Inside the cafeteria next to the "Old Tune Group".
Jiang Baimian came back with the plate and put down the meat.
There is a rich soup filled with soft glutinous potatoes and chunks of beef, a whole roast chicken with a tangy aroma and a yellowish skin, a winter melon pork ribs soup that looks very light, and slices of mutton scattered among the green onions. .
"Too, too rich." Long Yuehong took a breath of the fragrance that filled the air and said with sincere admiration.
For him, the New Year is like that.
Jiang Baimian glanced at him:
"Didn't you have a good time eating in Qifeng Town
"I thought that meat dishes like this couldn't impress you as much as before."
"How come?" Long Yuehong instinctively retorted.
He paused, showing a nostalgic expression:
"However, the ham and bacon in Qifeng Town are really good..."
Because they became a vassal of "Pangu Creatures", Qifeng Town can exchange for a very cost-effective and sufficient amount of salt, and this allows them to save the excess meat during the hunting season and harvest season, leaving it to the hard-to-find beasts. Fight hunger in winter.
"Didn't you say you're tired of eating?" Shang Jianyao next to Long Yuehong revealed his bottom line.
Long Yuehong's expression froze:
"At that time, just then!"
While they were talking, Bai Chen came back with a plate and four servings of rice.
She glanced at the meat dishes and the same amount of vegetarian dishes, and blurted out:
"Team leader, will this cost you too much?"
"This is a special meat dish, and only 1 contribution point is used." Jiang Baimian pointed at the roasted chicken, "The others add up to 150 contribution points."
"What do you mean?" Long Yuehong heard the words and said, "If I eat like this every meal, my monthly salary will only be enough for six days, no, it's less than six days, and I didn't count breakfast just now."
"If you can eat so much in each meal, I can always invite you." Shang Jianyao made a very serious suggestion.
"...Then I'll die in one day." Long Yuehong thought about it and felt that the advantage could not be taken.
Jiang Baimian immediately smiled and said:
"I can't treat like this every time, it's nothing to do once in a while.
"I'm at the D6 level. You all know how much the basic salary is."
"Each level increases by 500 contribution points, D1 is 1800 points, D2 is 2300... D6 is 4300 points, including various subsidies, even if you don't go out to work, the team leader will have at least 4500 points." Long Yuehong calculated carefully. After a moment, "But if you want to eat well and have enough meat dishes for every meal, you will have to spend 2,000 contribution points a month, even if we have meal supplements, or at least 3,000 points. Deducted These, as well as energy rationing, water bills, installation costs, and all kinds of necessary expenses, the rest will not be too much... If you have a few more children, it will be... "
The more Long Yuehong thought about it, the more difficult life felt.
The main reason is that he has adapted to the "luxury" life of having meat and vegetables every day and no children. If he wants to return to his dream of having one wife, two children, and three meat meals a week, he will inevitably feel that he is driving backwards in life.
"Stop, stop!" Jiang Baimian interrupted Long Yuehong's calculation, "I have a headache! Besides, why don't you count your wife's salary? The family is supported by two people."
Having said this, Jiang Baimian smiled:
"I actually have a lot of salary left over every month.
"My brother got married a long time ago and moved out. I have been living with my parents and my mother. Their salaries are much higher than mine, as are subsidies and benefits.
"I make up for meals during the day, and eat them at night, and the company will issue uniforms, perfect~"
Jiang Baimian looked around again and said with a smile:
"You can also get a lot of contribution points this time.
"Bai Chen has become a regular, and can enjoy the treatment of D1 employees. Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong will upgrade to D2 level, and you will earn 500 more contribution points per month.
"In addition, there are field allowances, this time out for almost a month, everyone can get eight or nine hundred.
"The biggest one should be the compensation from the harvest. I don't know how much this is."
Listening and listening, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen couldn't help but think about how to spend such a large amount of contribution points.
"I have to apply for a bigger room..." Long Yuehong said to herself, thinking of the cramped environment at home and her younger brother and sister who had to sleep with adults.
Inside “Panga Ancient Creatures”, housing is normally allocated by level, but if you want to apply for a larger room by leapfrogging, you have to pay a fee, and there is an additional rental fee every month.
Of course, employees also have their own tricks, that is, instead of going through the company, they replace themselves. For example, when the children of some elderly employees have been allocated to the room and are no longer crowded with them, they may charge a fee , to replace their larger and more spacious room with those who can no longer squeeze in at home.
This way, there is no monthly rental fee.
But the problem is that when the two elderly employees pass away, the company will recycle the room according to the registered information.
After so long of edification, Long Yuehong's self-talk was much louder than usual, Jiang Baimian nodded with a smile:
"Good intentions."
She looked at Bai Chen again:
"You should be trying to save up all your contribution points, wait until the employee level is enough, and do genetic modification?"
If employees can pay a large amount of contribution points, or are willing to volunteer for some dangerous experiments, the level required for applying for genetic modification can be lowered, and D2 or even D1 levels may be successful.
"Yeah." Bai Chen unconsciously pulled the old gray scarf around his neck.
Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:
"I remind you once again that the technology of genetic modification is far from mature, and there are various dangers. It is not a last resort, and it is best not to try it.
"Well... I also know that you must have your own reasons. I just hope you make a good trade-off."
Without waiting for Bai Chen to answer, Jiang Baimian inhaled the fragrance that filled the air:
"Eat, eat, the dishes are getting cold!"
While speaking, she stretched out her chopsticks and neatly tore off the wings of the roast chicken.
Under the yellowish skin is a layer of melt-in-your-mouth grease, combined with the taste of several seasonings, making Jiang Baimian almost unable to stop his mouth.
Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen also joined the ranks of enjoying the food. Everyone was so focused that they didn't have time to speak.
At the end of the meal, Jiang Baimian drank the vegetable soup, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said contentedly:
"Every time I come back from the outside, I have a meal like this, which really makes people appreciate the beauty of life."
"So it is necessary to save all mankind." Shang Jianyao also put down the tableware and wiped the corner of his mouth.
"Can't you change your lines?" Jiang Bai gave the guy a blank look.
Shang Jianyao nodded and asked suddenly:
"Then, who do you think is Xiaochong?"
Hearing the name Xiaochong, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, who were still sucking chicken bones, stopped at the same time.
To them, the name was mysterious and terrifying, as if to represent some kind of taboo.
In the previous days, they had deliberately forgotten Xiaochong and did not mention it in any discussions.
Jiang Baimian said silently for a few seconds:
"I suspect that he is the 'Unintentional', the 'Higher Unintentional' in the 'Higher Unintentional', or even the 'King of the Unintentional', maybe, it was because he was next to him and wanted to see the real gunfight, so I just subconsciously ignored Qiao Chu's other Awakened abilities and the corresponding scope..."
"A 'mindless person' who has restored human wisdom and memory?" Long Yuehong was startled and muttered, "No, how can a 'mindless person' have human wisdom..."
Jiang Baimian said with a solemn expression:
"Not only does he have, maybe he also possesses terrifying abilities like mutant creatures and 'higher mindless ones'..."
"A super human?" Bai Chen's tone was inexplicably heavy.
Shang Jianyao raised his hand:
"Did he use his body to no longer grow in exchange for wisdom?"
"Are you trying to say that Xiaochong also has serious flaws, and is far from being a superhuman?" Jiang Baimian understood Shang Jianyao's subtext.
Shang Jianyao hesitated and said:
"he is my friend."
"So, you can't speak ill of your friends?" Jiang Baimian tried to decipher the jumping thoughts of the other party.
Shang Jian Yao did not answer.
"Haha." Long Yuehong laughed twice and suddenly realized, "Am I not your friend? Why do you always speak ill of me?"
Shang Jianyao glanced at him:
"I'm just repeating what you said.
"Hey, I'm only 1.75 meters after genetic modification, and I look average..."
"Stop!" Long Yuehong interrupted Shang Jianyao's repetition.
Jiang Baimian couldn't hide his smile when he saw it, raised his side and said:
"Okay, you all go back to rest.
"Hey... I'm the only one who has to work overtime, write the task report, and submit it."
"Need help?" Bai Chen asked.
Jiang Baimian laughed and said:
"Don't worry, I won't forget what to write and what not to write."
Bai Chen, who was pierced by Xiaosi, was a little ashamed and lowered his head slightly.
Saying goodbye to Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong entered the elevator and returned to the 495th floor.
As the elevator descended, Long Yuehong looked at herself on the metal compartment wall and suddenly sighed:
"I don't know if I can successfully transfer out of the group this time..."
Before waiting for Shang Jianyao to respond, he continued with a bit of confusion:
"Actually, I now kind of understand the meaning of the work of the 'Old Tune Group'...
"The internal life of the company with a wife, two children, and three meals a week is really beautiful. I still yearn for it, but when I get old, will I feel that my life is wasted and a life in vain?"
Shang Jianyao looked ahead and ignored him.
Long Yuehong was silent, until the elevator reached the 495th floor, and then said with a smile:
"Let it be your fate."
Shang Jianyao glanced at him:
"Then you go back first and change your name."
While talking, they separated at a fork in the road and went back to their respective homes.
It didn't take long for Shang Jianyao to arrive at Room 196 in Area B.
As soon as he took out the key, he saw at the bottom of the door, someone drew a sketch of a baby with white chalk.
This is not too surprising in the "Pangu creatures" where children's graffiti is rich. If you don't like it, just wipe it off.
But Shang Jianyao knows that such a picture, such a position, represents a certain meaning:
Tomorrow at 5:30 in the morning, the old place, the "Rite of Life" church gathering.
Shang Jianyao raised his hand and gently wiped the corner of his mouth.