“7.13。” Simon silently said that although it was dusk according to the schedule, the sun still stubbornly hung in the sky, but because the sun was more unscrupulous and the heat was more unscrupulous, and when it was time to shift at night, the workers in Zones F and G met each other, and the street vendors shouted "Great lake carp!" 30 yuan a piece! Look at this head! "Anthracite! Ten dollars a barrel! "Imperial blanket! Guaranteed rotten wolf fur! ”

Steel City is located on the shore of the Great Lake in the north, with perfect water purification equipment to provide an endless supply of pure water, and the suburb of Beimen is an agricultural park. It is ridiculous to say that before the war, people were deliberately trying to wipe out the invasive species of carp, but the oxygen-rich humification of the lake water made these vigorous and fertile fish one of the most important sources of animal protein for northern humans. Not starving to death is the greatest happiness, would you rather spend a night picking thorns or a night meditating against hunger?

"Oh!" A three-foot-long lobster broke free from its shackles and scurried straight to Simon, if someone happened to fall into the thing's pincers...... But how could Simon eat deflated in front of the arthropod animals, especially with the girl on his side, and immediately broke the hoop and lock, and unloaded his paws, Adolfina applauded lightly with interest, and pouted: "Ruthless." ”

Even more ruthlessly, the shopkeeper yelled for Simon to buy the beaten lobster, and in view of the suffocating gaze of the vendors on the whole street, Simon spread his hands very blatantly and said, "No money!" The shopkeeper ignored the revolver next to his placket and said in a negotiating tone: "Why don't I unload your hand as compensation?" ”

"Okay, okay, let's have dinner in the evening, you've been in Steel City for so long, it's time to try the lobster steak." Adolfina suddenly had a gentle temper, and threw a bag of coins with her fingers, and the owner of the fish shop saw that it was a vertical pupil, and did not count it, so she slashed through the back of the lobster's head with a knife. "One more coin as a storage fee, I'll pick it up later." She said.

"It's his fault! Why don't you tie up your own things? Simon said angrily, as if seeing a mentally retarded person, Adolfina flicked his head hard, "I don't care about your fault, his fault, you dare to use a gun in the city, do you want to go to prison for a day trip?" Then I'll tell you in advance, my mother is bankrupt! I don't have the money to get another one all day long, it's troublesome for the old lady to come back! Adolfina weighed the python, and after more than 100 years of leaving the factory, this antique gun, which is a work of art, still has its majesty and power.

"I suggest you consign this big gun to Sig Sauer with a silencer, and if you're lucky, you might be able to have some money left over to buy half a lobster." Adolfina emptied the nest bullet and inserted it back into the holster. "Every time someone provokes trouble and thinks about firing the first shot, most of the time, I agree, men think about fighting, women, I agree, but, don't put this set in the steel city, at any time, unless you are sure that there is no third party, the security team can't hear, okay, you shoot." Adolfina handed Simon two finger tigers and said sincerely.

"When you come back, remember to beat that idiot until he can't even recognize his mother, and then retrieve the lobster, remember!"

"Dare to blackmail the old lady......" Adolfina muttered.

The sun has not set, the temperature is extremely hot, and a group of shift workers can't walk when they see Adolfina in a sleeveless shirt, no wonder.=. Adolfina clasped her hands behind her head and beckoned, "Hey, go ahead, I'll be waiting for you at the intersection of Section E." ”

"It's cold, are you sure you don't want to go home to find your wife and children?" When was the last time you didn't move for more than 20 days? Oh, sixty years ago!

Adolfina's beautiful red hair was easily recognizable even if it fell in the crowd, and she was dancing with her fingertips with a dagger in boredom, when a shadow enveloped her, and a deep male voice sounded: "Take the wrong path, little girl." With that, he put his hand on his shoulder.

"Bang!" Adolfina scooped up her rough arm with one hand, probably a common disease of men who carved war into their bones, and after a fight, they got carried away, Simon fell a somersault and complained in a gloomy voice: "What did you grow up eating?" More strength than Banner? ”

"Who's Banner?" The green light came on, and Adolfina asked, "Well, I was a man in leather trousers who was angry and powerful. Simon busily dusted off. The red-haired girl's face showed a complex expression that seemed to be shy and yearning. "You mean Hulk?"

"I thought no one in the world knew about the superheroes of the old world except me." Simon was surprised. Adolfina raised her middle finger with disdain, stuck out her tongue and said, "Pull you down, I grew up reading pre-war comics when I was a child, and as for the reason why I don't have a lot of strength, you can drink a bottle of Galaxy Potion when I can." ”

"So, tell me about the world that used to be, the world before the Day of Judgment." Coldness, hardness, irritability, and maturity finally faded from the red-haired girl, and for a moment it seemed to reflect her perhaps true age—sixteen. Naturally, Adolfina took Simon's arm and looked up at the twenty-four-year-old who was flowing across the river of time.

Simon felt so hot that he bought a pair of sunglasses and held them to his ear, telling him what might be the only audience interested in about the long-lost world. Unaware of the blood dripping from his fist, it didn't stop the two of them from laughing out loud, laughing to tears.

"So you're pulling David's girlfriend while you're holding a broom and driving the suckling pig into the barn?" Adolfina couldn't straighten up with a smile, and waved her hand again and again, "No, I'm about to die of laughter...... You guys were so funny. Simon leaned against the cobweb-like telephone pole, took out the miraculously intact Zhibao lighter, lit a cigarette, and said, "Even people with guns and lighters are all antiques, you should call my great-grandfather, little granddaughter." ”

"Who is your granddaughter......" Adolfina jumped up, grabbed Simon's forehead and kicked him in the crook of his knee, Simon was kicked and staggered, he thought he was going to wipe a hand of mud again, but the ground was dry and tidy, Simon raised his hand and surrendered: "I lost, I lost, are we in place?" ”

Compared to the crowd in Area F who are dressed in fancy clothes or dirty uniforms, the people here are all dressed in the same way, laughing and returning home in twos and threes, looking at Adolfina with eyes no longer nesting in the fire, and even some people politely smiling.

"Well, here we are, the trade union in Zone E." Adolfina grinned at Simon. "I'm cold, take off your clothes and give it to me." Simon depressedly draped his coat over her, and Peter's trench coat was already up to his ankles, and now he simply dragged the ground, and Simon looked down. "Look at you!" Adolfina knocked Simon, who was going to see something strange, and said.

"It's too aggrieved to go to the assembly line to be an industrial worker with your skills, now, you pray for good luck, hoping that my old friends will be merciful to accept you as a stupid man." Adolfina turned abruptly, poked the bridge of Simon's nose with her fingertips, and warned: "After that, you give me honesty, be civilized!" To be a gentleman! Be like a person! ”

"Am I a four-legged toad?" Simon retorted, and then took another whip leg.

Adolfina took out a small notebook, rummaged through the house number "No. 229 Trade Union Street, Area E...... she turned to the corner of the alley and knocked softly on the door of the small building. Ivy, Simon noticed that the exterior wall of this two-storey building was clinging to vines, and the flower pots in front of the door were placed in an orderly manner, which must have been carefully cultivated.

"Who?" Behind the door, Adolfina looked a little brighter, and said, "It's me, Morfin, open the door, Lily." The courtyard door opened, and a tall girl in pink pajamas covered her mouth in disbelief: "Morfin! You're like that again! Then the door slammed shut.

"Again?" Simon squinted at Adolfina, and the pajama girl looked at him with both natural and angry surprise, and Adolfina snorted, "Maybe I like night owls at night." ”

The door opened again, the girl was dressed neatly, and welcomed Simon and the two, except for the furniture and furnishings, which looked old and old, everything was no different from the pre-war house, and the girl had just picked up two glasses, and down the stairs came a little old man in striped pajamas. "Miss Morfin." The old man nodded at Adolfina, "And this gentleman?" ”

"Hayes, Simon Hayes." Simon stood up and stood straight, stepped forward quickly and stretched out his right hand, "It's an honor to meet you, sir." ”

The old man was slightly surprised, "I'm not your chief, where is your chief." The girls hid their faces and snickered. Strong hands, young man, I'm John Collins, and that young lady is my daughter, Lily Collins. ”

Now that Dad is on the scene, Lily re-boils the pure water and sprinkles some purple-black vine leaves, "Vine tea." John said, and Simon took a sip, and there was a faint sweetness in the astringency, like black tea of average quality, "It tastes good, sir." Simon remembered Adolfina's "teachings."

Adolfina was a straightforward girl, put down her teacup, put her hands on her legs, and said, "Mr. Collins, with all due respect, does your gun guild still recruit apprentices?" ”

"First of all, I must correct that the Firearms Guild is subordinate to the Steel City Head Office, not mine, and in addition, recruiting apprentices needs to be approved by two industry masters, and the quota is one thing, and passing is another." John said to his daughter, "You put a little too much sugar in it." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, as a master of the trade, this quarter, you're holding a chartered apprenticeship, aren't you?" Adolfina blinked slyly, and Lily Collins touched her arm helplessly, biting her ear and saying, "Fenna, your current boyfriend looks handsome." ”

Adolfina quietly twisted Lily, tilted her head slightly, and bared her teeth: "What, are you envious?" ”