Chapter 9 Finding a job
It rained heavily at night, Wu Xiaoding's illness was committed again, coughing and wheezing, his face was like ashes, and Wu Xiaohua was scared half to death.
Seeing this, Yu Gu Fei went upstairs to get a glass vial, pulled out the wooden stopper, poured out two white pills, and fed Wu Xiaoding to take it, and soon, Wu Xiaoding quieted down.
Yu Gufei put the medicine at the head of Wu Xiaoding's bed and said to Wu Xiaohua: "This is a respiratory disease, and he should have contracted it when he was a child." This disease is difficult to cure, my medicine can only have a relieving effect, it is best to go to the hospital for infusion, in order to completely treat it. β
Wu Xiaohua looked embarrassed and asked, "Go to the hospital...... That...... How much does it cost to see this disease? β
Yu Gufei replied: "At present, I am not very clear about the charging standards of Shanghai hospitals. Whatever the sky is, you lead him over and ask him. β
"Oh...... Thank you, Young Master Yu, you are so nice! β
Wu Xiaohua suddenly regretted a little, if she had responded to Wen Lang in the morning, she might not have come to this point.
At the moment, she can only bite the bullet and go out like a man to raise medical expenses for Wu Xiaoding.
The first job Wu Xiaohua got was to dress up as a man and pull a rickshaw. The first guest was a woman of 200 pounds. Wu Xiaohua's physical strength is limited, and she is not as fast as the ox cart next to her. Halfway through, the woman threw the money away in a huff.
Wu Xiaohua picked up the copper coins and was very happy.
The second guest was an anxious businessman who kept urging Wu Xiaohua: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! β
Wu Xiaohua exerted all her strength, rushed to the destination, sat on the ground sweating, the man rushed into the teahouse, Wu Xiaohua failed to stop him in time to pay the fare, so he had to sit at the door and wait for him to come out.
After a while, the man came out, Wu Xiaohua asked him for the fare, but he said fiercely: "You run so slowly, I am late, and the guests have already left!" I haven't even seen each other! And the face tube I want the fare! I don't care about you! β
Wu Xiaohua grabbed him and shouted, "If you get in the car, you have to give money!" β
The man made up his mind to repay the debt, became angry, kicked Wu Xiaohua in the stomach, and kicked Wu Xiaohua far away.
"Little Red Guy! Shoot you! Bah! β
Wu Xiaohua fell to the ground, clutching her stomach, tears rolling in her eyes. She will never forget the ugly face of that man that day.
Wu Xiaohua dragged her tired body back to the rickshaw team, and after listening to her experience, the leading uncle kindly persuaded her: "Little girl, don't be reckless!" Let's find something that the girl's house can do! β
Wu Xiaohua reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "It's okay uncle, I can do it." β
After dark, guarding the gate of the "Spring River Flower Moon Night", Wu Xiaohua watched the leading uncle and several other convoys grab business and almost fight several times, and suddenly felt scared in her heart. Look at those flowery and fragrant dancers, you can earn a lot of money with a smile, and you can't help but secretly retreat in your heart.
When he returned home, Wu Xiaoding was already asleep, with a pair of brand-new leather shoes and a book by his side.
"Sister...... You're back, Sister ......" Wu Xiaoding slept very lightly, and when he saw Wu Xiaohua, he hurriedly sat up and showed his shoes and books to Wu Xiaohua, "Sister, look, these are all given to me by Mr. Yu Xiaohua." He taught me how to read and said he was going to let me go to school! β
"Going to school also costs money...... Wu Xiaohua sighed, touched Wu Xiaoding's head weakly, and said, "Mr. Yu Xiaoren is really good...... Xiaoding, if you have a future in the future, you must thank others. β
Wu Xiaohua got up and went out, her stomach hurt more than during the day, she had to hold her stomach and bend over with difficulty.
In the second half of the night, Wu Xiaohua began to have stomach pain, and she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning.
Bai Fan didn't know how to help her, so he had to run into Yu Gu Fei's room, grabbed his shoulder, shook him awake, and said anxiously: "Xiaohua, her stomach hurts, you save her quickly!" β
Yu Gu Fei hurriedly got up and got dressed, and sent Wu Xiaohua to the hospital overnight.
The results of the examination came back, acute cholecystitis.
Yu Gu Fei asked, and Wu Xiaohua told about her experience during the day.
Yu Gu Fei sighed and said, "Why don't you ask me?" What good job can you find as a girl? In this way, you can recuperate in peace first, and I will go to my friends' places for the next two days to walk around and see what kind of work is suitable for you. β
Wu Xiaohua said with red eyes: "I just want to earn money as soon as possible and treat Xiaoding as soon as possible...... Young Master Yu, I'm really, I'm causing you trouble again. β
"It doesn't matter ......"
Bai Fan stood aside, she didn't quite understand the meaning of the word "work", but she understood that work could bring money and treat Xiao Ding.
Early the next morning, Bai Fan put on the cloth shoes given to her by Yu Gu Fei, walked down the street, and began to look for a "job".
There were people coming and going on the street, and Bai Fan was dazzled. She walked and walked until she smelled a large pool of water. She recognized a lot of words, and in a place where the word "dock" was written, she saw an ocean and saw many people in long lines carrying things. On the pillar on the side, there are two big words "recruitment".
Bai Fan pointed to the two big characters and said to the overseer wearing sunglasses under the big characters: "I want to work." β
Hearing the sound, the overseer opened his sleepy eyes under his sunglasses, took off his sunglasses, looked at Bai Fan's appearance, and almost dropped his jaw. He threw his sunglasses casually to his subordinates behind him, approached Bai Fan with a smile, and said, "Little sister, are you in the wrong place?" It's so good-looking, go to the Spring River to spend a moonlit night! Lie down there more than you've been here for a year! Besides, you can't carry such a big bag! β
"If you can carry it, you can get a job?"
Bai Fan pulled up his sleeves, grabbed a big bag with one hand, and put it directly on his back, a hundred times easier than those strong men.
Those who saw it smashed their tongues, and the overseer had nothing to say.
Bai Fan saw that someone was carrying two bags at a time, so he simply carried four or five bags at a time, and ran many times in a row, but he didn't see any breathlessness, and everyone dropped their jaws in shock.
After the end, others got a lot of money at most, and only Bai Fan got two dollars.
Bai Fan asked, "Why did I get two pieces of money?" And others only have a penny? β
The overseer laughed and said, "The more you carry, the more you will naturally earn!" You little girl, is your brain crumbling? β
"Unknown wealth is not advisable, I just ask why. Thank you big brother! β
Bai Fan put the money in his pocket, put his right hand on his chest, bowed his head and thanked him, and his polite behavior caused some people to roll their eyes in disgust, or sigh and shake their heads. Those with white eyes thought she was acting contrived, and those who shook their heads thought she was too naΓ―ve.
Back home, at the dining table, Bai Fan handed the money to Wu Xiaohua, Wu Xiaohua was surprised and asked, "Where did you get it?" She thought the money was stolen by Bai Fan.
Bai Fan replied, "Work." β
Yu Gufei put down his chopsticks and asked with a smile, "Have you found a job?" Where to work? How do you get paid so much? β
Bai Fan replied with a smile: "Today I am carrying bags at the dock, and I can carry four or five bags at a time, so I can get more money than others." β
Yu Gu Fei immediately suppressed her smile, although she had a lot of strength, it was not a job that a little girl could do.
Early the next morning, Bai Fan got up and drank two large bowls of gruel, and hurried to the dock to work.
Seeing Bai Fan walking around, the overseer was itching, he secretly gave Bai Fan two pieces of money, and said to Bai Fan: "Seeing that you work so hard, I will calculate your salary in advance today!" However, you have to work a little harder, you have to move the ones out of the warehouse, put them at the door of the warehouse, and wait for the car to pull them. β
"No problem! Thanks a lot! β
Bai Fan accepted his salary and did not forget to salute.
The overseer led Bai Fan to the warehouse, and Bai Fan walked to the pile of goods, rolled up his sleeves, and began to move the goods.
The overseer quietly closed the door bar, put down the whip in his hand, took a large thick wooden stick from behind the door, walked behind Bai Fan, and knocked it his back while he was carrying the bag......
Bai Fan went out too early, and it was almost noon when Yu Gu Fei woke up. He knew that Bai Fan was going to work at the dock again, so he couldn't rest assured, so he had to run it himself. As soon as he inquired, it was said that Bai Fan was called by the supervisor to move goods to the warehouse, and he knew that something was wrong.
"Bastard! Where's the warehouse?! β
"Over there!"
Yu Gu Fei rushed to the warehouse, and before he arrived, the iron door of the warehouse was kicked open, and he saw Bai Fan walking out of the warehouse with a bloody whip in his hand, and the foreman was covered in blood and whip marks, lying on the ground, dying. What he probably didn't expect was why such a heavy blow failed to knock Bai Fan unconscious. What he didn't expect was that the whip that was whipped on the worker every day would one day hit himself.
"Good!"
"Well played!"
When the workers saw this, they applauded. The overseer's men hid to the sidelines, too frightened to squeak.
Yu Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that his worries were superfluous.
Yu Gu Fei took Bai Fan to eat a lot on the street, she was simply the girl with the most food he had ever seen. The strange thing is that she only eats half of everything, and when she has half of everything, she will say, "I'm going to take it back and give it to Xiaohua and Xiaoding." β
Yu Gu Fei secretly sighed that Bai Fan was affectionate, and on a whim, he took Bai Fan to buy a popular dress cheongsam and a pair of embroidered high heels, as well as a pearlescent handbag, and even bought a bra and shorts for close wear. He said that foreign women like to wear this. He also said that people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and they must do enough to save face, so that they can find a decent job.
Bai Fan took out the two pieces of money in his pocket and handed them to Yu Gu Fei, Yu Gu Fei shook his head and smiled: "Okay, I'll give it to you!" I can still afford to spend this money. What about these two dollars, you should take them back to your sister! β
Bai Fan smiled and nodded, put the money in his handbag, and fastened the button, as if he was afraid that it would fall out.
When she returned home and saw Bai Fan's outfit, Wu Xiaohua was first surprised, and then inexplicably lost. She thought: It seems that Yu Gu Fei likes Bai Fan very much, otherwise how could he be so good to her?
At the dinner table, Yu Gu Fei said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will take Bai Fan to work in a cheongsam shop in a department store, in a place like a department store, you can't dress too shabby...... Bai Fan, when the time comes, you will receive your salary, but you want to invite us to a big meal! β
"Good! I'll do my job! β
Bai Fan agreed, raised a glass and toasted with Yu Gu Fei.
Yu Gu Fei smiled happily, and Wu Xiaohua and Wu Xiaoding were also very happy. After a while, Wu Xiaohua suddenly lowered her head and pulled the rice with chopsticks, as if she had no appetite.
"Xiaohua, are you feeling better? When you get better, I'll help you find a job. Yu Gu Fei sensed Wu Xiaohua's abnormality and said Wu Xiaohua's thoughts.
"I'm all right!" Wu Xiaohua immediately cheered up and said seriously: "I can go to work now, I can do any job...... As long as...... As long as you can make money......"
Yu Gu Fei introduced Wu Xiaohua to work in a friend's hotel, Wu Xiaohua's work is not difficult, as long as she stands at the door to welcome guests and pay the bill, and the rest of the time she can help everywhere.
After trying it for a day, Wu Xiaohua was very satisfied and enjoyed the feeling of being noticed and welcoming guests happily. It's just that except for meal time, she was busy from morning to midnight, and she felt that her legs were no longer her own.
Bai Fan's work in a department store is relatively simple. When the proprietress of the cheongsam shop saw Bai Fan, she was immediately shocked, and immediately took out the new sample in the store and put it on Bai Fan, this sample was simply tailor-made for her. As long as Bai Fan stands at the door, there will be a steady stream of customers patronizing, and Bai Fan has become a living sign in the store.
Finally settled the two sisters, Yu Gu Fei is bound to be this good person to the end.
It had been several days since he came back, and Yu Gufei felt that it was time to visit his old friend.