In the evening, worked all day Catherine somewhat to change the clothes to step the journey of going home exhaustedly, she refused several pursuers to carry her proposition with the bicycle, persisted in walking home. 晚上,工作了一整天的凯瑟琳有些疲惫的换了衣服踏上了回家的旅途,她拒绝了几个追求者用自行车载她的提议,坚持步行回家。 In the summer the night wind blows not too many cool feeling on the face, instead brings the daytime last anger and dryness and heat, lets in the will of the people the incomparable irritation. 夏天夜晚的风吹在脸上并没有太多的凉意,反而带着白天最后一丝的火气与燥热,让人心里无比的烦躁。 Catherine is a strong girl, she cannot express certain simple mood, even if in she may have other things. 凯瑟琳是一个坚强的女孩,她不太会表现出某些浅显的情绪,哪怕她内心之中可能会有一些其他的东西。 Before the weather passes completely black, she goes home, since moved back to own home to live, she always not after the weather will pass black also stayed on the street. 在天色完全黑透之前,她回到了家中,自从搬回了自己的家里居住,她从来都不会在天色黑透之后还停留在街道上。 Here is unsafe, whenever the curtain of night covered the sky completely, the evil will arrive. 这里并不安全,每当夜幕完全遮盖住了天空,罪恶就会降临。 Evening's quarrel sound, fighting sound, even is the sound of gunfire is here commonly seen thing, included shouted police siren that the call for help that saved a life, as well as resounded unceasingly. 晚上的争吵声,打斗声,甚至是枪声都是这里司空见惯的东西,其中也包括了喊救命的呼救声,以及不断响起的警笛。 Just closed the door, Catherine felt that not too same atmosphere, the atmosphere in today's house somewhat seems to be heavy. 刚刚关上房门,凯瑟琳就感觉到一股不太一样的气氛,今天的房子里的气氛似乎有些沉重。 She changed the shoes, did not hang the packages of over five dollars on the clothes rack, walked toward the living room. 她换了鞋,把不超过五块钱的包挂在了衣架上,朝着客厅走去。 Her father somewhat absent-minded sitting in that worn-out sofa that snatches from the garbage heap, the anxious look of her mother whole face. 她的父亲有些失神的坐在那个从垃圾堆里抢回来的破旧沙发上,她的母亲则满脸的愁容。 The men do not seem to heard the switch gate sound, the vision to stare at the television to look, the Catherine mother, she looked up Catherine actually, lowers the head. 男人仿佛没有听见开关门的声音,目光一直盯着电视在看,倒是凯瑟琳的母亲,她抬头看了一眼凯瑟琳,又低下头去。 „What's wrong?”, Catherine asked that she thought that today this couple and is not quite usually same. “怎么了？”,凯瑟琳问道,她觉得今天这对夫妻和平常不太一样。 The men are watching the television, as if anything has not heard to be the same, on mother face of Catherine is revealing a sad and bitter and astringent expression, the sound is also shivering slightly, „your father he...... unemployment.” 男人还是在看电视,仿佛什么都没有听见一样,凯瑟琳的妈妈脸上流露着一种悲伤且苦涩的表情,声音也微微颤抖着,“你爸爸他……失业了。” This is very normal matter, actually in the second half of last year started people to have the preparation, many factories start to shut down, even if the labor union organization the worker demonstration, the request factory resumed work, does not dare to make is too ruthless. 这是很正常的事情,其实去年下半年开始人们就已经有了心理准备,很多工厂都开始停工,哪怕工会组织了工人游行示威,要求工厂复工,也不敢闹的太狠。 They even decided „strike” in the weekend, this becomes an absurd behavior, but also reflected from one side then social concern had contradictory and incisiveness how. 他们甚至把“罢工”定在了周末,这都成为了一个国际笑话,但也从侧面反映了当时的社会问题有多么的矛盾且尖锐。 The Catherine father's factory announces the bankruptcy today, this also has the indication, they stopped the introduction of raw material starting from last month, actually they have this premonition, but is not willing to go to face, is not willing to believe that the misfortune will fall on oneself. 凯瑟琳父亲的工厂在今天宣布破产,这也是有征兆的,他们从上个月开始就停止了原料的引进,其实他们早就有了这种预感,只是一直不愿意去面对,也不愿意相信厄运会落在自己身上。 Catherine silent, her wages are not many, one month of 225 dollars, slightly are higher than the bottom line of lowest hourly wage law request merely. 凯瑟琳沉默了起来,她的工资不算多,一个月只有二百二十五块钱,仅仅略高于最低时薪法要求的底线。 Her father before today, can attain 300 to 350 wage every month, the wages of two people support this family to have more than enough to spare. 她的父亲在今天之前,每个月都能拿到三百到三百五十块不等的薪水,两个人的工资养活这个家庭还是绰绰有余的。 But if be only wages of Catherine person, want to support this family of three, the difficulty is very big. 但是如果只有凯瑟琳一个人的工资,想要养活这一家三口,难度真的很大。 Now each factory basically not foreign hiring, even if the city hall requests each factory to increase some jobs, they have not fulfilled. 现在各个工厂基本上都不对外招人,哪怕市政厅要求各个工厂增加一些工作岗位,他们也都没有履行。 When lacks the profit, each staff seems like in front of the god of death on the balance another side Ma, increases one, oneself left the death to go a step further. 在缺少利润的时候,每一个员工都像是死神面前天平上另外一边的玛法,增加一个,自己离死亡就更进一步。 A factory of thousand people of rank, is to pay the wage every month merely must pay several hundred thousand, if they do not have enough profit, so long as one month is to pay out the wages merely can make them go bankrupt, will therefore not have the enterprise to choose at this time increases enrollment, even if the city hall requested them to do that. 一个千人级别的工厂,每个月仅仅是发薪水就要支付几十万,如果他们没有足够的利润,只要一个月仅仅是发工资就能让他们破产,所以没有企业会选择在这个时候扩招,哪怕市政厅要求他们这么做。 This also means that the Catherine father was very difficult to find appropriately in the employment center, and perhaps the long-term work, will have the work of short-term, even his anything could not find exactly. 这也意味着凯瑟琳的父亲很难在就业中心找到合适的,且长期的工作,也许会有短期的工作,甚至他什么活都找不到。 The experience that the Catherine mother, she had not to mention worked, goes to study even now, still without this opportunity, supports family's heavy responsibility to pile up on the body of Catherine in other words. 凯瑟琳的母亲就更不用说了,她没有工作的经验,就算现在去学,也没有这个机会,换句话来说养活家庭的重任都会积压在凯瑟琳的身上。 She every month the wages of 225 dollars, become source of income that supports this family's only. 她每个月二百二十五块钱的工资,将会成为养活这个家庭唯一的经济来源。 Three people fall into to the silence, the Catherine father has been watching the television, he received some stimulation probably, blocked itself in a microcosm. 三个人都陷入到沉默当中,凯瑟琳的父亲一直在看电视,他好像受到了一些刺激,把自己封锁到了一个小世界里。 Mother anxious look over the face of Catherine, often heaving a sigh, filled to the future worried. 凯瑟琳的母亲则愁容满面,不时的唉声叹气,对未来充满了担忧。 Catherine feels exhaustedly, this was she for these years the only feeling. 凯瑟琳则感觉到疲惫,这是她这几年来唯一的感觉。 Before this feeling had, but was not so profound, until this moment starting from, she felt deep exhausted. 以前这种感觉有,但不这么深刻,直到这一刻开始,她感受到了深深的疲惫。 She has the girl of life and social experience, she very clear and family will have such situation, the issue came from in their family background at present, in social class as well as educational level and other issues. 她并不是没有生活和社会经验的女孩,她很清楚自己以及自己家庭之所以会有目前这样的处境,问题都源自于他们的家庭背景,社会阶层以及受教育程度等问题上。 Latter's issue is more obvious, if she can go to college, or after the high school graduates read the accountant or other anything specialty, currently may have an entirely different work. 后者的问题更明显一些,如果她能够上大学,或者在高中毕业之后去读会计或者其他什么专职,现在可能会有一份截然不同的工作。 Pursues her young people are because studied the accountant, now not only has a dignified work, but also the wages are not low. 追求她的那个大龄年轻人就是因为学了会计,现在不仅有一份体面的工作,而且工资还不低。 Child but who in an ordinary family was born, wants after the high school graduates continues to study the road is a how difficult matter, she also can only think. 可一个普通的家庭中出生的孩子,想要在高中毕业之后继续求学之路是多么困难的一件事,她也只能想一想。 Evening's dinner compared with reduced in the past, the Catherine father erupted one on the dining table suddenly, he is having a fit of temper to throw down and break meal the small dish, then angry departure. 晚上的晚餐比往常减少了一些,凯瑟琳的父亲突然间在饭桌上爆发了一阵,他发着脾气摔碎了餐碟,然后愤怒的离开。 It looks like in this man, because he was out of work, therefore family's women no longer respect him, he felt that oneself received neglecting. 在这个男人看来,因为他失去了工作,所以家里的女人们不再尊敬他,他感觉自己受到了怠慢。 The mother and daughter are only tranquil and silent accepted all these, then cleans up the aftermath. 母女二人只是平静且沉默的接受了这一切,然后收拾残局。 Next morning, the Catherine father left the home, he must go to the street to look for a work, he had accepted this fact after evening's time. 第二天一大早,凯瑟琳的父亲就离开了家,他要去街上找点工作,经过一晚上的时间他已经接受了这个事实。 The life must continue, if he really anything does not do to lie down in the house, most 1-2 months, they must sell out the house to go to the street to roam about. 生活还要继续,他如果真的什么都不做躺在房子里,最多1-2月,他们就要卖掉房子去街上流浪。 He uses for more than ten years to have the present life, he is not willing such easily lost all these, he must insist. 他用了十几年才拥有现在的生活,他不愿意就这么轻易的失去这一切,他还要坚持下去。 Catherine similarly tranquil facing the life, chose worked. 凯瑟琳同样平静的面对生活,选择了去工作。 At noon, that young people found her. 只是,在中午的时候,那个年轻人又找到了她。 „I listened to the aunt saying that the uncle he was unemployed......” “我听阿姨说,叔叔他失业了……” Catherine looked at his one eyes, has not given any reply, this makes the young people somewhat awkward, the speech also a little becomes the stutter to get up. 凯瑟琳看了他一眼,并没有给出任何的回答,这让年轻人有些尴尬,说话也变得有点结巴起来。 „If...... I meant if, how if I... do arrange in our market to work... you to feel the uncle?”, On his face has an exciting red light, the speech to gnaw anxiously. “如果……我是说如果,如果我把叔叔…安排进我们的商场里工作…你觉得如何？”,他脸上带着一丝兴奋的红光,说话啃啃巴巴。 He and market the manager in relate well, will be helping declaring goods that personally processes the manager, this makes the manager declare goods each time can save a sum of money, this is the value of accountant is also. 他和商场的经理关系不错,会帮着处理经理的个人报税,这让经理每次报税都能节省一笔钱,这也是会计的价值所在。 Besides the manager, in the supermarket management will more or less have a high opinion of his occupation, declares goods personally also needs to ask the accountant to help , helping need to pay the corresponding reward. 除了经理之外,超级商场内管理层方面或多或少都会倚重他的职业,个人报税也是需要请会计师帮忙的,帮忙则需要支付相应的酬劳。 The young people will also receive, few of but receiving, this makes him have the good personal connection on the management. 年轻人也会收,但收的很少,这就让他在管理层有不错的人缘。 Catherine mother's morning time looked for him, explained some situations, inquired whether to make the Catherine father work to the market, even if the wages are lower. 凯瑟琳的母亲上午的时候来找了他,说明了一些情况,询问是不是能够让凯瑟琳的父亲到商场这边来工作,哪怕工资低一些。 Actually regarding the supermarket ultra business of this stage, their operating conditions compared with is much better, even in against the tide is maintaining the profit standard of health many people imagine. 其实对于这个阶段的超市超商来说,他们的经营情况比很多人想象的要好得多,甚至在逆潮流的保持着健康的盈利标准。 But they will not say, they must display operation difficult side to gain the sympathy, reduces pay standard, releases more rooms for profits by this. 但他们不会这么说,他们也要表现出经营困难的一面来博取同情,来降低薪资标准,以此释放更多的利润空间。 The young people and managers mentioned this matter, the manager said that can make the Catherine father work to the warehouse, some that side need physical strength workers, moreover can give a basic salary. 年轻人和经理谈起了此事,经理表示可以让凯瑟琳的父亲到仓库去工作,那边需要一些体力工作者,而且也能给个底薪。 Therefore he looks for Catherine to take undeserved credit, while convenient also the hope through this matter, making contact between both sides have a leap development. 所以他来找凯瑟琳邀功,顺便也希望通过这件事,让双方之间的接触有一个跨越式的发展。 Catherine has not nodded has not rejected, but used and goes home to finish two people with the tone that the family member discussed the dialogue. 凯瑟琳没有点头也没有拒绝,只是用了和回家和家人商量的口吻结束了两人之间的对话。 However this makes the young people feel that this matter has the opportunity to achieve his goal, since this is the idea that these days Catherine has not declined him to give for the first time directly, this is a good phenomenon. 但是这让年轻人感觉到这件事情有机会能达成他的目标,这是这段时间以来凯瑟琳第一次没有直接拒绝他提出的想法,这是一个好现象。 A day of arid work passed in the long suffering or the short waiting, Catherine as before the request that refuses others to deliver her to go home, in goes home alone. 一天枯燥的工作在漫长的煎熬或短暂的等待中度过,凯瑟琳依旧拒绝了别人送她回家的要求,独自回到家里。 Her father had come back, before this always leads some self-confident man at this time to become dispirited. 她的父亲已经回来了,以前这个总是带着某种自信的男人此时变得颓废起来。 One all day, the entire city only had few dozens jobs, however in has several thousand people that the employment center waits for! 一整天,整个城市只出现了寥寥几十个工作机会,但是在就业中心等待的却有数千人！ The Catherine father simply has not taken the personal history that acts, has too many people too many, he who he is more competent than has not obtained the opportunity of interview, this also makes him realize in a short time, he do not count on can find the work. 凯瑟琳的父亲根本没有拿得出手的履历,有太多的人比他能干的太多,他连面试的机会都没有得到,这也让他意识到短时间里,他不要指望着能找到工作。 This makes him very depressed, even had the suspicion to own value. 这让他非常的沮丧,甚至对自己的价值产生了怀疑。 The Catherine mother same had nothing to say in reply, she has not asked the matter of young people to tell oneself husband her, has not told Catherine. 凯瑟琳的母亲一样无言以对,她还没有把她找了年轻人的事情告诉自己的丈夫,也没有告诉凯瑟琳。 She planned and other young people gave her an answer time, again regarding this matter. 她打算等年轻人给她一个答复的时候,再谈起这件事。 Two person some dispiriteds, but Catherine must manifest suddenly. 两个人都有些萎靡,但凯瑟琳要发作了。 She hangs the package on the clothes frame, seems like going home in as usual, but her the footsteps were heavier at this time. 她把包挂在衣服架上,看上去和往常一样的回到家里,但此时她的脚步重了一些。 She first drank one cup of water, then moved a chair, sits in the opposite of sofa, but also put out a hand to turn off the television. 她先去喝了一杯水,然后搬了一张椅子,坐在沙发的对面,还伸手关了电视。 This movement makes the vision of couple centralized on her body, on her face does not have obviously angrily, is tranquil. 这个动作让夫妻两人的目光都集中在她的身上,她的脸上没有明显愤怒,只有平静。 She sees oneself mother, with the similarly tranquil tone, asked a very acute issue, „you planned how much money me sells?” 她看着自己的母亲,用同样平静的口吻,问了一个很尖锐的问题,“你打算把我卖多少钱？” A few words, making the man be on the rise fiercely, the Catherine mother complexion also had some changes, but Catherine has not given them the too much time to respond. 一句话,让男人猛地抬起头,凯瑟琳的母亲脸色也出现了一些变化,但凯瑟琳并没有给他们太多的时间去反应。 „Roma found me at noon, he gave me to suggest, so long as I am willing to accompany him, he gave the father a work, you planned how much money me sold?” “罗姆中午找到了我,他给了我暗示,只要我愿意陪他,他就给父亲一份工作,你们打算把我卖多少钱？” She obviously displays unusual is tranquil, actually gave the couple a very serious pressure, especially when this special, the when life of whole family must depend upon the Catherine wages, this lets her voice, even if not so high, same was full of the strength! 明明她表现的非常平静,却给了夫妻两人一种很沉重的压力,特别是在这个特殊的时候,一家人的生活都要依靠凯瑟琳的工资时,这让她的嗓门哪怕不那么高,也一样充满了力量！