When Chen Ze returned home, it was already night time. When he reached home, it was completely dark outside.
However, the Siheyuan was already connected to electricity, and every household had light bulbs. In this era, the electricity bill was not paid by electricity consumption, but by the number of light bulbs.
How many light bulbs do you have in your house? How much do you pay? A 10-Watt light bulb is 10 cents per month. How many are there? 20-Watt light bulbs are 20 cents per month, and so on.
Usually, they would use 15-Watt light bulbs, and the electricity bill would be 15 cents a month.
Chen Ze's house had three rooms, one for each room. The master bedroom was for his mother, the second bedroom was for Chen Ze, and the last one was for the kitchen and utility room. This was considered a big house in the Red Star Siheyuan.
That was because there were many heads in the family back then. There were five men alone. Grandfather, father, two twin brothers, and Chen Ze, plus mother and grandmother, there were a total of seven people. Three rooms were not a lot.
Later on, her father and twin brother went to the battlefield. When there was more news, they were chased to become martyrs. Her grandparents were heartbroken and passed away not long after, leaving behind Su Jidi, who had a rural household registration, and Chen Ze.
Because Chen Ze's mother was unemployed and Chen Ze was not even 18 years old, his father and brother were martyrs. Each of them could give Chen Ze's mother 5 yuan a month. The three of them had a total of 15 yuan. With this 15 yuan a month, even if Chen Ze was unemployed, Chen Ze's mother could still raise Chen Ze safely.
After that, a serious illness took Chen Ze away, leaving behind a lonely Su Jidi.
Perhaps even the heavens could not bear to see this. Chen Ze had transmigrated and recovered under his mother's care. However, his mother's body had long collapsed after so many years. Chen Ze's serious illness became the last straw that broke his mother's body. In less than a month after Chen Ze recovered, his mother could barely get out of bed.
In the end, due to his refusal to be admitted into the hospital, he could have hung on for another one or two years, but he could no longer hold on.
Chen Ze's face was gloomy as he walked around the courtyard house.
At first, he didn't think much of this courtyard house, but when he found out that Yan Bugui lived opposite his house, he was a little confused!
Then, as expected, there was a man named Jia Dongxu in the courtyard house. His wife was called Qin Huairu, and there was an old maid named Jia Zhangshi. Opposite him was the house of the First Uncle, Yi Zhonghai. There was also a cook called He Yuzhu, also known as Silly Zhu.
There was a bastard called Xu Damao in the backyard. He was a Second Uncle who beat his son every day. His name was Liu Haizhong…
If Chen Ze still did not react, he would have been blind for nothing.
This was the courtyard house in the "Qin Man Siheyuan".
Therefore, Chen Ze barely interacted with the people in the courtyard. After all, this was a courtyard house with a " fierce reputation ". He might be eaten clean.
Don't think too badly of people, but don't think too well of people either. In this era, everyone was selfish for the sake of their own survival.
After that, they had to interact with each other, and Chen Ze knew a little about it. It wasn't that bad to say that it was completely bad. After all, the Siheyuan had never lost a life in so many years. However, if one were to talk about selfishness, the entire Siheyuan was the same.
This included Chen Ze and even his mother.
However, this depended on the era. In this era, one would not be able to survive if they were not selfish.
However, Chen Ze had never seen Qin Huairu turn her selfishness into capital and end up losing everything.
Therefore, he kept a respectful distance from the Jia family, and others could still talk to him.
Although there was a light in the house, it was still dark outside. Chen Ze came to the door of Grandpa Xu's house and knocked on it."Grandpa Xu, are you asleep? I'm Chen Ze!"
"Oh, Little Ze, you're back? Wait!"
After a while, Grandpa Xu, who was wearing a pair of big shorts, walked out.
"Have you settled your mother's matter?"
"Mm. Grandpa Xu, can you help me ask Auntie Xu if anyone has entered my house today?”
Chen Ze had already confirmed that the electric fan was not silent these days. Once it was turned on, the sound of the motor could not be covered.
"What's wrong? Did you lose something?"
"Yes, when I got home, the electric fan was gone. I thought that someone's house might be hot, so I borrowed it. But when I took the ticket box, there were not many tickets at home. Fortunately, I needed money today, so I brought all the money with me!”
"What?"
Grandpa Mu was shocked. If he borrowed the lightning bolt, there was still hope. It was easy to recover big items. If it was a neighbor, there would be no investigation. But if the ticket was taken away, it was a big deal.
This was the era of a planned economy. Every household and every person had a ticket to buy something. They had to buy whatever they wanted. This was a fixed amount. If you took someone else's ticket, they wouldn't be able to buy it even if they had money.
Especially for necessities like rice, flour, grain, and oil. It would be a big crime to give this ticket to someone else.
This was going to starve people to death!
"Mother of the child, come out quickly. Xiao Ze's family lost something!”
In the entire Siheyuan, the only person Chen Ze had his eyes on was this Grandpa Xu!
They all said that Grandpa Xu would deduct it, but if he didn't deduct it, how could he feed his family?
It was a habit to be deducted for a long time, but it was not bad in nature. When he was old and saw that He Yuzhu had no money to support the three of them, he directly threw away his reputation as a scholar and went to pick up trash!
Wasn't this better than the First Master who was fishing for fame and the Second Master who was beating up his son?
To put it bluntly, Grandpa Xu had deducted his children's money, but in the end, it was all used on them. He did not spend his son's money to let himself enjoy it. In this day and age, he relied on Grandpa Xu's salary alone to support such a large family. If he did not deduct some money, the entire family would starve to death.
The courtyard became lively under Grandpa Xu's shout. Several people from Grandpa Xu's family directly patted the headlights of the courtyard, and the entire courtyard was lit up in an instant.
As for Chen Ze, he was stunned on the spot!
Because just now, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind!
……
Ding! The energy storage has reached the standard. System activated!
Congratulations, the clone system has been activated!
Ding! The system's effective range has been bound!
Newbie Gift Pack!
Congratulations, you have received the reward of " Doppelganger count 1 "
……
“？？？”
"No, explain. What's the use?”
--The System can automatically collect all the emotional energy of the host within the binding range, regardless of good or evil. When the collection reaches 100%, it can be exchanged for a clone!
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--Clone's gender, age, and identity are randomly generated. All clones can be completely controlled by the host. The host can choose to live or die with a single thought. The clone will continue to live according to the original mode until death!
……
"Hiss!"
Chen Ze sucked in a breath of cold air. What did this mean? To put it simply, it was to create a person out of thin air. This person's name, gender, age, and life experience were all random, but they were all real.
And this person could be completely controlled by Chen Ze. He could make him live with a single thought, and he could make him die with a single thought!
What was even more terrifying was that Chen Ze could completely control these clones!
What did this mean?
This meant that Chen Ze could hide behind the scenes and let his clone do whatever he wanted to do, or if he was afraid of being implicated!
" Wait a minute... this area is bound. The bound area can't be..."
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