Chapter 22 The Passing Years
This is Merriam-Webster's factory for the production of time storage. Zhao Nan vaguely remembers that this is a business owned by the heroine's father.
Of course, he is currently in the ghetto, after the 12th time zone, and is still a long way from New Greenwich, which is in the fourth time zone.
Zhao Nan was assigned to the workshop where the reservoir was assembled. Eric, a black man, was very enthusiastic about teaching Zhao Nan the assembly methods and skills.
"Oh my God! Zhao Nan, you are the most powerful genius I have ever seen! Did you do this to the point where you were able to assemble it after just looking at it? Eric was quite surprised by how quickly Zhao Nan got started.
"It's not that hard to be careful." Zhao Nan smiled, this black man has a good heart.
The truth is that he has a whopping 16 mental and 16 agility, which gives him far more memory, concentration, and physical coordination. It's easy to apply this to learning how to assemble.
"Alright then, you just stay here. I'll call you during the meal, and I'll take you to the dining hall by the way. Eric Haha smiled and clapped his palms vigorously: "Everyone cheer up, who doesn't want to be kicked out of bed by his wife at night, just be lazy!" I'm too lazy to collect your bodies tomorrow! ”
“hahahaha!”
The atmosphere in the workshop seemed to be a lot more lively. Zhao Nan was a little surprised by the ability of this black man to mobilize the atmosphere. Shaking his head, he let out a sigh of relief, his hands fiddling with the parts in front of him.
The factory is still in operation, which means that Merriam-Webster has not been attacked by the hero or heroine. Shijie's order is still under time management.
"Let's take a look at the situation for the time being."
Unconsciously, Zhao Nan assembled haode storage on the desktop, which had reached an astonishing amount. He didn't realize it, and still buried his head in assembling it.
At lunchtime, Eric came once, and after seeing Zhao Nan's work results, he suddenly grew up and couldn't speak. He put his arm on Zhao Nan's shoulders and sighed, "Trust me, young man! You'll be able to get out of this hellish place in less than ten years! Of course, you have to keep up the speed at which this horror works. ”
"Thanks for the reminder."
Lunch was followed by afternoon work. Due to the more abundant time, Zhao Nan completed more volumes. When it came time to settle the bill, he received 50 hours of daily pay unexpectedly.
Naturally, this caused some buzz, after all, the places where they receive their salaries are full of people.
"Who is this!?"
"50 hours a day, how did he do it?"
"New here?"
It's just that Zhao Nan has already left quickly. He keenly caught some malicious looks.
In the evening, Zhao Nan returned to his residence. The room was dark, except for the flickering light of the TV. Finina curled up tightly under the couch, constantly switching channels on the TV.
Smack!
Turning on the light, Finana stood up suddenly, and when she saw Zhao Nan coming out of the door, she seemed to be relieved, "It's you." ”
"Weishenme doesn't turn on the lights?" Zhao Nan asked while placing some food on the table on the way back.
"This shijie...... Too unfamiliar. Finana hesitated.
"Just get used to it."
Zhao Nan took an apple casually, and while eating, he walked to Finina's side and grabbed her right hand directly. Just as Finana panicked and wanted to break free, she suddenly felt something and subconsciously looked to her left hand.
Time was skyrocketing, and there were 25 more hours in an instant.
"Luckily, we won't have to die tomorrow." Zhao Nan said indifferently: "If you're hungry, eat something by yourself." There are quite a few electrical appliances here, and I hope you can learn how to use them as soon as possible. We don't know how long we're going to stay here, so please familiarize yourself with everything here as soon as possible. ”
Zhao Nan...... Where did all this time come from? Finina stared at Zhao Nan and asked, "I've watched this so-called TV." Although I don't know exactly what this shijie is all about. But I know that time is scarce...... You can't be doing something illegal, right? ”
"I got a job."
After giving a promise, Zhao Nan walked directly to the room and closed the door. I fell asleep on the bed. A day of high-intensity work made his body feel extremely tired.
Finana quietly opened the door, cautiously stretched out her head to probe, and saw that Zhao Nan had already fallen asleep, quietly closed the door, sighed, and went to another room alone.
From this day on, Zhao Nan would go out to work on time every day and then come back on time before the evening. The first thing I do when I come back is to give half of my time to Finina. In this regard, Finana could only accept it silently and did not say anything. Similarly, Zhao Nan did not propose anything.
There was hardly much conversation between the two. Day after day, Finana has gradually adapted to the current stage of life, and the modern appliances have become familiar.
I don't know when it started, but when she came back late, Finina had already prepared dinner, and even carefully prepared hot water for bathing.
A month passed quietly, and Zhao Nan had fully adapted to the existence of Finana...... Or rather, there is not much feeling for her terrifying face. Every day I go to work, get off work, go home, and sleep. And Finina, on the other hand, never asked to go out.
Perhaps she herself realized that going outside with her own appearance might bring a lot of inconvenience. She just silently prepares some food every day, cleans, and tries to do what she can......
Not long after, Zhao Nan has already passed the probationary period of the factory, and even slightly promoted some positions because of the excellent daily workload. He was getting a little more time, and after giving half of it to Finina, he was even able to save some slowly. But not much.
In this dungeon, sometimes, Zhao Nan even thinks that if he can live here all the time, he doesn't have to think about how to complete the task tomorrow, as long as he works diligently, life is much better than Shijie outside the dungeon.
Life is like a bowl of water, plain, and there seems to be a hint of strange sweetness in the plainness, so a year has passed.
There's still no news from the Heart of Time. The conversation between the two about such things is also decreasing day by day. Recently it has not even been mentioned at all. More often, Zhao Nan will use the interesting things he sees during the day as entertainment at the dinner table.
His personality seems to have undergone some wonderful changes in the course of this year, and the ordinary life has washed his soul like a clear spring. And Finana gradually became cheerful.
gradually lowered, Zhao Nan even felt that the relationship with Fei Nina seemed to become delicate.
Zhao Nan tried to take Finana out of this place, without covering her face or lowering her head, but walking on the street openly.
Don't mind the eyes of unexpected people, and don't care about yourself, the key is that your legs belong to you and you can go anywhere you want.
It didn't take long for the neighbors to go from being frightened at first, to being surprised, to accepting it. They didn't know what the relationship between Zhao Nan and Finina was. After all, this shijie's appearance has been deranged.
Or is it a couple? But the two never showed any intimate movements.
"I'm out!"
"Be careful on the road."
"Well, you too."
Every day, you can hear the advice between the two of them. It's like a relative, plain as water, but it flows for a long time.
If so, two years were spent.
Then three years.
However, one day three years later, when Zhao Nan was at work, he unexpectedly met someone.
"Zhao Nan, this is the new employee, Will, Will Salas. In the future, I will work with you, and you will first take him to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment. Eric walked in front of Zhao Nan with a handsome young man.
"Hello, Mr. Zhao Nan. I'm Will, so please give me a lot of advice in the future. ”
Zhao Nan looked at Will, and at this moment, he had a premonition that those ordinary lives seemed to be far away from him.