Nell and his companions gather in a small, relatively remote park, each with a bottle of beer in one hand and a chunk of fried chicken burger in the other.

These are the reasons why they are here, free alcohol, free fried chicken burgers.

This seemingly unhealthy way of eating is precisely the most popular with the working class, who love this high-calorie food, and who also need some energy to fill their empty bodies after a long day at work.

This kind of food is even more attractive to them, and when everyone is unemployed, everything is different, and their families have rarely bought food, saving money for emergencies.

The food coupons distributed by the town hall were enough for their daily lives, and although they did not die of hunger, they did miss the taste.

The people standing in the crowd were loudly telling some seemingly profound truths, such as that what they lost must be taken back with both hands, and the factory owners who exploited them on weekdays should return the hard-earned money that was squeezed from them at this time.

It's not that they want to do anything terrible, it's that now the society is on the verge of danger, and the 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 man also gave examples of how in some industrial cities in the north, even when factories were not open, factory owners would pay workers a minimum wage to help them get through the current difficult situation.

But look at their boss, in the first face of difficulties, he kicked them out, completely extinguishing their hopes.

"This is a battle of revenge!", the organizer roared loudly, roaring angrily, his roar was indeed very incendiary, and many people shouted along with it.

However, more people are still calmly watching, workers are not criminals, sometimes they do not seem to be so easy to get along with, but in fact they are still a group of people who abide by the law, otherwise they would not silently endure all kinds of exploitation and do not stand up and resist.

Someone suddenly interjected and asked, "Hick, are you going to kidnap the boss?"

Hick, who was the name of the organizer, didn't show too much aggression when he heard this, just shook his head, "Hey, guys, listen, I'm not telling you to commit a crime with me, it's a violation of the law, and we're going to jail for it." ”

"I've heard that you can eat chicken and beef every day, but it's not a good feeling to lose your freedom. ”

"What I want to do is to get our part back!", he once again looked at the workers standing or sitting in the open space, "There is still a warehouse full of raw materials in the material warehouse, we directly open the material warehouse, continue to produce, and then take away what we produce and sell it." ”

"I've heard that the Interstellar Trading Company recycles all kinds of goods, and we can sell these things at a relatively low price, and use this part of the money to compensate for the ones he usually exploits from the outside. ”

"That's at least enough money for us to last until the end of the year!"

His voice grew louder and firmer, "This is what we deserve!"

These words avoid the most direct criminal acts, although they are still a crime, but they are much lighter and more acceptable 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, and what Sigg said was very reasonable, they just took back their share.

The thought of such embarrassment in recent life that even beer and fried chicken have become extravagant, and some onlookers have become impatient.

The person next to Nell elbowed him, this is his good friend, the two are classmates, they have not been in high school to start working, according to federal law, child labor is allowed, but there are corresponding strict standards.

It was not illegal for them to work at the age of fourteen or fifteen, which would have taken a lot of burden off their families, and that was almost the case in most families at that time.

The two went to school together, dropped out of school together, got a job together, and were co-workers until two months ago.

"What do you think, should we participate?"

Nell was a little hesitant, he was a good man, sometimes he didn't have a good temper, but he never sinned, which is also the template for most men in ordinary families.

They can be brutal and rude at times, and it looks like they will kill people anytime and anywhere, but in fact, this is their disguise, and under that fragile disguise, they are actually an ordinary person, and they will also collapse and get hurt.

He took a sip of beer from his bottle, the rich smell of wheat and the bursting bubbles gave him a deep sigh of relief, it was the most pleasant time since he lost his job, "I'm not sure, Sigg is a union guy, if the boss gets him in trouble, the union will give him a head." ”

He didn't say a word yet, and his expression was not very clear, but his old friends around him understood what he meant, "We are also union members." ”

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

To put it simply, Sigg was "assigned" to the factory by the workers' union, and was responsible for organizing the factory union, and was also the representative of the workers in the factory.

He represented not only the workers in the factory, but also the face of the Sebin City Workers' Union, the State Workers' Union, and the Federal Workers' Union.

It's easy to say that if something happens to him, there will be enough weight of the workers' union ontology to help him.

But if something happens to the others, they can only look for Hick, but this is not Sigg's trouble, and the workers' union will certainly give some assistance, but will not help others as they did to Sigg.

"If something really happens, someone has to take the blame, and I don't want it to be you, or me. ”

Nell finally made his attitude clear, but his friends thought differently.

"No one is going to pay attention to us little people now, and even if they want to get into trouble, they're only going to look for that ......guy," Nell's old friend raised his chin and gestured to Hick, who was standing in the crowd and continued to agitate others.

"And it's a good opportunity, none of us know how long it will last, we have to prepare for the future!"

In the end, Nell failed to convince his old friend, and neither did his old friend, and it was the first major disagreement between the two since they met in the first grade.

Disagreements on minor issues were normal, but for the first time, such disagreements of principle were the first of their kind, and in the end Nell left the place under the eyes of disdain and hostility, along with a number of others.

They became soft eggs in the mouths of the rest of the people, but they seemed to have forgotten what Higg had said about organizing everyone to come here, which was to hold an event and have free food and drink.

He didn't know if his choice was right or not, and he didn't know what would happen between him and his old friend, which made him very irritable inside.

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

The words that Hick said when they let them go were right, Nell, and some others, who were not all the way to the risk they were willing to take the risk, hit the heart of the disagreement.

Those people have been pushed to the edge of the cliff and there is no way back, but these people who have left, including Nell, they are not standing on the edge of the cliff, they have more options, so they don't have the courage to take a desperate gamble.

Somewhat unhappy, he returned home, and as soon as he opened the door, a disgusting smell came from the living room (1), and he frowned, which made him miss the fried chicken burgers and beer even more.

As the breadwinner of the family for a long time, Nell's authority was not affected by his unemployment.

He glanced at the kitchen and immediately noticed the bottle of wine on the cupboard, "You bought wine?", just one sentence, but his voice increased significantly several times, which also showed his inner unhappiness.

Serra hurriedly turned around and explained, "Lynch is back, this is a gift he brought." ”

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

He was suddenly a little numb, he didn't know how to face Lynch, if Lynch had listened to him, now they were no different from those in the park, because they had no way out.

But admitting it also upsets him, it means that his decision is stupid, he is the head of the family, which makes him very shameful.

Nell didn't speak, and Serra remained silent and continued to manipulate dinner, and after more than ten minutes, the family sat down at the very old but very clean table.

"I don't know if you're used to these things, but I added some beans and potatoes. Serra introduced Lynch to their dinner, looking embarrassed, as if she was ashamed of not being able to bring out fine food to serve her children.

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

Due to lack of sufficient cooking knowledge, the beans have lost their bright green color, turning slightly yellow, and the whole pot looks like someone has pulled it inside.

This is what the food coupons look like after they have been cooked.

Lynch raised an eyebrow, picked up the spoon and scooped it out, pursed his lips for a moment, and nodded.

He swallowed all the food and put down the spoon, "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), Lynch smelled the fragrance, Nell smelled the smell that made him disgusting, the author used the subtleties in an unimaginable way, simple and not simple to elaborate on some problems and positions between father and son, and faintly echoed the title, exquisite, people can't help but applaud.