Chapter 13 Making money is not easy
There are great differences between the West and the East when it comes to feelings.
For example, the exercise that is beneficial to physical and mental health is the last step in the East. Only after paying a lot of money and time can the last step be allowed. Even conservative people must allow it after getting married. If they find that it is inappropriate, all the previous efforts will be wasted.
In the West, having sex is often the first step. Many people are not lovers, and they even have sex shortly after they meet. They feel good and they are really in concert. Then they will think about whether to talk about feelings and move on to the next step.
This is how Fiona and Steve met at the bar. They met for less than three hours and did what they did together.
In addition, the West rarely pays attention to or cares about the other person's past. Unlike the East, you have a few ex-boys, girlfriends, have you ever been married, have children, etc. You rarely pay attention to these things in the West. Even if you are divorced and still have children, as long as I like you, we can be together and will not hesitate to think about so many other things.
Steve and Tony both knew the situation at home, and they didn't care that Fiona had dated ninety-four boyfriends in the past. This number was real, and they still pursued Fiona without hesitation.
If you are in China, no matter how beautiful Fiona is, in this situation at Frank's family, anyone who wants to pursue Fiona will be discouraged. This is no longer the level of "Brother-supporting Demon", but it is really a family member.
Think from the perspective of others, if you know a beautiful girl who looks like a goddess.
However, she dropped out of high school and worked everywhere. She liked to go to nightclubs with her best friend. She was only in her early twenties and had more than 90 boyfriends. She had an alcoholic father at home, and she also brought five younger brothers and sisters with her two to high school, two to elementary school, and one was less than two years old. All the money she earned was used to support her family and support her younger brothers and sisters to go to school. Would you pursue such a girl? Not to mention getting married.
The gossip about Fiona's private life was interrupted by Fiona, and everyone stopped talking about it.
This is also one of the characteristics of the West, and it will not interfere and evaluate others' lives too much.
Even if you are a family member, you can say a few words of persuasion, but if the other party does not take the initiative to ask for help, you will not interfere. Even if you feel that the other party has made a wrong decision and is doing something wrong, you will not interfere. After all, what you feel is wrong may be an extremely correct thing to the parties involved.
This is very different from the East. There are always people in the East, especially family members who intervene in your life in a way that "this is for your own good" and even help you make certain decisions.
In the West, it is very important that you interfere in other people’s personal affairs at will, even between family members, and this is very important!
"Fiona, there is no paper in the toilet." Carl ran over.
"I'll go to the toilet of Wei and I to get paper in the building later. You can deal with the newspaper first and rub the newspaper hard, so you won't feel so rubbing." Fiona picked up the unused newspaper and stuffed it to Carl.
"I'll go back to get the tools." Veronica went home to get the screwdriver.
In some public bathrooms such as buildings, the toilet paper for wiping the butt is very long, it is very large, and weighs a few kilograms. It is placed in the toilet and there are few people using the toilet, so it doesn’t have to be replaced for a month.
There is no paper at home, so Fiona and Veronica will go to the paper. One is enough for the whole family to last a week, which will save money on buying toilet paper for the butt.
Both families are poor people living in slums, so they can save a little money.
"Take care of Liam. If you are hungry, there is the bread Frank brought back yesterday in the refrigerator." Fiona instructed and left the house with Veronica.
"I'm almost vomiting after eating bread every day recently," Carl complained.
"It's good to have bread." Ian rubbed Carl's head.
"By the way, have you seen Frank recently? Karen is looking for him." Lipp asked while eating the oatmeal.
"Isn't he in the bar?" Ian took a sip of milk.
"No, Kevin said, he seems to have not been to the bar lately." Lipp said.
"After that being said, Frank has gone out early and returned late every day, and has been home to live." Ian recalled.
"And, I bring back a lot of bread every day and save a lot of money on meals." Debbie said.
"I'm about to vomit bread." Carl grabbed the bread and tossed it into the milk on the plate.
"Carl, you didn't wash your hands after you went to the bathroom..." Debbie shouted.
The children chatted and discovered Frank's recent changes.
In the past, "Frank" didn't have home at all. He either soaked in a bar or didn't know where he was drunk. He could sleep anywhere he could drink when he was drunk. He would only go home if he had no money or had something to do, or come back to take a shower, wash off vomit on his body, etc.
But recently, although Frank went out early and came back late every day, he would go home every day. Moreover, he did not look drunk when he returned home. Although his body was dirty and had a strange smell, he did not smell alcohol.
As for what Frank went out every day, no one of the children knew.
What is Frank doing every day? Of course he is making money.
Frank takes the tram to other cities every day, pretending to be a homeless man and selling money. As for why he doesn't pick up junk in the South District, most people in the South District know him, and even if he disguises as a homeless man, he will be recognized.
This is not a question of whether to lose it or not. If you pick up rags, why are you afraid of being embarrassed?
The main problem is that he is a ‘disabled person’ who has a rib injury and cannot work. He receives checks from the government every month. If he is broken and the disabled agency finds that he is fake and is a fake disability, it would be bad.
Although picking up trash seems embarrassing, it actually makes a lot of money every day.
Moreover, picking up garbage requires brains. For example, in places like the South District, you may not be able to sell for a few dollars if you are exhausted for a day. This is one of the reasons why Frank is not in the South District.
Frank specially went to the wealthy area to pick up garbage. The wealthy area is actually very close to the southern area and it doesn't take long to take the tram.
Frank used his previous experience to see that with the development of Chicago, the slum in the South District will sooner or later be developed because the geographical location of the South District is very important and the coast is close to the city center. It is only a matter of time before the re-planning and construction is re-planning and construction. Just like the development of the Fourth Ring Road and the Fifth Ring Road, a lot of demolition and second generations will be born.
However, those have nothing to do with Frank. Frank is now in debt and has no funds to invest in real estate.
Frank is now studying how to pick up rags every day. There are many things that need to be learned. For example, there are no waste purchasing stations in the United States, and what can be sold for money to pick up? All of them need to be studied.
When Frank picked up rags on the first day, he didn't even make three dollars, but fortunately, there is something called the Internet in this world.
After this period of study and exploration, Frank can earn dozens of yuan a day by picking up rags. With good luck, he can even earn hundreds of yuan.
Chapter completed!