Chapter 8: Dinner at Uncle Raul's house
Walking through the small door behind the grocery store, entering a small courtyard full of all kinds of flowers and plants, the fragrance of fragrant grass dispelled the strong smell of metal and motor oil that permeated the city, and also dispelled the gloom that enveloped the city.
As soon as I stepped into the small courtyard, I heard a high-pitched voice: "Hey, you two come back so late, don't you have to let the whole family wait for you every time? Don't you two have a little sense of time? Don't you have a hungry stomach? It's really two bastards, one big and one small, if you two do this again in the future, Shanna will definitely make you hungry." ”
Listening to Aunt Shanna's shouting, Murray suddenly returned to the reality in front of him, there were no military police, no women who could use powerful magic, and no bishops in white sun robes.
sighed secretly, only at this moment can I release my truest self, a rare relaxation, you don't have to hide yourself, you can laugh when you want to laugh.
Smiling through the nursery full of flowers and plants, he stepped forward and hugged Aunt Shanna, who was a little blessed, and felt the warmth of this home.
Hugged by Mori, Shanna was a little dazed at first, and then immediately raised her head and yelled at Raul: "Damn old thing, are you wantonly instructing Little Moli to work in the factory again? Look at Xiao Moli's thin body, how can you bear to treat him so cruelly?"
was roared by his daughter-in-law, especially in front of Mori, which made Raul's face a little unbearable.
There was silence for a moment, and then he immediately shouted loudly: "You woman with long hair and short knowledge, what do you know? ”
Raul was indeed enraged, after all, it was in front of Murry, and it was really a shame to be yelled at by his own mother-in-law like this.
Seeing that Uncle Raul and Aunt Shanna were about to have a quarrel, Murray quickly let go of Aunt Shanna and said, "Okay, okay, uncle and aunt, don't quarrel, let's go in and eat quickly." ”
Under Murray's persuasion, the husband and wife did not continue to quarrel, but they still did not give each other a good face, and the dinner began.
Uncle Raul and Aunt Shanna don't have children, so in their eyes, Murray is like a child between them.
It's not that Uncle Raul doesn't want to take care of him in the factory, it's just that the factory has factory rules, and arranging more work for Murray can make Murray earn more wages.
It's just that according to Aunt Shanna's idea, there is no need for Murry to work hard in the factory, and he can leave the grocery store in front of him in the future.
At this point, there is a deviation between the husband and wife, which creates a situation where they always quarrel because of Murray.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, such a quarrel between two husbands and wives is very bad, but in Murray's opinion, life in this kind of quarrel is more real.
So Murray never really mediated, and would always make the two couples quarrel happily, and then calm the two by changing the topic.
Seeing that the meal was already halfway through, and that the husband and wife should be almost dissipated, Murray said: "Uncle Raul, do you think those military policemen will really give up like this? For them, it seems that it is important to repair that differential machine, what do you think those military policemen are looking for with that differential machine?"
At such times, Aunt Shanna would never interject, and as a standard housewife, she knew very well what she should not ask.
Raul was silent for a moment, and muttered: "It looks like something important should have been lost, and the recording differential machine happened to be damaged again." ”
In fact, at this time, in Murry's mind, he already thought of the woman in his family, maybe related to that woman.
Raul raised his glass and drank the liquor from the glass, sighed and said, "Speaking of which, since our old fellows retired from the army, the empire has lost its ambition for foreign expansion, and has gradually begun to move towards arrogance and decay. ”
"Think about those high-level nobles, all of them are greedy for enjoyment, and completely forget the glory represented by the sun badge of the Sun Empire. ”
This is a lament for the current state of the empire by a veteran who once fought for the powerful Quartet and left behind a wounded veteran.
In the isolated factory on the outskirts of the city, almost every worker was like Raul, who, after being wounded and sick on the expedition for the empire's might, voluntarily entered the factory that was considered blasphemous in order to be able to continue the empire's prosperity, and worked day and night for the empire to process all kinds of parts and make the machinery that the empire needed.
However, in Murray's view, despite Uncle Raul's efforts, even at the cost of exhausting their lives, they could not prevent the empire from becoming arrogant and decaying, and the empire was doomed to collapse step by step.
After a short silence, Raul whispered with some confusion: "The difference machine in the garrison department is damaged, that should be a big deal, why hasn't there been news for so long?"
Murray looked at Uncle Raul, thought for a moment, and said, "Maybe it's just been damaged, so the news hasn't been spread yet?"
Raul shook his head very resolutely: "No, even the director of the Security Department is alarmed, indicating that the damaged difference machine must be a very important one, and judging from their statement, it should have been damaged for a while." ”
The military police who are qualified to wear white police uniforms must only be the director of the city's security department, and a security director personally goes out to show that the damaged differential machine is very important.
Raul fell into thinking and reasoning at this moment, and muttered softly: "It's still a little wrong, it stands to reason that the security department will be specially equipped with maintenance workers, and do you need a security director to come to me in person to repair it? Could it be that the damage to the difference machine is serious? Even the maintenance workers can't repair it?"
As if talking to himself, and as if discussing with Murray again, Raul said some of his own analysis.
Every worker has a rigorous logical mind, especially a skilled worker like Raul who has the ability to repair the difference machine.
If there is really a hierarchy, then Raul has actually reached the level of a nurse worker, two notches higher than the average worker, and one notch higher than the maintenance worker who specializes in maintaining differential machines.
The biggest difference from maintenance workers is that maintenance workers can usually only repair the machinery they are responsible for maintaining, and are not good at repairing all machinery.
And to the level of a nurse like Raul, you need to be able to be proficient in the care and maintenance of most common machinery, and have a certain amount of mechanical knowledge.
Meticulous logical thinking enables Raul to analyze the whole thing in great detail and peel back the real inside story of the matter.
Raising his head sharply to look at Murray, Raul seemed to think of something, and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that when that differential machine was damaged, the maintenance worker also died?"
Listening to Uncle Raul's continuous analysis, as well as this last guess, Murray said with a solemn expression: "Uncle Raul, you must be careful, maybe the other party will come to you again." ”
After glancing at the solemn Mori, Raul suddenly grinned and said: "Hahaha, it's okay little Mori, don't worry about an old thing like me that should have died on the battlefield a long time ago, you just remember to protect yourself, because you are still young, and when we save enough money, you can go to the Imperial Academy for further study, and you will be able to stay away from this despicable and dirty factory from now on." ”