Considering the Job

Hearing that the nearby construction site was short on hands, Li Xiao only gave a vague, non-committal response. However, when Chu Qiang mentioned getting Jiang Nhu a job as a waitress at a restaurant, he couldn't help but frown, clearly displeased.

"We'll talk about that later. How long is the work at the construction site?"

His freight transport job had fallen through, and he didn't want to bow his head to Big Brother Qin's side. Although he was a hoodlum, he knew there were certain lines that couldn't be crossed; once done, he could never wash his hands clean for the rest of his life.

Jiang Nhu was carrying his child, so he had to think about the future.

This time, getting sent to the police station had also been part of his own selfish calculations. That man, Qin, had a temper that was too explosive and was easily provoked. One day, something big would happen. Li Xiao didn't want his brothers to be dragged down with him, so he had decisively found an opportunity to cause trouble. Now, he had finally cut ties completely.

Chu Qiang didn't understand his inner thoughts and simply asked, "Probably four or five months."

Li Xiao's frown deepened. That felt like a long time; Jiang Nhu would have given birth by then.

He was indeed short on money, but he absolutely had to be there when the child was born. He couldn't rely on his mother, and Jiang Nhu's parents were even more out of the question.

When he didn't speak, Chu Qiang quickly added, "The construction site pays daily wages. You can work for as long as you want. I plan to work until the end of the year before going back; I want to have a prosperous New Year."

The bride price Mai Zi's parents wanted was too high, seemingly intent on hollowing out his family's savings. That was why he wanted to go to the construction site to earn some extra cash. Following his uncle as an apprentice at the restaurant only earned him three yuan a day—working himself to the bone wasn't even enough to buy a catty of meat.

Li Xiao thought about what Jiang Nhu had said last night: "When the baby is born, there will be many things to prepare."

He didn't quite understand it all, but he knew it meant they needed money.

He nodded. "Alright, let me think about it."

Chu Qiang left the fish behind and departed. Li Xiao carried the two small fish inside, intending to put them in a basin of water.

As he turned around, he cast a cold glance toward the window. Jiang Nhu was so startled that she hurriedly ducked her head.

Because of the distance, Jiang Nhu hadn't heard everything clearly, but Chu Qiang's voice had been loud at times. She had caught snippets like "construction site," "big restaurant waiter," and "sister-in-law."

Because she knew Li Xiao's history well, she quickly guessed what was happening. If she remembered correctly, this was the year Li Xiao had a conflict with a thug named Qin Wenguo. Qin Wenguo's lackeys had come looking for trouble, and Li Xiao had set up a meeting to settle it, eventually ending up in the police station. After getting out, he had beaten those people up again, completely severing the relationship.

If it weren't for this incident, Li Xiao would likely have become wealthy much sooner. The large-scale truck transport route he had established was the early blueprint for his future logistics company.

However, she didn't know if it was just his good luck, but a few years later, that bastard Qin Wenguo was kidnapped and shot dead, dying decades earlier than Li Xiao.

After the fallout, Li Xiao had to take a detour, going to a nearby construction site with his friends to move bricks. Who would have thought he would eventually end up joining a pyramid scheme organization and be miserably scammed?

Fortunately, he was no ordinary man. In the end, he exposed the pyramid scheme and even managed to befriend someone named Brother Feng from somewhere, bringing back a sum of money. This money became his capital for his second year of venturing south.

Meanwhile, the "Jiang Nhu" of the original timeline had worked as a waitress in the county's four-star restaurant for a few years, and it was there that she eventually abandoned her daughter and ran away with someone else.

Jiang Nhu felt a bit troubled. She didn't know if she should warn him. Anyone who entered a pyramid scheme would, at the very least, suffer greatly even if they didn't lose their skin.

But as someone who had once been a police officer, she couldn't help but think secretly that if he went in, it could be considered removing a menace from society.

It really wasn't an easy choice to make.