blackstone code

Chapter 201 Festu Feis

Nell and his companions gathered in a relatively remote small park, each of them clutching a bottle of beer in one hand and a large fried chicken burger in the other.

Those are the reasons they're here, the free booze, the free fried chicken burgers.

This seemingly unhealthy diet is most popular with the working class, they like this kind of high-calorie food, and they also need some energy to fill their empty bodies after a long day of work.

At this time, this kind of food is more attractive to them. When everyone loses their jobs, everything becomes different. Their families rarely buy food and save money for emergencies. .

The food coupons distributed by the city hall are enough for their daily life. Although they can't starve to death, they really miss these tastes.

The people standing in the crowd are talking loudly about some seemingly profound truths, for example, what they lost must be taken back with both hands, and the factory owners who exploit them on weekdays should put away the blood and sweat squeezed from them at this time. The money was returned to them.

It's not that they want to do something terrible, it's that the society is now on the verge of danger, and workers and factory owners should be one.

On weekdays, they endure the exploitation and oppression of the factory owners, but at this time, the factory owners should also help them, so that everyone can tide over the difficulties together instead of letting them go.

The person also gave some examples. For example, in some industrial cities in the north, even if the factories are not open, the factory owners will pay the workers the minimum wage to help them get through the current difficult situation.

But look at their boss, who kicked them out the first time they faced difficulties, completely extinguishing their hopes.

"This is a battle of revenge!" The organizer roared loudly, roaring, his roar was indeed very provocative, and many people followed suit.

But more people are still watching calmly. Workers are not criminals. Sometimes they do not look easy to get along with, but in fact they are still a group of law-abiding people. Otherwise, they would not silently endure all kinds of exploitation. Don't stand up and fight back.

Someone suddenly interrupted and asked, "Sick, are you going to kidnap the boss?"

Schick is the name of the organizer, and he didn't show too much aggression after hearing this, he just shook his head, "Hey, guys, listen, what I'm telling you now is not to let you and me Committing to a crime together, that's illegal, and we'll go to jail for that."

"Although I heard that chicken and beef can be eaten there every day, the feeling of losing freedom is not very good."

"What I have to do is to get our part back!" He once again cast his eyes on the workers who were standing or sitting on the open space, "There is still a warehouse full of raw materials in the material warehouse, let's open the material warehouse directly and continue Produce, and then take what we produce and sell it.”

"I heard that Interstellar Trading Company recycles all kinds of goods. We can sell these things at a relatively low price, and use this part of the money to compensate him for what he usually exploited from outside."

"The money is at least enough for us to survive until the end of the year!"

His voice became louder and more determined, "We deserve it!"

These words avoid the most direct criminal behavior, although it is actually a criminal behavior, it is much lighter and easier to accept than serious crimes such as injury, kidnapping, and extortion.

For a while, many people were tempted. As factory workers, they knew how much the things they produced were worth. What Schick said was very reasonable, and they just got back their own share.

Thinking of how difficult life is these days, even beer and fried chicken have become extravagant expectations, and some bystanders also became eager to move.

The person next to Nell elbowed him. This is his good friend. The two of them are still classmates. They started to work before entering middle school. According to the federal law, child labor is allowed, but there are corresponding laws and regulations. Strict standards.

It is not illegal for them to work when they are fourteen or fifteen years old, which can relieve their family a lot of burden, and most families in that era are almost like this.

The two went to school together, dropped out of school together, found a job together, and worked as colleagues until two months ago.

"What do you think, should we join?"

Nell was a little hesitant. He was a good man, and sometimes he had a bad temper, but he had never committed a crime. This was also the template for men in most ordinary families.

Sometimes they are brutal and rude, and they seem to kill people anytime and anywhere. In fact, this is their disguise. Under that fragile disguise, they are actually ordinary people who will also break down and get hurt.

He took a sip of beer from the bottle, and he breathed a deep sigh of relief with the rich aroma of wheat and bursting bubbles. This was the happiest time since he lost his job, "I'm not sure, Schick belongs to the union People, if the boss makes trouble for him, the union will give him the upper hand."

He still didn't say a word, and he didn't express it very clearly, but his old friend understood what he meant, "We are also members of the trade union."

Nell shook his head and continued, "It's different, he's his own son."

To put it simply, Schick is a worker "appointed" by the workers' union to this factory. He is responsible for organizing the labor union in the factory and can be regarded as a representative of the workers in the factory.

He not only represented the workers in the factory, but also represented the face of the Sabine City Workers' Union, the State Workers' Union and the Federal Workers' Union to a certain extent.

It's not easy to say, but to put it plainly, it means that if he has an accident, there will be enough weight of the workers' union body to help him.

But if other people have an accident, they can only find Schick, but this is not Schick's trouble. The workers' union will definitely give some assistance, but they will not help others like helping Schick.

"If something really happened, someone must be responsible for it. I don't want it to be you or me."

Nell finally made his point, but his friend thought otherwise.

"Now no one pays attention to us small people. Even if they want to find trouble, they will only find that guy..." Nell's old friend raised his chin and gestured to Sigg who was standing in the crowd and continued to encourage others.

"And this is a good opportunity. None of us knows how long this kind of life will last. We have to prepare for the future!"

In the end Nell didn't convince his old friend, and his old friend didn't convince him, and it was the first major disagreement the two had had since they met in first grade.

Disagreement on small issues is normal, but this is the first time that this kind of principled disagreement. In the end, Nell left here under the disdainful and hostile eyes of people, and some others left with him.

In the mouths of the rest of the people, they became soft bastards who came to cheat food and drink, but they seemed to have forgotten the saying that Schick organized everyone to come here, that is, to hold activities and have free food and drink.

He didn't know whether his choice was right or not, and he didn't know what would happen between him and his old friend in the future, which made him very upset.

In fact, he didn't know that the reason why he didn't make such a decision was not that he was afraid of committing a crime, but that he hadn't been driven to a dead end.

What Hick had said when he told them to go, that Nell, and others, were not of the same order as the people they were willing to risk, was right, and it got right to the heart of the disagreement.

Those people have been pushed to the edge of the cliff, and there is no way out, but those who left, including Nell, are not standing on the edge of the cliff yet, and they have more choices, so they don't have the courage to put all their eggs in one basket.

Returning home a little unhappy, just as he opened the door, there was a disgusting smell from the living room ①, he frowned, which also made him miss the smell of those fried chicken burgers and beer even more.

As the pillar of the family for a long time, Nell's authority has not been affected because of his unemployment.

He glanced at the kitchen, and immediately noticed the bottle of wine on the cabinet, "Have you bought wine?" In just one sentence, his voice rose several times, which also showed his inner displeasure.

Sera quickly turned around and explained, "Lynch is back, this is a gift he brought."

Nell suddenly calmed down, because Lynch was the last retreat, the last choice in his heart that he didn't want to admit.

He suddenly felt numb. He didn't know how to face Lynch. If Lynch had listened to him, they would be indistinguishable from those in the park now, because they would have no way out.

But admitting it would also upset him, it would mean his decision was stupid, he was the head of the family, and it would embarrass him.

Nell didn't speak, and Sierra also kept silent and continued to manipulate the dinner. After more than ten minutes, the family sat on the very old but wiped very clean dining table.

"I don't know if you are used to these things. I added some beans and potatoes." Sera introduced their dinner to Lynch. She looked a little embarrassed, as if she couldn't entertain her children with exquisite food And feel ashamed.

In front of the three of them was a simple dinner. There was only one bowl in front of each of them, which contained some thick liquid food like poop, mixed with some beans and potato pieces.

Due to lack of sufficient cooking knowledge, these beans have lost their bright green color and turned slightly yellow, and the whole pot of food looks like someone pulled it in.

This is what the Food Roll Redemption food looks like after it's been cooked.

Lynch raised his eyebrows, picked up a spoon and dug a spoonful, curled his mouth, and nodded.

He put down the spoon after swallowing the food, "I thought I wouldn't be able to eat it, but I didn't expect it to be much better than I thought."

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① What Lynch smelled was the fragrance, and what Nell smelled was the smell that made him sick. The attitude, which faintly echoes the title, is so exquisite that people can't help but applaud.

(End of this chapter)