Rebirth: Regaining Joyful Moments
Chapter 412 - 413: The Beginning is the Hardest

Chapter 412: Chapter 413: The Beginning is the Hardest

"Although moving goods is a bit tiring, it pays more, thirty-five dollars a month, five dollars more than working in the factory."

Zhou He’s words instantly lit up Mom’s eyes — thirty-five dollars, that’s four hundred and twenty dollars a year?

"Okay, okay, okay, I’ll go back and tell Xiaoqiang, Xiaoqiang will definitely do it." Mom said immediately, no longer caring about the lack of prestige in moving goods; as long as it brings in money, what’s not to do?

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"Mom, moving goods is so tiring, and I’m all skin and bones — do you want to work me to death?"

When Zhou Qiang heard it was about moving goods, he was immediately dissatisfied; he couldn’t do it, it was too exhausting.

"Slap."

Mom slapped him and said, "Your brother-in-law can do it, why can’t you?"

"Mom."

Zhou Qiang looked at her with dissatisfaction and frustration and said, "You don’t love me anymore."

He had been spoiled by Mom since childhood, and he said, "Sister just had a son for her husband’s family, talk to her again and let him find me something easy and lucrative."

"Just try it out, thirty-five dollars a month."

Mom did dote on her son, but seeing her son-in-law’s family living better day by day, and with Dad’s fondness for drinking, their money was dwindling, and that worried her.

Under Mom’s insistence, Zhou Qiang still ended up going with Xu Nianji to do the moving job.

Moving goods involved not only hauling the goods onto the truck from the factory but was also about unloading and moving them to the warehouse during delivery; each item wasn’t too heavy, but the sheer volume was overwhelming.

Zhou Qiang, who usually did little at home, was exhausted.

"Mom, tell brother-in-law, I can’t do it anymore." As soon as Zhou Qiang got home, he lay down exhausted, feeling like his arms and legs weren’t his own.

"All beginnings are hard; just hold on a few more days."

Thinking of the thirty-five dollars, Mom urged Zhou Qiang to keep working.

Zhou Qiang didn’t want to go, but thinking of the thirty-five dollars, he went with Xu Nianji to deliver goods again.

However, this time Xu Nianji was delivering a large load, fully packed, and it took two days of continuous running before Zhou Qiang could return home, exhausted to the point that he couldn’t lift his arms and legs. He directly said to his brother-in-law, "Brother-in-law, do you have a problem with me? Is this even human work? I can’t do this."

Zhou Qiang felt he couldn’t hold on anymore; he hadn’t even finished moving the goods when he lay down, not wanting to move again — these few days made him feel like he had never done such exhausting work in his life.

"Xiaoqiang, you’ve only been doing this for three days!"

Xu Nianji wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Zhou Qiang, and said, "The first few days are the hardest; after a few days, you’ll get used to it."

In these few days, Zhou Qiang did at least half less work than he had done before, but it made Xu Nianji see him in a new light. If Zhou Qiang really could keep it up, Xu Nianji wouldn’t mind helping him out a bit — if Zhou Qiang improved, it would also reassure Zhou He.

"Brother-in-law, I can’t do it anymore, I’m about to die of exhaustion." Zhou Qiang lay down for a while, feeling much better, sat up from the lawn, and looked at Xu Nianji who continuously moved goods inside. Xu Nianji didn’t stop working, and while talking said, "If it doesn’t kill you, keep on working!"

He shouted towards Zhou Qiang, remembering how when he first arrived at the brick factory, he was so tired every day that he didn’t even have the strength to carry water, but, for the sake of money, didn’t he still persevere?

At the beginning, he only had twenty dollars!

Now having thirty-five dollars, Zhou Qiang should be content.

"I won’t do it." Zhou Qiang firmly refused.