After sleeping all night wrapped in waste newspapers in a slightly cold house,

Early the next morning, Yang Zhu couldn't resist the stiffness of his muscles after all, and woke up early;

Crawling out of Jefferson's paper-shell "palace" with some difficulty, Yang Zhu moved his body a few times, and finally volatilized a little lactic acid in his muscles;

"Whoa!"

Yang Zhu opened half of the rolling shutter door, and Jefferson was suddenly awakened, only to see him roll around in a stiff but hopeful posture, raise his head, and try to open his eyes with worry, looking up vigilantly;

Seeing that it was Yang Zhu who opened the roller shutter door, Jefferson let out a sigh of relief, lay on the ground softly, and then said angrily:

"Yang, are you trying to scare me to death!?"

Yang Zhu looked at him a little innocently: "I'm sorry to disturb your dream, but are you so nervous?"

Jefferson weakly removed his long beard from his mouth, and then glanced at Yang Zhu with disdain: "My God, you don't even have this sense of precaution, how did you survive today?"

Yang Zhu was suddenly curious and hurriedly asked;

Jefferson probably hadn't communicated with anyone for a long time, and he didn't care that he hadn't slept enough, so he got up: "Don't you know that there are many people in this society who are very discriminatory and hate us wanderers?"

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"It's okay for the older ones, but they think we're like a bunch of rats, polluting their streets, diluting their welfare, and only spitting at us when we're in a bad mood or drunk;"

"But ......"

"Some young people, especially high school students in public schools, are far less gentle with us;"

"You know, these half-sized children, hormonal oversecretion, irritable and irritable, don't think about the [courage] to prove their fearlessness all the time;"

"So, we wanderers often become the target of their hunting, just like some primitive tribes in Africa, where a lion is hunted for a rite of passage;"

"You know, they often form a team of several people, holding baseball bats, and when they find a lone wanderer, they will rush up and beat them up,"

"This kind of thing happens all the time, I once had a guy who had a good conversation, and in this way he was beaten by them for more than half an hour, and he was disabled for life, and now he can only crawl forward with one arm and one leg;"

"Well, like a soldier charging on the beach!"

Yang Zhu frowned tightly: "So cruel?"

He only knew that attacks on homeless people were more prevalent in some parts of the island country, but he did not expect that the United States was also so serious;

Jefferson smiled as if self-deprecating:

"Cruel?"

“N！N！N！”

"That old fellow should be grateful for their mercy,"

"You know, back in the day, these bastards would surround us, throw fireworks at us, light the grease off our clothes, and watch us wail and beg for mercy like humanoid torches;"

Jefferson's eyes shook with a complicated look at the black oily coat that looked like a carapace: "These oil-filled clothes can effectively help us resist the cold, but when we encounter those bastards, the only effect is to make the fire a little bigger!"

"Those who are lucky are burned to death on the spot, and those who are unlucky are burned to death on the spot, and then they die after a few days of pain;"

"I've seen several of them before, all in the middle of the night in the park, otherwise why do you think we're so desperate for a place to live?"

Yang Zhu was stunned, the frenzy of students in American public schools was beyond his imagination, and he asked, "What about the police, do they care?"

Jefferson looked at Yang Zhu with some suspicion, and Yang Zhu immediately realized that there was something wrong with his words, and hurriedly covered it up:

"I always thought that only those of us minorities would be treated like this, but you're white, and you're treated like this?"

Jefferson shrugged: "Don't look at this country so binary;"

"Compared to you minorities, we wanderers are the real marginalized;"

"You know, there is a saying in our United States: [No votes, no value]!"

"You minorities can at least be regarded as a [vote base], as long as you fight for it, those politicians and elites will give you the least respect and protection no matter what;"

"But we, the wanderers, don't have the right to vote, so in the eyes of the people above, we are completely garbage that can be swept into the crematorium;"

"In addition, our country attaches great importance to privacy, except for a few places such as shopping malls, cameras are not allowed in public places;"

"So...... Do you think the cops would have gone to such great lengths to find out how a wanderer who might not even be able to identify himself died?"

Looking at the thoughtful Yang Zhu, Jefferson added:

"Well, by the way, there is a saying that says: a crying child has milk to drink;"

"When it comes to fighting for your own rights, the lazy blackskins do the best, while you Asians and Latinos don't have the awareness of this at all;"

"To be honest, I really don't understand what you Asians think, that's the rules of the game in the United States, now even those black skins can wantonly bully you, but you don't move at all?"

Yang Zhu couldn't refute it, and his heart was a little blocked;

But he knew that he might not know exactly what other Asians were like;

But in the case of Chinese, the situation is far from being as simple as Jefferson thought, and the relationship is so complex that it is completely possible to write another "Three Kingdoms".

..................

Now that he had been woken up, Jefferson had to mumble and get up:

"Okay, Yang, as the [master] of the five streets around here, I'll take you out for a walk. ”

Yang Zhu readily agreed, he was trying to personally assess the current situation in New York, and it was an excellent thing to have such a tour guide to accompany him;

You must know that the place he deliberately chose belongs to the [Bronz District], although there are also well-known slums in the United States, but after all, the ordinary working class accounts for the majority, which can be regarded as the most suitable place to be the [people's livelihood] in New York, and the data evaluated are more representative in terms of trends.

In order to make Jefferson, the tour guide, work harder, Yang Zhu pulled out the tears on the arms of his clothes like a thief, and then found a few green bills:

"Hey, man, to thank you for your kindness, I've decided to take out the only savings I had saved and treat you to a good treat;"

"Hmm...... How about a beer?"

"You know, there's a $43, $2 can of beer here, and you're ready to drink!"

Jefferson's eyes were green, and he slapped Yang Zhu's shoulder a few times:

"My God, Yang, you are so generous!"

"I declare that from this day forward, you are my Jefferson friend, best friend!"

Looking at Jefferson, who almost broke his mouth, Yang Zhu smiled honestly, as if he was happier than him......

............

Walking out of the small warehouse, looking at the sky, it was only about eight o'clock, although the number of cars began to increase, but there were few pedestrians on the street, only occasionally one or two morning joggers passed by Yang Zhu and them.

Jefferson, who had great anticipation, seemed excited and enthusiastic;

Pointing to the row of shops on the side of the street, which was empty but clearly lit all night, Jefferson said:

"Hey, Yang, do you know that those bitch politicians actually used [safety] as a reason to encourage those stupid bosses to turn on the lights 24 hours a day, and after so many years, these bosses actually did what they said;"

"Oh my God, don't these bastards know how much electricity is wasted in an entire New York store overnight?"

"You know, the commercial electricity consumption in New York is 3 cents per kilowatt-hour, how many businesses are there in New York?"

"Over the course of a year, the electricity bills wasted at night alone are at least more than a billion dollars!"

"How many jobs can be provided by squeezing out this part of the business cost?"

"These sons of bitches have been raising all day long knowing about the ass of those power groups, and they don't think about doing something for the people of this country at all!"

Yang Zhu calculated in his heart, 3 cents/kWh, which is almost 9 cents/kWh, which is a lot higher than the commercial electricity consumption of 5 cents/kWh in Huaxia;

At the moment, I was a little curious: "Jefferson, I feel that you are different from the Americans I used to contact, what did you do before??"

Jefferson was a little silent at first, but he was quickly relieved and laughed:

"I used to be a middle school teacher,"

"In a community public school in Queens, teaching history. ”

Yang Zhu was surprised:

"Teacher!?"

"Then how did you become a wanderer?"

Jefferson snorted:

"Because I was reported by a student that I was racist,"

"So I was kicked out of school;"

"And because I have this record in my social file, I have not been able to find a job, and in the end, I have to be a vagrant. ”

Looking at Yang Zhu's somewhat strange eyes, he quickly explained:

"I'm not racist, it's my students who falsely accused me!"

"Hmm...... As you know, in our public schools in the United States, students rate teachers to determine teachers' salaries and bonuses;

"So the teachers in the public schools are very indulgent to their students. ”

"And those community public schools are even more serious, they are simply an amplified version of kindergartens;"

"But I was still very young at that time, and I always wanted to let the students learn more knowledge, so that it would be helpful for them to step into the society in the future;"

"So I was a little stricter than other teachers, and the discipline in class was a little stricter, at least I couldn't allow too much action in the audience, and I would deduct marks from students who didn't finish their homework on time;"

"My students are unhappy with me;"

"And again, when I was talking about the history of the Civil War in class, I told the students that the industrial bourgeoisie in the North, after its victory, did not give the black slaves real freedom and land as they promised, although they abolished slavery, but they continued to oppress the black people in a different way, and by introducing the white supremacy public opinion in Europe, it provoked the whole society to discriminate against the black people, and planted the bane of today's racial discrimination. ”

"So I was reported by my students......"

Yang Zhu tasted it carefully, and said in surprise: "Is this a problem?"

Jefferson smiled bitterly:

"Yes, there is nothing academically wrong with this passage,"

"But ......"

"My students said that I used the word [black slave], which is obviously racist!"

"And the school probably fired me because the topic was more sensitive and afraid of getting into trouble. ”

Yang Zhu was dumbfounded, this can also be done!?

I couldn't help but be amazed in my heart, if the US imperialists did not have private schools, and all of them were public schools of this kind of goods, it would be good;

For 30 years at most, the only superpower on the blue star will be crawling everywhere like a toilet, crawling with dung maggots......

..................

After walking for a while, they finally came across an open bakery, and after exchanging food stamps for a few breads, the two of them wandered around;

Near the suburbs, Yang Zhu saw a group of small wooden villas from a distance, and many of them had some familiar patterns and symbols painted on the corners of the walls, so he asked: "These villas with symbols are also empty?"

Jefferson looked at it, "Well, some are empty, some are already wanderers, and some are still there by the original owner." ”

Yang Zhu suddenly came to the spirit:

"Oh, can you introduce me?"

"You know, we in Huaxia are different from you in the United States, your side is poor people live in villas, and rich people crowd apartments, while only rich people can live in villas on our side;"

"It would be great if the [Wanderer's House] could arrange for me to live in a villa at that time!"

Jefferson looked at Yang Zhu, who looked yearning, and raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"Yang, it's hard to imagine that you've spent a few years in the United States before;"

"Don't you know that this kind of civilian villa has a huge safety hazard?"

"Look at these low fences, they don't have any defensive function at all, they're just decorations;"

"Also, if you look closer, you'll see that the doors are made of thin planks that can be broken with any tool;"

"If it's okay if you live in an ordinary person, you can at least report the case and let the police deal with it;"

"But if it's a wanderer, no one will pay attention to it if it stinks in the house;"

"To be honest, the kind of small warehouse on the street that I live in is the safest for us homeless. ”

Yang Zhu pretended to be depressed, but there was still a look of yearning in his eyes:

"Okay, my friend, I've been taught, but I still hope you can help me introduce it, you know, in our Huaxia, the ultimate dream of countless people is to own a villa like this. ”

Jefferson shrugged: "Okay then, I'll introduce you." ”

He pointed to a villa with only half a spiral pattern painted on it and said:

"This pattern means that although the house is sold, it is empty;"

"Well, I remember that the owner of this house seemed to be a maintenance worker, and because there was something wrong with the funds, he didn't move in for a long time. ”

Then he pointed to a villa with only all the spiral lines painted and said:

"This pattern means that the owner of the house was forcibly repossessed because of the long-term mortgage break, and the owner was evicted, but the bank did not succeed in selling it again"

"The owner of this house is a dancing girl, I have met her, I have lived there for a while, but I have been evicted for half a year, and there is no new owner to move in to the house, I think this house will have to be empty for at least a year or two, and it is a relatively good place to live. ”

Then he pointed to a villa with a spiral pattern and two feet on the bottom and said:

"This pattern represents that the house has an owner, but is at risk of being evicted, and can be the target of continued attention;"

"Well, the owner of this house seems to be an ordinary white-collar worker, I have seen people from insurance companies and banks come to the door a few times, presumably there should be frequent overdue, it is estimated that the overdue time is not short, otherwise those people will only send you warning letters and fines at most, and will never come to the door in person;"

Next, pointing to the villa with only one circle drawn, he said:

"This means that no one has ever lived in a house, and it is very likely that it has not been sold,"

"Generally speaking, we don't move into this kind of house, it's too risky. ”

Finally, he pointed to a few villas with spiral patterns painted on them with an unequal number of tentacles and said:

"These patterns mean that there are already wanderers living inside,"

"Because this kind of place has certain safety hazards, it is generally arranged for several people to move in together, and there are a few tentacles on it, which means that there are several wanderers to stay;"

"Well, the kind of grass that replaces the tentacles with grass represents the child, in this case, the family usually lives together, so be careful when you visit the door, don't scare the child. ”

Yang Zhu was a little surprised: "There are still children as wanderers?"

Jefferson shrugged:

"What's so strange about that?"

"As the economy has deteriorated in recent years, more and more people have lost their jobs,"

"Many of them were driven out into the streets because they couldn't pay their mortgages."

"Moreover, there are many families who become vagrants voluntarily and then make a living by buying scrap;

"For them, it's a different kind of free life, and I think it's good;"

"It's just that this type of wanderer is basically out of the scope of help from organizations like [Wanderer's House]. ”

Yang Zhu silently counted the large number of wooden villas and the patterns on them, and found that in his field of vision alone, there were enough 6 villas with complete spiral patterns, villas with circles, and those with half spiral patterns were even higher, and the sum of the three accounted for more than 50% of the observable range;

I kept calculating the functional relationship between the four in my heart, and then asked:

"Jefferson, how many villas are there in this cluster?

Jefferson thought for a moment:

"I don't count how many villas there are, but there are about two hundred, right?"

"We now see that these are relatively close to the roadside and in the city, and there are not a few people living there;"

"If you go backwards, you will find that at least nearly thirty percent of the houses are not sold, and it is very scary at night when it is dark and oppressive!"

Yang Zhu simulated the location of this place on the map of New York and the radiation circle of the nearby economic hub in his mind, coupled with information such as the composition of nearby industries and the direction of the flow of people;

After a full minute, I looked up,

The corners of his mouth began to show a hint of a smile......

Jefferson saw Yang Zhu in a daze, and hurriedly asked, "Yang, what's wrong, uncomfortable?"

Yang Zhu unfolded a big smile: "No, my friend, I'm in a good mood right now;"

"Let's go, I'll invite you to drink!"

Jefferson was overjoyed: "I know of a convenience store owner who allows homeless people to buy alcohol. ”

So he hurriedly began to lead the way......