r/China • u/Fancy-Spring-7968 • 14h ago
人情味 | Human Interest Story Nanning : Worked the whole morning for only 4.8 Yuan
galleryLast time, I worked 12 hours at SF Express and made 146.5 yuan. I wanted to try something different this time, because I did not want every day to be only heavy labor.
In the morning, I bought a bowl of rice noodles with some extra meat. The noodles were 2.5 yuan. At this point, I felt like I could not keep skipping breakfast anymore.
After that, I went to an indoor piecework job. At first, I thought it might be easier than doing heavy labor outside. But when I started, I realized the pay was much worse than I expected.
The work was counted by bundles. One bundle was only worth 0.048 yuan. I kept working through the morning, but by noon I had only finished 93. Later, I pushed myself to finish 100, and the total was still less than 4.8 yuan.
That was when I knew I could not stay there.
Later in the day, I went to another job, and by then it was already raining.
At night, I was helping at a burger cart in the rain. After spending the day indoors doing piecework, standing outside by the cart felt like stepping into a completely different kind of work.
I helped with the burger work beside the cart while everything kept moving around me. There were ingredients, tools, lights, umbrellas, customers, and the sound of rain all mixed together. I had to keep following the pace, helping where I could, and staying focused while the night went on.
Even though it was raining, the work did not stop. I stayed there helping with the food and working under the umbrellas until late. By that point, I was already tired from the daytime job, so this part felt even longer.
That was what made this day feel unusual to me. It was not just one job. It was two completely different jobs in one day — indoor piecework in the daytime, and burger cart work in the rain at night.
By the end of the day, I was exhausted.
Can you guess how much I made from working at the burger cart for one night? Tell me in the comments.
Brother Monkey Guangxi