Jimmy has been working in the "Strue" Shotgun Factory for 5 years, but he is still an apprentice. In the past five years, he has not received any promotion or salary increase. Because the work he does is too technical, he is only responsible for weighing the bullet-fired medicine and pouring it into the cartridge. In the boss's opinion, he can do this by just pulling someone with all limbs on the street who is not a fool on the street. Therefore, he vetoed Jimmy's application for wage increases without hesitation and told him that his wages are already quite large. If he is not satisfied, he can find a new job.

Jimmy really wanted to throw the resignation book directly on the face of his boss Strue, and then leave the company with a swagger. However, reality did not allow him to do so. His children were still young and his wife was not in good health. Once the source of life was cut off, even if it was only a few days, the family's economy would not be able to maintain. Moreover, Jimmy really had no skills. He basically didn't recognize words, nor did he have the natural strength or smart mind. As Mr. Strue said, if he resigned, it would take him no hour.

, he can find someone to take over his position, and he may not be able to find a position with the same income as his current career in a month. Especially now, the economic situation is not very good, and many people are unemployed. Many people who are better than themselves cannot find jobs. For example, his neighbor Carter, who was originally a sailor and worked on a transport ship running an Atlantic route. This business is very hard and has high requirements for skills. However, his income is also very good. Carter can almost be used as Jimmy for a year when he runs a boat.

But now, Carter is also unemployed. Due to the deterioration of the economic situation, the boat has been parked there for a long time and has not moved. Carter, who has become accustomed to it, suddenly fell into trouble. Seeing that Carter, who could stew a chicken in the pot every few days, now he has a life where the whole family can only drink porridge, Jimmy is of course more worried about his job.

Fortunately, the company's situation is pretty good now, even better than before the crisis. Jimmy knew that this was because social security was getting more and more chaotic. Many law-abiding citizens turned around and turned into thieves or robbers when they couldn't fill their stomachs. Whether they wanted to be robbers or guard against robbers, they needed weapons. So the company's business became better.

"The company's business is good, maybe I'll send us two more," Jimmy thought.

However, Jimmy's dream was soon shattered. When it was time to pay the salary, Mr. Strull happily paid everyone's salary. However, after paying the salary, he announced a decision that made everyone's hearts chill.

"Given the bad economic situation in the entire society, companies must accumulate more capital to improve their ability to respond to crises. For this reason, we have to lower the salary amount from next month. The reduction rate will be slightly different depending on different job types. I believe everyone can understand the difficulties of the company and overcome the difficulties with the company."

"Shit! This damn vampire!" Jimmy knew that Mr. Stru's words were all nonsense. He was actually just taking advantage of the danger and taking advantage of the bad economic situation to deduct everyone's salary. However, Jimmy didn't dare to chew. He knew that if he dared to express even a little dissatisfaction, Stru's would kick him out of the company without hesitation, and then find one of the many unemployed people to replace him. For Ellie and the children, bear it!

However, when the plan to cut wages was in front of him, he still felt blood suddenly pouring into his head. With the condition that the working hours were extended by three hours, Mr. Strull actually cut his salary by half! His original salary was only able to maintain the basic life of the family. Now that such a cut is the money for buying medicine for Ellie, the child must drop out of elementary school, and even so, the family's food and clothing cannot be guaranteed.

"It's better to go to the south to be a slave to the Southerners! Being a slave doesn't have to work sixteen hours a day and you can't have enough food!" Of course, this is just thinking. It's not that easy to be a slave. Not to mention anything else, he is not a black man. His freedom in life is protected by the sacred American Constitution, and the Southerners cannot make him a slave.

"Maybe I should take risks, like, like, Carter." Jimmy remembered what he saw the night before.

That night, Jimmy was still late after get off work, and he was exhausted by the high-intensity labor of sixteen hours a day. His home was still far away from the city, and he had to walk for an hour before he could get home. When passing the intersection of Hendry Street and Oak Avenue, he suddenly heard a burst of gunfire, the wail of the shots, the barking of dogs and the footsteps of people running.

Jimmy flashed and hid in the shadow of the corner of the old Fulham glasses shop. After a few dozen seconds, he saw a few black people running over Oak Avenue with various guns in his hands. One of them looked like an acquaintance. At this time, the man stopped and shouted to the person behind: "Damn it, hurry up, run here!" In that voice, Jimmy dared to swear to a thousand big-headed ghosts, that voice was definitely his neighbor Carter.

Several black shadows quickly disappeared into the night, and Jimmy also returned home in panic, as if he was one of the robbers. The next day, Jimmy discovered that the fragrance of chicken soup had once again disappeared from Carter's house.

"Damn it, I'll go find Carter tomorrow, I'm going to join the group, I'll lead them and rob the damn Strull!" Thinking of this, Jimmy returned home.

Ellie saw that Jimmy was worried, and she asked him, "What's wrong with you? What's going on?"

Jimmy shook her head. He didn't want to talk to women about those unlucky things and his unsettling thoughts. Sometimes, men were unwilling to talk to their women. So Jimmy just said, "Ally, I'm fine, I'm just too tired." The woman didn't ask any more questions.

After scrubbing his body randomly, Jimmy fell asleep. Their son, Neil, who was just eight years old, had fallen asleep before his father came home. The woman carefully lay down beside Jimmy, stretched out her arms, and hugged Jimmy. Jimmy wanted to say something to her, but she didn't say anything, so Jimmy gradually sank into her dream.

...

"Robbery? Interesting,... The sailors in black-robed black-capped sea soul shirts all walked past his door with rifles, revolvers, double-barrel hunting rifles, daggers, and sabers, shouted, "Jimmy! Go together!" So they went together...

"At this time, a group of birds and men in the company were funny, and they knelt down and shouted, 'Jimmy, spare my life!' Who would listen to him! The first ones who deserved to be damned were the boss Strulle and the salary-calculated Reus, Ton, who was in charge of the class, and... how many were left? Casey could have kept it, but he didn't want it anymore...

"Things... walked in and pried open the safe: US dollars, pounds, gold bars,... Stru's pounced on him and wanted to grab it back? A pot stock slapped directly on his forehead... Kneeling on the ground and shouting, leaving him a little? What did you do? Just stuff Stru's double-barrel hunting rifle into his mouth, and then a plate of bolts, touch it!

...

"Haha!" Jimmy woke up and opened her eyes. It was still early and it was still dark. The woman's hands were still hugging him from behind, and her long hair was still next to his nose.

"Oh, it's a pity that it's a dream." Jimmy closed her eyes again.

...

A month passed, and the sailors had never come to find Jimmy. Robbers on the street still happened from time to time, but Strue had never been robbed. Jimmy took less than half of his previous salary - damn Ton, and found a reason, deducted a lot of his salary - and went home dejectedly.

Jimmy worked very long, and she was usually late when she came home. Moreover, people like him could not live in a luxurious neighborhood. When he walked towards the narrow and dark street of the slum where he lived, Jimmy's heart couldn't help but thump. Today he paid his salary. Although the money was not much, it was not even enough to support the family's life, but after all...

At this time, a hand suddenly reached out from behind him and covered his mouth and nose. Jimmy struggled hard, but as a sweet breath was sucked into his lungs along his nose, he felt dizzy and fell into a coma.

...

"Carter?" When Jimmy woke up, he found that Carter was standing in front of him. Jimmy found that he was not tied up. He quickly reached out to touch his pocket, and the few banknotes in his pocket were still there.

"No need to count, they are all there," Carter said. "We are not too poor to grab your little money. Your little money is not enough for Strulle to raise a dog. This time I came to you just to ask you to help me."

"You want to rob Struch?" Jimmy's heart tightened. Could that dream really be realized?

But Carter immediately dispelled his delusion.

"That damn guy Strullo is not that easy to grab. He is careful about it like a turtle... You are doing weighing and packing the ejection medicine in his company. We want you to add a little thing to the ejection medicine. After the event is done, we will give you $500, and you can take the money and take your wife and children to live somewhere else."

"My wife and kids?" Jimmy was shocked, "How about you not treat Ellie and the others?"

"Ellie's old problem has occurred again. We sent her to a clinic. She is in good condition now, so you can rest assured. However, it takes a lot of money in the clinic." Carter said.
Chapter completed!