When Lorraine Hill was addicted to researching new things, Mei Lu also swept away the differences in the family with a thunderous momentum. At the dinner of the meeting that day, the uncles and relatives in the family 'voluntarily' surrendered their rights and interests. business, and was arranged by the main family to live in the headquarters to continue to recuperate.
Teams of messengers and personnel set off from the Helis headquarters and began to travel to various branches. A large number of personnel changes occurred in various branches. Some people were sent by the main family to take over, and some directly promoted unrelated people who had been excluded. , For a while, Helis's family style was clear, as if he had cut off the fat on his body and went into battle lightly. The vacated positions also inspired those who were usually frustrated, and gave them hope, and the entire chamber of commerce was revived.
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Nissos home, winery.
With a masonry structure, the winery under the wooden beams is a busy scene, with stacked goods, neatly stacked wine barrels, and huge wine tanks.
Some personnel kept putting boxes of grapes on the table, and a group of women and children began to pick them out, picking out the green, small, broken, moldy, sundries, etc. and throwing them away.
Others rubbed these selected grapes into the wine vat, and bursts of fruity aroma began to spread in the factory building, and the wine vat was full of broken grape crumbs, peels and juice.
One of the teenagers was also working hard. He was wearing a mask and special gloves. He kept crushing some grapes and putting them in a big bowl. When the big bowl was full, he poured it into the jar. There are many workers, some are older, some are younger, but he is the youngest.
Workers in these breweries work from morning to night, with only one hour of rest at noon. Usually, there is basically no vacation. If they take temporary leave, they will inevitably be deducted. Although it is very hard, many people still flock to them. After all, they can earn money every month. A dozen silver coins, which is much better than farming at home.
As the time approached evening, the teenager was a little tired, so he found an empty wine barrel and moved it over, sat on it and continued to work.
"Bud." An aunt next to him gestured for him to come down, not to sit.
The teenager was a little puzzled, and I didn't affect my work, but the aunt continued to say.
"It's not good for you to work like this. You are going to gossip when people see it."
Then let the boy down and remind him that the person in charge will probably say something like 'You are so comfortable'.
As a last resort, the teenager obediently got down from the wine barrel, moved his sore legs and waist, and continued to work.
"Sun and Moon"
At night, huge candlesticks were lit up, and the lights in the masonry factory were bright. Several employees lifted the wine jar and poured it into the huge filter funnel next to it. The funnel was covered with several layers of gauze. The purple grape juice slowly flows out through the gauze filter.
After looking at it almost, several employees gathered the gauze and squeezed it continuously, squeezed out the remaining juice, and finally got a jar of slightly clear grape juice. After closing the lid of the wine jar and letting it stand, the group of talents began to leave work.
"Have you finished, hurry up, Granny Dela's cakes are all sold out."
One of the uncles began to urge him. He was covered in stains, and the smell of sweat and grape juice was mixed, which was a bit unpleasant, but no one laughed at him because everyone was the same.
"Wait a minute, just cover this up, or tomorrow old Abu will deduct the money when he sees it."
"That old thing can be picky, and I don't know who it is for."
"That's right, I haven't seen the Nissos family give him more money, and it's so disgusting, it's a different way to deduct it."
"Maybe he likes this feeling. You didn't see him being dragged to the sky like a nobleman every time he checked."
"It's done, let's go and get some meat tonight."
"Che, are you treating me? I can't afford it."
"It's okay, I'll ask."
"Don't, Manda, when have you been so generous? Could something have happened again?"
"Oh, you'll find out later."
Several brewery workers walked away, leaving only one worker on duty to watch the night. He locked the door and blew out most of the candles, leaving only a small amount of light. After that, he also took out some dry The cakes were placed in the hot soup and slowly softened. After eating, they lay on the table and took a nap. The night was still long.
Bud, who was working in the factory during the day, also dragged his exhausted body back to his place of residence. This is a relatively remote corner of Hopeland. The mess is the true portrayal of this area. There is no light at night, only the smell The smell of street rubbish and dead fish.
In the middle of a small square, there is a well, and there is a low house not far away. An old man is leaning on the doorpost, his eyes are half closed and half awake.
Bud stepped forward to get some water out. The barrel was a little heavy, and he could only lift half of it.
Tightly pulling the rough rope, the burrs on the rope were a little prickly, and then the old wooden barrel staggered and slowly rose.
"What are you doing?" A hoarse voice sounded behind him, like a ghost. Bud was startled, the rope in his hand loosened, and the barrel fell rapidly, pulling the rope to rub his hand and stinging, He quickly grabbed the thick rope again, and then looked back.
The old man who was leaning against the door was already awake. He stared at Bud with turbid and yellow eyes, infiltrating like a dead man.
"I... I'll drink some water and wash my body." Bud was a little scared and said tremblingly.
"Where... do you live?" the old man continued to ask.
"I live in the red clay house behind the beech tree in the west. I came here a few days ago and was introduced by Grandma Nant." The boy said nervously.
"Oh."
The old man replied, and closed his eyes again and ignored him.
Bud took a sip of water, then rinsed his body and left quickly.
The next day, which was also the day to pay wages, Bud came to the brewery for two months, and only then did he get his first month's salary, 12 silver coins.
He carefully wrapped the silver coins in the belt of his clothes before going back, but today was not as smooth as in the past.
A few people who smelled of sweat and alcohol blocked Bud in the alley. They had long planned to wait for this young man. The leader was Manda, a worker in the brewery before.
"Boy, don't be happy, I sent money today."
Compared to the small Bud, these adults are very tall, and they seem to block the sky when they stand together.
Covered by the shadows of these people, Bud could only keep retreating, and finally leaned against the wall covered with dust.
"Be honest, take out the money for new ones, that's the rule, understand?" said one of the rough men, dark-skinned and full of yellow teeth.
"No... .." Bud was a little scared, but he still didn't want to hand it over. This is what he finally earned. After a long time, he had to pay rent and buy food.
Snapped-
A slap slapped Bud around the world, and the whole person was stunned. There was a burning feeling on his face, and then his calf hurt and was kicked, but he still insisted on not falling.
Snapped-
Another slap.
"You know each other better."
A few people next to him began to tear his clothes, looking for where the money was.
Bud hugged himself tightly, slowly slid off the wall, squatted on the ground, cursing came from his ears, and then he kept beating, and the last blow hit him on the head, making him faint. .
When he woke up, it was already dark, his clothes and belt had already been torn open, and there were only 3 of the 12 silver coins left. He knelt on the ground and held the remaining silver coins one by one. In his hands, his fingernails were pinched into his flesh tightly, and he wept in a low voice, hot tears running down his face and falling into the dust.