The rice noodles he stir-fries are large in quantity, full of flavor, and add eggs. This is not his specialty. Most of the stalls opened by Tianshenzhou people have such characteristics, so taste and cooking time have become competitive.

After a month of vicious competition and the loss of countless one-time customers, Ah Wei was able to whip up a plate of barely tasty pho in two minutes!

This is the busiest hour for the vendors on Sunset Boulevard, and it is also the most crowded time of the day on Sunset Boulevard. People are busy making money, eating while busy, and spending such an ordinary evening again in the busyness, and then

day to day……

Ah Wei didn't know how many pounds of rice noodles he fried, but he probably knew how much money he made. The estimated amount didn't make him very happy.

At this point, the number of people commuting on Sunset Boulevard has decreased a lot, which means that he may not even be able to make back his capital today.

Ah Wei wiped the sweat from his forehead with the white towel hanging around his neck. As fewer and fewer potential customers passed by him, he felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't describe it in words.

Due to the white-hot involution of dinner vendors that has lasted for many months, the entire pho market on Sunset Boulevard has been completely saturated, and the business resources evenly distributed to each vendor can no longer reach the highest level since the emergence of the industry. However, the vendors

But his expectations have never been lowered - Ah Wei doesn't understand this at all, he only has one thought in his head:

'It's over, I basically lost money today...'

With the mentality of "if you can sell more, you will get more", he continued the painful wait until there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on Sunset Boulevard.

He knew that at eight o'clock in the evening, usually at this time, the residents of the Mechanical Hive had already started their evening entertainment activities, and the evening entertainment was supported by beer, women and sesame oil, not fried rice noodles.

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. How could he change to a better living area if things continued like this?

He thought of the recent skyrocketing prices in the Mechanical Hive, and thought of eggs that cost 3 pence each. He recalled that the strong wife in the village once told him that the most filling thing a pregnant woman could eat was eggs. If there were no eggs to eat,

The child will not grow up well!

Although he does not have any strict moral principles in his heart, his confused mind probably understands that since he has a child, he cannot let the child grow up poorly!

You can’t not even eat eggs!

All the expenses from the family went through his head, and the pressure increased until he felt completely out of breath.

When Ah Wei heard the words "electronic waste", his nerves twitched subconsciously, and several thoughts came to his mind:

There was silence on the other side of the phone.

He flattened the 10 pence notes one after another, placed them one by one from his right hand into the palm of his left hand, and then held them tightly.

Then Ah Wei came outside the hive, squatted down against the sliding door of the hive, sat on the ground, and smoked a whole pack of cigarettes.

He lowered his head and counted today's profit in the green onion bowl with some chopped green onions still left.

"Chen Yan, don't say that I didn't help you in the future."

After Ah Wei waited for a moment with his heart pounding, the other party finally responded:

He looked at the prosperous Sunset Boulevard in front of him, and looked up at the mechanical hive like daylight, and the thoughts in his mind gradually became firmer.

…

"I have some hard goods that are not easy to sell, but they are very expensive."

Until now, some time later, when facing the current situation of imminent bankruptcy, this idea appeared again.

This girl is not very old, but she speaks in a very arrogant manner. I don’t know which gang she belongs to.

I can still carry it.

"I'm just a rice noodle guy..."

The huge sense of fear plunged him into a nightmare that he couldn't extricate himself from, and what woke him up was Tang Ya's trembling voice.

She turned her hand away and staggered towards the area above the mechanical hive.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, until cold sweat soaked the clothes under his leather apron, and he finally suppressed this thought.

After hearing this, Awei felt reassured and gave Po Wen a big red envelope.

Ah Wei calmed down at a speed that even he could not imagine:

He subconsciously did not think about Tang Ya, which could comfort his despicable heart.

Thinking of the Tie Gang's methods, Ah Wei refused without hesitation with his brightest smile:

Ah Wei was planning to refuse without hesitation, but he looked around for no apparent reason and couldn't help but reached out and took the note handed over by the girl.

Back home, Tang Ya told Ah Wei that the money he earned was no longer enough, and if he continued like this, he would have to use his savings.

But whenever he thought about escaping from such a life, Tang Ya's smile would appear in front of him. Even when the financial pressure was the most a few days ago, it was also the time when he wanted to escape the most. He had a dream, and he was vaguely aware of it.

He dreamed of the child in Tang Ya's belly. The child asked him why he left. The child said in the dream that he missed him.

"I...I am Awei."

Thinking of this, Ah Wei felt troubled:

The girl is just a professional fun-loving person who is idle and not engaged in her real job, wish.

He realized something was wrong, opened the door and rushed into the room, only to see Tang Ya lying on the bed wrapped in a quilt, with cold sweat on her forehead.

And tonight, she was going to see what the ingredients were of a high-end toy in the mechanical hive, something people called "scented oil".

Ah Wei cautiously thanked him, but before he could finish his words, the other party had already hung up the phone.

For a long time after that, no matter how hard and tired he was, he never had the thought of running away.

Po Wen's home is not far from this street. This is one of the greatest conveniences given by the hive structure - people can always find the occupation they urgently need help in a short period of time.

Although he had been mentally prepared for it, after learning this exact number, his vision was still dark.

Although he has firmed up his mind, Ah Wei still feels frustrated by today's income.

Today he earns 1 pound, 1 shilling and 12 pence, which is just enough to buy ingredients and spices.

Ah Wei was shocked, retracted his "unbridled" gaze, and said with a standard Asian kind smile:

"It's not bad, I can make a living."

Ah Wei responded with excitement and conditioned reflex:

"okay!"

Ah Wei felt a headache when he thought about Asian gangs, so he had to speak more cautiously.

"This business is quite profitable. We have a batch of repaired electronic waste. You can just sell them."

But don’t get involved in gang business!

The girl smiled:

Ah Wei couldn't stop the smile from freezing on his face.

Ah Wei looked at the girl devouring food in front of him and had no intention of trying to dissuade her.

"Bleeding..."

At this moment, he had the idea of ​​​​escape. This was not the first time that this idea appeared. Every time when the pressure came, he thought about whether he should leave.

He is still young and should not be hanged from a tree. There are many people leaving seeds everywhere, and he is not the least of them. Besides, good men are everywhere...

Tang Ya nodded. She was terrified in her heart. She was completely at a loss when encountering these things she had never encountered before. Po Wen's explanation could not dispel the panic in her heart. The fear brought by the blood was far beyond what she had ever experienced.

All the pain, because she couldn't be sure whether the blood came from her or...

The reason why Ah Wei didn't hang up the phone right away was not because he wasn't scared or because the voice didn't sound like an Asian gangster, but because he had no other choice but to take this path.

"Boss, let's order some fried rice noodles."

"Boss, I happen to have a business here, do you want to do it?"

Can……

She didn't know if Ah Wei could give her a good future, but she had no one to rely on except him.

"I don't have the brain!"

She has a strange appearance and cannot be said to be good-looking or not. Ah Wei has been traveling around since she was a child, but she can't even tell what ethnic group she belongs to.

A man's voice was unclear on the other end of the phone but filled with anger caused by exhaustion:

"Who the hell are you!"

"How could it be possible?! I've done the math, and the money I make every day is at least enough for us to eat!"

"If it doesn't work, let's go back to the tribe..." Tang Ya shed tears and gritted her teeth as she said, "Although the conditions are simpler, it's still better than being so exhausted every day in a mechanical hive and not making any money."

"Tomorrow morning, come to the port, ship number A-3671."

He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. As soon as he said these words, it was almost as if his identity was exposed.

Even if selling a piece of fried rice noodles can't change his life situation at all, it still gives him hope, right?

Two minutes later, a fresh portion of fried rice noodles was packed into the fast food box and handed to the customer.

He knew in his heart that after the largest gang in the Mechanical Hive, the Gunpowder Store, closed down, the electronic waste business was taken over by the Tie Gang. As one of the most brutal Asian gangs, the Tie Gang would never allow anyone to follow them.

Seize the market.

He couldn't help but look at the girl——

Ah Wei wanted to close the stall, but suddenly he heard a heavenly voice.
To be continued...