Buying the Job at the Junkyard
"You two seem young and probably haven't asked around to see how much a job costs these days, right? And it's not just about money; jobs aren't easy to buy. My job here may not sound great and the monthly salary is only twenty-five yuan, but it's easy work. I just sit in that room, log the items, and take payments when people come. Plus, I spent fifty yuan and have the wiring installed in that room myself. You can enjoy a fan in the summer; it's really comfortable," the old man hurriedly explained, fearing they might back out.
"But eight hundred is enough to buy a third-level job, which pays thirty-six yuan a month. Your job only pays twenty-five yuan a month, so that's a ten-yuan difference every month," Su Xiaoxiao argued reasonably. Though she wasn't short of a hundred or two hundred yuan, she didn't want to be taken advantage of.