Chapter 2: The Days in the Slums

On the way home, Kim Hyun Tae passed by a Chinese-owned [Dahua 99] supermarket and bought a box of ten chicken thighs and a can of baby milk powder on the way

A box of chicken thighs is 2.99 yuan for ten pieces, and the baby milk powder is 9.99 yuan, this price is really not expensive, at least in Jin Xiantai's heart, after comparing the price of China in the original time and space, this is not expensive at all.

Originally, Kim Hyun Tae wanted to buy a few boxes of discounted beef, but he finally gave up, and although he was hungry now, and the beef in the supermarket was not expensive, he still didn't let himself spend more.

Twenty minutes after leaving the supermarket, Kim Hyun-tae returned to the rented place with his daughter.

The place where Kim Hyun Tae rents is located on the outermost edge of the Chinese community in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, which borders the African and Mexican slum communities, and the three sides are only separated by a road.

The houses in this community are not townhouses, or single-family buildings, or detached villas, all of which are flat houses built from simple materials.

The reason why he chose this place is mainly because Kim Hyun-tae is not financially well-off, and if he could, of course he would not live here with his daughter. He also wants to take his daughter to live in so-called white neighborhoods, or good neighborhoods like Monica Beach, or even places like Beverly Hills.

But the economic conditions are here, and there is really no way for him to do this.

In this community, drug dealers from the African and Mexican communities, as well as criminals of all kinds, begin to haunt the community every night after dark.

Shootouts, robberies, fights and brawls are all scenes that can be seen here from time to time, and even several of Kim Hyun-tae's neighbors have encountered such things, they have been robbed of money by Lao Hei or Lao Mo at night, and some have even been stabbed with knives, and some have been shot......

So Kim Hyun-tae knows that in this place, sometimes it's not surprising to kill people for five dollars.

Therefore, Kim Hyun Tae hated this place, 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 rented by Kim Hyun Tae, the land is owned by the landlord, and the monthly rent is 600 US dollars, which is relatively cheap, which is why Kim Hyun Tae chose this place in the first place, but he needs to ignore the security problems in this community.

But at the beginning, Kim Hyun Tae couldn't find fault with this, because at that time, Kim Hyun Tae didn't rent here, so he could only live on the street with his daughter, so obviously he couldn't take his daughter to sleep on the street, so he could only live here with his nose pinched.

When he returned home, Kim Hyun-tae, who was busy non-stop, opened the newly bought milk powder, brewed it for his daughter, and handed it to his daughter who was not quiet after seeing that she was making milk powder, so that her attention was on the bottle, and then she had time to start preparing dinner for herself.

It's really tiring to be a father and a mother, both mentally and physically.

Fortunately, my daughter doesn't know if it's because of the mysterious energy magnetic field in the space-time tunnel, since she came to this space-time, the little guy's body is great, he has never been sick at all, and his spirit is also very good.

This is also the biggest reason why the little one can be carried behind his back and work under the scorching sun.

This can be regarded as an advantage after the 'crossing' that can satisfy Kim Hyun-tae.

Kim Hyun-tae's dinner is very simple, boiled two chicken thighs with salt and water, a pot of white rice, and served with Lao Gan Ma, which is fine.

In the American Chinese supermarket in this time and space, you can buy Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, which can be regarded as an invisible comfort for Kim Hyun Tae.

After eating a simple dinner at a fast pace, after cleaning up, he saw that half of his daughter's bottle had not finished drinking, so Kim Hyun Tae went to the bathroom to wash up briefly.

Before her daughter's milk was finished, she was very quiet, so Kim Hyun-tae had to make good use of this time period.

After taking a quick shower and washing away the sweat stains after a hard day's work, Kim Hyun-tae came to the living room to look at the old-fashioned wall clock hanging on the wall, and the time was already 18:05 in the evening.

Walking to the side of the crib where her daughter was, when her daughter had just finished drinking the milk from the bottle, Kim Hyun Tae gently picked up her daughter and began to gently pat her on the back to help her burp.

I have to say that after my daughter became smaller, everything had to start again.

The little guy who was held in Kim Hyun-tae's arms seemed very happy, and he always kept raising his little arms, wanting to hug his father.

It's a pity that the little one, who is only half a year old again, can no longer do certain things like a one-and-a-half-year-old.

And for such a change, the little guy is obviously incomprehensible, so the little guy who encounters constant failures seems a little impatient and begins to kick his legs to express his dissatisfaction.

"It's still hello, at an age where you don't know anything, you can live a carefree life. Pity your dad and me, now I am a father and a mother, taking care of you and making money at the same time. “

Seeing that her daughter was angry, Kim Hyun-tae complained to her daughter with tears and laughter.

It's a pity that the little guy didn't understand at all, so he could only look at him with a puzzled look when Kim Hyun Tae finished speaking.

It's not early, Kim Hyun-tae can't continue to delay, he must leave home as soon as possible with his daughter and go to the second place where he works.

Kim Hyun-tae's second job, where it takes 15 minutes to ride a bicycle, is located in a Chinese restaurant in the Rowland Heights area, his main job is to wash dishes, from 7 p.m. to 24 p.m. for a total of five hours, an hour of 8.5 yuan salary, much higher than the 5 yuan per hour at the car wash.

And Jin Xiantai can earn 42.5 yuan in these five hours, and more than 1,000 yuan a month, plus 48 yuan for eight hours a day from working in the car wash, Jin Xiantai can basically earn 25,600 yuan a month by working two jobs, which can fully cover the rent, water, electricity, and various expenses of himself and his children, and even save some if he has a plan.

Therefore, Kim Hyun-tae attaches great importance to these two jobs at the moment.

After calming his daughter and letting the little guy stop being petty, Kim Hyun Tae changed her daughter's diaper, then prepared a black backpack and carried it on her chest, and then carried her daughter into the baby carrier and carried her back.

The black backpack is basically filled with my daughter's supplies, such as diapers, brewed baby bottles, and wet wipes.

After all, with a daughter at work, the little one will have some unexpected situations, these things can be used, ready for emergencies.

With everything ready, Kim Hyun-tae left home with his daughter on his back and began to work at the place where he worked for his second job, using the second-hand bicycle he bought.

When the father and daughter went out instead, night had fallen, and the night covered Los Angeles, Kim Hyun Tae riding a bicycle, under the dim street lights, Kim Hyun Tae riding a bicycle and carrying a child's back looked a little thin, which made people look at it and couldn't help but have a sense of pity.

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The time came to midnight, and dragging his tired body, Kim Hyun Tae rode his second-hand bicycle and appeared on the street corner with his daughter on his back.

At the end of another day's work, my daughter was already asleep behind her back.

Under the dim light of the street lamp on the corner, several scantily clad African-American street women stood scratching their heads, and when Kim Hyun-tae passed by on his bicycle, one of them also took a seductive pose and called out to him a few times.

For these women, Kim Hyun-tae has no interest at all.

It's not that Kim Hyun-tae is a righteous gentleman, and he doesn't have any meat at all, after all, he is a normal man, and he will definitely have this need physiologically.

But such a woman, Kim Hyun-tae really can't look down on it.

Nima, who is in her forties, no matter how revealing she is, how heavy the taste will be to patronize it.

I have to say here that the taste of 'crooked nuts' is really heavy, which Kim Hyun-tae admires very much.

Because he has seen many people patronize these middle-aged African-American street girls.

Kim Hyun Tae is alone with children and lives in such an unsafe community, it is very unwise to deal with such a woman, what if he gets into trouble?

Besides, his financial conditions don't allow him to do such a thing, isn't it good for him to save money for emergencies, or use it for his daughter as much as possible.

The most important thing is that he still recalls his wife's voice and smile from time to time, 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 impulses, he will not go out and mess around, but solve it 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, it would be a matter of being sorry for his wife to go out and mess around.

To put it bluntly, in Kim Hyun-tae's heart, he has not forgotten his deceased wife, so he has been 'guarding like a jade'.

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, rode through without squinting at several women standing on the street.

In the corners of the graffiti-covered walls on both sides of the street, in the dim and poorly lit shadows, stood several big men, all of whom were black African-Americans, and all of them were very large, as if they were big animals, they were basically bald, and their eyes were full of unfriendliness and vigilance as they watched Kim Hyun-tae ride by.

This type of guy can often be seen on both sides of the neighborhood street on the way home.

There are African-American blacks, there are bald Moxicans, they are all grouped by their own ethnicity, and they stand on the side of the street in twos and threes.

Kim Hyun-tae knew that these were drug dealers, and they all had guns on them.

In addition to selling drugs here, these guys are also responsible for managing the territory, and once they find out that someone from another gang has crossed the line, then it will definitely lead to a shootout, and like the American gangsters in the original time and space, everyone takes the boundaries of the territory very seriously, and crossing the line is an unforgivable provocation.

If this happens, there is only one solution...... Homicide!

A street that is clearly divided into two gangs by African-Americans and Mexicans, which makes Kim Hyun-tae feel very uncomfortable.

Nima!

This is a Chinese community, okay?

Even in the slums of the Chinese community, Nima is dominated by black African-Americans and Mexican gangs.

Kim Hyun-tae, who was pedaling a bicycle, galloped by 10,000 grass and mud horses in his heart.

Since he has lived here for half a year and learned a little bit about the situation, he is really unconvinced by this.

I have to say that the Chinese here are still ...... Is...... Alas!

But this kind of thing has nothing to do with him, so Kim Hyun-tae thought about it in his heart and left it behind.

After all, he is not a bastard, so he can't manage so much about what this community has become, and even if he does, he can't manage it.

When he returned home, he locked the door, put his sleeping daughter in the crib, and after gently covering the quilt, he went to the window and hung the curtains, while observing the movement outside through the cracks in the curtains.

Recently, due to the frequent occurrence of gang members and the deterioration of law and order, there have been many cases of burglary and robbery.

Kim Hyun-tae had to be careful about this.

After some careful observation, Kim Hyun Tae breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure that no one was following him.

"Every day when I go home, I have to worry about it, when will this kind of life end? If it was just Lao Tzu alone, I wouldn't be worried about this problem, but now that I have my daughter, I have to face this problem carefully. ”

Kim Hyun-tae, who had relaxed, dragged his tired body to the living room, sat on the sofa and sighed deeply, while talking to himself.

"No matter what, no matter what, I have to find a way to move out of here, and I have to move for the sake of my daughter. Sitting on the sofa and gasping for breath, Kim Hyun Tae raised his right hand and slapped his thigh fiercely and made a decision.

The daughter was still asleep, Jin Xian took off his clothes, took a hot bath, washed off his exhaustion and looked at the time, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the night.

Well, there's still a little time to do your own thing, and the job at the car wash is eight in the morning.

Kim Hyun-tae, who confirmed the time, had a plan in mind, and then he took 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 and I are working very hard to let you have a good growth environment and better living conditions. If it was in the original plane, I probably wouldn't have such ambitions, but in this plane...... Hey hey ......"

Kim Hyun-tae, who turned on the computer, kept muttering something while waiting for the computer to turn on, 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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