Chapter 47: Going Home and Gathering

In the evening, Lan Si sent Patricia to a place not far from home. It's not that he didn't want to keep the girl, it's just that if he really kept her, maybe it wouldn't be long before they had to get married.

Lan Si didn't want to get married now. Of course, this doesn't mean he is irresponsible, it's just that now is the best time for work development, and other things have to give way to this aspect.

Patricia lives in a middle-class community. Being able to work in the Commercial Service Bureau at such a young age itself means she is definitely not from a purely social underclass background.

Before going home, she tidied up her attire. When she opened the door, she saw her old father sitting on the sofa with a dark face.

"Humph!", he snorted first. Although he knew his daughter went out on a date, the old father just felt uncomfortable.

This is also a process that all daughters' fathers have to face. The girl who has only been good to him for twenty years is about to throw herself into another man's arms. Even if he is just a father, he will feel uncomfortable.

From the perspective of emotional transfer, this is actually a kind of cuckoldry.

Patricia's mother was quite open-minded about this, "William, your newspaper is upside down."

The middle-aged man sitting on the sofa was stunned for a moment, then put the newspaper back on the coffee table, "I'm looking at the spelling game."

Mrs. Lawrence giggled and sent fruit juice and some small pastries, then sat beside her husband, "Pat, tell us, was today's date pleasant?"

Patricia was a bit afraid of her father, but the desire to share made her eager to say the happy things that happened today!

After hesitating for a while, her expression became bright, "We went to the amusement park, then sat on the roller coaster, and the carousel..."

She concealed some content, such as kissing, such as intimate physical contact. She knew how not to stimulate her rigid father.

Listening to her daughter chattering about everything she encountered today, Mrs. Lawrence also showed a gratified smile, "A very pleasant day, even if I didn't join in, just listening to you say it makes me feel it must be very interesting."

She glanced at her husband. Although her husband still had a straight face, as a partner, she could find that her husband's attitude had also softened a bit.

"What's his name?"

Mr. William's ears almost stood up. He straightened his back, pretending not to care, but his attention was all on his daughter's side.

"Lan Si, Lan Si White, local."

Mrs. Lawrence took the initiative to peel an apple, cut it into several pieces and put them on a plate, put on two fruit forks, and handed it over, "So does he have a job, or is he doing something?"

"He started a business!", talking about this, Patricia had some topics, "He registered a financial consulting company, which is a company that helps others solve some problems. Today when we talked about this topic, he said he might register another company next week, and he also asked about tax reporting."

Eating the crisp and delicious apple, her pronunciation was a bit slurred, "But I don't know much about tax reporting, so I gave him my cousin's contact information."

Until this time, Mr. William coughed lightly, "Did you two..."

Patricia hurriedly said, "No, we just held hands!"

Saying that, she stood up, "I still have some things to do...", and ran away.

Watching her daughter go upstairs, Mrs. Lawrence was a bit dissatisfied, "You shouldn't ask these."

Mr. William didn't think so, "There are many bad people outside now, and those heretical thoughts are eroding the minds of young girls."

"They actually put sex and whether women are oppressed together, this is simply unbelievable, dear."

"You might not have seen the crooked theories of those people, but many girls are becoming dissolute. I don't hope my Pat also becomes like that, or is turned into that by someone!"

"My attitude is always consistent. Before marriage, I don't hope she stays out overnight."

"I am protecting her, you should understand this point."

Mrs. Lawrence didn't want to argue with her husband. In fact, she also participated in some gatherings in the community, and everyone inevitably talked about these.

Some are indeed crooked theories, but there are also some she thinks are actually quite good, such as letting women have more autonomy.

But she knew Mr. William was an old rigid person, so she wouldn't challenge his authority in the family on these unnecessary issues.

Pausing for a moment, Mr. William continued, "Already started asking about tax reporting, it seems this Mr. Lan Si has some unique aspects in earning money."

"I think we might be able to meet him?"

Mrs. Lawrence also sat up straight immediately, like a mother leopard entering a hunting state, "You'd better not do that. Before she takes the initiative to bring this up, I don't hope she gets hurt."

"Whether it's from the outside, or from the family, you have strictly managed her for too long. She is already twenty years old, she should have her own life."

"She is not your pet, or your toy. Your idea of dominating her is fundamentally wrong!"

Saying that, Mrs. Lawrence stood up, took away the apples in the fruit plate, and didn't leave a single one.

She has to go and chat with her daughter. Although she also doesn't hope her daughter gets hurt, she knows that when the atmosphere arrives, and the emotions arrive, some things are very difficult not to happen.

She has to tell her daughter what to do to protect herself when these things are about to happen.

Mr. William sighed lightly. Who can understand his mood as an old father?

Saturday morning, Lan Si attended the Empire people's gathering as usual. He is now considered to have joined this big collective, and people's acceptance of fellow villagers is actually quite high.

After finishing greetings with some gentlemen, he found Enio and these people.

"I opened a company, can give you some extra work to do."

As soon as he came up, he went straight to the theme. These young people only care about where it's fun, cigarettes and alcohol, sex, and how to earn more money.

Talking to them about other things is actually not very meaningful.

So when Lan Si talked about money directly, the young people soon gathered around.

"How is this work?", Enio opened his mouth first. He has some status among these young people. He once fought for two of the people inside, so the young people all believe in him.

This is the social interaction of young people. Whoever has more prestige, they are willing to listen to whoever.

Lan Si introduced his business, "To be precise, it is two pieces of work."

"The first piece of work, small-amount lending. If someone urgently needs money, doesn't use much, and feels that the interest on the financial company side is relatively high, they can be introduced to my side."

"I won't collect too much interest. For every successful order, I will give you five percent of the interest."

"If he borrows one hundred dollars from me, then you can probably get five dollars commission."

"But there are also some requirements here. This person must be a federal citizen, must have a work card."

"The second piece of work, I have some work cards in my hand that can be rented out. If there are people from the Empire who haven't obtained a permanent residence permit and need work, they can be introduced over."

"I give them a price of eighteen dollars a month for one work card, and you can get one dollar commission, one-time."

"What needs to be noted is that these are all odd jobs, three months to half a year, temporarily no long-term work."

"If it's not someone from the Empire's hometown, the price I give you is nineteen dollars a month, and there is also a one-dollar commission. If you can talk to twenty yourself, it means you have two dollars of income."

"Of course, it's still that sentence, the quantity is limited. Call and ask before doing this."

He said and distributed the business cards to these people, "If you encounter trouble, don't be hard, contact me at the first time, whether it is within work or outside work."

Most of these young people didn't listen to this sentence, their attention was all on the two pieces of work.

Even if Empire people have permanent residence permits, the current working environment is not very good. Their colleagues always look at them with strange eyes, as if these immigrants and illegal immigrants snatched the work opportunities and money that originally belonged to the natives.

But in fact, these damn natives don't work or are lazy when there are no such immigrants, causing their misfortune not to be caused by outsiders, but by their own laziness.

But politicians have been brainwashing them. Their misfortune is caused by these outsiders. These people who are unwilling to admit that they are a waste and a lazy worm naturally will also be willing to obey the politicians' statement and attribute the reason for their unhappiness to these immigrants.

Some people have even lost their jobs. Lan Si now provides them with some new sources of income, which is actually a big help.

Enio took the business card and looked at it, asked, "Lan Si, if... we want to borrow money."

Lan Si didn't hesitate at all, "The interest is half for you."

Enio breathed a sigh of relief, gave Lan Si a hug, "Find you to chat later."

After chatting with the little partners, Mr. Jobav's assistant came over, saying Mr. Jobav wanted to talk to Lan Si alone.

Saying goodbye to the young people, he came to Mr. Jobav's side. They stood on the periphery of the crowd.

"I heard you are working for Mr. Coty?"

If there are similarities, don't look in the mirror ===== CHAPTER 48 =====