CHAPTER XX

Later, Julia told Lao Lu about these gossips during small talk, and she told Lao Lu that Yin Zhen actually didn't know history.

"He doesn't seem to know even the most basic Qing history, especially in the late Qing period." Julia said, "He didn't even know how the Qing Dynasty fell." ”

Lao Lu was very surprised!

"How so? When I listen to him, the Four Books and the Five Classics come as soon as I open my mouth, how can I not even know the basic historical facts? ”

"I really don't know. If you don't believe me, ask him. ”

Lao Lu thought thoughtfully: "This is difficult to explain. Could it be that his family regarded the end of the Qing Dynasty as a great shame, so he didn't explain that paragraph to the child? ”

Julia sighed, "That's right! Yin Zhenhe ......"

She was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly froze.

Lao Lu looked at her: "What's the matter?" ”

Julia swallowed for a long time, and said, "I promised him not to say it......"

"What matters so much? Can't even tell me? ”

"Uh, can't say ...... anyway"

Lao Lu looked at Julia and laughed: "What? You two have a secret? ”

Julia's face turned red suddenly, and she quickly shook her head: "No, no, no!" Daddy, it's about his origins - Daddy, guess who he is? ”

"Who? Malayan? Expatriate Chinese? ”

Julia clapped her hands and laughed, "I didn't say it anyway!" Anyway, I promised him not to say it! Daddy, you can't guess it's my fault. ”

Lao Lu nodded helplessly: "Okay." Ah Zhen, this kid, what is going on in his head? ”

However, no matter what strange and strange things Yin Zhen was thinking about in his head, Lao Lu still thought that this young man was a rare worker. He's smart, and he's very diligent and can't be picky.

Diligence is Lao Lu's most appreciated virtue, and he has said countless times: There is no such thing as stupidity in the world. Stupid, not because the brain is not smart, but precisely because of less practice.

Lao Lu always praised Yin Zhen, which made Julia a little sour, every time Lao Lu said that she didn't like to move, Julia hummed and said, "How much more work can be done at home?" let Ah Zhen rush to do it, so naturally it seems that I am lazy and diligent. ”

She even told Yin Zhen in private that she told him not to be so diligent, lest she be counted by Lao Lu.

"You have to do work, but you also have to do a good job in relationships. Yours, understand? ”

Yin Zhen looked at her inexplicably: "What is 'interpersonal relationship'?" ”

Julia was helpless: "For example, if you are in the company, it is not enough to please your boss, you offend your colleagues and subordinates, and even if your boss wants to promote you, your colleagues and subordinates will hold you back." ”

At that time, they were sitting on Yin Zhen's bed on the third floor. Yin Zhen held the thick dictionary and looked at it, he listened to Julia's words, thoughtful, and then suddenly lowered his head and turned the dictionary.

"What are you doing?" Julia asked curiously.

"I want to know what 'company' means."

Julia choked on him and rolled her eyes, and what she said just now was in vain!

"You, you know how to turn the dictionary every day!"

Yin Zhen put down the book in his hand: "Because it can teach me a lot of things, and it can make me understand what you say." ”

Julia was surprised: "Don't you understand what I'm saying?" ”

Yin Zhen glanced at her and didn't say anything.

At this time, Lao Lu came up: "I said that after breakfast, everyone disappeared." ”

Yin Zhen let out an "ah" and quickly got up from the bed: "I forgot, I should wash the dishes today!" ”

Lao Lu waved his hand: "Don't worry. There's not much work to do today anywayβ€”Julia, I'll go out. ”

Julia also got up: "Hunting?" I'll go with you! ”

Lao Lu shook his head: "You don't have to follow, I'm not going hunting." ”

Julia was stunned.

Lao Lu paused, looked at her again, and suddenly said, "It's the beginning of the month." ”

This sentence seemed to be some kind of code word, and Julia immediately showed a look of enlightenment, and she let out an "oh".

Lao Lu saw that she had something to say, so he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Daddy......" Julia's face hesitated a little, "can you think about this again?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, forget it......"

Lao Lu glanced at her and said lightly: "Don't worry about it." ”

"No, Daddy, have you ever thought it was dangerous?"

Lao Lu no longer discussed with her, he turned around and went downstairs, and said as he walked: "I'll try to come back in the evening, if I can't make it, then tomorrow morning." ”

When Lao Lu left, Yin Zhen looked at Julia in confusion: "What is he doing out?" ”

Julia sighed, "Something." ”

Yin Zhen thought for a while: "His own business? ”

"That's right."

"Also, Lao Lu just said that it's the beginning of the month, what does he mean?"

Julia was impatient by Yin Zhen's question, and she said angrily: "The salary was paid at the beginning of the month, don't you know?" ”

Now, Yin Zhen was even more confused.

That night, Lao Lu really didn't come back. For dinner, Julia only made it for two. She diced a chicken thigh and stir-fried it with a small handful of wild peppercorns. Yin Zhen was very unaccustomed to such a spicy dish, and he burst into tears when he ate it.

Julia glanced at him, "You can't eat spicy?" ”

Yin Zhen grabbed the towel and wiped his face indiscriminately: "A little bit is okay." This one is too spicy. ”

"I didn't often go to Sichuan restaurants before?"

Yin Zhen looked at her and shook his head.

"That's no wonder." Julia nodded, "That's right, you must have a private chef in your house, where can you go to a Sichuan restaurant?" ”

"My chef doesn't put so many chili peppers in his dishes." Yin Zhen was a little unhappy.

Julia sarcastically said, "I'm sorry, I'm not your cook, I love to eat this kind of food." ”

Yin Zhen raised his eyes to look at her, and there was a hint of contempt in his eyes.

Julia immediately noticed it, and she said coldly: "Say whatever you want, it'll rot if you hold it in your stomach!" ”

"Julia, you used to work as a coolie?"

"What do you mean?"

"Delicacies, pay attention to the deliciousness and mellowness, to retain their own taste, such as making a fish, if you put chili peppers in the fish soup, how do you say to eat it?"

Julia sneered, "Why can't you eat chili peppers in the fish soup?" Isn't that just boiled fish? Isn't that delicious? The boiled fish restaurant at the door of Lao Lu's house used to be lined up every day! ”

Yin Zhen's expression seemed to be said stupid by her, and he held back for a long time before finally saying: "Anyway, only those who do hard work love spicy and salty dishes!" Really! Now how these people have become like this! ”

Julia was no longer angry, and all she had left was to lament: this man will probably never learn to speak well.

"Even if you look down on me, you only have this salty and spicy chili chicken to eat right now."

Yin Zhen hurriedly shook his head: "I'm not looking down on you. Julia, I think you can change your habits. ”

This made Julia angry and funny.

"It's your turn to point fingers at my habits?" She snorted, "Don't put on those stinky shelves, is it time for us to put up a shelf?" ”

Yin Zhen was speechless by what she said. After a while, he still said stubbornly: "What is the difference between you and a wild man like this?" After a long time, even if the days in the future get better, the habit can't be changed. ”

Julia smirked, "So you're an optimist. Will it ever get better in the future? ”

"Why not?" Yin Zhen said seriously, "Sooner or later, the zombies will be killed, and the living will slowly open up the wasteland again, have children, and continue to reproduce...... Although we are only three of us now, we are weak. But in the future, there will be more living people, everyone will gather together, and acre by acre of fields will be cultivated, and life will definitely be better than now. What's the use of just sitting there lamenting and weeping in despair? The key is to do it! Get to work! If it doesn't work in fifty years, then a hundred years! ”

Julia looked at him in shock: "I'm right, Ah Zhen, you're not just an optimist, you're an activist. ”

Yin Zhen snorted: "I hate to sit there and talk about nothing, and I hate to follow the crowd even more." ”

Julia shook her head, a faint sadness between her eyebrows: "But I don't want to stay here for fifty years and a hundred years, I want to go back." ”

"Where are you going?" Yin Zhen asked casually, "Even if you know where your home is, isn't it occupied by zombies now?" ”

Julia lowered her head and gently flicked the brown rice in the bowl with her chopsticks. She suddenly whispered, "My family is not here." ”

"Of course your family isn't here." Yin Zhen looked at her, "Don't you can't even remember where your home is?" ”

Julia raised her head and looked at Yin Zhen with a strange look: "I mean, my home is not in this world. ”

Yin Zhen couldn't understand what she meant for a while.

"Alternate planes, you know?" Julia whispered again, "I suspect I'm from a parallel plane. ”

Yin Zhen looked at her in confusion, and after a while, he stumbled and said, "I...... Didn't understand. ”

Julia was rarely not annoyed, she nodded, "I know this kind of thing is difficult to understand, but Ah Zhen, I have proof. ”

"Evidence? What evidence? Yin Zhen was so curious that he forgot to eat.

"My memory of the world is different from Lao Lu's cognition." Julia leaned her face forward, as if she were telling a terrible secret, "And I'm sure my memory isn't wrong!" ”

Yin Zhen frowned and didn't move for a while, he looked as if he was trying his best to understand what Julia said.

"Don't you understand, Ah Zhen? If there is only one thing that I have different memories from Lao Lu, it is likely that I have misremembered; If it's a more personal matter, and there is a difference of opinion between me and Lao Lu, it may also be that I made a mistake unilaterally. However, if there are discrepancies in the memory of many historical facts, and there is no consensus on the basic facts, not in the details, it must be that I or Lao Lu are mistaken! It only shows that we come from a different world! That's why Lao Lu can't find out my background! He used the resources of the military district and didn't find my file! ”

Julia's tone was deep and low, her dark eyes were wide open, and her expression was more serious than ever!

Looking at her like this, Yin Zhen also knew that the situation was very serious. He chewed Julia's words, and suddenly asked, "Can you be a little more detailed?" You just said that there is evidence, but what kind of evidence is it? ”

"For example." Julia thought for a moment, "How many atomic bombs were dropped by the Allies during World War II - Ah Zhen, you know the atomic bomb, right?" ”

Julia asked logically, but unexpectedly, Yin Zhen looked confused: "Atomic bomb? What kind of egg is that? ”

This sentence almost didn't choke Julia!

Annoyed and frustrated, Julia sat there, her hands down, unable to speak.

But Yin Zhen still asked endlessly: "What kind of egg is the atomic bomb?" What kind of bird is that? Can I eat it? Is it delicious? ”

Julia was so angry that she couldn't wait to knock the soup on the table on that guy's head!

"Why can't you eat it! Take the tea and boil it, it tastes great! ”

At this time, Yin Zhen was even more confused: "Isn't that just a tea egg?" ”

"That's right! Just like you, stupid! ”

Julia didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, she stood up and quickly put the dishes away into the kitchen.