Chapter 85: It’s Really Difficult.
Tong Yao exclaimed, "You want to go work in the city too?"
She knew that Si Xiaohui wanted to work in the city she didn’t expect that Si Boyi did too. Si Boyi was more mature and stable so it would be alright for him to go, but she didn’t have any job lined up for him and her milk tea shop couldn’t take on many people for now.
Tong Yao subconsciously looked at Si Chen. Their eyes met and Si Chen shook his head slightly. Clearly, he too didn’t know where to arrange for Si Boyi’s employment.
As Si Chen was usually busy with his job in the hospital, he rarely had time for social activities. With the current difficulties finding jobs, one couldn’t land a job without personal recommendations.
Seeing the duo’s troubled expression, Si Boyi probably guessed what was going on. He gave a dry laugh, "That’s OK, I understand. It’s indeed hard to find work in the city."
If city job opportunities were plentiful, everyone would have been working in the city and wouldn’t be struggling to survive on a few acres of land. Yet, understanding this, he still felt a bit disappointed that he couldn’t work in the city.
More and more people from the village have been leaving over the past few years. They earns several times more by working in the city for a year than by farming. When everyone casually talks about the prosperity of the city, there are many things he’d never even heard of, and it would be impossible not to feel envious. He also wanted to get out and see the world.
However, everyone in the village either feared that he would become rich, or disdained his poverty, none of them were willing to take him along to the city.