Legendary Captain

Chapter 403 Extra: A Tiger Falls into the Plains!

Relocation and resettlement site.

After a simple dinner, Ye Fujun and Ye Yun talked alone in the room, while Ye Xin was coaxed out to visit other people's homes.

"Didn't find what you were looking for?" Ye Fujun puffed on his pipe. "Are you sure that thing is valid nationwide?"

"I asked, and the police database is a nationwide network. As long as I've registered before, they can find it. However, this time when I entered my fingerprints, it showed that it was the first time I entered them, which is..." Ye Yun couldn't understand why this was the result. Could it be that, as he had previously suspected, he had been an unregistered person before?

As it turned out, Ye Fujun thought the same thing as Ye Yun and said with a smile, "Were you an unregistered resident before?"

Ye Yun's face darkened. He wasn't in the mood for jokes with Ye Fujun: "They can't even find my information in the public security system, how are we supposed to proceed?"

The police's identity database is the most comprehensive in the country, and even that couldn't match his information. Ye Yun really didn't know what other methods he could use.

"Don't worry, things will work themselves out. What's the use of rushing?" Ye Fujun advised. "Once your ID documents are ready, the government will arrange jobs for you."

After registering their household registration information, town government officials came to visit and offer their regards to the group of people who had moved from the island. The town mayor even introduced them to staff from the Dianyun City Poverty Alleviation Office, who would be responsible for their future job placements. Furthermore, there is a lot of wasteland near the town, and the working population was already small. With so many people relocated, the town can allocate the abandoned land, making good use of it.

The fields in this small town aren't top-quality fertile land, but they're still much better than the land on the island. Many of the people who moved here are quite satisfied with this arrangement.

The city's poverty alleviation office needs to wait until the household registration is processed before they can arrange employment. Otherwise, without a household registration booklet and an ID card, no company will dare to hire you.

Normally, it takes about a month to process an ID card, but we can't just wait a whole month for it to be processed. So, after communicating with the town's police station, the poverty alleviation office will issue temporary ID cards to eligible men and women who can be assigned jobs as soon as possible, so that they can go out to work and make a living as soon as possible.

Someone as strong and robust as Ye Yun is clearly the type who needs to be assigned work quickly.

"The first batch of temporary ID cards for the town will be ready either tomorrow or the day after," Ye Fujun said. "I heard from the poverty alleviation office that you'll be assigned to work in the city. Go and familiarize yourself with the environment first. After Xiao Yezi finishes her training course, she'll definitely need to go out and work too. You can take care of her then."

Although Ye Xin was a very capable worker and strongly desired to work at the hospital, Ye Fujun persuaded her against it. He wanted Ye Xin to attend the first literacy class, and then they would discuss job arrangements after she finished. Although Ye Yun had amnesia, she could still read and write, so she didn't need to attend the literacy class and could start working first.

Perfect timing! For the Ye family, a big city like Yunnan is completely unfamiliar. Ye Yun, having lived in a big city before, might be more adaptable, but Ye Xin grew up entirely on a small island and might not be able to adapt to the pace of work in a big city. Letting Ye Yun go and explore first will provide support when Ye Xin starts working.

"Hmm!" Ye Yun nodded. "I know that. Ye Xin is simple-minded, and she might suffer if she goes to work alone in the future. I'm just going to test the waters."

"You've had a tough time too," Ye Fujun sighed. "I reckon even if the government arranges work for us, it'll be quite tough. You'll have to suffer first."

"Not at all!" Ye Yun smiled. "I'm not here to enjoy a life of luxury. Don't they say that hardship comes before sweetness? Grandpa, don't worry!"

Two days later, Huang Ruyang gathered all the able-bodied people together and distributed temporary ID cards, including Ye Yun.

The awkward part was that, among this group of eligible workers, only Ye Yun was male; the rest were all women, ranging in age from twenty to fifty. Ye Yun stood out somewhat from the crowd.

"Now, I'll call out each name, and you'll come up to get your temporary ID cards. After you've got them, we'll head to the airport," Huang Ruyang shouted. "This trip to Dianyun Airport is for assigning you work. Don't talk nonsense or wander off. Just follow my instructions, understand?"

The group of women were overjoyed to hear they could work at the airport. In their minds, airports were places where large planes took off and landed—high-end places. They never expected the government would arrange for them to work there.

"An airport?" To be honest, Ye Yun himself was also unsure, let alone others. He had lived on the island for over twenty years and had never seen what a city looked like, let alone an airport where planes take off and land.

"Alright, quiet down!" Huang Ruyang glanced at the stack of temporary ID cards in his hand and called out the first name: "Wang Yueni."

Huang Ruyang called out to each person, and they immediately stepped forward to collect their ID cards. Ye Yun waited until he was the last one to be called. As he went to collect his temporary ID card, he whispered to Huang Ruyang, "Uncle Huang, what are we going to the airport for? I don't know anything about this, I can only do manual labor. If I mess things up, we can't afford to pay for it."

In Ye Yun's mind, airplanes were incredibly expensive. If something happened to him while he was working at the airport, he couldn't afford to pay for it even if he sold his plane.

"Don't worry!" Huang Ruyang patted Ye Yun on the shoulder. "It's definitely not a technical job for you. It seems to be an in-flight cleaning job, just some physical labor. Don't worry, there's nothing to worry about."

"In-flight cleaning? You mean cleaning the plane, right?" Ye Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief: "We can only do our physical labor."

When Ye Yun said this, there was a hint of loneliness and resentment in his voice.

Huang Ruyang, being an experienced old man, immediately understood the meaning behind Ye Yun's words and sighed, "We're lucky to even get a job as airport cleaners. We're just hoping to earn some money for our children and grandchildren, so they won't end up like us. But, Xiao Yun, you didn't like any of the matchmakers I introduced you to before? And you didn't even give me a straight answer. They were all pretty boys from around here. You're not young anymore, stop being so picky, hurry up and get a wife to warm your bed."

Ye Yun felt a little embarrassed. He was clearly talking about work, how did the topic turn to matchmaking? However, Huang Ruyang was right, it wouldn't do to keep not giving him an answer, so he took this opportunity to be frank with Huang Ruyang: "Uncle Huang, now that we've moved to the vicinity of a big city, I want to take advantage of my remaining strength to save more money for the family. I'm not considering women for the time being."

"Oh dear! I'm telling you, Ye Yun, some of what I'm about to say might be harsh, but it's really for your own good. You're good-looking, but the Ye family is really too poor. Even among our group, we're at the bottom of the social ladder. So many girls want to arrange marriages for you, it's only because you're good-looking. You're good-looking now, but in a few years, when you get older, even the best looks won't last. By then, you won't even have that last advantage. How will you find a wife then? Are you going to stay single forever?" Huang Ruyang said earnestly, "Take my advice, while you still have the luxury of being picky, find a wife and settle down."

Ye Yun frowned. Huang Ruyang's words did make some sense. The Ye family was indeed quite poor, practically dirt poor. If it weren't for Ye Yun's good looks, no woman would pay him any attention. But looks are a consumable asset; in a few years, even this last advantage would be gone, and Ye Yun might very well remain a bachelor for life.

"Uncle Huang, I'll go back and think about it carefully," Ye Yun said helplessly.

"Good boy, good boy." Huang Ruyang said with a smile, "But let me remind you. When you get to work in the big city, don't touch those city women. We're not good enough for them. Just be honest and work hard."

Ye Yun laughed and said, "The key is that city women wouldn't even look at someone like me from the countryside!"

"Hahaha!" Huang Ruyang laughed. "You little rascal! Let's go, the town government has arranged a car for us, don't keep them waiting."

As Huang Ruyang said, the vehicle arranged by the town government took them two hours to reach the vicinity of Dianyun Airport. In fact, the straight-line distance between their town and Dianyun Airport is not too far, but Nanming Province, where Dianyun is located, is really mountainous, and they often have to drive on winding mountain roads, which is extremely time-consuming.

This group of people, who had lived on the island for most of their lives, were taking such a long car ride for the first time. When they arrived at their destination, more than half of them turned pale and experienced severe motion sickness.

Huang Ruyang led the group, who were suffering from severe motion sickness, to the grassy area where they vomited until they felt better. Afterward, Huang Ruyang asked the driver for his contact information so that he could pick them up when they finished their business.

Upon hearing that they had to go back later that day, Ye Yun was a little puzzled and ran to Huang Ruyang's side to ask, "Uncle, don't you have to work today? Do you have to go back?"

"Of course!" Huang Ruyang said, "You're here today to fill out your onboarding information. The company will be handling your social insurance and housing fund contributions, and also arranging dormitories for you. After this is all done, it will probably be two or three days before you can officially start working."

Ye Yun nodded, seemingly understanding, "I see!"

As the two were talking, a commotion suddenly broke out behind them. Huang Ruyang and Ye Yun turned around and saw a group of women pointing excitedly at an airplane in the sky.

"An airplane! It's huge!"

"So this is what an airplane looks like! This is the first time I've ever seen an airplane so close!"

"I wonder if we'll be able to take airplanes for work in the future."

A group of people were excitedly discussing the incident. In fact, Huang Ruyang was also wide-eyed when he saw the plane take off. To be honest, it was his first time seeing an airplane too, and he found it all very fascinating.

Ye Yun glanced at the plane, but showed far less interest than the others. Logically, this should have been Ye Yun's first time seeing an airplane, but unlike everyone else present, he remained completely unmoved.

Huang Ruyang watched the plane for a long time, until it disappeared into the clouds, before reluctantly turning his gaze away. When he turned to Ye Yun and saw her expression, he immediately laughed and said, "You don't seem very interested! Have you seen airplanes before?"

Ye Yun raised an eyebrow: "I don't know, I guess I've never seen it before."

"I've never seen one like it before, aren't you curious?" Huang Ruyang exclaimed in surprise, "I really didn't know airplanes could be this big."

"There must be even bigger ones," Ye Yun said almost unconsciously. But as soon as he said it, he found it a little funny. He'd never even seen an airplane before, how could he know there were bigger ones?

Huang Ruyang shared the same thought as Ye Yun, and scoffed, "You talk like you know everything about airplanes. Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore, let's go!"

After everyone had seen the airplane with satisfaction, they arrived at the entrance of a building, led by Huang Ruyang. Ye Yun glanced at the company name on the door—Chenxing Cleaning!

"It really is a cleaning job!" Ye Yun thought to himself.

A man in a suit was already waiting at the company's main entrance. As soon as Huang Ruyang saw him, he immediately put on a smiling face and went to greet him: "Manager Wang, thank you for waiting for us here."

The man called Manager Wang frowned when he saw Huang Ruyang's outstretched hand, but kept his hands behind his back and didn't shake it: "We've already given instructions. Is this all the people you have?"

Huang Ruyang withdrew his hand somewhat awkwardly, but quickly regained his smile: "Yes, yes! These are all of the first batch."

"The first batch?" Manager Wang clicked his tongue in distaste, his tone revealing a hint of impatience. "Did you bring your ID? If there are no problems, let's go sign the contract. Oh, and if you're going to wander around, don't make any noise!"

Manager Wang practically wore his disdain on his face, but Huang Ruyang had no choice but to put up with it, still forcing a smile: "I've already told them, don't worry, Manager Wang."

"Hmm!" Manager Wang sighed, looking at this group of people who exuded a rustic air from head to toe. He really didn't want to be within ten meters of them, otherwise, his own image would be lowered. However, assigning these people jobs was a task assigned to them by the Municipal Poverty Alleviation Office, so even though Manager Wang was very impatient, he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

Suddenly, Manager Wang noticed something amiss at the back of the crowd. He pointed to Ye Yun at the back and said, "Why is there another man here? We only hire women for the machine cleaning. What's he doing here?"

Ye Yun's heart tightened, but Huang Ruyang explained, "Manager Wang, his sister was originally supposed to come. However, she had some urgent business, so he filled in for her. He's very capable and quick-witted."

"Alright, alright!" Manager Wang waved his hand. "No need to explain, forget it, it's not a big deal. It's just that it's embarrassing for a grown man to be doing cleaning work with a bunch of women!"

Ye Yun stiffened, a hint of embarrassment and annoyance creeping onto his face. At that moment, Huang Ruyang immediately ran to Ye Yun's side and grabbed his arm. Ye Yun clenched his right fist, his knuckles turning white, but in the end, he held back.

Manager Wang glanced at Ye Yun disdainfully, ultimately letting out a sarcastic remark: "Just as I thought, he's destined to be a laborer his whole life!"

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