Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 280 - 230: Saintess Transfiguration Chronicle!

At this moment, the conversation between a middle-aged woman and her daughter reached Zhu Tianqing's ears.

"Is it time to pay the tuition again? How much is it this time?"

"Three thousand five?"

Soon after, Zhu Tianqing heard a heavy sigh.

It was the kind of sigh that comes from someone who has been burdened with a thousand-pound weight for decades and could never set it down.

After a while, the middle-aged woman said softly:

"Mom will find a job soon, you just need to focus on your studies, sweetheart."

Zhu Tianqing froze for a moment and carefully asked:

"Auntie, you don't have a job right now?"

The middle-aged woman heard this question and, as if she rarely found someone she could vent to, began to speak:

"It's not like I'm afraid of being laughed at by you, dear girl. Ten years ago, the child's father had an accident and passed away, and since then, I've been raising the child alone."

"Over the years, the child and I have depended on each other. The salary wasn't high, but it was barely enough each month."

"But half a month ago, after that so-called Saintess descended, I lost my job at the meat processing plant, and the salary that was two months overdue stopped being paid altogether."

"Even with a little savings, the prices in Taihua City have risen terrifyingly, and the child's tuition is high, so we're barely scraping by."

Zhu Tianqing was stunned.

Although the middle-aged woman did not directly express resentment towards the Celestial Hunting Saintess, there was still a great deal of dissatisfaction in her words.

"Did I cause Aunt's family to lose their source of income?"

Zhu Tianqing was shaken inside.

She then shook her head forcefully:

"No... this must be Su Yuan's scheme. Aunt's family surely is just an exception."

"They live in such a small and shabby house; how could they be most of Taihua City?"

"Su Yuan must have looked for a long time to find such a family and tossed me here!"

However, even though Zhu Tianqing deemed this explanation reasonable, she still couldn't get past her inner hurdle.

Even the smallest exceptions exist!

There are indeed people in Taihua City who became unemployed because of her.

For this reason alone, she should offer compensation to these unemployed groups.

A deep sense of guilt surged in Zhu Tianqing's heart.

Thinking about how she had just eaten so much food, Zhu Tianqing quickly said:

"Auntie, let's go look for work together. You saved me, so I should earn money to repay you."

Zhu Tianqing understood well that finding a job was something Su Yuan wanted her to do.

But this was an obvious plot, and even if she knew, she had to jump into it.

Hearing Zhu Tianqing's words, the middle-aged woman did not refuse, just smiled and said:

"If you don't want to return to the mountains, you indeed need to find a job to support yourself."

"Until you find a job or have steady work, stay at my house, otherwise, you don't have anywhere else to go alone."

Zhu Tianqing thought about it and realized it was true, so she nodded.

But this room was really too small, with only one bedroom.

She laid her bedding on the floor in the living room, very hungry, and the floor was very cold, unable to sleep the whole night.

The girl curled up in the blanket, plunging into deep contemplation:

"Why do people live in such tiny places? It's just like being trapped in a cage."

"Aren't humans the rulers of the Blue Star Federation? Why are their living conditions so poor?"

But this question was destined to go unanswered until dawn.

As dawn broke, Zhu Tianqing and the middle-aged woman known as Aunt Zhang went out to look for work.

Su Yuan had a bit of a conscience. Although she took away her storage magical treasure, communication devices, and all proof of identity, she left an old phone that barely worked in her pocket.

This at least allowed Zhu Tianqing to search for work both online and offline.

In her impression, the most common job for ordinary people was being a delivery person.

But when she tried to register as a delivery person, she was dumbfounded.

Because Taihua City's delivery workforce was full.

Only after asking Aunt Zhang did she find out that many delivery shops in Taihua City had closed due to a lack of meat supply, and a large number of unemployed people flooded into the delivery industry.

The delivery platform, which was always short on frontline workers, was forced to lay off employees in a short time.

Security jobs had a similar story, already filled with unemployed people.

And for jobs that required technical skills, both Zhu Tianqing and Aunt Zhang's cultivation, credentials, and skills were insufficient, and they were ruthlessly eliminated.

As for hotel receptionist and waitress jobs, they were hiring, but Zhu Tianqing didn't qualify!

Her face was decent, but those two lumps on her back were so disturbing, who would dare to hire her?

This deepened Zhu Tianqing's resentment toward Su Yuan tenfold.

If she could reveal her true appearance, wouldn't it be easy to get a receptionist job?

Su Yuan was deliberately making things difficult for her!

But upon further thought, how many of the unemployed could have a pretty face or a nice figure?

This made Zhu Tianqing feel somewhat relieved.

After a whole morning of fruitless job searching, Zhu Tianqing became even hungrier.

Aunt Zhang took her home for a meal, but the portions were too limited, and she didn't feel right eating too much, so her stomach was still hungry after eating.

After the meal, she and Aunt Zhang went back out to look for work without stopping.

After being rejected by numerous industries, Aunt Zhang resolutely brought Zhu Tianqing to a construction site.

This construction team was still hiring. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"Ladies, being a laborer isn't that easy; sometimes, you have to carry hundreds of pounds of sand, cement, or bricks up the stairs."