In fact, the large number of disabled workers seeking employment at the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau was a headache for Fang Chengying, the team leader.
People with physical disabilities were relatively easy to hire, and even those with intellectual disabilities could find work, but blind workers were truly hard to find.
Hiring them was practically charity!
Besides, who was as generous as Jiang Mingyu?
She clearly stated the job description and the hourly wage.
At three cents an hour, if these people worked a full three hours a day, they would earn almost more than her salary! Before
Jiang Mingyu could continue, Fang Chengying stood up, a kind smile spreading across her shrewd and capable face. She shook hands with her:
“Your conditions are fine. Since you don’t regret it and have made up your mind, I’ll bring the workers in for you to meet.”
As she spoke, she glanced at the junior employee who followed her in.
The junior employee immediately understood, turned and went out, returning shortly with fifteen blind men wearing liberation shoes and t-shirts.
Among these blind people were men and women, ranging in age from their fifties and sixties to their seventeens and eighteens.
They all appeared to be well-behaved and honest, and due to their disabilities, their backs were hunched over.
Introduced by Fang Chengying, Jiang Mingyu greeted them one by one, explaining that she would pick them up the next day to take them to work, and would arrange accommodation and provide all three meals a day.
These blind people, finding employment with the help of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, receive special protections; officials from the bureau visit them once a month on the 18th to ensure their rights are not violated.
“Sister Ying, I’ll be going now.”
Jiang Mingyu said goodbye with a smile. Fang Chengying saw her to the door.
“Then I’ll have them gather here tomorrow. You can come pick them up tomorrow. I’ll come to your place on the 18th of next month.”
“Okay, it’s settled then.”
The three adorable children also said goodbye to Fang Chengying in a familiar way. They looked so well-behaved that even Fang Chengying, who doesn’t particularly like children, smiled a little. She even grabbed a handful of mints for them.
“Go ahead and eat them. These children are about the same age as my daughter, but unfortunately she has cavities and can’t eat candy. I’m afraid it will go bad if I leave it here. Here you go, okay?”
“Hehe, thank you, Aunt Fang!”
“Goodbye, Aunt Fang~”
After the family of four came out of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the eldest child turned around curiously: “Mom, with so many workers, where are we going to arrange for them to stay?”
The second child nodded: “Yeah, it’ll definitely cost a lot of money.”
The third child agreed: “Mom’s decision is definitely the right one!”
Jiang Mingyu felt happy to be cared for by her three children.
So this was the joy of raising children! She began to understand why her friends on social media in her previous life always liked to post pictures of their kids.
If conditions allowed, and there was internet access here, she would immediately take out a phone from her online space and post pictures of her kids on social media too!
She promised her children, “Don’t worry, Mom really plans to set up a farm. We’ll grow our own vegetables and grains, so we won’t go hungry!”
Won’t go hungry?
“Yay!”
The three children had been terrified of hunger under Lin Xiaofang’s care.
At this moment, they only felt how wonderful it was to have their mother’s love!
Having settled the worker recruitment, Jiang Mingyu went to look around other places.
After touring the county town, besides People’s Park and the bustling vegetable market, the area around the state-run restaurant and Jufulou was the most lively.
There were two high schools in the county,
County No. 1 High School and County No. 2 High School, one in the north and one in the south. Each school had a small food street nearby. Jiang Mingyu hadn’t found any good shops to invest in yet, so she decided to go back and rest before thinking about it further.
“Tricycle~”
she habitually waved, intending to ask if a tricycle could take them back to town.
After all, their town was near the outskirts of the county town, no more than two kilometers away, so it should be possible.
Unexpectedly, when the tricycle stopped in front of her, a middle-aged man with squinty eyes poked his head out and glared at her fiercely: “Where to?”
“Waaah!”
There was a woman on the tricycle, her face covered, so her features were obscured, but her hands were strangely in her pockets, and she was making choked sobs, as if she were crying.
She seemed glued to the seat, desperately trying to turn her head towards Jiang Mingyu, but she just couldn’t.
Jiang Mingyu sensed something was wrong.
Should she sit or not?
The three children tugged at her: “Mom, this uncle is so mean.”
Even children can sense good from bad.
At this moment, the tricycle driver seemed to sense her suspicion, frowned,
and cursed, “Damn it, why are you stopping me if I’m not going to sit?” He prepared to ride off.
“Waaah!”
The woman on the back seat sobbed even harder,
afraid he would leave Jiang Mingyu.
Suddenly, Jiang Mingyu stopped the vehicle, smiled, and said,
“I’ll sit, to Green Water Town.”
The man glanced at her, a hint of ill intent flashing in his eyes, which Jiang Mingyu caught.
He said, “Pay first, two mao for a round trip.”
Jiang Mingyu deliberately took out some bills from her pocket, exposing the ten-yuan note on top, and pulled out a two-mao coin from underneath.
“I have exactly two mao, here you go.”
Turning back to the children, she said, “Get on the bus, kids.”
Sanya was a little nervous, sitting between Dawa and Erwa, not daring to look up at the driver.
Dawa and Erwa, one pursing his lips and the other quietly pulling Jiang Mingyu along, were also nervous. The tricycle only had three seats, and the woman was squeezed into the corner by Jiang Mingyu and her children, but she wasn’t angry at all. Instead, her eyes were bright as she looked at Jiang Mingyu, with tears still in them, as if she was crying with emotion.
Jiang Mingyu sat next to her and said to the driver calmly, “Sir, is this lady going the same way as us? Is she also going to Lushui Town?”
“Yes, on the same way! What’s wrong with that?”
The man’s tone softened a bit after taking the money, but as he spoke, his eyes kept glancing at her pockets.
“Judging from your accent, you don’t seem to be a local. Where are you from?”
“My hometown is Lushui Town. I worked outside for a few years when I was young, and my accent changed.”
Jiang Mingyu replied calmly, secretly slipping her hand into the woman’s clothes.
Suddenly, she stiffened slightly.
What she touched was rope!
The woman’s hands were bound?
She glanced at the woman; sure enough, the woman was crying again, trying to nod excitedly, but unable to say anything, only able to sob for help.
The driver, afraid Jiang Mingyu would notice something, chuckled to cover it up, saying, “She can’t speak, she’s mute. Don’t mind, I’ll take you to your destination right away.”
But the driver turned the steering wheel
not towards Green Water Town,
but towards a secluded alley at the corner of the county town’s market center.