Chapter 44: The Generation Gap
After a busy day, and going out to distribute leaflets that night, young men and women were the target group selected by Su Mu and Eucommia because they were more enthusiastic about charity than middle-aged people.
Facts have proved that even young Chinese, the vast majority of them are still in line with the principle of "nothing to do with themselves, hang high" to beg for life, many people look at the content, they throw away the leaflets, Du Zhong often secretly scolded a few words to pick up.
Today's process of accompanying Su Mu to recover the relief money made this originally willful and naΓ―ve guy see through a lot, Du Zhong, who was born with a golden key, finally found that the world was not as beautiful as he imagined, and he grew up in an instant.
Distributing leaflets is not tired, the energy is mainly spent on explaining, when he returned home, Su Mu's voice was hoarse, his father was distressed, and specially went out to buy pears and rock sugar, and boiled soup for Su Mu to drink.
Recently, Su Mu has often gone out mysteriously, not knowing what to do, in the eyes of Old Man Su, it is considered not a proper job, and now the most important thing should be to prepare for the interview, compared with the study of her grandson, Old Lady Lin's relief money should also stand aside first, which is the only thing that the old man cares about recently.
Su Mu didn't tell them the news that he had won the lottery and invested in the supermarket, and the contract he signed with Boss Han was hidden by him.
Originally, Boss Han insisted on letting Su Mu tell his family, but later thought that in case his parents did not agree, his plan could not continue to go smoothly, and it would be very troublesome to find other partners, not to mention, and who would have the right to speak in the later stage was also a big problem, so he didn't say more, no matter when Su Mu told his family, out of respect for this little partner, he did not plan to disclose the news of cooperation.
Thinking that after Su Mu stopped working, the old man Su, who was busy playing around all day long, was both unhappy and distressed when he saw his grandson's tired appearance, and babbled and said: "Didn't you help her get the future relief money, and what do you continue to mix indiscriminately?"
What if something goes wrong when a group of people are instigated to march? When there is a mess, you just wait for bad luck!
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the alley after work, I heard your Uncle Song talk about the flyer, almost, Mrs. Lin has already thanked you, and she will be satisfied if you can get more than 400 per month in the future. β
Su Mu had his own thoughts, and after adding ice cubes to the bowl, he drank it, it was still a little hot, and when he continued to add ice, he shook his head and told his grandfather in a hoarse voice: "That's not what the truth says, why ...... Ahem, the money for the first twenty years or so was gone, and I need an explanation.
So far, it's not her alone, and many old people haven't received benefits, so if this happens to you, what should you do? And I've been laughed at by the people from the Social Security Administration, and I've been threatened, and I'm not happy if I don't take revenge, and I don't even want to go to the interview, so don't persuade me again. β
The last sentence was of course a threat, so angry that the old man Su almost jumped up, carefully considered his grandson's words, and said stiffly: "How can I not have a relief fund, when I am sixty-five years old."
However, some people really didn't get it, because they couldn't find their tax records and social security numbers, they didn't handle it when they were registered, and now they can't buy pension insurance. β
Su Mu wanted to refute something, but his throat was uncomfortable today, not to mention that he understood that the character of each generation has distinct characteristics of the times, and he couldn't let his grandfather understand his thoughts at all, so he dropped the sentence "try", and returned to his room with the bowl in his hand, without the intention of continuing to chat.
Words such as "they are", "everyone is the same", "not just me" and so on, seem to be the best medicine for the Chinese, even if the days are hard and tired, seeing that everyone is similar to themselves, they are psychologically balanced, and they rarely feel that they want to fight for something, even when they are fighting for their own interests, there are many people hiding at home and fishing in troubled waters, trying to wait to pick the fruits of victory.
If united, Su Mu feels that the situation in Chinatown will definitely be much better than now, and many benefits have not really been implemented, such as Su Mu's sister-in-law, who didn't fight for herself after being expelled last year, she worked very hard, and was fired because she needed to take leave because she was pregnant, which obviously violated the provisions of the law to protect women's rights and interests, but her sister-in-law took it for granted.
According to a 1980 survey by the Equal Employment Commission of the United States, the proportion of Chinese people who are discriminated against in the workplace is 42 percent, which is higher than that of 30 percent of blacks, but almost no one solves the problem through litigation.
Su Mu didn't know if other people were willing to do this, at least he didn't want to be such a "minority", and he was doing his best to help Grandma Lin and other elderly people who were lonely and widowed......
And just like that, the night passed.
The next day, I slept until more than eight o'clock before I got up, and the time agreed on the leaflet was three o'clock this afternoon, and we set off to the door of the Social Security Administration together, Su Mu wanted to grit his teeth and pay the money, and chartered a car to send people to the city hall in the city center, and the winning money had not yet paid taxes, and the tax time was before April 15 every year, and he was not in a hurry to pay it for the time being, and there were more than 20,000 US dollars in his account.
But considering that the distance was too far and too troublesome, he finally decided to go to the Social Security Administration, marching all the way to the gate of the Administration.
Su Mu asked Boss Han's opinion, and the other party told him that if he didn't want to do business, then he could hide and pretend not to know, but if he wanted to get better development in the future, it was best not to get along with the IRS (Federal Tax Service).
They are recognized as "the most terrible organization in the United States", and even a certain company can be found out for tax evasion of tens of cents, and punished, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars in taxes, it is easy to find out the source of this income, if nothing happens, it will be quite troublesome, and finally decided to pay this part of the income tax before April next year.
After eating a bowl of porridge in the morning, when my mother sent Su Mu out, she smiled and asked him to cheer up, although she didn't read much, she was definitely a very good woman.
Hurried to Du Zhong's house, found that there were many fewer leaflets, and asked in surprise, "What about the rest?"
Du Zhong shrugged his shoulders and said, "I hired a newspaper delivery courier and asked him to clip the brochure into today's newspaper, I did my best, you must support me for the next week, or I will starve to death." β
Su Mu smiled: "This is a good idea, there are so many left, we must send them all out today, there are so many people in Chinatown, there should always be someone to support us......