Chapter 146 The Woman Falls From Hunger

Men fall because of poverty, women fall because of starvation, and children become foolish because of darkness.

Marlene's husband died, she was very sad, but in order to pay homage to the dead, she was made into the shape of the Virgin Mary and raised on a high shelf to be admired. Standing in the crowd, Jiang Hao could feel her inner sadness.

But the men in the town were very excited. They felt that their chance had come. After the funeral, countless people wandered on the gravel road in front of Malena's house. This usually quiet seaside rocky road suddenly became lively. .

The women in the town became more jealous, and as a result, there were all kinds of rumors about Malena in the town. In the women's mouth, Malena became a slut and a vixen.

Someone wrote an anonymous letter to Marlene's father, saying that Marlene had a relationship with every man in town and was a complete slut, and that Marlene's father was very angry and cut off contact with Marlene.

Malena has no income, and now she can't go to her father's house to eat. She is suddenly in a dilemma. She doesn't know who else she can rely on, and she doesn't know how to survive. She is now suffering from the pain of losing her husband and suffering from hunger. .

"Clap clap~ clap clap~"

The door knocker was knocked, and Malena wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, got up to open the door, and when she opened the door, she found that it was her neighbor, she was a little surprised, and said with a bit of sadness: "Hello Mr. Bernano, what's the matter? ."

"It's a pity that your husband died. I attended the funeral. I haven't seen you out of the house for a few days. I'll come and see you." Jiang Hao said.

"Come in." Malena let the door open.

Jiang Hao walked in with a package.

On the stone road, many men were wandering back and forth at the moment. They saw Jiang Hao knocking on the door to go in, and they all became jealous of Jiang Hao.

"Who is he and why did he enter Malena's house?"

"It's a foreign painter."

"What, painters, oh, artists are a bunch of lechers, and Malena can't fall into his hands."

"If an outsider dares to covet Malena, the sheriff should be in charge."

"I think he should be kicked out of town."

The men were discussing Jiang Hao indignantly outside, but the living room was very quiet, Jiang Hao said: "Now, maybe you are still in grief, I don't know how to comfort you, I brought you some food, some Bread, jam, cheese, sausage, I just hope you don't starve when you're sad."

Hearing Jiang Hao's words, Malena felt that Mr. Bernano was really caring. When she was in the most pain, he cured her two pains at once.

"Thank you Mr. Bernano." Malena thanked very sincerely.

"Malena, sadness will always pass, and those who are alive must continue to live. If you have any difficulties, no matter what, you can come to me. I heard that you have no income, and the government has stopped paying pensions. Considering With my previous proposal, you can come and model for me, so you can earn enough to support yourself."

Jiang Hao brought up the model thing again. If Malena had a stable income, she would not be hungry again, and she would not slip into the abyss because of hunger.

"Mr. Bernano, I will seriously consider it." Malena said.

This time Malena did not directly refuse, she really needed an income to fill her stomach.

Jiang Hao stood up and said: "Okay, then I'm leaving, I live not far away, you know, if you think about it, you can come to me at any time, of course, you can come to me if you need any help, I mean, anything."

At this moment, Malena suddenly felt a ray of sunshine shining into her heart, at her coldest and most helpless moment.

The group of men outside had been wandering around for many days, and their thoughts in their hearts were clear to Malena. What they wanted was her body, but no one was really willing to help her.

Jiang Hao left Malena's house, and when he came out, he saw a lot of men standing scattered outside, all of them casting unkind glances at him.

Jiang Hao thought they were ridiculous, a group of fearless and lustful guys.

When Malena opened Jiang Hao's gift, she immediately broke off a piece of bread and put it in her mouth. Then she came to the kitchen with the food, put jam on the bread and put it in her mouth, she felt it was The best moment in the world.

Mr. Bernano is a good man.

Maybe I should really think about being a model for Mr. Bernano.

As soon as they returned to their villa, Davy and Luca came over, and there were two other men. The car was parked in the yard, and the four of them were carrying a suitcase each. Mrs. Federer had known Davy and Luka for a long time. They were all under Mr. Bernano's, and they didn't ask any further questions.

Carrying the suitcase upstairs, a total of four suitcases were placed on the ground, Luca said: "Boss, all the cut tobacco has been sold, and the total here is 1.57 million lire."

Jiang Hao nodded with satisfaction and sold 70,000 liras more than expected. It seems that the price of shredded tobacco has increased again.

"Well done,"

Jiang Hao pushed back two boxes of money and said, "David, Luca, you have worked hard. You two will receive a bonus of 20,000 each for this business."

The two of them immediately showed smiles on their faces.

"Sakadu, Basali, Fabio Grosso, Cassani, four of them, each with a bonus of 10,000." These four people are now team leaders.

"I think Bio and the others will be very happy," Davey said.

"The remaining 20 people, 5,000 each, you can distribute these." Jiang Hao said.

"Good boss, those guys will be very grateful to you." Luca said.

Jiang Hao continued: "As for the remaining money, it will be used as the next fund, David, you are in charge of the purchase channel and the sales channel in Sicily, Luca, you are in charge of smuggling and all the business in Tunisia. Our business will be prosperous, You will get richer and stronger.”

"When doing things, we must pay attention to concealment and pay attention to safety. If someone really blocks our way, we should kill it without mercy."

"The organization will continue to recruit people, and let people in the organization recommend familiar people to come in. We want to grow and develop. In the future, Sicily will definitely be our world."

Jiang Hao's words made their blood boil, "Boss, we will do well."

The two left the villa with two more money boxes. Jiang Hao was in the room, looking at the two big boxes and worrying about what to do with the money.

With these two boxes of money plus the remaining 200,000 lire, he has a total of nearly 1 million lire in his hand. Jiang Hao has seen big money, so naturally he won't be excited by this amount of money, but he can't keep it. devalue them.

For a person who has studied economics and finance, that is an unforgivable sin.

We must find a way to spend them, at least within 2 years. After the U.S. occupation of Sicily in 1943, Italy surrendered and the economy collapsed, and the money would turn into waste paper.

Going downstairs, Jiang Hao saw that Federer and Mrs. Federer were both there. Jiang Hao thought about it and said, "Federer, I have a task for you."

"Sir, do you have anything to do, please instruct." Federer respectfully said.

Jiang Hao asked, "Is the food on the market getting more expensive now?"

"Yes sir, it has increased by at least 20% to 30% compared with last month. Many people feel unbearable. Some people work for a month, but they may not be able to fill their family's stomach." Federer said.

Recently, the price of food has risen sharply. I am afraid that it is inseparable from Jiang Hao's smuggling. They purchased a large amount of food on the black market, which will inevitably raise the price.

These are not what Jiang Hao has to consider, and he is not a saint. Mussolini should worry about the life of the Italian people.

"That is to say, money is constantly depreciating, Federer, I give you a task, buy more food to store, the more the better, I remember there was a basement storage room under the kitchen, right."

"Yes sir, a big storeroom," replied Mrs. Federer.

"Fill up the storage room." Jiang Hao said.

Mrs. Federer said in surprise, "Sir, that's probably going to cost a lot of money."

"how many?"

"I don't know, but I'm afraid it will take tens of thousands of lire."

Jiang Hao took out a few thick wads of money from his pocket and put them on the table, leaving the Federer couple stunned. Regardless of the couple's reaction, Jiang Hao said, "I think this money should be enough."

"Flour, potatoes, ham, sausage, caviar, butter, cheese, jam, all kinds of condiments, all kinds of canned food, all kinds of red wine, as long as they are easy to store, buy them in bulk."

In fact, Jiang Hao can get food through Dawei and the others, as much as he wants, but he is cautious. If Dawei and the others send him a large amount of supplies, some of them are not easy to explain, so it is better to let the housekeeper buy it directly.

Anyway, he's not bad for money.

Malena was wearing black clothes and walking on the streets of the town. She was going to go to the employment agency to ask if she could find a job.

The food sent by Mr. Bernano has been eaten, and she has gradually come out of the initial grief of losing her husband. She must consider her own survival.

Malena reappeared in the town, attracting the attention of countless men. Men would stand on the side of the road where Malena was going to walk, intentionally or unintentionally. When Malena walked by, they took off their hats and greeted them one by one.

"Marlene, please condolences."

"Marlene, if you will, please accept my invitation to lunch."

"Malena, you are still so beautiful."

And the women in the town, once again launched their offensive of poison, widows, whores, prostitutes, and dirty women, there are no words they can't speak.

Did Malena do something wrong?

No,

She has done nothing.

Just because of her beauty aroused the jealousy of this group of women.

She still didn't find a job. On the way back, Malena felt very sad and painful. Why couldn't she find a job to make ends meet? Her requirements were not high, and she slowly thought about whether she wanted to Accept Mr. Bernano's proposal to be his model.

This might give herself even more infamy. She could imagine what those women would say, and it is estimated that as soon as she walked into Mr. Bernano's house, the names of mistresses and nasty women would be completely on her head.

Unconsciously, she had reached the door of her own house. She stood at the door and looked at the house a hundred meters away. It was the Federer's villa, and Mr. Bernano was renting there now.

Do you want to go there.

suddenly,

A burst of hunger hit, Malena couldn't help swallowing, yes, she was too hungry, she didn't eat last night, and only drank a glass of water in the morning, it was almost noon, she really Don't know how to get through it.

Malena looked at her door and resolutely turned around and walked towards the villa.