1295 Chapter 1296: Behind the War

Seeing that Helen bought food for almost a week in one go, Amani said subconsciously: "It's too much, I won't be able to take it by myself later."

Helen said angrily, "It's getting dark, and you still plan to go back alone."

Amani was speechless for a moment.

"Okay, that's all for now, consider it a gift from me to Edward and Wen Li."

Helen called the next rickshaw, and pulled Amani, who was at a loss with a big bag of food, into the car.

"Go, I'll take you back!"

As bicycles became popular, after Chester gained word of mouth, with the introduction of human-powered tricycles, it immediately became Chester's new means of transportation.

Compared with public carriages, many people still choose rickshaws for travel, and they have even become the favorite means of transportation for the middle class.

It is cheaper than a private carriage and has independent space, which is better than a public carriage.

Naturally, Amani also took a rickshaw, but she carried so much food, and they were just two women, they might be robbed when they got out of the thorny street.

Mahler, the driver of the rickshaw, had heard that he was going two blocks away, and it was night, so he didn't intend to pick up the guests, but when he saw that it was Mrs. Helen, he nodded quickly.

"Okay! Mrs. Helen."

Today there are dozens of rickshaw operating companies in Chester, several of which were founded by employees of the Raytheon Group, and Mahler is the driver of Beresto.

You can tell from the name that this Beresto car dealership is inseparable from the Beresto Lighting Company.

It was Lukaku's wife who proposed to use the name Beresto in order to get close to the big tree of Raytheon Group. Of course, Lukaku also recruited Helen and his wife to invest in shares, but at that time Parks was a little tight financially. , and didn't like the business of the tricycle dealer, so he refused.

Naturally, Helen was very happy to invest in the shares. Anyway, she had so much money that she had nowhere to put it. Her savings at Landsworth Bank had already exceeded ten thousand, and she was a veritable rich woman.

As the tricycle drove out of the thorny street, a guard squad riding a horse and carrying a rifle appeared behind the tricycle. The squad leader was a fourth-level senior swordsman.

Amani subconsciously glanced at the cavalry around him, and swallowed.

Helen seemed to know what Amani was thinking, and explained: "These are my guards, they are always on standby on weekdays, and they will follow when I want to go out."

Amani was very surprised by Helen's current status. Before the war started, she knew that Helen was the general manager of Beresto Lighting Company, and her income was very high.

At that time, Amani still invited Helen to have afternoon tea from time to time, but he didn't expect to be treated like a privileged class with guards now.

"Helen, I want to find a job. I don't need too much money, as long as it can meet our family's daily food needs." Amani whispered.

Helen said generously: "Okay! I will arrange a job for you and Luke, but the rest of the work will be very hard. I don't know if Luke can bear it."

Amani was overjoyed and nodded again and again.

"Certainly possible!"

"Um!"

Back at Helen's house, the original doors and windows had long been firmly nailed up with wooden boards to prevent thieves from breaking in. Chester at night is a period of high incidence of crime.

When Luke saw Amani coming back, the nervousness on his face changed to surprise.

"Great, you're finally back."

But then he saw Amani carrying a large bag of food and Helen with a small bag of white bread.

"Helen!"

Luke exclaimed unexpectedly.

"Long time no see, it seems that your situation is not good!"

Luke scratched the back of his head, not knowing how to answer the conversation. The two brothers and sisters Wen Li and Edward ran over happily. In the evening, they only let them fill their stomachs a little, and they became hungry again after a while.

"Mom, you are back!"

"Wow, a lot of food."

The two children were immediately overjoyed.

Helen stretched out her hands to rub the faces of the two children. The faces were still clean, and they were obviously thinner than before the war.

At the dining table, Helen accompanied the Amani family of four to have dinner.

"Your situation is like this, why don't you come to me."

Luke hesitated to speak, "I've looked for Parks..."

Needless to say the rest, Helen also knew that Parks refused to help the Amani couple.

"Tomorrow at 8 o'clock, I will report to Beresto Lighting Company. However, Raytheon Group has a rule that immediate family members are not allowed to work in the same company. Luke, I will arrange for you to be the manager of Beresto's tricycle business. An experienced person is needed there. Manager, but the salary is not as high as you used to be in Sla Foreign Trade Company."

Helen said bluntly: "Also, Raytheon Group has a lot of rules, I will tell you about these tomorrow."

"Okay! We know how to do it."

The dinner was very simple, and it didn't take long. The main reason was that there were a lot of material restrictions. The Amani couple who had no income had no extra money to buy kerosene, so they turned off the lights early.

After sending Helen away, Luke said with a solemn expression, "Amani, you have gone to Berestor Lighting Company, you have to protect yourself."

Amani asked with a puzzled expression, "With Helen here, what danger am I in?"

Luke said with a complex expression, "It's not Helen, it's Amuro Ray Cremon, the major shareholder behind Beresto Lighting Company."

"People in the circle say that Mr. Amuro is a wife accuser. You also know that Helen and Parks have been separated for a long time. It seems to be related to that Amuro."

Amani suddenly turned pale with fright. She was so overwhelmed by her recent life that she subconsciously didn't pay attention to these things.

"Now is not the time to think about this issue. The first thing we consider is how to survive and how to raise our children. Don't worry, I will try to avoid Mr. Amuro after I go to Berestor Lighting Company."

Luke showed a helpless expression.

"It can only be the."

Compared to the couple who were worried about whether they would be ruled by Amuro after they went to work at the Berestol Lighting Company, Helen was thinking about Chester's food distribution.

The nobles and rich merchants hold on to the grain in their hands, selling a little bit at a high price every day, deliberately creating this kind of food shortage, and constantly exploiting the only wealth in the hands of the people and the middle class.

"It's really disgusting."

Helen cursed and jumped into a carriage that came to pick her up.

Amuro Academy of Magic, inside the dean's office.

Aslan's pen reviewing the documents suddenly stopped, and a translucent figure came in, put down a letter, and then left quietly.

Aslan unhurriedly opened the letter and looked at it. After a while, he let out a slight sigh and his expression became extremely serious.