The midday light of New York shines through the wind-swept curtains into the slightly cramped but not crowded living room, a modest house in Queens, with two stories and a small courtyard, which is not a villa compared to the wealthy area, but can barely touch the threshold of a middle-class home.

The light of the car's turn signal flickered, and Ben Parker, who was sitting in the driver's seat, already had a trace of gray hair on his sideburns, this middle-aged man was not tall or strong, and always liked to wear plaid shirts and jackets, or work uniforms of various colors, and always hung a small tool kit around his waist, so that any emergencies could be repaired immediately.

In New York, the job of an electrical engineer is not very rich, but it is decent, the income is good, and it is enough to support a family, although occasionally stretched, but most of the residents who live in this neighborhood do.

They weren't poor, they weren't so poor that they couldn't afford to eat, because when they were young, they caught the tail of America's golden age, and a blue-collar worker was enough to feed a family, and Ben Parker was like that.

When he was young, he left home early to study electrical engineering technology, and before the age of 20, he was already working independently, with a fairly good salary, and successfully married, and the parents of both parties took a small amount of money as the start-up capital of the newlyweds, bought a house and a car, and also bought some financial products as long-term income.

However, such days only lasted for a short time, since the US economy began to decline, the ability to harvest the world became weaker and weaker, and after the golden age passed, blue-collar workers no longer had such privileged conditions, at least not as much as before, but prices became more expensive.

Most of the residents living in this community are like this, although their income is not bad, they also have to pay high property taxes and insurance, and they have to pay carefully, and at the end of the year, they still have no savings.

Ben Parker took his hands off the steering wheel, pushed the door and got out of the car, glancing back at the Cadillac with a satisfied expression on his face.

But this satisfaction is not pride in other people, and although he is pleased with Peter Parker's achievements, the car was actually bought by him with his own salary, not by Peter.

Ben Parker has always wanted to own a Cadillac, but for so many years, the economic situation of the Parker family has left them with little room to change to a new car, even if it is the Ford car that was changed later, it was also bought back from the second-hand market, and it can run as long as it can run, and it can't pursue the brand and configuration.

Standing in front of the car, Ben Parker stared at the Cadillac logo in a daze, and such a scene fell in the eyes of Aunt Mei in front of the window on the second floor, and the lady, who still looked energetic, knocked on the balcony railing with a feather duster in dissatisfaction.

Ben Parker was awakened, he looked up at Aunt May, waved his hand, touched the key on his waist, and walked quickly to the door.

But at this moment, Aunt May stopped him, made a lip gesture to him, and waved her hand, and Ben Parker immediately understood that it must be Peter's girlfriend who came.

At this time, the sunlight outside the window just shone on the armrest of Parker's sofa, Gwen propped one arm on the armrest, looked at Peter with a sad face and said, "Now it's okay, not only do you have to make an alibi, but I also have to make an alibi, I shouldn't have agreed to her softly!" ”

Peter, who was sitting next to her and was unpacking the cookie box, smiled gloating and said, "What's more terrifying than Director George knowing that his daughter's boyfriend is Spider-Man?" It's him who knows that his daughter is also Spider-Man! ”

Gwen stretched out her hand and pushed him, looked left and right, made sure that there was no one, and then said a little angrily: "Don't laugh, you have experience, help me figure it out, my dad will find out sooner or later!" ”

Peter shook his head and said, "I realized this before you, so I have given up, there are more than 200 Spider-Man in New York, so you better hurry up and prepare some blood pressure medicine." ”

Gwen, who was wearing a floral dress, collapsed to the side of the armrest, supported her head with her fingers, and said weakly: "My dad is going crazy, he is really going crazy, more than 200 Spider-Man are really enough for him!" ”

Suddenly, as if she remembered something, Gwen turned to look at Peter and said, "Aren't you going to buy a new house for your aunt and uncle?" Have you chosen a location? ”

"It's not that I'm going to buy it, it's my uncle who plans to change houses." Peter took out a cookie from the cookie box of other universe specialties and gave it to Gwen, and said, "Since changing jobs, his salary has increased a lot, and his treatment has also improved, first he bought a new car, and now he plans to change to a more spacious house." ”

"Uncle Ben has a new job?" Gwen was a little surprised and said, "Didn't he work for the New York Electric Power Authority before?" I remember that it seemed to be doing emergency repairs of municipal facilities? ”

"Yes, but it's a tiring, dangerous job, and it doesn't make money." Peter pouted and said, "If it weren't for the subsidies in the winter and summer, he wouldn't be willing to do it, you know, he used to be an electrical engineer in a large company, and if the company hadn't closed down during the economic crisis, he wouldn't have lost his job so hastily, and then rushed to work in order to support me and Aunt May." ”

Peter broke a biscuit and put it in his mouth, and recalled: "Probably when I was still in elementary school, Uncle Ben stayed at home for a while, and during that time he really couldn't open the pot, so he had to find a job and get through the difficult times first." ”

"But when the difficult period passed, he was old again, although he was experienced, but he did not have a senior title, and many private companies were reluctant to have such employees, so he could only find a job as a repair worker in the power bureau."

"Then why did he think about changing jobs again?" Gwen asked.

"It's not that he wants to change." Peter sighed and said, "Ever since so many of the stations on the inter-flight lines were built, there have always been power outages because they are too advanced and don't match the slightly outdated circuit network in New York. ”

"Although the application of new energy has been put on the agenda, it is a pity that it is not so simple to replace all the circuit network cables in such a large city, so we can only make do with it now."

"But if it's broken, you can't let it break like that, someone has to fix it, Stark installed the alarm bell at the New York Electric Power Authority, but when the bell doesn't ring 24 hours a day, there are problems everywhere, and the same is true of the company where my uncle works."

"Their team has a total of more than 60 power engineers and apprentices, and the full dispatch is not enough, the problem is that every time they go to repair, half of the faults they have repaired, and they can understand that it will end soon, but the other half of the faults involve more advanced technology, and no one can understand it, so they can only drag and wait for the Stark Group to send technicians over."

"Wait!" Gwen interrupted Peter, and she said, "Wouldn't that just let Stark send a technician?" Hasn't the antitrust law been open to companies like Stark for a long time? ”

Peter shook his head and said, "Didn't we all work for Stark Group?" Don't you know yet? The so-called technicians of the Stark Group are actually researchers, and it is easy for you to ask them to draw a circuit diagram and explain the principle, but it is difficult for you to let them do it themselves, and they will electrocute themselves. ”

"Right now, the biggest problem with power failures in New York is that experienced masters can't understand the new technology, and young researchers who know what the new technology is going on can't fix at all, and the two sides have to torture each other for hours at a time to fix a small problem."

Gwen sighed, nodded, and said, "If that's the case, it's really troublesome, and you haven't said that it has anything to do with Uncle Ben's new job?" ”

"I was about to say that." As soon as Peter was about to speak, Aunt May came over with a smile, brought two cups of tea to the two of them, and clapped her hands lightly and said, "Eating biscuits should be accompanied by tea, this is what the British said." ”

Peter picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and Aunt May gently patted him on the shoulder and gave him a look to tell him not to be so rude in front of his girlfriend.

Peter wiped his mouth and said, "My uncle couldn't stand this situation anymore, and he felt that it was a complete delay, so he grabbed a random researcher and asked him to explain to him what was going on with the technology of the shuttle platform." ”

"In fact, there is nothing complicated, there is no fundamental change in the circuit technology used in the shuttle platform, and the previous principle is not much different, only because the conductors and lines of some key technologies use new materials, they will show different characteristics, and the old electrician can understand what is going on a few times."

"Every time Uncle Ben met a young Stark Group technician, he grabbed them and lectured him, and it didn't take long for him to become the most efficient repair worker in their power management department, and even an expert in the maintenance of shuttle platforms."

"As time went on, Uncle Ben became more and more proficient, to the point where the rest of the Electricity Administration had to call him if they had any operational problems."

"With this kind of technology, it's hard not to get promoted, and now my uncle is a senior technical consultant for the New York City Electric Power Authority's Department of Interspace Transportation Technology and Electric Services.

Peter smiled and said: "Now my uncle has 9 apprentices under his hands, running back and forth between the stations of all the inter-air transportation lines in New York, just in order to quickly accumulate technical experience for these apprentices, so that they can be trained, the Electricity Administration urges this matter every day, and I can't wait to personally pull out the seedlings to help them, they are crazy in lack of people!" ”

At first, Gwen actually just asked with the psychology of caring about Elder Peter, but the more she listened, the more fascinated she became, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Is the Electricity Administration very short of people?" ”

"Of course, it's not just the Electricity Authority." Ben Parker's voice rang out at the door, he took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, took off the kit from his waist, and said, "I just came from the Shuttle Ride Center in Queens, and for the eighth time, the old Pans of the Transportation Bureau has complained to me about the lack of platform safety officers, and asked me if I have any relatives or friends to recommend." ”

Gwen slowly frowned, as if she had thought of something, and said, "If there is a shortage of people everywhere, why is the Bronx still marching because of unemployment?" ”

(End of chapter)