Long County, Tucheng Dam Affordable Housing District, Building Two, Unit 1, Room 2704. The oscillating fan was blowing away the lingering afternoon heat.
Tian Zhuang was holding a big bowl, devouring the shredded potatoes, beans, loofah, and stir-fried meat with beans on the table.
After finishing a big bowl of rice, Tian Zhuang looked at his nearly sixty-year-old mother, Yao Fang: "Mom, where's my salary card? How much is saved on it now?"
Yao Fang was tidying up the dishes in the kitchen, replying from a distance: "I kept your card, I don't know how much is on it. Anyway, it's just there, waiting to buy a house in the future."
Tian Zhuang put down his bowl and chopsticks, saying, "Mom, can you find my card? I need to use it to buy something."
"What do you want to buy?" Yao Fang came rushing out from the kitchen, still holding a green cleaning cloth for wiping the kitchen table.
