Chapter 93
Two thin young men were standing in front of the labor dispatch board, searching the bulletin board for suitable jobs.
"Why are there only jobs that pay 3,500 yuan for 12 hours?"
Yan Hong frowned. Although this was her first time looking for a job, was the salary really reasonable?
"There are a few jobs here that pay relatively high salaries, but they have educational requirements."
Shaoxing Yang pointed to a job on the other side that paid 4,000 to 6,000 yuan, with commission, but the educational requirement was a bachelor's degree or above.
Shao Xingyang thought for a while and said, "Do you think it will work if we two lie to them and tell them we have bachelor's degrees?"
Yan Hong rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "No, do you know what a bachelor's degree is?"
Shao Xingyang scratched his head: "Maybe it's high school. Aren't high schools divided into first-tier and second-tier ones?"
"That's a university! You idiot! And you're pretending to be an undergraduate!"
The two could only continue to look for jobs they could do among a bunch of job postings.
"The waiter job is pretty good, 2800 a month, food and accommodation included, plus commission!"
"What is commission?"
"I don't know, it should be a welfare benefit."
But they soon tricked me into giving up this position.
"Why does a job as a waiter require a high school diploma?"
"I don't know. Do they teach serving dishes in high school?"
Just when they were at a loss, a middle-aged man with a hunchback and dark spots on his face sneaked up to them, scaring them both.
"Are you looking for a job?"
The middle-aged man chuckled twice and said, "I can help you find some very well-paid jobs."
When they heard about the well-paid job, the two who were originally wary looked at each other and asked tentatively, "What job?"
"It's not difficult. You just need to help those rich people transport some things and you can get a lot of money."
Yan Hong frowned upon hearing this and instantly said with hostility, "Rich people? Rich people are not good people!"
The middle-aged man didn't make a fuss. Instead, his smile deepened as he looked at Yan Hong: "It doesn't matter whether the rich are good or not. What matters is that they are willing to pay you a lot of money, so much that you won't consider other jobs anymore."
Yan Hong held Shao Xingyang's hand and shook her head: "No, what if he is like those older kids, transporting some illegal things? It will be terrible if he gets caught."
Shaoxing Yang felt the same way when he heard it, and gave up the idea in his heart.
Seeing that the two were unmoved, the middle-aged man simply changed the subject.
"If you don't want to take the risk, that's fine. I have other jobs here that pay just as well."
Shao Xingyang stared at the man warily and asked, "What other work is there?"
"All you need to do is accompany those people for dinner and drinks, and put on a smile," the middle-aged man said with a somewhat lewd smile, his eyes darting between the two men's faces. "You don't need to do anything, and you can get a lot of money. This is something most people can't even do if they want to."
"Are those people fools? They feed us and give us money?"
Shao Xingyang's tone revealed a bit of distrust: "We don't work anymore, why should they pay us so much?"
The middle-aged man continued to flatter the two: "Those people just like to be lively. You just need to make them happy when you go over there. Once they are happy, even the slightest bit of food that slips through their fingers can make you die."
The middle-aged man described it vividly, as if those rich people were like children who loved to spend money lavishly. After hearing this, both of them became hesitant.
"How about it? Want to give it a try?" Seeing that the two men's attitudes were somewhat relaxed, the middle-aged man pressed the issue and said, "You can come with me first and take a look. If you don't think you can do it, you can leave later."
Just as the two were thinking about whether to give it a try, the middle-aged man suddenly let out a pig-slaughtering scream.
"Oh my! Who! Who is it?"
The two looked across and saw a tall and strong man standing behind the middle-aged man. He quickly tied the middle-aged man's hands behind his back and forced him to kneel on the ground. Shaoxing Yang and Yan Hong only reacted after the whole operation was completed.
Almost instinctively, the two men turned around and started to run backwards, but they had only taken two steps when they bumped into a wall of flesh. They were hit hard and stumbled a few steps before they could stand firm.
When they looked up again, they found that the three of them had been surrounded. There were people in uniforms all around them, and they looked particularly tall compared to the two thin people.
"Are you the human trafficker who's been roaming around this area lately?"
A clear male voice was heard, and the wall of people automatically made way for a path. Surprisingly, a young man who looked not very old walked out.
"It's unfair, it's unfair to me!" the middle-aged man cried out, "I'm just helping people find jobs and earning a commission. I'm not a human trafficker!"
The young man raised his eyebrows, his sharp eyes revealing a bit of rebelliousness. Seeing that the criminal refused to admit it, he turned to look at the two people standing close together.
"Hey, you two," the young man demanded, "What did he say to you just now?"
The middle-aged man saw this and hurriedly shouted at the two people: "Hurry up and tell him! I'm just introducing you to a job, hurry up and tell him! I'm innocent!"
The young man tutted, full of impatience.
"Did I ask you to speak? Shut his mouth."
Before the middle-aged man could protest, a dirty rag from nowhere was stuffed into his mouth, which made him want to vomit.
The young man asked the two again, "Repeat everything he just said to you. If you dare to hide anything, you will suffer the same fate as him."
Faced with such a huge gap, the two men could not run away even if they wanted to. The only option left was to obey. According to the young man's request, the two men repeated what the middle-aged man said one sentence at a time. Although many details were not complete, it was enough for people to understand the general situation.
After hearing this, the young man smacked his lips, walked up to the middle-aged man, paused, and then kicked the middle-aged man unexpectedly.
The young man controlled the force just right, not causing serious injuries, but enough pain to keep the man grounded for three days.
Because the middle-aged man's mouth was blocked, he couldn't make any sound even if he was kicked like this.
"Still trying to quibble. The difference between you and a human trafficker is not as great as the difference between my two dogs."
Two people stepped forward and tried to hold the young man back, but he waved them away.
"Okay, drag him away quickly. I get annoyed just by seeing him."
"yes."
The few people who followed the young man dragged the middle-aged man, who was like a dead dog, away gradually, leaving only the young man and the two people who had tried to hold him back.
Seeing that most people had left, Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang began to calculate the probability of escaping by simply running away.
"As for you two..."
The young man looked them up and down, making them feel uneasy. Then he slowly asked, "What kind of work are you two minors looking for? Don't you know that the base prohibits the use of child labor?"
Shaoxing Yang stiffened his neck and said, "We are adults!"
The young man scoffed. "Drafting a lie before you tell it? How can you be an adult? I'm probably just...a junior high school student."
Shaoxing Yang choked and retorted, "We are adults anyway! It's legal for us to find work after we become adults. You have no right to arrest us!"
"That's right!" Yan Hong also echoed: "We didn't steal or rob anything, why can't we work!"
The young man was too lazy to pay attention to the two men's arguments and asked them to hand over their ID cards.
"You, why do you want our ID cards?"
Shaoxing Yang stuttered. He had heard that someone outside would use their ID cards to do bad things. His mother in the front yard also asked them to keep their ID cards safe and never give them to others.
Aren’t these people scammers?
Seeing that the two were reluctant to give it, the young man became more convinced that they were just underage children pretending to be adults.
According to the procedure, the next step is to find the guardians of the two children and send them back after they have received criticism and education. However, looking at the appearance of the two children, they are probably run away from the orphanage. In order to find the orphanage that raised them, specific identity information is needed, or an ID card is needed.
The young man looked up and pointed at Shao Xingyang: "Go, take out their ID cards. They are all out looking for jobs, so they probably brought them with them."
The two people behind the young man looked at each other and chose to obey the instructions. At least they didn't want the young man to cause any trouble.
Seeing that the people opposite them were actually preparing to attack, Yan Hong and Shao Xingyang tried to run away, but were grabbed back by one of them. It was as easy as picking up a chicken, and the two skinny people had no difficulty in catching them.
The two men's identification cards were quickly searched out, and the young man was surprised for a second when he saw the result.
"You've really grown up."
"I told you we're adults!" Yan Hong punched the arm of the person holding her, "Let us go!"
Since the two are already adults, the young man really has no reason to care about them anymore. As long as they don't engage in illegal activities, he has no control over what kind of job they find.
"Let go, there's nothing wrong with these two."
The young man tossed their IDs back to them and asked, "Why are you looking for work here? Jobs that no one wants are put here. If you want to find work, you should go to the job market."
Shao Xingyang grumbled dissatisfiedly: "If the people over there didn't want people who hadn't even finished high school, we wouldn't have come here."
The young man immediately understood. It turned out that the boy only went to school after completing the mandatory academic year. No wonder he looked like this.
The investigation was almost complete and the target of the mission was captured, so the young man stopped trying to stop the two from leaving. However, when he saw the two walking away hand in hand, he called out to them again.
"What are you doing!" Yan Hong roared fiercely.
"Hey, you two," the young man asked nonchalantly, "I happen to have a job here with good salary and benefits. Are you interested?"
Before Yan Hong could refuse, their stomachs rumbled uncontrollably. The young man laughed, and their faces instantly turned red with shame and anger.
"Come on, I'll treat you guys to dinner. There's a good noodle shop in the box up ahead."
The young man took the two of them to a noodle restaurant for a big meal. The bowls of noodles piled up like a small mountain. After eating, he took the two of them to the training base of the exploration team. After helping them fill out the registration form, he handed them over to the instructor.
"etc!"
When the young man turned to leave, Yan Hong bravely called out to him.
"Huh? What's the matter?" The young man turned his head casually, holding a toothpick in his mouth.
"My name is Yanhong!" Yanhong shouted at the top of her lungs, "When I make money, I'll pay you back for the meal!"
"Yes, me too!" Shao Xingyang also shouted: "My name is Shao Xingyang, don't forget to let us treat you to a meal too!"
The young man was slightly stunned, then chuckled and continued to walk forward. He waved his hand and said, "My name is Tang Zeyu. If you encounter any problems outside in the future, just say my name."
Shaoxing Yang's eyelashes trembled and he woke up from his sleep.
Yan Hong touched his forehead and said to Lu Shiyu beside him, "The fever has completely subsided."
"The fever's gone so quickly?" Lu Shiyu said as he packed his backpack, "Then today's itinerary won't be affected. That's great. I'll come over and have breakfast later."
Shao Xingyang held Yan Hong's slightly cold hand that was covering his forehead and said, "I seemed to be dreaming just now."
Yan Hong pinched Shao Xingyang's face and said, "You dream a lot, and you like to talk in your sleep. What did you dream about just now?"
Shao Xingyang lay on the ground, looking at Yan Hong who was looking down at him and the dense leaves above him, and said:
"I dreamed about the time we met the captain."
"It's okay, at least it's not a nightmare."
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