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100 People's Dilemma

 Reno's mother Carol knew that her son would come back, so when she had free time, she always stood at the door and looked up at Shiloh's sky dimmed by sandstorms, even though the bright sun might burn her.

Beautiful light green eyes.

Most of the farmland in Centerville has been abandoned. The economic depression caused by the war, population loss and lack of fuel are the main reasons for soil erosion and the expansion of the desert.

Although she was startled by the fierce-looking Tychus Finley, Carol didn't say much. She just smiled and invited Augustus and others into the front hall of the dome. The soldiers noticed that although

Suffering from hunger and poverty, this gentle and beautiful Shiloh woman still kept her home clean, tidy and in order.

This hut with the characteristics of Shiloh colonists is a metal and granite building. On the brown walls, you can even see the fossils of local prehistoric vertebrates and beautiful spiral patterns.

There is a small rectangular oak dining table and a few chairs in the front room. These wooden furniture are quite expensive in Shiloh, which lacks vegetation and forests, almost equal to the value of precious metals. The table and a pair of kopulu hanging on the wall

There is a red carpet between the star maps, which was woven by the mistress of the family herself.

When Carol poured tea for the guests, Renault noticed that there was a lot less furniture in the house. His father's favorite Josara sunwood music box was gone, and many old furniture in his memory seemed to have been erased by time.

"Where's dad?" Renault said as he helped his mother pour tea.

"He's still working on the farm and is on his way back."

"Mrs. Reynolds, I am Second Lieutenant Augustus Mengsk, Jim's commander." Augustus introduced himself to Carol, pointed to the others and said: "These are Jim's comrades in arms. I don't know Jim."

Did I tell you that he is already the corporal squad leader of this class?"

"We are proud of him, sir." Carol handed Augustus a cup of cool black tea. Shiloh, which is always extremely hot most of the year, is a favorite of farmers and workers.

A must-have drink.

"Please take a seat, gentlemen. Oh...and there is a beautiful lady."

"Mom, why don't you buy some food with the money I gave you." Renault helped his mother put the pot of herbal tea back in the refrigerator: "Dad, did you sell that music box?"

"After you left, the government's taxes increased month by month, and farms significantly reduced production due to shortages of genetically modified seeds and fuel for agricultural robots. Even so, Shiloh still has to be the main agricultural world to hand over food as a form of tax.

government to supply the troops on the front lines.”

"Shit, someone must have stolen all that food. Jim's mother, you must not know how we spent our days in the army...eating shit all day long." Hanak was dressed in a uniform.

Wearing civilian attire of a black jacket and torn dark blue jeans, he cut his hair into a mohawk-style comb before leaving the military camp.

Between Harnack's smooth head, the crimson hair standing on end looked like a brightly colored comb.

"Shut up, Hank." Augustus whispered.

"At first, we used the salary you sent back to repay the debt we owed. However, the few payments we sent back later were definitely not like what you could get with your military rank and military age. Their origins were unknown, and you did not tell us that you

Where did you get this money? Your father and I both think that we should not use it." Carol glanced at Harnak for a few times and then withdrew her gaze.

"We are all worried about you, kid. If you got this money through crime or some other way that I don't know about, then we must not touch it."

Reno was speechless. Although he did not believe that profiting from the loot was a crime, and it would not hurt his conscience to take wealth that would eventually go to the rich and powerful, his parents did not know.

"I think there may be some misunderstandings here." Augustus looked at Carol: "Madam, you don't have to worry about the money coming from unknown sources, because it was earned by Jim through life and death in the war."

"My soldiers received generous rewards for their repeated military exploits and had the right to dispose of the spoils of war on their own, and Jim deserved these. I learned about the plight of the Renault family, so I gave him an extra bonus. He had not

I am explaining to you just because of the military’s confidentiality regulations.”

"Really? Jim." Carol looked at her son, she was dubious about Augustus' words.

In Carol's eyes, Augustus was definitely an excellent soldier. He was young, handsome, and not frivolous at all. He stood as straight as a green pine at all times. This made it very easy to win the favor of an older woman.

Good impression.

"Of course." Renault nodded quickly. To a certain extent, what Augustus said was basically the truth.

"We are the demons of heaven, and our names and achievements are celebrated in many colonial worlds."

"You never lie to me. But we still can't accept them. They belong to you. We are your parents, not vampires." Carol looked at her son and shook her head. The Renault family all have very similar personalities, so

He is very persistent in what he is looking for and is difficult to be persuaded.

"I understand your concerns." Augustus noticed some opened cans placed in the Renault family's kitchen and realized that the family was using these as staple foods.

"You hope to earn the money you need to live with your own hands, but poverty will eventually destroy your body."

Judging from the poor-quality metal packaging alone, Augustus could imagine that when the farm went bankrupt and could not apply for any subsidies, the cans purchased by the Reynolds family were likely to be cheap smuggled goods.

Often the origins of these smuggled cans are very complex. They may have been stored for more than ten years, have expired, spoiled, and harbor bacteria. They may also include synthetic foods from black-hearted processing factories in the fringe world.

Smugglers travel across the stars precisely to avoid quarantine, or to evade a series of additional qualification certificates such as food safety production licenses that non-Creation families need to purchase, staying in various illegal black ports, and selling goods to the people at the bottom of the world.

Sell ​​these contraband items at incredibly low prices.

Eating these canned foods whose quality cannot be guaranteed means taking many risks, and the diseased mold may be fatal. In the Koprulu district, although many difficult and complicated diseases have been eradicated, there are still more and new ones.

The diseases that arise are incurable.

It was probably these that claimed the lives of Renault's parents.

This is also the common fate of Shiloh and other people in the colonial world, poor quality food, poor living conditions, and a bleak future.

Augustus realized that the only way to save these people was to reshape this rotten system.

Carol Renault nodded, and Augustus just hoped she would listen.

Next, Augustus said nothing more and left more time for Reno, his mother and his father who was about to return, to convince his family.

The spacecraft stayed in Shiloh for a short time, only half a day. Augustus did not have the courage to meet Tom Omo's parents because he believed that Omo's death was his own responsibility.

Before the ship was about to set sail for Tarsonis, Augustus placed a bouquet of flowers in front of Omo's tomb and stood there for a long time.

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