After a commotion, everyone sat together in the yard and started talking about the brothers' previous jobs.
"Brother, you two brothers joined the army. Did you offend someone?"
Among this group of people, several were conscripted and forced into the army, and the rest most likely joined the army voluntarily.
"That's right. With the level of work you two do, you two got beaten up twice in three days in Shanghai because you're too easy to talk to!"
The chef sat on the ground and said to them with a sneer, "What the hell?"
Is this your level?
Fortunately, I didn’t go to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics or the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, otherwise I would definitely be a “celebrity” there!
"My brother and I have been following a big piece of news: the sixth wife of a well-known Shanghai gangster's second-in-command has been having an affair with a martial arts actor in the theater.
To get this news, we spent two weeks staking out our positions near the theater, finally snapping photos of them hooking up. We thought we'd get a bonus if we published it on the front page; what a great story!
Wouldn't the entire Shanghai Stock Exchange be shaken for a few days? He didn't even think of going to the Sixth Concubine to blackmail her for his long-term job. You know, in our industry, hush money is much more than bonuses, it's very common!
The killer hadn't finished speaking when tears started falling. Everyone didn't know what was going on and could only turn to look at the butcher.
"Don't you think good things don't come easy to good people? We thought we could give the news and photos to the newspaper and put them on the front page. It would definitely go viral! There's no need for blackmail. The president is a nice guy anyway, so we'll just make money for the newspaper."
Who knew that grandson would snitch on us? It was only during those days when we were being hunted that we learned that the boss behind our tabloid was actually that gangster.
The president betrayed us to curry favor, and we were later hunted and forced to flee south. We volunteered to join the army for safety, not to be heroic. Even if the gangs were powerful, they wouldn't dare to act rashly in the military!
Everyone in the yard didn't know what to say, could they comfort each other? They also thought the two of them were too stupid, their job was to dig into other people's privacy, but they didn't even know who their own boss was?
Are you taking the initiative to expose your boss's scandal?
I was lucky not to be hacked to death in the newspaper office.
The fact that the two of them were able to escape from the Shanghai Stock Exchange successfully is definitely a blessing in disguise.
"You really didn't expect this. I thought Shanghai should be safe now, but you haven't thought about going back to check on your family? You don't know how your family has been doing these years. Aren't you worried?"
The uncle also asked curiously, saying that if his parents at home were being hunted by gangsters, they might be in great danger!
"Hey, don't mention those people at home. Later, I followed the army south. Before leaving, I asked someone to send a letter home with two months' salary. In the end, the reply letter only contained a few words.
They said that from now on, I would have nothing to do with my family, and that no one should mention whether I was alive or dead, so as not to bring trouble to my family. It sounded harsh, but they didn't even return the military pay!"
The two of them huddled together, looking really pitiful, feeling aggrieved.
After all, many of us were forced to come here, so our families must be worried about us.
A wife, children, a warm bed, and my parents are all my wishes.
No matter how difficult their lives are at home, I'm afraid they are always thinking about them.
Because of this idea, I tried hard to live. Even if I had to crawl out of a pile of dead bodies, I would not feel afraid and would only think about trying my best to stay alive and go back to see them.
Compared to them, these two are just too miserable.
How respectable a job?
They were actually hunted down, and in the end their families cut off ties with them. It shows that rich people don’t have an easy life either!
"You two have such great jobs! You just wander around the streets with a camera, unlike us who can't read a single word and work hard all day long.
I envy the children of you wealthy families. Even if there is no war in the future, I will send my son to school, even if I have to sell all my iron!"
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this. That’s right!
When we drive the Japanese out in the future, we must send our children to school. Only by being literate can they find decent jobs in big cities.
You don’t have to be ordered around like them. It will happen, there will definitely be a day like that!
Everyone seemed to be excited and started asking the killer butcher whether schools in Shanghai were expensive.
Are there any children from poor families among the students going to school there?
Even though they are now wearing tattered clothes and barely have enough to eat, their eyes sparkle when they talk about letting their children study.
They think that their children will have a bright future if they can go to school and go to big cities in the future.
For this hope, we must grit our teeth and persevere.
"We two brothers are not rich at all! My father runs a small restaurant, like those small restaurants in town with four or five tables, and the whole family is busy in the restaurant.
My mother and sister-in-law were cooking in the back, while my eldest brother and father were busy in the shop. Life was okay, and we made some money every day.
It's a pity they put too much emphasis on money. If my sister-in-law hadn't been making a fuss a few times, I should have been able to help out at the store after graduation. Later, the quarrels at home became more and more serious. There was no peace every day. My mother would hold my hand and cry.
She said I was well-educated and my family had been supporting me. After graduation, I couldn't cause trouble for my brother and sister-in-law, or they wouldn't support me in my old age. That's why I came out to look for a job!"
The killer wiped his eyes fiercely after saying this. It would be hard for anyone to be kicked out by their family and then cut off from all ties.
The butcher was calm and composed, and spoke with a fierceness unlike any before.
"We were doing OK. My husband owned a textile factory, and business was pretty good. I was the only child in the family. My mother died when I was three, and I got a stepmother when I was five. Life got worse and worse.
Later, when I graduated and went to work at a newspaper, it was also because my stepmother whispered to my old man that I was too honest and not cut out for business!
My temper was shaped by her control. If I made any mistake, she would lock me up in a small dark room. I am tough enough that I didn't get scared after a long time. If I hadn't been a bit stupid in that family, I would have never grown up.
He didn't say anything later, but everyone can guess that it is not easy for a child raised by a stepmother to grow up.
No wonder this guy looks like a fool, it turns out he is used to pretending to be stupid.
Although everyone's life is hard in their own way, compared to the butcher, at least everyone can sleep soundly every day.
Life is not easy, and the whole family is together. A good couple will definitely think of each other.
If someone is like a butcher, he probably has to keep one eye open when sleeping at night. Who knows when he will be harmed?
Most of them are ordinary people, so they would never have thought that the lives of rich people are not as good as they thought.
I don’t even live as steadily as them!
"Chef, what about you? What does your family do?"
Jiang Cha was indeed quite curious. She had heard of the uncle's identity before, but the more she looked at the chef, the more she felt that he was not an ordinary person.
Although he is a good cook, he doesn't look like a real chef.
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