After gnawing away the last bit of meat on the last bone, Johnny patted his stomach with satisfaction. He had earned another ten dollars today.
He is very satisfied with his current life, and after he paid two quarters' money last time, it means that he will not have to spend any money on security fees in the next six months.
It was painful when I first gave it, but as John said, the money did not disappear, it was just paid in advance.
He glanced at the apprentice standing in the corner wiping the table, snorted lightly, and walked towards the inner room.
He was in a good mood today, or rather, he was in a good mood every night as long as the turnover was normal!
Lying on the bed, he put the cash box under the bedside, turned on the radio, and listened to the story broadcast inside.
This is actually the mainstream entertainment method for ordinary people at the bottom of the federal government. Although there is television, it is not cheap, and lower-class families do not have as much time to watch TV as rich people.
They have to go out early in the morning, and when they come back they are so tired that they just want to lie in bed and not move, so they don't have such a strong need to watch TV.
Moreover, some people who really like watching TV will go to the shop windows on the way back and watch for a while, just to satisfy their desire.
In order to attract customers, many stores put one or two televisions in their windows.
It's crazy to buy TV instead of watching it for free!
The story series is broadcast by two hosts, one male and one female, who play the roles in the story. Through their superb dialogue skills and recitation, people can feel as if they are in the story!
This program is also one of the most listened to programs.
The story series usually runs from 8:30 to 9:25, a total of 55 minutes. It is a large amount of content that is sufficient to satisfy your hunger and will not affect your subsequent schedule.
Johnny had just finished eating high-calorie, high-fat, and high-sugar food and was lying on the bed. He felt a little sleepy as he listened.
He heard footsteps outside the room while he was half asleep. He immediately started to curse, "What the hell is your niece doing outside in the middle of the night?"
"If you don't go to bed now, you won't have to eat tomorrow morning!"
The footsteps outside the house suddenly disappeared. He turned over, closed his eyes, and began to enjoy the drowsy feeling between sleep and wakefulness.
Meanwhile, in the outhouse, the apprentice had switched on the night light, and five or six young men about his own age were standing in the bakery.
Several people were eating bread. There was still some bread left in the cupboard that had not been sold out, and these breads were of the more expensive kind.
They topped the high-end breads with slices of ham. Every bite was fresh and delicious, and several people kept wolfing down the food.
It's like... they either come to do something else tonight or to eat bread.
The apprentice was also eating. He had worked here for seven or eight months, but had never eaten even a piece of nut bread, let alone those delicious ham slices.
He ate more desperately than the others, as if what he was eating was not bread and ham, but all the hatred, disgust, and despair for the past!
When they had almost finished eating, the time pointed to ten o'clock, and Johnny's faint snoring could be heard in the room.
The apprentice wiped his mouth and said, "There is only a big bed in it. His daughter doesn't live here these days, and the money is with him."
"I know him very well. He can't sleep well if he doesn't see the money he has!"
"I won't share the money with you, but I have one condition..."
The leading young man licked his fingers. "I know, you've told me many times to break both of his arms!" He pushed the apprentice to the cupboard and said, "Help me pack all these breads and the ham slices."
"Damn it, this bastard actually made it so delicious!"
Others also said that the taste was really good. They had always heard that the bread here was delicious, but they had never tried it.
Because the bread here is a little more expensive than in other shops. Even though it's just a little more expensive, for these low-income families, even if it's only one cent more per pound, they will make a choice.
The apprentice quickly finished all this and returned to his room. He locked the door, covered himself with a quilt, and the sound of his heartbeat filled his ears.
For the first time, the darkness did not prevent him from falling asleep. He only felt at ease and full of anticipation.
The leader turned the key on the door of the inner room, but it was not locked!
He looked at the other friends, who were also surprised.
In fact, they didn't know that in Johnny's inner world, the apprentice was a dog with a broken spine who never dared to resist.
He never worried that his apprentice would do something terrible. He only needed to shout "Get out" and the apprentice would leave the area he requested in shame.
Besides, the doors and windows were locked, so who would come into his bedroom?
The inner room was about twenty square meters and it was so dark that you couldn't see anything.
Someone kicked something, and there was a clanging sound. Johnny, who had just fallen asleep, sat up suddenly. "Who's there?"
Then he turned on the light.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward. His hand was still on the bedside table. There were five people standing in the room, all holding sticks in their hands.
But then, a creepy feeling crept up his spine and reached his head. Just as he was about to respond, the leading young man hit him with a stick...
The stick was swung towards his head. Johnny raised his hand to block the fatal blow, but his arm also made a sound of broken bones, and he screamed loudly.
He covered his broken arm with his hands trembling, and rolled towards the junction of the bed and the wall, hiding in the corner, shouting for help!
A young man quickly closed the door, and the sound was immediately trapped in the room.
Looking at Johnny's trembling face, the young man jumped onto the bed, stepped on his head and pushed against the wall, "Where's the money!"
The broken bones did not make him lose the ability to resist. What made him lose the ability to resist was the timidity deep in his heart. When he looked at these young people with childish faces, his heart was trembling!
His mind was a little blank at this time, but his instinct still made him say the plan that was most beneficial to him.
"In my pocket, I have a broken bone, you can take whatever you like, but don't hurt me!"
The young man stepped harder, causing Johnny to scream miserably. "If you hadn't lied, no one would have hurt you!"
The two young men immediately and roughly picked up the clothes hanging on the hanger and searched out more than ten yuan from them. "No more."
The leading young man's expression became a little creepy. He turned around and looked at Johnny. "I'm talking about the operating income of your store. It's a few hundred yuan. Don't treat me as if I don't know anything!"
Hearing these words, Johnny could only groan in his heart, "I really don't know what you are talking about. I don't have so much money." He still wanted to try harder. After all, there was more than today's turnover in the cash box.
The leading young man loosened his feet, and just when Johnny thought he had tricked the other party, he stood in front of Johnny, holding the stick high in both hands, his whole body stretched into an inverted bow shape, and then smashed it down with force!
Even though Johnny's right arm had been broken, facing such an attack that seemed to kill him, he could only raise his two arms to cover the vital parts!
With a click and accompanied by a violent scream, he swung his arms, and his fat body bounced up suddenly, twisting his body and rolling on the bed.
Several young men climbed up and started swinging their sticks at him. The sticks in their hands left afterimages when they hit him without restraint!
Johnny couldn't stand the continuous screams. He felt that if he didn't speak up, he might be beaten to death. He could only shout, "Under the pillow, stop hitting me, under the pillow!"
He had never thought that there would be such a day!
The leading young man kicked away the pillow and lifted the quilt, revealing a "cookie box".
It can be seen that Johnny likes this cookie box very much, and the paint on the surface has been worn off a lot.
He opened the lid and immediately gasped.
Johnny suddenly burst into tears at this moment. He didn't cry even though they beat him so hard just now, but now he suddenly burst into tears. You can imagine how distressed and wronged he was!
Everyone else came over to take a look, and like the young man in the lead, everyone's face showed shock and joy!
The young man in the lead didn't take out the money, but directly closed the lid and stuffed it into his arms.
He gave a look to the man next to him, who picked up a stick and started swinging it at Johnny's arms.
Johnny was beaten so badly that he tossed and turned on the bed, crying and begging for mercy. The young man in the lead saw that his arms and hands were deformed, so he shouted "Let's go", and took everyone away immediately.
Perhaps because he felt that those people had really left, Johnny began to shout for help, "You bitch, why don't you get over here..."