Chapter 274 Era
Chu Ge’s old house is relatively close to the city center and is an old government dormitory building from the 1980s.
Nanjiang was still very run-down before the reform and opening up. The old house was located in the suburbs, but now as the city expands outwards, it is considered the city center...
Chu Ge didn't know how it had become so grand and impressive when it was just the XX Geological Research Institute back then... He didn't know how many of the neighbors were from real geological institutes and how many were from special departments. Maybe only his parents were special? He didn't think there was anything special about the chattering uncles and aunts around him.
This dormitory complex is a bit awkward, mainly because similar old and dilapidated houses in the city center are often designated as school districts, but they are unlucky. There is a school district house just one street away on the left, and there is also a school district house just one bend away on the right, but theirs is not a school district house.
It’s not a school district house, and it hasn’t been demolished yet…
Because it is located in the city center, the rent is high and it is old and dilapidated and not easy to rent.
After Chu Ge moved out, he tried to rent the house out for a while. Maybe he was unlucky as no one came to see the house for several months. The few visitors he met were all difficult to deal with. After a few attempts and a waste of time typing, he decided not to rent it out and just left it there.
There are quite a few such embarrassing old and dilapidated houses in the urban area of Nanjiang City, and it is not unique to Chu Ge's community, but no matter how you look at it, it is considered unlucky.
But thinking that it will be demolished sooner or later, I am not so depressed anymore. Even if it is later, it is better than those who were demolished in the first generation...
Qiu Wuji held Chu Ge's arm and walked curiously in the old alley. She didn't expect there was such an old place in the city center. She felt that the buildings that were a hundred years old on the Bund were newer than this one...
Chu Ge had told her before that the local snacks could be found in the alleys, but no one had implemented it. If they had known, they would have come a long time ago. It felt quite interesting. It was like traveling back to decades ago from modern society, which was different from traveling through a book.
"Was this place less than forty years ago?" Qiu Wuji asked.
"yes."
“The changes in these forty years seem to be greater than those in our four thousand years.”
Chu Ge was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes. As for smart phones, QR code payment, and high-speed rail... they have only been around in recent years. When I was a kid, I still saw people using pagers and mobile phones and riding green trains. Oh~ Besides~"
Qiu Wuji burst out laughing.
"From pagers to Nokia, and then to the present, there are actually three eras." Chu Ge added: "Look at the new energy and autonomous driving now... Every year when I look back at the past year, I feel that I have changed to a new era. You and I were born in this era, an era of witnessing miracles. The changes we have seen in this lifetime will be more than what the ancients have seen in more than a dozen generations. For a young writer, I often feel that this is my luck."
"You and I were born in this era"... Qiu Wuji chewed for a moment, smiled brightly, and said "hmm".
I was born in this era too.
And the changes you and I have seen go beyond this era.
We have also seen ancient times and immortal heroes, and I want to try such changes in the immortal hero world.
The two of them had a lot of literary thoughts in their minds, but they disappeared the moment they stepped into the gate of the community.
Before I even arrived, I could already hear someone saying, "Mr. Li from the Land and Resources Bureau rides a broken Phoenix to get off work every day. I asked him why he didn't buy an electric bike, and he said it was for exercise, hahaha..."
“Isn’t it just stinginess, hahaha…”
"I heard that his son got into a 211 university."
"Their batch of children all have good grades, except for Mr. Xu's son, who is a loser. I heard that he is going to do some live broadcasting. I'm sure Mr. Xu will be mad to death."
"The ones from a few years ago were better, but each generation is getting worse..."
"What's the point of being good? The kid from the Chu family is also from a 211 university. He joined a state-owned enterprise as a writer, and I thought he had a bright future. But he quit his job after only two years and has nothing to do. Now he's an adult and I don't know if he has found a girlfriend. The old Chu couple transferred to Beijing and can't take care of their kids, so what's so good about Beijing?"
"Don't tell me, I heard from my kid that writing books is very profitable now. Tang makes 100 million a year."
"There's Jack Ma who does business, and there's you, too. How can they be the same?"
"Ahahahaha...it's not as good as your stable job. I heard your salary has increased recently?"
"Yes, it has increased by more than 80..."
"Not more than a hundred?"
"It depends on your length of service. Lao Zhang only has over 100 years. It's hard for me to compare..."
"Hey, did you hear that Wang XX's wife went into her section chief's office yesterday and didn't come out until an hour later..."
"Hey, let me tell you about this. This is what I heard... Hehe..."
Qiu Wuji slowed down his pace and felt like he couldn't move anymore.
I turned the door tremblingly and saw two rows of stone benches where a group of old men and women were sitting, basking in the sun, eating melon seeds and chatting.
Seeing someone appear outside the gate, two rows of people turned their heads in unison. Qiu Wuji always felt like he was walking in the underworld. The eyes of the two rows of ox-headed and horse-faced monsters were green and lustrous, and in the middle of the stone bench was the Naihe Bridge.
Who can walk past the most terrifying intelligence agency in the world without batting an eyelid?
Even the world-renowned Sect Leader Qiu felt uneasy. It was so terrifying!
Chu Ge, on the other hand, was very calm. He walked in with Qiu Wuji's arm, smiling, and waved his right hand like he was reviewing a military parade: "Sunbathing? I feel relieved to see that everyone is so healthy. By the way, have you agreed on who will dry the blankets in the yard? Don't fight again at noon. It's between neighbors. It's not good for outsiders to see."
"..."The group of people were confused by Chu Ge's preemptive attack. By the time they reacted, Chu Ge was about to cross the Naihe Bridge.
“Hey hey hey Chu Ge!” Finally an old lady reacted: “Is this your girlfriend?”
Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji were holding hands, and of course they were obviously a couple. A big reason why people were stunned was that - he had just said that he couldn't find a girlfriend, but then he was holding the arm of a stunning beauty, whose beauty was so bright that even aunties were shocked, not to mention uncles and grandpas, who still felt like they were in a dream.
Where did the fairy come from?
Wearing this OL outfit, she looks just like the cold and beautiful female CEO from the book The Dragon King's Son-in-law. Could this kid from the Chu family be the Dragon King?
Chu Ge turned to look at the auntie who asked the question with a half-smile: "I just heard that Aunt Zhang is very concerned about my lifelong event. Thank you. I will bring my girlfriend to visit my hometown and meet some people."
Someone immediately asked: "Xiao Chu, where does your girlfriend work? Such temperament..."
Qiu Wuji knew how to help him pretend, and said calmly: "I opened my own company, and it's not enough to do a small business."
"Hiss... Xiao Chu, are you writing about that Dragon King Son-in-law from TikTok?"
Chu Ge's mouth twitched: "Is that so?"
The old man was happy: "Yes, yes, that's it, you're not crooked enough..."
"Because it's not crooked enough, it's not as awesome as his."
"Well, you already have a girlfriend, so you're probably still writing books? This income..."
"The income is average, it's not based on clicks, and it's not available in the store." Chu Ge clicked three times in one go.
The aunties were heartbroken: "Why don't you just find a proper job? It wouldn't be bad to just work in your girlfriend's company!"
Qiu Wuji finally asked, "Why would a famous writer work for someone else?"
uncle:"?"
Aunt: “?”
Famous writer?
A famous author that you can’t even find in bookstores?
Girl, you haven't been fooled by someone, have you?
At this time, a young man ran out of the yard: "Chu Da, Chu Da! You're back! I told others that I was in the same yard with Chu Da, but no one believed me!"
Chu Geqi asked, "Where are you from? Why haven't I seen anyone in the group come to me to claim my kinship?"
"I watched it through pirated copies. You must mend your ways and come back to me, Brother Chu! Brother Chu, I just saw the news. Penguin announced that it will produce your animation, and Datang Light and Shadow Company has officially started casting for a new drama. Brother Chu, you are my idol!"
TV drama!
The expressions of the uncles and aunts changed.
Chu Ge patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "Forget about the alliance leader." He turned his head and glanced at the aunties, and said with a smile, "The monthly salary has increased by more than 80, and the annual increase is just enough for you to join the alliance."
The young man chuckled: "They don't know, but Brother Chu, how could you not know that I have more admirals and governors every month than the number of people in the hospital. I'm too lazy to say more, are you going to move back here, Brother Chu?"
Chu Ge twitched his cheeks and suddenly realized that others made more money than him.
Unable to pretend any longer, Chu Ge grabbed Qiu Wuji's hand and fled in embarrassment: "You play, I will take my girlfriend to see my hometown, to see my hometown..."
The boy followed behind and shouted: "Qiuqiu~ my Qiuqiu~"
Qiu Wuji staggered and almost broke the sole of her high heels.
Turning around, the Naihe Bridge was quiet and many people were stunned, no longer feeling the fear they had before.
This is not Chu Ge’s glory, it is the times.
(End of this chapter)
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