Outside the workshop, cotton is being continuously delivered in for processing.
The two boys were clearly used to this kind of high-intensity labor. They were chatting loudly while they worked.
"Xiao Jian, when can we become permanent employees? I've been working here for almost a year now, and we're stuck here every day."
Another slightly taller boy, with his head down, said in a low voice while working, "Hmph, can't you see? The factory manager has no intention of giving us permanent positions."
This boy is Xiao Jian, Xiao Weiguo's younger brother.
Back then, he had a falling out with his brother and angrily left home alone.
He was only fourteen years old at the time. How far could he run on his own two legs?
Moreover, he didn't have any letter of introduction on him, so if he went on a long trip, he would definitely be caught very quickly.
So he wandered alone in the wilderness for three days and three nights. It was early spring, and the fields were full of weeds. There was nothing to eat.
When he was thirsty, he would find some water in the river to drink; when he was hungry, he would eat some wild grass to fill his stomach.
It could be said that he lived worse than a beggar during those three days.
That day, he arrived in Daye County. He was so hungry that he couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to a house that looked relatively wealthy and asked for some food.
He knocked on the door, but no one answered. He pushed it and found that the door was unlocked. Xiao Jian, who was dizzy from hunger, had no choice but to walk around to find something to eat.
Unexpectedly, the homeowner returned home just as they entered.
He was mistaken for a thief and arrested by his owner.
If it weren't for the family's kind-hearted youngest daughter repeatedly pleading for him, he might have been sent to see the police.
Later, after the little girl kept pleading, the middle-aged man named Zhang Jinliang finally agreed to let him go.
Not only that, they also gave him some food and let him go to work at their family's factory.
At first, Xiao Jian, who was able to get enough to eat, thought he had met a good person.
Later I realized that Zhang Jinliang kept him around simply to have another cheap laborer.
Each month, after deducting food expenses, he only has a few dollars left from his salary.
While other workers in the same factory earn seventy or eighty yuan a month.
Xiao Jian did consider running away, but where could a teenager like him run to?
He definitely can't go home. If he doesn't make something of himself, how can he face anyone when he goes back?
At least here he can eat, but outside, no one dares to hire a worker his age. He'll just starve to death out there.
Back then, life at home was tough, but after I came out, I discovered that the outside world was even more cruel.
He could only grit his teeth and bear it, burying everything in his heart and waiting for an opportunity.
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