Chapter 417: Why did the foot basin become like this?
Ichiro Kobayashi took a look at the message.
“Dear Mr. Ichiro Kobayashi, thank you for registering on Weibo and producing high-quality content.”
“Your content is of high quality and resonates with readers. Thank you for your support!”
"However, we still have to give you a suggestion: it is best not to use your real name."
"Because now the Giant Eagle has basically gone crazy."
"The foot basin has been shrouded in white terror."
"Once they discover your blog post criticizing Giant Eagle, they will definitely take action."
"this is not good."
"To protect your safety, we have changed your username to '脚盆自救' and your profile has also been modified. If you are not satisfied with the changes, you can modify them yourself."
"In addition, the rewards you receive can be withdrawn to your own account at any time. I hope this helps you."
After reading the private message, Ichiro Kobayashi checked his Weibo name and found that it had really become "Save the Foot Basin".
His Weibo profile also changed to: A deep patriot who loves the foot basin more than himself! I hope to awaken my compatriots and fight against the giant eagle together.
Ichiro Kobayashi thinks the changes are pretty good.
He thought that the real-name system was indeed a bit too risky.
If I were to be killed by the giant eagle, it would be a loss.
He didn't want to implicate his family.
He hopes to be able to do more to save the foot basin.
Ichiro Kobayashi opened his backend again and found the button to withdraw reward.
He connected his bank card.
He wanted to try and see if he could actually withdraw the money to his bank card.
He really needs money now.
After connecting the bank card, he clicked the application button to withdraw the reward.
After clicking, the page changes and a prompt indicating that the application is successful is displayed.
Nowadays, online banking is also available in the foot basin.
When Ichiro Kobayashi opened his online banking account, he found that there was indeed an extra 7.3 yuan in his bank card.
Seeing the extra amount of money, Ichiro Kobayashi felt mixed emotions of sadness and joy.
Finally, my wife and children no longer have to go hungry.
"Gululu——"
His stomach growled.
Ichiro Kobayashi licked his dry lips. This time he did not hesitate. He opened his lunch box and started eating.
I finished the whole bento in just two or three bites.
However, this little bit of food did not satisfy his hunger at all, and his stomach was still empty.
Ichiro Kobayashi looked at the time and it was already past noon.
He decided to go downstairs to have some food.
After coming back, he will write the manuscript carefully.
In addition, he was also thinking about one thing: whether he should organize those people who dared to resist and form an underground group.
The people of Foot Basin can no longer remain silent, they must take action, organize themselves, and attack the giant eagle.
Why should a person who can't survive die in silence?
Shouldn't we become bombers and attack the Giant Eagle, making the Giant Eagle people who are bullying others in the foot basin feel insecure?
If you can't survive, then fight.
Someone has to take the lead in this work.
Thinking this, Ichiro Kobayashi locked the office door and went downstairs.
When he arrived on the first floor, he specifically asked the building's property service staff.
The staff member said: Because the water pipe burst, it is expected that there will be no water in the building for at least the next week.
The property staff member looked listless as he spoke.
There are not many people renting this office building anymore.
The vacancy rate reached over 70 percent.
If no one rents the property and the income drops, then the salaries of the building’s property staff will certainly not be guaranteed.
Therefore, it is normal for unemployed people to be listless.
Ichiro Kobayashi was also helpless.
The trees are withering and people are living in poverty. It seems that this famous scene is about to happen again!
It also appeared briefly at the beginning of World War II.
In order to survive at that time, women were sent to Southeast Asia to sell foot basins and earn money to send back home to support their families.
In fact, until the early 60s, broiler chickens were still exported all over the world.
This situation disappeared in the mid-60s when the foot basin really began to rise.
Ichiro Kobayashi left the building and walked towards a small commercial area not far away.
There are quite a few restaurants there.
He wanted to find something to eat.
He was walking when suddenly a little girl rushed out from the side.
"Sir, do you need service?"
The little girl looked to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and was about 1.5 meters tall.
She is very thin, which makes her head look bigger and her neck thinner, and her eye sockets are sunken.
She even wore some very crude makeup.
It looks so pitiful.
Kobayashi Ichiro frowned: "Where are your family members?"
The little girl blinked, pursed her lips, and started crying: "Sir, they are all dead."
"I am so hungry."
"Can you take me to eat a bowl of noodles? After eating the noodles, you can take me away and do anything for me."
Ichiro Kobayashi shook his head. There were too many people suffering and he couldn't help them all.
A bowl of ramen can find a girl...
So bleak.
"Don't the authorities have any rescue measures?" asked Ichiro Kobayashi.
The girl shook her head: "No, no one cares about me."
"I am so hungry."
Ichiro Kobayashi sighed, but he still took out a hundred-yuan coin from his bag and handed it to the girl.
One hundred yuan certainly can’t buy a bowl of noodles nowadays.
Even the blandest plain noodles are not available.
A bowl of plain noodles costs 500 yuan.
"Thank you, sir, but it's not enough for a bowl of noodles." She said while wiping her tears.
Kobayashi Ichiro had no choice but to say, "Let me treat you to a bowl of plain noodles."
The girl was delighted: "Thank you. If you are willing, I will be yours from now on. I don't want anything, just give me two meals a day."
"I can work. I can cook, I can do housework, I can warm the bed."
Kobayashi Ichiro said: "I don't need it. Sorry, I can hardly support myself."
As he spoke, he took out four 4-yuan coins from his bag and handed them to the girl.
The girl took it in her hand and knelt down to kowtow to Kobayashi Ichiro.
Just as Ichiro Kobayashi was about to help the girl up, more than a dozen girls suddenly gathered over from the side of the road.
"Sir, please buy me a bowl of noodles."
"Sir, I am starving."
"Sir, let me be your servant."
……
These girls surrounded Ichiro Kobayashi.
Ichiro Kobayashi was terrified.
He thought to himself, damn it, if I really want everyone to get a bowl of noodles, I’ll go bankrupt.
How come so many girls can’t even have enough food to eat?
When people were wealthy, the status of girls became higher and higher. A beautiful girl might even be accompanied by three men when she went shopping.
Now, the oldest of these girls is probably only 17 or 18 years old, and the youngest is only in her teens, but they are all wandering the streets.
Most of them probably experienced some drastic changes in their families, so they had to live on the streets.
"Okay, guys. I don't have any money either. I'm really sorry."
Ichiro Kobayashi struggled to break away from the girls, protecting his bag, and escaped in a panic.
The onlookers were laughing. Kobayashi Ichiro ran more than ten meters before stopping.
He turned his head and saw a fat man with a big belly handing two sushis to a girl, who ate them in big mouthfuls.
The fat man put his arm around the girl's shoulders with a playful smile and was about to take her away.
However, the girl suddenly broke free from the fat man like a loach and snatched the sushi box from his hand.
The girl took the box of sushi and ran away quickly into a dirty alley.
The fat man naturally didn't expect the other party to have such a trick.
He cursed and turned to chase after her.
He was entangled with several girls.
The girls quickly started to strip the men of their watches, gold rings and other items.
Even his belt was pulled away.
After succeeding, the girls turned around and fled.
The fat man naturally refused to give up. He held up his trousers and stared at the girl who had just asked Kobayashi Ichiro for a bowl of noodles and ran away.
However, after running only two steps, his pants fell off.
Ichiro Kobayashi couldn't help but laugh.
He thought, it seems that these girls have formed an organization.
If it can be utilized, it seems to be good.
Just at this moment, the girl to whom he had just given 500 yuan ran to him.
"Sir, I can see that you are a good person," the girl said to Ichiro Kobayashi.
Kobayashi Ichiro said, “Thank you.”
"But it's wrong for you to rob people in the street."
The girl said: "We don't usually rob people."
"It's just that the man just now was too vulgar and too stingy."
"He actually wanted to take a girl away with two pieces of sushi. That's abominable."
Kobayashi Ichiro said with interest: "You seem to be organized."
The girl nodded: "Yes, we are organized."
"If we don't organize, all of us girls living on the street will die one by one."
"We won't live long. The average life expectancy of each of us children is only one year at most..."
Kobayashi Ichiro couldn't help but shudder: "Fuck! Only one year?"
Isn’t this too bitter?
Kobayashi Ichiro asked, "How many years have you been living on the streets?"
The girl said: "I have been living on the streets for three years. Both my parents committed suicide."
"They lost their jobs, they were accused of stealing. To prove their innocence, they killed themselves."
"Everything in my house was stolen."
“I had to live on the streets.”
"If I don't get a little more ruthless and learn to steal, I'll be killed by the old man very quickly."
"I was raped by at least 20 men on the street. Even if I shouted for help, it was useless."
The girl was talking to Ichiro Kobayashi.
Kobayashi Ichiro sighed and said, "You are so miserable."
The girl said: "The whole foot basin is in a terrible state now."
"Sir, you look miserable too, don't you? You look pale, doesn't that mean you're malnourished?"
Kobayashi Ichiro said: "Oh, you are right, I am actually miserable too."
"Girl, what's your name?"
The girl said, "My name is Matsumoto Tomoko."
"How about I treat you to a nice meal?"
She even said she wanted to treat Ichiro Kobayashi to a meal?
Kobayashi Ichiro shook his head and said, "How can I let you treat me?"
"I can still afford to treat you to a meal."
"But I can't afford to invite too many people."
"Girl, you'd better leave. That fat guy will definitely call the police."
Matsumoto Tomoko said: "Don't worry, the police can't take care of these little scumbags at all."
"That fat guy can't do anything to us."
"Let's go and eat."
As Matsumoto Tomoko said this, she pulled Kobayashi Ichiro's clothes and walked forward.
Ichiro Kobayashi actually wanted to talk to Tomoko Matsumoto again.
He wanted to know how many street children there were.
Maybe these people can be trained?
However, he himself does not have that much money.
In order to support his family, he had to make sure he didn't starve to death.
He is also a mortal and cannot make selfless contributions.
Tomoko Matsumoto took Ichiro Kobayashi and walked quickly in the commercial street, which had several alleys.
She took Ichiro Kobayashi into an alley and found a Chinese restaurant.
"Hey, I want two stir-fried dishes, one braised beef, one braised pork, and two large bowls of rice," said Tomoko Matsumoto.
Ichiro Kobayashi was surprised.
Because, nowadays, a plate of braised beef costs at least 8 yuan.
Braised pork also costs 5 yuan.
A serving of rice now costs 500 yuan.
He wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
Even if the little girl wanted to cheat him out of a meal, he would accept it.
At least he made more than 7 yuan in extra money today.
Tomoko Matsumoto seemed to notice that Ichiro Kobayashi looked a little unhappy.
After she ordered the food, she smiled and took out a few thousand-yuan bills from her pocket and paid the bill.
"You are really rich?" Kobayashi Ichiro was shocked.
Matsumoto Tomoko said: "I have money. I am the leader of our small group. After they get money, they will honor me first."
Kobayashi Ichiro shook his head: "But you look like you haven't had enough to eat."
"you're too skinny."
Matsumoto Tomoko smiled and said, "I eat a lot. No one knows why I am so thin."
"But let's not talk about this anymore."
"I'm inviting you to dinner today simply because you're a good person."
"You are the first man to refuse my service. You obviously don't have much money, but you gave me the few coins in your bag."
"So, you are a good person!"
Kobayashi Ichiro blinked: "Do you know how much money is in my bag?"
Matsumoto Tomoko said: "When you took out the money, I saw that you didn't have a thousand dollars in your bag."
"You gave me 500 yuan, but you could only eat a bowl of plain noodles."
As we were talking, the food came up.
Ichiro Kobayashi hasn't eaten beef for a long time.
The braised beef in this shop tastes really good.
He tried hard to suppress his desire to eat quickly and wanted to eat more gracefully.
What happened today was really bizarre.
A little girl wandering on the street actually treated him to a big meal.
The little girl kept putting vegetables on his rice.
Kobayashi Ichiro nodded repeatedly and said, "Girl, you can eat too, don't worry about me."
Matsumoto Tomoko said, "You eat it. I actually had lunch before."
"I have something else to do here, so I'll be leaving first."
She said as she was about to get up and leave.
Kobayashi Ichiro hesitated for a moment, but still called her: "Ms. Tomoko, can you wait a moment?"
"I want to talk to you about something. Here's my card."
Ichiro Kobayashi handed Tomoko Matsumoto one of his business cards.
Matsumoto Tomoko took the business card, looked at it, and said, "So you are Ichiro Kobayashi, the editor-in-chief of Red News. I have read the newspaper you edited. You are a patriot."
"Mr. Kobayashi, why did the foot basin become such a mess now?" (End of this chapter)