Chapter 11: The Return of the Slums
When leaving, Fino drove alone, and instead of going to the scavenger castle that Dudian had seen earlier, he went directly to the residential area, parked under the high wall, and asked Dudian to get out of the car and walk back by himself. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Don't I have to be a scavenger?" Dudian was a little confused.
Fino jumped back into the carriage and said impatiently: "We have already tested you, there is no need to test you there, wait a few days, someone will take you to report." With that, the rope in his hand flicked, and the black carriage galloped away.
Dudian frowned slightly, and turned and walked down the street towards the Jura's house, fortunately he had followed the El family's carriage back once before, and had made a note of the route, otherwise he would have to get lost.
By the time he returned to No. 108 Linkang Street, he was already so tired that he was panting for breath, his whole body was hot and sweaty, and his legs were sore. Although the Jula family lived not far from this high wall, only seven or eight miles away, his body had not yet recovered from the sequelae of the freezer, and his physical strength was much weaker than that of ordinary children of the same age.
At the door of the house, the Juras stood there and looked around, and when they saw Dudian appear from the corner of the street, their eyes lit up and they quickly greeted him.
Greggie said, "Why didn't anyone send you?" You walked back on your own? ”
Jura gave him a blank look and said, "Let's go back first." ”
Gray came to his senses, and immediately picked up Dudian's tired and weak little body, and hurried back home. After closing the door, Jura found a cotton towel to wipe Du Dian's sweat, and said with concern: "Child, are you okay, those people didn't treat you well, right?" ”
Seeing their reactions, Dudian knew what they probably knew, and asked, "You know?" ”
"We've been notified by someone from above, saying you're eligible to join the guards." Gray looked at Dudian's hot little face, and said suspiciously: "Didn't you pass the test?" ”
Du Di thought with peace of mind, it seems that the identity of the scavenger also needs to be kept secret, and said: "It's passed, someone will take me over to report in a few days, but I don't want to go, can I refuse this matter?" ”
If he had a choice, he would still be willing to learn the law first, master more things, and then go outside the giant wall to see the scenery there.
Gray breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Do you know how many people don't have a chance to go, you kid still want to refuse, being able to be a guard, can make you not worry about food, drink, birth, old age, sickness and death in your life, just stand guard every day, you can have a large salary, and no one dares to bully you, how good a thing." ”
Jura looked at Dudian tenderly and said, "Do you still want to learn the law?" ”
Dudian nodded earnestly.
"I asked for you." Jura smiled and said, "When you go there for training, you can also learn the law, and not only the law, but also medicine, geology, sewing, etc., it is a comprehensive school." ”
School? Dudian was stunned.
Many people can't tell the difference between a college and a school, to put it simply, a college is a specialization, such as a law school, a sewing school, but the school is composed of multiple colleges, and the things learned are very comprehensive!
"What is there to learn about the law, when you become a guard, you will not worry about anything." Gray patted Dudian on the shoulder and encouraged with a smile: "Come on, I heard that there will be eliminations in the training camp there, you have to concentrate, don't be brushed off." ”
Du Di'an was relieved and studied comprehensively? That's exactly what he wants.
"Auntie." Dudian seized the opportunity and said to Jura: "I want to borrow some pocket money, and I will definitely pay you back in the future!" ”
Jura was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "How much you want, I'll give it to you, what you borrow or can't pay back, it's all a family." ”
"Yes." Gray smiled and said, "After living here for so long, it's time for Dean to change his mind." ”
Du Di didn't understand his words, so he estimated in his heart and said, "About a hundred copper coins." ”
"So much?" Jura and the others were stunned, one hundred copper coins was almost equal to their living expenses for half a month, and Greggie said: "What do you want to buy, do you need so much?" ”
Du Dian had already thought of a reason, and said, "I want to buy something to eat and go back to visit my friends in the orphanage." After speaking, he said silently in his heart, I will borrow you first, and then I will visit you later.
Jura smiled slightly and said, "It should be too, for you." After speaking, he took out a stack of green copper coins from his wallet, counted them, and handed them to Du Dian in exactly one hundred.
Since the advent of printing technology ten years ago, Xinghai Bank under the management of Sylvia Jubi has issued a large number of banknotes, which have replaced coins in just a few years, and circulated to households in residential areas, and people have gradually become accustomed to trading with light banknotes.
"Thank you!" Du Dian took it immediately, without any points, and put it directly into his pocket.
Seeing this, Gray couldn't say anything more, and waved Jura to make dinner.
Early the next morning.
Dudian got up on time, washed up, had breakfast, said hello to the Juras, and went straight out. Although it is not known when the scavengers will send someone to pick him up, he will not have to go to the law school for classes these days.
"Sulfur ......" Du Dian vaguely remembered the use of gunpowder, which was told to him by his sister when she made firecrackers for him during a festival, but he didn't know what he needed besides sulfur, after all, he was still young at the time and was not interested in these things.
Instead of going directly to buy the sulphur, Dudian called a carriage and headed to the slums to get something back for himself.
Soon, after entering the slum, Du Dian walked directly in the direction of the Meishan Orphanage, and then when he was separated by four streets, he turned into a remote and dilapidated street, and went straight ahead, the smell of feces and insect decay along the way made him frown slightly, and it didn't take long for him to come to a huge garbage dump.
A garbage dump in the slum is really a garbage dump.
Here, you will never find anything that still has use value, and if you want to treasure in it, it is a fool's dream.
Therefore, even the poor people will not come here, because all the items discarded here have long been turned over.
Standing far away, Dudian could smell a strong smell of rancid smell mixed with feces and urine, and many poor people or homeless people were still happy to solve the problem of excretion here.
There were seven or eight black garbage heaps, as huge as a hill, Du Dian came to one of the garbage heaps, looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one nearby, he bent down and squatted down, and lifted a black cloth covered with garbage and unknown slime, which revealed a small hollow, just enough to accommodate his thin little body.
This is naturally not a coincidence, but this hole, which he opened with his own hands.