To sign or not to sign, there are only two choices, and they seem to be quite easy to choose.
The room fell silent for a while.
Only someone spoke up first, "Brother Qi, is that girl really willing to hire us to work? Isn't she lying to us?"
Huang Qi replied to him with Song Qiu's words, "What do we have that is worthy of her deception?"
The bench muttered: "Not necessarily? I've heard people say before that someone specially tricked people into locking them up to do hard labor day and night, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to. Also, those hook-and-rail kiln platforms
, there are also many cases of coaxing women from good families to pick up guests."
"We know people well but don't know their hearts. With our reputation, how could someone come to our door and want to hire us to work? We also have to sign a work contract. Once the contract is signed, we won't be able to escape even if we are deceived."
This does make sense.
Among them, if these girls fall into the Goulan kiln, their lives will be ruined.
Someone said: "Isn't it possible? I don't think that girl is a bad person."
Such a good opportunity is in front of them. If they lose it, they will regret it for the rest of their lives.
They found so many jobs, but when others heard that they were from Zhendong Salesian Church, they refused to hire them.
Once, Mian Mian went to a restaurant to apply for a job as a dishwasher. He deliberately concealed his identity. However, he only worked for a few days before a customer pointed it out. The restaurant owner immediately refused to use Mian Mian at all, leaving Mian Mian to cry.
Even if I ask for help, I will drive her away without asking, and I will not give her any money even if I work for several days in vain.
The people in this town are on guard against them, and no one will hire them.
Life is getting worse and worse, and they haven't thought about leaving here and going somewhere else, farther away. Maybe no one knows them and is willing to hire them because they don't know their unlucky reputation?
But after leaving Yangping Town, the world is huge. With so many of them and a dozen young children, can they really survive?
It’s not easy to get out. What if other places are anti-foreign and refuse to use non-local people?
Here in Yangping Town, at least they still have a place to stay, a home, and they won't live on the streets.
So this is also the reason why they have a hard time and have no intention of leaving here.
Ultimately, I can't make up my mind.
But now, there is an opportunity before them, and they must make up their minds.
Liuzi, who had been listening in the main room just now, now thought everything through. Seeing that the others were hesitant and didn't know what to choose, he remained silent and stood up.
"Let me tell you my thoughts first. We have no money, no food, nothing. We can only eat one meal and go hungry for two days. There is no end to our days. I really need to have a choice. I don't want to be a thief and steal people's wallets.
Bench, you don’t want to beg on the street and be chased around, right? We have plenty of strength, and we are not afraid of hardship. We can earn money to support ourselves by our own strength in an upright manner. Who wants to do this shady and low-level activity and make others uncomfortable?
"
He gritted his teeth and looked at everyone, "Let's take a gamble! If we win the bet, we will have a living! We can live on our own in an upright manner!"
"I don't believe that God is so cruel and can make us suffer even worse!"
After he said that, Mu Mu, who had been thinking about it for a long time, also answered, "I want the cat to live and really be able to earn money to buy her medicine, food and clothing. I am willing to sign a ten-year work contract!"
With someone taking the lead, it seems less difficult for others to make decisions.
All the people talking at the moment were echoing voices.
"Brother Liuzi is right, let's take a gamble!!"
“I don’t want to be a beggar anymore, and I don’t want my children to be beggars with me in the future!”
"That's right! It's already happened, what are we afraid of? Let's sign! Don't be afraid!"
"..."
"That's right! Let's take a gamble! If we win the bet, we will behave openly. If we lose the bet... the worst thing we can do if we lose the bet is to meet the King of Hell as soon as possible. After eighteen years, we will be a good man again! We can't say that in the next life, God will take pity on him and give him
My parents love me and give me a stable home!"
During the shouting, emotions became more intense. Some people started crying and raised their heads, and they couldn't control it.
A dozen girls cried till they could not make a sound, and the boys all had red eyes, shed tears, and quickly wiped them away stubbornly with their sleeves.
They cry about their ups and downs, cry about their difficulties, and cry about their difficulties.
Life is already so difficult, does God really have the heart to deceive them anymore?
Probably not.
They bet!
Huang Qi suppressed the sadness in his heart and said loudly: "Okay! Let's sign it!"
This is a good sentence that gives everyone in the compound a wonderful starting point for their new lives.
Many, many years later, when they think of today, their blood is still boiling, and they are still grateful that they made this decision that changed their lives.
That night, except for the younger ones who couldn't bear it, the older ones like Huang Qi didn't sleep all night.
They waited nervously and expectantly for dawn.
The waiting time was long and unbearable. I don’t know how long it took. Finally, a ray of light appeared in the east and dawn broke.
The morning light dispersed, and the first ray of sunshine in the morning hit the eaves of the main house accurately.
Liu Zi, who had very dry eyes, went to the courtyard to get a bucket of water, washed his face with a loud snoring, and took a big sip.
He stood up and shook off the water drops on his face, wiped his hands on his body, and strode towards the entrance of the courtyard.
"I'll open the door and take a look!"
He couldn't wait any longer.
Others waited all night and couldn't wait any longer.
The dilapidated door slowly opened, and Liuzi looked toward the end of the alley.
In the early morning, the alleyway was very lively with women carrying baskets to buy vegetables, men rushing to go to work, children jumping to go to school, and old people hunched over for a walk.
But I didn’t see any of the girls from yesterday.
Liuzi became a little nervous, will that girl come today?
Could it be that everything yesterday was just a sweet dream for them?
"Are you here? Are you here?" the little girl Mian Mian trotted over.
Without waiting for Liu Zi to answer, he looked down the alleyway and saw no one. He sighed, "It's already broad daylight. Brother Liu Zi, did that girl say she would come this morning? Did she mean in the morning?"
There is still a difference between morning and morning.
Liuzi shook his head, "That girl was talking about morning."
"It will come." He comforted Mian Qian and also comforted himself.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a carriage slowly coming in from the entrance of the alley, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
This carriage should be, right?
I watched the carriage coming all the way, getting closer, getting closer, and it was reaching the Salesian Church, and it never stopped.
Liu Zi became happy and quickly turned around and ran into the courtyard, "Brother Qi, the girl is here!"
The carriage stopped at the door of the Salesian Church. Song Qiu opened the curtain and saw the open door, and immediately smiled.
When she got off the car, she saw a group of people led by Huang Qi coming out to greet them, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
That’s it!
The paper and pens I went to buy just now were not in vain.