Survivor Game: Start with a dump truck

Chapter 238 The Current Situation of Poverty

I can't bear it, the situation is stronger than the person.

For a person who had most of his attribute points weakened, Cheng Mu could only endure it temporarily and wait for the opportunity.

Now is the time of the Great Depression in the beautiful country. Many white-skinned people cannot find jobs to support their families, let alone migrant workers like them.

As for their opportunity to work hard to build the railway, they only got it by beating away other people who wanted to work hard with their fists.

Doing the most tiring work under the scorching sun and earning the lowest wages, this is the current situation of Cheng Mu and his group.

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While Cheng Mu was immersed in his work, he asked Wang Dong in a low voice:

"How is Xiao Wu?"

"I went to check it out at noon, and my body was terribly hot."

"Okay, I understand, let's work first."

Cheng Mu waved the hammer in his hand while thinking about how to deal with today's events.

The meager salary earned by these young people from hard work can only cover their food and clothing, and Xiao Wu has been suffering from a high fever for two days. If they don't buy him medicine, he may not be able to survive.

Even if you survive it, it will definitely have a great impact on your future health.

This group of teenagers were already malnourished due to lack of food and clothing during the Great Depression. Some minor illnesses and disasters could kill them, let alone such a high fever.

For Xiao Wu, it is easy to save his life. Although the beautiful country where he lives is currently in the Great Depression, people are unemployed, prices are high, and the society is very unstable, curing a fever is not a big deal.

But the problem is,

They have no money.

The current price of a tablet of antipyretic medicine on the black market is as high as one dollar.

The combined wages of this group of people for working hard for a day was less than four yuan, and these four yuan also included the food, drink, and food for the dozen or so teenagers.

There is no way. In this period, it is quite difficult to find a job that provides lunch and pay.

It's okay for these brothers to starve all day for Xiao Wu, but recently the Abbott Gang has been looking for trouble with them, threatening to drive them away if they don't pay protection fees, not even giving them a chance to work as coolies.

The reason why the Abbott Gang is so arrogant is that a few days ago, the daughter of one of their gang leaders was attracted by the boss of a subordinate gang of the Cobra Gang by chance.

Therefore, this group of people from the Abbott Gang also backed up the big tree and became more and more rampant.

The Cobra gang is one of the five major gangs in Niuyoke City. It is just a gang under them, and Cheng Mu and the others cannot provoke them.

However, Cheng Mu already had his own plan in mind.

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"Give me the cigarette, and you will go back and take care of Xiao Wu later." Cheng Mu said to Wang Dong who was carrying the wooden stake.

"it is good."

Wang Dong took out half a pack of crumpled Camel cigarettes from his tattered pocket and handed it to Cheng Mu.

Cheng Mu took the cigarette case and put it in his pocket, then picked up two bottles of water and walked towards the supervisor.

"Mr. Jack, how's the boss' business going lately?"

Cheng Mu spoke to the supervisor Jack and handed him a bottle of water.

"I heard someone say he just bought a Cadillac yesterday."

As the leader of a dozen teenagers, Cheng Mu's supervisor's attitude towards him must be much better than that of the others, and the two of them could exchange a few words with each other.

"Haha, we can't compete with people like the boss. Come on, come on, it's been hot lately, let's go under the eaves over there and cool down for a while." Cheng Mu replied with a smile, while taking the half box he had just ordered. The cigarette was put into the overseer's pocket without leaving a trace.

The supervisor Jack put his hand into his clothes and pinched it, then led Cheng Mu towards the eaves not far away.

As soon as the two sat down on the steps under the eaves, Wang Dong ran over and said to Jack:

"Mr. Jack, I... I have a stomachache and I want to go to the toilet."

"Well, go ahead and be back in half an hour."

Jack accepted Cheng Mu's cigarette and turned a blind eye to this kind of sneaking behavior.

Anyway, this group of people works for his boss, not him. If one person is missing, it will not have much impact on the progress of the project.

So although it was said to be half an hour, in fact, it would be okay if Wang Dong didn't come back in the afternoon, as long as others could make up for the work he had to do.

After Cheng Mu chatted with the supervisor for a few more words, he wisely got up and left.

When he was chatting with the supervisor just now, he also tried the chat function before the game and wanted to send a message to Yun Qi and Xiao Green Tea, but found that all previous functions had been disabled.

It seems that I can only wait until I complete this independent copy before I can return to the game.

Fortunately, the time in the dungeon is different from the time in the game.

The dungeon he is currently in cannot be completed in a short time, otherwise Yunqi and Little Green Tea would be dying of panic.

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They worked under the scorching sun all afternoon, and it was not until six o'clock in the afternoon that they stopped working.

Cheng Mu took a group of teenagers to the office treasurer to collect the money, and then walked towards their shelter.

On the way home, a group of teenagers looked at the cheap fried chicken shop on the street with green eyes, but no one stopped because they knew that part of the money would be used to buy medicine for Xiao Wu.

The biggest dream of this group of teenagers is to have a meal of fried chicken.

Cheng Mu saw their actions and sighed.

These teenagers are all sallow and thin. They are growing up, but they don't even have enough to eat every day.

In the early days, the situation was much better than now. At that time, their gang earned at least ten yuan a day, and as much as twenty or thirty yuan.

Although part of the money goes to Hongmen, it is more than enough to support myself. There is still some money left over to eat fried chicken in a restaurant every week.

As for now, they haven't tasted meat in a year or two.

However, no one in their small gang died of starvation or illness during this period. Although their life was a bit difficult, they were very united and could live a comfortable life.

But now, the people from the Abbott Gang have come to interfere. If they pay protection fees, Xiao Wu may not survive.

These children have all grown up since childhood, and they have a deep relationship with each other.

But if they don't hand it over, with the current strength of the Abbott Gang, they are no match for them, and they may even lose the chance to build the railway.

Thinking of this, the expressions on the children's faces became heavy.

Cheng Mu saw it and didn't say much.

Passing by a bakery, he bought some of the cheapest dry hard bread with today's wages.

This is all they can afford.

After buying the bread, Cheng Mu went to the black market and bought a piece of antipyretic medicine.

Then, while cursing the profiteers in his mind, he led the teenagers back home.

(End of this chapter)