blackstone code

Chapter 126 Seize the wealth to master the destiny

In the evening, Catherine, who had been working all day, changed her clothes and set foot on the journey home. She refused the proposal of several suitors to take her by bicycle and insisted on walking home.

The wind blowing on the face in the summer night does not have much coolness on the face. Instead, it carries the last trace of anger and heat during the day, which makes people extremely irritable.

Catherine is a strong girl, she is not likely to show some superficial emotions, even if there may be some other things in her heart.

She returned home before it was completely dark, and since she moved back to live in her own home, she never stayed on the street after it was dark.

It's not safe here, and whenever night completely covers the sky, evil comes.

The sound of quarrels, fighting, and even gunfire at night is common here, including cries for help and sirens constantly sounding.

As soon as the door was closed, Catherine felt a different atmosphere. The atmosphere in the house today seemed a bit heavy.

She changed her shoes, hung the bag of no more than five yuan on the hanger, and walked towards the living room.

Her father sat on the dilapidated sofa snatched from the garbage dump in a daze, while her mother had a sad expression on her face.

The man didn't seem to hear the sound of opening and closing the door, and kept staring at the TV. It was Catherine's mother, who looked up at Catherine, then lowered her head again.

"What's the matter?" Catherine asked, she felt that the couple was not the same as usual today.

The man was still watching TV, as if he hadn't heard anything. Catherine's mother had a sad and bitter expression on her face, and her voice trembled slightly, "Your father...is unemployed."

This is a very normal thing. In fact, people have been psychologically prepared since the second half of last year. Many factories have begun to shut down. Even if the labor union organizes workers to demonstrate and demand factories to resume work, they dare not make too much noise.

They even set the "strike" on the weekend, which became an international joke, but it also reflected how contradictory and acute the social problems at that time were.

Catherine's father's factory declared bankruptcy today, which is also a sign. They have stopped the introduction of raw materials since last month. In fact, they have already had this premonition, but they have been unwilling to face it or believe it. Doom will fall upon oneself.

Catherine fell silent. Her salary was not high, only 220 yuan a month, which was only slightly higher than the bottom line required by the minimum hourly wage law.

Before today, her father could get a salary ranging from 350 to [-] yuan a month, which is more than enough for the two to support the family.

But if there is only Catherine's salary alone, it is really difficult to support the family of three.

At present, the factories basically do not recruit people from outside. Even if the city hall asked the factories to increase some jobs, they did not fulfill them.

When there is a lack of profit, each employee is like Mafa on the other side of the balance in front of the god of death. Adding one is one step closer to death.

A factory with a thousand employees needs to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars every month just to pay salaries. If they don’t have enough profit, they can go bankrupt just by paying salaries a month, so no company will choose to expand their enrollment at this time. , even if the city hall asked them to do so.

This also means that it is difficult for Catherine's father to find a suitable, long-term job in the employment center. There may be short-term jobs, or even no work at all.

Not to mention Catherine's mother, she has no work experience, and even if she goes to study now, she doesn't have this opportunity. In other words, the burden of supporting the family will be on Catherine.

Her monthly salary of 220 and [-] yuan will become the only source of income to support the family.

All three fell into silence. Catherine's father had been watching TV. He seemed to have been stimulated and locked himself into a small world.

Catherine's mother had a sad face, sighed from time to time, and was full of worries about the future.

Catherine felt tired, which was the only feeling she had felt in the past few years.

She had this feeling before, but it was not so profound. Until this moment, she felt deeply tired.

She is not a girl with no experience in life and society. She is very clear that the reason why she and her family are in the current situation is due to their family background, social class and education level.

The latter problem is more obvious. If she can go to college, or go to accounting or something after high school, she may have a very different job now.

The older young man who pursued her is because he studied accounting, and now not only has a decent job, but the salary is not low.

But for a child born in an ordinary family, she can only think about how difficult it is to continue her studies after graduating from high school.

The evening meal was a little less than usual, and Catherine's father suddenly broke out on the dinner table. He lost his temper and broke the dinner plate, and then left angrily.

From the man's point of view, because he lost his job, the women in the family no longer respected him, and he felt slighted.

The mother and daughter just accepted all this calmly and silently, and then cleaned up the mess.

Early the next morning, Catherine's father left the house. He was going to find some work on the street. After a night, he had accepted this fact.

Life has to go on. If he really does nothing and lies in the house, at most one or two months, they will sell the house and live on the street.

It took him more than ten years to have the life he has now. He is unwilling to lose everything so easily, and he still has to persevere.

Catherine also faced life calmly and chose to go to work.

However, at noon, the young man found her again.

"I heard from my aunt that my uncle lost his job..."

Catherine glanced at him, but did not give any answer, which made the young man a little embarrassed, and his speech became a little stuttering.

"If... I mean, if, if I arrange uncle... to work in our mall... what do you think?", with a tinge of excitement on his face, he babbled.

He has a good relationship with the manager of the mall, and he will help with the manager's personal tax filing, which saves the manager a lot of money every time he files a tax return, which is also the value of accounting.

In addition to the manager, the management of the supermarket will more or less rely on his profession. Individual tax returns also require the help of an accountant, and the help needs to be paid accordingly.

Young people will also accept, but they receive very little, which makes him very popular in the management.

Catherine's mother came to him in the morning, explained some situations, and asked if it was possible for Catherine's father to work in the mall, even if the salary was lower.

In fact, for supermarkets and supermarkets at this stage, their operating conditions are much better than many people imagined, and they even maintain a healthy profit standard against the trend.

But they won't say that. They also have to show their difficult side to win sympathy and lower salary standards to release more profit margins.

The young man talked about this with the manager, and the manager said that Catherine's father could be allowed to work in the warehouse, where some manual workers were needed, and a basic salary could also be given.

So he came to Catherine to ask for credit, and by the way, he also hoped that through this incident, the contact between the two parties would develop by leaps and bounds.

Catherine didn't nod or refuse, but ended the conversation between the two with the tone of discussing with her family when she went home.

But this made the young man feel that this matter has a chance to achieve his goal. This is the first time since this period of time that Catherine has not directly rejected his idea. This is a good sign.

A day of boring work was spent in a long torment or a short wait. Catherine still refused the request of others to send her home and returned home alone.

Her father had returned, and the man who had always carried a certain kind of self-confidence before became decadent at this moment.

Throughout the day, only a few dozen job opportunities appeared in the entire city, but there were thousands of people waiting in the job center!

Catherine's father didn't have a good resume at all. There were too many people who were more capable than him, and he didn't even get an interview. This also made him realize that he shouldn't expect to find a job in a short time.

This made him very depressed and even doubted his own worth.

Catherine's mother was also speechless. She hadn't told her husband or Catherine that she had found a young man.

She intended to wait for the young man to give her an answer before talking about it.

Both were a little sluggish, but Catherine was about to explode.

She hung her bag on the clothes rack and looked home as usual, but this time her steps were a little heavier.

She went to drink a glass of water first, then moved a chair, sat on the opposite side of the sofa, and reached out to turn off the TV.

This action made the couple's eyes focus on her. There was no obvious anger on her face, only calm.

She looked at her mother and asked a sharp question in the same calm tone, "How much are you going to sell me for?"

In a word, the man suddenly raised his head, and Catherine's mother's face also changed, but Catherine didn't give them much time to react.

"Rom found me at noon, and he gave me a hint that as long as I am willing to accompany him, he will give my father a job. How much are you going to sell me for?"

Although she was very calm, she put a heavy pressure on the couple, especially at this special time, when the whole family depended on Catherine's salary, which made her voice not so high, Also full of power!

(End of this chapter)