"The labor market, also called the labor market, is a place similar to the vegetable market."
As if he was afraid that Gu Mian wouldn't understand, the fat man explained: "But what's different from the wet market is that the food market sells vegetables, while the labor market sells people."
"Don't get me wrong, this is not illegal human trafficking, it's about power."
"There is no discipline in this place. To put it simply, a large group of people gather there, waiting for people who need labor to pick people. If there are buyers who need people to work, they will drive to the labor market. Most of them are broken-down workers.
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"The people who go there to look for jobs are all very dirty and tiring jobs. Some of them are very dangerous and unstable. They basically only work for a day, but the pay is high."
“The labor market is overcrowded and people waiting to be picked gather there in groups. When they see a car approaching, they buzz around it. Some even squeeze in without asking what they are doing.
I’m afraid that my life will be taken away.”
Not caring that the fat man used another idiom wrong, Gu Mian continued to listen.
"Because in the labor market, once the time has passed, there are very few people looking for people to work, so people waiting for work there will squeeze in when they see a car. There are often people who are buying people for the first time.
The family was frightened”
"The advantage of finding a job in the labor market is that you get paid on a daily basis and you get a lot of money."
"The disadvantage is that you can't work for a long time, because the work there is too damn tiring. You work from morning to night, except for eating. First, because there are people watching you work. If you want to stop and take a rest,
He would inevitably curse when he took a break. Secondly, the work was so tiring and he had to hold his breath. If he took a break in the middle, he would become paralyzed and would be so tired that he no longer wanted to move."
"If I look for work there for a long time, I estimate that I will be exhausted in a few months."
The fat man coughed when he said this: "Don't ask me why I know so clearly."
Because you worked there - Gu Mian figured it out without even guessing.
The phone in his hand was still making sounds.
However, the conversation didn't seem to be between Zhao Guanhai and Brother Li. The person talking to Zhao Guanhai was changed. It didn't sound like they were talking on a mobile phone.
The first person to speak was a somewhat rough voice, which sounded young: "Brother Zhao, I've seen you come here for several days, can you bear it?"
Zhao Guanhai's voice came next: "You can bear it, you can bear it. I'm not even forty yet, so I'm still young."
"Come on, you are so skinny and weak, I will believe you even if you say you are fifty; but Brother Zhao, I really didn't expect you to come out and endure such hardship. You know, I saw you sitting in the supermarket when I was in high school.
I was drunk and drunk at the door. At that time, I thought that I would have to stay away from you when I met you in the future. I didn't expect that we would become colleagues now. Although we have only been colleagues a few times, it was fate."
"Oh, that was all in the past, so don't mention it."
"Haha, by the way, Brother Zhao, I still remember your son, the young boy who tried to pull you in front of the supermarket. What grade is he in now?"
"I'm in junior high school, I'm in my third year of junior high school, and then I'm going to take the high school entrance examination. I have to make more money to save up for tuition and living expenses."
"Then does your son know that you come out to do this kind of work?"
Zhao Guanhai was silent for a while, and then said dullly: "Of course I don't know, that boy has never looked down on me. If he knew that his father could only find hard work in the labor market, he would laugh his head off... I will let him know that his father can only find hard work in the labor market."
He lives on campus just because he is afraid that he will know about it."
"I heard that the relationship between you two seems to be quite tense." The young voice hesitated.
"There is nothing to hide. The relationship between my son and I is indeed not good. It's my fault. I blame me for not taking good care of him when he was young. I only know how to drink. After drinking, I stretch my legs and don't care about anything else. My son
When I was a kid... it was really hard."
"But Brother Zhao, you have changed your mind now. Look, you are working so hard to make money, isn't it all for him? You can go back and explain it to your boy. I think he will understand."
Zhao Guanhai seemed to hesitate for a while.
"Wait a minute, I know there are a lot of people in school who look down on my son. The last fight was because of this... When I save enough money and no longer have to look for work here, I will tell him; you also know that we
Everyone who works here is afraid of being seen or meeting acquaintances. If my son finds out... I'm afraid he won't be able to hold his head up even more in school."
"Well, it's not easy for you. By the way, Brother Zhao, a foreman came to me and told me that there was work to do tomorrow and asked me to find a few people to go. I think it's quite easy, and the day's wages are not low. Will you go?
"
"What work?"
"It seems that there is a road construction somewhere, and they are looking for cement mixers. If a truck comes to help unload the cement bags, it will cost three hundred a day. This is a very easy job. There are not many trucks coming in a day, and you still have time to rest. It is better than your usual
It’s much easier to unload cargo and resist iron pillars.”
"This job is really good." Zhao Guanhai's voice came: "I have really been unable to eat these days. It's a little easier to do this. I can rest and have more money. Thank you."
"Why are you so polite? When your son becomes successful in the future, you can just treat me to a nice meal."
Zhao Guanhai laughed and said in a relaxed tone: "By the way, where will you live tomorrow?"
"I haven't read it yet, let's take a look first..."
"The intersection of Songjiang Road and Anchang Road..."
"...Hengming Middle School"
The young voice spoke intermittently and seemed to be very hesitant.
Then both sides fell into an eerie silence.
But Zhao Guanhai's voice immediately came out: "Hengming Middle School, my son goes to school there, so I'd better not go, I won't go if I don't go..."
"Think about it again. You have been tired for so many days and can no longer do heavy work. I know you are not willing to rest. It is not easy to find a lighter job here with high wages. You can also rest while doing this.
Don’t stop going as soon as you hear about this place.”
Zhao Guanhai refused simply: "No, my son goes to school there, what if he meets him?"
"You may not be able to touch it. If you cover it more tightly, your son won't be able to recognize it."
Zhao Guanhai was silent for a while: "Actually, I am not only afraid of being seen by my son, there are teachers and students in their school who recognize me..."
"Anyway, I've humiliated a lot of people before, and I'm used to being embarrassed. It's nothing if they see me... I'm just afraid that they will laugh at my son again after seeing it. I can afford to humiliate this person, but I'm afraid that my boy can't lift him up."
For starters, let’s forget it, forget it…”
"Well, what are you going to do? Go to the labor market tomorrow to take on the backbreaking job?"
"I'll take a look tomorrow to see which construction site still has people unloading or carrying goods."