Chapter 87

When Lorraine hill was addicted to studying new things, Meru also swept away her family's differences. At the dinner party of the meeting that day, the family's uncles and relatives "voluntarily" gave up their rights and business, and were arranged by the master to stay in the headquarters and continue to recuperate.

A team of messengers and staff started from the headquarters of Hollis and went to various branches. A large number of personnel changes took place in various branches. Some of them were taken over by people sent by their masters, while some of them were directly promoted to unrelated people who had been excluded. At one time, the family atmosphere of Hollis was clear, as if he had cut off his body and put on the battle with light weight. The vacant position also inspires the people who are not successful at ordinary times and gives them hope. The whole chamber of commerce is rejuvenated.

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The nisos, the winery.

Brick and stone structure, wooden beams under the winery is a busy scene, stacked goods, neatly placed barrels, and a huge wine vat.

Some people kept putting boxes of grapes on the table, while a group of women and children began to select and throw away the green, small, broken, moldy and sundries.

Another group rubs the selected grapes and puts them into the wine jar. Bursts of fruit fragrance begin to spread in the factory. The wine jar is full of broken grape fragments, peels and juices.

One of the teenagers is also working hard. He wears a mask and special gloves. He rubs some grapes and puts them in a big bowl. When the bowl is full of crushed grapes, he pours them into the jar. Beside him are many workers, some of them are old, some are young, but the youngest is him.

From morning to night, the workers in these distilleries only have one hour's rest time at noon. They usually have no vacation. If they ask for temporary leave, they will be deducted money. Although it's very hard, many people are still flocking to it. After all, they can earn more than ten silver coins a month, which is much better than working in housework.

As the evening approached, the boy was a little tired, so he found an empty wine bucket to move over and sat on it to continue to work.

"Bud." A nearby aunt gestured him to come down instead of sitting.

The boy was puzzled. I didn't affect my work, but my aunt continued.

"It's not nice of you to work like this. It's gossip to be seen."

Then he asked the young man to come down and remind him that the manager might say something like "you are so comfortable.".

As a last resort, the boy obediently came down from the barrel, moved his aching legs and waist, and then continued to work.

At night, huge candlesticks light up, shining the lights in the brick and stone factory. Several employees hang up the wine jar and pour it into the huge filter funnel next to them. There are several layers of gauze on the funnel. The purple grape juice flows out slowly through the gauze filter.

After looking at it, several employees gathered the gauze and squeezed it continuously to extract the remaining juice. Finally, they got a jar of slightly clear grape juice. After closing the lid of the wine jar and standing, the group began to work.

"Are you finished? Hurry up. It's late. Mother Della's cakes are sold out."

One of the uncles began to urge him. His body was full of stains. The smell of sweat mixed with the smell of grape juice. It smelled a little bad, but no one laughed at him, because everyone was the same.

"Wait a minute, just cover this up, or old man Abe will have to deduct money when he sees it tomorrow."

"That old thing is very picky, and I don't know who it's for."

"That's to say, I didn't see nisos give him too much money, and he was so disgusted that he changed his way."

"Maybe he likes this kind of feeling. You don't see that he looks like an aristocrat every time he checks. He drags to heaven."

"Yes, let's go. Get some meat tonight."

"Cut, is it your treat? I can't afford it."

"It's OK. I'll take it."

"Don't, Manda. When have you been so generous? What's the matter with you?"

"Oh, you'll know later."

Several winery workers walked away, leaving only a night watchman on duty. He locked the door, blew out most of the candles, and left only a small amount of lighting. After that, he took out some dry cakes and put them in the hot soup, which softened slowly. After eating, he fell on the table and took a nap. It was still a long night.

Bud, who works in the factory during the day, drags his tired body back to the place where he lives. This is a remote corner of Hopland. Dirty and messy is the true portrayal of this area. At night, there are no lights, so he can only smell the garbage and dead fish on the street.

There is a well in the middle of a small square. There is a low house not far away. An old man leans on the doorpost, his eyes half closed and half awake.

Bud went up to get some water. The bucket was a little heavy. He could only pull half of it up.

Hold on to the rough rope tightly, the burr on the rope is a little tight, and then the old barrel rises slowly.

"What are you doing?" A hoarse voice sounded behind him, like a ghost. Bud was startled. The rope in his hand was loose, and the barrel fell rapidly. He pulled the rope and rubbed his hand with a tingle. He quickly grabbed the rope again, and then looked back.

The old man who was leaning by the door was awake. He was staring at bud with dark yellow eyes, like a dead man.

"I'll... I'll get some water and wash my body." Bud was a little scared and said it tremblingly.

"Where do you... Live?" The old man continued.

"I live in the red earth room behind the beech tree in the West. I came here a few days ago, introduced by Nante's mother-in-law." The boy said nervously.

"Oh."

The old man replied, closing his eyes again.

Bud took a drink of water, then washed himself, and left quickly.

The next day, which was also the pay day, bud came to the winery for two months, and got his first month's salary, 12 silver coins.

He carefully wrapped the silver coin in the belt of his clothes before going back, but today it was not as smooth as before.

Several people smelling of sweat and wine blocked bud in the alley. They had a premeditated plan to wait for the young man, whose leader was Manda, a former worker in the brewery.

"Boy, I'm happy. I paid today."

Compared with bud, who is not big, these adults are very tall. They stand together as if they are going to block the sky.

Under the shadow of these people, bud could only keep retreating, and finally leaned against the dusty wall.

"Be honest, take out the money. It's a new comer. That's the rule, OK?" One of them said that he had dark skin and yellow teeth.

"No..." bud is a little scared, but he still doesn't want to hand it over. It's hard for him to earn. He has worked hard for a long time, and he has to pay the rent to buy food.

Pop——

One slap slapped bud around in a whirl. He was stunned and felt hot on his face. Then he suffered from leg pain and was kicked, but he still insisted on not falling down.

Pop——

Another slap.

"You know better than that."

Several people nearby began to tear his clothes, looking for where the money was.

Bud hugs himself tightly, slides down from the wall, squats on the ground, and curses in his ears. Then he keeps beating, and finally kicks on the head, which makes him faint.

When he woke up, it was already dark, his clothes and belt had been torn, and only three of the 12 silver coins were left. He knelt on the ground and held the remaining silver coins in his hands one by one. His nails were tightly pinched into the meat, and he cried in a low voice. His hot tears ran across his face and fell into the dust.