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Chapter 1422 Joe One: Give Me Peace of Mind (7)

As soon as the summer vacation came, Pandi and Yindi went to grandpa's house immediately, only Qiao Yi and mother were left at home.

Wearing thin clothes, the mother stood by the bed and watched Qiao Yi looking for clothes. She couldn't hide her worry in her eyes: "Why would the recruiter want you as a little girl? And I'm too tired, Zhaodi, you'd better not go ok, let me go..."

"Did Geoffken let you go?"

Without raising her head, Qiao threw out a word coolly, and her mother stopped talking silently.

As soon as Joe dug out his old wearable clothes and a pair of old gloves, put on his hat, got up and went out.

Her mother chased her to the door: "Then...if they don't want you, you should come back early..."

"Yeah." Qiao turned around and told her, "Don't say anything about Qiao Fu, don't provoke him, and wait for me to come back."

The mother's eyebrows and eyes were full of sadness, and she nodded slightly.

As soon as Joe put on his old coat, he went downstairs.

It's not yet midsummer, the wind blowing through the treetops is still refreshing, but the sun above the head is a bit hot.

Jo pulled the sleeves out again to cover the backs of her hands, and pushed down the brim of her hat a little more.

She walked out of this noisy old-style neighborhood, passed through a few alleys, then left the city, and finally stopped by the big river on the outskirts of the city.

There were many men and women by the river, shoveling sand into carts, and others filtering fine sand.Strong men take on heavy work, and weak women take on light work.

Qiaoyi stood aside and watched for a while, her eyes locked on a thin man wearing a hat, she pressed down on the brim of the hat, and walked towards him,
When she got closer to the crowd, she could hear the noise of their chatting.

Qiao Yi was a little nervous, but he still walked over bravely.

After stopping beside the man, she tentatively said, "Uncle... Uncle, do you still need someone here?"

The man was smoking. Hearing this, he turned his head and glanced at Qiao Yi. Seeing that the brim of her hat was pulled down and her body was thin, she waved impatiently: "I don't want a kid like you."

Qiao hurriedly said: "I can endure hardship and have great strength, as long as they pay half of their money."

"No, no, you can't do this job."

The lean man took a few steps forward, and called a man next to him to help carry some stones by the river.

Seeing that this thin man ignored her at all, Qiao Yi felt a little lost and depressed.

After walking a few steps behind the man, she saw that there were unused tools next to the group of women shoveling sand, so she simply ran over to help with the work.

A woman asked in amazement: "Where did this kid come from? Why did he come here at such a young age?"

Qiao Yi bit his lip and lowered his head, shoveling the sand fiercely without opening his mouth.

A well-meaning woman reminded her: "You can't do this job, your arm won't be able to bear it after a day."

Joe glanced to the side and slowed down.

The woman asked again: "Girl, you look like you are still in junior high school? What about the adults at home? Why do you come to work here?"

Qiao Yi didn't want to speak at first, but when she saw the woman helping her intentionally or unintentionally, she whispered: "My father is dead, and my mother is sick."

"Ah?" Several women cried out in surprise, and then looked at her with sympathy and compassion, "Poor child, no wonder you have to go out to work at such a young age... Are you the only child in the family?"

"There are three younger sisters."

"Poor thing, I have to support my family at this age..."

The sympathetic voices of the women spread out, and from time to time they said a few distressing words.

(End of this chapter)