Southern part of the Provincial City, a place relatively far from the city center.
This place was once prosperous in the history of the Provincial City, with the largest steel factory located nearby.
In the eighties and nineties, the factory employed tens of thousands of workers, with extremely high economic efficiency, contributing nearly one-sixth of the city's tax revenue.
However, as time passed, the nationwide overproduction in heavy industry impacted the steel factory's efficiency, and eventually, it couldn't withstand the tides of change and declared bankruptcy.
Nowadays, most workers have left; only the poorest, oldest families remain, having nowhere to go, still residing in the old factory dormitories, awaiting relocation.
At the edge of this shanty area, in a nearly forgotten corner, there's a repair stall.
Once upon a time, there was a veteran repairman here, setting up his stall during the boom years of the steel factory to fix bicycles for commuting workers.
