Chapter 3 Slums
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After that war, many broken mechas were abandoned. Because the situation was chaotic at that time, the abandoned mechas were quickly used by the homeless poor. By the time the authorities wanted to clean up, they were no longer necessary. Of course, the most fundamental reason was that the abandoned mechas had no economic value. If they were to be recycled, the cost would be far beyond purchasing a brand new fighter mecha.
In a slum, owning an abandoned mecha as a residence is actually a luxury. Liu Fei is an orphan. He was adopted by a scavenger at a very young age. A few months ago, the old man died and Liu Fei inherited this "huge" wealth.
This ancient heavy combat mecha was filled with scars, tooth marks, and scratches, which were shocking, but generally, it still maintains its appearance intact.
Liu Fei climbed up the rusty mecha like an agile monkey and entered the mecha's engine room. The engine inside the engine room had long been dismantled and cleaned very clean. Liu Fei converted the engine room into a comfortable bathroom. This bathroom equipment cost Liu Fei a lot of savings.
The bathroom facilities are environmentally friendly products, excrement can generate electricity, and equipment can also collect water from the air to recycle water. In addition to providing Liu Fei with basic living security, this bathroom also allows Liu Fei to take a luxurious hot bath every three days... Climbing into the cockpit from the engine room, the cockpit instruments have been removed cleanly, with only two narrow beds, one of Liu Fei and the other of the old man. The old man's bed has no quilts on it, replaced by some wood carvings of different shapes and wood of different colors.
After entering the cockpit, after eating a little simple nutrient solution and compressed food, Liu Fei turned on the lights in the cockpit, and the small cockpit immediately became bright.
Under the bright light, Liu Fei picked up the carving knife and started today's work.
This is a job that Liu Fei got by chance, making handicrafts for a small shop with a long history. The so-called handicrafts are carving pieces of wood into artworks of various shapes. This is a forgotten profession today when mechanical civilization flourishes.
After picking up the carving knife, the indifference on Liu Fei's face disappeared, replaced by an extremely focused expression, and his eyes became particularly bright. The sharp and small carving knife was extremely agile in his hands, and he was very skillful. Every time the blade passed by, the lines left on the wood seemed to have infinite life... Time passed by bit by bit, and the wood slightly larger than the fist gradually revealed its prototype. It was an eagle spreading its wings and about to fly. Although it was just a prototype, it looked very charming.
After looking at the prototype in his hand with satisfaction, and then the ancient watch on his arm, Liu Fei put down the wood carving.
Although Liu Fei was able to complete a carving work quickly, this does not mean that he could work constantly. In fact, Liu Fei's daily workload is basically fixed, because the sales volume of that small handicraft store has already restricted his workload.
However, Liu Fei was still very satisfied. Every piece of carving he sold was very expensive, and the commission he received was also very good. Based on the current workload, one year was enough to earn four years of tuition and living expenses.
Delivery should be made today.
Liu Fei's eyes fell on a wooden carved tiger on the bed. It was a tiger entrenched on the rocks. It was majestic and powerful. Although it was very small, it showed the style of a king of beasts that looked down on the world.
In fact, Liu Fei had never seen a real tiger, and he carved it entirely with the data provided by the craft shop. It is said that this animal grew on the Earth, the mother planet of the distant solar system. It is fierce by nature and is the king of all beasts. It is a cruel predator. Unfortunately, Liu Fei could only use his carving works to fantasize about how the real tiger looked like.
Liu Fei has always had a dream, hoping to return to Earth, the birthplace of human civilization, to see it. However, Liu Fei knew that it was impossible to achieve this dream in a short period of time. In addition to being short of money, the main reason is that the entire solar system is under martial law, and the earth even prohibits any spacecraft from approaching... Carefully wrapping the wood carved tiger in velvet cloth, put it in a cardboard box, and put it carefully in a backpack, Liu Fei climbed down from the mecha and headed straight to the commercial area of Zhuoerxing.
Liu Fei was not worried that someone would break into his mecha. On any planet, he attached great importance to the protection of private property. If he did not obtain the owner's permission to enter the room, the law stipulates that the owner of the room could shoot and kill him directly.
Of course, there are not so many things to pay attention to in slums. In slums, the law is just a joke. For a lunch, murder and robbery happen every minute in slums. In slums, fists are the law.
Liu Fei was not following the law, but his fist. Liu Fei's adoptive father had a nickname that was intimidating and was called "soldering iron head". The fist of the soldering iron head was not hard. However, the soldering iron head was ruthless. At least half of the entire Zhuoer Mecha University trash cans were labeled as soldering iron heads. Anyone who dared to search for garbage in the trash cans would risk his life being attacked at any time, because although the soldering iron head was extremely thin, it was cruel and ruthless, and it was even more destined to fight. Even some small gang organizations in the slums dared not offend him easily.
When Liu Fei was five years old, a gangster knocked off a front tooth by a gangster. The soldering iron head was waiting for the place where the gangster went in and out for three days and three nights, and knocked off the gangster's full teeth with a hammer... Half a year ago, after the soldering iron head died, the people who made a living by picking up scattered areas were partying for three days, and the trash can of Zhuoer Mecha University was divided up in a few minutes. The fierceness of the soldering iron head in the slums can be seen.
Liu Fei did not inherit the business of picking up scatters by the Scattering Iron Head. This is not because Liu Fei was unwilling, but because the Scattering Iron Head said that Liu Fei was a person who did big things and would never allow him to do the work of picking up scatters. In Liu Fei's childhood, the Scattering Iron Head never allowed him to pick up scatters, even if he followed him from a distance.
Although Liu Fei did not inherit the career of the soldering iron head, Liu Fei inherited the ferocity of the soldering iron head. The soldering iron head has instilled a thought in Liu Fei since he was a child, and he should not be merciless towards his enemies. If he doesn't move, he will always beat the other party to surrender.
Chapter completed!