Mecha and Knife

2022-03-13

Chapter 30 War is not a dinner party

“Old Ji sent a message, he asked us to go to the restaurant and said Treat us to dinner.”

Shen Mu couldn’t wait to start navigating after seeing the message from the wristband-like portable smart terminal, and Su He next to him also saw Ji Xinghe’s invitation to treat on the wristband.

Inviting guests to dinner is traditional in Longzhou, but it seems a little rare on Alien. As a war correspondent, Su He is not the first time to come to Alien, so he knows better than Shen Mu, a newcomer who came to Alien after graduating from school and then went to graduate school and learned a lot of skills.

“Don’t worry, do you know how expensive it is to have dinner here?” Su He sent a message to Ji Xinghe, pointing his fingers on the wristband screen, and said, “I will meet with Old Ji again. Said that, there is no need to do this on Alien, we go to the restaurant and go to the restaurant to have a meal for everyone, just sit and eat together if it makes sense.”

The Alien base is full of bags. Food and shelter, otherwise, judging from the average salary level of all the staff in the base, it is simply not enough for the cost of food and drinking water, and they can’t afford to eat three meals a day. Whether it is the living materials delivered from the blue star or the living materials planted and manufactured on the alien planet, the high cost is enough to make the federal financial institutions hurt, which is why everyone’s salary level has not achieved leapfrog improvement. One, the federation really can’t afford it.

“Old Ji, he must like to do these things at his age and think these things make sense.”

Shen Mu glanced at the account balance displayed on his wristband, because he was an expert Because he was a mechanic, he had a subsidy of 32,300 contribution points, which was considered to be the richest person among the passengers on the same spaceship except Han Li, a Special Level mecha warrior.

“Well, I’ll put some together for Old Ji, and I’ll pay it back when Old Ji returns to Azure Star. It’s time to invite guests. Although what I said just now… see you Old Ji. When he arrives at his granddaughter, this is a happy event, and of course he has to treat the guests to dinner.”

Su He was stunned for a moment, then return to Azure Star?

“You have a heart, but it’s really unnecessary. Let’s be rational. Even if you want to help Old Ji, you can use the money to help him make old man fun. We also have to tell Old Ji said that the problem of survival on the Alien Frontline is not a meal, but a war, and some bad habits in Azure Star need to be corrected, because the resources here are really tight.”

Shen Muye He was stunned for a moment, looked at the drone floating beside Su He, and said, “Don’t tell me, you are already recording.”

“Yes, I am already recording. Now.” Su He said with a serious expression: “Our conversation was also recorded, and the previous one was also recorded. However, the previous one may not be played, but I think this one can be played. , let the people on the blue star know more about how difficult our life on the alien planet is, and let them know how much these people on the front line have paid for the federation.”

“Cough!”

Shen Mu turned his back to Su He and Su He’s miniature camera drones, straightened his hair before turning around, with a righteous expression on his face: “Yes, survival on alien planets is not Treating guests to dinner, Comrade Old Ji’s ideological awareness still needs to be improved, we should reject this bad habit in words, because all resources on Alien should not be wasted.”

Su He laughed: “Okay, don’t Fake it, no one likes to see the way you say it, and not many people really agree with pure preaching. I have never liked your reporting. As a reporter, I think my duty is to report the truth of what I have witnessed. As for what kind of impression these facts and truths can bring to the people who see it, that is a matter of opinion.”

Shen Mu looked at Su He suspiciously: “How many days have you thought about this line?”

“Didn’t think about it ahead of time, but if you’re asking me when I got the idea, it was in high school. I…”

“Okay. Now, after what you want to say, you can make up the recording yourself. Let’s go to Old Ji first. If he doesn’t reply, he is probably sending a message to a lot of people. In case there are too many people, I will say it again. I don’t have enough money to pay for him.”

Shen Mu dragged Su He and ran to Ji Xinghe. Relying on the navigation on the wristband screen, the two of them could be considered a family. Although Su He had been to Outworld before, he had never been to Base No. 6 at that time, so he needed a navigation system now.

Ji Xinghe did not send messages to many people. Among the 1,000 people who came along, many were mecha warriors and soldiers like Han Li. After they arrived, they would immediately go to the military camp. Not with the base. For the people of the blue star, as long as they are on the alien planet, they are on the front line, but for the people on the alien planet, the military camp is the front line in the true sense, and the base is also under the protection of the military camp to provide the military camp with living materials , combat readiness materials.

A lot of the rest didn’t even speak to Ji Xinghe directly, they couldn’t help Ji Xinghe when he designed the old man music, they just watched the fun. It’s not because they don’t want to help, it’s because they’re not professional.

There are only a few dozen people who really know Ji Xinghe and stay at Base No. 6, but because of Xinxin’s identity, Ji Xinghe is not easy to invite them to dinner for the time being. He only invited Su He and Shen Mu, as well as Nurse Wang and some of her colleagues.

But just as Su He wanted to prevent Ji Xinghe from entertaining guests, Nurse Wang and the others had been in the Alien base all the year round, and they knew that it was not a simple matter to entertain guests here, so they all refused.

It’s not that they don’t give face, it’s not that they want to draw a line, it’s not that they don’t want to eat a good meal, it’s just that they are adults and dedicated people, so they know what they eat Lust has no meaning in this war that concerns the life and death of the Federation and humanity.

If it’s to enjoy life, they are at least a middle class on Azure Star with their professional skill level. People like Nurse Wang, go to some private hospitals as a nurse, and the monthly salary is ten-twenty thousand federal dollars. A few chocolates as gifts have to be determined by gritted teeth.

Why?

“grandfather, Xinxin doesn’t want new clothes, Xinxin has clothes to wear.”

Xinxin pulled Ji Xinghe’s sleeve and forcefully pulled Ji Xinghe’s hand off the bracelet screen Kai, the expression on his face looked a little angry: how can grandfather be so ignorant, he knows how to spend money.

Ji Xinghe didn’t think he was spending money. He saw the clothes in the closet in the room. There were only three identical sets of clothes, not only the three sets of clothes were the same, but everyone in the entire base. The clothes are almost the same, only the professional logo and epaulettes on the chest are different.

This is to save resources, but for Ji Xinghe, an old man who has been living in the blue star, his granddaughter should be dressed beautifully. The temperature inside the base is a constant 22 degrees, which makes it possible to wear a nice little skirt, but not in the store.

“Okay, grandfather won’t buy it, grandfather will make it for Xinxin.”

Ji Xinghe switched the interface of the store, he could see that Xinxin was a little unhappy, so he felt a little distressed, because He knew that it wasn’t that Xinxin didn’t want it, and it wasn’t that Xinxin didn’t know that there were also various styles of clothes in this world. The most resources in the base actually came from various entertainment resources from Azure Star, 10,000 movies plus 10,000 TV series plus One million novels can be delivered in a small box the size of a palm. Everyone’s wristband screen can share these entertainment resources. Xinxin has seen those beautiful little dresses, toys, playgrounds, blue The sky and the green grassland…

But Xinxin doesn’t want to spend money indiscriminately, she is too sensible.

“grandfather is good.”

Xin Xin patted the back of Ji Xinghe’s hand, revealing a smiling face.

There was a knock on the door, and Shen Mu and Su He came. When the door was opened, Su He turned off his drone camera. Although it could be edited, he did not want to shoot because the editing rights were not not in his hands.

“It doesn’t matter.” Ji Xinghe noticed the transformation of the rays of light on the drone, which means the camera is turned on, and held Xinxin’s hand and said, “I asked Xinxin, and she said yes.”

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Su He embarrassedly laughed on the camera but didn’t know what to say. In front of Shen Mu, he had a lot of reasoning, but when facing Ji Xinghe and Xinxin, both grandfather and grandson, he was still in his heart. Some blockages.

Xinxin said yes, but she didn’t know what it meant, she just said yes because she knew that adults wanted it.

“The kid is so beautiful.” Shen Mu was different, squatting in front of Xinxin enthusiastically: “What’s your name, can you tell Uncle.”

” My name is Xinxin, and I am six years old this year.”

“Orangutan?”

Shen Mu was stunned, the Federation was too sensitive to the word orangutan.

“Xinxin, Xinxin.” Xinxin was obviously not the first to encounter this problem, and explained seriously: “My mother’s surname is Rong.”

Shen Mu’s eyes It became popular again, this science and engineering man is actually more emotional than the liberal arts man, he doesn’t know what to say, he is a man who is inexperienced with children.

“Old Ji, no more treats.” Su He changed the subject: “Let’s have something to eat, you can take your child around the base, we are familiar with the situation. Little Xinxin, you can be Is it a guide for the three of us? Uh, just show us the way.”

“Of course, Xinxin knows what a guide means, and Xinxin is very familiar with the road.” Xinxin, who readily agreed, was indeed familiar with it. The road in the base, because she was born in this base and grew up in this base, the construction area of more than 800,000 square meters is very large for a child, but this is her whole world.

“Okay, no more treats, let’s just have something to eat, I take it for granted.” Ji Xinghe has the courage to admit his mistakes, his granddaughter is very sensible, so he must be sensible. Ji Xinghe squatted down and looked at Xinxin and asked, “Where does Xinxin want to take me first?”

Xinxin tilted her head and thought for a while before seriously saying: “Let’s go Look at the car, watch them fix the car.”

Ji Xinghe was a little happy: “Does Xinxin like cars very much? The grandfather is very good at repairing cars.”

“Xinxin likes it, and Mother said that when grandfather goes to repair the car in the future, Xinxin will watch it quietly.”

Xinxin said she liked it, but all three adults could tell that she didn’t like it, just because she mother’s advice.

Ji Xinghe thought of the wish that Xinxin said just now: “Car and mecha, which one does Xinxin prefer?”

“Huh?” Xinxin hesitated for a while before speaking frankly , but his voice was a little low, and he lowered his head: “I prefer mecha.”

“Then let’s go to see mecha first.” Ji Xinghe’s big hand gently stroked Xinxin’s little head: “Because grandfather In the future, I will not only have to repair cars, but also mecha.”

“Okay, okay.” Xinxin is really happy this time.

So Shen Mu and Su He next to him didn’t expose Ji Xinghe’s lie: Ji Xinghe is just an ordinary mechanic, he is not qualified or capable of repairing mecha, even if he designs old man music. If old man music can really be called mecha, then it won’t be called old man music.

(End of this chapter)