Author/Zhang Yang

Mingzhu carried her luggage and hid in the duty room outside the gate of the sewage plant by the lake in the rain. What surprised Mingzhu was that there was no one on duty in the pavilion of about two square meters.

She stroked the neat and neat student's head with her hands, stood in front of the glass window, helplessly staring at the heavy rain floating in the sky. When she thought of her work and had no place to stay, she couldn't help feeling sad.

"God, what should I do? Bodhisattva, please help me!" She took out the jade pendant from her collar that was on her neck at the moment, put on Guanyin Bodhisattva, and put her palms together, closed her eyes in a low voice and begged.

"Child, this is given by my aunt in the temple. Take it with you, and the Bodhisattva will keep you safe!" This is the peace jade my mother gave her before Mingzhu left. At this time, Mingzhu, who had no relatives and had no way out, could only place hope on the Buddha, but what was replying to her was the deafening thunder and the sound of rain.

Gradually, the annoying heavy rain finally turned from big to small, and entered a state of drizzling drizzle. Call Heizai! Otherwise, what would you do today? Thinking of this, she looked for a public telephone around her eyes. She saw a sign with four large characters "public telephone" at the door of a book pavilion under a century-old banyan tree opposite the road. Mingzhu picked up her luggage on the ground, walked out of the duty booth, walked through the lane with many vehicles coming and going, and walked towards the public telephone booth opposite.

"Hello! How much does it cost to make a long-distance phone call in the province?"

"Get together!" The proprietress who was reading a newspaper in the bookkeeping glanced at her, slowly responded absent-mindedly.

After hearing this, Mingzhu reached out and took out a dollar to the small bag beside her bag. It was so miserable! Only this change left, how could she live? She cried in secret.

"Oh no, my wallet was stolen. Now there is only this dollar left. Auntie, can you please take a cheaper one?" She looked at the boss's wife with a look of gaze.

"No, there are many scammers these days. Who knows if what you said is true or false?" The boss lady glanced at her coldly, and said with a expressionless face.

Forget it, I won’t fight anymore, hurry up and find a job for myself! Thinking of this, she turned around silently and left the book Pavilion and walked towards the ferry.

It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon when Mingzhu arrived at the ferry, and the drizzle was still drizzling in the sky, but Mingzhu's stomach was so hungry that she rang out loud. She came to a snack bar next to the entrance of Lujiang Hotel at the ferry terminal, looking at the white steamed buns, and swallowing her saliva. She looked at the one dollar banknote in her hand from time to time, and then stared at the steamed buns at the door of the store in a daze.

At this time, a Mercedes-Benz stopped outside the hotel and poked a round head out of the car. The man squinted his eyes and looked at Mingzhu for a while, and greeted her, "Hey, Miss, are you looking for a job?" Mingzhu looked at him and didn't respond. The young rich man with a flat head walked out of the car without saying a word, came to her side, and asked in a lustful way:

"I need a secretary. The monthly salary is very high, 5,000 yuan a month. Would you like it?" The man stretched out his chubby palm smugly and shook five dumb fingers in front of Mingzhu.

"Five thousand? But I have no work experience!" Mingzhu opened her eyes wide in surprise and asked curiously.

"You don't need to have experience, you can learn it! Let's do this, I'll pay you five thousand yuan first, and you can follow me!" the man said lustfully.

Without merit, you will not receive any reward! How could a pie fall from the sky? Mingzhu thought about it and shook her head.

"You look like a fresh student, 10,000 yuan a month!"

"I'm sorry! Please invite others!" She finally realized that the man was not recruiting some secretary at all. The more she moved to the side, the more he became obsessed with the man.

"Go away! Or I'll call the police!" Mingzhu looked angry and stared at the almond eyes. She ignored the strange man and leaned towards the security guard outside the hotel door. The man had to leave in disappointment. Mingzhu then returned to the snack bar with confidence, spent two cents to buy a steamed bun, and swallowed it in a few kilos and then killed it.

"Little sister, okay, okay, give me some money to buy snacks!" An old lady in ragged clothes, with a dish-like face, and a disheveled face appeared in front of Mingzhu. She hunched over, holding an aluminum bowl containing several coins in her left hand, and reached in front of Mingzhu with her right hand begging.

"Mother-in-law, my money was stolen, I don't have money to give it to you!" She said with confusion on her face.

"You okay, okay, my little granddaughter is almost hungry!" The mother-in-law pointed at the little girl who was playing on the floor not far away and said to Mingzhu. Mingzhu put all the 80 cents he had just found in her hand into the old man's aluminum bowl without saying a word.

"It's just that, so stingy!" The old man left with a nagging look.

At this time, two young women dressed up in a gorgeous manner came towards us. The fragrant powder was so fragrant that Mingzhu couldn't help but cover her nose with her hands, and she sneezes several times.

"My little sister is very beautiful. Did you just come to Xiamen?" One of them was tall, with long wavy curly hair and a pair of single phoenix eyes. He asked her in a coquettish voice. Mingzhu did not answer. The other was a petite woman with short hair and ears, round skin, and a baby face. She didn't say anything, but just looked at her with pity.

"It seems that you don't have money to eat, and you are only holding a dollar in your hand and swaying around there., The guest just now is a rich child who many people can't even climb. But you gave up easily when you came to your side. It's such a pity!" The long-haired woman sighed a little regretfully. Mingzhu looked at her disgustedly and left the place.

to be continued!
Chapter completed!