Pioneering

Kingdom of Yashai, Coastal Province, Cirrus Cloud Town.

"Father, I was admitted to New Chang'an No. [-] Middle School. I passed the exam. I passed the exam!" The cute girl bounced all the way back home, opened the door loudly, but found that her brother had already arrived home first.

The decoration of a small single-family house is not exquisite, but as a low-cost disaster-resistant house that has been planned in a unified manner, the walls are made of thickened steel and reinforced concrete, the rigid but orderly interior layout, and the underground area that avoids summer typhoons. The storage room is equipped with cheap and mass-produced industrial flowing birch furniture, which can also be called a shelter from the wind and rain, and it can be used to build a house.

Out of certain symmetry and special tidying desires, Zhong Ming not only paid attention to uniformity and uniformity in the design of the major cities’ infrastructure design, but also hinted that the royal construction company under his command and the government jointly launched a standardized and simple decoration project, using subsidies. Attract people who are not well-off and have decoration needs, and strive to achieve a "tidy and uniform" effect in interior decoration.

Can you imagine the feeling of a king who painted the main roads with symmetrical plans and saw the huge difference in the architectural styles of the streets and alleys?

Then I can't wait to raze the past and rebuild it!
The construction of the house is a public project undertaken by the construction company under his command, which can satisfy Zhong Ming's delicate desire for symmetry.

But satisfying the desire for control will also produce a higher desire for control... To post money, he also has to twist the decoration taste of these unscrupulous people to suit his aesthetics!

As long as you are willing to choose a standardized decoration plan, no matter if it is a private decoration company or the decoration company of the Yaxia Royal Family, you can receive a preferential tax subsidy.

Moreover, large-scale unified style production can evenly reduce the production cost of decoration materials, which is also good for quickly improving the living standards of Yaxia people.If you have money, you can also choose to order it.

Like the house where Manish Whitehead's family lived, because they chose a unified architectural design against hurricane disasters and a unified decoration plan, the cost of buying a house was greatly reduced. With 1.2% mortgage interest and 0.5% annual The property tax concessions enabled the Manish family to live in such a good house.

According to the foreman of the decoration team who used to work as a cook for the noble lords of Andreia in the town, the house that the nobles lived in back then was not much better than this, except that it was bigger and not as bright and comfortable as the two-story villas. .

As for the monotonous style, that is not something the Manish family, who have been on a 15-year loan, need to consider.

Since the change of the Dawang Banner at the top of the city, Manish from Cirrus Town in the coastal province is willing to endure hardships and work hard. He worked hard for five years in the newly built cannery in the town, and bought a small one with all the money saved. Not a small two-masted fishing boat.Then he bought a house with a loan, married a wife, and gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl.

As long as 15 years of mortgage and five years of wedding loan are paid off, Manish's life can be said to have no regrets.

There is no custom of exorbitant bride price in Binhai Province, but according to the local tradition of getting married with a big banquet, it is not a small expense.

Therefore, the local Yaxia Bank branch developed wedding loans according to local conditions. This kind of local characteristic loans is much higher than the benchmark interest rate of housing loans, 4.3% for a five-year period.

The burden of marriage on Manish is much greater than that of buying a house.

Fortunately, Manish, who is hardworking and hardworking, can get by after marriage relying on the supply demand of the cannery and his own hard work.

After several years of listening to public opinion about education, Manish and his wife, Prabha Whitehead, negotiated for a long time to send their two children to junior colleges in the Midlands.

An old acquaintance at the Manish Cannery helped his wife find a job as a canned salesperson. With a work certificate, she could enjoy the benefits of the six-year compulsory education in the Central Province.

It's a good deal for the couple, saving the two children's daily government-subsidized lunch at noon, which is almost the same as the school miscellaneous expenses such as pen and ink in a year.And the wages of canning sales are much better than Prabal's weavers in the small town.

If one of the two children can really learn something, and don't expect to become a wizard, warrior, or knight, as long as one of them can be admitted to the civil service of the coastal province, Manish will be satisfied up.

The treatment of the civil servants in the town is really eye-catching.

If it doesn’t work, I learned how to settle accounts and go to work for a canning factory. Sitting in an office without wind or rain, my income is higher than that of ordinary workers, which is also a good way to make a living.

So, his wife took their two children to the central provinces, leaving Manish alone to earn money by fishing on the seashore.

Who knows, someone actually read something to the two children, but it was...

"Sister, I have also been admitted to New Chang'an No. [-] Middle School..." the younger brother said while holding the admission notice.

This is not a good time, just paid off the wedding loan, and has a nine-year mortgage. Manish can't afford the cost of two children to attend intermediate college together.

The three years of intermediate college are not compulsory education.One year's tuition and miscellaneous fees, after the kingdom's education subsidies, will cost Manish more than three months' income. If the pressure of repaying the loan is added, it will take more than six months.

If the two children were to go to school together, it would be a bit embarrassing for Manish to not eat or drink.

In the past few years, Manish has worked hard to repay the loan, and his savings are not much, and he has been expelled by Prabal a lot... Thinking of this, Manish couldn't help but glance at his wife.

"What are you looking at, Manish, I tell you, I have no money!" said the heavily made-up Prabal, "I came to you for money, for money!
How much money and energy did I spend raising my child!I also spent a lot of money and owed a lot of money to others in order to let the children take the exam, you know!
As a man, these should be yours! "

Gone is the plain Prabal in the past. Long false eyelashes fluttering, thick eye shadow, bright red lipstick, curly hair randomly placed, shiny earrings and necklaces and her clothes are enough for Manish for half a year. living expenses.

"But, but, aren't we a family..." Manish said with a wry smile.

After entering the big city and seeing the new world of the colorful world, Prabal's heart is like a runaway wild horse, and he can't take it back.

'Why should I look like a meat bun that broke into a rose chocolate cake box when others can wear gorgeous new clothes and expensive cosmetics?

Why can other women come in and out and have a car to pick them up? There are so many men spending money for her, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, shopping in big shopping malls.I'm going to be working hard selling canned food, smelling bad and having two annoying kids?
Why do I want to be a fisherman's wife and give my life to him?I am prettier than most urban women!

Just relying on him to spend money to treat my useless father?I have given birth to two children for him, I don't love him, I don't owe him anything, he owes me! '

Strong jealousy made her sleepless.

Dissatisfied Prabal felt more and more that Manish, who was rustic and moneyless, was no longer worthy of his fashionable and beautiful self, and that he deserved a better home, so he spent almost all his income on dressing himself, and spent his rest time in various possible places. Where Kaizi appeared, there was no thought of raising children at all.

The children have to eat leftovers all day long, and their faces are a little dark yellow.

And Prabal, who is at a level of consumption that she shouldn't be involved in, overspends without paying attention, and even often asks Manish for money to pay off the debt.

"Let me tell you, what books do girls read..." Prabal chattered on and on, implying that it would be better for the younger brother to study only, and let the older sister find a job early after graduation with the advantage of literacy to provide more financial resources for the family.

Tears of grievance appeared in the elder sister's eyes, and the eyes of the younger brother also lowered to the toes.

"Enough, Praney, what the hell are you doing! What have you been doing to your children all these years! How much money have you taken from me! Are you lightening the burden or bringing bad luck to this family! I don't want to be with you anymore It's too noisy, leave me alone!"

bang~
Manish slammed the door, walked aimlessly, and walked to his two-sail fishing boat. This is the crystallization of his five years of blood and sweat. One of the civilian fishing boats.

Every inch of plank, every foot of sail, every net made him happy.

He loves it like he loves his own children.

"Uncle Manish, are you going to go fishing again?" A healthy guy with bronzed skin greeted him, "Shall I go get ready?"

The good boy was a hired help from Manish.

Although Manish's fishing boat is not big, it is also a serious two-sail boat. It is hard to operate by one person, so I picked a reliable helper, and the fish caught are [-]% to [-]%, and [-]% of the harvest is considered to be paid by Manish to the guy. wages.

"No, no, it's not a good time today. I'm afraid there will be wind and rain at night. I just want to be alone and come back after fishing." Manish shook his head.

"Ah~" The guy also heard a little about the situation in Manish's house, and he guessed that it must be the restless "city dweller" Aunt Praba who asked Uncle Manish for money again. He sighed and turned to go home. went.

Manish untied the rope, pulled on the anchor, and floated in the offshore with the fishing boat. He tore up two small fish and sprinkled them in the sea to make a nest.

While smoking the cheapest cheap cigarettes, he fished and fished, his eyes staring at the clear sea water, and he just sat there in a daze.

All the burdens of the family seemed to be lost in smoke and sea, without trace.

He gets up early to fish every day, sends the fish to the cannery in the evening, hastily dealt with it, and prays to the God of Wealth for a while before going to bed, saves more gifts and exchanges them for silver, and never rests for a day. What did he do wrong to meet such a wife?
Hey~
'If I can catch a big bluefin tuna and sell it to the restaurant, or sell the golden sea brocade to the merchant, my difficulties will be solved. ' Manish could not help but fantasize.

The former is a rare and precious ingredient that is sought after by people, and the latter is an ornamental fish that is regarded as a symbol of good luck.

Suddenly, the hook sank suddenly, very deep, as if it was going to sink to the bottom of the sea.

Here comes the fish! ! !
'Maybe the God of Wealth is taking pity on me, everything will be fine if it gets better, at worst I will go to the town to do a part-time job in the future, and I will also support both children in school! Grateful for the gift from the God of Wealth, Manish pulled the rod to collect the fish.

When he got the hook up, he found a very large flounder.

This flounder is not only surprisingly large, but also shows a dreamlike magnificent blue on the upper side, and a deep black on the underside, which is quite different from the color of ordinary flounder.

Even Manish, who has been dealing with fish for half his life, has never seen such a rare flounder, so that he looked carefully at it several times before he dared to confirm that it was a flounder.

"Aha, although it is not a rare and valuable fish, a flounder of this color and size should be worth the children's school fees for a year, right?" Manish said happily.

As he said that, he was about to reach out to fish the flounder into the fish bucket.

Unexpectedly, the flounder opened his mouth and said to him: "Listen, Mr. Manish, I beg you to let me live.

I am not a flounder, I am a cursed prince, and if you kill me, what good will it do you?

My meat won't be to your liking.Please put me back in the water and let me swim away. "

Ah ~!

Manish was shocked. Although he was in the coastal province of Asshai, he had personally verified that the wizards came to the town to test their qualifications, but that was many years ago, and he had never really seen a wizard cast a spell. Raba boasted how many wizard apprentices he saw in New Chang'an City came out to purchase supplies.

"Hey," Manish said with a flash of struggle on his face, "you don't have to waste your time talking. How could I keep a talking flounder?"

With that, he put the flounder back into the clear water.

The flounder swung its tail and swam away immediately, leaving a long bloodstain behind it.

Manish then went back to his cabin and walked over to his wife.

"Haha, Jedufer, why didn't you attack that human? You won't be soft on a bug, are you?" A sarcastic voice came from the side of the flounder.

"Shut up, Flanaur, if you want to get out of the seal earlier, shut up!" Flounder scolded, "I'm just here to fulfill the agreement between us, I'm not your descendant, use You don't need to point fingers at me!"

"Based on my current state, if I want to break the seal for you, I have to lose half of my life, which may not be safe. Damn the gods of the star realm!"

"I'm looking for some spell-casting materials to reduce the burden. You'd better pray that everything goes well for me, or you can wait until those useless pieces you released can release you!"

"Who cares about the life and death of an ant? The quality of that person just now is not bad, and it is not so easy to develop extreme greed. I just don't want to waste my efforts."

Flounder said sullenly.

"That's right, you outer gods are all a bunch of crazy, stupid characters, how can there be such emotions as pity?" Flanner teased, "Then you'd better act quickly, I'm afraid you won't pay attention Being caught by the gods, I will be happy for nothing."

"Hehe, I will let you out, but you'd better not forget your promise."

"I've never forgotten it, isn't it just being a teenage boy and letting your gods come in? I'm familiar with being a [-]th boy." Flanaur didn't care.

He has been trapped in the narrow seal for an unknown number of years, and now he just wants to watch the gods fuck this fucking world! (end of this chapter)