Why it never ends

Chapter 119
In mid-October, Calvin and Sean walked out of the gate of a real estate agency in the streets of the old town of Tanyi City.

Sean bounced all the way, bumping into passers-by several times.At this time, he bowed exaggeratedly and apologized, and the passersby didn't know why, and always forgave him in astonishment.

Calvin rarely intervened—he was seldom as excited as he is today, holding a newly signed house sale contract in his hand: the two brothers used all their savings over the years, totaling 30 rupees, to pay Made a down payment on a house adjoining the church in the northern part of the old town of Tanyi.

Although this house does not have a 60-square-meter back garden, a [-]-hectare swan lake is a dozen meters away from the backyard gate. At that time, they saw a group of swans hitting the water and taking off from the center of the lake, so they just called it "Swan Lake".

This was the first time Calvin saw swans. If it weren't for their slender necks and huge bodies, he almost mistook them for ducks.

That day, the swans spread their snow-white wings and kicked on their pitch-black webs. After stepping on more than a dozen water splashes in the center of the lake, they entered the flying posture and gradually disappeared above the distant woods.

This scene shocked Calvin greatly.

He was standing by the lake at that time, breathing lightly, these beautiful water birds made him almost forget where he was and what he was doing for a moment, when the hourly bell sounded from the church not far away , to awaken him from this great bliss.

After looking at the house that day, Calvin and Sean took a walk along the lake. They met an old man walking his dog. For some unknown reason, the two dogs barked when they saw Sean. He was startled. Can only dodge far away.

The old man apologized, so he stayed and chatted with Calvin for a while. During this period, the two big dogs got along with Calvin happily. They stuck out their tongues, spun around, squatted and shook hands according to his orders.

The old man said that he would go out for a walk with his dog at this time every afternoon. After hearing that Calvin might become a neighbor in the future, he enthusiastically pointed the direction of his house to this burly young man and kindly invited him to move in. Then come to sit at home.

Now that Calvin had bought the house, it was as if the quiet life he had briefly experienced that afternoon was within reach.

Someday in the future, he will wake up from that house.On that ordinary morning, he cooks, cleans the house, and then spends a few hours tending the garden and vegetable patch, checking whether the flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables are growing well.

Maybe along the way he will find that there is a problem here and there, for example, there is something missing in the house - a certain insecticide, a special kind of screw or wrench... etc. Then he will immediately prepare to go to the supermarket two kilometers away purchase.

But at that time, he would not choose to drive, nor would he choose any public transportation. He would put on a sun hat and walk leisurely along the asphalt road outside.

When the day is gone and the evening comes, he will put on his coat and go out for a walk like the old gentleman. Along the way, he will inevitably meet many neighbors who are coming, and he will greet everyone kindly.Of course, he can't do all the housework, and some of these things have to be handed over to Sean, such as weeding, watering, or walking the dog - if he walks for two days, it's Sean's turn to walk for one day...

This is the "ordinary day" that Calvin fantasized a thousand times.

Although he has been so busy in recent years that he has not spent more than a month in Tany each year, the details of these fantasies have become all the more real because he has seen the house.

"We finalized the down payment today, and the bank still owes 49 yuan," Sean happily calculated the accounts beside him, "Our current board and lodging are all covered by AHgAs, and your monthly salary is basically free. I only spend half of it, so we can have an extra 2000 or 20 rupees every month. [-] rupees of the money will be used to repay the loan, and the rest of the money can be saved for renovations. Assuming the renovation costs [-], Then count our bonus subsidy, we have to wait—"

"It doesn't need to be calculated like this," Calvin interrupted softly, "We will reach the theoretical retirement period in two years. At that time, AHgAs will have a pension, which is generally 150-170 months' salary, that is, every month. Personally, it’s nearly 40—by then we can pay off the loan directly and start renovations.”

"Oh——" Sean let out a cheer of sudden realization.

He almost forgot that there was such a thing as a "pension".

Because the physical function of some mercury needles will experience a cliff-like decline around the age of 27, AHgAs has always set the theoretical retirement age at 25 years old. Will return to the team in the form of "retirement and re-employment".

The pension is a huge subsidy issued at this time.

Theoretically, mercury needles face three choices at this time.The first is to return to AHgAs, the second is to join the coalition government of each district, and the third is to stop the combat career, choose a livable place or a wasteland, and live the rest of your life according to your own wishes.

But for the Gringoire brothers, there are always only the first two - the cost of re-learning how to integrate into a livable place as an ordinary person is too high, and so far, they seem to have never seen even one Seniors who choose the third path.

Sean was enthusiastically planning to vote for the coalition government at the age of 25, but over the past few years he has stolen more than one trillion coalition government documents for AHgAs. Prisoner.

Fortunately, Calvin never seemed to waver in his belief in continuing to work at AHgAs, so for Sean, this life has not been unbearable.

——In particular, as a technical backbone, a rare social engineer in AHgAs, he does not need to go to the battlefield.

Suddenly, Sean noticed something was wrong, he looked around, "Carl, where are you going? Isn't this the way back to the base?"

"I'm going to go shopping in the shopping mall ahead," Calvin replied, "You have to be in a hurry, you can go back first."

Sean shrugged, "It's not too late, what do you want to buy?"

"If you don't buy anything, just go and have a look."

Sean burst into laughter as he suddenly realized that this was a beautiful rehearsal—going to the mall on the weekends like a normal person.

After all, there are many commodities in this world that can be bought without base buyers or livable black market buyers. They are displayed on the shelves of shopping malls and can be taken away with money.

And he has never been as rich as he is today.

Thinking of this, Sean was full of strength. He pulled Calvin's sleeve, "Go! Go! Go and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)