Chapter 19 Moving Work
The black homeless man watched suspiciously on the opposite street, and only dared to occupy the street again after Zhang Ailun left the alley and confirmed that he was far away.
I picked up the equipment, banknotes, coins, and shoes that were scattered on the ground, and someone had lost them.
He cursed and grumbled under his breath, "That guy must be a lunatic, right? Bro."
"Whatever, at least he didn't hurt us and didn't even take the money. That's the most important thing, man! Otherwise I can't imagine what the consequences would be if we couldn't afford the leaves."
"The day before yesterday, Rod was sitting on the side of the road, and suddenly a psychopath pounced on him and stabbed him more than 30 times! He died of excessive blood loss! Before he died, his pants were stripped off and he was humiliated."
Several of the old blacks were still somewhat frightened.
This is what it’s like to hang out on the streets. Even if you have avoided AIDS and syphilis caused by promiscuous sex, don’t participate in zero-dollar shopping, beg with peace of mind, and rely on your hands to work, you cannot escape a sudden attack of mental illness!
Sometimes you are sitting in your tent doing nothing, and suddenly someone breaks in and rapes you.
If you dare to resist him, he will stab you with a knife!
There are always people who want to take revenge on society.
Hard to guard against.
Even the black guy himself can't protect his butt, let alone those white guys and yellow people who look fair and clean.
……
At 15:29 in the afternoon, Zhang Ailun arrived at the Green Letter Shelter at the precise time.
I saw several charity trucks parked on the roadside. The truck drivers were holding a cup of coffee, chatting and laughing. A familiar blond figure, wearing jeans, sneakers, and with a perky butt, was carrying a box of goods half a person's height to the shelter.
"Hey! Reina, do you need help?" Zhang Ailun walked over and waved hello.
Reina, who was sorting out old clothes, looked up when she heard the voice and found that it was an acquaintance. She was surprised and said, "Alan? Why are you here? Wait, you actually have money to buy new clothes?"
Only then did I realize that Zhang Ailun had changed a little since the first time we met.
A lot of preparations have been made.
This outfit is all light luxury goods, even if you go to a discount store it would cost at least dozens of dollars.
Haven't you seen such a big change in one day?
Where did you get the money?
Reina hesitated and said, "Did you do something bad outside, Alan?"
The day before yesterday, I was penniless and only had beach shorts, but today I’m fully equipped, even with a pair of DG sunglasses.
Are you sure you look like a homeless person and not a tourist?
"How is that possible! I was just lucky and found a valuable wine bottle."
Zhang Ailun took out the receipt and showed it to her to prove his innocence.
"260 dollars? How can a bottle of tequila that was picked up be sold for so much?" Reina was a little surprised.
But when you think about the fact that Dominic was often poor at one moment and rich at another, you can tell that he once found a Cartier men's watch, which was sold at a pawn shop for $2900, which is almost as much as an average person's monthly salary.
She accepted it quickly.
The other party is engaged in a rather special industry, so if you are lucky, it is not uncommon to find anything in the trash can.
"So? Do you want to come and show off to me in this new outfit? To prove that you are capable of living a normal life?" Reina smiled.
"I don't have that idea."
Zhang Ailun shook his head. "Today is Saturday, many institutions will not be open for business, and there is no other work to do except picking up cans. Reina, are you the only one in the shelter now?"
"Of course. Today all my colleagues have gone home to rest. I am the only one working overtime here because I live here." Reina nodded and replied.
"The shelter must be short of staff right now, right? Since we all know each other, how about hiring me to help you with the work?" Zhang Ailun suggested with a smile.
"I'm just an employee of the shelter, not the boss. Since we're acquaintances, shouldn't you be more generous and offer to work for me for free?" Reina laughed.
"However, the shelter does provide expense subsidies and shopping vouchers to each employee. This makes it easier for employees to go shopping and participate in various charity donation activities, and it also hires hardworking homeless people to work in the community."
Reina looked back at the trucks, which were loaded with a lot of goods. She didn't know how long it would take her to finish the work alone. The driver was only responsible for delivery and not unloading. She immediately decided to hire Zhang Ailun as her assistant.
"I can offer you $25 an hour and hire you to help me with the moving work. What do you think, Alan?" Reina made an invitation.
"Of course, it's my honor to serve a beautiful woman! It's refreshing to work with a beautiful woman like you! It's healthy for both body and mind!"
Zhang Ailun agreed immediately.
As an illegal immigrant, he didn't even have a work card, so he couldn't find a job at all. Even if he found a job through a Chinese agency, it was a cheap illegal job, either digging foundations and moving bricks or laying steel wire to build roofs. The agreed daily wage was 100-300 US dollars, and the most he could get was 70-120 US dollars per day.
All of it was taken away by the intermediaries.
I'm so tired at the end of the day.
Chinatown restaurants are even less reliable. When fellow villagers meet, they shoot each other in the back.
Reina was able to offer him $25 an hour. Although it would not take long to complete this small amount of goods, the salary was very generous.
What a kind man!
Reina was immediately amused and laughed: "Ok, let's get started. The time now is 15:35. How much money you can get from your boss today depends on your performance! But don't let me find out that you are deliberately being lazy, otherwise I will fire you!"
"I only have a big fat eel."
The backdoor was successful.
Zhang Ailun took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and started working.
When Reina first heard Zhang Ailun say this, she didn't understand what he meant. After a while, she suddenly understood.
She stood at the door of the shelter's warehouse, her arms folded across her chest, her eyes fixed on Zhang Ailun who was moving goods back and forth.
"What's wrong, Rena?"
Zhang Ailun turned back in surprise and asked in confusion, "Excuse me, is there anything wrong with my work?"
"No, you work really hard! You're very strong!"
Reina raised her middle finger at him. "But because you flirted with your boss during work hours and said dirty things to me, I decided to deduct your salary! From $25 an hour to $20 an hour."
"Why? No!! Rena!!"
When Zhang Ailun heard that his salary was going to be deducted, he felt like the sky was falling.
I've been working for a long time and you're saying you want a pay cut? Is that a dragon-slaying sword in your hand? Does it hurt so much when you cut it?
Reina smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Alan, although I don't have a $25 hourly wage, I will still consider letting you stay here for meals and showers. Do you want $25 an hour, or $20 an hour plus a dinner and a chance to use the bathroom?"
"Then I can have both."
Zhang Ailun asked eagerly, "I'm currently still short of a tent and other daily supplies. Although I already have enough money to buy them, I'll save wherever I can. I'm a person who knows how to budget carefully."
"no!!"
Reena rejected him immediately.
He added, "You can take a shower and eat, and when you're done, you can pick out a good quality tent to take away. But you can't get $25 an hour."
Zhang Ailun did the math and figured out that this was a huge profit!
A new, undiscounted two-person tent costs at least $50.
With this amount of work, even if you slack off, you definitely won't be able to finish it in three hours.
It's all freeloading.
You know how to help others by giving in kind.
(End of this chapter)
