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Chapter 7 Long-term short-term labor, express sorting work

On New Year's Day 2017, in a certain city in the north.

It had been a particularly bad afternoon, a bad day to be exact.

The first day of the new year means a new beginning, and it should be a day of joy and family reunion, but my heart keeps beating.My already embarrassing situation was made even more difficult by the loss of my phone.When people don't have a mobile phone, they always feel that there are many people looking for them but they can't find them.From time to time, there will be images of them being anxious when they can't find you, always fantasizing that the company you yearn for will send you an employment message, and the girl you like will send you a WeChat message that also likes you.

Looking at the empty numbers in the bank card, my mind is blank, and the ghost knows how I spent these days.Watching the Japanese movie showing on the computer during the holidays, in which the heroine is being ravaged by several male extras, this made my already fiery temper even more turbulent.I am angry at the unfairness of the society, at the people who show off in the circle of friends, and at everything I have encountered!Instead of being angry at others, it is better to say that you are angry at yourself, at your own incompetence...

I don't want to let my mood continue to be depressed, I have to go to add my original mobile phone number back to the card, and use the online payment software to prepare to overdraft a sum of money to buy a new mobile phone.In fact, the reason why I am hesitant is that I am not sure whether I have the ability to repay the fee. After all, I am an out-and-out "vagrant" at this time.

At dinner time, I was supposed to go to my grandma’s house for a reunion dinner, but I was not in the mood to eat it, and I was still thinking about how to reunite with people I see every day?You can eat together every meal, so why care about this half meal!Humans always don't cherish the ordinary time, but they don't know that this will be a moment that no matter how hard they try, they will never get back.

So, I walked to the bus station, wanting to take the bus to the commercial pedestrian street, and planned to go to an official direct-sale store of a certain brand in a shopping mall to buy mobile phones.

In winter in the north, it starts to get dark before dinner time.I walked anxiously on the snow-covered road, which made my accelerated pace very slow.I stomped my feet vigorously to remove the snow on the soles of my shoes. My emotional exertion and the loud noise of my feet startled a middle-aged woman who had just passed by me.She glanced at me and left without saying anything. If it was normal, I would extend my hand to express my apology and add an "excuse me".But now my mood has gone to a certain level, and I don't care about the eyes of others when they look at me and the evaluation of my low-quality behavior.I used to think that even if I fall down, I will never lack the courage and motivation to start again. It is because many things have not been truly experienced, and this is the first time I have experienced that when people are forced by life to a certain extent Sometimes it is really possible to give up part of the image.

My behavior on the bus was fairly peaceful, probably because I grabbed my seat.I can't wait to end this anxiety as soon as possible, take a new mobile phone and return to a peaceful and normal life before.Although I know that the evening has just arrived and the time is too late, I still hope to reach my destination as soon as possible.

The car was "taken care of" by the evening rush hour, and after driving for about an hour, it finally arrived at the station where I got off.I walked quickly to the commercial street, and when I passed an ancient building, I slowed down and looked up at the building. This is the location of the labor service company I worked for when I was working part-time for the first time. The company that "flyed the order".My heart suddenly became quiet and I was filled with emotions. Before I knew it, four and a half years had passed, and many memories came flooding back. I remembered how I was young and ignorant at that time, and I thought of Xiao Bo and Xiao Zhao with their tired heads. The scene when sweating profusely.The corners of my mouth raised slightly. I didn't expect that I was so stupid at the time, but how I wanted to be "stupid" like that forever!

I continued to step up the pace. The New Year’s Day holiday made this bustling street even more lively. The streets were covered with big red lanterns and Chinese knots. Some shops played "Chinese New Year" and the background music of selling candied haws It adds a lot of New Year's atmosphere to this festival.

The crowd made me unable to walk fast. I walked alone on the bustling pedestrian street and tried to integrate myself into this fashionable field and the atmosphere of the New Year. Looking at the happy and sweet faces of people, I felt Never happy.

Finally arrived at the place where I want to buy the mobile phone, the process of buying the mobile phone and paying is very fast.Before the entire checkout process was completed, I couldn't wait to get my mobile phone in my hand and manipulate it.I originally thought that when I turned on my phone, there would be overwhelming messages and messages from people who wanted to find you but couldn't find you and were worried about you.But it wasn't until the moment I turned it on that I realized that apart from those three or two spam advertisement messages, there was no other message at all, not a single one.As it turns out, any imaginary images of others looking for you are nothing more than mediocrity.

After solving the problem of mobile phones, life has gradually started to develop in the right direction, but the expenses owed for purchasing mobile phones are indeed a problem.I made some calculations, and I could make up some of my savings, the money I got from selling two old electrical appliances at home, and some pocket money my grandma gave me, but there was still a shortfall of nearly 2000 yuan.This really made me fully understand the meaning of the phrase "a penny beats a hero".

At this time, I suddenly remembered that Xiao Zhao once came to my house one day to ask me to go to a night shift part-time job with him.At that time, I was busy reversing the "jet lag" of black and white, and the whole person was in a state of fascination, so I refused without asking too much.And my current situation seems to be very suitable for this kind of part-time job!

I quickly contacted Xiao Zhao to ask him about his work. He replied that there are two types of day shift and night shift. The day shift is from [-] am to [-] pm, and the night shift is from [-] pm to [-] am.The wages are calculated by round hours, and the wages of the night shift will be higher than that of the day shift.

I asked him if it was the same job as the one we had last time (that is, the part-time job where I lost my phone), and he said it was similar, but slightly different.I quickly asked him for his work contact information, which was like a life-saving straw for me at the moment.

Xiao Zhao pushed me the WeChat of the part-time team leader. The WeChat name of the team leader is Chai Yun. This should be his real name, which symbolizes wealth. It is a very auspicious and pleasant name.The person who chose this name for him must be full of wisdom. I added him as a friend while thinking this way, and soon passed the friend verification.

I chatted with him and asked for specific job information, including working hours, job content, salary, etc., and he answered me patiently.

Different from the last company, this is another courier sorting recruitment for a well-known e-commerce brand that ranks very high in the country. The working hours of the day shift are the same as the one Xiao Zhao introduced to me, because an hour of lunch break will be deducted in the middle , so the net working hours are nine hours, 11 yuan per hour, 99 yuan per day, and the salary is paid in the form of WeChat red envelopes, which can be received at around nine o'clock in the evening.The job content is the normal express sorting, just sorting the goods one by one to the place where they need to be placed. This sounds easy, but it is not easy to do.

I asked him how many days this job can be done at most, and he told me that people are recruited every day and all year round, and there is almost no upper limit on the number of people. The more the better, no matter day shift or night shift, as long as you can bear it, you can work every day Everyone has this job to do.

I instantly felt a lot more at ease in my heart, because I can continue to work in this way. Although I can’t keep doing it, I need to work for at least half a month before I can pay off my debts. In addition, I also Need to accumulate some pocket money needed for basic expenses.

I clicked on his WeChat avatar. It was a young man about my age, neither handsome nor ugly. I guessed that he was also a college graduate who had just graduated from university for about two years.

After signing up, he sent me his phone number and a location, and told me that this is the place to take the shuttle bus. We gather here at [-]:[-] every morning. He is very busy in the morning and may not be able to read WeChat on his mobile phone, so when he arrives If you are not sure which car is the shuttle bus or have other matters, just call him directly to avoid delaying things.

I took a look at the location of the shuttle bus. It is the sports center of the city. Many ball games and sports events have achieved brilliant results here. It is also the golden area of ​​the new district very close to the city. There is a direct bus near my home. Here's the bus line.

I quickly calculated the time and set the alarm clock for the next morning so as not to miss the work in the future.When everything was in place, I finally breathed a sigh of relief temporarily, thinking that I would have to rely on part-time jobs to make money in the future, I couldn’t help but feel a little uncomfortable. After all, this is very different from the life trajectory I had planned. Deviation.But in fact, after thinking about it, at least there is a temporary job to do, at least not at home all day, but busy with some serious things, so I won't be as depressed as before.

In the evening, I lay on the bed early and prepared to go to bed. Only then did I realize that I hadn't had a regular rest life for a long time.The long-term upside-down of day and night has made me a little unaccustomed at this moment. Another benefit of this job is that it can restore me to my normal work and rest time.

Since I had to get up early the next day to go out, I didn't sleep well that night.At this time, I suddenly discovered that it feels so good when I have worries and expectations about the next day's itinerary in my heart.

When the alarm clock rang in the morning, I got up.Although I woke up very listless in the morning, I was full of energy immediately after washing up, as if I was reborn, yes, I am about to start a new life!

I had a simple breakfast at home and went out immediately. It was my father who made it for me. He knew that I had to get up early to go to work today, so he got up earlier than me and made breakfast for me.Parents usually accuse their children of laziness and slackness. When they really encounter various things, they will be the ones who rush to the forefront to help you.

It is always very late in the morning in winter, especially in the north.It was still dark when I arrived at the bus station, and I took a deep breath of the cold air. I felt refreshed immediately, and my fatigue and drowsiness disappeared. The white breath followed my breathing frequency. After a short stay, it was blown away by the cold wind.I put my hands in the pockets of the cotton coat. I knew that I would encounter a lot of dust at work, so I deliberately wore an old cotton coat instead of the usual down jacket.

The bus during this time period is not crowded, and I am very close to the departure station, so I have a seat to sit.The roads are often smoother before the morning rush hour, and the dark mornings in winter also weaken people's desire to travel too early.The car arrived at the station earlier than I expected, and I arrived at the assembly location before seven o'clock.

I first went to a nearby subway station to escape the cold, and the sky had already brightened up, and the busiest morning rush hour of the day began to come.

The subway station is full of people, and the breakfast cars and vendors are also gathered here. The aroma of fried eggs and the smell of pancakes and fruits are all around, which makes me salivate even though I have already had breakfast, and quietly swallow I drool a few times.

When I took out my mobile phone and was about to open WeChat to contact the team leader, I found a long queue of people not far away, and one of them was recording something one by one with a pen and a piece of paper.I knew it was the part-time team leader who was queuing up to count the number of people, so I quickly put my phone away and ran over in a hurry, for fear that I would miss today's work!If you wake up early and fail to catch up with the evening set, and you miss out, then it's not worth it.

I came to the line and asked a young man who was queuing up if this is the collection point for express sorting. After receiving a positive answer, I breathed a sigh of relief and stood at the end of the line.

At this time, the team leader is walking along the queue in front of each person to ask for their name, and then finds the place corresponding to the name in the sign-in list prepared in his hand to mark the place to prove that this person has arrived.

When I came to my place and I reported my name, the team leader hesitated for a moment, then looked down at the sign-in book in his hand, and then he frowned and told me that I didn't have my name.

After I heard it, I looked at the leader in front of me with a look of astonishment. He looked in his early thirties, was neither tall nor short, a little fat, and had permed textured curly hair.I asked him if he was going to a sorting center to work as a part-time courier sorter. He nodded and asked where I signed up. I said Chai Yun's name and took out my phone to show him Yun's WeChat avatar.He smiled and told me that his meeting point was not here, but on the basement level of one of the exits of the subway entrance, and you can see it just after you go down.I looked in the direction of his finger, and that exit was the one I had just escaped from the cold, but I saw them line up here before I went down.

I quickly said thank you and walked towards the subway exit I was pointing to. On the way, I saw a group of people gathering across the road, and the same team leader was leading a team of part-time workers to sign in.Only then did I suddenly realize that this job was contracted out to many labor companies or team leaders.In fact, I should have thought earlier that the part-time job before was just an event and would be contracted to many companies, not to mention that this is such a large logistics center, I was too hasty just now.This also made me suddenly understand that it turns out that people cherish the opportunities they get when they are in adversity!
I came to the inside of the subway station and saw that there were indeed many people waiting there. Some stood aside and played with their mobile phones, and some squatted there in a daze, as if they hadn't woken up.

I saw a person who looked very similar to Chai Yun’s WeChat profile picture standing facing the exit of the subway gate, also holding a sign-in form in his hand.I hurried over to find him to sign, and while signing my name, I felt my stupidity again.yes!I obviously clicked on Chai Yun's profile picture to see it, and I should have a general image of what I was looking for the team leader in my mind, but when I was queuing outside to sign in, I completely forgot all of this!The more irritable you are, the more calm you need to be.

After signing, my heart was finally at the bottom of my mind. I glanced at the time and walked to a corner to wait for the next trip. It is now around 1.8:[-], and a large number of people began to pour into the exit of the gate. A train had just arrived. This stop.As soon as two or three people came out, they went straight to Chai Yun's direction to find him to sign in.Chai Yun is about [-] meters tall. He has eyes full of spirit, and his face is always calm and calm, giving people a sense of maturity and stability. He is a person whose mind is more mature than his age.

I saw a few people chatting with each other and interacting with Chai Yun from time to time. Looking at their talking and laughing, I knew that they had been working for a while.

After less than 10 minutes, almost all the people arrived, and we boarded a small bus on the side of the road under the leadership of Chai Yun.I roughly counted about 20 people who came to work part-time, all of them were men, or they looked relatively old, between 35 and 50 years old, or they were college students from nearby schools taking advantage of the New Year's Day holiday Come out to work to earn pocket money.

The seats in the car are not enough for so many people, and those who are thinner can only squeeze a little.I sat near the window near the car door. The crowded space made me a little uncomfortable. Many people bought some convenient fast food from the breakfast stand and ate it in the car without having breakfast.The airtight space is filled with mixed smells of various foods, making the original discomfort even more annoying.But there is no way, the part-time team leader is a low-cost and low-profit industry, and the expenses that can be saved will naturally be tight.

Just when I was bored, someone tapped me on the shoulder.I looked in the direction, and an old man with disheveled hair and a dark cotton coat smiled and handed over a plastic bag full of oil stains and asked me to help throw it out of the car window.

His teeth were yellow, and his mouth was covered with crumbs from the breakfast he had just eaten.I was very reluctant to do this favor in my heart, and I was very resistant to it.But after thinking about it, earning money outside the home still has to be a man with his tail between his legs. Everyone is here for the meager income. There is really no need to step on each other and cause unnecessary troubles.

I took the plastic bag and helped dispose of it and then sat and stared out the window.

I was still familiar with the place where the car passed by at the beginning, but gradually, the scenery outside the window began to become unfamiliar.This is an economic development zone around the urban area, almost all of which are factories, including heavy industry, light industry and logistics industry, among which there are several companies that can rank high in the country.

It didn't take long to arrive at the logistics center where we were going to work, and the whole journey took less than 10 minutes.This logistics center is very large, with five or six huge factory warehouses.

After getting out of the car, Chai Yun led us to one of the warehouses.Experienced part-timers advise everyone to take this opportunity to light a cigarette as soon as possible, because there will be no time to smoke after work.After hearing this, the smokers all took out their cigarettes one after another and started smoking, and some smokers who did not bring cigarettes would generously hand over one, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.Most of the cigarettes they smoke are common brands on the market, and the price is between five and ten yuan.

The warehouse has many oversized rolling doors for trucks to park. The rolling doors are electronically controlled. Chai Yun told us that the doors can only be opened and used when there are trucks loading and unloading. Unless it is a loading and unloading worker, you can’t come here to stay, let alone from then on. The door directly enters the warehouse. If the staff inside find out, all wages for the day will be deducted.

He led us into the warehouse through the normal entrance and exit gate. When we first entered the gate, we saw rows of lockers. There were many lockers, but each one was not very big.Almost every cabinet has a person's name on it, some are locked, some are bare but not locked, and some are simply open.

Chai Yun took out a big box from nowhere. He said that all our belongings and bags should be put in this big box or we can find an unlocked locker to put it in, but it may be locked by the owner of the locker. Take it out and put it somewhere.Mobile phones and cigarettes are absolutely not allowed to be brought in. Once found out, wages will be deducted and they will never be hired.Experienced people have already been very proficient in putting their mobile phones and cigarettes in their backpacks and then finding a suitable place in that box to put them away.

I didn't bring a backpack, just a cell phone, keys, some cash and a pack of tissues in my coat pocket.

At this time, a man shouted that I had a lock, and I knew which cabinet was an empty cabinet that no one was using!If you don't have a bag, you can put your cigarette and mobile phone in my place and lock them together.

I took a closer look and saw that it was the man who asked me to help throw out the garbage bag in the morning. I followed and put my mobile phone in the locker.There are seven or eight mobile phones and five or six packs of cigarettes in the locker, which are basically stored by people like me who don't have any backpacks.

The man reminded us that he would come to open the locker once during lunch and then go to eat. If he came out late and missed it, he would have to wait until after get off work to open the locker.

After passing through the locker, you will officially enter the sorting work area.At the gate of the sorting area, there will be a security inspector wearing a security uniform holding a metal detector to conduct a simple security inspection on the people entering the area one by one, and check the pockets for cigarettes or mobile phones that they forgot to take out, and then they can officially enter .

After all of us were frisked and entered the factory, the staff asked us to choose a yellow fluorescent vest in a large cardboard box and wear it on our bodies. The official said it was a guarantee of safety, but I knew it was more important. In order to play the role of distinguishing temporary workers.There are many fluorescent vests in the box, all of which are yellow.There are new ones and old ones, some are dirty, some are in tatters, and they are even so rotten that they can no longer be worn on the body.

I quickly picked out a brand new vest and put it on my coat. I was already wearing thick clothes in winter, so it was not easy to wear another vest outside.The vest is a bit small, and it doesn't look like much, but I'm still willing to wear this one, because it's not easy to find a clean one.

After everyone was dressed, Chai Yun gathered us together, and he took out his mobile phone to take a group photo of everyone.Then the staff here came to explain the work to us.To be honest, my heart is very resistant to being photographed.On the one hand, I don't want to accept the fact that I am forced to do this job for a living. On the other hand, I am afraid that he will be seen by acquaintances by chance by posting his photo as recruitment information in Moments.Even though I know there's nothing shameful about relying on my own hands for money, I still feel bad about it.This is the first time I have experienced the contradiction between the embarrassment of reality and the stubborn dignity.Right now, I hate myself very much.

The staff discussed with each other and decided to select a few people to bring to their own area to work, and then lead and explain the work separately.I know they come from different groups, and this season is the peak of online shopping, and they are still very short of manpower.

I was picked away by a man wearing glasses, and I went to the area he was in charge of with him. I can only say that my luck was not very good. This area mainly sells large items, such as rice, noodles, soybean oil and other products. Crates of beer drinks.

The work content is very simple.Every item to be sorted will be labeled, and there will be a short string of numbers on the label.Numbers are in the form of a one-digit number, a dash, and then a three-digit number.The area where the goods are placed will also have the same number.You just need to find the items to be sorted according to the number on the label and place them in the corresponding area.If you want to go to the bathroom, drink saliva, or smoke a cigarette, you can go there by yourself, as long as the time is not too long or excessive.Just pay attention, you must walk in the door, not the door of the unloading area.

After the rules are explained, the work begins.I first picked up a bag of vacuum-packed five-kilogram rice to sit on the waste heat, and went to the delivery area to get acquainted with it.The delivery area is very close to the sorting area. There are rows of wooden pallets on the ground here, and the things we sort are placed on the pallets and arranged neatly.When the items on the tray are full, someone will come and take them away.

This kind of wooden pallet is the kind used for forklift transportation, but here it is generally not a forklift to pull it away, but usually a manual pallet truck (commonly known as "ground cow" here) or an electric pallet truck (commonly called "electric pallet truck" here). ox").

Through the sorting and observation of the first item, I probably know some of the processes that exist here.The first singular number on the label represents the place where these items are to be sent, and the next few digits represent a more detailed area and distribution branch.The goods we sort are basically several neighboring cities on the west side of the city.The purpose of this is to refine the sorting.

Whether the item is heavy or light, you don't need to walk too much to find the place to put it.It's just that the number of times is frequent, and you will feel tired after a long time.I saw that there were not many goods left that needed to be moved, and I thought I could finally take a breather.Unexpectedly, several temporary workers came here pushing a huge cage-like cart.This is the item we will continue to sort next.When I thought there was only this cart of goods, several temporary workers each pushed a cart full of goods and put them here.They were wearing orange neon vests, and a few of them I recognized as the ones brought in by the part-time leader I'd lined up in the wrong line this morning.Since they are not the same team leader, it means that they are two different labor service companies. The function of the fluorescent vest is indeed to distinguish and manage more.

After working for a while, my waist is almost too tired to straighten up, which is the most typical manifestation of lack of exercise.I went out to slow down in the name of going to the bathroom.

The restroom is on the second floor of a building next to the warehouse.The staff lounge is also there, where employees eat, drink, and rest.Both employees and temporary workers here can enter and stay.

I bought a bottle of mineral water from the vending machine next to the lounge and drank it in gulp. After drinking it, I took some warm water from the drinking water place and stored it in the bottle to keep drinking it for the next day.I put that level in an inconspicuous spot in the break room.In order to make it easy to distinguish, I deliberately tore off the packaging of the bottle and pinched the bottle body to make a depression.Let's hope it isn't dropped by someone else on my next break.I thought about it and went back to work.On the way back, I met the man with the lock smoking a cigarette with three or two people, talking about the tiredness of today's tasks.

The whole morning was spent in exhaustion.When it was lunch break, I was a few minutes late because I sorted a case of beer just before the break.Therefore, I missed the time when the man with the lock unlocked it, and thus missed the opportunity to take out the phone.When I got there, the small but delicate lock was still hanging on the door to guard the cabinet.

I used some change in my trouser pocket to go outside the gate of the factory.There were two or three fast food trucks parked outside the door. I walked over to have a look. One was selling lunch boxes, one was selling barbecue bibimbap, and the other was selling pancakes and fruits.I went to the front of the bulgogi bibimbap and bought one.The price of fast food is not expensive, and you can get a lunch for ten yuan.The big brother who sells barbecue rice asked me where I was from, and I told him it was local.I asked him if he had a food truck every day, and he replied that the people in the food truck lived nearby.Everyone will take advantage of the lunch break of the workers in the nearby factory to go out to the factory area for a while, and then go to a nearby night market to continue to go out in the evening.He said, "It's all for life!" Yes, we are all for life.At this moment, when I write this sentence, I lean on the back of the seat and look out the window.I don't know if we will survive without this sentence in the future, but we still have to believe in ourselves, put more expectations and love in our hearts, and be full of sunshine and youthfulness at all times.

I came to the lounge with the packed barbecue meal. There were a lot of people in the lounge, and there were people at every table.I found my leftover water bottle, glad it was still there, filled up some hot water, went in and sat down at a random spot.The man sitting across from me was also a temporary worker. He was wearing a camouflage military cotton coat sold in labor insurance stores, and a fluorescent vest of the same color as mine.I saw him when I took the shuttle bus in the morning. He was in his early thirties, and his appearance was a bit dull.His lunch is very simple, just a bag of bread, I have eaten that kind of bread, it is the most common kind, it is very cheap, there is no filling in it, it is very dry, and the taste is slightly hard.

After lunch, I noticed that the guy with the lock was also sitting in the lounge, but I didn't ask him for the key to get my phone.I got up too early in the morning, and the midday sun shone in the lounge, which made the whole room extraordinarily warm, which made me sleepy.

I threw away the lunch box, put my hands on the table and fell into my arms and took a nap.Although the desktop is full of oil stains, I don't care about these at this time, people will gradually be assimilated by the environment.

After a brief rest, my ears gradually recovered the noisy sounds around me.I looked up at the clock hanging in the lounge, it was almost time to go to work.I rubbed my eyes, put the water bottle back, made some adjustments, and continued to work.

The work in the afternoon is the same as in the morning, sorting and transporting.At this time, my waist is already tired and a little numb.A boy who looked like a student said to me while carrying a case of beer: "How can this beer be so popular?"

Indeed, no matter which area it is sorted to, the figure of this beer seems to have never been broken.I replied, "Maybe it's a special offer."

In fact, many products here are on sale, and one of the foreign brands whose name cannot be named is very popular.They said the milk, which is usually expensive, was nearly half off in a recent online shopping event.Many people will naturally not let go of this rare opportunity!Even one of the temp workers here placed an order.

In the process of working, I asked myself more than once in my heart why I became what I am now, where have all the rhetoric and enthusiasm when I was in college gone?The more tired my body is, the more I think about the bad things that happened to me.The more I think about it, the angrier I get!Thereby turning this anger into motivation for sorting and handling.

When I am very tired, I go back to the bathroom, then go to the lounge to drink some water and sit for a while.The first day of work was spent in such exhaustion.

When it was time to finish work at night, I learned the lesson of noon and wanted to follow the man with the lock tightly and want to go out with him, and so did the others.I followed closely but still got lost due to the crowd.When I got there, there was only one open cabinet door, and inside was a messy pile of several shoulder bags and a few cell phones scattered on the backpack.I found my mobile phone, put it in my pocket, and went out to get on the bus, which still drove back to the meeting point in the morning.After getting off the bus, I headed to the bus station to go home. I was hungry and tired walking on the streets of the north in the cold winter.However, I have to go through an ultimate test before I can go home and really relax.That is to squeeze the bus.

This is the busiest stage of traffic at night, and the bus at this time is already crowded.And I just want to find a gap in such a crowded state to win a space for myself to go home.The crowded crowd and thick clothes make the cold body become hot.The congested roads prolong the time I stand and be squeezed. This is the truest portrayal of cheap labor.

Dinner this day was home-cooked beef stew.A full meal can be regarded as a comfort to the tired body.On the first day of working there, I figured out some of the ways inside.

I took two lunch boxes and packed a box of rice and a box of beef stew.Yes, this is my daily lunch.Bringing a lunch box is not so much for the sake of cleanliness and sanitation, it is better to save as much as possible.I found the small lock that I used to use in the newspaper subscription box at home, and I am going to find an empty box to use the next day.It is better to rely on oneself than to ask for others. This is the best summary of my personal belongings today when they are under the fence.Once everything is ready, it's time to wait for the next day's work.

I haven't had such a good sleep for a long time. From the time I went to bed to the time the alarm clock sounded, I slept soundly, without waking up or dreaming.

I woke up to find that my family had already woken up before me and prepared breakfast for me.My heart is very warm, and there is a sour feeling.

After breakfast, I put the prepared things in my backpack and went out, everything was the same as the day before.

While waiting for the shuttle bus at the subway station, Chai Yun chatted with a few familiar people who had been working for several days in a row, and I also saw that there were indeed a few faces who came to work yesterday.Instead of getting too close to them with firewood, I stood in a corner where I could see them.In a crowded subway station, more than a dozen people of different ages and different outfits gather together. Anyone who sees it can tell that the temporary workers recruited by the labor service company are gathering, and I don’t want to be seen. I am in it.So I hid in a corner and pretended to be waiting for my friend.The reason why I chose a corner where I can see the firewood is that I can see everything at the first time to avoid accidents.

I'm really ridiculous, obviously not far from the end of the road, but I'm still holding on to the so-called face and keeping comfort in my heart for myself.The world is big, people come and go, and they are in a hurry.Everyone has their own things to do, and they don't even bother to look at you.Even if you happen to see it, no one will remember you.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if someone wants to look here deliberately, can I really not be seen if I hide in a corner?I am really a model of "wanting to be a bitch and also want to set up a torii".

The bus is still the car from yesterday.I didn't make a sound when I arrived at the workplace, but silently looked for a vacant locker that could still be locked.The most important thing when you come out to work is to learn to learn from a fall in a ditch and gain a wisdom.

Everything that followed was the same as the day before, going through the security check, taking a group photo, and assigning positions.I was again assigned to the same position as the previous day, and bending over and carrying it again and again became my job content again.

Orders on this day are very hot, and the task of sorting has also become busy.Truckloads of goods were being delivered continuously, and the existing manpower was simply not enough. Many employees from other positions also came here to help.The wooden boards where the goods are placed will be filled again after a short time every time they are emptied.The ones in charge of hauling were panting one after another, but still couldn't keep up with the speed of sorting.

However, with the passage of time, this phenomenon has intensified.Even the single person in charge of loading the goods is too busy, and even the cars used to load the goods are almost running out!All kinds of leaders, large and small, also joined the frontline work.They led the reinforcements from this department to work here one after another. The merits were sorted like us. Some helped pull the cattle, and some followed to load the trucks.The busy work continues, which makes people not even have a chance to go to the bathroom.

I am too tired to straighten my back, but the scene will not stop because of my fatigue.Here, the site is always in operation 24 hours a day.

At this moment, I noticed the man who sat across from me during the lunch break yesterday.He was still wearing a camouflage army green cotton coat, and he worked very fast and experienced.His work efficiency is very high, and he is always sweating tirelessly. He can be seen as someone who has been engaged in handling related work.

The cotton-padded jackets of the leaders who help on-site are different from ordinary employees. They all wear black cotton-padded jackets with the logo of the e-commerce brand printed on them.The style of the cotton clothes is very good-looking, and the quality is also visible to the naked eye.As expected, being a leader is different from ordinary employees. The treatment is superior in all aspects, even if the position is only slightly higher. No wonder people often say that "the long the official will be rich".

Some leaders at the scene looked like they were in their fifties, while others looked in their early forties.But they are all the ones whose temperament is obviously due to other people at first glance.He is also very relaxed when he does his work, without tiptoeing at all.

It's the end of the year now, and it won't be long before the Spring Festival.People like to start giving gifts or buy new year's goods in advance at this time.Online e-commerce companies are certainly aware of these customs and the business opportunities involved.Discount campaigns again and again have won large quantities of orders.Beer, beverages, rice, noodles, and oil have become the main commodities discounted at the event.These items all have a certain weight, and we are responsible for sorting exactly these categories of items.It is also from this day that the busy work here has never stopped.

The lunch break of this day was compressed to 10 minutes.The logistics station promised to give each of us an overtime pay of five yuan, but Chai Yun did not give me that overtime pay in the evening wage settlement.I asked him, and he told me that the logistics side did not explain to him that there will be overtime work today.This also caused strong dissatisfaction among the part-timers the next day. Since then, no matter how busy they are or how much goods they have, part-timers will choose to take a lunch break on time.Because people don't want to sacrifice their rest for unpaid labor again.Integrity cannot afford to gamble.What's more, the overtime pay is not much.

I forgot which day it was, when I came home from work, I walked through the crowded crowd and got off the blocked bus.On the way home, I vaguely heard a popular song that I like to listen to on the noisy street.I sang along as I walked, the cold wind and the noisy street muffled my voice.This just gave me the opportunity to "presumptuous"!I sang very loudly, as if I sang all the resentment I had suppressed for a long time!When the beginning approached the end of the intersection, I just finished singing and took back the singing that I had just roared.Although my voice was a little hoarse after singing along, at this moment, my heart opened up, and my heart was much more cheerful than before.

I did it for six or seven days in a row, and what I did every day was still the work of sorting.With this kind of labor as support every day, my physical fitness is much better than before, and my figure is also stronger.Tiredness makes me sleep soundly every night.At that time, although I worked hard every day, I was extraordinarily fulfilled.Although it is full of complaints, I really like this kind of life in my heart, because compared with the previous decadent time, this is simply salvation, to redeem the fighting spirit in my heart that has not been extinguished and is yet to be burned.

After these days of work, I have also become acquainted with some people here, and I can see the faces of many people every day.For example, the man who wore the lock on the first day and asked me to help heat the garbage.His surname is Yin, and Chai Yun calls him Lao Yin.Although he looks very old, like a person in his 50s, he is actually only 28 years old, a young man.He is from a county near the city, and now he is temporarily staying at a relative's house, planning to go home a few days before the Spring Festival.After the Spring Festival is over, I will continue to return to this city.He works very hard, and the part-time team leader likes such part-time workers the most.Chai Yun asked Lao Yin what he was going to do when he came back to continue his career. If he didn’t find a good job, he could help find a full-time job or talk to the e-commerce factory that is currently working on it, and switch to a full-time employee to enjoy normal allowances. .Lao Yin disagreed. He felt that the work was too tiring. He wanted freedom and a job where he could allocate his own time.

There are also a few people who are college students in the neighborhood who come here to work part-time when they are off.The final exam is coming soon, and they are all busy reviewing their homework, and they want to wait until the winter vacation is over after the exam and then return to work.It seems that they want to earn some pocket money so that they can live a "fat year"!
I don't know when, the shuttle bus has changed from a minivan to a tourist bus, and it is full of people every day, and there are even people who don't have seats to squeeze with thin people.At this time, the students are already on vacation, and I have been working here for more than ten days.

I am going to rest after another week of work, and spend the Spring Festival at home with peace of mind.Look for a formal job after the Spring Festival.At this time, I have basically paid off my debts, and my mentality has improved significantly compared to before.

Another day, when we were waiting at the subway station, the subway arrived at this station, and a large wave of passengers poured out.A tall boy with glasses followed the crowd and swiped his card through the gate, walking towards Chaiyun with his signature smile.His name is Ah Zheng, he is a very sunny boy with the same smile every day.When Chai Yun learned that he was already 28 years old, he was surprised and thought he was only in his early 21s.Didn't expect him to be the same age as Lao Yin!Indeed, Ah Zheng has a strong sense of youth.I haven't chatted with him too much, but I only know that he likes playing games very much. It seems that he encountered some difficulties and came here temporarily to do this part-time job and wait for the Spring Festival before re-planning.Perhaps, he had already planned it.

In fact, I know very well that everyone who comes here for a long-term part-time job has their own difficulties.But when everyone shows up in front of everyone, they often have a smiling side.

On this day, instead of being assigned to the sorting position, I was assigned to loading.It is to fill the cart like a cage and push it to the sorting place, which belongs to the previous step of the sorting work.There is actually no difference in the content of this work compared to pre-sorting, except that the place where the goods are moved is different.There are a lot of goods that need to be packed. You need to make good use of the limited space in the cart to load as much as possible, the more the better, and then push the goods to be sorted according to the number of the cart area.

Loading is a very skillful technical job.Experienced people can skillfully fill the car with a lot of goods.As for me..., I must have been in a mess when I first arrived.An uncle who was doing the loading work together came to tell me how to load more without taking up too much space.I looked at the car he loaded, the goods were neat and full.I began to try to load and display goods according to the method he told me, but although I understood the reason and method, the actual effect was not very obvious.I have no choice but to pretend to be whatever!Anyway, if you can install more, try to install as much as possible!

I still pack home-cooked meals with a lunch box every day, and then bring them to the lounge to eat hot during lunch break.

In the afternoon, my loading level was significantly better than when I first did it in the morning, and I can already make better use of the space in the cart.Every time I get an item, I have a concept of how to place the item in my mind. This is the experience accumulated through practice again and again.Some things can really be learned beyond just relying on written theoretical knowledge.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, it was rare to have some free time, which gave everyone a chance to breathe and adjust.The loading uncle chatted with me, and I learned that he is just 50 years old this year, but his face looks old.He comes from a village around here. His family owns a few mu of land, but not much, and no one cultivates it, so he rents it out all year round.He used to work in a factory but unfortunately was laid off. After being laid off, he rode a tricycle for several years. After the tricycle was banned, he began to work around.He is a temporary worker like me, except that he is affiliated to a local labor service company outsourced by the e-commerce factory. The salary is paid monthly, with one day off a week. The salary is fixed. If there is overtime pay, the overtime pay will be extra Yes, but there are not many opportunities for them to work overtime.

He also told me that almost all the land in several villages around his home had been relocated. The place where we work now was relocated a few years ago.He also hopes that one day his family's land can be relocated, so that he will be prosperous, but it has been a long time and there is no news about the relocation.

He didn't bother to ask me for news about me, but liked to tell stories about himself and his village.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a bald head and glasses quickly walked up to us and said with a smile, "Where are you chatting?"

Before we could speak, he left quickly.I thought he looked familiar, but I realized it after my uncle reminded me that he is the leader of this warehouse, and should be the person in charge of this warehouse, responsible for managing all matters in the warehouse.He was one of the few leaders who came to help when we were so busy a while ago, and I met him several times at the scene.

He has a bald head, which, judging from the condition of his scalp, was shaved because of alopecia.He does not speak or act like an adult. According to the employees here, he is a very cautious person. Many outsourced temporary workers like uncles hate him as the so-called "leader".

Sure enough, within a few minutes, an employee from the warehouse came over and helped us, who had just gained a moment of free time, to pull "ground cows" to the suburbs.The employee also said helplessly that it was the leader's intention, saying that we were asked to help because we were idle, but in fact there was no shortage of manpower there.Indeed, because this moment has not yet waited for the update of the new batch of orders.But there is no way, we have to do as the superior asked.

Although in the past ten days, I have learned to use the "ground cow".But forced labor is always emotionally depressing, even though it's our job.A not-too-tall, slightly fat guy came to my side and began to complain to me non-stop. He has been here for about three or four days.He kept telling me that other team leaders recruited people here more than our team leader paid, that Chai Yun took too much money from us, it was too dark, and he also talked about how easy it is to find part-time jobs, Make more money.I didn't make a sound, just looked at him and smiled politely at him.

He speaks a foreign dialect. If this dialect is usually humorous and interesting, it is also a pistachio to break the silence.But now it sounds so boring.What caused this boredom was not the dialect itself, nor him who was speaking, but the noisy environment around me and my chaotic state of mind at this time.

I saw that Lao Yin was also here to help pull the "ground cow".I leaned over to Lao Yin, and Lao Yin chatted with me while working.He said that he was going back to his hometown in five days, and that his father's birthday would soon be the Spring Festival, so it was time to go home.After the Spring Festival, a friend in his hometown will hold a wedding, and he will return to this city after attending the wedding.He also talked to me about his daily expenses. He lives in a relative’s house. He needs to commute to the subway every day to get to the shuttle bus. money.Occasionally at night I buy some fruit for my relatives, and it’s not bad to save fifty dollars a day.

I know he didn't say much since he wasn't married and started a family.I don't ask too many personal questions to the people who come to work here, because I know it's not easy for everyone.Many people here will make jokes about Lao Yin's old appearance and young age after getting acquainted.Lao Yin never got angry, he always smiled and said what's the use of being handsome.Although Lao Yin has no culture, he speaks straight and has a loud voice.But he is a kind and humorous person, and he has the generosity of northern men in his bones!

When I went to the bathroom, I sat in the lounge and drank some water. After a short rest, I went back to work.

Continuing to load the vehicles, Xiao Yang, a staff member in the warehouse, called me and two other temporary workers over to load vehicles in a certain area with him.Xiao Yang has been working here for several years, and he is a straightforward northern man.He told me that although the regular workers here are much more expensive than our temporary workers wearing fluorescent vests, the work content is also much more complicated.Every job such as loading and unloading, sorting, forklifts, and pulling goods must be known.People can go to any position that needs people, and the work is divided into day shift and night shift. The two shifts take turns, and the salary is calculated according to the workload.After excluding the five social insurances and one housing fund, the monthly salary that can be obtained is about 7000 yuan, and it can reach more than [-] yuan in particularly busy months, and it may be tens of thousands with some additional subsidies.But really tired.

Xiao Yang led us to load the cars in an orderly manner in his way.He is efficient and methodical.Under his leadership, several of us have good speed and quality.He told me that no matter where you work in the future, the experience and lessons you can learn here can be transformed and used in new jobs.

Xiao Yang asked me where I worked before, and I told him that I failed in starting a business and was a loser.After learning about my age, he waved his hand and said to me, failure at this age is not failure, you still have unlimited possibilities.This is also the most comforting and moving sentence I have heard since I started working here.After listening to it, my heart seemed to be filled with motivation instantly.There is always a moment when a word from a certain person will move you

During the last five days of my part-time job, I was assigned to another warehouse.The work there is also sorting. The difference is that here each person sorts out a pallet of goods individually. After the entire large pallet is full or feels that it can't fit, then use the "ground cow" to scan it. The area can be, without loading and unloading.The scanning place is not far from the sorting area, where there are five scanning teams with three people in each group.

There are more than a dozen other people who came here to work with me, but it was the four teenagers who really caught my attention, because they were very sunny, united, and always full of energy.It only took me half a day to get acquainted with them. They are all from a small city in the province. They grew up together when they were young. Now they are all freshmen in college in this city.They have been working as part-time workers during the winter vacation, and they live in one of the school dormitories very close to here at night. All the students in the dormitory have gone home for the holidays, and the campus has not yet completely closed, just giving them a place to stay. .

The leader of the four of them is a very thin young man. The leader does not have many people in his hands, and naturally he does not hire a shuttle bus to pick them up every day like Chai Yun, but he promised the four of them that he would reimburse them from the nearest The fare for taking a taxi from the subway entrance to here.The fare from the nearby subway entrance to here is about ten yuan.The four of them kept the taxi receipts from the subway entrance to here every day for fear of regretting it when they paid their wages.Because they had heard that the team leader promised others things and changed his mind because there was no proof.

When the four of them ate, they would buy two boxes of lunch and then buy two servings of rice separately, and then four people would get one serving of rice, and two people would eat one serving of vegetables.The cigarettes they smoke and the clothes they wear are very cheap, but they are happy every day.Brothers get together and rely on their hands to work hard, that is the happiness of suffering together!Their spirits are rich, and I can see their infinite hope in them!
I remember one day, one of the four of them accidentally damaged the packaging of a box of yogurt and needed compensation.The first thing the other three people said after learning about it was, "It's okay! The four of us share it equally." The yogurt was very expensive, and many part-timers wanted to buy it but were reluctant.The four of them each kept a small box and sold it to other people who worked part-time together at a price lower than the market price to minimize the loss.

The people in the scanning area are quite impatient, with a large number of orders and few hands, it is no wonder that they are not impatient under such a large workload every day!understandable.It's just that one group of people has an extremely bad attitude, especially one of the men in that group who wears glasses.He was waving his hands and yelling "Get out! Don't put it here! Get out!" He made everyone angry, especially the four boys.But I was not angry, the more he yelled at me, the more I put the goods there.The placement of the goods is not fixed, and it can be placed in any group, so that I simply put them there every time.

The "glasses man" yelled at me, but I smiled and nodded to him without saying a word and continued with my hands.He was taken aback!Probably didn't expect me to react like this.Every time I went there I ignored his yelling and smiled at him as I left.The angrier he got on me, the more genuine my smile.Gradually, he stopped yelling at me, and his expression began to change from anger to helplessness, but no matter what his mood was, I still smiled at him every time.He began to try to communicate with me and asked me not to keep the goods with him, but I smiled and looked at him every time, and then continued to keep silent with the movements of my hands. He changed from helplessness to anger.

After seeing this, the four teenagers came to me to "learn scriptures".I told them that as long as they keep smiling, no matter what they yell at you, don't make a sound or speak, as long as they smile all the time, it won't be us but themselves who are making trouble.Just remember not to talk, no matter what he says or asks.As long as we smile more and don't talk, he will become more disturbed and angry.The four teenagers laughed and acted according to my method.

The five of us took turns to keep placing the goods in front of him, even if the goods of other groups were relatively small, and his was already very busy, we still placed them there.There was even a scene where he was already too busy for other free time.Even so, the other groups laughed and watched the excitement and would not lend a hand, because I understand that the performance of this job is determined by the working hours, not the quantity.

The "glasses man" turned from anger to helplessness again. He tried to communicate again and his attitude eased a lot. He begged me not to continue, but I remained silent and kept smiling.

The four teenagers asked me if I wanted to try to communicate, and I said that if we communicated, he would want us to promise him that we would stop creating pressure on him.But when I get busy, out of balance considerations, there will always be a few times to put it with him.At that time, he may say that we did not keep our promise, and he will return to his vicious and abusive attitude again!So the best way is not to have any negotiations with him, we are teaching him what respect is in our own way.

On the day before the end of the day, the "glasses man" whispered, "How long will these temporary workers continue to work?" There was a hint of regret in his tone.This time I lied to him: "Until the day before the Spring Festival." After I finished speaking, I blinked at him and turned to leave, leaving only his sighs behind me.In fact, this can be regarded as a surprise for him. When he found out that we were gone the next day, he should have a sudden secret joy.

Before leaving get off work, a young man who had been working continuously for a long time told me that he was going back to his hometown on the train tomorrow.He is also a college student at a nearby college.I said that it was also the last day for me, and I will have a good rest starting tomorrow and wait for the Spring Festival.I asked him where he was from, and he gave me a central province.I casually asked him if he was the capital city of that province?He hesitated for a moment and then suddenly nodded firmly and said "Yes!"

I said to him: "Bon voyage, happy new year, go home and have a good year."

He nodded and said to me, "Happy New Year."

In fact, I can feel from his expression that his home is probably only in a county under that city or a surrounding town, which may be the reason for his hesitation.Teenagers, often can't learn to hide their expressions and emotions.That's why I was a teenager, it was such a lovely time!

Sitting on the bus, I leaned against the window.At this time, I feel that the street scene that I pass by every day has become more prosperous and festive than before.What is very valuable is that in the past ten days or so, I have relied on my own hands to work hard to overcome the difficulties in front of me.My heart is full of hope and expectation again.The next thing I have to do is to change a new look to welcome the arrival of the Spring Festival.

I really want to say to myself at that time: "Happy New Year."

(End of this chapter)