Chapter 36 Earned a Small Amount of Money
Chapter 36 Earned a Small Amount of Money
"Sister... what? You want me to bring the child to my house? No!"
Xu's mother hit her son in dissatisfaction, "Why don't you take him back? Your sister said so. Do you still have a conscience? Your sister is always so good to you and gives you money when you need it. Now it's so difficult for you to help your sister! You are such an ungrateful person!"
"Mom! You have to understand the situation! Our family's current income comes from the two bungalows we rent out, which only brings in one or two hundred yuan a month. We can barely afford to eat and drink, let alone have another child."
Xu Jianmin said to Xu Liting on the other end of the phone, "Sister, don't worry. Yiming is now being treated well at someone else's home. I heard that family even bought him new clothes and new shoes. They treat him well. If I take him back to my place, I can't give him a good life. He will only eat vegetables and radishes. It's better to foster him in someone else's home temporarily. When you think of a solution, I'll take him back."
When Xu Liting heard her brother say this, she suddenly felt a chill as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
Their father died early and Xu's mother was unemployed. Xu Liting, who had just returned from Yunnan, had to take on the responsibility of supporting her younger brother and mother.
He got up early and went to work in the garment factory every day, and didn't even take the college entrance examination.
Seeing that other classmates were successfully admitted to universities and their lives gradually improved after graduation, she was finally forced to marry a man with bad habits.
Xu Liting has endured it all these years, but now her own brother doesn't care about her at all, and the tears that have accumulated in her eyes burst out again.
……
Liu Guangqing was in a heavy mood after he finished talking to Zhang Yiming's uncle on the phone. The first parent he contacted failed him.
Still the only one I can contact.
The following companies will probably not have it much easier.
These people have returned to Shanghai for more than ten years and have not taken care of the children they left in Yunnan.
The attitude has long been clear, but these children are just wishful thinking and want to live a good life with their relatives in Shanghai.
If life in my hometown is good, would you still come to Shanghai?
When you are poor, you miss your family. . .
Liu Guangqing paced back and forth in the room with frequent steps.
Granny Cai brought him another cup of tea and asked, "How's the contact going? We've contacted a few of them."
She likes all the children very much and is very concerned about the reactions of their relatives in Shanghai. “I hope the parents of these children can accept them.”
"It was not easy to get to Shanghai after sitting on the train for several days. When they arrived, they were all dirty, like children who grew up in a garbage dump. But after taking a bath, they were like gold covered in mud, shining brightly. They were all such well-behaved and handsome children."
"Especially Li Kang. That kid really doesn't look like he grew up in the countryside. He doesn't panic when he sees us Shanghainese people and doesn't get nervous when things get tough."
"Especially..."
Liu Guangqing was a little annoyed at first, but when he heard the old woman praising the child to herself, he became somewhat interested.
At their age, what they like to do is to praise children.
"What is it?"
"I heard from Lijuan that Li Kang speaks very good English and can communicate with foreigners. Today they went out to play, and Li Kang accepted an invitation from a foreigner to serve as a translator. That's a lot of money."
"About 100 or 200 yuan a day?" Liu Guangqing felt that 100 or 200 yuan a day was already a very high income. They only made 34 yuan by selling buns and soy milk in the morning.
"One or two hundred?! I'm really good! Eight hundred in two hours!"
Liu Jun told his wife that it was 500 yuan for two hours. When Chen Lijuan was chatting with her mother-in-law, she exaggerated it a little and said it was 600 yuan for two hours.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m old and my hearing is poor, or if my memory is not good, but when I told Liu Guangqing, it was already eight hundred.
Chen Lijuan was playing cards with some women in the community outside and accidentally mentioned this matter.
The women around were all curious and asked, "Is your distant relative here to serve as an interpreter for foreigners?"
"who is it?"
Chen Lijuan said calmly, "Li Kang, he's the tallest child."
"Gangdong, I remember you were the one who brought those kids back. How about Li Kang?"
Aunt Gangdong certainly remembered Li Kang, and she also knew that Li Kang had a very beautiful sister who went to the same school as her son.
I muttered to myself, “I didn’t expect that kid to be so amazing.”
"Lijuan, how much money do you make as an interpreter for foreigners?"
Chen Lijuan said calmly: "I don't really understand either. I only heard Li Kang say that they pay by the hour, about 1,000 or 2,000 per hour~"
One or two thousand came out of her mouth lightly.
The other women gasped at this.
hiss~
"So high!" "How is that possible? My son is also going to learn a foreign language. He said that he can only make a few dozen yuan an hour as a translator for others. Some people who have just graduated can make a few or even more than ten yuan. How can it be as much as Lijuan said?"
Aunt Gangdong was somewhat dissatisfied that Chen Lijuan had stolen her limelight.
Recently her son was admitted to South China Normal University, and everyone was talking to her.
He felt unbalanced because his popularity was suddenly taken away by Chen Lijuan.
"That's because Yunfeng's level is not high enough. I heard from Li Kang that all the good foreign language students go to work as simultaneous interpreters, and the salary is very high."
The two women talked at once and soon started arguing.
……
Li Kang, who was far away in Portman, suddenly sneezed, "The air conditioner is too low."
I don’t know why his words led to a quarrel. If I knew, I would definitely explain: “I didn’t say anything, stop making wild guesses!”
Tom worked two extra hours in the afternoon, accompanying some important guests.
Some bosses seemed to have heard some news and were not very fond of Li Kang.
There was no extra communication between the two sides, not even a word other than work.
On the other hand, Chen Xu was getting along very well with the bosses.
I even heard compliments from my boss, "Mr. Chen is really young and promising. He is so good at simultaneous interpretation at such a young age."
"No, no, it's just that our school has trained us well." Chen Xu often attributed the credit to SISU to let people know that he graduated from SISU.
When the boss hears that someone is from Shanghai International Studies University, he will usually give him face and invite him to his company.
Only some small bosses often asked Li Kang to translate.
Because Li Kang’s translation is very good, he can receive some rewards, sometimes from foreigners, and sometimes from mainland bosses.
The money was not much, usually a reward of five or ten yuan, and Li Kang did not refuse.
Some foreign language students who come for internship still politely say to others: "No, this is my job."
Li Kang has received them all.
In European and American culture, it is okay to accept tips. The main job is to get a basic salary, but if the work is done well, the guests will reward you, which is a performance reward.
After an afternoon, you can earn a hundred or two hundred in tips.
When the wages were finally settled, Tom suddenly came over.
"Li, thank you for your help today. I didn't expect you could speak Spanish so well."
"I was also quite interested in Spanish, so I went to learn it, but I didn't expect to use it today."
There was a Spaniard at the meeting who could only speak Spanish and French, and his English was very poor. When no one knew how to communicate with him, Li Kang happened to speak Spanish.
Helped him to complete the meeting smoothly.
"Have they paid you your salary?"
He came here for a selfish motive, which was to see how the mainland leaders paid their employees.
With the president in front of her, the financial lady still honestly settled today's salary for Li Kang.
"You worked four hours today, and our hourly wage is 500 yuan."
"Wait, how much is the other simultaneous interpreter's salary today?"
Tom asked suddenly, but the young lady didn't understand.
It was Li Kang who translated it for him.
"Mr. Chen Xu is a professional simultaneous interpreter, so his hourly wage is two thousand."
After Li Kang translated it to Tom, he was very unhappy. "How can you treat me differently? Li did a good job today."
"I ask you to treat Li equally."
Li Kang translated it truthfully and felt very happy when he said this to them.
Not only did it increase their wages, it also slapped them in the face.
After finally getting the eight thousand yuan, Li Kang showed a bright smile after his rare rebirth!
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