The second section is the Qinhuai River outside the south of the city.In the most prosperous area of ​​the Qinhuai River in the city, there are no such boats because they are not allowed.

On the edge of the city, that is, in the city, there are also such boats. The north and south sections of the entire Qinhuai River are collectively known as one of the three major slums in Jinling.

Regarding these things, Su Yun had heard others talk about them, but had never seen them with his own eyes.

He drove in the direction Wu Si was pointing at, and soon came to a boat under the leadership of Wu Si.

A small boat was surrounded by some sticks, and ropes were hung on the side of the boat, as if the small boat was fixed here.

The outside of the boat is covered with thatch. This is the boat in the article, which is slightly different from the boat on the Huangpu River.

The boats on the Huangpu River are used to salvage fish and shrimp, and the boats in Jinling are used for living.

Looking at the thatch of this boat, there is very little thatch left, and a part of the hull is exposed.

This kind of residence may not even be as good as the sheds of the construction team outside the city.

"Is this where you live?"

Su Yun looked at the boat in front of him and asked softly, he couldn't connect such a place with a person's residence no matter what.

"Yes, it is!"

Wu Si lowered his head and whispered.

Su Yun's cheeks twitched slightly, and his lips pursed.

Lift your feet and step on the boat, the boat shakes slightly, and you reach out to lift the grass curtain in front of you, the layout is very simple.

There are only two quilts, depending on the situation, it should be a mattress and a bed cover.

Under the cabin, there was a piece of tattered clothes, which Su Yun recognized at a glance. This was the clothes he wore in summer and autumn. It was very thin, and it had already turned white after washing, showing light through.

Next to the clothes was a broken bowl with some water in it.

Stepping off the boat, Su Yun looked down at the swaying river, and bit his lip lightly.

Walking to the shore, squatting down, reaching out to touch the river water.

A biting, icy feeling poured into my heart from between my fingers.

Standing up, gently kneading two fingers, the cold wind blowing from the northwest slapped his cheeks, making him reach out and gather his collar.

"Has it entered the severe winter now?"

Su Yun raised his head slightly and looked at the tattered clothes hanging on the bow of a boat in the distance and asked softly.

"Shopkeeper, it will be Chinese New Year in a few days."

A voice came from behind Su Yun.

"Is it Chinese New Year?"

He muttered to himself, his eyes were a little blurred, and he looked down at the boat in front of him, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Master, I..."

Wu Si looked at Su Yun's appearance, lowered his head and spoke softly, but couldn't continue, he was a little nervous.

"Isn't it cold to live in such a place?"

Su Yun turned around, looked at Wu Si who lowered his head and asked softly.

"It's not bad, it's cheap here, only five oceans a month!"

Wu Si finally plucked up the courage to look up at Su Yun after a while and said with a smile.

The smile on his face was slightly satisfied, as if for him, having a place to live was already pretty good.

"Five oceans?"

As Su Yun said, he couldn't help sighing again, but he thought of a word in his heart - exploitation!

He had heard that these boats were bought by merchants for simple modification, covered with thatch, fixed on the shore and leased to the poor who came to Jinling to work.

Turning around, but I don't know when, white snowflakes floated in the sky again.

Looking up at the sky slightly, the snowflakes are falling faster and faster.

"It's so far away from Xinyue Restaurant, when do you wake up every day?"

After a long time, Su Yun said softly.

It's not close to Xinyue Restaurant. After leaving the city, I still drove for a while.

"It's very close here. We get up at four o'clock in the morning every morning. The few of us drive together. We can reach the gate of the city at about seven o'clock. It happens that the gate of the city opens at that time, and we can have breakfast in the restaurant."

As Wu Si spoke, he scratched his head and smiled honestly.There was satisfaction on his face.

Su Yun looked at the smile on his face, but he didn't smile.He has never experienced this kind of suffering in later generations, let alone the experience of walking in the ice and snow for three or four hours.

"This is not a good place."

Su Yun shook his head slightly and said.

"It's very close to Xinyue Restaurant, and it's also very cheap. Living here is already very good. Some unlucky people even want to live here!"

Wu Si was smiling, and Su Yun's nose was a little sour.

Reach out and pat him on the shoulder: "You work in my restaurant, and it is my responsibility to live in such a place every day."

Su Yun pursed his lips as he spoke, took out a pack of cigarettes from his bosom, took out one and lit it slowly.

He seldom smoked, and only smoked one when he was sad.

"Shopkeeper, it's none of your business, we want to live here. You send us 20 yuan cash every month, we really appreciate you.

A lot of people in the city don't make half as much as we do.Now I rent 13 yuan a month, and I send [-] yuan back to my family. I keep [-] yuan for myself, and usually buy some gadgets. "

Wu Si had a smile on his face, but Su Yun took a deep breath of the cigarette.

His lips pursed again and again, he puffed out a cigarette from his nose, and looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, his heart broke down a bit.

In the snowy winter, living on a boat like this, not to mention the lack of shelter from the wind and rain, and even lighting a fire for warmth has become a luxury. Is this a place for people to live?

Can people live in such a place?If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes!If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe that someone lived in such a small boat without any heating measures in the freezing winter.

After a long time, he turned around and looked at Wu Si and asked, "You said just now how many companions you were with every morning? Do they also live in this kind of place?"

As he spoke, Su Yun looked at the young people behind him.

"The boat where we live is not far away. The few of us went to Xinyue Restaurant to apply for a job together."

Three employees looked at Su Yun and smiled.

Su Yun pursed his lips and looked at them again: "From tonight, you will move to Xinyue Restaurant, you don't have to walk for several hours every day, and you don't have to live in this kind of place.

The backyard of Xinyue Restaurant will be your home from now on. "

"No, no, shopkeeper, you are good enough to us. You pay 20 yuan a month as a salary, and you also get three meals a day, and you have meat every meal. We are satisfied."

Wu Si and the others waved their hands and said with a smile. When they said this, their eyes were very clear and sincere, and they did not tell lies.

"This matter is settled like this. If you dare to refuse again, your salary will be deducted."

Su Yun said softly, his expression was serious, and his mood was a little bit better. Although the backyard was a bit dilapidated, at least there was a place for them to stay, which was much better than the boat in front of him.

"Thank you... thank you shopkeeper!"

Wu Si and the others were stunned. Slowly, their eye sockets became moist, and hot tears rolled down from the corners of their eyes.

They could feel that Su Yun was really arranging accommodation for them for their own good.They had made up their minds in their hearts to repay Su Yun for his hard work.

"Okay, now the staff dormitory is about to be built, and when you live in the staff dormitory, you will have a good life!"

Su Yun said softly, he finally had some smiles on his face, and he was a little thankful in his heart, fortunately, he thought of building a staff dormitory in order to burn money.

The next day, Su Yun continued to visit the homes of other employees, and finally completed the home visits to all employees in the evening.

Su Yun didn't go back to his Xing Daoli house, but sat alone at the front desk of Xinyue Restaurant, lost in thought.

In Xinyue Restaurant and Shengqing Restaurant, there are more than 200 employees in total, and among them, Wu Si and the others, who live in slums, account for the vast majority.

Su Yun gave the employees a high monthly salary, but they were reluctant to spend it themselves. These people were the pillars of the family, and because the family was poor, most of their money was sent home.

And it's not that Wu Si and the others don't want to live in a better place, but that they can't afford it.

Jinling is the capital of the country, the housing price here is actually nothing to Su Yun himself, whether it is renting or housing, but it is also based on the fact that he has money.

He can spend [-] yuan to buy a four-way courtyard house in Xingdaoli, a wealthy area in Jinling City.But for those poor people, this is a sky-high price. Most of them may not be able to earn [-] oceans in their lifetime.

The boat where Wu Si lives is just such a dilapidated place, with nothing but a small boat covered with some broken thatch, and it is such a place that the boss dares to ask for 5 yuan a month.

Wu Si told Su Yun that it was good to live there, but Su Yun didn't believe it at first, he thought this place was not for people to live in.

Now calm down and think about it carefully, Wu Si is right. In fact, this kind of place is very good for them, at least it is cheap.

Because some people want to live in this kind of boat, it is hard to find, and there is no place for five oceans in Jinling City.

Because the residence in Jinling City does not have the price of five oceans per month, the lowest price is the boat.

Even the price in the second largest slum in the city is much higher than this.

The second largest slum in the city is in the southwest of the city, where the shantytowns are located.

Those shantytowns, who built them?

Was it built by poor people?

Do not!

It was built by rich and powerful black-hearted landlords. They circled these places as their own and rented them out to the poor. If you don't pay, they will drive you out.

And in this kind of shantytown, a room can only accommodate a bed and a small table. With such a small space, it dares to charge ten yuan or more for rent every month.

Do these unscrupulous landlords care about the well-being of these people?

Do these unscrupulous landlords care about the lives and deaths of these people?

Do not!

They won't!In the eyes of those unscrupulous landlords, these poor people are not human beings, but machines they use to make money.

This is what Su Yun knew about Jinling City. In the past, he only saw the prosperous side of Jinling City, but the dirty side never entered his eyes.

He should have known long ago that there are places where the sun can't reach, let alone the bustling Jinling City.

……

Another morning, Su Yun drove to the office of Huayin Company.

"It doesn't seem as crazy as before."

Su Yun drove all the way from Xuanwu Road, and found that there were not so many people on Xuanwu Road, but there were still many people queuing up to sign up.

When Su Yun walked into the temporary office of Huayin Company, he saw that Dong Cheng and his more than 50 employees were busy signing up.

"Hi boss!"

When Dong Cheng and the others saw Su Yun, they all smiled and said hello.

Su Yun smiled and nodded in response, seeing Ding Yan, he said to him: "Ding Yan, come to my office!"

Sitting down in the office, looking at the documents on the table, smiling slightly.

At this time Ding Yan also walked in and stood still.

"Boss, do you have anything to order?"

Ding Yan looked at Su Yun and asked.

"What's the current status of registration?"

Flipping through the documents on the table, he asked casually.

"Boss, I'm going to get the documents now, and I'll report the details to you!"

Ding Yan bowed slightly, and said softly, Su Yun nodded upon hearing this, motioning him to do it.

Ding Yan quickly brought up all the documents he had sorted out from downstairs. It was a thick stack. After Su Yun glanced at it casually, he frowned, but he didn't care.

"Boss, there are quite a few people who have already signed up!"

Ding Yan flipped through the documents in his hand and said.

Su Yun nodded when he heard the words, and motioned for Ding Yan to continue. He could guess all of this. When he signed up that day, the entire Xuanwu Street was blocked. Can there be fewer people?

"At present, the number of local applicants in Jinling City is about one hundred thousand."

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