Chapter 24 nature's joke

Of course, not everyone can live in the capital.For example, some ordinary people can only live in the village at the fishing village station. Living in this place, life is naturally not as comfortable as in the capital.For example, there is no one here on the main road.As soon as you get out of the station, walk on the sleepers.If you don't like walking on the sleepers, you'll be stuck at the station forever. We have an acquaintance who is an old resident of the fishing village. One time, he was really uncomfortable and went out for a walk.That's still spring. He got out of the station and walked along the sleepers.It was spring, in April, and Easter was coming.

He walked on the sleepers.It is conceivable what kind of road this sleeper is.In addition, spring has already begun, and there are thin mud and puddles everywhere.If you step on the wrong foot, it will be bad, and you can drown people.Just in time for spring, nature has thawed and flowers and plants have grown. Besides, our acquaintance is walking along the railway, thinking about things while walking.As I said just now, the incident happened in spring, after Easter, probably at the end of April.Birds were flying and chirping, and the air was terribly fine. As our acquaintance walked, he thought: the bird is chirping in the sky, of course it is very happy, but if you let it get down on this sleeper, it will not be able to sing.

As soon as he thought of this, he stepped on the wrong side.It was still spring, just after Easter, and there was mud and water everywhere. He missed his foot and sank one foot into the puddle, water up to his knees. He pulled his leg out, his face pale with terror. "It's all right," he thought, "I'm not walking with girls. It would be a shame if I went out with girls. Damn it, my legs are wet and dripping down. Pulling. Boots look like they haven't been brushed in a year. Frightened face. What a shame!" My acquaintance couldn't help being angry. "Oh, that's too bad," he thought. "There are potholes and water everywhere. It's the national railway! Do you want the sleepers to be soaked? Do you want the people to bathe in puddles? Let's just sue." It's like that."

Our friend came home, took off his boots, and began to write. He wrote a revealing short article and sent it to the "Red Newspaper".It tells how he walked, how he fell into the puddle next to the railway, and how the sleepers were about to soak... This short article came out at the end of April. Since then there has been a series of big events, and the speed with which events have progressed is astonishing. First, I read this short article above, then the management bureau discussed the article back and forth, and finally formed a team to organize an investigation committee.In this way, fourteen years passed in a flash.

Of course, it didn't really take that long.But now is the era of rapid change.One day can equal one year. All in all, it wasn't until early June that the committee came to Fisher Station to inspect the roads. The committee came to take a look, and it was obviously nonsense.There is not even a shadow of muddy water, on the contrary, it is dusty, hot as hell, and dry like the Sahara Desert. The committee members smiled wryly to themselves, thinking that people lied so well.So he drove away. At the beginning of July, there was a message to refute the rumors, saying that the letter last time was purely a lie and fabrication, and that there was actually no stagnant water on the station, even the cold water bottle was dry.

To this day, people in the Bureau think that our acquaintance told a big lie. Let them think so.If you think you are reasonable, of course you will feel at ease.Life will be easier! (1924)⑧ Translated by Gu Yaling and Bai Chunren