kvmb Chapter 414 Passion
Chapter 414 Passion
The next day, before dawn, An Hong arrived at Chenjia Village.
In order to arrive at Chenjia Village as soon as possible, An Hong got up at dawn, quickly washed her face, and headed straight out of the city to Chenjia Village.
In the past, An Hong would never have dared to leave the city at sunrise. However, after the government and Chenjia Village jointly wiped out the bandits in Taiping County a while ago, the security situation outside the city has improved a lot. Although it is still somewhat dangerous to travel at night, it is relatively safe to leave the city at dawn, because An Hong is not the only one on this official road. There are also many peddlers who leave the city early to go to Chenjia Village to do business.
Upon arriving at Chenjia Village, An Hong continued walking into the village and went to the job recruitment location from the previous day.
"so many people."
An Hong thought she had arrived early enough, but she underestimated the enthusiasm of the people for recruiting workers in Chenjia Village.
However, two tables had already been set up outside the Chenjia Village general store, and a large number of people were queuing up in front of the two tables, forming two long lines.
An Hong took a step and joined a line composed entirely of women.
In front of her was a burly, robust-looking woman. Perhaps seeing the woman's kind face, An Hong asked, "Auntie, why are you here so early?"
The woman turned and glanced at An Hong, then laughed and said, "It has to be early! It's not easy for us women to find a job that can earn money. Now that Chenjia Village is recruiting, of course we have to come early, otherwise we won't get a chance at all."
After saying that, the woman asked curiously, "Young lady, where are you from?"
"I live in the county town."
"You live in the county town!"
The woman glanced at the growing number of people behind her in the queue and said, "You're lucky. You live in the county town and you managed to get here so early. If you had come any later, you probably wouldn't have gotten a turn!"
Upon hearing this, An Hong nodded. Her position in the queue was relatively close to the front, with about a few dozen people ahead of her. However, behind her... the number of people in the queue had already exceeded one hundred, and the number was still increasing rapidly. If she had come any later, she probably wouldn't have been able to get one of the three hundred job openings.
"Auntie, are you from a village outside the city?"
"Of course!"
The woman nodded and said, "If I weren't from outside the city, how could I have arrived so early?"
The town gates are closed at night. If you stay in the town, you can only leave when the gates are open. It takes at least half an hour to get from the town to Chenjia Village, no matter how fast you walk. By then, it will be too late.
On the contrary, it is more convenient for villagers living outside the city to travel to Chenjia Village, as they can set off for Chenjia Village at any time.
"Too."
An Hong nodded. She was lucky; she was able to leave the city as soon as the gates opened. If it had been any later…
An Hong glanced back at the scene behind her. In the short time it took her to exchange a few words with the woman, the queue behind her had grown even longer. As far as the eye could see, it was a dense mass of heads. If she arrived a quarter of an hour later, those three hundred spots would probably be gone.
"Everyone line up!"
Just then, two people came to the front of the line. Chen Gou shouted for everyone to line up and then sat down at a table.
At the table next to Chen Gou sat a slender figure, none other than Su Qiaoxi.
There weren't many literate women in Chenjia Village, only a few such as Chen Lian and Ding Xiaohua. Since Chen Lian and Ding Xiaohua were busy with their own work, the task of registering recruits fell to Su Qiaoxi.
Su Qiaoxi sat upright in the chair, spread out a sheet of Xuan paper, held a calligraphy brush in her hand, and asked the petite woman at the front of the line, "Auntie, are you here to register for a job?"
The woman looked at Su Qiaoxi's delicate and pretty face, a hint of amazement flashing in her eyes. She quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, miss, my name is Liu Lian."
How old are you?
Su Qiaoxi looked up and kindly reminded her, "Auntie, don't lie, otherwise you'll be fired if you're found out."
"I know."
The woman nodded and quickly replied, "I'm 20 years old this year."
20 years old?
Su Qiaoxi glanced at the woman's dark face and rough hands, and sighed inwardly.
The woman was only four years older than her, yet she looked remarkably like her mother, although...
Su Qiaoxi's memory of her mother's appearance has gradually become blurred.
"Where do you live?"
Xinghua Village, Taiping County.
Su Qiaoxi carefully wrote down the woman's basic information stroke by stroke, and then said to the woman, "Alright, you can wait here for now."
"Uh……"
As the woman walked to the side, she kept turning back to ask, "Girl, have I confessed?"
"That's right!"
Su Qiaoxi patiently replied, "Wait here. Someone will come to take you to work in a little while. As long as the information you provide is true, you can stay."
"okay!"
The woman beamed with joy. She wasn't lying; according to Su Qiaoxi, there was a high probability that she could stay.
"next."
"Miss, my name is Zhang Fang."
"age?"
"22 is old."
Where do you live?
"Heitu Village, Taiping County".
"Go wait over there, next one."
As one woman after another registered, it was soon An Hong's turn.
An Hong looked at the exquisitely beautiful girl in front of her and was amazed.
Having worked in a brothel, she had seen countless beautiful women, but Su Qiaoxi's appearance still amazed her.
The beauty of Su Qiaoxi was completely different from that of a woman of the night; her pure and untainted temperament was something that a woman of the night could never match.
"Ok?"
Seeing that An Hong remained silent for a long time, Su Qiaoxi asked again, "What's your name?"
Coming to her senses, An Hong quickly replied, "Miss, my name is An Hong. I'm from Qingxing Village in Taiping County, but I currently live in the county seat."
Su Qiaoxi nodded and noted it down, then asked, "And the age?"
"I am 25 years old this year."
"Row."
Su Qiaoxi wrote the words "age 25" after An Hong's name, and then said, "Go wait over there, someone will take you to work later."
"Okay, thank you, girl."
"You're welcome, next one."
The recruitment registration process was quick, with two long lines running side by side. In just half an hour, the number of people in the lines had dwindled to half.
Those at the back of the line grew increasingly anxious as they watched the queue shrink.
"Why are there so many people? Will it even be our turn?"
"Hopefully it will be my turn."
"I doubt it! There are only about 700 male workers in total, and I see that at least 500 people have already signed up. By the time it's our turn, it will be too late."
"Damn it, how did these people get here so early?"
"If you ask me, they should only hire men. What's the point of hiring women? They're not very strong!"
"That's it!"
"..."