Insufficient balance

  "Master Ruan, how did we get on the boat?" Bao Yulin woke up from his hangover and was very confused. He didn't understand how he fell asleep and then suddenly found himself at sea.

  "Xiao Bao, we think you're a decent person, so we want to help you out. That's why we let you take Lin Shifu's place on this boat." Ruan Shifu said as he poured a cup of tea for Bao Yulian.

  "Why is that? Where is the boat going?" Bao Yulin was confused, but after several months of getting along, he knew that these Vietnamese masters were good people and wouldn't harm him.

  Looking at Bao Yulin's dazed expression, Ruan Shifu smiled: "Maybe you don't know, actually we Vietnamese with work permits got paid a few days ago. Ma Biao didn't dare to delay our wages. But do you know why he doesn't pay the mainland guests?"

  Bao Yulin listened and knew there was a problem here. He rubbed his still dizzy head: "Master Ruan, I really don't understand, so you'd better not let me guess. I drank too much last night and my head is still hurting."

  Ruan Shifu looked at Bao Yulin's appearance and burst out laughing. Everyone knew that the feeling of a hangover was unbearable.

  "We actually knew this a few days ago, Ma Biao was never a good thing. You just didn't notice it. Think about it carefully and you'll find that he's already not allowing refugees without work permits to come to work today. Why is that?" Master Ruan stopped for a moment, looking at Bao Yulin's reaction.

  Bao Yulin didn't say a word, he wasn't a talkative person to begin with, and besides, his Vietnamese wasn't very fluent.

  "When Ma Biao was calculating the money for us, we knew he had no intention of paying you stowaways' wages. He used so many of you stowaways and it's been almost four months now, without paying wages, he just wants to cheat your money away. I heard his brother-in-law is a police officer. This time our refugee camp was relocated, Lin Shifu didn't want to leave, we thought you were quite honest and had helped us a lot, so we decided to let you take over Lin Shifu's position. Although some countries in Europe don't allow citizenship, it's still better than being in Hong Kong, at least you'll have the right to work later."

  After listening to Master Ruan, Bao Yulin seemed to understand. It seems that he had thought of learning some skills and helping these Vietnamese masters with more work, and others would remember it in their hearts. But I don't know how those stowaways are doing now?

  "Thank you, Mr. Nguyen!" Bao Yulin originally didn't have a good impression of Vietnamese people, and at that time, it was just for his own sake. But now he felt that sometimes taking a small loss and living a little wasn't a big deal: "I just wonder how Wang Zheng and Wang Ping are doing." Bao Yulin had no opinion about Mr. Nguyen making the decision to put him on the refugee boat without asking for his opinion, he knew it was someone helping him, but he still missed the people who had snuck onto the construction site, after all, they weren't easy to come by.

  "We can't help much, they have nothing to do with us. I reckon in a few days, Ma Biao will notify the police to come and arrest people." Master Ruan also spoke out directly: "If it wasn't for Master Lin who refused to leave, we wouldn't have brought you along either."

  Bao Yulin couldn't think of anything else at this time, anyway, these Vietnamese people were all kind-hearted. Looking out at the endless sea, Bao Yulin didn't say another word. Nguyen Shifu was also long accustomed to Bao Yulin's taciturnity and wasn't surprised.

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  There are many European countries. After a boat of people landed, they were distributed to many different countries. Bao Yulin and several others were assigned to France and moved into an international refugee camp.

  France is a non-immigrant country, when refugees appear, it can accept some refugees on humanitarian grounds, but the time will not be long. Once the war situation in the refugee's home country stops and the situation stabilizes, they will be sent back to their home country. Of course, during their stay in France, refugees have the right to earn a salary through labor. If you are unwilling, the refugee camp will also support you.

  Bao Yulin is not a person who likes to eat and be lazy. Moreover, this international refugee camp is in a mess, with Vietnamese people and many refugees from other countries. If you don't work, you have to live in the refugee camp. Bao Yulin was very uncomfortable living with these messy people. Of course, he wanted to find a job as soon as possible and move out of the refugee camp.

  The UNHCR has a refugee employment guidance center. Following normal procedures, Bao Yu Lin must first register there and then be assigned a job by the government according to his personal expertise and language habits of his country of origin. If everything goes smoothly, refugees can apply for accommodation outside after finding work. Of course, the condition is that they can provide proof of their ability to rent a house or have accommodation provided by the employer.

  Because Bao Yulin was disguised as Lin Shifu, the refugee agency naturally classified him as a Vietnamese refugee. Vietnam was originally a French colony and later defeated the French army, so the French did not like the Vietnamese people. It can be imagined that with his Vietnamese identity, Bao Yulin could only find the most ordinary and humble jobs in France. However, even so, Bao Yulin was still very happy, after all, he could gain recognition through hard work and no one would fire him because of his past as a prisoner of war.

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  Bao Yulin's workplace is a Chinese restaurant run by Cantonese people. They hire some refugees, and the various taxes and fees of the restaurant will be adjusted in proportion, which is considered a compensation, so they are still willing to accept a few refugees. However, after all, the relationship between the two countries is very tense now, and these Chinese bosses have become stingy towards Vietnamese refugees. Unfortunately, it's not up to them who to hire, but rather the international refugee organization, otherwise these Chinese restaurants would rather take African refugees than Vietnamese ones.

  When the UNHCR first asked Mr. Yao if he was willing to accept resettled refugees, he didn't think it would be Vietnamese refugees. Moreover, hiring refugees also had tax breaks, so he agreed at the time. After the contract was signed, the UNHCR official brought Bao Yulin over, and Mr. Yao only then realized that the person who was going to enter his Chinese restaurant was actually a Vietnamese refugee, and he was unhappy at the time, but since the contract had been signed, there was nothing he could do about it, so he could only reluctantly accept. Fortunately, Bao Yulin didn't look much like other Vietnamese people, and looked more like someone from northern China. From this point on, Mr. Yao found him somewhat more acceptable.

  For some time, Bao Yulin has been in a bad mood. Originally, his Vietnamese was not good and he didn't like the Vietnamese people. But in the refugee camp, he had to take Lin's place, so he had to live with the Vietnamese people. He was finally assigned to a Chinese restaurant, but they were all Cantonese people, and he couldn't understand what they were saying. However, this did not affect his good mood, after all, being able to be with his own compatriots is always better.

  Mr. Yao didn't know what was going on with this young man who didn't say a word from dawn till dusk. But he didn't care either, anyway, now that he's using him, it's just to enjoy the preferential treatment, and soon enough, when these Vietnamese people return home, everything will be fine.

  Things didn't turn out as perfectly as imagined, and Bao Yulin soon showed his true colors.

  That day, one of Yao's relatives deliberately bullied Bao Yulian, a full pot of soup, so coincidentally just as Bao Yulian was passing by the kitchen door, he bumped into it, and it all spilled out. At that moment, Bao Yulian was scalded and shouted loudly: "Damn it, I'm scalded to death!"

  Mr. Yao was on the side at this time, although he is a Cantonese, but he still understands Mandarin. Originally, his partners were discussing the matter of Bao Yulin today, and he knew that today was specifically to watch the joke. But then he knew that Bao Yulin had cursed out "national scolding" in a hurry, which surprised Mr. Yao greatly. He knew that when people are not on guard and dreaming, what they say is their mother tongue, in other words, Bao Yulin should be Chinese.

  "Are you Chinese?" Mr. Yao asked cautiously, and seeing Bao Yulin's guarded expression, he quickly explained: "I didn't mean any harm, I just wanted to know. We don't like Vietnamese people." Mr. Yao said, blocking the kitchen door.

  Bao Yulin shook off the soup water on his body, knowing that he couldn't hide it anymore. There were no UNHCR personnel around now, and he didn't mind anyway, since they were his own compatriots.

  "Mr. Yao, I didn't intentionally try to deceive you, but my situation is special, please don't mind." Bao Yulin thought it was better to say everything out loud. So, he didn't hide anything and told him one by one.

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  "Mr. Yao, please believe me, I'm just taking someone else's place, and I won't do any worse than anyone else." Bao Yulin was worried that if his true identity were to be exposed, the refugee agency would have a problem with him. At that time, he wouldn't be considered a refugee, but an illegal immigrant.

  "Xiao Bao, this matter is really not easy to handle. We are all Chinese, we will try our best to help if we can. We can pretend that we don't know about anything. But you have to understand, France is a non-immigrant country. Once the situation stabilizes, all refugees will be deported, what will you do then?" Mr. Yao said in his poor Mandarin.

  "This is also hard to say, but now there's no good solution. Just get by for now." Bao Yulin said dejectedly. He understood the situation, but what could be done? It could only be this way.

  Mr. Yao thought for a moment and said: "You're not saying you used to be a soldier? Wanting to stay in France isn't impossible, as long as you can bear the hardship."

  "What's the plan?" Bao Yulin showed interest, he needed a legitimate identity.

  "You can choose to join the French Foreign Legion, and as long as you serve for 5 years in the Foreign Legion, you can then choose to become a French citizen. Everything before that will be irrelevant." Mr. Yao explained.

  "Is there such a thing? Isn't it Wu Nian? I'm joining!" Bao Yulin was full of confidence, he still liked the simple life in the army.

  "It's not that easy." Mr. Yao sighed: "The selection of the French Foreign Legion is very strict, very bitter and very tiring. Most importantly, it's very dangerous. Besides, it's still a long way from their recruitment time, if you really want to join, you should take this period of time to learn French well."

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  From that day on, Bao Yulin spent all his time working and studying French. He knew that the foreign legion was an opportunity for him. No one knew what would happen to him in the future. His prospects were simply uncertain.

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