Chapter 19 The Clearer
That evening, I went to Gu Naihui in the city. When she returned to the hotel, the scene in front of her almost thought she had gone to the wrong place.
There are many customers in the store, and there are many. Although there are not as many customers as the Du family hotel opposite, compared with the day she left two days ago, business is simply booming.
What are the white and clumps of food that the guests eat? It looks delicious, and most of the guests eat the same food. Some of them are not satisfied with the food, and they shout "I'll give you another serving" from time to time.
"Is this...this is the new dish?"
Seeing the guy wearing a chef's uniform walking into the kitchen, Gu Naihui's mind was filled with inspiration.
He...he actually did it, how could this be possible?
But so what? With just one dish, you can’t save the Gu family’s hotel and you can’t catch most of the passenger flow. Only smart kitchen robots can save the Gu family and regain all the passenger flow!
"Sister, you are back. Come and try the Xiaolongbao made by Brother Qiang. It's so delicious! You don't know how popular Xiaolongbao is today. Many old customers are back today! Brother Qiang is the lucky star of our store!"
After hearing his younger brother's words, Gu Naihui still had a cold face and ignored him. She put down the bag on her shoulder, held it with her hands, and went straight to her room on the second floor.
In the room, unzipped the bag and Tan Naihui gently took out the things in the bag with her hands. They were mainly two things: a small bottle of spray similar to anti-wolf spray, and two round, golden coins.
Looking at these two things that were finally bought on the table, a smile of longing flashed across Gu Naihui's face, thinking: With these things, you can start tonight. The two guys who had been eating and drinking for several days in the Gu family should pay their "room fee".
There is also the smart kitchen robot made by Oriental Kitchenware Company. She has already looked forward to it. Its functions are more complete than the one bought by Dujia Hotel. It can cook more dishes, taste better, save energy 3%, and speed 5%. She took it on the spot and paid a 30% deposit. Three days later, Oriental Kitchenware Company will send the machine over, which is just in time for the arrival of the harvest day in the town.
She thought to herself: All I did is for the future of the Gu family. No one blamed me. They would only praise and praise me. I did not do anything wrong. I should go to the place where I was garbage...
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Nine o'clock in the evening.
After finishing everything, I took off my chef's clothes and ate a little bit of food. Zhou Ming went to the bathroom to take a big shower, washed away the smell of oil smoke, and then dragged his somewhat tired body to his room on the third floor, ready to have a good sleep.
His room was very small, less than ten square meters. He used to be a utility room for piles of miscellaneous items. After he was vacant, he laid a bed on the ground and slept with Dazhuang. The conditions were relatively simple.
But Zhou Ming was already very satisfied. Compared to the streets that had been sleeping for almost a month before, it has been greatly improved by being able to sleep in a house that sheltered from the wind and rain, and in a soft and warm bed.
“Hu~, Hu~”
At midnight, there was only snoring like thunder in the room.
"Kaz~Kaz~"
A sound of metal impact inside the mechanical door lock came from the door. Although the sound was small, it seemed a little abrupt.
"KaKaKa~"
The door that was originally locked was opened, and in the dark, a hand reached in through the crack of the door. Then another "Zi~Zi~" sound. After more than a dozen consecutive "Zi" times, the door was taken up again.
Fifteen minutes later, the door was opened in a normal way. After turning on the light, a graceful woman in pajamas covered her mouth with a towel and tiptoed in. After seeing two men unconscious as dead pigs on the ground, she kicked her feet with her feet, but she didn't respond. Then she was happy on her face and searched and searched in the room.
There was no other furniture in the room except a low table, let alone a box with a lock. How could the pajama woman prepare these for them? So, after searching for a while, she found what she wanted - money.
Two coins, one of which was hung on Dazhuang's neck with a rope, opened the photo box at the end of the rope, and there was a small photo of the family of three in the box. Everyone on it was smiling brightly. The woman in the pajamas was slightly stunned when she saw it, but she still took out the money and put a coin in again. It took a little effort to find the other one, but the guy didn't have it in his bag, nor on his body. In the end, she still found the money in a gap in the chandelier at the top of the room with an instrument in her hand, and it was very strange. How did he stuff it in such a high place?
The woman in pajamas left the room with satisfaction, turned off the lights casually, slammed the door, completely unnoticed, and in the dark, the eyes that had already been opened.
"Is this the purpose? But you are the roughest of the 137 thieves who want to take my money."
Climbing up from the ground, a figure with agility followed the woman in her pajamas just now and went to the second floor.
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As the harvest day approaches, more and more migrant workers come to Baowan Town, increasing by a thousand people every day, bringing a warm and noisy atmosphere to the quiet Baowan Town.
These "pigeons" have complex compositions, including middle-aged and elderly people with white hair, young men and women with strong bodies, and even some families come together, including adults and children, laughing and making fun of each other. They don't look like they are here to do short-term work, but they are like the whole family is traveling together.
However, when a rumbling sound of motorcycle engines sounded at the entrance of Baowan Town, I could only hear this unique sound, and the entire Baowan Town was instantly enveloped in an unusual atmosphere.
Especially the pigeon group, as if there were some spells in the group, the adults stopped talking and the children stopped crying. Everyone looked down at the tall, cold-looking man wearing special armor, with a tube-shaped weapon hanging around his waist, and a uniformed man with a strange pattern and a black armband printed with a "zero" in his eyes. He looked inexplicably afraid, and accompanied by the uniformed man's boots, the rhythmic sound made by stepping on the ground, and his heart also started to be beating.
As soon as he appeared, the man in uniform became the focus of the entire town.
Several guests were talking in the Gujia Hotel.
"I didn't expect that those who cleared the zeroes so early this year rushed over. In previous years, they only came after a harvest day."
"Yes, it was several days in advance, and the pigeons were caught off guard. I saw someone wet his pants."
"I was arrested last year, which is the least in history. I wonder how many of them will be taken away this year?"
"The clearer is here, don't discuss it, don't be targeted by him."
Cleared?
Zhou Ming, who was cooking in the kitchen, heard this term, paused his hand slightly, and a hint of disgust flashed across his face.
In the city, he was checked by such things three times, but he didn't expect that there would be such ghosts in the countryside.
Suddenly, there was a burst of crying and screaming on the road outside the store.
"Sir, please don't take my child away! I am just such a child. Please show your compassion and let him go!"
"Sir! I can give you whatever you want. Please don't take my child away. I'll kneel down to you and kowtow to you!"
"Ah! No, please don't! Don't take my child away!"
A young woman desperately held the hand of a teenager, and like a tug of war, she wanted to snatch the child under the armpit of a tall and strong uniform. The child who was pulled also cried loudly, his face full of horror. The child's father, a thin young man, also knelt in front of the man in uniform, hugged his legs, and begged for mercy in an extremely humble tone.
More and more people were watching, and each one was feeling unbearable. Zhou Ming also walked out with a stir-frying spoon. After seeing this scene, his heart was as painful as a needle.
This is not the first time he has seen such a scene. In Yaoxing City, he has seen a similar scene four times, and three times, the one who was taken away was a champion of various murder competitions with similar identities from the lower area. Because he lost his vigilance and spent money, he was quickly "swept away" by the cleared person. Another time, the one who was taken away was a cute 12-year-old girl. Zhou Ming had stepped forward to stop it and even took action. However, after a shock from the high-energy electric stun gun, he had only gotten up from the ground for five minutes, and never did such impulsive stupid things again.
Money is a currency that anyone in District 52 must own, and the amount of money must not be less than 1.
But anyone wants to marry and have children. If a couple each only has one money, if the offspring they breed without an extra money to open an account, such a child is a natural "zero" with a balance of 0, and it seems that he should be within the range of the cleared person.
The top designers of this world also saw this unreasonable point, so they stipulate that children under the age of 12 are not within the clearance range, and give parents of these children a sufficient buffer period. If there is no money to open an account for the child in 12 years, then what is waiting for the child is the ruthless cleaning of the person who clears the child.
So this is why Zhou Ming spent more than a month in Yaoxing City and wanted to steal money from him, most of the minors were the minors. Those seemingly simple smiling faces almost made him fall into the abyss several times.
In this world, there is no so-called family planning. Those poor families with more children will not care about anything except asking their children to get a piece of money back by themselves. In their eyes, giving birth to a child is like a piece of shit, and will not generate any benefits except increasing burdens and worries.
When those children from other families from better families see the tragic experiences of their peers, they think that they are almost 12 years old, those who are disobedient, playful, and do not study hard, as long as they hear words like "If you are disobedient, you will not give you money", even the willful and rebellious children must learn to be a good baby, obey their parents, reflect their own value in front of their parents, and become mature and sensible.
The young couple at the entrance of the Gu family hotel knelt down and begged, crying so sadly. I believe their children must be very well-behaved in normal times, bringing a lot of joy and beauty to the parents. However, this originally happy and fulfilling family is now facing such a tragedy on earth. It is not that they have no conditions to have children, but that they are in a cold and cruel world.
Zhou Ming didn't want to listen anymore, so he took the spoon and silently returned to his kitchen and continued to fry his dishes.
This may be a kind of escape. He is just an unstable little chef and does not have the ability to change this bad world...
"Mr. Clearing the Stolen, I have two kitchen workers in my store. I found that they had no money. They hid in my store for several days and ate and drank for free. Clearing the Stolen, I am very afraid that they will steal valuable things from the store, so please take them away too. I would like to express my sincere thanks here."
When this sound rang in Zhou Ming's ears, he raised his head and saw the woman with her mouth raised high and her face full of smugness next to the man in uniform, he couldn't help but shake her head.
Chapter completed!