1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 22 Quality Accidents

Jimmy has been working in the “Stru” shotgun factory for 5 years, but he is still an apprentice. In 5 years, he has not been promoted and his salary has not been increased. Because the work he did was really lacking in technology, he was only responsible for weighing the propellant of the bullet and then pouring it into the cartridge. From the boss’s point of view, just pull a man with all four limbs who is not a fool on the street and he can do this. Therefore, he unceremoniously rejected Jimmy’s application for an increase in wages, and told him that his wages were already a lot, and if he was not satisfied, he could find a new job.

Jimmy really wanted to throw his resignation letter directly on the face of his boss Stru, and then left the company swaggeringly. However, reality does not allow him to do so. His child is still young, and his wife’s health is not very good. Once the source of life is cut off, even if it is only a few days, the family’s economy cannot be maintained. Moreover, Jimmy really doesn’t have any skills, he basically doesn’t recognize words, he doesn’t have natural strength, or a clever mind. Just like Mr. Stroop said, if he resigns, Mr. Stroop will be able to find someone to take his place in less than an hour, and he may not be able to find one and the current one in a month. Jobs with equivalent occupational income. Especially now, the economic situation is not so good, and many people are unemployed. Many people who are better than himself cannot find a job. For example, his neighbor Carter, who was originally a sailor, worked on a transport ship that ran the Atlantic Ocean route. This business is very hard and requires a lot of skills. But the income is also very good, Carter ran a boat, almost equivalent to Jimmy for a year.

But now, Carter is also unemployed. Due to the deteriorating economic situation, the ship has been parked there for a long time without moving. Carter, who had become accustomed to lavish use, fell into trouble all of a sudden. Seeing that Carter, who used to be able to stew a chicken in a pot every few days, is now living a life where the whole family can only drink porridge, of course Jimmy is even more worried about his own work.

Fortunately, the company’s situation is good now, even better than before the crisis. Jimmy knew that this was because the public order became more and more chaotic. Many original law-abiding citizens turned around and became thieves or robbers when they couldn’t fill their stomachs. Whether you want to be a robber or defend against a robber, you need weapons. So the company’s business has become better.

“The company’s business is good, maybe it will send us two more.” Jimmy thought.

However, Jimmy’s dreams soon shattered. When it was time to pay the wages, Mr. Strouh happily paid everyone’s wages, but after the wages were paid, he announced a decision that chilled everyone’s hearts.

“In view of the poor economic situation of the entire society, the company must accumulate more capital to improve its ability to respond to crises. For this reason, we have to lower your wages from next month, according to different types of work. The range is also slightly different. I believe everyone can understand the company’s difficulties and overcome the difficulties together with the company.””Shit! This damn vampire!” Jimmy knew that Mr. Strou was talking nonsense, but he was actually taking advantage of the bad economic situation and deducting everyone’s wages. However, Jimmy did not dare to gnaw. He knew that if he dared to express even a little dissatisfaction, Stru would kick him out of the company without hesitation, and then find any one among the unemployed. Replace him. For Ellie and the child, bear it!

However, when the plan to cut wages was in front of his eyes, he still felt that blood was flooding his forehead-under the condition that the working hours were extended by three hours, Mr. Strou actually cut his wages. One-half! His original salary was only able to maintain the basic life of the family. Now that it is cut, the money to buy Ellie must be gone, and the child must drop out of elementary school. Even, even so, the whole family’s Food and clothing cannot be guaranteed.

“It’s not as good as going to the South to be a slave to a Southerner! Being a slave doesn’t mean you have to work 16 hours a day, and you don’t have enough food!” Of course, this is just thinking about it. It is not so easy to be a slave. Apart from anything else, he is not a black man. His freedom of life is protected by Sacred’s United States Constitution. The Southerners cannot make him a slave.

“Maybe I should take risks, too, like, just like Carter.” Jimmy remembered what he saw the night before.

That night, Jimmy didn’t get home from work until late, and he was exhausted by sixteen hours of intensive work a day. His home is still on the other side of the city, and he has to walk for an hour to get back home. As he passed the intersection of Hendry Avenue and Oak Avenue, he suddenly heard a gunshot, the wailing of people who had been shot, the barking of dogs and the sound of people running.

Jimmy flashed away and hid in the shadow of the corner of the old Fulham optical shop, but dozens of seconds later, he saw a few dark people, holding all kinds of guns in their hands, running from Oak Avenue, among them The figure of a person looked like an acquaintance. At this time, the man stopped and shouted to the person behind: “Damn it, hurry up and run this way!” That voice, Jimmy dared to swear to a thousand big-headed ghosts, that voice was definitely his neighbor Carter.

Several dark shadows quickly disappeared into the night, and Jimmy also returned home in a panic, as if he was also a member of the robbers. The next day, Jimmy found that the smell of chicken soup was wafting from Carter’s house after a long absence.

“Damn, I’ll go to Carter tomorrow, tomorrow, I want to join, I will show them the way, to rob the damn Stru!” Thinking like this, Jimmy returned home.

Ellie saw that Jimmy had something on her mind, and she asked him, “What’s wrong with you, your job is not going well? What happened?”

Jimmy shook his head. He didn’t want to talk to women about the unlucky things and his disturbing thoughts. Sometimes, men don’t want to talk to their own women. So Jimmy just said, “Ellie, I’m fine, but I’m too tired.” The woman didn’t ask any more.

After scrubbing his body indiscriminately, Jimmy fell asleep, and their son, Neil, who was just eight years old, had fallen asleep before his father returned home. The woman carefully lay down beside Jimmy, stretched out her arms, and hugged Jimmy. Jimmy wanted to say something to her, but he didn’t say anything, so Jimmy gradually sank into a dream.

“Robbery? Interesting…A burst of sailors in black clothes and black hats and sea soul shirts, all armed with rifles, revolvers, double-barreled shotguns, daggers, and sabers, walked past his door and shouted,’Jimmy! Go and go with you. !’So go together.

“At this time, a group of bird men and women in the company were so funny, they knelt down and shouted,’Jimmy, please!’ Who listen to him! The first damn are the boss Stru and the paid Royce, and Toon, the supervisor, do you still have… how many more? Cassie could have kept it, but he didn’t need it anymore.

“Something… went straight in and pried open the safe: US dollars, pounds, gold bars… Stru rushed to grab it back? A gun butt slammed his forehead directly… Kneeling on the ground and shouting, let him keep it. One point? What did f*ck do earlier? Just put the Stroop double-barreled shotgun into his mouth, and hit it!

“Haha!” Jimmy woke up and opened his eyes. It was still early and it was still dark. The woman’s hands were still hugging him from behind, and her long hair was still hanging next to his nose.

“Hey, it’s a pity it’s a dream.” Jimmy closed his eyes again.

One month later, the sailors never came to Jimmy. Robberies on the street still happen from time to time, but Stru has never been robbed. Jimmy took less than half of his previous wages-damn Ton, found a reason, and deducted a lot of his wages-went home dejectedly.

Jimmy’s working hours are very long, as usual when he comes home late, and it’s impossible for a person like him to live in a luxurious neighborhood. When he walks towards the narrow and dark street of the slum where he lives, Jimmy’s heart could not help but pound. Today he paid his salary. Although the money is not much, it is not even enough to maintain the life of the family, but after all…

At this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind him, covering his nose and mouth. Jimmy struggled hard, but as a sweet breath was drawn into his lungs along his nose, he felt dizzy and passed out.

“Carter?” When Jimmy woke up, he found that Carter was standing in front of him. Jimmy realized that he was not tied up, he hurriedly reached out to touch his pocket, and the few banknotes in the pocket were still there.

“No need to count, they are all there,” Carter said. “We are not so poor that we will grab your little money. Your little money is not enough for Stru to raise a dog. This time I came to you just to get That you do me a favor.”

“You want to grab Stru?” Jimmy’s heart tightened. Is that dream really going to come true?

But Carter immediately dispelled his delusion.

“The damn guy Strou is not so easy to grab, he is as careful as a tortoise… You do weighing and distributing propellant in his company, we want you to add a little bit to those propellants. Little things. After it’s done, we will give you 500 dollars. You can take this money and take your wife and children to Life elsewhere.”

“My wife and children?” Jimmy was taken aback. “You didn’t treat Ellie and the others, did you?”

“Allie’s old problems are happening again. We sent her to a clinic. She is in good condition now. You can rest assured. However, it costs a lot of money in the clinic.” Carter said.

Jimmy stood there, his face turned pale for a while, and after a while, he finally said to Carter, “Give me that kind of thing.”