Chapter 50 Layoffs (25)
The two of them didn't even hesitate. After pushing the responsibility aside with a few words, they began to plan what to do.
Since we were exchanging supplies, we had to get them home first. Ren Xing said, "I know there are several empty homes upstairs. Let's go tonight..."
Before Ren Xing could finish his words, Meng Ying immediately agreed. "Okay."
I have to say, in some ways, these two people are really a match made in heaven.
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The two of them endured it again and again at home, and finally took advantage of nightfall to come to the door of a house upstairs. After groping for a while, they pried the door open.
Just as Ren Xing said, this house was indeed uninhabited, and the two of them felt like they were at home. It was inconvenient to take the big items, but they took all the small items and moved them all back home.
After leaving here, the two of them struck while the iron was hot and went to another house. They did not touch any big items, and did not leave out any small items, even the private money hidden under the bed by the owner of the house.
Although RMB is of little use now, since we are here, we must not leave empty-handed. We also took away the remaining food from these two households.
After working for several hours until dawn, the two of them slowly returned home. When they exchanged contribution points the next day, they actually earned quite a few.
But these two people never thought about how so many things appeared in the house that was obviously empty last time. The staff simply didn't want to care about it. After all, they have so many things to do every day, and those that don't come to them can't be called trouble.
The staff turned a blind eye, and naturally all the contribution points were exchanged. And because there were so many things, the two of them exchanged quite a lot of contribution points, which were stored in their residence permits respectively.
Meng Ying was very smart in this regard. After all, after she had removed the filter on Ren Xing, she really found that Ren Xing had no sense of responsibility at all. If all the contribution points were with him, she was afraid that if she did not do what he wanted, he might really starve her to death.
When Ren Xing heard Meng Ying's request, he was initially unhappy. After all, such a request seemed like a lack of trust in him. But when he thought about the tacit understanding they had when they "cooperated", he decided to hold it in for now. He would talk about it later if there was anything else.
Perhaps it was because the action in the middle of the night went too smoothly, and the two men really tasted the sweetness. After a hearty meal, their "lively" minds could not be stopped, and gradually the two men became "active" in the building.
As for the skin medicine, they each bought one for themselves after it was put on the shelves. However, the ulcers spread very quickly, and they both needed medicine almost all over their bodies. The limited amount of medicine purchased on the APP was not enough for them. Even if it was medicine, it would not be easy to heal after applying it on the body.
But one thing is for sure, using the medicine is definitely better than not using it, so after the disease is slightly controlled, can't the two of them live a decent life?
As for the follow-up... there is no follow-up yet. At least before anyone found out that these two guys were stealing, these two people were really living a good life.
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More than half a month passed in a flash, and it was June. People had been living with the poisonous fog for nearly two months. No one knew how the poisonous fog would dissipate, nor how long it would take. But it was impossible for everyone to stop working. If the poisonous fog did not go away and they had no income, wouldn't they all starve to death at home?
Even the people above would not allow such a thing to happen, so after solving everyone's livelihood problems in May, they began to think about resuming work.
But even if they resume work, it is impossible to have as many employees as before. In the end, the first thing these bosses discussed was layoffs.
It’s not so bad for a small company, with only ten to dozens of people in total. The boss can decide whether to keep or leave the company’s employees, so basically everything can be decided within one or two days.
But it is not possible for large enterprises. They have at least a few hundred and sometimes thousands of employees. How can they select the people to be laid off in one or two days? So they can only do it layer by layer. First, the boss selects the senior executives to stay, and then lets the senior executives lay off half of the staff, and so on. The boss himself does not even need to step in. A company will directly lose half of its employees.
The list came out in May, and in June, layoffs were notified one by one. In just one week, just as June arrived, most people received news of layoffs from the company.
Nowadays, not only are people locked up at home, they have also lost their jobs. The key is that during this special period, there is no compensation after being laid off. What's more, the boss still owes them the salary for the previous month. Of course, RMB is of no use at this time, but if it is not paid, it is not paid. How can people feel at ease?
These unemployed people have no source of income and no source of food. Aren’t they very anxious?
The building that had finally become "peaceful" because of someone's death, has become "lively" again in just one week, oh, actually, not even a week has passed.
And when the building becomes "lively", the first ones to suffer are naturally those who live alone. Aren't Lan Jin and Huang Jinghe the best candidates?
On the evening of June 1st, someone knocked on Lan Jin's door to borrow food. Lan Jin was speechless and refused without even a flicker of expression, saying, "No."
After refusing, she slammed the door shut. With a bang, the woman outside who was borrowing food started yelling at her, "I'm just borrowing some food, why are you closing the door, you @! ^%$^*(&^."
After hearing this, Lan Jin poured a basin of boiling water on the man. Although it was already June, the temperature was still damp and cold due to the poisonous fog. She was still wearing a thick winter jacket, so the man would definitely be fine after the basin of boiling water was poured on him, but his face exposed to the outside... was red anyway.
But Lan Jin didn't care. "If you curse me again, I won't just use boiling water next time. I'll just pour sulfuric acid on your face."
The woman was frightened by Lan Jin's vicious look and immediately ran downstairs cursing. However, there was no one at Lan Jin's place. There was a man in his 40s at Huang Jinghe's door who was desperately shaking his security door. It looked like he wanted to shake the security door down from the wall, which made Lan Jin very angry.
Lan Jin stood in the emergency passage and cursed the man from across the floor, "Why are you borrowing? If you're not starving to death, then you must have food at home. You're not eating your own food and are borrowing from others. You all have the nerve to do that. Xiao Huang, get the water."
Huang Jinghe was originally ready at the door. He thought that if he really couldn't bear it anymore, he would just throw the boiling water, so he had been holding it in. But who knew that Lan Jin would come like this and give an order. Even if he wanted to hold it in any longer, he couldn't. So, a basin of boiling water was poured at the man.
(End of this chapter)
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