Chapter 126
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In the evening, after working all day, Catherine changed her clothes and embarked on the journey home. She refused several suitors' proposal to drive her by bike and insisted on walking home.
The wind at night in summer doesn't have much coolness on your face. Instead, it brings the last trace of anger and heat during the day, which makes people very upset.
Catherine is a strong girl. She is not likely to show some superficial emotions, even if there may be something else in her heart.
She came home before it was completely dark. Since she moved back to her home, she never stayed in the street after it was completely dark.
It's not safe here. Whenever night completely covers the sky, evil will come.
Quarrels, fights and even gunshots at night are common things here, including cries for help and sirens.
As soon as she closed the door, Catherine felt a different atmosphere. The atmosphere in today's house seemed a little heavy.
She changed her shoes, hung her bag of no more than five yuan on the hanger and walked towards the living room.
Her father sat absentmindedly on the shabby sofa snatched from the garbage, while her mother looked sad.
The man didn't seem to hear the sound of opening and closing the door. He kept staring at the TV. It was Catherine's mother. She looked up at Catherine and lowered her head again.
"What's the matter?" asked Catherine, who thought the couple were different today.
The man was still watching TV, as if he didn't hear anything. Catherine's mother showed a sad and bitter expression on her face and her voice trembled slightly, "your father, he... Lost his job."
This is a very normal thing. In fact, people have been psychologically prepared since the second half of last year. Many factories have begun to shut down. Even if the trade union organized workers' demonstrations and asked the factory to resume work, they dare not make too much noise.
They even set the "strike" at the weekend, which has become an international joke, but it also reflects how contradictory and acute the social problems at that time.
Catherine's father's factory announced bankruptcy today, which is also a sign. They have stopped the introduction of raw materials since last month. In fact, they have long had this hunch, but they have been unwilling to face it and do not want to believe that bad luck will fall on themselves.
Catherine was silent. Her salary was not much. It was only 225 yuan a month, just slightly higher than the bottom line required by the minimum hourly wage law.
Before today, her father could get a salary ranging from 300 to 350 yuan a month. Their salary was more than enough to support the family.
But if only Catherine's salary, it's really difficult to support the three members of the family.
At present, all factories basically do not recruit people. Even if the city hall asked all factories to add some jobs, they did not fulfill them.
When there is a lack of profit, every employee is like a MafA on the other side of the scale in front of the God of death. Adding one will make him further away from death.
A factory with 1000 employees has to pay hundreds of thousands of wages every month. If they don't have enough profits, they can go bankrupt as long as they pay wages every month. Therefore, no enterprise will choose to expand enrollment at this time, even if the city hall asks them to do so.
This also means that Catherine's father is difficult to find a suitable and long-term job in the employment center. There may be short-term jobs, and even he can't find any work.
Catherine's mother, not to mention, has no work experience. Even if she goes to school now, she doesn't have this opportunity. In other words, the heavy task of supporting the family will be accumulated on Catherine.
Her monthly salary of 225 yuan will become the only source of income to support the family.
All three fell into silence. Catherine's father had been watching TV. He seemed to be stimulated and blocked himself into a small world.
Catherine's mother looked sad, sighed from time to time, and worried about the future.
Catherine felt tired, which was her only feeling in recent years.
Before, this feeling was, but not so profound. Until this moment, she felt deep fatigue.
She is not a girl without life and social experience. She knows very well that the reason why she and her family are in such a situation lies in their family background, social class and education level.
The latter problem is more obvious. If she could go to college, or go to accounting or other full-time after graduating from high school, she might have a different job now.
The older young man who pursued her is because he studied accounting. Now he not only has a decent job, but also the salary is not low.
But for a child born in an ordinary family, she can only think about how difficult it is to continue to study after graduating from high school.
Dinner in the evening was less than usual. Catherine's father suddenly broke out at the dinner table. He lost his temper, broke the dinner plate, and then left angrily.
In the man's opinion, because he lost his job, the women in the family no longer respect him. He feels neglected.
The mother and daughter just accepted all this calmly and silently, and then cleaned up the mess.
Early the next morning, Catherine's father left home. He was going to look for a job in the street. After a night, he had accepted the fact.
Life will continue. If he really does nothing and lies in the house for a month or two at most, they will sell the house and wander in the street.
It took him more than ten years to have his current life. He doesn't want to lose all this so easily. He still has to stick to it.
Catherine also calmly faced life and chose to work.
But at noon, the young man found her again.
"I heard from my aunt that my uncle lost his job..."
Catherine looked at him and didn't give any answer, which embarrassed the young man and stuttered a little.
"If... I mean if, if I put my uncle... Into our mall... What do you think?" he said with a red glow of excitement on his face.
He has a good relationship with the manager of the shopping mall and will help deal with the manager's personal tax return, which enables the manager to save a sum of money every time he files a tax return, which is also the value of accounting.
In addition to the manager, the management in the supermarket will more or less rely on his career. Personal tax returns also need the help of an accountant, and the help needs to be paid accordingly.
Young people also receive, but they receive very little, which makes him have a good popularity in the management.
Catherine's mother came to him in the morning, explained some things, and asked if Catherine's father could work in the mall, even if the salary was lower.
In fact, for supermarket supermarkets at this stage, their operation is much better than many people think, and even maintain a healthy profit standard against the trend.
But they won't say so. They also have to show the difficult side of business to win sympathy and lower the salary standard, so as to release more profit space.
The young man talked about it with the manager. The manager said that Catherine's father could work in the warehouse. There needed some manual workers, and he could also give a base salary.
So he came to ask Catherine for credit. By the way, he also hoped that through this matter, the contact between the two sides would have a great leap forward development.
Catherine did not nod or refuse, but ended the conversation with the tone of going home and discussing with her family.
But it makes the young man feel that this matter has a chance to achieve his goal. This is the first time in this period that Catherine has not directly rejected his ideas, which is a good phenomenon.
One day's boring work was spent in long suffering or short waiting. Catherine still refused the request of others to send her home and came home alone.
Her father has come back. The man who used to have some self-confidence has become decadent.
Throughout the day, there were only a few dozen job opportunities in the whole city, but there were thousands of people waiting in the employment center!
Catherine's father didn't have a good resume at all. There were too many people who could do too much than him. He didn't even get an interview, which also made him realize that he shouldn't expect to find a job in a short time.
This made him very depressed and even doubted his value.
Catherine's mother was speechless. She had not told her husband or Catherine about her finding a young man.
She was going to talk about it when the young man gave her an answer.
Both of them were a little depressed, but Catherine was going to have an attack.
She hung her bag on the clothes rack and looked like she came home as usual, but her steps were heavier.
She went to drink a glass of water, then moved a chair, sat opposite the sofa, and reached out to turn off the TV.
This action made the couple's eyes focus on her. There was no obvious anger on her face, only calm.
She looked at her mother and asked a very sharp question in the same calm tone, "how much are you going to sell me?"
In a word, the man suddenly raised his head, and Catherine's mother's face also changed, but Catherine didn't give them too much time to respond.
"Roma found me at noon. He gave me a hint that he would give his father a job as long as I was willing to accompany him. How much are you going to sell me?"
Obviously, she was very calm, but she gave the couple a very heavy pressure, especially at this special time, when the family's life depends on Catherine's salary, which makes her voice full of power even if it is not so high!
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In the evening, after working all day, Catherine changed her clothes and embarked on the journey home. She refused several suitors' proposal to drive her by bike and insisted on walking home.
The wind at night in summer doesn't have much coolness on your face. Instead, it brings the last trace of anger and heat during the day, which makes people very upset.
Catherine is a strong girl. She is not likely to show some superficial emotions, even if there may be something else in her heart.
She came home before it was completely dark. Since she moved back to her home, she never stayed in the street after it was completely dark.
It's not safe here. Whenever night completely covers the sky, evil will come.
Quarrels, fights and even gunshots at night are common things here, including cries for help and sirens.
As soon as she closed the door, Catherine felt a different atmosphere. The atmosphere in today's house seemed a little heavy.
She changed her shoes, hung her bag of no more than five yuan on the hanger and walked towards the living room.
Her father sat absentmindedly on the shabby sofa snatched from the garbage, while her mother looked sad.
The man didn't seem to hear the sound of opening and closing the door. He kept staring at the TV. It was Catherine's mother. She looked up at Catherine and lowered her head again.
"What's the matter?" asked Catherine, who thought the couple were different today.
The man was still watching TV, as if he didn't hear anything. Catherine's mother showed a sad and bitter expression on her face and her voice trembled slightly, "your father, he... Lost his job."
This is a very normal thing. In fact, people have been psychologically prepared since the second half of last year. Many factories have begun to shut down. Even if the trade union organized workers' demonstrations and asked the factory to resume work, they dare not make too much noise.
They even set the "strike" at the weekend, which has become an international joke, but it also reflects how contradictory and acute the social problems at that time.
Catherine's father's factory announced bankruptcy today, which is also a sign. They have stopped the introduction of raw materials since last month. In fact, they have long had this hunch, but they have been unwilling to face it and do not want to believe that bad luck will fall on themselves.
Catherine was silent. Her salary was not much. It was only 225 yuan a month, just slightly higher than the bottom line required by the minimum hourly wage law.
Before today, her father could get a salary ranging from 300 to 350 yuan a month. Their salary was more than enough to support the family.
But if only Catherine's salary, it's really difficult to support the three members of the family.
At present, all factories basically do not recruit people. Even if the city hall asked all factories to add some jobs, they did not fulfill them.
When there is a lack of profit, every employee is like a MafA on the other side of the scale in front of the God of death. Adding one will make him further away from death.
A factory with 1000 employees has to pay hundreds of thousands of wages every month. If they don't have enough profits, they can go bankrupt as long as they pay wages every month. Therefore, no enterprise will choose to expand enrollment at this time, even if the city hall asks them to do so.
This also means that Catherine's father is difficult to find a suitable and long-term job in the employment center. There may be short-term jobs, and even he can't find any work.
Catherine's mother, not to mention, has no work experience. Even if she goes to school now, she doesn't have this opportunity. In other words, the heavy task of supporting the family will be accumulated on Catherine.
Her monthly salary of 225 yuan will become the only source of income to support the family.
All three fell into silence. Catherine's father had been watching TV. He seemed to be stimulated and blocked himself into a small world.
Catherine's mother looked sad, sighed from time to time, and worried about the future.
Catherine felt tired, which was her only feeling in recent years.
Before, this feeling was, but not so profound. Until this moment, she felt deep fatigue.
She is not a girl without life and social experience. She knows very well that the reason why she and her family are in such a situation lies in their family background, social class and education level.
The latter problem is more obvious. If she could go to college, or go to accounting or other full-time after graduating from high school, she might have a different job now.
The older young man who pursued her is because he studied accounting. Now he not only has a decent job, but also the salary is not low.
But for a child born in an ordinary family, she can only think about how difficult it is to continue to study after graduating from high school.
Dinner in the evening was less than usual. Catherine's father suddenly broke out at the dinner table. He lost his temper, broke the dinner plate, and then left angrily.
In the man's opinion, because he lost his job, the women in the family no longer respect him. He feels neglected.
The mother and daughter just accepted all this calmly and silently, and then cleaned up the mess.
Early the next morning, Catherine's father left home. He was going to look for a job in the street. After a night, he had accepted the fact.
Life will continue. If he really does nothing and lies in the house for a month or two at most, they will sell the house and wander in the street.
It took him more than ten years to have his current life. He doesn't want to lose all this so easily. He still has to stick to it.
Catherine also calmly faced life and chose to work.
But at noon, the young man found her again.
"I heard from my aunt that my uncle lost his job..."
Catherine looked at him and didn't give any answer, which embarrassed the young man and stuttered a little.
"If... I mean if, if I put my uncle... Into our mall... What do you think?" he said with a red glow of excitement on his face.
He has a good relationship with the manager of the shopping mall and will help deal with the manager's personal tax return, which enables the manager to save a sum of money every time he files a tax return, which is also the value of accounting.
In addition to the manager, the management in the supermarket will more or less rely on his career. Personal tax returns also need the help of an accountant, and the help needs to be paid accordingly.
Young people also receive, but they receive very little, which makes him have a good popularity in the management.
Catherine's mother came to him in the morning, explained some things, and asked if Catherine's father could work in the mall, even if the salary was lower.
In fact, for supermarket supermarkets at this stage, their operation is much better than many people think, and even maintain a healthy profit standard against the trend.
But they won't say so. They also have to show the difficult side of business to win sympathy and lower the salary standard, so as to release more profit space.
The young man talked about it with the manager. The manager said that Catherine's father could work in the warehouse. There needed some manual workers, and he could also give a base salary.
So he came to ask Catherine for credit. By the way, he also hoped that through this matter, the contact between the two sides would have a great leap forward development.
Catherine did not nod or refuse, but ended the conversation with the tone of going home and discussing with her family.
But it makes the young man feel that this matter has a chance to achieve his goal. This is the first time in this period that Catherine has not directly rejected his ideas, which is a good phenomenon.
One day's boring work was spent in long suffering or short waiting. Catherine still refused the request of others to send her home and came home alone.
Her father has come back. The man who used to have some self-confidence has become decadent.
Throughout the day, there were only a few dozen job opportunities in the whole city, but there were thousands of people waiting in the employment center!
Catherine's father didn't have a good resume at all. There were too many people who could do too much than him. He didn't even get an interview, which also made him realize that he shouldn't expect to find a job in a short time.
This made him very depressed and even doubted his value.
Catherine's mother was speechless. She had not told her husband or Catherine about her finding a young man.
She was going to talk about it when the young man gave her an answer.
Both of them were a little depressed, but Catherine was going to have an attack.
She hung her bag on the clothes rack and looked like she came home as usual, but her steps were heavier.
She went to drink a glass of water, then moved a chair, sat opposite the sofa, and reached out to turn off the TV.
This action made the couple's eyes focus on her. There was no obvious anger on her face, only calm.
She looked at her mother and asked a very sharp question in the same calm tone, "how much are you going to sell me?"
In a word, the man suddenly raised his head, and Catherine's mother's face also changed, but Catherine didn't give them too much time to respond.
"Roma found me at noon. He gave me a hint that he would give his father a job as long as I was willing to accompany him. How much are you going to sell me?"
Obviously, she was very calm, but she gave the couple a very heavy pressure, especially at this special time, when the family's life depends on Catherine's salary, which makes her voice full of power even if it is not so high!
In the evening, after working all day, Catherine changed her clothes and embarked on the journey home. She refused several suitors' proposal to drive her by bike and insisted on walking home.The wind at night in summer doesn't have much coolness on your face. Instead, it brings the last trace of anger and heat during the day, which makes people very upset.Catherine is a strong girl. She is not likely to show some superficial emotions, even if there may be something else in her heart.She came home before it was completely dark. Since she moved back to her home, she never stayed in the street after it was completely dark.It's not safe here. Whenever night completely covers the sky, evil will come.Quarrels, fights and even gunshots at night are common things here, including cries for help and sirens.As soon as she closed the door, Catherine felt a different atmosphere. The atmosphere in today's house seemed a little heavy.She changed her shoes, hung her bag of no more than five yuan on the hanger and walked towards the living room.Her father sat absentmindedly on the shabby sofa snatched from the garbage, while her mother looked sad.The man didn't seem to hear the sound of opening and closing the door. He kept staring at the TV. It was Catherine's mother. She looked up at Catherine and lowered her head again."What's the matter?" asked Catherine, who thought the couple were different today.The man was still watching TV, as if he didn't hear anything. Catherine's mother showed a sad and bitter expression on her face and her voice trembled slightly, "your father, he... Lost his job."This is a very normal thing. In fact, people have been psychologically prepared since the second half of last year. Many factories have begun to shut down. Even if the trade union organized workers' demonstrations and asked the factory to resume work, they dare not make too much noise.They even set the "strike" at the weekend, which has become an international joke, but it also reflects how contradictory and acute the social problems at that time.Catherine's father's factory announced bankruptcy today, which is also a sign. They have stopped the introduction of raw materials since last month. In fact, they have long had this hunch, but they have been unwilling to face it and do not want to believe that bad luck will fall on themselves.Catherine was silent. Her salary was not much. It was only 225 yuan a month, just slightly higher than the bottom line required by the minimum hourly wage law.Before today, her father could get a salary ranging from 300 to 350 yuan a month. Their salary was more than enough to support the family.But if only Catherine's salary, it's really difficult to support the three members of the family.At present, all factories basically do not recruit people. Even if the city hall asked all factories to add some jobs, they did not fulfill them.When there is a lack of profit, every employee is like a MafA on the other side of the scale in front of the God of death. Adding one will make him further away from death.A factory with 1000 employees has to pay hundreds of thousands of wages every month. If they don't have enough profits, they can go bankrupt as long as they pay wages every month. Therefore, no enterprise will choose to expand enrollment at this time, even if the city hall asks them to do so.This also means that Catherine's father is difficult to find a suitable and long-term job in the employment center. There may be short-term jobs, and even he can't find any work.Catherine's mother, not to mention, has no work experience. Even if she goes to school now, she doesn't have this opportunity. In other words, the heavy task of supporting the family will be accumulated on Catherine.Her monthly salary of 225 yuan will become the only source of income to support the family.All three fell into silence. Catherine's father had been watching TV. He seemed to be stimulated and blocked himself into a small world.Catherine's mother looked sad, sighed from time to time, and worried about the future.Catherine felt tired, which was her only feeling in recent years.Before, this feeling was, but not so profound. Until this moment, she felt deep fatigue.She is not a girl without life and social experience. She knows very well that the reason why she and her family are in such a situation lies in their family background, social class and education level.The latter problem is more obvious. If she could go to college, or go to accounting or other full-time after graduating from high school, she might have a different job now.The older young man who pursued her is because he studied accounting. Now he not only has a decent job, but also the salary is not low.But for a child born in an ordinary family, she can only think about how difficult it is to continue to study after graduating from high school.Dinner in the evening was less than usual. Catherine's father suddenly broke out at the dinner table. He lost his temper, broke the dinner plate, and then left angrily.In the man's opinion, because he lost his job, the women in the family no longer respect him. He feels neglected.The mother and daughter just accepted all this calmly and silently, and then cleaned up the mess.Early the next morning, Catherine's father left home. He was going to look for a job in the street. After a night, he had accepted the fact.Life will continue. If he really does nothing and lies in the house for a month or two at most, they will sell the house and wander in the street.It took him more than ten years to have his current life. He doesn't want to lose all this so easily. He still has to stick to it.Catherine also calmly faced life and chose to work.But at noon, the young man found her again."I heard from my aunt that my uncle lost his job..."Catherine looked at him and didn't give any answer, which embarrassed the young man and stuttered a little."If... I mean if, if I put my uncle... Into our mall... What do you think?" he said with a red glow of excitement on his face.He has a good relationship with the manager of the shopping mall and will help deal with the manager's personal tax return, which enables the manager to save a sum of money every time he files a tax return, which is also the value of accounting.In addition to the manager, the management in the supermarket will more or less rely on his career. Personal tax returns also need the help of an accountant, and the help needs to be paid accordingly.Young people also receive, but they receive very little, which makes him have a good popularity in the management.Catherine's mother came to him in the morning, explained some things, and asked if Catherine's father could work in the mall, even if the salary was lower.In fact, for supermarket supermarkets at this stage, their operation is much better than many people think, and even maintain a healthy profit standard against the trend.But they won't say so. They also have to show the difficult side of business to win sympathy and lower the salary standard, so as to release more profit space.The young man talked about it with the manager. The manager said that Catherine's father could work in the warehouse. There needed some manual workers, and he could also give a base salary.So he came to ask Catherine for credit. By the way, he also hoped that through this matter, the contact between the two sides would have a great leap forward development.Catherine did not nod or refuse, but ended the conversation with the tone of going home and discussing with her family.But it makes the young man feel that this matter has a chance to achieve his goal. This is the first time in this period that Catherine has not directly rejected his ideas, which is a good phenomenon.One day's boring work was spent in long suffering or short waiting. Catherine still refused the request of others to send her home and came home alone.Her father has come back. The man who used to have some self-confidence has become decadent.Throughout the day, there were only a few dozen job opportunities in the whole city, but there were thousands of people waiting in the employment center!Catherine's father didn't have a good resume at all. There were too many people who could do too much than him. He didn't even get an interview, which also made him realize that he shouldn't expect to find a job in a short time.This made him very depressed and even doubted his value.Catherine's mother was speechless. She had not told her husband or Catherine about her finding a young man.She was going to talk about it when the young man gave her an answer.Both of them were a little depressed, but Catherine was going to have an attack.She hung her bag on the clothes rack and looked like she came home as usual, but her steps were heavier.She went to drink a glass of water, then moved a chair, sat opposite the sofa, and reached out to turn off the TV.This action made the couple's eyes focus on her. There was no obvious anger on her face, only calm.She looked at her mother and asked a very sharp question in the same calm tone, "how much are you going to sell me?"In a word, the man suddenly raised his head, and Catherine's mother's face also changed, but Catherine didn't give them too much time to respond."Roma found me at noon. He gave me a hint that he would give his father a job as long as I was willing to accompany him. How much are you going to sell me?"Obviously, she was very calm, but she gave the couple a very heavy pressure, especially at this special time, when the family's life depends on Catherine's salary, which makes her voice full of power even if it is not so high!
