Carrying two large packages out of the automatic car, Jiang Xiaoyuan led Tang Ning and Yao Hua into an alley along the cement road and the bustling crowd. After walking a short distance inside, he arrived in front of a small cement house.

The cement rooms in the dungeon have no windows. There is only a set of air purifier ventilation equipment hanging on the outer wall, and two lines of red text are painted on it.

The handwriting on the top is relatively large, No. 106, Lane 4 of Gongji Factory Street, and there is a line of small characters below - the Fourth Tower Level Autonomous Management Committee.

Jiang Xiaoyuan said: "This place was originally a construction machinery repair shop in the residential area. Later, the repair shop moved to the lower level, but the early names were still retained in the street name."

"The coup in that year was the command center, and it was later replaced by the United Council."

"During the process of government affairs handover, the Command Center retained part of its power and eventually developed into a special historical heritage of the first to fourth towers - the Autonomous Management Committee."

There are several flower pots on the upper baffle of the ventilation equipment, but the plants in the pot have already dried up.

Tang Ning said: "My mother loves nature the most. We are all taking care of our small garden in Manzhou..."

"Brother Tang, please feel sorry for me." Yao Hua comforted: "This place is actually not suitable for you. If you have time, you can go to the bulletin board of the Asset Management Bureau. If there is a suitable residence on the lower floor, you can get rid of this house."

"Go in and have a look first." Jiang Xiaoyuan took out an instrument and unlocked the seal of the Ministry of Interior Asset Management Committee on the door.

Tang Ning held the door handle and opened it.

What surprised Yao Hua and Jiang Xiaoyuan was that the house was extremely clean and tidy, with a large living room and three bedrooms, totaling more than 150 square meters. On the fourth tower floor, this is a very huge house.

The decoration in the house is also very good. The floors and furniture are actually solid wood. Although the appliances are old, they are not short of them. There are wallpapers on the walls and huge three-dimensional glass screens that simulate windows.

Tang Ning took out a crystal storage unit in his bag, placed it in a processor beside the door, and whispered: "Xiaozhi, we're home."

The lights in the interior lights turned on, and the simulated windows turned into beautiful mountain views, and the whole room seemed to be like a small mountain villa.

Yao Hua twitched his lips: "Brother Tang, your parents are really stylish. In this tower floor, most people come home from get off work and enter the ecological cabin after dinner. They live in the virtual world. Few people have arranged their homes like this."

Tang Ning reached out and stroked the dining table. The dining table was very clean, which means that the automatic cleaning system in the room was working regularly.

Jiang Xiaoyuan sneered: "The cleaning fees are all deducted from your parents' inheritance custody account, which is a small method that the Finance and Management Office has imposed."

Tang Ning said: "Actually, it's pretty good. Cleaning is a troublesome after all."

Xiaozhi's voice sounded quickly: "Wow... I finally found a city where I can shop! Dad, the server here is too old, there are smart appliances, and the lighting is relatively aging. I'm going to place an order..."

"You can do it."

"Well! By the way, you have to go to the automatic logistics station five hundred meters away to collect it. Ah, there are also two Skynet addresses that are automatically bound here."

"That should be left to us by grandparents."

"Oh..." A man and a woman suddenly appeared on the window. The man was wearing a fisherman's hat, thick-rimmed glasses on his nose, a gray shirt, a vest for outdoor work with many pockets, a beard on his lips, and a kind smile.

The woman was wearing a white coat, her hair was combed to the scalp, she looked elegant and her makeup was very fashionable. She didn't seem to have any intersection with the man who looked too ordinary next to her.

"I found my grandpa and grandma! I found it in the virtual space owned by the server account." Xiaozhi's voice rang in the room again.

Tang Ning's eyes suddenly became wet: "Xiaozhi, play with yourself, remove the photos first."

"Yeah." The picture on the window disappeared.

Tang Ning took a deep breath and calmed down his mood. He realized that Yao Hua and Jiang Xiaoyuan, who were already pale on the side.

"Uh...that's the smart housekeeper I developed when I was bored in Manzhou. The degree of anthropomorphism is set a little higher, otherwise you will know that if you have been alone for the past few years..."

Yao Hua's face improved only then. Just now, he even felt like he met a ghost in the old house, which was so scared that he was frightened.

Jiang Xiaoyuan coughed dryly to hide his embarrassment: "Brother Tang, you can also design programs... In fact, the first batch of returnees who came back alone have more or less this problem, but they are all minor problems. Just have psychological intervention in the medical school. I can contact you."

Tang Ning nodded: "Let's talk about it."

After watching the remaining rooms, Yao Hua pulled Jiang Xiaoyuan and prepared to say goodbye: "Brother Ning, then let's do this today. I'll come again at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning..."

"Are you going to leave, uncles? But I'm already preparing supper." Xiaozhi's voice sounded again: "I'm sorry, the house has not prepared tea yet, but I've just boiled water."

"No, no..." Yao Hua hurriedly pulled Jiang Xiaoyuan out: "Thank you Xiaozhi, but today is really not suitable. I'll come again tomorrow... Uh, Brother Ning, don't say that your programming is really good. Let's go..."

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After sending the two of them away, Tang Ning closed the door and sat quietly in the living room for a long time.

All the furniture, floors, and window frames here were made by my father. The familiar style reminded Tang Ning of the time when his family built a new home in Manzhou.

"Dad, are you unhappy to find your own kind?"

"Dad is happy."

"But why is Dad looking unhappy? And your mental indicators, heartbeat, breathing, show that Dad, you are in a low mood..."

"Xiaozhi, actually, my father had already figured it out before he set out. It is a low-probability event to survive the catastrophe. Even if your grandparents have passed away, it is actually very likely..."

"But as long as the result is not released, people will always hold hope... Now that the result is released, this unrealistic hope will be shattered into disappointment."

"Oh...Dad, don't be unhappy. Grandpa and grandma are gone, but you still have Xiaozhi and Tangyuan."

Yes, how could such a luxury feeling of sadness belong to this era?

"Well, Xiaozhi, you're right. Dad is happier than many people with you and Tangyuan. Thank you."

"Dad, I heard that shopping can make people happy. If you can shop in Shudu neighborhoods, I have put all the things you need to buy at home in the shopping cart. Please check it out."

A flashing envelope popped up in Tang Ning's window. Tang Ning clicked it, and it turned out to be a long shopping list.

This made Tang Ning laugh and cry: "Uh, Xiaozhi, this kind of emotional transfer method is a little extravagant..."

That being said, Tang Ning still clicked on it all.

The logistics in the residential area is quite fast. Not long after, the notice of reminding the receipt came.

Looking at the dozens of large and small packages unloaded from the automatic car at the intersection, Tang Ning felt that she had been tricked by Xiaozhi again: "So many..."

"Dad, there is a variable trailer in Package No. 5."

"Xiaozhi, you still think about Jing Dao as before..."

Among the packages, two were venison, ceramate pork, various vegetables, rice and ale ordered by Xiaozhi.

Soon, Tangning used an induction cooker to cook several delicious dishes full of steam.

Sitting at the dining table, Tangning opened a bottle of ale: "Thank you Xiaozhi, the dinner was well arranged."

Xiaozhi asked, "Dad, do you want to watch TV?"

"television?"

"Well, there are three stations in the virtual city, including news, entertainment, education, Dad, which one do you want to see?"

"Let's news."

The simulated window becomes a TV and the news begins to be played.

"This afternoon, Director Liu Weiping, Director of the Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Interior, went to the weir entrance to inspect the water supply guarantee project. Director Liu Weiping expressed satisfaction with the progress of the project and reminded the engineering troops and guardian troops to work hard and strengthen patrols to ensure the lifeline of spring sowing water and drinking water for residents in the residential areas..."

"……The work of living security for residents at the lowest contribution to the settlement is progressing steadily. So far, the reemployment training work for 2,530 residents who lost their labor force in the settlement area in the early stage will be completed soon."

"The Ministry of the Interior said that after the training, most of these residents will engage in relatively easy work such as logistics allocation, agricultural nutrient solution configuration, forest satellite monitoring..."

"…The ninth meeting of the joint meeting was decided to pass. Secretary-General Ura Xiuquan said that the settlements will continue to be committed to improving the living standards of residents, striving to increase the minimum contribution of residents to the bottom line of 2,500 points per month..."

Tang Ning was eating fried venison with celery and was stunned when he heard this: "Xiaozhi, how many contribution points did the ingredients cost today?"

"Five thousand seven hundred points."

"How many?"

"Three hundred points of ale wine, one thousand five hundred points of venison, one thousand points of pork, eight hundred points of various types of vegetables, six hundred points of cooking oil, six hundred points of rice, nine hundred points of various types of condiments, a total of five thousand seven hundred points."

In addition to rice, cooking oil is cheap, condiments can be used for a period of time, such as ale, venison, pork, and vegetables.

Tangning's expenses for this meal actually exceeded the residents with the lowest contribution value in the settlement, and their contribution value per month.

"Xiaozhi... Our meal seems to be a little more expensive..."

"Dad is training. To achieve the best training results, nutrition needs to keep up."

"Xiaozhi is not satisfied with the quality of meat in the shopping center in the village. If his father solves the supply of mutant beast meat by himself and does not buy from the shopping center, the family will be able to save a lot of money."

Tang Ning glanced at the shopping list and said that a meal of 2,500 orders was really a big expense: "Xiaozhi, you are right, but you don't know if the laws in the settlement area allow this to be done..."
Chapter completed!