The Fourth Disaster Begins at the Dawn of the Millennium

Poverty and stubbornness have become their labels, and misunderstanding and complaints have become commonplace. Migrant workers with low education don’t know how to educate a child. They can only pass on the limited experience they have observed and experienced to the next generation through twisted means. And their next generation actually felt the hostility of the outside world very early, which is a kind of discrimination against poverty. So the child became introverted, not good at talking, and inferior, and finally vented his anger on his parents, becoming a "rebellious and ignorant" person.

The "college student" sitting in front of the Hunan brother was eating the stewed food silently, while the player in front of the screen thought of his childhood. When he was a child, his parents also left home to earn money, and he was brought up by his grandparents. Fortunately, he studied hard and became a "small town test-taker". He was successfully admitted to a key high school, and then went to college. Later, he successfully passed the postgraduate entrance examination and became the most educated person in the whole family. Relatives and friends in his hometown all thought that he would have a bright future. But the player himself knew that only people with a good family background could have a bright future in the major he studied...

"Oh, I'm thinking too far ahead..."

After listening to the Hunan guy's nagging, the player asked him:

"What kind of work do you do on the construction site? Is the income okay? Is it tiring?" "As a bricklayer, the income promised by the contractor is okay, but whether the contractor keeps his word depends on luck. It is definitely tiring. I get up early and go to bed late every day, and my back and waist ache when I finish a day's work. But now, it's hard to find a job. Many bosses don't have money to start work. We don't even have the chance to be tired even if we want to..." When the Hunan brother spoke, the player paid special attention. His hands were full of calluses. A man under 30 years old looked like a 40-year-old uncle.

Suddenly, the player said: "You haven't found a job yet, right? Then come and work for us. The company I work for has just bought the xx Commercial Plaza. Next month, the second phase of the project will start. Don't worry about your child's education. If you join our company's construction team, the problem of education can definitely be solved for you. You continue to eat, I will ask my classmates..."

At the same time, in the WeChat chat group, a player sent a text: "I just chatted with an NPC here for a while. I didn't expect that the NPC I met on the train actually had a follow-up task. I sent a screenshot of the conversation. Isn't the second phase of the xx Commercial Plaza we bought going to start construction? Why don't we just build another construction company here? In this way, we can also check the quality of the construction ourselves, and by the way, build a supporting school for children of migrant workers like the factories in the northeast."

"I agree! Didn't we rescue some children from human traffickers before? We can just send them here to study!"

"Support +1"

"So, how do we charge for it?"

"There are many private schools with varying quality levels on the market that charge about half of what regular public schools charge. We also charge half of what public schools charge, or a quarter? It's all fine, but our teaching quality is definitely better than those private schools."

"That will be another expense. Do we have enough money to buy other non-performing assets?"

At this time, the Black Ops team player in Zhanjiang said, "That's enough! Our oil smuggling tycoon, Boss Lin, has already paid for these kids! You guys can talk! Once we drain Boss Lin's wealth in the next two days, we will go find the 'Smuggling King' and the 'Customs Broker King' to pay for the sponsorship."

"That would be great!"

Chapter 104: A new industry breaks out of its shell! Take it down!

1997 was a watershed year. In the three years before that, local companies such as Lenovo, Haier, and Changhong had won successive victories in the fields of home appliances, beverages, and other consumer products. Entrepreneurs were immersed in the "Fortune 500 Dream", and the confidence of the government and enterprises was almost overflowing. However, a series of sudden events that occurred in Asia made countless dreams disillusioned like bubbles.

The Asian financial crisis quickly spread to Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea. In order to ease the tension in the Asian economy and maintain the stability of the economic order, China

The Chinese government decided to stand firm under great pressure and stick to the people's faith. This has its pros and cons, but at least one thing is certain, that is, China's exports to Europe are more expensive than those to Southeast Asian countries.

In fact, it sacrificed some domestic export orders to help other Asian countries recover their economies.

China was not unaffected by the Asian financial crisis. The once active Chinese stock market fell into a slump, and the consumer market was even more depressed. By mid-1997, the country's industrial inventory

The total value of products exceeded 3 trillion yuan, and a phenomenon of "structural surplus" appeared.

As a result, 95% of industrial products are in oversupply. The State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Domestic Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, etc. had to jointly establish a national inventory commodity adjustment center to speed up the circulation of corporate commodities.

It was in such a bad environment that those famous companies that developed at an excessive speed and had no warning of risks all suffered terrible avalanches due to various reasons. The result was that the wealthy Universal Group bought up the bad assets held by banks and also bought up the shares of some companies on the verge of bankruptcy by wielding the "big stick" of capital, or bought them out entirely. No matter whether you were state-owned, collective, or private, as long as the players thought that the company had potential or could effectively make up for the Universal Group's industrial chain, they would seriously consider investing money.

For example, Shi Yuzhu, the once passionate chairman of Giant Group, now deeply understands what "a penny can make a hero fail". Giant Group encountered a financial crisis, and dozens of creditors and a group of media reporters came to the headquarters of Giant Group to collect debts. Negative news such as the group's assets being seized, employees' wages being in arrears, and senior managers absconding with money appeared in newspapers one after another. According to the situation at the time, only about 1000 million yuan of funds were needed to restart the construction of the Giant Building, and many conflicts would be alleviated, but Shi Yuzhu had no way to find the 1000 million yuan. He paced back and forth in the big office all day, stepping on the carpet and making potholes, but he was still helpless.

Later, someone told him that there was a foreign company with a large amount of cash staying in the Baiyun Hotel in Guangzhou. This foreign company was aggressively acquiring some companies and assets that were considered to have potential. If you can convince them to invest in you, perhaps you can turn the crisis around.

So he took a train to Guangzhou overnight, wanting to see if he could convince the other party to invest in him.

There are many people like Shi Yuzhu who take the initiative to approach Universal Group, hoping that they can be discovered by a good horse breeder; there are also many examples of players in Universal Group taking the initiative to look for good horses.

In Guangzhou, a player knocked on the door of an office with an area of ​​only 7 square meters. A small boss named Ding came to greet him. He didn't know what the other party was doing. Boss Ding was now troubled by the high ISP fees. Because he insisted on making personal homepage service systems and free email systems, he only had expenses and no income in the short term. For this reason, he did not hesitate to open the company in a crowded small place just to save rent.

Also in Guangzhou, another player found a master's student who graduated from the Department of Telecommunications. This young man developed an email client software earlier than Boss Ding just now. Its name was Foxmail.

In other cities, there were also scattered players who went everywhere to find such promising companies. One player found Sitonglifang Company, and the player who could easily come up with millions of dollars became the guest of honor of the boss of Sitonglifang Company. Another player found Atxin Company. The leader of the company, Boss Zhang, actually had no idea how to make money in the future, but he just thought of taking on the web page production business. Not long after, the 22.5 US dollars of founding funds that Boss Zhang got from two American professors were almost spent, so he had to talk his mouth off to get more investment.

When the founders of the above-mentioned Internet "small workshops" who are more or less facing funding problems meet players for the first time, they will more or less feel that they are blessed by the goddess of luck. They are just worrying about where to get the rent and wages for the company next month, and then they meet a big boss who is willing to invest money. It's really like someone delivering a pillow just when they are about to fall asleep. They think to themselves: "The thousand-mile horse finally meets the Bole!" Then they happily discuss this first venture capital and equity acquisition. They believe that with this cash-rich "big tree" behind them, their "small workshop" will definitely grow into a future Internet giant.

For players, this is actually a very wonderful feeling. The things developed by the founders of the above-mentioned "small workshops" have been used by the post-90s and post-00s players to a greater or lesser extent. Now, these "small workshops" have just started, and they have been secretly "acquired" by the Universal Group. Although these founders still have a great deal of independent management rights and own a considerable amount of shares.

But there is no doubt that their actions will be constrained by the "major shareholders" behind them.

When acquiring these "small workshops", the players' task bar also updated the progress of the faction tasks, which included the following description: "Our business does not only rely on recycling old things, but also takes advantage of the development of new things to soar! This year, Internet companies have flourished in the United States, and in China, this is the first year of the Internet. The group's board of directors believes that acquiring and investing in potential Internet companies will be conducive to the vigorous development of our business, not only for economic benefits, but also to spread our company culture and our philosophy in a subtle way."

As for why the acquisition must be done in secret, that is, "without exposing the identity of the Universal Group as the acquirer, but the major shareholders (players) behind these Internet companies continue to obey the orders of the Universal Group in secret." This is the following paragraph in the task description:

"As the Universal Group grows, the board of directors realizes that governments will not allow a giant Universal Group with huge assets and personnel around the world and a dominant position in all walks of life to exist. They will definitely find a way to split our group before the Universal Group grows. Rather than being split up by various countries after being exposed, it is better for us to be unrelated to each other in public from the beginning and only unite in secret. Corporate warriors, be patient. One day in the future, when our business grows to a certain scale, governments of various countries will be surprised to find that those seemingly hostile companies are actually one family, and by then, it will be too late for them to support new companies to fight against us."

Chapter 105: The "Spring Breeze" is about to speed up!

In 1997, not all Chinese companies were in trouble; some were also making great strides.

At this time, the national telecommunications network was facing a comprehensive renovation, which was undoubtedly a huge business opportunity. In this industry, multinational companies such as Nokia and Ericsson had absolute competitive advantages. At the beginning of their development, Chinese national enterprises relied on the strategy of "surrounding the cities from the countryside" to break through from some remote urban telecommunications bureaus and quickly snatched a piece of the "cake" that the big companies had not had time to take care of. Subsequently, a head-on war between Chinese national enterprises and multinational companies broke out.

It is not easy to enter the "city" from the "rural" area. Many telecom departments in central cities and developed provinces do not trust the products of their own national enterprises. But at this time, Chinese entrepreneurs came up with a method that their foreign counterparts would never dream of: lobbying local telecom bureaus to set up joint ventures with enterprises and telecom employees. By establishing a community of interests, the purpose of consolidating the market, expanding the market and occupying the market can be achieved. The interest relationship replaces the buyer-seller relationship; the enterprise management method replaces the office direct sales method; the exclusivity is used to block competitors from entering; and the long-term market goals replace the short-term goals.

This model has made some Chinese local enterprises become "family members" of local telecommunications bureaus in the blink of an eye. It seems that it is the most reasonable thing for family members to purchase their own equipment. The equipment procurement costs of the telecommunications bureaus are paid by the national treasury, and part of the profits generated can be distributed to internal employees. This is really a good idea that local bureau directors cannot refuse. This joint venture model has made local enterprises become monopoly suppliers in the telecommunications market. At this time, enterprises have demonstrated core competitiveness that foreign counterparts do not have: "Customers are willing to choose our products instead of others."

However, the Universal Group had no time to take care of these things. Its limited size could not take care of all industries. It still needed to save enough funds between 1997 and 1998 to prepare for the big events in 1998.

If nothing unexpected happens, when the game progresses to 1998, a once-in-a-century flood will affect 29 provinces and cities, kill tens of thousands of people, and cause economic losses of hundreds of billions of yuan; economic development is undoubtedly needed to restore people's livelihood, but if the renminbi does not depreciate, China's export economy will also be difficult.

1998 was the dividing line for China's state-owned enterprise reform. Before that, the theme was the transformation of the operating mechanism, and after that, the restructuring and clarification of property rights, and the real "layoff wave" came. Soon, "state withdrawal and private advancement" will be regarded as a standard action to support reform. The speed and proportion of state-owned enterprises' withdrawal will become an indicator of reform performance evaluation. Many cities will "package and sell" hundreds of enterprises together in order to speed up. By then, the amount of capital controlled by the Universal Group will determine the players'

How many "plates" are there?

Having said all of the above, I almost forgot another major event that is coming in 1998. To get rid of the economic difficulties, China can only look inward and stimulate domestic demand, that is, to convert people's savings into consumption power and release it, and economic recovery may be solved. Now, the only commodity that can make people spend a lot of money to buy is housing.

"Alas, we are still unavoidable and have gotten involved in real estate..."

"It's not a big deal to make money. Instead of letting others make money, we should make it ourselves."

In 1997, although the government had warmed up the real estate market, the real estate consumption market was not hot. After all, the party and government agencies had not yet stopped the "practice of distributing welfare housing in kind for more than 40 years" and switched to "promoting the monetization of housing distribution" until the second half of 1998. At this time, although people thought that commercial housing was beautiful, spacious and comfortable, they still hoped to wait for the allocation of welfare housing, after all, the latter was free!

In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other capital cities with great potential, many new players were escorted to airports and train stations by veteran players as soon as they came online, and sent to those big cities to grab good positions on the second and third ring roads in advance. At the same time, these players were also pulled into a "business guidance group", where a person claiming to be an "industry insider" guided them on how to borrow money from local banks to buy land in 1997, and then how to mortgage the purchased land to the bank to borrow more money...

"No matter how fast you rob money, you can't do it. The players of the Hua Nei Kan Bao Xiao Se Action Team have squeezed the money of the young man Taicheng Shu A Da Wang in Zhanjiang dry, and even took the life of Zhun Tong Xuan Yuan'l. Finally, we can barely keep up with your pace in Guangdong, but if we expand the business of buying and buying in other cities, we will be able to rob money."

Is the money enough? Definitely not. We have to use some tricks to get more results.

"Let's go for the tricks!" A player who claims to be an industry insider said that Yuan XE9 guided them on the details and tricks, saying: "Believe me, when the scale is expanded, your legal and compliant financing will make money quickly.

The speed is no slower than the speed at which the black operations team makes money."

It is late autumn, and there is a hint of coolness in the air.

A few yellow leaves were blown by the wind and finally fell to the ground. A man in a suit and leather shoes was standing on the main street, looking at the fence of the abandoned factory site that was being demolished and rebuilt. He carefully looked at the land that was about to be demolished and rebuilt.

The factory site covers a vast area, overgrown with weeds, with mottled and peeling walls and broken windows, as if telling of its once glorious past and present decline.

Next to the factory site, a construction project department is being set up in full swing. The workers are wearing uniform blue work clothes and yellow safety helmets, busy moving construction materials. Several large excavators and bulldozers are parked nearby, as if ready to start their work at any time. In the simple office of the project department, several engineers are gathered in front of a map, enthusiastically discussing the construction plan.

Just a month ago, the local government had persuaded most of the residents to leave and agreed to the demolition. Most of them also agreed to the demolition subsidy offered by the player. But there were still a few stubborn households that were unwilling to move. Generally, in order to speed up the progress and complete the development as soon as possible to earn performance, the government would acquiesce to some companies using some "unconventional" means to drive away stubborn households. But the player did not do that. Instead, he went to the door of the stubborn household to do the work himself, understand the difficulties of the stubborn household, help here and there, and finally convinced the stubborn household.

One of the reasons why the players have such patience is that the name and appearance of the nail house are too similar to their own grandparents...

"If the developer who was doing the demolition at that time had done his work as patiently as I did, my grandfather might not have been left with a disability...." Maybe it's because of the player's personal reasons? In short, the player would rather spend more effort and time than leave any regrets in the cyber world.

As for the few remaining holdouts, they were the gangs involved in organized crime who refused to give in in order to demand an exorbitant price. However, these small local gangs were nothing compared to the real "big villains". Soon, after "unconventional" means were used against them one night, these holdouts obediently gave in.

The project manager found the player who was in a daze, holding a thick plan, and reported the next plan, saying: "We will first demolish this abandoned factory site, and then the workers' family building next to it. After the demolition and filling work is completed, our construction work will be started. Boss, look, this is the residential area we planned, and this is a mixed commercial and residential building, surrounded by green belts and leisure areas, and a supporting commercial center will also be built..."

The player simply nodded at the plan and said, "Put this version on my desk. I'll take a look at it later."

In fact, the player himself cannot understand the specific details of this plan. He has to send the content to the internal communication group of players, and wait for those civil engineering brothers who have "first-level construction engineer" and "geotechnical engineer" and work experience to take a closer look.

The player once again stood by the fence, looking at the abandoned factory site. This was not only where his grandparents lived, but also where he had played in his childhood. The player was surprised that the game had truly restored the details of the factory in his childhood memory 1:1, and at the same time he lamented why he hadn't come here earlier, what if he could see another self online? In the fall of 11997, he had already transferred to another city.

"Alas, if I had come here two years earlier, I would have adopted the NPC in the game as my godson..."

Chapter 106: The Sun Sets and Rises Again Tomorrow Morning

Although some players regret not adopting their younger selves as godsons, for the player community, they have already

Unknowingly, he became the "godfather" of many people. In a corner of the city, an inconspicuous old warehouse has welcomed its new life. This warehouse has now been transformed into a temporary school.

The rescued homeless children and many children of workers working for the Universal Group all study in this temporary school.

Of course, this is just a temporary school for them.

It is not possible to build a modern school from scratch in a short period of time, but if we do not allow those children who have no books to read to read in September and October,

If you don't take the course, you won't just miss a semester, you'll miss the entire year.

So, the players rented a decent place and let the children study.

If the tricks are not enough, the players can do it themselves, or pay teachers from nearby schools to do it part-time.

The parking lot outside the warehouse has now been transformed into a simple but spacious playground. There are several basketball hoops and a few table tennis tables on one side. The ground is paved with rough cement. Although it is not flat, it is a paradise for children.

"That basketball stand was installed by me and my Jiangxi cousin in the same group!" The Hunan man wearing a vest and a helmet pointed to the basketball stand on the playground and said, "The Jiangxi cousin's child is in this school. His child is not very good at studying, but he really likes to play basketball." After the Hunan man said this to another worker who was passing by, he turned around and said to his son who was about to go to preschool, "You have to study hard! Did you hear me? Only by studying hard can you have a bright future!"

"Oh!"

Today, the school celebrates the successful opening of this temporary school.

A special performance was held and students and their parents were invited to visit. The parents of these children were also invited by the Universal Group.

A work stoppage order was issued: "Those who have children studying at xx school, all of you will have half a day off this afternoon! Go to school to watch your children's performances!"

A simple stage was built in front of the playground. It was made of several long wooden boards and bricks and covered with a red cloth. Children from several grades had lined up and stood on the stage. The children sang "Youth Dance" in unison, and the childish voices echoed in the air:

"The sun sets but rises again tomorrow morning, the flowers wither but bloom again next year..."

After all, the players did not start a "super soldier" training program when the children were still very young.

What mature ideas can people who haven't finished their education have for the future? Many people are still the same after graduating from high school. The Universal Group doesn't need cannon fodder, so it's better to let them have a normal childhood and teenage life first, and wait until they mature, grow up, and become people without serious character defects, and then think seriously about their future. Even if they make the decision to "carry the burden forward" in the future one day, when they recall their childhood and youth, at least they will be happier.

Putting aside the issue of children's academic performance, which is what parents care about most, the children who come to this temporary school are at least relatively happy.

Many students were already classmates and good playmates long before they came here. If the private schools for children of migrant workers that they originally attended had not been demolished, they would not have come here.

Some of them are of school age but have no education. Not long ago, a migrant worker mother with a child sat on the steps at the school gate with her child in disappointment after the school rejected their application. The child saw his mother's disappointed expression and asked in confusion: "Mom, why doesn't the school want me?" Faced with the child's innocent question, the child's mother thought for a while and replied: "Because studying in the city requires a lot of small books, and Mom doesn't have those books, and she doesn't have money."

There are even students who dropped out of public schools. The children themselves have good test scores, so they are accepted by the school. However, in public schools, classmates basically do not talk to her or play with her except asking her questions. One day, it was her turn to do duty. A girl in the class did not do well in her homework, so the teacher kept her back to correct her mistakes.

When the child was cleaning the house on duty, he accidentally swept under the feet of a girl who was detained, so he asked the lady to move. The girl who was detained immediately scolded her: "You stinky worker, what right do you have to control me? My father is the general manager!"

"What's wrong with you, you stinky part-time worker?" The girl, whose self-esteem was hurt, kicked the corner of the other person's table. The other person also stood up and grabbed her collar without showing any weakness. The two girls started to fight.

Such things happened more and more. When the parents heard their daughter's grievances, they felt very uncomfortable and said, "Without us building the house, how can they have a big house to live in?" Later, the girl's father was pulled over by his fellow villagers and began to work for Huanyu Group. The other party said that the company would arrange for all the children of migrant workers to go to school. At first, everyone didn't believe it, but then they saw the weak man who claimed to be the manager, running around in the wind and rain to recruit teachers, renting a warehouse, and started temporary renovation with a group of workers, and bought a lot of tables, chairs and benches. At this time, everyone believed that this company was really trying to solve the problem of everyone's children's education.

Although small, the temporary school has everything. Many of its contents are comparable to those of public schools, including spring and autumn outings, music, physical education, and art classes, and even computer classes. The only special feature of the school is the elective content in physical education classes... The players ordered a batch of protective gear and prepared to teach them to "fight with thorns!"

The players have tried very hard, but compared to the extremely slow progress bar, what they have done is still limited. The requirements of this mission are very broad, and the mission objectives are not so precise. Rewards are issued in stages, but there are no precise requirements for how to complete a stage. Like the previous faction mission, this mission also requires corporate warriors to "rescue the legacy of our business", but in this mission, players are no longer required to recover assets, but to rescue "people".

"Task Description: In order to make our cause prosperous and have successors, we must make the working people knowledgeable and the intellectuals work. If the children of workers, farmers, and laborers do not have modern scientific and cultural knowledge, it will be difficult for the workers to master the advanced productive forces of the future, and our cause will face the situation of no successors.

Mission reward: Ten years, maybe twenty years later. "

Chapter 107: Class!

Although the conditions of this temporary school are still very simple, it has been transformed to show a "vibrant" appearance. The walls of the classroom are covered with children's paintings, and the colorful drawing paper adds a lot of vitality to the originally gloomy space.

"Students, today we are going to write an essay," the teacher said at the podium. "The topic is not limited. You can write about your past life, your current feelings, and your future wishes. The form and content are not restricted. Just write down the most sincere thoughts in your heart."

Some of the children under the podium picked up their pens excitedly, while others frowned and looked a little hesitant.

Feng Ni, who was sitting in the front row of the classroom with two pigtails, looked down at her exercise book, and lightly drew the four characters "My Day" on the paper with the pencil in her hand.

"At three o'clock in the morning, my mother and I get up together. After brushing our teeth and washing our faces, my mother and I go to the market five miles away to buy vegetables. After buying the vegetables, my mother and I push the vegetables to the market to sell them. Then, I go home to make breakfast for my sister and myself. After we all finish breakfast, I go to the market to replace my mother to have breakfast. After my mother finishes breakfast, she comes to replace me. Then, I carry my schoolbag and go to school... After my mother finishes selling the vegetables, we can have dinner, and after dinner, I can go to bed... This is my day."

The day Feng Ni described was a few years ago when she was still in school. At that time, the vegetable fields in front of and behind the house, the nearby garbage dump, and the market where her mother sold vegetables all became Feng Ni's playgrounds.

The plastic dolls are a rare and good toy for Fengni. But Shi Lai, due to her mother's poor health, her mother said that going to school is useless and it is better to concentrate on selling vegetables for her mother, so Fengni had to "take over" her mother's stall.

Therefore, Fengni only went to school until the second grade of elementary school and then stopped going to school. The only math knowledge she had was what she learned in school as a child and what her mother taught her when she was selling vegetables.

She stood in front of the vegetable stall, shyly looking at the people passing by; the stall was not big, and compared with other vegetable stalls, it was very inconspicuous. Occasionally someone asked about the price, but before Feng Ni could speak, the customer had been intercepted by another person. Not far from Feng Ni was a small building. It was school time, and groups of students walked by. Feng Ni

She sent them far away with envious eyes. Being able to go to school with a schoolbag like other children was Fengni's only wish. A few days ago, Fengni picked up a red scarf while selling vegetables. She hid it like a jade wand. When no one was around, she secretly wore it around her neck. Only when she wore the red scarf did she look like a student.

Until one day, after her father came home from repairing a house for someone else, he suddenly told Fengni a good news. "You will have a chance to study in the future!" It turned out that her father was called by his fellow villagers to go to another construction site. The boss of this construction site was very different. First of all, he got rid of the contractor and signed a contract with them directly. Then he arranged for them to open a bank account collectively. The salary was directly deposited into their bank account every month without any middleman. In addition, the boss was also very "benevolent". Knowing that many of them had families, he built a school to facilitate their children's education.

Fengni's parents calculated that if their child always sold vegetables in the market, she would definitely have no future, so she should definitely go to school if she had the opportunity. Although Fengni's vegetable stall would be unattended after she went to school, and the family would lose some income, Fengni could have three meals a day at school, and school uniforms would be issued every year, so the expenses would also be reduced. The parents decided to let Fengni go to school!

Another little boy wrote the title of his composition: "My Mom and Dad".

It was the second day after the temporary school opened. At a crossroads near home, the mother was pushing a bicycle and the little boy was standing in front of the bicycle. A small oil tanker turned past them and the iron frame of the large truck scraped the bicycle. The mother tried to protect her child and fell down. The bicycle fell on her back and the wheel of the oil tanker ran over the bicycle. The little boy was terrified and knelt down to passers-by, shouting: "Save my mother!"

The father went to the traffic police brigade to negotiate with the driver for compensation. In addition to hospitalization fees, there were also disability allowances, lost wages, etc. Regarding disability allowances, the traffic police who handled the accident asked him: "Are you registered as an urban resident or a rural resident?"

My father replied: "Rural household registration."

The traffic police said: "According to the regulations on disability allowances, the consumption levels in rural and urban areas are different. The rural ones are almost half less."

My father said: "But we live in the city, and the consumption level is the same."