After arriving in Chao Town, Wu Mian found that he seemed to have misunderstood Gu Xiangming.
He was indeed a poor man, and almost all his salary was subsidized to the poor households he helped.
Chao Town is a dangerous place. Even in the daytime, gunshots can still be heard. However, in this place where no strangers are allowed to enter, Gu Xiangming can still walk on the street with his chest straight. The notorious "diao" on the roadside
"People", when they see him, they will smile and call him "Da Guzi".
The people Gu Xiangming helps are all at the bottom of society, high school students whose parents have died, a couple with cerebral palsy who depend on each other, and an old man over seventy whose wife has been bedridden for many years and relies on scavenging for treatment.
Standing in a low shanty town and looking far away, you can see the endless flow of suspended cars in the city, the magnificent buildings and the holographic image of the hovering dragon on the roof.
High-rise buildings block the afternoon sun, and capital even enjoys more light.
Wu Mian had seen more ugliness than Gu Xiangming. He also had no feelings for this kind of torn apart living beings. He just followed Gu Xiangming and visited the homes of poor households.
By then, Lin Hansu was not so nervous walking in this sinful place. She didn't know whether it was the shouting and gunfire around her that made her calm, or because it was so much like the place where she lived when she was a child.
Their last stop was the home of a migrant worker couple.
Wu Mian looked at the sturdy couple and didn't understand why they became poor. It wasn't until he entered the room and saw the child lying on the hospital bed that he realized.
"Daguzi, sit down!"
The woman asked a few people to sit down in the cramped room, and said to the dull middle-aged man: "What are you doing standing there, boil some water!"
"Stop being busy."
Gu Xiangming's words failed to stop the middle-aged man. He looked at the child on the bed and asked the woman: "Have you been to the hospital again recently?"
"After seeing it, the doctor said that the child's muscles have atrophied and there is little chance of recovery." The woman talked about this with red eyes: "My son was the best student in Chao Town Middle School. If he hadn't been recruited by Shajin Technology
An employee who was hit by a drunk driver and became a paraplegic would not be what he is today."
Gu Xiangming has a bad temper but is also a kind-hearted person. He became angry when he heard this: "The compensation has not been paid yet?"
"It's been five years, I've already given it to you."
The middle-aged man came in carrying an aluminum kettle and three porcelain bowls with slightly damaged edges, and poured hot water for the three of them: "We went to the police, and the police said that the driver who caused the accident had corporate immunity and was not subject to trial by them. We also
We went to Shajin Technology, but the people from the company only told us to wait for notification. Later, we were put on the company's blacklist. I went to look for it once, but my leg was broken by security... You also have the same situation in our family.
We know that the couple has tried their best to keep their children alive. We can’t beat the company, and we can’t bear the trouble!”
"well……"
Gu Xiangming wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed. He wanted to help bring justice, but he was just a district councilor and had no way of talking to the company, and the other party would not take him seriously.
The woman didn't want to embarrass Gu Xiangming, so she changed the subject: "Dagzi, I heard that you are running for speaker, and our family will definitely vote for you then! If someone like you becomes speaker, maybe District 6 will be saved!"
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"Thanks."
Gu Xiangming glanced at the child and handed over a stored-value chip in his hand: "This is this month's poverty subsidy. Please keep it. I understand your family's situation. I will find a way to upgrade you when I get back. Everyone
I can get an extra fifty yuan a month."
"Thanks!"
The woman took the chip and grabbed Gu Xiangming's hand gratefully. The middle-aged man on the side also bowed slightly, silently expressing his gratitude.
Faced with the woman's request to stay for dinner, Gu Xiangming still declined. When he walked to the door, he lowered his voice and said to Wu Mian: "Can you lend me some money? I will pay you back when I get my salary."
Wu Mian knew what Gu Xiangming was thinking, and swiped Gu Xiangming's irises with his bracelet: "I transferred five thousand yuan to your account. You don't have to pay me back. Just treat it as a good deed."
"You have to give what you deserve. I borrowed this from you."
Gu Xiangming used his mobile phone to transfer cash to a blank chip. Just as he was about to turn around, he saw the middle-aged man chasing him out of the yard and stepped forward to meet him: "Old Wang, look at my memory. Yesterday afternoon, the district selected extremely poor households.
I have registered your family, and there is an additional subsidy of five thousand yuan a year, please accept it!"
The middle-aged man did not take the lead to pick up the card, but looked cautiously at Wu Mian and Lin Hansu beside Gu Xiangming: "Da Guzi, I'm looking for you because I have something else to say."
"It's okay, they are all my relatives, you don't have to hide from them if you have something to say."
Gu Xiangming put the chip into the middle-aged hand: "Do you need my help with anything?"
"It's not really a help. I just have something on my mind that I can't make up my mind about, and I want to talk to you about it."
The middle-aged man held a stored-value chip in his chapped hand and lowered his head: "Yesterday I took the child to the hospital for a check-up. I went alone. The doctor told me that not only did the child's muscles atrophy, but his organs were also failing. He might not have much time left.
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Gu Xiangming was stunned: "This...how could this happen?"
"That incident had a big impact on the child. In the past five years, he has been depressed. He hates the company every day and has been resisting treatment. That day I cleaned up the room and swept out a lot of pills under the bed.
He secretly vomited it up. My son has a strong personality and he doesn’t want to live in the current way."
The middle-aged man was silent for two or three seconds, and his eyes became determined: "I want to modify the child's body and make him a synthetic human."
Gu Xiangming was stunned.
The middle-aged man clenched his fist slightly: "I know it is a crime to do this, but I have no choice. I am a father and I just want my son to live."
"The purpose of the law is to make good people live better and to punish evil people. If you have done nothing wrong but the law still makes you feel tired, then don't worry about it!"
Gu Xiangming looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Do you have money to replace your child's prosthetic device?"
"My neighbor here in Chao Town found me a job. I can earn a lot of money. If everything goes well, it will be enough to buy second-hand equipment for my children."
The man paused for a moment: "I came to you just to entrust you with something. If anything happens to me, please take care of them in the future."
Gu Xiangming nodded without hesitation: "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, the two of them won't starve to death."
For the job introduced to him by his neighbor in Chao Town, Wu Mian knew what he was going to do without having to think about it. He had seen too many criminals who were more ferocious than middle-aged, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with this choice, but it was Gu Xiangming's attitude.
To his surprise.
The resistance of natural people to synthetic people is engraved in their bones. As a staff member of the coalition government, Gu Xiangming actually sided with the middle-aged people, which once again refreshed his understanding of this person.