Chapter 2 Days in the Slums
On the way home, Jin Xiantai passed a [Dahua 99] supermarket opened by a Chinese, and stopped by to buy a box of ten chicken legs and a can of baby milk powder
A box of ten chicken legs is 2.99 yuan, and baby milk powder is 9.99 yuan. This price is really not expensive, at least in Jin Xiantai's mind after comparing it with the original price in China, it is not expensive at all.
Originally, Jin Xiantai wanted to buy a few boxes of discounted beef, but he finally gave up. Although he is very greedy now, and the beef in the supermarket is not expensive, he still didn't let himself spend more money.
Twenty minutes after leaving the supermarket, Kim Hyun-tae returned to the rented place with his daughter.
The place Kim Hyun-tae rents is located at the outermost edge of the Chinese community in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. This place is bordered by poor communities of African and Mexican descent. The three parties are only separated by a road. Also, this place belongs to poor Chinese people. place, so security is not very good.
The houses in this community are not the kind of townhouses, or single-family buildings, or the kind of villas with independent styles, all of them are flat houses built with simple materials.
The reason why he chose this place was mainly because Kim Hyun-tae was not financially well off. Of course he would not bring his daughter to live here if he could. He also hopes to take his daughter to live in those so-called white communities, or good communities like Monica Beach, or even places like Beverly Hills.
But given the economic conditions, he really has no way to do this.
In this community, after night falls every day, drug dealers in the African-American community and the Mexican-American community, as well as various types of criminals, began to haunt.
Shootout! robbery! Fighting is a scene that can be seen from time to time here. Even Jin Xiantai's neighbors have encountered such things. They were robbed of money by Lao Hei or Lao Mo at night, and some people were even stabbed by knives. people have been shot...
So Kim Hyun-tae knew that in this place, sometimes killing people for five dollars is not surprising.
Therefore, Kim Hyun-tae hated this place deeply, but he did not have enough financial conditions to allow him to take his daughter out of this chaotic community, so he could only grit his teeth and insist on living here with his daughter.
The house that Kim Hyun-tae is renting is owned by the landlord. It is a board room with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom built with simple materials. The monthly rent is 600 US dollars, which is relatively cheap. Ignore the security issues in this community.
But at the beginning, Kim Hyun-tae couldn't be picky about this, because at that time, Kim Hyun-tae could only take his daughter to live on the street if he didn't rent here, so it was obviously impossible for him to take his daughter to sleep on the street, so he could only hold his nose. Here it is.
After returning home, Kim Hyun-tae, who was busy, opened the newly bought milk powder. After brewing it for his daughter, he handed it over to his daughter who started to feel restless after seeing her making milk powder. On the bottle, this is the time to start busy preparing dinner for myself.
Being a father and a mother is really tiring, both mentally and physically.
Fortunately, my daughter didn't know if it was due to the free mysterious energy magnetic fields in the time-space tunnel. Since coming to this time-space, the little guy's body has been excellent, he has never been sick at all, and his spirit is also very good.
This is also the biggest reason why the little guy can be carried on his back and work under the scorching sun.
This can be regarded as an advantage after the "time travel" that can satisfy Kim Hyun-tae.
Kim Hyun-tae's dinner is very simple, two chicken legs boiled in water and salt, a pot of white rice stuffed, served with Laoganma, that's all.
In this space-time American Chinese supermarket, you can buy Laoganma chili sauce, which is an invisible comfort for Kim Hyun-tae.
After eating a simple dinner at a fast speed,
After tidying up, he saw that half of the milk in his daughter's bottle was not finished, so Kim Hyun-tae went to the bathroom to wash up briefly.
Before her daughter finished drinking her milk, she was very quiet, so Kim Hyun-tae had to make good use of this time.
After taking a quick shower to wash away the sweat stains after a hard day, Kim Hyun-tae came to the living room and looked at the old-fashioned wall clock hanging on the wall. It was already 5 minutes past 18:00 in the evening.
Walking to the crib where the daughter was, the daughter had just finished drinking the milk in the bottle. Kim Hyun-tae gently picked up the daughter and began to pat her on the back to help her burp the milk.
I have to say that after the daughter became smaller, everything had to start all over again.
The little guy in Kim Hyun Tae's arms looked very happy, always raising his little arms, wanting to hug his father.
It's a pity that turning back into a baby, the little guy who is only half a year old now can no longer do certain things like a one and a half year old.
For such a change, the little guy obviously couldn't understand it, so the little guy who encountered constant failures seemed a little impatient and began to kick his legs to express his dissatisfaction.
"It's still good for you. At an age where you don't know anything, you can live a carefree life. Pity your father and me. Now I am a father and a mother. I have to take care of you and make money at the same time."
Seeing his daughter getting angry, Kim Hyun-tae complained to her daughter dumbfounded.
It's a pity that the little guy didn't understand at all, so he could only look at Jin Xiantai with a puzzled look when he finished speaking.
It was getting late, and Jin Xiantai couldn't delay any longer. He had to take his daughter and leave home as soon as possible to go to the second part-time job.
The place where Kim Hyun-tae works his second job takes 15 minutes to ride a bicycle. It is located in a Chinese restaurant in the Rowland Heights area. His main job is to wash dishes. The time is from 19:00 to 24:00 at night, a total of five hours, 8.5 hours per hour The salary of 1 yuan is much higher than the 5 yuan hourly salary at the car wash.
And Kim Hyun-tae can earn 42.5 yuan in these five hours, more than 1,000 yuan in a month. In addition to the 48 yuan he earns from working in the car wash eight hours a day, Kim Hyun-tae can basically earn 2.5 yuan a month by working two jobs. Fifteen to six hundred yuan, this income can fully afford the rent, water and electricity, and various expenses for myself and my children, and I can even save some if I have some plans.
Therefore, Kim Hyun-tae now attaches great importance to these two jobs.
After comforting his daughter and making the little guy stop being petty, Kim Hyun-tae changed his daughter's diaper, prepared a black backpack and put it on his chest, then put his daughter in a baby carrier and carried it on his back.
The items in the black backpack are basically my daughter's supplies, such as diapers, brewed feeding bottles, and wet wipes.
After all, when working with my daughter, the little guy will have some unexpected situations. These things can be used, and they can be prepared for emergencies.
After everything was ready, Kim Hyun-tae left the house with his daughter on his back, and started to go to his second job. Of course, the means of transportation he used was the second-hand bicycle he bought.
When the father and daughter went out, the night had already fallen, and the night covered Los Angeles. Kim Hyun-tae, who was riding a bicycle, was illuminated by the dim street lights. A trace of pity.
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It was around 0:30 in the middle of the night, dragging his tired body, Jin Xiantai rode his second-hand bicycle and appeared at the corner of the street with his daughter on his back.
It was the end of another day of work, and at this time the daughter had fallen into a deep sleep behind her back.
Under the dim street lights at the corner, several scantily clad African-American street girls stood there posing. When Jin Xiantai passed by on a bicycle, one of them made a seductive pose and called out to him a few times. .
For these women, Kim Hyun-tae has no interest at all.
Doesn't it mean that Kim Hyun-tae is an upright gentleman who doesn't touch meat at all? After all, he is a normal man, and he will definitely have such needs physiologically.
But such a woman, Kim Hyun-tae really looks down on her.
Nima, she is in her forties, no matter how revealing her clothes are, she must have a heavy taste to patronize.
Here I have to say that the taste of 'Crooked Nuts' is really strong, which Kim Hyun-tae admires very much.
Because he has seen many people patronize these middle-aged African-American street girls.
It is very unwise for Kim Hyun-tae to live in such an unsafe neighborhood with a child alone, and to deal with such a woman. What should he do if he gets into trouble?
Besides, his economic conditions did not allow him to do this kind of thing. Wouldn't it be good for him to save money for emergencies, or spend it on his daughter as much as possible.
The most important thing is that from time to time, he will recall his wife's voice and smile, as well as the happy family life when his wife was still alive, so even though Kim Hyun-tae, as a man with normal physiological reactions, occasionally has some impulsiveness, but Therefore, he will not go out to mess around, but solve it by himself.
As for how to solve it, as a guy with a soul in his thirties, it is not difficult to think about it...
Kim Hyun-tae always felt that, even in this parallel time and space, going out and messing around would be a disgrace to his wife.
To put it bluntly, in Jin Xiantai's heart, he has not forgotten his deceased wife, so he has been "preserving his body like a jade" all the time.
But it can also be seen from this point that Kim Hyun Tae is not a ruthless man.
Kim Hyun-tae, who was riding a bicycle, passed by without turning his eyes to the women standing on the street.
The corners of the walls on both sides of the street are covered with graffiti, and there are a few big men standing in the shadows of the dim and insufficient light. Most of them were bald, and Kim Hyun-tae, who was riding by, was full of unfriendly and vigilant eyes.
Guys like this can be seen on both sides of the street in the neighborhood on the way home.
There are African-Americans and bald-headed Mexicans. They are all based on their respective ethnic groups and stand together in twos and threes on the street.
Kim Hyun-tae knew that these were drug dealers, and they all carried guns on their bodies.
In addition to selling drugs here, these guys are also responsible for managing the territory. Once someone from another gang is found to have crossed the border, it will definitely lead to a gun battle. Just like the American gangsters in the original time and space, everyone sees the boundaries of the territory very clearly. Heavy, crossing the line is unforgivably provocative.
If this kind of thing really happened, then there is only one solution...Kill!
A street was clearly divided into the territory of two gangs by Africans and Mexicans, which made Jin Xiantai feel very uncomfortable.
Nima!
This is the Chinese American community, okay?
Even if it is a slum in the Chinese community, Nima is controlled by African blacks and Mexican gangs. What is going on.
Kim Hyun-tae, who was pedaling a bicycle, was galloping past ten thousand mud horses in his heart.
Since he lived here for half a year and learned a little bit about the situation, he was really dissatisfied with it.
I have to say that the Chinese people here are...really...ah!
But this kind of thing has nothing to do with him, so Jin Xiantai thought about it in his heart, and then put it behind him.
After all, he is not a gangster, so he can't control so much what the community has become, even if he does.
After returning home, he locked the door and put his sleeping daughter in the crib. After covering the quilt gently, he went to the window and hung the curtains. At the same time, he observed the movement outside through the gap of the curtains .
Recently, due to the frequent presence of gang members and the deterioration of law and order, there have been many cases of burglary.
Kim Hyun-tae has to be careful about this.
After some careful observation, Kim Hyun-tae breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that no one was following him.
"When I go home every day, I have to worry about it. How long will this kind of life be? If I were only by myself, I wouldn't worry about this problem, but now I have my daughter with me, so I have to face it carefully." to this question."
The relaxed Kim Hyun-tae dragged his tired body to the living room, sat down on the sofa, sighed deeply, and talked to himself at the same time.
"It doesn't matter, I have to find a way to move out of here anyway, especially for my daughter." Sitting on the sofa and taking a few breaths, Kim Hyun-tae raised his right hand and slapped his thigh hard, making a gesture a decision.
While her daughter was still sleeping soundly, Jin Xian took off her clothes, took a hot bath, and looked at the time after washing away her exhaustion. It was already past 1 o'clock in the middle of the night.
Well, there's still a little time to do my own thing, the car wash is at eight o'clock in the morning.
After confirming the time, Kim Hyun-tae knew the time, and then he brought a worn-out laptop from the bedroom, sat down on the sofa in the living room again, and placed the laptop on the coffee table in front of him.
"Daughter, daughter, your father, I have worked very hard to give you a better environment for growth and better living conditions. If it was in the original time and space, I might not have such ambitions, but In this time and space...hehe..."
Kim Hyun-tae turned on the computer, and while waiting for the computer to turn on, he kept muttering something, and the reflection on the computer screen was reflected on Kim Hyun-tae's face, making his expression look so weird...
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