Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 4 Rumors (recommendation votes)

Shang Jianyao held the can, but did not respond or put it down.

After a few seconds, he asked:

“Can it sing?”

“Huh?” Chen Xianyu has lived for so many years. Suspected that there was a problem with my ears.

At this time, Long Yuehong was holding two yellow plastic lunch boxes and came in from outside the “Activity Center” and saw Shang Jianyao.

He greeted with a smile on his face:

“Wait for dinner together!”

“Will you invite me?” Shang Jianyao put down the can. Stood up.

Long Yuehong shook his head without even thinking about it:

“No.

“Don’t you still have a lot of subsidies? ”

Although Shang Jianyao’s parents did not leave any legacy, the company gave him a certain amount of compensation. When he went to university, he would receive an additional subsidy of 1,200 points per month—for every college student Both.

This makes Shang Jianyao barely able to maintain food and clothing.

The subsidy deadline is one month after college students are assigned to work.

Shang Jianyao’s face did not show the embarrassment of being rejected, said with a smile:

“Should I not share something happy with my friends? “

“You want to say that eating dinner is the best way to share?” “Long Yuehong has become more and more accustomed to Shang Jianyao’s jumping thinking in the past two months.

Listening to the dialogue between the two, Chen Xianyu laughed and interrupted:

“Yes, Xiaoyue, If you were so depressed in the afternoon and became so happy in the evening, something good must have happened. “

“Don’t call my nickname…” Long Yuehong mumbled first, and then said with a smile on his face, “My mother said there is no need to wait for a unified marriage next year. She and my dad have several colleagues’ daughters She didn’t go to university and just started working. She is going to introduce us to meet and see if we can develop a relationship. “

The employees of the company have only one opportunity to enter the university. If they fail, they will be assigned a uniform job (after the work, if they perform well, they will be recommended for university places). At this time, they often 18 years old, not the age to be mandatory to participate in unified marriage.

Youngsters at this stage are very yearning for free love. After all, this is definitely better than random assignment. It is not pure luck and has a basis for emotion.

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Of course, there are not many people who can truly fall in love freely, because after starting work, they go out at 7:30 in the morning and leave work at 6 in the evening. They are fixed in a position with only one hour of lunch break and meal time. At 9 o’clock in the evening, the “Activity Center” was closed and the street lights were off. Everyone had to go home and prepare to rest. Therefore, youngsters had very little contact with the right opposite sex and limited time.

Relatively speaking, whether in ordinary schools or universities, free love appears more frequently.

Long Yuehong was a little melancholy as he spoke:

“Neither I know if they would like me. They only have a genetic modification of 1.75 meters. They are average, and the grades are not very good. They have not been booked by any department…”

” There seems to be something…” Shang Jianyao interrupted Long Yuehong’s self-pity, and pointed to an old table a few meters away.

There were many employees there, as if discussing something. .

Long Yuehong was curious, and followed Shang Jianyao.

He swept around and saw an acquaintance, so he blurted out:

” Aunt Ren, what are you talking about? “

The Aunt Ren in his mouth is a middle-aged woman in her 40s. She wears a polyester shirt with beautiful eyes and a simple bun with her hair.

Her name is Ren Jie. Living next door to Long Yuehong’s house, he is an employee of the company’s “Strategic Committee” and only has DLevel 3.

Ren Jie took a look at Long Yuehong and sighed:

“We are here Tell a recent rumor. “

“What rumors?” “Long Yuehong asked curiously.

At this time, Chen Xianyu Old Man Chen withdrew his gaze and looked towards the pile of military cans placed in front of him. He couldn’t help touching his stomach and swallowing his saliva. .

He seems to recall the feeling of opening a military can when he was extremely hungry.

“It really can sing… No, it makes my stomach feel The soul sang. “Chen Xianyu had an association and said with heartfelt emotion.

On the other side, Ren Jie looked around, lowered her voice and said:

“It is said that the company wants to deprive everyone of their reproduction rights. “

“Huh? “This topic was a bit unexpected by Long Yuehong, he couldn’t understand what it meant for a short time.

Ren Jie glanced at Shang Jianyao who was smiling, and continued:

” The company may ask couples who want a child to hand in biological materials under the guidance and help of a doctor.

“Then, establish a large’fertility center’ in the research area to conduct test tube culture, artificial uterus incubation, baby growth assistance and intervention. In short, when you pick up your child, they may They are several years old.

“Hey, it is said to liberate women from pregnancy and childbirth and relieve the shortage of labor in the company. “

At this point, Ren Jie, a woman in her twenties onlookers could not help opening the mouth and said:

“Isn’t this a good thing?” “

“How can this be a good thing?” “Ren Jie Complexion Sank said, “It is the Spiritual God that nurtures life, uh, God, how can the sacred rights given to us be handed over to the machine? When the time comes, how do you build relationships with your child? “

“Yes, yes.” “A man sitting diagonally across from her touched her hair and said worriedly, “It is said that the old world was finally destroyed because of a series of taboo experiments that did not follow ethics.” “

Ren Jie is frequently nodded, and instead looked towards Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong:

“Xiao Shang, Xiao Yue, what do you think?” Do you also think that nurturing life is the key to why a person is called a person, and that it is a sacred right bestowed by God? “

Shang Jianyao without the slightest hesitation nodded and said:

“Yes. “

Seeing Aunt Ren’s eyes widened, Long Yuehong looked at herself with bloodshot eyes, and whispered “hiss”: “Yes, yes.” “

“You still understand the truth.” “Ren Jie showed a smile.

At this time, an employee said with a smile:

“Are you too serious?” This is just a rumor. My uncle works in an agency under the board of directors and has never heard of it! “

Ren Jie responded very seriously:

“Just to remind everyone. If someone comes to ask for opinions at that time, he must object. “

Some people are silent, some are nodded, and some people Lenovo asked richly:

“If this rule is truly enforced, will the marriage be cancelled and the unified marriage abolished?” “

The man who mentioned the old world rumors earlier said with a tone:

“No.

“Ji Dong said that a harmonious and healthy marriage is the key to maintaining a stable mental state of employees in the current environment.”

Ji Dong is called Ji Ze, a member of the company’s board of directors, vice president, and MLevel 3 Senior, he often speaks on the radio, and will greet everyone on the display screen of the “Activity Center” at the end of the year.

During the discussion, there was a ringing sound next to the “Activity Center”:

“dīng líng líng!”

Except for a few, absolutely Most people seemed to hear the trumpets of the charge and stood up at the same time.

This time the bell comes from the “material supply market” to remind everyone that there are only 3 minutes left to open the cafeteria.

Seeing the neighbors start to move to the “staff canteen”, Long Yuehong glanced at Shang Jianyao beside him:

“You actually agreed with Aunt Ren’s words.”

Shang Jianyao looked ahead and said:

“You can ask another question.”

Long Yuehong frowned slightly, thinking about it with some confusion:

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“What do you think of the’fertility center’ system that frees women from pregnancy and childbirth?”

Shang Jianyao replied without the slightest hesitation:

” Isn’t this a good thing?”

“…” Long Yuehong was speechless.

While speaking, the two have already come outside the “material supply market”.

There is no door here, so people can see the situation clearly at a glance:

On the left is the market with long cases and counters. Many do not want to eat in the cafeteria. The employees are picking and choosing inside and calculating silently. On the right is the “staff canteen” with doors and windows, and the fragrance is overflowing.

Before long, the door of the cafeteria opened, and the employees on the 495th floor walked in in an orderly manner, either holding their own tableware or empty hands.

Shang Jianyao did not bring a lunch box. After entering, he separated from Long Yuehong, turned to the right, and received two wooden bowls and a dinner plate.

Then, holding the tableware, he followed the person in front of him and walked to different windows according to a fixed route.

“Half a catty of sweet potato rice.”

“A braised cabbage.”

“Two multigrain steamed buns.”

” A portion of boiled potatoes.”

After walking through the four windows, Shang Jianyao’s two bowls are already filled with dangdang-braised cabbage with boiled potatoes and two yellow buns, sweet potatoes The rice held the other bowl so it seemed to crack.

And this has already cost Shang Jianyao 14 contribution points: 5 points for half a catty of sweet potato rice, 2 points for a multigrain steamed bun, 2 points for a boiled potato, and 3 points for a stewed cabbage with oil flowers.

Finally, Shang Jianyao came to the window where the strongest fragrance was floating.

This is the meaty window.

He looked at it from left to right, and from right to left again, hesitated and said:

“Give me a Red Braised Pork, it’s juicy. “

Aunt, wearing a gray and blue uniform at the window, took a spoon and got three pieces of Red Braised Pork with long fingers, fat and thin, and attractive colors, and poured it into the bowl where Shang Jianyao filled the sweet potato rice.

The soy sauce-colored gravy in the spoon quickly spread, moisturizing a small bowl of rice.

“Fortunately, you came early, and later you will be gone.” Window Aunt is in the same “block” with Shang Jianyao’s home, and he is very kind to him, “32 o’clock.”

Shang Jianyao glanced at the three heavy Red Braised Porks, took out his electronic card, and swiped it on the machine.

He immediately said thank you, took a free clear soup, walked for a while in the cafeteria, found Long Yuehong, and sat opposite.

“Wow, luxury.” Long Yuehong admired from the bottom of his heart when he saw his dinner.

Shang Jianyao ignored him, first set aside part of the sweet potato rice mixed with gravy, then picked up a piece of Red Braised Pork and took a bite.

Feeling the smell of meat erupting in his mouth, Shang Jianyao hurriedly lowered his head and shaved the sweet potato rice that was not contaminated with gravy.

He ate faster and faster. When he finished eating three pieces of Red Braised Pork, only a half of the sweet potato rice and braised cabbage were left, while the boiled potatoes and multigrain steamed buns were not left.

Finally, Shang Jianyao poured the braised cabbage into the rice bowl, mixed the remaining sweet potato rice with gravy, shuaa~ ate it all in one go.

“Satisfied.” Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong on the opposite side put down their bowls and chopsticks at the same time, sighing.

After drinking the clear soup, Long Yuehong asked casually:

“Go to the’Activity Center’?”

Shang Jianyao shook the head:

“Go back to listen to the radio, and rest early.”

PS: In the last chapter, when I wrote about Shang Jianyao’s birthday, I didn’t know how to press 2 more. Now it has been revised. .

PS2: Ask for a recommendation ticket~

PS3: I slipped my hand to release it. I originally wanted to schedule it. . Thank you all for this. There will be more in the evening. .

(End of this chapter)