Steel Steam and Flame

　　 Perceptual keenness may be a "special ability" that everyone will have in the childhood. They can feel the changes in the surrounding things very sensitively, perhaps because of their strange feelings about the surrounding environment at that time. ?

　　 Lilia's memory of Cassia has always remained at the time when he was relisted a year ago. At this time, when I accidentally watched whether the snow outside had stopped one morning, and wanted to go out to play, the figure of Cassia standing outside the house was printed in his eyes. Of course, it was beyond joy.

　　 But what the eyes see is just a picture. When I got close to Cassia and was picked up by him, other feelings were also transmitted into the brain through different senses, and then quickly mixed. At this time, the mixture of brother Cassia that existed in the perception, the feeling given to her has become completely different from a year ago.

　　 The face is still the same, the smile is still the same, the voice has not changed, and the strength used to lift himself is even gentler than before. But something has changed. The elder brother in front of him may have started from some cores in his body, and has already been completely replaced.

　　 The older brother who left in the empire rearrangement before did not return today.

The child’s perception that the child hasn’t lost was keenly captured this change. Cassia brought a strange feeling to Lilia, just like the empire text in the textbook she is currently studying, it is obviously similar to other characters, but The meaning represented is completely different.

　　 There is no specific understanding of this strangeness in my little head, and it is still not clear what it means. So in the end Lilia can only think that her brother no longer loves herself.

　　 Maybe as we grow up later, one day it will become clear what the real reason for this feeling is. However, not only cognition changes with age, but memory will also be forgotten. Can't make a certain statement, saying that Lilia will remember this natural thing again in the future. But when she really remembered it, the most important thing in her memory might not be there anymore.

　　 Of course, in Cassia's eyes, I hope she will never remember it.

　　 The sound of crying spread out on the empty street, and the snow accumulated on the roof also fell a few pieces at this time. After hurriedly coaxing it, the child felt as tough as Cassia, and could not be maintained for a long time. Soon the strangeness was forgotten by Lilia.

　　 Mother walked out at this time. She hadn't seen her in a year. The change was hard to say. The tired feeling that had been entangled on her body for many years was finally gone, and her face also had a look.

　　 "I'm back, I should write a letter and say in advance, the family has nothing to prepare."

　　 Cassia wanted to talk, but her mouth opened and she still didn't know what to say. Then I remembered that there were not many words between me and my mother. After the two came to the small town, the mother went into the textile factory. Cassia would go to school in the small town during the daytime. Apart from spending a little time in her free time to bring her sister Lilia, the rest of the time was basically spent slowly in the factory.

　　 Time is completely staggered in many cases. Mother's textile factory has a night shift, and the time is also two shifts, one shift every 12 hours. There is not much time to meet and talk in life. And whether during the day or at night, the mother spends a lot of time in sleep. That is the long-term fatigue that seems to grow on the body, whether it is physical or mental.

　　 The industry here in the small town is not up to the point. Except for the price, everything else has been cut off from places like Manoma for several times. Electricity is not fully popularized, and the power of steam furnaces is still maintained by the primitive power of burning coal. Because it is a small city and in the frontier area, the coal at the foot of the Lilac Mountains has not had time to be dug up. It has been in history for more than ten years, but the storage capacity of coal can still be consumed by small cities for many years.

　　 This is the daily life of a small town located on the border of the empire, far away from Manoma. But compared to Manoma, the air is not so fresh because of the burning of a large amount of coal, but for Cassia, this is the best thing.

　　 There is still no change in the small room, except for some refurbishment of some appliances, it still looks like when it left. The old stove was finally eliminated and replaced with a brand new one. While offering temperature to the room, it also glowed with red light.

　　 Lilia and her mother’s bed are still by the stove. There was no change in his own room, everything was cleaned up neatly and there was no dust. The well-worn wall clock has also been replaced, and the new bronze clock has no "ticking" sound, almost like a silent guardian. Behind the windows is no longer a thick curtain that has been tightened all the year round. The sun does not come out. The lighting in the house is reasonably designed, without the blessing of gas lamps ~www.ltnovel.com~ is still very bright.

　　 The night came very early and I didn't prepare anything. When I remembered that I needed to cook in the afternoon, my mother and Cassia went to the shop in the small town to buy it temporarily.

　　 Cassia said on the road that she wanted to move her mother and sister Lilia to the nearest city. Her mother neither agreed nor opposed. But things were decided at this time.

　　 When sleeping at night, Cassia lay on the hard bed that had slept for several years. The unstable mental state has stabilized a lot, but there is still something lacking. Cassia didn't know what it was, and felt lost and lonely for no reason. Even if I think that my mother and sister Lilia will be able to be received in a really prosperous city in the near future, and I will receive a gas lamp that only exists in the museum, thinking that I still have a deposit in my pants pocket for ten million saints. A bank card with currency amount. But apart from the loss, there is only a sense of heaviness and panic for no reason.

　　 Something went wrong, and Cassia finally figured it out afterwards. These are the things that I desperately hoped to have after I was relisted. I can make a lot of money in Manoma, my mother doesn’t need to work in a textile factory, and my sister Lilia doesn’t have to be the same as herself. She needs to go to the steam factory and study at the same time.

　　 Now my idea can be said to have been realized several years in advance. I should be happy and proud. But the premise is gone, and Cassia can't pretend to take a long breath of relief in her heart. Then the voice appeared again, and it was close to Cassia who opened her mouth and said to herself.

　　 "Let's go, it's useless to stay here." 8