Chapter 1 The Chinese Boy in the Car Wash
Earth Federation, California, United States of America, summer in July, at the junction of the Chinese-American community and the African-Mexican community in Los Angeles County, at the intersection of Mark Elle Street, dozens of car washers are sweating under the scorching sun in a large car wash I'm working hard.
This car wash named "Xinglong" was opened by the Bayan people who immigrated to California decades ago.
It used to be a small car wash, but after three generations of hard work, this shop that can only accommodate 10 cars has now become a large car wash that can wash 20 cars at the same time and accommodate 300 cars.
Just as the car washers were working hard, vehicles would turn in from the door from time to time, and then parked in the parking lot and waited in line.
The car wash workers in Xinglong Car Wash are basically Mexicans. These people work hard and pay much less than ordinary people. Therefore, most service shops in California like to use Mexicans.
You know, if you hire a white or black person, the basic salary is at least 8.5 dollars an hour, but Mexicans only need to pay 6 yuan.
Don't underestimate the $2.5 salary difference in this area. If you calculate it all, it is not a small expense. According to the Xinglong car wash, 20 Mexican car wash workers are hired here, and each person is paid 2.5 yuan less for an hour, which is 50 yuan. This is only one hour, right?
The car wash is different from the general industry. It starts at 8:00 am and ends at 8:00 pm. Calculated for twelve hours, at least 600 yuan in salary expenses will be saved in one day, which is 18,000 yuan in one month. Absolutely Not a small fortune.
In the capitalist country of the United States, anyone who does business will calculate this account, so everyone is willing to use these Mexicans. After all, this can save money, and only an idiot would not choose.
Besides, most of these Mexicans came here by smuggling and have no status in the United States, so they are all very honest and willing to work hard to make money, so there is no employer who does not like such hired workers.
Of course, the premise is that you have to give the salary agreed by both parties according to the verbal agreement. If you deceive these Mexicans and deduct and make things difficult at will, then you will be the one who will be unlucky in the end.
In California, the two major gangs of Mexicans are not easy to mess with. The two major gangs of the Southern California Gang and the Family Gang are well-known, so most employers will pay a full salary of 5 yuan an hour. After all, these Mexicans People are really capable of work, so employers don't lose money.
Besides, the salaries these Mexicans demand are indeed very low, aren't they?
If you cheat and make things difficult, then it really can't be justified. When the time comes to force these old Mos who are willing to work honestly and earn a salary to find gangsters to support them, the price they need to pay will be quite high.
Therefore, as long as the brain is not twitching, everyone knows what to do.
And among the busy figures of these Mexican car wash workers, there is also a young man with a Chinese face, a handsome appearance, and a height of about 1.8 meters.
Like those Mexican car wash workers, the Chinese boy who looked to be only 16 or 17 years old was also a car wash worker.
But this young man with a Chinese face is different from other car washers, because when he was working, he was wearing a baby carrier with a child who seemed to be only about half a year old on his back.
All of a sudden, this young man of Chinese descent became very different from the old ink workers who worked together, and even looked a little different.
However, from a side view, the reason why this Chinese boy brought a half-year-old child to work is obviously out of helplessness. There must be some hidden secrets in it, but outsiders don't know what this hidden secret is.
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Most of the people who work here are hard-working black family veterans, and everyone is not very interested in exploring the stories of Chinese teenagers. You must know that behind the people here, who doesn’t have some pitiful stories to tell.
According to the requirements of the employer, the car washers can take up to 15 minutes to wash a car, that is to say, a car cannot be washed in more than 15 minutes, and the quality of the car is guaranteed.
Therefore, the car wash workers are working hard one by one, and their hands and feet are very agile. The Chinese teenagers, like the workers, are sweating profusely under the scorching sun.
The poor child was exposed to the scorching sun like this Chinese boy, but from the face of the sleeping baby, it seemed that there was no uncomfortable reaction, but the child was still sleeping soundly.
Perhaps the Xinglong car wash has the advantage of its geographical location. There has always been an endless stream of customers coming to the car wash from the moment the door opened, and the car wash workers have no time to spare one after another.
Kim Hyun-tae rinsed the car in front of him with a water gun. After the water was flushed quickly, he picked up the brush and started foaming, and then began to rinse off the foam with the water gun again. After the foam was washed away, he quickly turned around and retrieved a dry towel, and quickly started Wipe water stains off the vehicle.
All of these tasks need to be completed within fifteen minutes. After this time, the employer will not say anything, but it is estimated that you will not be used for work the next day.
In order for the daughter behind him not to go hungry, of course Kim Hyun-tae will not be lazy, and try his best to complete all the work within 15 minutes to satisfy the boss and customers and ensure that he can make money.
After washing, a Mexican quickly got into the car, and then drove the car away, and then the second car was driven in and parked in front of Kim Hyun-tae.
After the car was parked, Kim Hyun-tae started cleaning the next car.
This kind of work seems simple, but in fact it is very monotonous and tedious, and it also consumes a lot of energy. Most people really can't stick to it.
"Damn alien elementary school student, if it weren't for this guy, how could my daughter and I come to this time and space, how could I be a car wash worker, Nima's salary is only 5 yuan an hour, just like those black workers, old Mo, If there is a chance, I must go to the Cosmic Alliance to sue!"
Carrying the child on his back, the Chinese teenager was repeating the boring work procedure, doing his work nimbly with his hands and feet, but kept whispering some words in his mouth.
From his tangled expression, it can be seen that what he babbled must not be good.
Moreover, from what he said, we can hear that, according to what he said, he is not a person from this time and space at all!
Indeed, just as this young Chinese man named Jin Xiantai said, because he is not from this time and space at all, but from an earth in another time and space, and he is an out-and-out Chinese, and he has reached middle age at the same time Both are thirty-six years old, and in the original time and space his wife just died of cancer, leaving behind a one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. When he had no time to grieve, he immediately devoted himself to being a father and a mother.
But the question is, why did Kim Hyun-tae, who is both a father and a mother, come to this world, and still appear in Los Angeles, California, USA, and work as a car wash?
At the same time, who is that "alien primary school student" that he keeps talking about?
In fact, Kim Hyun-tae should be regarded as a "time traveler", and he did not travel alone, but took his daughter through the time-space tunnel, came to this time-space, and appeared in Los Angeles County, California, USA here.
And the reason is that the school holiday of an alien primary school student is about to end, and he wants to take a shortcut (fly over the earth) to report to the "Namek" primary school student, but due to irregular driving of the spaceship, he passes by When the earth was on earth, a small part of the spacecraft broke away from the hull and landed on the earth. Fortunately, it hit Kim Hyun-tae and his daughter, causing a space traffic accident.
It was extremely unlucky for Kim Hyun-tae and his daughter who were about to go out to buy vegetables to die on the spot.
In order to avoid responsibility, the alien elementary school student had to resurrect Kim Hyun-tae and his one and a half year old daughter, and used his special technology to open the space-time tunnel, and brought the father and daughter from the earth to this time-space Earth Federation Come.
Its main purpose is to make the two victims, Kim Hyun-tae and his daughter, disappear from the original time and space, so as to escape responsibility for the accident caused by themselves.
Strictly speaking, that alien elementary school student has a bit of a conscience.
At least it didn't directly hit and run, but gave Kim Hyun-tae and his daughter two chances to live again, otherwise Kim Hyun-tae and his one and a half-year-old daughter really have nothing to do with that alien elementary school student, If you die, you will die, and there is no place to reason.
You know, there is no way for Kim Hyun-tae to find the Cosmos Alliance to complain?
And this alien elementary school student also used his little pocket money left to activate some special technologies to obtain legal identities for Jin Xiantai and his children in this time and space, which can be regarded as a solution to a problem.
It's just that the alien elementary school student didn't have much pocket money, and after solving the identity problem, there was no way to get the money needed for the father and daughter to survive. And start running around.
This is also what made Kim Hyun Tae complain the most.
But the facts are already like this, and Kim Hyun-tae has no way to change this, so he has to find a way to survive in this space-time Earth Federation America.
Fortunately, Kim Hyun-tae, who is in his thirties, can endure hardships for his daughter. At the same time, because Kim Hyun-tae is an orphan himself, and his wife has passed away, in the original world, he basically has no one to care about. His daughter also came to this time and space with him, so he really has nothing to miss about the world of the original time and space.
It is precisely because of this that Kim Hyun-tae was able to integrate into the United States of this time and space in a short period of time, accepting everything at present.
After coming to this time and space, Kim Hyun-tae overcame the initial difficulties with the 50 yuan nutrition fee he got every time [sperm donation], and then found a job as a car wash worker, and he worked for half a year.
Different from what is described in online novels, Kim Hyun-tae does not have the aura of domineering, nor does he have any kind of aura, and because he wants to get money for his daughter to eat, so he doesn't have so much thought and energy to think about other things. question.
Fortunately, the alien elementary school student got him a legal identity and his daughter's birth certificate, so Kim Hyun-tae, who had a stable job, was able to rent a house financially after half a year of hard work, and found a place for himself and his daughter to settle down. So much.
Although the rented place is not very good and the house is also bad, but for Jin Xiantai in the current environment, he really has no way to pick on these things.
He and his daughter must not be allowed to sleep on the streets.
People at work basically don't pay attention to each other, especially in this car wash where the majority of Mexicans are, Jin Xiantai, as a Chinese, has no common language with those old Mexicans, so everyone is working hard , there will be no communication at all.
But that's good too, Jin Xiantai is too lazy to chat with these guys, so he is happy to do his own thing and not have any intersection with those Mexicans.
Time passed little by little, with the passage of time and the slow movement of the sky and the sun, the time came to 16:00 in the afternoon, and Kim Hyun-tae started working at 8:00 in the morning, and has been working until now, without any rest at all , didn’t even eat lunch, and kept doing it for 8 hours.
"Xiao Jin, it's time for a shift change, come to collect the money."
In the direction of the office, a man in a white shirt and black trousers stood at the door and shouted at Kim Hyun-tae who was cleaning the car.
Hearing this, Kim Hyun-tae raised his hand and wiped the sweat off his face with a dry towel, then nodded at a middle-aged Mexican man who walked over quickly, handed over the remaining work, and left the car wash under his jurisdiction.
The middle-aged Mexican man took over Kim Hyun-tae's car, and quickly continued to wipe the car with a dry towel, taking over the rest of Kim Hyun-tae's work.
Wearing denim overalls and a white T-shirt soaked in sweat, Kim Hyun-tae walked into the car wash office.
As soon as the cool wind in the office blew, Jin Xiantai couldn't help letting out a comfortable sigh. At the same time, he unlocked the buckle of the baby carrier, carefully held his daughter in his arms, and looked down at the sleeping child.
After being hugged by his father, the little guy wrinkled his cute nose and then opened his eyes. When the little guy saw the familiar face of his father, he immediately let out a 'giggle' laugh while waving The short hands look very happy.
Kim Hyun-tae's daughter was originally one and a half years old, but unfortunately, because she traveled through the time-space tunnel and was affected by the mysterious energy magnetic field in the tunnel, her daughter, who was only one and a half years old at first, became a A one-month-old baby, which caused Kim Hyun-tae a lot of trouble.
You know, a baby is not as easy to take as a one-and-a-half-year-old child.
And Kim Hyun-tae himself has changed from a middle-aged man to the current appearance of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, regaining his youth.
It's a pity that Jin Xiantai doesn't care much about this change at all. What he cares about is how to live well with his daughter and take good care of her.
In this way, the "boy" Kim Hyun-tae gritted his teeth and lived in this parallel time and space, looking for a job while taking care of his daughter, for half a year.
Because he is a single father, it is impossible for his daughter to stay in the rented home. At the same time, Kim Hyun-tae is not at ease handing over to others, so he has to bring his daughter with him every day at work. Although it is hard work, he can rest assured. , Don't worry about what accidents will happen to your daughter.
"It's cool, it's so hot outside, it's still comfortable here in the office, the air conditioner is sufficient." Jin Xiantai closed his eyes and felt the coolness of the air conditioner, and then walked towards the boss.
The entire office is very large, with car tires and some spare parts inside. There is a desk at the end corner with a computer on it, and a Chinese man in his thirties sits behind him.
This man is the third generation owner of the car wash.
After Kim Hyun-tae walked over, the boss took out a white envelope and handed it to Kim Hyun-tae.
"Your job is very good, and the time for one or two cars is less than that of the old Mos. It seems that my decision to keep you was not wrong. I hope you will continue to work hard. Here, this is your salary today."
After finishing speaking, the other party's eyes were on the child in Jin Xiantai's arms, and then said: "It's not easy for you, you are only so old, you have to support a child, it is very hard."
After taking the white envelope, he opened it and took a look. Inside were four 10-yuan banknotes and eight one-yuan banknotes. After confirming that they were correct, he replied: "My child, no matter how hard you work, it will be worth it. It's worth it. Since I'm her father, I have to take corresponding responsibilities, don't I?"
The boss shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, and Kim Hyun-tae didn't have the desire to continue talking about this matter, and even if he continued talking, the other party might not increase his salary because of it, so why waste his tongue.
"So I'm off work now, will I still go to get off work at eight o'clock tomorrow?"
"Yes, eight o'clock."
Turning around and leaving the office, she walked to the street outside the car wash with her daughter in her arms.
"I won't wash cars here for the rest of my life. There is no chance of getting ahead at all. Besides, I have a new life. How can I not work hard and try to be a human being?"
Standing on the street in front of the car wash, Jin Xiantai stopped and looked back, then looked at the dancing daughter in his arms, and made a secret decision in his heart.
Indeed, there is no way out in this job, and it is just a matter of survival at the moment.
As a father, Kim Hyun-tae must consider his own development and the future development of his daughter.
This matter cannot be neglected.
But Jin Xiantai also knows that it is not a good time, he still needs this job and this salary.
But once given the opportunity, Kim Hyun-tae will definitely make the right choice.
"Oh, Dad has received today's salary. I will buy milk powder for you and then go home and drink it. After eating, Dad will take you to work at night."
Withdrawing his own thoughts, Kim Hyun-tae raised his hand and scratched the little face of his daughter's "baby-ey-ya-yah-yah", causing the little guy to show a dissatisfied expression. Kim Hyun-tae couldn't stop laughing when he saw it, and he didn't care whether his daughter could understand or not. I don't understand, anyway, I talk to my daughter every day.
Afterwards, Kim Hyun-tae came to a place not far from the car wash, picked up his second-hand bicycle, then collapsed into the car, carried his daughter on his back again, and set foot on the way home.
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