[Rebirth] King of Theater

Mrs. Sylvie offered to work, which surprised Al quite a bit.

He was 16 not long ago, that is to say, it has been more than three years since Mr. Sylvie passed away. During this period, even when the family was in the most difficult time, Mrs. Sylvie was passive and seemed to let her go out to show her face. Do something (which in her opinion is very unseemly and should not be done by a woman) and it will kill her immediately.

But now...

Al couldn't help being curious: "Why did you think of looking for a job?"

Mrs. Sylvie said vaguely, "I see that's what other people do."

other people?Who is someone else?Who are the others?Al was confused and didn't understand very well, but seeing his mother's expression that he didn't want to say more, he had no choice but to considerately stop asking, but afterward, he couldn't help but went to find Luke's grandma to inquire about it before he found out what happened The ins and outs.

It turned out that their newly rented house had an excellent location, and through the windows, they could often see pedestrians coming and going on the street.

When I was in the slums, there was either a smelly ditch or a garbage dump outside, or a group of poor children playing and fighting. Mrs. Sylvie was bored and could only do needlework, clean up the house, or surround the children spin around.

But now, when she is doing needlework, she can sit on the sofa in the living room and sew in the sun.When you are tired from doing it, you can still look out into the distance through the window to see the scenery.

As a result, she had a panoramic view of all kinds of pedestrians coming and going on the road.

In the slums, most women live too hard.

It's fine if there are many men in the family, others will always be a bit jealous, but once there are no men in the family, there will be a pack of wolves around, just like a sheep falling into a pack of wolves, everyone wants to come and have a bite and taste it.

To give a simple example, it is also the work of receiving needlework materials, taking them home to do some manual work, and handing in the work after finishing.

If the father is still in the family, there are many brothers, and the husband is not a coward, the materials used for the minute needle thread are of good quality first, and when the finished product is handed over, the person in charge of purchasing will not dare to bully too much. Will give money according to the rules, for fear that after offending someone, a group of people will come to the door afterwards; but if a widow has no relatives and no reason, and her husband is dead, she dare not speak up when she is bullied, let alone bullying , It’s nothing more than a little flaw in the material. After the finished product is handed over, if you pick out some minor flaws at will, you can deduct more than half of the money as a matter of course.

Mrs. Sylvie was not really a fool.

On the contrary, the decadent education that "women must depend on men" that she has received since she was a child will explain all these secret activities clearly, and it is likely to be an extremely exaggerated version.

But this kind of clarification is not to warn women not to be deceived or bullied, but the point is to explain 'how miserable a woman's life is without a man'.

So, she knows all about these things.

And indeed, as those educators would expect, there is great fear and apprehension about such things.

No one told her how to deal with such a situation?

She also lacks the courage and ability to jump out of this dirty environment.

Moreover, she is timid and cowardly by nature, but she has a rich imagination. She feels that once her husband dies, she will be helpless, and she is afraid that she will be oppressed by others in turn.Waiting for a certain day, I finally mustered up the courage I had accumulated, and raised my eyes to take a look outside the house...

How can there be any good scenery in the slums?She couldn't help but see some women whose hair was pulled and beaten on the street, and some prostitutes in scantily dressed (in her opinion, very shameless) soliciting customers. Little by little, he was cornered, and from then on, he only wanted to die clean.

But now, when she sat by the window and watched from a distance, the scenery was completely different.

In the bustling area of ​​the city, those educated professional women walk quickly on the streets, with their heads held high, their expressions confident, and their clothes are also fashionable and bright. Without a hint of inferiority...

Mrs. Sylvie watched for a long time, and the shadows of the past receded little by little, and she couldn't help but feel some yearning...

After Al heard Luke's grandma explain the matter in general, he was so annoyed: "Damn it, why didn't I think of moving earlier?"

But if you think about it, it's not too late now.

Although I don't mind raising my mother for the rest of my life, but now my mother wants to experience the life of making money by herself, so there is definitely nothing stopping her.

However, it is obviously not advisable to let Mrs. Sylvie, who has never been in contact with society, find a job by herself.

Al sincerely hoped that his mother would be independent and strong, but he would not let her be "independent and strong" to run around in such a matter.

It is necessary to ask a friend to arrange a job.

Because Mrs. Sylvie has no other specialties except the skill of "housewife", and she can't speak English very well, so Al found Mr. Smith, the ticket seller he knew first, and invited some After having a meal with others, and entrusting a wave of relationships, he arranged for his mother to enter a theater he was familiar with and became an ordinary theater staff.

She is temporarily responsible for two things. One is to lead the audience to their seats before the performance; the other is to clean and organize the audience after the performance.The former is quite simple, as long as you memorize the seats in the auditorium, you can do it easily; the latter is not difficult, the audiences who can come to the theater to listen to the opera these days are generally of good quality, and they won’t litter difficult things For sundries, I usually pick up beverage bottles, and that's it.

"It sounds simple, but it's not difficult to do."

Mrs. Sylvie happily asked at the dinner table, "Am I considered a working woman?"

Al hurriedly encouraged: "Yes! Mom, you are amazing."

Madame Sylvie, then, was even happier.

The younger brothers and sisters John and Mary seem to understand, and the younger brother Antonio, who has grown up a lot, doesn't understand anything, but has a bright smile.

But the positive and relaxed atmosphere cannot be faked, and the house is full of laughter.

After that, Al asked Mr. Towsmith to take care of him if he was free.

He also specifically said in private: "I don't ask her how much money she makes, even if she pays a little less. As long as she learns to get in touch with people, has her own social life, can change a little bit of backward concepts in the past, and become cheerful and optimistic, I will I am satisfied."

Because I have been asked too many times...

Mr. Smith became a little impatient: "I know, I know! Don't worry so much when you are young, okay? Your mother is almost forty (Al: not yet forty), so old, and Is there anything wrong with it (Al: Maybe she really hasn't)? If you are really worried, you can only take her back to take care of her, otherwise, you have to live like this..."

After listening to Al, he couldn't help being a little silent.

When Mr. Smith saw it, he teased him again: "People who don't know may think that this is not your mother, but your daughter."

That's true.

Al could only smile, and stopped talking. .

Wait until Mrs. Sylvie's work is arranged.

He let himself return to the busyness of the past, the rehearsals of the school theater troupe, the cram school, the study of screenwriting training courses, and all kinds of writing and writing exercises. He kept turning around every day, living a full and happy life.

In this way, it has been about two full months...

Mr. Tom Curtis, who also said [brevity is the first virtue of writing], unexpectedly sent a thick and large envelope.

Al immediately seemed to receive a gift, opened the big envelope with excitement, anticipation and doubt, and found that besides a page of letter paper, there was also a magazine of "Literary Weekly".

He put the magazine aside first, opened the letter paper, and saw that Tom Kirsty's first sentence on the letter paper was very down-to-earth: ["Literary Weekly" is a magazine that is not well-known in the industry, but the manuscript fee is not bad. Quite impressive. ]

Although I knew that this venerable old gentleman was not so unrealistic, but seeing him talking about the manuscript fee so frankly...

Al still couldn't help smiling, and had some guesses in his heart.

really……

Mr. Curtis explained: [Considering that your last article "My New Friend Will" was published in his home, it has attracted the attention of many readers of the magazine and gained a certain popularity.This time, I showed them your new work "Because of the Human Head..." first. ]

Next, his tone was quite self-confident:

[This group of gentlemen did not have a good vision in the past, but this time they are rare to know the goods, and decided to publish it on the spot. ]

After Al read this, he couldn't help but glanced at the "Literary Weekly".

He had listened to Mr. Curtis's suggestion before, and specially revised the dramatic incident between himself and Dolly that was "reconciled by the head". Only after the revision was beyond recognition, he made up a rather absurd one. But I thought it was an interesting little story, so I reposted it, and afterward, I was praised for it.

But since there was no follow-up, I thought it was over.

But I didn't expect to receive feedback again after such a long time.

Al looked at the "Literary Weekly", and couldn't help guessing happily in his heart: "Is there my novel in this magazine?"

But I haven't finished reading the letter, so I have to hold back my urgency and continue reading...

[A copy of "Literary Weekly" is attached to the letter, so you don't have to go out and buy it. ]

Alright!

No need to guess, it is certain!

[Now……]

[You only need to turn to page 13 of the magazine to see the familiar, alluring figure. ]

Mr. Curtis is so considerate that he even marked the number of pages.

Al wanted to laugh.

[But just take a look and don't get too obsessed with past achievements. ]

Al couldn't help but laugh.

So far, the letter has been written.

The last line is: [It is inconvenient to mail the manuscript fee. I will give it to you face to face when you come to class. ]