Bohemia had never seen so many photos of herself in her life.
Surrounded by the mountain of albums, Lin Sanjiu flipped through the photos one by one. The afternoon passed by quickly. She sat cross-legged on the floor of the living room. At first, the album in her hand was so bright that she could barely see the people in the photos. Then, the reflection of the light faded, and the images became clearer. When the faces of the people gradually disappeared into the shadows, the setting sun finally reached the horizon. Everything was covered with a layer of cold blue veil.
Lin Sanjiu was afraid that she wouldn't be able to drink fresh water anytime soon.
Bohemia put the album aside and rubbed her eyes. This pocket dimension probably took up a lot of her time. She and Yuan Xiangxi spent the whole afternoon looking at the photos, but nothing strange happened in the house. Just as Yuan Xiangxi had said, her photos were everywhere in every album. There were group photos, solo photos, and snapshots. She was the one with the most photos among all the family members.
After looking at at least a few hundred photos of herself, Bohemia felt a little breathless. Unknowingly, she had really lived this kind of life. In the photos, she laughed easily. Her long hair fluttered under the bright sun. Her skin was tanned to the color of wheat. She raised her head and opened her mouth to eat a red apple hanging from a tree branch.
"Is life so carefree before the apocalypse?" Bohemia took another look at the picture of herself holding the apple in her mouth. In the picture, she was held high in Yuan Xiangxi's arms with her legs on the crook of his arms. She was smiling so widely that her eyes were curved into crescent moons. Yuan Xiangxi was looking up at her as if she was a star that he had accidentally caught in his arms.
Of course, it was not surprising.
In most of the photos, there was a Yuan Xiangxi beside her. The number of photos of the latter was only about a hundred less than hers. After spending the whole afternoon, Bohemia was very familiar with his face. If he looked a little pale and ghostly in person, the photos showed his lively and lively appearance. After drinking a few glasses of wine during the festival, his cheeks were rosy, his lips were moist, and his eyes were brighter than the stars. He had tried a few different hairstyles over the years, but none of them did not suit him. They always made him look thin and smooth, like a celestial being who had just descended from heaven.
"I said, Bao Er's photo is gone, so maybe she's not dead."
Bohemia shoved the photo into her pocket, but her words were still merciless, "Haven't you noticed that your mind is always dark and sinister? We didn't take many pictures of kids anyway. "
Indeed, compared with the happiness of the couple, their children seemed mere accessories.
As Bao'er grew up, there were fewer and fewer pictures of her. It should be "her". Bohemia was still a little unsure of the child's gender. Bao'er always had a round face, and her hairstyle was the same as her father's. Bohemia could not tell whether she was wearing a skirt or a pair of shorts. When the five-year-old Bao'er occasionally appeared in the photos, she was always riding on Yuan Xiangxi's shoulder with her arms around his neck. After she turned six, Bao'er's photos completely disappeared.
The second child was a boy. Perhaps it was because the second child was no longer a novelty to his parents, so there was not even a name written on the back of the photo. The third child was a girl. When she was still a toddler, all the family photo records were cut off.
"Do you think it's because after we had the second and third child, we were too lazy to take pictures of our children? Take pictures of ourselves? " Yuan Xiangxi put down the stack of photos of Bao'er and stood up to look for the light switch. "No way. I have a feeling that I would be a more loving father. "
"You are no father," Bohemia sneered at him and stood up as well. The temperature dropped rapidly in the evening, and the trees and the wheat field outside the window formed a dark shadow. She walked behind Yuan Xiangxi and watched as he pressed the switch several times, but the living room was still immersed in darkness.
"Maybe the power line is down," he turned around and said, "Wait in the room. I'll go to the back and see if the backup generator is working."
"Then let's go catch some fish. Let's cook dinner together, okay? "
Yuan Xiangxi glanced at her, one of his feet paused in the air as if she was a ghost. "I caught them in a pocket dimension. They're probably pocket dimension creatures. Do you want to eat them too?"
Bohemia rubbed the space between her eyebrows, lowered her head and took a deep breath. When she raised her head again, she put on a fierce look. "Go check the engine now!"
As soon as the door was closed behind Yuan Xiangxi, she ran up to the second floor. Even though there was no electric light, she still had the light fish. Sitting in the swimming light, she opened the diary again.
I'm pregnant.
The four words floated in the middle of the page. The top and bottom were both blank. She flipped through a few pages, but they were all blank. Bohemia was puzzled. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Ah! You skipped a few pages."
"How could it be so sudden?"
The first paragraph after pregnancy was also only a few lines long. If not for the different dates on each paragraph, it would look like a short paragraph in the diary. "I didn't expect this at all. I feel like I'm still a child. Can I raise another child? Or should I just abort it? "
"It's impossible to give up this child. … A part of his bloodline was slowly growing in my stomach. He's always circling around me. I'm afraid I'll choke when I take a breath. "
"My chest is swollen today. I feel uncomfortable when I walk. I feel nauseous recently. Everything I smell and do makes me want to vomit. Even when he bent down to kiss the mole on my neck today, he touched my throat and made me retch. The look on his face at that time was so sad. My heart aches when I think about it … "
"Aren't they sick of each other?" Bohemia touched her neck uncomfortably.
Perhaps it was due to the poor condition of her first pregnancy, her handwriting gradually became messy and scrawled. Sometimes, she just wrote a few hurried sentences; sometimes, she didn't write anything at all for two weeks. Her physical condition, physiological reactions, and pregnancy issues took up more than 90% of the content. The rest of the content was always mentioned, such as "He's so handsome. It'll be great if the child looks like him", "Although it's sad, I really want to give birth to his child", and so on. Bohemia's face was a little flushed when she read them.
A few days after Bao 'er was born, the diary was once again empty. That was normal. No pregnant woman would have the energy or the mood to write a diary at this time.
Bohemia raised her head and looked at the clock on the wall. Yuan Xiangxi had been gone for more than ten minutes. She could vaguely hear the muffled sound of the generator behind the house. In order to make sure that she didn't finish the diary when he came back, she quickly skimmed through the diary after she gave birth to Bao 'er. There wasn't much content. Most of it was her feelings as a new mother and her deep love for her newborn daughter. The other half was still about the relationship between her and her husband.
"I stumbled a little today."
One of the paragraphs was a rare one. Not only was the handwriting deeply engraved on the paper, but the content was also a little vulgar. "I'm so unhappy now. I don't want to leave him for even a second. But since Bao 'er was born, mom only saw her once when she came to see me … How can she not go home to see grandma? Mom will feel that it's not enough just by looking at the photos we sent back. It's not my fault that he can't leave during this period of time! "
Bohemia looked at the diary and found that it was written in June 1975.
She took another look at the string of "??????" The dots under each question mark were heavily pricked on the paper, and a few of them even tore through the paper.
In the following one or two weeks, the topic of returning to her mother's home was never mentioned again. Perhaps the couple had come to a conclusion after some discussion. The content of the diary returned to sweet happiness and daily trifles. When Bao 'er was one and a half years old, the diary was also used up to the last page.
The last paragraph was like this: "This book has been used up! I can't believe that two years have passed so quickly. What a pity! When I have another child, I will continue to write in the diary! "
"There are other diaries here?"
Bohemia turned the last page and touched the bulge of the handwriting on the back of the page with her finger. She felt a little sad as if she was bidding farewell to an old friend.
Lin Sanjiu shoved the diary back into the drawer. While she was looking for the other diary, she also cleaned up the mess she had made. However, she could not find the second diary. As the light from the fish's body swayed, most of the furniture in the bedroom was shrouded in a hazy light, and the room was half-dark. She glanced at the corridor outside the half-open bedroom door. The corridor was dark and quiet.
"Yuan Xiangxi?"
When Bohemia walked down the stairs, the light fish swam up and patrolled over her head. The light and shadow cast by the fish made it seem as if the stairs were alive. As she reached the door of the drawing-room on the ground floor, she could just make out, in the darkness, a figure sitting on the sofa, who, at the sound of her footsteps, slowly turned its head towards her in the darkness.
Compared to the shoulders, the head seemed a little too big.
"Why are you taking so long to get the generator? Is it still out of power? "
That guy didn't make any noise. No wonder she didn't hear him coming home. When Bohemia walked down the stairs, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Judging from the size of the figure and the size of its head and body, it couldn't be an adult.
"Bao … Bao Er?"
Her voice turned shrill. The light fish obeyed her and swam into the living room, illuminating the empty beige sofa. Even the texture of the fabric and the occasional stain could be seen clearly.
Bohemia turned around and quickly looked at the dark corner where the light fish did not illuminate. She was almost sure that the little black figure was standing outside the light. After turning around for a few times, the goosebumps on her skin slowly disappeared.
There was no one else in the living room except for her.
The door was pushed open, and the hinges creaked. She jumped up in shock.
"Bohemia?" Yuan Xiangxi called out. "I found a piece of paper under the generator. It seems to be left by a posthuman. Come and have a look … Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Bohemia didn't know what was wrong with her. Before she knew it, she had already dashed out and threw herself into his arms.
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