Chapter 57: Beggar
Later, Zhou Yu thought of those little beggars on the side of the road. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
is young, but he has to run around for a little bit of food all day long, and he may not be able to get a bite to eat.
The beggars here are really just for a bite to eat. Not the modern ones.
Zhou Yu is the kind of person who is very soft-hearted. What I see, what I think, if any point touches the softness of my heart, I will do my best.
In the past, in modern times, until around the time of graduating from university, I continued to give money to beggars. Only later, I heard a beggar on the phone and said, "Where are you going to eat today?" …… Really, I've eaten shark fin again, and I've eaten enough.
Look at the phone again, it's Apple's.
This made Zhou Yu angry, and he slowly stopped giving money to beggars often in the future. Occasionally, it's for the elderly. Later, no one gave it.
Maybe it was because she didn't go to the street often later, and she met less.
And here, every time Zhou Yu plays around the county, he can see those little beggars. Begging for food together in groups of three or five.
Is it also a small beggar's gang? It may be that it is not easy for a single little beggar to survive, so you should huddle together to keep warm.
Anyway, Zhou Yu plans to pick some young ones to come to her Xinyu Manor to help herself and them.
made up his mind, and Zhou Yu took action.
On this day, after Zhou Yu went to Yuexin Grain Store and took a turn, he came to a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city, where more than a dozen little beggars lived. The leader was a young man of about fourteen or fifteen years old, although his face was dirty, but it was difficult to hide his beauty. Seeing Zhou Yu coming in, his eyes were full of vigilance.
Zhou Yu was stunned. Wary? Yes, just be vigilant. But she hasn't done anything yet. I just heard that there are a bunch of little beggars living here, so I came to have a look.
"Do you want to work?" Zhou Yu asked tentatively.
"Who are you? Why come here? The young man in the lead spoke in a very unkind tone.
"Huh?" Zhou Yu affirmed again, "I'm here to recruit workers, I hope you can go to work with me?" ”
"What do you do? Are you trying to trick us into digging black carbon in a black hole? The young man in the lead was already clenching his fists and glaring.
Zhou Yu's heart turned for a moment, and he vaguely understood something.
Recently, there is a very powerful figure in Xicheng who seems to be secretly arresting people to dig coal, and prisoners and beggars are all looking for it. Because that force doesn't treat these people as human beings, it's just like disposables, and they are thrown away when they die. So a lot of beggars have been missing lately.
Zhou Yu had also heard about this, so she wanted to recruit beggars to work, and she also wanted to help these little beggars.
But why did this boy know about coal digging? If you have been, you are dead. Zhou Yu believes that in that case, no one can escape. And even if you get out by luck, you won't stay here anymore and wait to be caught again!
Of course, the young man in the lead didn't know what Zhou Yu was thinking, he just thought that he had come to arrest someone and send him to death. But I also wonder, why is it a woman this time, and only one person comes! And come during the day!
"I am the owner of Yuexin Grain Store in Dongcheng, and I still have a manor in Autumn Wind Town, and I need workers to work. Do you want to go? ”
"Why did you come to us? Is there no one who wants to work with you? And then he said it sharply.
Zhou Yu was not annoyed: "It's not that no one goes, but the wages they ask for are too high, you ......", Zhou Yu glanced at the other little beggars in the temple, "How much salary do you want a day?" ”
The young man in the lead was thinking about how reliable Zhou Yu's words were, so he didn't speak immediately, and Zhou Yu didn't urge him. At this time, a girl of twelve or thirteen years old next to her spoke. However, not to Zhou Yu, but to the leading teenager.
"Luo Cheng," the girl's voice was low, but it was thin, soft, and very comfortable to listen to, "I have met this person, and she is indeed the owner of the Yuexin Grain Store. The last time she was serving porridge in front of the grain store, I went to get it. ”
The young man named Luo Cheng listened to the girl's words, and the vigilance in his eyes disappeared, and he became confused. I wonder why I want to work for them.
"Am I going to sell myself to you?" Luo Cheng asked.
"No, you can work as a long-term worker. However, it is necessary to try it for three months first, and sign a long-term contract for at least three years. After three years, it's up to you whether you want to stay or leave. ”
Three years later, they all have a certain amount of money, and they are older, so they should have the ability to protect themselves. Zhou Yu didn't just want to see them as workers, but had the heart to help them, so he didn't care if they stayed in the future.
"Ten cents per person a day, everyone here has to go." Luo Cheng began to negotiate conditions with Zhou Yu.
If you can talk about the conditions, you are willing! Zhou Yu didn't take this money to heart, but Luo Cheng was sensitive. So Zhou Yu took a closer look at the other little beggars here.
Really looked at it seriously and counted it. In addition to Luo Cheng, there was also the little girl, and there were nine boys and two girls in it. Thirteen people in total.
It's just that there are two boys who look like they are five or six years old, and if they were real hired workers, no one would want them. Most of the others are over ten years old, and Luo Cheng should be the largest.
"Those two can't do any work, the two of them can only pay eight cents a day." Zhou Yu pointed at the two little boys seriously and said.
In this way, Luo Cheng was less wary and even less.
"Two people a day?" Actually, who wants such a young child to work, "We have to be together." ”
"In this way, each of them has five wen a day, a total of ten wen a day. Do you think it's okay? Zhou Yu originally meant eight wen per person a day, but when he heard Luo Cheng's words, he reacted. It's not okay to give too much.
"Good. We're going to be all in the grain store or all in the manor. Can't be separated. Luo Cheng saw that Zhou Yu didn't say anything about the rest of the matter, so he brought it up again.
"Okay, let's all be in the grain store first." Zhou Yu can understand that they are used to being together, and they will be afraid and uneasy when they are suddenly separated.
Well, after a long time, it will be fine.
Since it was agreed, Zhou Yu wanted them to go to the city with him. However, Luo Cheng put forward another condition: buy each of them a dress first.
"They were caught digging coal before, and if they go into the city now, they will find out. It's better to change your clothes. Luo Cheng explained.
"Yes, I didn't think it through." Zhou Yu was indeed negligent.
It was still early at this time, so Zhou Yu entered the city, found a ready-to-wear store, and bought thirteen ready-to-wear clothes.
It's already summer, the summer clothes are thin, and Zhou Yu is the cheapest coarse cloth clothes he bought. So it didn't cost much. It's just that there are few ready-to-wear stores now, and the price of ready-to-wear is not cheap.
Zhou Yu's didn't spend much, but she didn't have much money in her consciousness, just looking at the owner of the ready-to-wear store, the way he grinned with his happy mouth to his ears, she knew that he had made a lot of money.
In the end, the boss also gave Zhou Yu a coarse cloth wrapper and a muslin handkerchief. Zhou Yu praised the boss and said that he would do business. The boss was a little fluttering.
Zhou Yu came to the broken temple again with his baggage, and waited for them to change their clothes and go back to the city together.
On the way, Luo Cheng solemnly said to Zhou Yu: "These clothes should be regarded as wages in advance, and they will be deducted from the wages in the future." ”
Zhou Yu smiled: "Just be your work clothes." Two sets per season thereafter. I'm going to buy some bedding later. (To be continued.) )