"You only know how to play cards. That little salary of yours isn't even enough to feed us!"
"What are you talking about? I was just playing for fun. I won't play next time."
"Hmph, how can I believe you? Our son wants barbecue. When are you taking him?"
"This weekend."
The playful bickering of a young couple came from ahead. Qin Jun immediately waved his hand, rendering the three of them invisible so ordinary people could not see them.
Looking in the direction of the voices, they saw a young couple walking toward them arm in arm.
The man looked exactly like Qin Guokun, and he was Qin Guokun in his youth. The woman somewhat resembled Qin Jun; she was Qin Jun's mother.
The couple continued bickering as they entered the apartment building's corridor.
Qin Guokun sighed. "Life was hard back then, but it was truly wonderful."
Qin Jun said nothing. His gaze remained fixed on the residential building ahead, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Back then, the housing policies hadn't come through yet. It wasn't like your area, where you didn't have to worry about a house or a car. We rented homes in those days, and a month's wages barely fed a family of three. We worked away from home all year long, and it wasn't as lively as it is now, with the whole family gathered together..."
Qin Guokun began reminiscing, telling Yu'er about the lives of his generation.
Yu'er had not believed it much before. She could not understand how housing and cars could become people's greatest burdens. In her era, every person received a home from the state upon birth registration. Humanity had already ventured beyond Earth, and most people were no longer content to remain there.
Qin Jun felt somewhat