All the archways in the slums are one model, and a building has more than ten or twenty floors, and each floor has a dozen rooms.

A room is a room, there is no living room or bedroom, and at the back of the room, there is a bathroom connected to the balcony.

In fact, it is the simplest one-bedroom apartment, like the dormitory building of most factory employees in Zhang Tiedan's era.

And Jiang Bai's home, that is, simply using waste paper, separated two private spaces, one is Jiang Bai's father's bed, and the other is Jiang Bai's bed.

In my memory, father and son had already slept in separate beds when Jiang Bai was six years old.

Jiang Bai's bed leaned against the balcony, and the light of the dome in the early morning sprinkled down the curtains that Jiang Bai had specially opened, shining on Jiang Bai's face, waking up this newborn soul.

"Ah~"

Stretching, Jiang Bai sat up from the bed.

The energetic body made him feel the beauty of life again, and also made him reaffirm -

What happened yesterday was not a dream of myself lying in a hospital bed.

I really have reached a new era in I don't know how many years later!

The new era may be a bit dangerous, but what does it have to do with an ordinary person?

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Jiang Bai jumped up from a carp on the bed.

The loud movement didn't wake up another figure sleeping like a dead pig next door.

Jiang Bai, who hummed "Today is a good day", went to the balcony to wash himself.

Personal hygiene products are also provided by the subsistence allowance, and the service is quite considerate.

"Gollum ......"

Jiang Bai tilted his head, letting the pure water stir with foam in his mouth, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure moving like a zombie out of the corner of his eye.

"Goo!"

Jiang Bai, who swallowed it in one gulp, hurriedly turned around to look, only to find a middle-aged decadent man wearing big pants and carrying pants at the door of the toilet.

Under the sighing stubble, what is precipitated is the traces of time.

In the confused eyes, there is the wisdom of salted fish.

Looking at each other, Jiang Shan trembled, and a spirit woke up.

"Jiang Bai!"

There was a memory of the man in front of him that instantly covered Jiang Bai's mind.

"Jiangshan!"

"How did you get back!"

"When did you come back?"

After a moment of silence, Jiang Shan picked up the pants that were only halfway up and squeezed to Jiang Bai's side.

"Let's make it."

Jiang Bai stupidly moved out of the way, Jiang Shan turned on the faucet and washed his hands, and walked into the house like a zombie, while still muttering.

"It's good to be back...... It's good to be back...... Don't bother me, I'll go sleep again, I slept too late last night. ”

Seeing the "zombie" return to the house, Jiang Bai's eyes flashed a little dazed.

It seems that this is the first time he has met the father of this body.

It's so bland, it's over?

Shouldn't reveal anything, right?

From the memory, the father and son seem to be in the same relationship as good brothers.

After washing, Jiang Bai walked into the house and looked at the facilities in the house.

It was already dark when I came back last night, and now of course I have to take a good look at my future home.

Not...... At a glance, the house is surrounded by walls.

Nothing to look at.

The two iron beds were perhaps the father and son's greatest possessions, as well as some tattered tables and chairs, apparently pieced together from various broken parts.

Shaking his head, Jiang Bai, who noticed that his stomach was "gurgling", began to rummage around, trying to find food that could fill his stomach.

With a grateful mentality, he has very low requirements for living materials, as long as he can fill his stomach.

However......

Even this is a luxury.

There is nothing left at home.

It's only the 15th!

Jiang Bai, who knew some basic information from his memory, couldn't get used to it when he looked at the decadent man who was snoring softly on the bed.

On the 1st of each calendar month, you will receive a minimum security coupon that can be exchanged for a variety of food and daily necessities.

Logically speaking, even if it is not enough to squander lavishly, the subsistence allowance per capita is enough for a person to live a normal life.

In this regard, the city's welfare centers are still very powerful.

However, I can't stop this old guy from gambling!

"Get up!"

"Don't bother me~"

Jiang Shan waved his hand, wanting to send Jiang Bai away, like driving away flies.

"You get up for me!"

Jiang Bai tore off the sheet covering the old man, and took his hand to pull him up.

"What are you doing......

Jiang Shan, who was sleepy-eyed, looked at Jiang Bai in front of him in a daze.

"Where's the food?"

Jiang Bai interrogated.

"Eat ......"

Hearing this, Jiangshan's sluggish thinking began to work.

The whole person seemed to be a little more sober, rolled his eyes, and Jiang Shan muttered.

"Woo woo woo ......"

"What?"

Jiang Bai frowned, he didn't hear clearly.

"Woo woo woo ......"

"Be clear."

"Lost!"

"Wow!"

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! ”

Jiang Shan stretched out his hand, trying to calm Jiang Bai's emotions.

"Aren't you on good terms with that Sister Lin at the welfare point, why don't you go to her on credit?"

Sister Lin?

Jiang Bai's mind conjured up a long-haired woman who always wore a long dress.

That's the staff of the welfare point in their F4 area, who is responsible for distributing the subsistence allowance vouchers on the 1st of each month, and the subsequent work of exchanging the vouchers for food.

In fact, there are three people in charge of the welfare point together, and Sister Lin is the one who speaks best.

It's not that Jiang Bai has a good relationship with her, but that she is good to most people in the F4 area.

Shaking his head, Jiang Bai looked at Jiang Shan and said with some anger.

"People are good, we can't keep bothering people!"

She is also a wage earner.

What should I do if I keep catching a sheep and killing her?

"What then?"

Jiang Shan blinked innocently.

"Hey!"

Jiang Bai sighed, felt the protest in his stomach, and smashed the sheet in his hand towards Jiang Shan.

"You're just going to be huh!"

With that, he walked out the door.

Inside the house, hearing the sound of the door closing, Jiang Shan made a grimace outside.

"How much better are you than me?"

As he spoke, he fell headlong and was blinded by a single person, and it didn't take long for him to pull a light cry again.

……

Jiang Bai, who walked out of the door, walked lightly.

It was early in the morning, and most of the people in the slums who did not work were still lying at home.

However, a small number of people had already washed up, and with numb expressions on their faces, they walked in the same direction.

There is a small factory there.

Large-scale, single, repetitive work, of course, is replaced by machinery.

But some orders are scarce, or the precision is difficult to reach by machinery, or the human hand is more reliable and cost-effective.

Of course, those big companies have a monopoly on many aspects of business, but there are always those who can't reach ...... Or the sinking market that is unwilling to do provides opportunities for others.

There are quite a few such small factories in the Fourth Ring Road, and they offer a small salary to the people in the Fourth Ring Road to earn the same negligible profit.

It's just that Jiang Bai and his son never had the idea of going to work in the factory.

To work is to live, and not to do is to live.

There seems to be no difference between a little better and a little worse.

And in addition to the adults, there were some smaller children who also got up.

In City 26, every child who reaches the age of 6 needs to undergo a 6-year compulsory basic knowledge study, and today's society does not allow a complete cultural desert to appear.

Running all the way downstairs is considered a morning exercise.

Jiang Bai followed his memory and walked to the pure white building with only three floors compared to the archway.

That's the welfare point.

Standing in the corner not far from the welfare point, Jiang Bai rubbed the flesh on his face, trying his best to make up a simple and cute appearance.

This face is not bad, it can be attacked and retreated, it depends on which direction Jiang Bai wants to develop.

Ready, Jiang Bai took a deep breath and walked into the door of the welfare point.