, respect women, and have a sense of responsibility. The men in District [-] are much better”

Hesta couldn't help recalling many faces on the Rise, she laughed, "... Who did you listen to?"

"My uncle," Yugali replied, "mainly my uncle, but we have said that for decades."

In the darkness, Hesta's eyes widened slightly, and even his breathing froze.

"Is that always...is that what you say?"

"That's right." Yugali nodded, "How many Hesta people in the third district do you know? Are they all doing well?"

Eucalyptus waited for a long time, but did not wait for Hesta's answer.

"Have you had a bad day?"

"...I have never seen a Hesta person other than me. You are the first." Hesta breathed slowly, "Except for my mother, but she passed away very early."

"Feel sorry……"

"There is nothing to apologize for." Hesta murmured, "But I don't know many people in the third district. Maybe there are indeed many Hesta people there, but I haven't met them."

"Not one?"

"not a single one."