Selling oil across Libya

Chapter 61 Exploiting Freebies

Instead of driving the ambulance, Latif chose the more dangerous but higher-paying combat soldier role.

It's actually not that dangerous.

When the Numidian Brigade launched its attack, Benghazi had not yet reconciled with the enemy. The defenders of the Sirte Basin were all young men who had not received any military training and had just taken up arms. They were full of courage, but that was all they had.

The basic salary for a combat soldier is $3000, plus wartime allowances. Latif earned $3000 in just half a month.

Latif then boarded an immigrant ship bound for France.

When Latif boarded the ship, Faris was quite envious of him and regretted not becoming a combat soldier.

Seeing Latif's pale, bloodless face in the video, Faris felt a chill run down his spine.

"The child's condition is not stable yet; it will take at least another month for it to stabilize."

For our child, dear, let's wait another month, just one more month.

Aisha's face was full of pleading.

In another month, they will not only receive another $3800, but the trees that Faris and Aisha planted will also soon be ready for harvest.

"Okay, honey, then we'll wait another month."

Faris felt a great weight lifted off his shoulders.

Like Aisha, Zhao Man is also pregnant.

"What should we do?"

Zhao Man looked at the two lines on the pregnancy test strip, filled with mixed joy and surprise.

"What else can we do but give birth!"

Thanks to his conscientious and responsible work attitude, Liu Yun has been promoted to team leader with a monthly salary of $2000.

"But we haven't had our wedding yet!"

Zhao Man wanted to give birth to the child legitimately.

"Do it! Do it right away!"

Liu Yun laughed and wanted to pick up Zhao Man and spin her around, but he was afraid of crushing the child, so he was at a loss.

"Where do I apply? Do I need to go back to China?"

Like all girls, Zhao Man hoped to have a romantic wedding.

"Why go back to China? We'll handle it here!"

Like Liu Yun, Zhang Yuan served as a shift leader: "Don't you know that the oil field offers a bonus for newlyweds, ten thousand US dollars per couple!"

"That can't be!"

Liu Yun really didn't know.

"Do we foreigners get rewards too?"

This was the first time Zhao Man had heard of it either.

"Libyans receive a 3 rupee wedding allowance."

Zhang Yuan felt a little envious; $3 was equivalent to nearly 20 RMB.

"What if we get married this month, divorce next month, and remarry the month after..."

Liu Yun's imagination ran wild.

Snapped!

Zhao Man slapped Liu Yun hard across the face.

"What are you thinking? You're newly married! Only first-time weddings receive subsidies."

Zhang Yuan didn't have any ulterior motives.

1 is actually quite a lot.

Chen Xi will be flying over next week.

Why not take advantage of this opportunity?

"So tell me, how much would we get if we became Libyan citizens?"

Liu Yun is smarter than Zhang Yuan.

"have no idea."

"Let's go, let's go ask."

Liu Yun didn't miss any opportunity to take advantage of the situation, so he dragged Zhang Yuan along to the personnel department.

"You're getting naturalized, right?"

The head of the personnel department, Guan Hang, is also from China.

"We just wanted to ask, we heard that you need to work for 5 years to get citizenship?"

Liu Yun wouldn't mind waiting five years to hold another wedding with Zhao Man in Libya.

"That applies to workers from other countries. We are veterans of the Numidian Brigade and are not subject to that restriction."

Guan Hang handed Liu Yun and Zhang Yuan each a citizenship application form.

"I……"

Zhang Yuan didn't answer; he hadn't made up his mind yet.

"Are you stupid? They don't care about dual citizenship."

Guan Hang shoved the application form into Zhang Yuan's hand: "As long as you acquire Libyan citizenship, you can apply for a house in Tripoli, a 120-square-meter three-bedroom, two-living-room house, excluding the common areas."

Guan Hang thought for a moment, then added, "You two are both cadres, you can apply for a four-bedroom, two-living-room apartment, 160 square meters!"

While Zhang Yuan was still hesitating, Liu Yun had already started filling out the form quickly.

"Don't blame me for not warning you, education, healthcare, and housing are all free in Libya. Electricity is 50 cents, water is 2 dollars, and 95-octane gasoline is 1 dollar a liter. Don't miss this opportunity!"

Guan Hang himself has already become a citizen.

"And after you become citizens, your monthly salary will no longer be 2000, but the same as those Libyans, 3000 plus bonuses a month."

"Dollar?"

Despite his busy schedule, Liu Yun did not forget to ask questions.

"Nonsense! It could be a dinar!"

"Dude, give me another one."

Liu Yun made up his mind.

"What happened? Did you fill it out wrong?"

Guan Hang casually handed another one to Liu Yun.

"No, give it to my wife!"

Liu Yun didn't want to miss this opportunity.

To celebrate Zhao Man's pregnancy, Zhang Yuan went to Liu Yun's house for hot pot that evening.

"Now that we've become citizens, we won't be conscripted into the army, will we?"

Zhang Yuan felt uneasy, remembering that Libya was still in a state of war.

"Keep your passports safe. If they try to conscript us, we'll go back to China. We're not going to let ourselves die from holding our pee."

Liu Yun only wanted to take advantage of others and didn't want to fulfill his obligations.

"Are we Libyans now?"

Zhao Man felt like she was dreaming.

"Hehe, when our son goes to university, we'll send him back to China. Maybe we can have four more..."

Liu Yungang was only halfway through his sentence when he was slapped by Zhao Man again.

"If you dare to corrupt my son, I'll castrate you!"

Zhao Man frowned and glared.

"Once Chen Xi is born, let her also become a citizen;"

If we are all sons, let them become sworn brothers;

If they have one son and one daughter, they should arrange a marriage between them, strengthening family ties!

Liu Yun laughed heartily, "I have a wife, a son, and brothers. I have no regrets in this life."

"What if they're all daughters!"

Zhao Man was nitpicking.

"Then let's have more kids! Four bedrooms, two living rooms, 160 square meters, one for the two of us, one for our son, one for our daughter, and we can even set up a game room!"

Back in China, Liu Yun and his wife used to enjoy playing mahjong occasionally, just for fun.

They only spend money and never earn any; once they've saved enough for one meal, that's it.

"If you dare set up a card and mahjong parlor, I'll kill you!"

After Zhao Man had a child, her personality changed drastically.

"Okay, okay, whatever you say, we'll do it."

Liu Yun listens to his wife.

When is Chen Xi coming?

Zhao Man took the initiative to start conversations and didn't ignore Zhang Yuan.

"It'll be here soon, it'll be over next week."

Zhang Yuan was so happy that he couldn't see his eyes.

"Not taking the exam?"

Liu Yun lamented that Chen Xi ranked first in the written test but failed the interview.

"Can I take the exam here? Libya needs civil servants too, right?"

Zhao Man took the initiative to plan for Chen Xi.

"Xixi doesn't speak Arabic."

Zhang Yuan didn't know either.

"Arabic? We've been here for almost half a year, how many times have you heard Arabic?"

Liu Yun seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

"Oh yeah, I don't think I've seen that often."

Zhang Yuan realized this too late.

Following the last strike by Libyan workers, more than 80% of the workers in the oil field are employees from East Asia.

It wasn't all Chinese; there were a few idiots and rascals at the beginning.

Liu Yun is a wicked man who instigated Libyan workers behind the scenes, leading to several conflicts with Xiao Baga and Xiao Xiba.

With the departure of these young idiots and sirens, only Chinese and Libyans remained in the oil field.