Chapter 136 Chapter 134 Go to Work

"Oh, let me take a good look." The friendly smile bloomed when Zhuang Feifei entered the yard, and then paused on Zhuang Xuteng: "You kid... go to work in the fields! Did you forget how to clean and add fertilizer?"

"Work as soon as you come back? Can't I drink some water?" Zhuang Xuteng rolled his eyes and wanted to cheat reflexively.

"My kettle is over there, making tea, you drink it. We have to complete the insect fields from four to seven today. Don't forget to bring the kettle back after you're done, and close the door to prevent the weasel from running in."

Zhuang Xuteng sighed. In their family, status is linked to academic performance, so he will definitely be sent to work. Zhuang Xuteng dawdled at the door of his house, changing into deep-tube waterproof boots while observing his parents with the Shadow Eye. The skin in the middle of their backs was implanted with shadows, and the texture looked good. It should be the "skin mutation relief implant" mentioned by Zhuang Teng.

Skin cancer and other cancers are almost occupational diseases for insect farmers. Fortunately, Zhuang Teng found a good job and can (barely) afford the relevant treatment costs. Otherwise, in a few years, no more than the 40th year in this industry, they will inevitably get some kind of malignant tumor.

"Fei Fei, check their health carefully. I'm going to the field." Zhuang Xuteng put on a raincoat, a heavy lead helmet, picked up the net bag by the door and set off. Their family did not live in the town, but settled by the field, so that they could walk less and do more work.

Today's agriculture has long become a subcategory of industry, and the only thing that has been passed down is the name of "farmer". The so-called fields are actually some gray glass greenhouses, each of which is 100 meters long and 10 meters wide, with two rows of long breeding pools inside.

The cement pool has seen off several generations of farmers, and it is also covered with scars. Patches of different sizes, from different periods, have different colors, are the result of cement bumping against people.

If you hit the cement, at most you will break your skin or even break your bones, which is not fatal. But the "growth-promoting lamp" above your head is another matter. This kind of light designed for breeding "mealworms" does not take into account the safety of the staff at all. Its ultraviolet radiation and other harmful rays are just stuck at the boundary line that the human body can bear, and it has obtained the so-called safety approval.

However, as long as the voltage is increased and the exposure time is extended, it will definitely exceed the human body's tolerance. Increasing the intensity and time of lighting is the necessary means to accelerate the growth of mealworms and increase the company's profits. Therefore, all mealworm farms are in a state where they can fully cope with inspections and are completely guaranteed to cause tumors.

All methods have been tried. Unless you wear the highest level of isolation suits and risk being killed by the temperature in the room, there is no way to avoid the impact of growth-promoting lamps. If you can't prevent it, you can only treat it. The treatment cost of hundreds of thousands of euros per person is a heavy burden for any family here. If Zhuang Teng had not left the farm and worked as a senior engineer in a well-known company in Peicheng, he would definitely not be able to afford it.

Zhuang Xuteng complained that "he always made himself work", but in fact he didn't come here very often. No parents want their children to live a life where they will inevitably develop malignant tumors after working for a maximum of 40 years. They bear the damage themselves and hope that their offspring can change to a safe environment and escape this fate. Zhuang Xuteng only followed his parents to raise mealworms before graduation when it was very difficult to find a job. This was just the "last retreat". After he found a formal job at the Magic Crystal Factory, he was never asked to raise insects again.

There may be two reasons why he was asked to come here again now - Zhuang Xuteng analyzed in his mind. One is that the tasks in the field are tight and he really can't stop; the other is that they have already known that he has no job, which is a disguised way to ask him to explain the situation quickly.

The news of the closure of the 21st Magic Crystal Factory was not kept secret, and it would definitely be found if he wanted to check. Before, his parents were recuperating and the news might be relatively closed. After returning home, how could they not care about the children's situation? Just make a phone call to the Magic Crystal Factory, and you will understand everything as soon as you hear the movement on the other end of the phone.

It is estimated that they are now holding Zhuang Feifei to ask her about her life and see if she has taken good care of her sister. Zhuang Xuteng snorted, put the net bag into the pool, moved it on the soft mud, made a clearing, and then stepped gently into the gray-white muddy water. His job was simple, constantly picking up mealworms, checking whether their body shape and color were normal, picking out the unhealthy ones, putting the rest back, and then evenly sprinkling the pool with medicine powder after the inspection.

The so-called mealworms are a kind of white fleshy worms the size of fingers, chubby, plump, and elastic, and they are artificial creatures that lack the ability to move. Its other functions have been cut, but its ability to absorb, transform and store nutrients has been enhanced. It has a feed-nutrient conversion rate far exceeding any other known organisms, and has become the main food source in modern society.

Unless you deliberately step on it hard, this thing can generally be spared from the sole of the shoe. Since it can't hide or move, Zhuang Xuteng only needs to use a wide net bag to pick it up in rows, take a look, pick out the unhealthy guys who have turned yellow, and throw them on the ground outside to wait for follow-up treatment, and basically you won't miss it.

This job was very monotonous and boring. The more times he had to salvage and lower the fish, the more physically demanding it was. Zhuang Xuteng took it as a form of exercise and worked from greenhouse No. 4 to greenhouse No. 7. Finally, there was only this last one left. At this moment, the greenhouse door opened and Zhuang Teng walked in.

The two of them looked very similar and were about the same size. One was gentle and the other was strong and agile.

"Hey, you're wearing this too?" Zhuang Xuteng stopped what he was doing and looked at his eldest brother who was also dressed up, expressing that he couldn't understand: "My parents asked you to help me?"

"No, I came here by myself." The eldest brother pointed to the pool and asked, "Should I go with you, or should I go to another pool?"

"You go back, I will finish it soon. Why, you won't leave?" Zhuang Xuteng frowned, feeling that something was not right, and said: "I think you should not come down and make trouble for me. If anything happens, just Speak on dry ground and I listen."

"That's okay." Zhuang Teng put the net bag aside casually. He really didn't have the experience or skills in this industry. "I heard you changed jobs?"

"Don't be secretive. What do you know? What do you want to know? Just ask."

"Zhuang Feifei sold you and said you would now work as a mercenary, doing the job of licking blood from the blade of a knife."

"Only perverts lick the blood from the blade! I don't." Zhuang Xuteng said while salvaging the meat bugs: "I also want to work well in the magic crystal factory, but it is not my responsibility if it collapses! The mercenaries are also It’s good. I’ve made money, made friends, and now have a foothold. I really enjoy doing this, and I’m much happier than in the Magic Crystal Factory.”

"But it's also dangerous."

"Isn't the Magic Crystal Factory dangerous? The Magic Crystal Factory collapsed. I almost went bankrupt and almost got Feifei involved. Isn't this dangerous?" Along with the sound of gray water stirring, Zhuang Xuteng's voice was very calm. He said: "I earned The money was worth the risk I took, and it even far exceeded it. I didn’t waste my time and my life. This was everything I wanted.”

"Oh...you...I..." Zhuang Teng organized his words and said, "I'm afraid you'll suddenly disappear."

"I'm afraid too, so I'll try to avoid it as much as possible. It might be easier to understand from another perspective: Suppose I'm the PCPD now, fighting gangs every day, earning a PCPD salary, and no so-called extra income. Would you feel better?"

"I'm not a fool. A PCPD like that is more dangerous." Zhuang Teng thought for a moment and said, "But PCPD has pensions and benefits, while mercenaries rely entirely on themselves. In a short period of time, maybe..."

"I have more than one million in my bank card now, and I will have this amount again in the future, and this is the payment from my previous job." Zhuang Xuteng said: "How long do you think I can earn so much money at the Magic Crystal Factory?" ?”

The eldest brother was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing more convincing than money, right?"

"Of course, but I won't tell you." Zhuang Xuteng chuckled and said, "To be honest, I was afraid that you wouldn't understand, so I didn't dare to come back until I made money. Now that I have made money, I'm not wanted. , I am not being hunted down, I am becoming more and more popular in the mercenary profession, and I have even been commended by the PCPD. I like this profession and have no reason not to continue doing it.”

"Okay, you've convinced me. All I can say is that you have to pay attention to your own safety." Zhuang Teng hesitated and asked, "Have you ever killed anyone?"

"This question does not need an answer." Zhuang Xuteng said.

"Well, just think that the question just now was my last act of naivety... But that's in the past, let's talk about the future. Now that you have money, you should buy yourself medical insurance, and then make some safe investments to leave some pension for yourself. Money. These things seem tedious and boring, but they are beneficial after all. I am afraid that you will spend too much money at once.”

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a moment and nodded: "What you said makes sense. I don't know how to spend the money I keep, and I don't even understand bank investment. This is what I think: if I treat my parents, if If you still have any remaining balances or debts, pay them first. I know you are stubborn, so just treat it as something I lent to you without any interest. It’s better than giving the interest to others in vain, right?”

"Who said I was in debt? Zhuang Feifei? She spread rumors!"

"No foreign debt? Wouldn't that be better? You can help me find some investment opportunities. It is best to get a pension for the whole family. Parents can't always fish for bugs, which is not good for the body. And they want to be safe and secure. , you have many ways to transfer the money, make it look safe, and find a way to let them enjoy it? "

"Hiss... your idea is quite good. Let me think about it... maybe there is an investment opportunity that can really change our family's economic situation."

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