Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 3 Market (recommendation ticket)

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Dr. Lin draws the circle, he lifts the pen, looked towards Shang Jianyao, said with a laugh:

“This seems to be changed based on the slogan of the’Salvation Army’?”

Shang Jianyao “Hmm” and said solemnly:

“Doctor Lin, I think you are right My situation is a bit misunderstood. I regard some normal things as evidence of illness.”

Dr. Lin straightened his body slightly, and a smile appeared on his white face:

“Which aspects do you think there are misunderstandings?”

Shang Jianyao was silent for two or three seconds as if he was organizing language:

“You can’t understand that pure and noble sentiment , I don’t understand what it means to be someone who is out of low-level tastes.”

Doctor Lin pressed his lips tightly, as if it took a lot of effort to make him laugh.

She pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, took a light breath, and slowly exhaled:

“Indeed, in this era, how can there be room for idealists to survive?” Even the’Salvation Army’ has fallen.”

The doctor paused and said:

“I can try to understand you, but you must tell me how you are Have similar thoughts? What are the things that make you feel like this?”

“Nothing, that’s how I think.” Shang Jianyao sighed and said with a smile, “Dr. Lin, you are I have seen the most gentle and temperamental women, I have something I want to tell you.”

Dr. Lin’s eyebrows moved slightly:

“I have…”

p>

Before she finished her words, Shang Jianyao added:

“I originally thought you could be my spiritual mother, but now I discovered that our thoughts are completely different in the two It’s a shame that you’re in the world.”

“cough cough cough.” Dr. Lin seemed to be choked by his saliva.

She immediately picked up the ceramic cup next to her, took a couple of sips, and muttered to herself like nothing to say:

“Hey, this month’s tea ration is finished again.”

Without waiting for Shang Jianyao to speak, she lowered her voice and asked mysteriously:

“Have you heard sounds that others can’t hear? Have you seen others watching? Something missing?”

Shang Jianyao shook his head quite surely:

“No.”

Dr. Lin observed Shang Jianyao’s expression for a few seconds before turning to Asked about other things.

Ten minutes later, a sweet female voice sounded on all floors at the same time:

“Now is the hour on the hour.

“Current time, six in the afternoon point. “

“The broadcast tells the time.” “After the sound repeated three times, it stopped. Doctor Lin rubbed his eyebrows and said, “Let’s stop here today.” “

She thought for a while and said:

“Since you have no problems sleeping and you don’t see things that others can’t see, then I won’t prescribe the medicine. At the same time next week Come review. “

“Okay, Doctor Lin.” “Shang Jianyao stood up and walked to the door.

After he opened the door, he suddenly turned around, opening the mouth and said:

“Thank you, Doctor Lin.” “

Doctor Lin responded with a smile:

“No thanks. “

When Shang Jianyao went out and carefully closed the door, Dr. Lin sighed and said to himself with a slight smile:

“It’s so polite.” “

While she sighed, she picked up the folder on the table and flipped through the records:

“Name: Shang Jianyao.

“Age: 21 years old.

“Date of birth: September 8, 25th in the new calendar.

“Family situation: Father Shang Shi’an is a D7 leader-level employee, and disappeared with the entire’Old Tune Team’ in 37 Xinli; mother Zhang Ruxin is an ordinary D3 employee, a primary school teacher, Yu Xinli 40 He passed away in October 2010, and the cause is suspected to be excessive sadness. From October 40 to September 43, Shang Jianyao grew up in the orphanage on the 495th floor and was admitted to the University’s Department of Electronics.

Note: In May 46 of the new calendar, Shang Jianyao voluntarily applied to become a confidential experiment volunteer and participated in the’C-14′ project. His reason is that he hopes to gain a powerful force to investigate the truth of father’s disappearance.

“Experimental results: failed. Compared with the control group, there is no change.

“Repercussions performance: logical intermittent confusion, leading to a certain jump in thinking, and the rest is normal .

“Extra items: genetic testing is normal…

“Comprehensive judgment: moderate abnormal spirit (suspected delusion, to be seen)…”

Lin The doctor looked for a while, and finally wrote:

“Re-examination results on July 10, 46, New Calendar: Symptoms did not improve, but did not aggravate, did not tend to be violent, did not show offensive, but It is considered no harm for the time being. ”

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6 o’clock in the evening is the company’s off-duty time. Except for specific project teams that need to work overtime and certain 24-hour shifts, all employees will Leave the “management area” on the 5th floor of the building, the “research area” on the 6th to 45th floors, the “factory area (and maintenance area) on the 46th to 145th floors, and the “internal ecology” on the 146th to 345th floors. Area”, return to the “living area” with 300 floors.

Because of the limited energy quota, and the husband and wife and the elders in the family may be working, many employees choose to eat in the “material supply market” on each floor.

This place is divided into two parts. Some places supply sweet potatoes, potatoes, rice, flour, meat, vegetables and fruits from the “inner ecological zone”, as well as fabrics, sugar, and sugar from the “factory zone”. Some of the materials such as table salt provide a variety of cooked food, which is affectionately called the “staff canteen”.

The cost of eating in the cafeteria is higher than that of cooking at home, and the taste is not too good, but it seems to be better if you take into account the energy quota that everyone lacks and the exhaustion after a day of work select.

And this is also the tendency passed down by the company’s senior management-hoping to reduce energy consumption through unified meal feeding.

When Shang Jianyao returned to the 495th floor, it was almost 20 minutes before the cafeteria opened at 6:30-because some positions need cleaning, disinfection or other necessary things after get off work. For the sake of fairness, the board of directors stipulated that the opening time of the canteen should be half an hour after the official close.

For those employees who returned to their respective floors before 6:15, the “activity center” next to the “material supply market” is the best place to spend the remaining time. They can get together, Talking about life and work under the light, and mentioning people struggling for survival outside with a clear sense of superiority.

Some employees will hurry up and sell things that are no longer needed at home in exchange for more contribution points. Therefore, every night from 6 to 6:30, 7 to 8:30 , A small market will appear in the lobby of the “Activity Center”.

As soon as Shang Jianyao walked in, I saw the supervisor of the “Activity Center”, Chen Xianyu and Chen Old Master sitting on a small bench that made creaking noises from time to time, with a pile of scattered in front of him Weird item.

“What is this?” Shang Jianyao squatted down and picked up a rectangular item with a metal shell and a black screen.

“Who knows? It’s strong anyway, it can be used to smash people, or bulletproof.” Chen Old Master poked his chest.

“Where did it come from?” Shang Jianyao asked while fiddling.

Chen Xianyu cleared the phlegm in his throat:

“The youngest son of my comrade-in-arms’ family, he is also serving in the Ministry of Security. He just came from an old world city. The ruins come back, hey, time flies so fast, I watched him be born and watched him grow up…”

After recollecting for a while, Chen Old Master smiled and added:

“Anyway, this is screened. The company doesn’t need it. It doesn’t need to be handed in. Therefore, he puts it in the old man and sells it. You know, I don’t need to go to the cafeteria. Someone will serve me food.” p>

He is in charge of many employees.

Shang Jianyao glanced at the spider web-like cracks on the item black screen and thought about it:

“How many contribution points?”

“No It’s not expensive, 500 points.” Chen Xianyu made an offer at will.

Shang Jianyao slowly put down the item and muttered:

“10 catties of meat.”

After uttering the word meat, he and Chen Xianyu at the same time Swallowed saliva.

Shang Jianyao glanced away, and picked up another item:

“This is a watch?”

“Yes, a watch, it’s complicated inside The mechanical structure can still be used up to now, as long as you adjust it, you can use it.” Chen Xianyu eyes shined, “How about it, do you want to think about it? Its hands and time markers will light up at night, no need to turn on the flashlight. You can see it clearly. Old man, let me tell you that there are no more than 100 people in the entire company that can have a good watch. If you own it, you don’t need to rely on the radio to tell the time. You don’t need to come here. Watching the wall clock, you will become the envy of the residents of the entire floor. Maybe there is a little girl who will take the initiative to find you freely in love…”

The watch in Shang Jianyao’s hand, the silver strap has appeared in many places Cracked, rusty, and jade green is like a gemstone dial, the second hand is jumping one after another, and glass shards are everywhere.

“How many contribution points?” Shang Jianyao asked calmly.

Chen Xianyu took a moment to speak:

“Sixty thousand.”

Shang Jianyao put down the watch in a thunderous manner, as if it Very hot.

With a monthly salary of 1,800 for D1 employees, it takes almost three years to save enough without eating or drinking.

Chenxian Yu did not expect Shang Jianyao will buy, and this youngster is just a joke, he immediately pointed to the pile of metal placed in the middle of the round cage guide:

“To Don’t buy this?

“Good stuff, military cans! “

Shang Jianyao picked up a can, and saw that the plastic film on the outside was torn, and the logo became extremely vague. Only the words “braised beef” and “500g” could be seen.

“How about it, isn’t it heavy? This shows a lot of weight! “Chen Xianyu splashed droplets, “old man, let me tell you, this military can is delicious, it’s a delicacy that I can’t forget in my life, and it’s better than the shrink cans from the Salvation Army.” too much!

“If it hadn’t been for my comrade’s child who dug a whole box this time, you might never have it. The price is 60 contribution point. It’s very cheap, right? You go to the’supply market’ to buy one A catty of raw pork costs 50 points, and it does not contain any seasonings. No one will help you make it, and you may not be able to buy it! Also, cough, after eating this can, you can still give the metal shell to the’Material Management Department’ Is it cost-effective to change some contribution points?”

Shang Jianyao looked at the old man, and when he finished speaking, he suddenly asked:

“How long is the shelf life?”

“How do I know the shelf life? I don’t know how to convert the year of the old world.” Old Man Chen stared wide-eyed, “Anyway, the new calendar is only 46 years old. You can eat and eat.”

As he spoke, he showed a reminiscence expression:

“When I was in the’Ministry of Security’, I went out on a mission once, lost supplies, almost starved to death, and I was lucky to find it. I went to a military warehouse and found this kind of cans. At that time, they expired. I don’t know how many years. Will I be okay if I eat them? The taste is delicious.”

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(End of this chapter)