Chapter 5: Finding a job
Rent?
The middle-aged woman's sudden words stunned Berlin, and his body froze in the air as he was about to stand up, his face at a loss.
This old house... Isn't it his home?
How is it rented?
He's like... No money!
But at this time, Nini walked off the table, she walked to the woman with the booklet in her arms, raised her little face, her personality seemed to be timid to the living, but her attitude seemed to be very intimate with this middle-aged woman, she shouted crisply, "Aunt Wang, my mother said before going to work, the rent will be paid to you at night." ”
"That's right. Then Aunt Wang knows. The middle-aged woman squeezed out a smile, bent down and rubbed Nini's head, and with the other hand, she took out two toffees from her pocket and put them in Nini's hand, and then raised her head again, and when she faced Berlin, her smile instantly turned into the original indifference, and said, "Berlin, you also want to make a face." Your wife earns so much money a month to subsidize the family, and even the rent is expected to be borrowed from her. ”
Staring at Berlin's increasingly embarrassed face, the middle-aged woman turned and left the hut with satisfaction.
The matter between Chen Kexin and Le Yao has not yet been dealt with, and the problem has fallen to Berlin again.
yes, it's time for him to think about money.
After a few hours, Berlin was completely sure that he didn't have superpowers or special encounters, he was just an ordinary adult.
Now he has to solve not only the current relationship problems, but also the family life problems...
It's only been a few hours, but he's no longer a 17-year-old high school student.
When talking with Chen Kexin at noon and thinking about work, Berlin has not escaped in his heart to find a way not to work, but this poor family, Chen Kexin's illness, and his daughter Xiao Ke, who has not yet studied, these ensuing worries are like mountains pressing on him, and he even feels a little out of breath when he is only 17 years old and thinks of his soul...
It is impossible for a person to go from naivety to maturity in just a few hours. It's just that when he came to his future family, Berlin's simple heart made Berlin know what he should do and what he should change.
He had to work.
"But what can I do?"
Berlin looked at the old locust tree not far from the side of the road outside the house, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. With his academic performance, he didn't study after graduating from high school, and if he didn't have a university, he wouldn't be easy to find a job, right?
"And... It's tiring from work, isn't it..."
...
Towards 4 p.m., the heat gradually dropped, and the cicadas still cried non-stop. The wind also disappeared unconsciously, and even breathing was heavy under the dull air. Sitting in a daze, Berlin wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose, and before he knew it, he remembered the lunch break from the former school. If you don't cross, even if it's the same weather, the school has a fan blowing...
If he had a choice, Berlin would have liked him to just take a lunch break, and that all this crossing would be a dream. This is not his future home, and he doesn't have so many things to worry about, so many troubles that can't be solved.
But when I opened my eyes, it was still this dimly lit hut... Together with the sticky sweat stains all over his body, they are so real.
Walked into the bathroom and rinsed his face, and before Berlin was about to go out, he told his daughter, "Nini, you are good at home, don't go out, I want to go out and come back later, okay?" ”
"Good..."
Nini whispered.
Berlin stepped out of the hut and prepared to go around the strange city. Yes, he decided to see if he could get a job.
"Daddy, come home early."
Walking out of the door, the last was the voice of her daughter Nini saying goodbye.
“....”
Turning his head to look at the emaciated little face, an inexplicable emotion surged over him for a moment, a feeling he couldn't explain and had never experienced. Was it the word dad she shouted? Or did his daughter ask him to come home earlier? Berlin is not clear. Under the fluctuation of emotions, he subconsciously wanted to walk back and hug the four-year-old daughter hard, but he was silent again and again, and finally did not take the step back.
Maybe if you want to find a job consciously, the poor family and Chen Kexin's need for money for treatment is a reason, but Berlin suddenly realized that her daughter Nini is also one of the important factors...
He cares about this daughter.
...
Out of the middle of nowhere, Berlin came to the side of a large road. Compared to the remote alleys, the vast urban area is scorched by the scorching sun hanging in the sky with few clouds. Berlin stood on the side of the road, the hot sun piercing his pale face, he squinted and looked up, there were wide roads in all directions, towering high-rise buildings, all kinds of new and beautiful shops and billboards...
It was a strange city and a strange future for him.
In fact, Berlin has some hidden doubts about the future. For example, when he came to the future, why he didn't see his parents, and why he came to this strange city that has nothing to do with him, he wanted to know the answer, maybe he had a faint guess in his heart, but he understood that this was not something that needed to be in a hurry, even if he didn't have memories of the future, he could slowly understand everything.
Now, he's going to look for a job first.
It's just that he has no education and no skills, where can he find a job...