Grandma has been sweeping the streets for more than ten years.
In the memories of the neighbors, every day was filled with thick fog, light rain, biting cold wind, and scorching heat and showers.
You can always see her on the street.
"More than ten years ago, when I first found this job, there were many ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages on the street. Have you seen it? At that time, the streets were full of horse and cow dung. It was dirty and tiring, and no one wanted to work."
Grandma was wearing an oilskin apron and holding a broom. Her face, which was full of wrinkles and grooves, wrinkled into an old chrysanthemum as she recalled her memories.
Next to her, stood a black-haired man wearing an old windbreaker. Although the man was young, his skin was rough from the wind and sand.
He was wearing a pair of old leather shoes with peeling leather, and he looked like a young man unwilling to give up his gentlemanly dignity.
On the other hand, the little girl next to him is pretty and charming. Her simple clothes cannot hide her beauty and beauty, and her eyes make people happy just by looking at her.
These two people claimed to be some kind of reporters for the Internet newspaper, and they wanted to write some documentary article. Anyway, grandma didn't understand much, so she agreed.
"You're the only one who persisted? Why don't you find a lighter job? You don't look too old at all?" the young man asked.
He is none other than Yu Sheng'an.
The woman beside him was even Gu Weimeng.
At the Workers' and National Congress meeting, Yu Sheng'an did not give specific policy guidelines, because without investigation, he would have no right to speak.
He wanted to conduct a thorough investigation before formulating corresponding policies.
As for why he brought Gu Weimeng, it was to familiarize her with the environment.
"That's right! I can't help it. With the little tail behind me, I can't find another job." Grandma pointed to the corner of the street with some embarrassment.
A plump young man twirled his fingers together and grinned sheepishly.
-Although he looked normal, Yu Shengan could still tell at a glance that there was something wrong with his intelligence.
"Are you the only one taking care of him? Where is his father?" Yu Sheng'an was surprised.
"He left. When he was seven or eight years old, he saw something was not right with him, so he left." Grandma looked a little gloomy.
"You have been the one responsible for all these years?"
"Yeah, it was hard before! It's much better now. The carriages are no longer on the road. The road is much cleaner. There are only leaves and other garbage. After the establishment of the Workers' Republic of China, they even gave me a salary increase! One thousand two hundred yuan a month, it was only £2 a month before!”
I don’t know if few people paid attention to it, but grandma was very chatty and took the initiative to talk.
The one thousand two hundred yuan she mentioned was naturally the currency conversion unit that was changed after the founding of the Workers' Republic of China.
If converted into pounds, it would be exactly 5 pounds.
"Is this the basic salary?" Yu Sheng'an was still a little impressed.
"Yes, yes, basic salary!" Grandma smiled happily, looking very satisfied.
"I heard that the economy is not very good recently and many people can't find jobs. Has it affected you?" Yu Sheng'an asked again.
"The economy is not good? No, I feel pretty good. Breadsticks are still 10 pence...Internet currency, if you buy Chen's, it's cheaper!"
"Let me tell you, where are the jobs that can't be found now? They all think the wages are too low. In the past, everyone was rushing to work as a bakery apprentice for 3 pounds a month, but now if you don't pay 1,450 pounds, no one can do it! "
Grandma clapped her palms with the backs of her hands, looking like she hated iron.
"That's right!" Yu Sheng'an smiled.
As far as he knows, in addition to basic agricultural and sideline products, secondary industry commodities have basically seen price increases to varying degrees, with some cases even reaching 50%.
The fundamental reason is naturally the reduction in raw material imports and the decline in Kevir's purchases, creating a vicious cycle.
My grandma has never consumed these products before, so she is naturally not very sensitive to them.
"Dean! Dean! Come on, come on, take out this garbage, go quickly, remember where the trash can is, right?"
As the grandma chatted, she greeted her son and asked him to take out the garbage.
The young man walked over timidly and a little shyly, took the dustpan from his mother's hand, and looked back at his mother's face step by step to confirm the location of the trash can.
"This child is afraid of being born badly!" Grandma explained with some embarrassment as she looked at Dean's posture.
"Everyone is a little afraid of life." Yu Sheng'an replied.
"Hey, sir, you are a man of culture, can I ask you something?" Grandma suddenly took the initiative, her eyes shining brightly.
"You said?" Yu Sheng'an nodded.
"You say, our Gonghe National Energy... should we continue?" Grandma asked, looking around furtively.
"Huh?" Although Yu Sheng'an was in charge of language and writing, he was also a little confused by Grandma's words.
Grandma said with some embarrassment: "I heard from the pastor that the God of the Internet is an evil god and that Gongheguo will not last long. I think Gongheguo is quite good. My child is stupid and slow to learn things. I thought If it doesn’t work in ten years, then twenty years. I am only forty this year, and I still have some good years to live. I am afraid of labor and the country... "
Grandma didn’t dare to say the rest.
Yu Sheng'an was stunned and said with a smile: "The Workers' and Congress's existence will last for a long time!"
"real?"
"Really, I promise."
"That's great!" Grandma's eyebrows were filled with joy. She smiled and suddenly her eyes turned red. She couldn't help but muttered: "If you pay off what you owe him in this life, you won't be a mother and son in the next life."
"Mom, that's good." Dean came over and held up the dirty iron dustpan as if to take credit.
"Well done! Not bad, Dean knows how to take out the trash!" Grandma rolled her eyes, forced a smile, and praised him without hesitation.
"Grandma, I'm leaving!" Yu Sheng'an took the initiative to say goodbye.
"Ah? Oh, okay! Let's walk slowly!" Grandma was startled and laughed quickly.
Yu Sheng'an did not turn around and leave. Instead, she patted Dean on the shoulder and said in his timid eyes, "Listen to your mother from now on and honor her!"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Seeing this, Gu Weimeng followed suit and left.
The two of them walked slowly along the bluestone street that had been swept away with only a layer of fine dust.
Gu Weimeng was half a step behind.
She tilted her head and looked at Yu Sheng'an, whose clothes were old and blended into the mortal world, and the twinge in her heart never calmed down from the beginning to the end.
After signing a contract and logging onto the Internet, the bizarre multiverse gradually emerged before her eyes.
This world was so wonderful that she was stunned and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.
There was even more absurdity in my heart!
She actually cut off the left hand of the God of the Internet, who commanded countless people in the multiverse to be fanatical and reverent. Although it was just a clone, this still made her feel ridiculous.
When she thought of the explicit words the God of the Internet had said to her, the humiliation she felt at that time... actually made her feel a different kind of emotion.
If that had already shaken her heart, then the unknown side of the Internet God revealed today made her heart even more rippled.
So is this God
He has taken on thousands of incarnations, walked around the world, experienced suffering, and was kind and loving.
"How do you feel about the science and technology in this world?" Yu Sheng'an asked.
"Hardly starting." Gu Weimeng said without thinking.
"Yeah, barely started, mixed with theology and magic, it's like a pot of random stew!" Yu Sheng'an nodded: "I want to use the scientific atmosphere of this world to develop science, and you will temporarily serve as the education department of the science department. Director!"
Gu Weimeng suddenly stopped.
"Me? Director of Education?"
"Don't want to?"
"I, I... I don't understand?"
"I don't raise useless people!"
“…”
All Gu Weimeng's words were suddenly choked in his throat, and he stared at Yu Sheng An's mortal figure with wide eyes.
…
…
"The big fool is back!"
"Run!"
"Little waste! Big-headed baby! Crying! Call mommy!"
Grandma returned home from work. As soon as she walked into the dilapidated alley, she heard the sound of footsteps of a baby running past and the sound of rhyming jeering.
Even though grandma had long been used to it, she still felt uncomfortable in her heart.
"Come on, come on, don't make trouble." Even though it was uncomfortable, the grandmother subconsciously reminded her son, worried that he would foolishly run over to play with the children and be bullied.
"mom!"
"Why?"
Grandma responded and waited for a long time without seeing the next sentence. She subconsciously turned around and saw her dull-witted son looking at her with a pair of strange and clear eyes.
"mom!"
"ah?"
"sorry!"
Bang! The iron dustpan fell to the ground, making a loud noise in the damp narrow alley.
Grandma was completely unaware and looked at her son stupidly.
…
"When did it happen? Huh?! You, when will you... be fine?"
After closing the door, even though she had confirmed countless times that her son had not turned into a monster and that his son still remembered every bit of their lives, grandma still asked in disbelief.
"It seems...it's like my brother patted me, and my mind just...just woke up as if the dust was dusted off."
Dean tried hard to describe the process of enlightenment, but he didn't notice that his mother had already burst into tears.
—I knew that except the benevolent God, who would want to deal with a dirty street sweeper