Chapter 695
My Empire Chapter 695
2020-11-03
Chapter 695 Chapter 696 Parallel lineThe humble house door was pushed open from the outside, a normal Alanhill civilian, the dinner There was a faint smell of rice in the room.
Being able to eat a full meal is already one of the perks of the empire's rule for the people on the fringes of Alanhill.
They didn't have such a good time before, and of course they didn't bother to improve their meals.
It's not the same now, they can eat something every month that they never thought possible before.
In the beginning, they worked hard to get some Bude mustard. These pickles are cheap and abundant, giving them hope in life.
Then, after eating pickles for more than a year and finding that the food is getting more and more abundant, the people whose income has doubled several times finally began to work hard on the patterns of eating.
About half a year ago, vegetables began to appear on people's tables, and sweet potatoes and potatoes also began to increase.
Then, people with pursuit started to buy cheap canned ham and canned fish, etc. Although they knew that most of the space was filled with starch, the taste was really good, enough to make people happy many days.
Of course, time is still moving forward, and society is constantly developing. Today's decent families are starting to eat fresh meat and eggs.
Occasionally they can also consume some cooked food, such as fragrant roasted chicken, roasted rabbit, stewed meat and so on.
Fatty meat and meat skin also began to come to people's table, which also shows that most of the areas under the rule of Alanhill have initially solved the problem of food and clothing for the people.
Leaving his schoolbag, the boy who just came home from the best local 1st high level middle school was dirty, threw off the sneakers on his feet, and ran to the kitchen. Table full of plates.
Then, a slightly disappointed voice rang out. This strong boy was obviously dissatisfied with the dinner prepared by his mother: "Ah?...Eating canned fish again..."
This canned fish is produced in coastal areas, and the brands are naturally similar, and the taste is also the same.
In the beginning, he still liked the taste very much, but over time, he was no longer satisfied with this canned product that had nothing to do with freshness.
as the saying goes well, half-sized boy, eat poor Laozi. This is the time when he grows up. Boys can eat several bowls of rice in one meal, and their favorite is the roast chicken cooked food that hangs in a row in the supermarket two streets away.
"What did you learn at school today?" mother was cutting a piece of tofu in the kitchen. This white and tender food from the Serris area has become more and more popular among ordinary people.
She started having dinner after she got home from get off work, and she has been so busy that she has not rested for a while.
For this mother, it is the first major event to let her child come back from school and have a warm dinner.
The boy threw his schoolbag on his little bed, and went back to the kitchen to fight for the best interests of his mouth: "mother! We have been eating this kind of fish for three consecutive days. Canned food, I want to eat roast chicken!"
"The roast chicken in the supermarket is too expensive, your father is just an ordinary factory fitter, how can you have the money to eat several roast chickens every month Chicken." His mother's helpless voice came from the kitchen, with a little tiredness inside.
Once upon a time the proudest occupation of the worker has become less hot enough to scald one's hands. Layoffs are often heard in large factories, and competition is fierce in small businesses.
As a textile worker, this housewife and the textile factory to which she belongs are also trying their best to cut costs recently. Compared with those big cities that have developed, the only advantage of a small town like theirs is that cheap labor resources.
In big cities, factories are being automated and digitalized... The original workers are facing the danger of being eliminated, and traditional skilled workers can no longer keep up with the progress of the times.
I heard that many of Serris's factories have been fully roboticized, with only a few managers in them, and labor costs have been reduced to a level close to zero.
So those small businesses with no technical advantages began to relocate to the periphery of the empire. Today they live here, and tomorrow they will move to farther and poorer places to squeeze those who have not been lifted out of poverty. a pitiful person.
In this ordinary family in front of me, men and women are the most basic labor force, the kind of people who are about to be eliminated by the times. Although their lives have improved a little, they are destined to be eliminated. There will be no qualitative leap.
"You haven't said your course in school, where did you go!" Mother, who had already budgeted for her money, obviously wasn't ready for today's roast chicken, so she continued to ask .
The boy squeezed a fish tail out of the can, hung it into his mouth, and boasted while chewing: "I am strong in mathematics, and I have mastered all the things I have learned recently. The teacher said that I can get into Dragon City University, but I think if my family can put in some money, my grades will almost be able to get into the self-funded Serris Second University..."
He is the whole family In this typical ordinary family, the one who is most likely to change the future is only him who is still studying.
And this boy really lived up to expectations. His grades were good in his class, and he was the kind of "good student" who was likely to get into a good university, get a better education, and find a decent job after graduation.
In school, the teacher also pays more attention to him, and there are even a few little girls who like to ask him questions.
The voice of mother cutting things became weaker: "Serris? Where is the university? It's good, but the cost is too high... There is no way for a family like us to let you study at Serris."
"Mother! If I can go to Serris Second University, I will find a good job after I come out." The boy sat at the dining table and acted like a spoiled child.
"The problem is, the money your father and I earn in a month is not enough for you to spend three days in Serris..." The mother weighed the savings at home, and felt that this kind of thing was not enough for you. It would be better for his son to dispel this idea of a showdown earlier.
That's Serris! It was a place that was prohibitively expensive. I heard that the city is so huge that it has 15 districts and 44 subway lines. Thinking about it makes my scalp tingling.
The broadcast news often introduces that super city with only one seat in the world. Even if you have never been there, you can know how prosperous and expensive it is.
The cheapest house prices there are as high as 120gold coin per square meter, which is enough to buy a not bad house in this marginal town.
"How can it be so exaggerated." Of course child didn't believe it, and muttered a little unwillingly.
"It's such an exaggeration." The mother shook his head reluctantly: "Your father went to Serris, at that time his monthly salary was only 1 gold coin, and Serris's hotel was 70 Silver Coin a day. "
"The time you said was three years ago!" The child did not understand the dilemma of his parents and insisted on his ideals.
"It's more expensive now. Remember Bud Uncle?" mother asked, mentioning an acquaintance. Bud was their neighbor, and he is now. It's just that the Budttos got a job at Serris.
I was doing dishes in a small restaurant in Serris, and I heard that every day all has a salary of 1 gold coin, which is called a lavish one.
"He? Didn't his Boss open a small restaurant in Serris?" Child said immediately after hearing about Bud Uncle's deeds.
"Yes, I heard from your father that he sent Bud back to borrow some money from an acquaintance to turn his business around," said mother sighed.
This is not a random fabrication. Bud did come back a while ago, and he did come back to lend money to his boss. However, 1000gold coin is obviously not so easy to borrow in this small city, and in the end Bud can only return empty-handed.
"How much to borrow?" child is curious about such gossip.
"Yeah, let me ask your father, is he going to borrow 100 gold coins...he actually said that he wants to borrow 1000 gold coins is enough..." mother put the fried tofu He got on the table, put it in front of child, and said with a serious face.
The child stuck his tongue out, three thousand gold coins is too far for him, he is very good at math, of course he understands what three thousand gold coins mean to a family like them what.
"Okay...I see." The child was sullen, lowered his head and took the rice in his mouth. There were some sweet potatoes in the rice, which made the taste really sweet.
But the male child tasted a bitter taste when he ate it in his mouth. He has worked hard, but he is still a long way from the world he yearns for.
The girl he likes came here from Serris with his father. The girl's father is a city official with a high income. The girl's grades are also very good, and her knowledge is also the envy of the boy.
The girl has eaten Serris's sweetest ice cream and touched the mottled gate of the old Imperial Palace with her own hands. As long as she stands there, her aura is different from other girls.
She has a beautiful dress that the girls here have never seen before, she has a history of empires that is expensive at first glance, she has a beautiful pink bicycle, and she has a pair of wink and wink Big eyes that can make people dream.
Today, this beautiful girl told him personally that she will go back to Serris in one year, and she is estimated to be admitted to Serris Second University.
"I heard people say that Dothan University is also good." Seeing his son's depression, mother said distressedly: "At the end of this month, if we still have a balance, Mom will give it to you. How about buying a roast chicken?"
"Um..." After swallowing the fragrant but hard to swallow meal, the boy responded. There are many, many things, things that are in his heart, and he hasn't fantasized yet, for him, it's over - it's like, two parallel lines.
(end of this chapter)