On the 6th and 24th, Portugal entered summer.
In Santarem, a city in the industrial bay area of the Tejo River, the air is filled with heat, but this does not prevent people from running for a living.
Santarem, as a delta city at the mouth of the Tejo River and the central city of the Tejo Bay, the people living there are destined to be busy.
In this city, genius shines and people who need work get up. For example, as a laborer, Hablin got up early.
"Hablin, today is the weekend. You finally have a day off. You got up so early. Aren't you going to accompany your wife and children?"
Landlord Black looked at Habrin who had gotten up early with a tired look on his face, and asked in surprise.
Habrin washed his face with the cold water to wake himself up, and said with a smile to the landlord. "Our family needs more money. Today I am looking for a good part-time job. I hope I will have better luck."
After finishing speaking, Habrin turned his head and glanced at his dark room, as if he could clearly see his sleeping wife and children, with a happy smile on his face.
Landlord Black was not surprised by Hamblin's reaction. Workers always want to earn more money for their families.
"Mr. Black, why did you get up so early today? This is not your habit."
"Oh, I'm going to the University of Lisbon to meet my son. He's about to go on summer vacation. I just happen to go see him and bring him back by the way."
"Your son is a college student, but he is the future of Portugal. I hope his studies go well!"
"Of course, my son studies chemical engineering, and in the future he will promote the development of chemical industry in Portugal." Black said proudly.
After Hamlin finished washing, he chatted with the landlord for a while before saying goodbye and went back to the house to get a coat. Just as he was picking up the coat gently, his wife Nancy suddenly spoke.
"Hablin, why don't you take a break today? You are so tired at the furniture factory, and you still have to go out to find work during the holidays."
Hearing his wife's voice, Habrin said softly: "When did you wake up?"
"I woke up just now while you were chatting with the landlord," Nancy replied.
"Nancy, you also know that we have a big family now. If we don't work hard to make money, we can't support the little ones at home. Besides, you just had the surgery, and I also need to make some money to pay for the medical expenses." Habu Lin had a happy smile on his face when talking about the little guy.
Hamblin and his wife raised two children. The newborn son was sent to the Second People's Hospital for a caesarean section because of his wife's difficulty in giving birth, so that the mother and child could be safe.
However, this surgery depleted the family's savings, so Hamblin planned to find a part-time job during his vacation to make up for part of the shortfall.
"It's really my fault, if not..."
Hamblin said as he stepped forward to silence his wife with his hand. "This is not anyone's fault, it is God's will. Besides, we just lost a sum of money. We will easily earn it back when we recover.
Booker and Anna are our children. We have to consider their future development. Now is not the time to rest. "
Hamblin's words made his wife smile happily, but after a while, he suddenly thought of something and couldn't stop laughing.
"What's wrong, honey? You seem to be hiding something from me." Habrin discovered his wife's condition and asked with concern.
After Nancy hesitated for a while, she said, "Hablin, my milk supply is insufficient. I think for the health of our child, we may need to buy some milk powder for our child!"
Hearing his wife's words, Hamlin's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he would have to spend money again. However, he did not show his difficulty and answered calmly.
"Well, I'll bring a can when I get back from work today."
After comforting his wife, Habrin walked out of the room and sighed secretly.
Nowadays, the price of a can of milk powder is not cheap. Low-priced milk powder costs 5 Union Yuan per can, ordinary priced milk powder is about 10 Union Yuan per can, and good milk powder can cost more than 20 Union Yuan.
For the sake of his child's growth, Hamlin would certainly not choose low-priced milk powder, but he couldn't afford the high-priced ones, so he could only choose ordinary-priced milk powder. But even ordinary-priced milk powder would be a big deal if he kept using it. expenses.
Hamblin just complained. He is still very satisfied with his current life.
In today's life, he and his wife only need to work to support a family of four. Although his parents who work farm work in their hometown are assigned fields, they are tiring, but the expenses are small and they do not need external subsidies. The elderly often send agricultural products to them.
The couple does not have much daily expenses, but they have an ambition to become city dwellers and train their children to become talents, so they actively save money and always save money.
In Hamblin's twenty-eight years of life, there is no better life than now.
You must know that when he was a child, it was very difficult for his parents to take care of him and his younger sister in their hometown. Because they were tenant farmers, they often went hungry due to food shortages.
Now my hometown has been allocated a lot of land, and I have also moved to the city to work. I learned how to read at night school. As long as I work hard, my family can have more and more savings.
With enough savings, the children can go to school and buy a house in the city. When the time comes, they can entrust their farmland to a cooperative and bring their parents to the city to live a city life together.
In Hamblin's mind, as long as he works hard, Portugal under the governance of the wise Pedro III will definitely receive reciprocal rewards.
When Hamblin saw the sky starting to lighten, he walked out of the house he rented and walked through an alley to the street. exist
There is a bus stop two hundred meters to the left of the alley entrance, and you can get where you want to go with just 2 cents.
It happened that the place where Habrin was going to do odd jobs was right next to one of the bus stops. Habrin quickly walked to the bus stop and waited for the bus.
Hamblin didn't have to wait long before the bus arrived. He squeezed into the bus with the crowd. When he walked to the conductor, the fat conductor looked at every passenger who got on the bus with sharp eyes.
Hamblin knew what the conductor meant, so he quickly handed her the 2-cent coin he had prepared and told her that his destination was the Second People's Hospital.
Twenty minutes later, Habrin stood on the bus stop of Santarem Second People's Hospital. He wiped Changhan's forehead and strode into the hospital.
Hamblin's part-time job was introduced to him by a friend in his hometown. He was working part-time in a newly built medical building in the hospital.
Although the Second People's Hospital of Santarem is not as good as the First People's Hospital, it is still a very good hospital. Its charges are also much cheaper than those of the First People's Hospital, so it is very popular.
Now Hamlin has to work here for a day to earn some living expenses to support his family's expenses.
Entering summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and people's labor consumption is even greater.
In the Second People's Hospital, Habrin was working hard to move bricks. The heavy sweat on his forehead told of his efforts, and his trembling legs told of his physical exhaustion.
At this time, the whistle for the break happened to sound. Hamblin put down his work and slumped down on the bricks, completely ignoring the impurities and dust on them.
too tired! It’s much more tiring than working in a furniture factory.
No wonder, here you can get a high salary of 7.7 Union dollars per day, which is 2.2 higher than in the furniture factory. It turns out that the work is too hard.
