Food God System: Wasteland

He was drunk, his strength shouldn't be very great, I should be able to subdue him.

The woman thought in her heart.

But when she opened the door, she only saw a boy.

The woman was stunned for a second, the boy looked up and asked the woman, "What's your name?"

"Yang... Yang Ru." The woman almost forgot her own name, after all, the man only ever called her "bitch" when shouting at her.

After hearing the woman's name, the boy was sure, and slowly handed a bag to the woman, saying, "A man asked me to bring this to you, he seems to be called Zhou Fengtai."

Upon hearing the name Zhou Fengtai, Yang Ru trembled, her throat moved, she took the bag, and the boy extended his hand asking for payment.

Five Beta.

Even though Yang Ru didn't know if Zhou Fengtai had given the boy any payment or what was in the bag, she hesitated for a moment, but still took five Beta from the cash box and handed it to the boy, who quickly left.

After all, he had already received payment from Zhou Fengtai and asked Yang Ru for more.

If that man came back, he was sure he'd get a beating, he felt a bit guilty.

Yang Ru locked the door tightly, went back inside, and looked at the bag for a long time before finally opening it.

When she took out two documents.

Seeing the residency certificate and the 30-year tax payment certificate, Yang Ru felt her mind go blank, like she had been struck by lightning.

She rubbed her eyes, seeing everything clearly.

Made sure it was her and her daughter's residency certificate, along with a 30-year tax payment certificate.

At this moment, Yang Ru wondered if she was dreaming, she slapped herself hard, the pain woke her up, and the things in front of her were still there.

She laughed and cried at the same time.

Despair and hope simultaneously enveloped this unfortunate woman.

She didn't know what emotions to express, what to do, she only knew that at this moment everything felt like a dream, making Yang Ru laugh like a madwoman.

Had he turned over a new leaf? Had he changed?

Where did he get so much money?

Just the 30-year residency tax for her and her daughter exceeded over ten thousand Beta.

This sum of money was enough to crush an ordinary family.

Yang Ru could only think that maybe Zhou Fengtai had won money.

Could this man really have turned over a new leaf?

But with his character, if he had money, shouldn't he be out indulging, satisfying his cravings and venting? Yet he thought of her and their daughter...

Yang Ru looked for a long time, until she was sure these things were real, then carefully stored them away.

With these two things, she and her daughter were free, she could take a normal job, not having to pay taxes for 30 years, the family's biggest expenditure was resolved.

Yang Ru really laughed and cried at the same time, tears mixed with joy and bitterness.

Whether Zhou Fengtai's drunken behavior or not, everything was already set, after all, these two things were irreversible.

These two documents, to Yang Ru, were more important than her life now, because with these two things, she and her daughter didn't have to die, they could continue to scrape by in this world.

Better a bad life than a good death, isn't it?

As for Zhou Fengtai, the man yet to return home, Yang Ru's heart held a glimmer of hope.

Perhaps? If he really turned over a new leaf, maybe... maybe they could go back to how they were?

With excitement, she lay beside her daughter all night without sleep.

The next morning, she didn't continue hanging the red cloth on the window.

The man hadn't returned, she boldly took some money from the cash box to buy some meat.

Although the quality of the meat wasn't great, it was still meat.

Before Zhou Fengtai turned into a bastard, they could occasionally afford meat.

Since Zhou Fengtai became a bastard, they couldn't even have meat during the New Year.

This meat wasn't bought for herself and her daughter.

She bought it for that man.

Though she was the source of all her miseries, that man used to be good, if it weren't for him, she might have died under the torment of that rich merchant.

And now he had given them such a gift.

No matter if he did it impulsively while drunk or whatever, Yang Ru felt some gratitude towards him.

She cooked a pot of minced meat porridge with that meat.

She waited for the man to return—should be back soon, right?

After all, the longest Zhou Fengtai stayed out overnight, he would come back during the day.

But one day, two days passed.

The man never returned.

Yang Ru felt a bad premonition rise in her heart, she guessed something, perhaps the man had encountered misfortune, maybe this was his last gift.

That pot of porridge ultimately went into her and her daughter's stomachs.

The man never returned, and Yang Ru stopped waiting.

She no longer hung the red cloth on the window, she found a job doing handwork, more tiring than before, earning much less, but enough to support herself and her daughter.

She was very happy.

Sometimes when she closed the door at night, she'd glance at the alley's entrance, just in case the man's figure appeared again.

She didn't know if this was good or bad.

But she just couldn't help but want to take a look.

A person who was bad through and through, in the end, did one good thing, and would be remembered.

A good person who did countless good deeds, in the end, did one bad thing, and would be resented by many.

Things are always so complicated.

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On the street, the vehicle carrying Chen Che and Xia Na was heading towards the Peruvian Slums.