Hearing this voice, Ah Gou not only did not feel surprised, but felt more tired.

It seems that the two strangers who rubbed the heating in his house did not leave today.

Do you think I'm like you strangers who don't need to eat? Dog rolled his eyes, took off his thick coat and put it aside, rubbed his hands and ears that were frozen unconscious outside, and said angrily: This is the rule of Night City, if you don't work hard, you won't have anything to eat

The stranger he was talking to was sitting in front of a small square table made of broken copper and iron, which used to be his desk with many engineering books on it, but now it had become a stranger's desk, and the other party was flipping through a book with a black cover, about the size of a palm, and by the light on the table, he could vaguely see that the cover probably had the words black magic or something written on it

Sure enough, it's a book that magicians can read

Ah Gou thought so in his heart.

Wu Ming didn't care about his resentful tone, and turned another page of the book in his hand by himself: Mmmm, I worked tirelessly for more than ten hours a day, and in the end, I could only barely get enough food and clothing, so no one stood up and fought for the eight-hour working hour system?

You're saying weird things again. Hearing him say this, Ah Gou's expression became strange, the eight-hour working hour system and the weekend system are all cancers left over from the old world, and only anti-company, anti-human lunatics will support the system

This is not his opinion, but the original words written in history textbooks in general education.

It was in the period when the eternal night had just fallen and the Night City had just been established, and the chairman had asked the workers to extend their working hours and change the eight-hour working hour system to a twelve-hour working hour system, which was met with great backlash and resistance from the workers, who went on strike, protested and demonstrated to the company, and even clashed head-on with the security forces to maintain order many times, until finally the chairman used iron-blooded means to enforce it.

Some gangs escaped Night City, but many more were arrested and imprisoned, and food rations were punitively cut. It is said that there were many more prisoners living in the prison at that time than there were workers working in factories and mines, and the chairman even considered whether to reform the prison and build a production plant in or next to the prison, so that the prisoners could also work nearby and contribute to the Night City.

Now it is a blessing to be able to work for 16 hours, only people who work hard are good employees who are the chairman of the board of directors think of these, a dog sighed: if you are not willing to work, you are lazy, bedbugs, untouchables in the night city, and you are not worthy of being an employee of the chairman and it is also written in the textbook, history will eventually prove how wise the chairman made various decisions

This is also recorded in the textbooks of general education, and the chairman of Night City has tried his best to override public opinion, and the effect of the implementation of the 12-hour working hour system is also very obvious, at least the employees who are not hungry and clothed can eat instead of drink soup, and can wear decent clothes instead of rags, and those tents, sheds, and buildings with better thermal insulation are the results of the chairman's decision-making and the joint efforts of engineers and workers.

So much so that in the later sudden cooling cold waves, Night City was able to survive the cold wave with a large amount of reserves, instead of becoming an ice coffin covered in ice and snow like other settlements, and this factor was also mixed in.

At this time and that time, I feel that you, young man, still have to improve your knowledge level, don't listen to the wind or rain, learn to analyze specific problems, don't look at problems completely blindly, and have your own thinking in it, understand? Wu Ming smiled, lightly tapped the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and said unhurriedly.

Can the situation be the same then? It was the most difficult time, the race was about to be extinct, the fire of civilization was about to be extinguished, and once Night City fell, how could there be no eggs under the nest? Who can survive for a long time in this environment of tens of degrees below zero? Therefore, at that time, only by uniting and overcoming the difficulties together can we have a better chance of surviving on the tundra.

In this case, I am sure that the working hours will be extended, because this is a special time and should be treated in a special way, otherwise everyone will simply hold hands and go to the sky to meet the whitebeard god and discuss the eight-hour work with him

It is better whether the time system and the Sabbath rest are appropriate?

So stranger, do you also support the sixteen-hour working hour system, Ah Gou was confused by his big paragraph, tilted his head and asked.

fnndp！ Wu Ming suddenly scolded with a dirty word, but his face did not show any anger, but he smiled more happily for some reason, you, don't want to make a big news to criticize me, these words reached the ears of the sheriff, if there is any deviation, you are responsible.

Ah Gou's eyelids jumped wildly, although he couldn't understand what this stranger was saying, he instinctively felt that the other party was saying something very dangerous: stop, stop! Let's not discuss this topic, I don't know why I always have a very dangerous feeling when you say this

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and once again opened his mouth and advised: Also, you don't quarrel with others about this topic outside, otherwise you will really be targeted by the sheriff

It's okay, sheriff he can't tell me. Wu Ming waved his hand indifferently, lowered his head and looked at the book in his hand, saying that if he couldn't do it, he would do it, and if he couldn't run away, he wanted to run to call someone, which was really embarrassing, so they were thrown into the poisonous and harmful trash bin by me.

Seeing him like this, Ah Dog muttered dissatisfiedly, but in the next second, his expression changed, and his voice also raised an octave: Wait!? What did you just say?!

Wu Ming turned the page of the book indifferently, and calmly recounted the experience of this afternoon: The sheriff said that he couldn't help me, and then he was beaten by me if he wanted to do it, and then called a group of sheriffs. I thought that the toxic and harmful garbage on this road was also wanted by my sister, so I put them in a special trash can

Before he finished speaking, Ah Dog rushed over and grabbed him by the collar like crazy: You had a conflict with the sheriff?! Do you know what you did?

Don't be so loud, your sister is still reading and reviewing in the back room, silly, Liz is also tutoring her homework inside, what should I do if I quarrel with them

Liz is Elizabeth's nickname, first Lin Jiaojiao started to call, Wu Ming has recently consciously corrected his name for her, because he suddenly realized that he always calls people stupid, very impolite, the other party is a girl, although she is usually a little silly, and she doesn't care much about the salutation or anything, but it's not good to always call her like this.

But Ah Gou's body froze again after hearing this, as if the impact of this sentence on him was far more shocking than the conflict between the stranger and the sheriff in front of him, and his face immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees: What?!

Little brother, you calm down. Wu Ming slowly patted away the hands that were grabbing his collar, and he was not angry, I know what you are worried about, it is nothing more than that I am afraid that Liz's stupidity will make your sister stupid, rest assured, according to my observation, there has been no human-to-human transmission yet.

His words did not have the slightest effect of comforting, but made Ah Gou more excited, and the anxiety and pressure accumulated for a long time to survive, together with all the things that happened during this time, finally detonated the emotions that he had been suppressing in his heart at this moment....

Since his parents died in an accident, in order to survive in this city with his sister, he has suffered a lot and suffered a lot, but he has endured it silently.

I have to work harder and harder outside, show my worth to others, and when I get home, I have to force myself to face my sister Lina, in fact, even Ah Gou himself didn't realize that his emotions and spirit had come to the brink of collapse.

And Wu Ming's hand naturally completely triggered his emotional avalanche, making his long-suppressed emotions explode in an instant.

First he hurt my eyes, and then he stayed at my house all day, either to provoke the sheriff or to disturb Lena's studies! What the hell do you strangers want to do!?

What the hell do you want?! What the hell am I going to do to let us go?!

My sister and I just want to live, you go find someone else, okay, don't pester me and Lena anymore, don't pester us anymore, please

Once the emotions collapse, it means that the emotions that have been accumulated in the bottom of the heart and never revealed to others will find an outlet to vent completely, from uncontrollable anger to hysterical howls.

and then crying with grievances and fragility.

However, Wu Ming never reacted in the slightest, just stared at him calmly, quietly listening to the emotions he vented.

It wasn't until his voice was hoarse with the roar, and he didn't know when the tears would slowly stop, that Wu Ming slowly said: That's right, children should be like children, and there is nothing wrong with loudly proclaiming their ideas and showing their childishness

Knock knock

Ah Gou opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, a rhythmic knock sounded outside the door, interrupting what he wanted to say.

Hello, I'm the sheriff, is it convenient to come in?

Ah Gou was stunned: Uh

It was only a symbolic request for advice, and without waiting for Dog to answer, the sheriff pushed the door open and he walked inside.

The sheriff was straight, wearing a slim-fitting robe, and his expression was indifferent and glanced at Ah Gou who ran over: Ah Gou, I have a younger sister named Lena, my parents were engineers, and I was temporarily exempted from going out to explore and hunt because of an eye injury during my expedition in the wasteland a few days ago, am I right?

Ah Gou was stunned: How do you know

This level of information should be accessible to any sheriff, so don't get in the way of the sheriff's case. After the indifferent sheriff glanced at him, he no longer looked at him, but turned his gaze to Wu Ming who was sitting at the table, you are the stranger who picked quarrels and provoked trouble this afternoon, right?