Chapter 52: Crooked
It sounds like Luo Pu's tone is not strict, and this is easy to do.
"Recently, the thieves in the neighborhood have been rampant, which has made the residents panic," Yan Qingcheng coughed, nostrils facing the sky, "In order to ensure law and order, we need to carry out a strict crackdown, so ......"
"You're not here to get them." Luo Pu suddenly interjected, his words were clear, and the frightened expression on his face weakened a lot.
"Huh?" Yan Qingcheng's pupils shrank, "Why do you say that?" ”
"No one will take care of our slums, no one will ever take care of them." Luo Pu's tone was very determined.
Yan Qingcheng blinked, "Little radish, do you know what year this year is?" ”
"Ephemeris 1020." Luo Pu blurted out.
She didn't have a problem with the concept of time, but it didn't make sense, Yan Qingcheng felt something was wrong when she followed her to this place, and only after careful examination did she discover the source of the feeling; The houses that humans live in are supposed to be made of sandwich steel plates, which have a long service life, good thermal and sound insulation effects, and a very stable building structure, but the houses in this slum are all piled up with earthen walls, which are covered with traces of time.
Yan Qingcheng had never seen such houses with his own eyes since he was born, and he thought that they would disappear from the entire galaxy a hundred years ago.
"How could that still be the case...... Old residential buildings? He pointed around and asked, "Didn't the coalition government preach that they had already eradicated poverty, so why didn't anyone take care of it?" ”
"Are you from within the Inner Ring?" Luo Pu asked weakly.
Yan Qingcheng nodded, and shook his head again, "It used to be." ”
"Only a person like you who lives a prosperous life will feel that the world is peaceful," Luo Pu's voice raised a little, "Those of us who were born in the Outer Ring Star Region can only struggle below the subsistence line, living one day at a time, do you know how many people here starve to death every year?" In this day and age, there are still people who will starve to death because they can't eat! ”
Yan Qingcheng suddenly remembered what Peony had said to him when he first came to Yanxing.
"Poor, there's no way to do it."
At that time, he thought that Peony was joking, after all, no matter how you look at the living conditions in the branch base, they are no worse than those in his student apartment in the National Academy of Sciences.
But what lies ahead is the stark reality.
He took a deep breath, and his heart was very unsettled; He has the habit of watching interstellar news every day, and the reporter with a full face of spring uses exaggerated rhetoric to describe the situation of the people living and working in peace and contentment in the outer ring star area, and the background is either blue sky and white clouds, or busy traffic, which seems prosperous and beautiful.
It turned out to be all lies woven by the coalition government!
It's ridiculous that he once said so childishly, "If gentleness is a lie woven by people, then I'd rather fall into this gentle lie forever."
I originally thought that the world was dark, very dark; But I now realize that what I see is nothing but the gentle side that the world has shown me; How can you imagine the real darkness?
"It's ignorance that limits my imagination, and lies are extremely cruel." Speaking to himself.
"What are you talking about?" Luo Pu asked cautiously.
"It's nothing," Yan Qingcheng naturally couldn't tell her how she felt, which would only make the little girl more uncomfortable, "Tell me, where are those thieves?" I can see you're not in the same league as them, but you know something. ”
Luo Pu gritted his teeth, "I'm sorry I can't tell you." ”
"Why?"
"They are all very poor people, their parents don't care much, they can't go to school, they can only ...... I can only ......" Luo Pu's voice became smaller and smaller.
"Are you sympathetic to them?" Yan Qingcheng said, "But I don't think you go to school either, the standard education takes ten years, you look like you're about nine years old, but there are classes today, why are you hanging outside?" ”
"I ...... I'm not just nine years old! I'm twelve! Luo Pu argued.
Yan Qingcheng glanced at Luo Pu's whole body again, he was thin and short, he really didn't look like he was twelve years old.
"I dropped out of school," Luo Pu continued, "although I don't have to pay tuition fees for standard education, but the teachers have to collect a lot of textbook fees and make-up fees, and my family can't afford it, so I have to drop out." ”
Is it because of malnutrition that makes him look small? Where else do I get for textbooks and make-up fees? I remember that when he was studying for standard education, he didn't spend a penny, is it possible that the poorer the place, the more scum will change their methods to oppress students?
"You dropped out of school and went to the bazaar?" Yan Qingcheng doesn't know how to evaluate it, she is just forced by life.
"I'm not fooling around!" Speaking of this, Luo Pu straightened his chest, "I introduce the store to foreign merchants, and they will give me a little payment." ”
In this way, Yan Qingcheng thought about it, he was looking for the thief group just to get the basic information of Liang Xingbei, but it seemed that the little girl in front of him seemed to know a little more.
"Are you familiar with Liangxing North District?" Yan Qingcheng asked.
"Well," Luo Pu nodded, "I've been to most of the markets within a hundred kilometers of the neighborhood. ”
"100 km?!" Yan Qingcheng was taken aback, "How did you run such a long distance?" ”
"There were special cargo ships that went to and from the mine and all the surrounding markets, and my dad used to take me when he was working in the mines." Speaking of his father, Luo Pu's eyes dimmed again.
Great, it's a good hit! Yan Qingcheng thought to herself, this little girl should know a lot about this place.
"Do you think this is good, I'll give you some money, enough for the cost of your father's operation, how about you take me to this place?" Yan Qingcheng opened his adjutant and pulled up a map of Liang Xing's northern district and pointed to a location.
It was the closest place to Han Youwei's daily activities, the person receiving the mission items for his novice mission.
"Okay, I've been to this place," Luo Pu finally laughed and agreed without hesitation, "But it may not work today, my father has been dismissed, so he can't take the cargo ship, and there will be no passenger spaceship to go there until tomorrow morning, and the platform is not far from here, and you can walk there in twenty minutes." ”
"It's okay, I can wait for one night," Yan Qingcheng said, "I'll find a place to stay, and I'll come here tomorrow to find you?" ”
"That ......" Luo Pu looked at Yan Qingcheng, as if he was considering his words, "Why don't you come to my house for the night, I can't find a hotel ...... near here."
"Oh?" Yan Qingcheng raised his eyebrows, "You're so bold, aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person?" ”
"I'm not afraid now," said Luo Pu, "you're very kind." ”
"Kindness?" Yan Qingcheng felt funny, "I was so scared that I cried just now, why did I suddenly think I was kind?" ”
"Because you are willing to listen to my explanation," said Luo Pu, "after my father was injured, no one was willing to help my family, and the shops who were kind to me before refused to borrow even a little money; Only you are willing to listen to my explanation, and you promise to help me solve my difficulties, and I have only done a trivial thing about this. ”
"And," she said, looking into her clear eyes, plucking up courage, "your eyes are beautiful, and you must be a gentle person." ”
Yan Qingcheng subconsciously looked away, he was picked up by this little girl.