The sour, sweet and bittersweet nature of the construction site project

Your heart, worried about the three-foot podium; your love, melting into the future of China; you are bitter, your hair turns from black to white; you love, peach and plum flowers are all over the world; hello, the engineer of the human soul, I wish peace and health

Where are people alive who are not tired, tired is tired, you are not famous, you are not tired, you are not tired of working on the construction site? Still sunburned, everyone is tired. As long as it is a person who is trying to live and wants to live better, there is no one who is not tired

The construction site is a man's paradise and a man's hell. People who understand naturally understand, and people who don't understand have no chance to hear a little bit of news about the construction site. Men work hard every day and only stretch their brows when they are in contact with their families. In order to take on the responsibilities of the family, to be a qualified son, husband, father, every day to drag the tired body between the construction site and the dormitory, day after day of life.

Men, on the other hand, generally work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and do not have the opportunity to express themselves in words. Only when asking for wages will you make your voice heard, and express your demands in words and actions. This is the sorrow of all. Yes, although you are not on the construction site, this phenomenon really happens to you. You are not in different countries.

As an engineering manager, I see more men who are silent every day, working hard like cattle. I have also wanted to go into their inner world, but I usually get rejected. Until one day, I found a person on the construction site, who looked very familiar.

At that time, it was just after May Day, and in the morning, there was still a cold wind in the depths of the mountains of Qinling. I wrapped my down jacket tightly and came up from the 8042 pit. The sun was shining brightly, and I closed my eyes for a while before I began to walk slowly from the wellhead to the office.

The workers who changed shifts on the road walked toward me in pairs and threes in pairs towards the pit entrance. It's time for workers to change shifts again. Mine underground work is three shifts, intermittent machine. Every day, there are shifts at 8:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 12:00 p.m., which are referred to as morning, middle and evening shifts.

This is the time when the morning and evening shifts are handed over. Accustomed to the outside light, I had packed up my mood and walked to the office intending to start the day.1 I have the habit of getting up early, and every day before going to work, I have to go down the well to see last night's work to be assured.

Just as I was walking to the main door of the office area, I faintly heard a quarrel from the project manager's office. I shook my head, this is the worker who came to Lao Xing because of the problem of money.

Lao Xing was the project manager and contracted the project for the underground excavation. Old Xing was in his early fifties, wearing a pair of glasses. Before the contracting project, he was the station manager of the county quality supervision station, and then because of economic problems, he was double-opened, and relying on years of relationship, he came to this gold mine to contract all the underground projects.

"A decision of more than a hundred dollars must be made tomorrow!" This is Lao Xing's famous saying, which is widely circulated in Party A, the supervisor, and the labor team. At this time, I saw a person rushing out of Lao Xing's office, bowing his head and walking quickly out of the office door. I looked at the figure as if I had seen it somewhere, but I wasn't sure. After hesitating, I approached Lao Xing's office.

At this time, Lao Xing was sitting on the boss's chair with his left hand smoking tea in his right hand, leisurely humming "Little sister you sit on the bow of the boat, brother you and I walk on the shore", saw me come in, hurriedly got up and took a disposable water cup and poured tea, put a pack of cigarettes on the coffee table and shrunk back into the chair.



"What was the situation just now?" I asked. "This person did not receive a salary last month, but instead owed 1500 to the project department, and came to reason with me!" Old Xing said dismissively. "Gone wear red, come hanging green!" Old Xing hummed. I looked up at Old Xing. Old Xing Lang took a moment, hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Brother, you misunderstood, not that you." You are young and don't know the Tao in it. "

Old Xing began to speak carefully. It turned out that the workers under Lao Xing came from all over the country. But the general workers came in groups, some from the same village, some from relatives near and far. And Lao Xing's usual method is to stay every time the people who come, work for three months and start to calculate the salary. At this point, the workers not only could not get the money, but owed money to Lao Xing. Where did the workers know Lao Xing's routine, and nine times out of ten they all swallowed their anger and left. Lao Xing recruited another group of workers to work, repeating the old routine. This is what Lao Xing called "walking wearing red, coming to hang green".

I nodded, picked up the water cup and took a sip of tea. The red date tea leaves in the tea also have some plant roots and whiskers that are not understood, and they are sweet to drink. Secretly cursing this five-element immoral thing in his heart, he stood up and said, "Gone! "

Old Xing stood up and took two false steps, then retracted back into his chair. I went back to my office, thinking about Lao Xing, and the seemingly familiar figure came to my mind again. Suddenly, the face of this figure became clear, isn't this my high school classmate the third?

The old three families live in Xiaobashan, which is about forty kilometers away from our town. There is only one high school in our county, so if you want to go to high school, every child of similar age in the town goes to the county town to study and live in the school dormitory.

At that time, the school dormitories were houses in the late 1950s, with about seventy or eighty people in each room, and lying on the top bunk in winter could see the stars in the sky. If you are unfortunate enough to catch a cold in the winter, your nose is not ventilated, and your tongue is frozen and swollen when you get up in the morning.

The third and I lived in the same dormitory for about two years, that is, in the second year of high school, the bed of the third elder was empty. At that time, I immersed myself in reading, and it took a long time to find that the third year had dropped out of school. I inquired with my classmates and said that the family told the third elderly about his daughter-in-law and went home to get married. I've never seen my senior again. Later, I went to Changsha to study, and after graduation, I wandered around the construction site again, and I haven't seen it for more than ten years.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel excited, Old Xing, this king of the eight eggs pit into my classmates. After thinking about the way Lao Xing came to apply for progress money at the end of each month, he had a little confidence in helping the third elder to get paid.

Let's first confirm whether it is the third oldest. I left the office and walked toward the workers' dormitory. Workers' dormitories are located next door in Longwanggou. Longwanggou is a ditch between two mountains, and the mountains on both sides are about 2,000 meters above sea level, and the mountains are full of high and low plants and trees that are not named. Looking up, only two fingers wide and a slit are the sky.

The workers' dormitories are four dilapidated tents, some of which can faintly see the words "earthquake" and "disaster". There were all kinds of shouts coming from a tent, and I opened the curtain of the tent and went inside.

There were two rows of bunks in the tent, both of which were now concentrated on the north floor. There were about a dozen men and women around the man who had just gone to ask for money, and they didn't make a sound when they saw me come in. I carefully identified it by the dim light, yes, my high school classmate, the third. Although more than ten years have passed, the appearance of the third elder has not changed. I nodded at the old man and said to him, "Come out with me." "

The third did not recognize me. In high school, I was only 155 years tall and more than 70 pounds. Now it's 178, and it weighs 178, and the change is too great. The third elder followed me out of the tent, and we silently walked to the town of Qianchuan next door. Saying that it is a town, there are probably more than 1,000 people. When I came to the "Maekawa Grand Hotel" at Mizoguchi, there was no one inside. After finding a seat to sit down, the third elder finally couldn't help but open his mouth.

"Leader, what are you looking for me for?" Listening to this familiar rural sound, I can't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart. He waved his hand and said to the third elder, "It's all right, please drink!" The third elder stood up and said, "If the leader has anything to do, I am a farmer, and I will definitely help if I can do it!" Looking at the flickering eyes of the third elder, I guessed the little nine-nine in his heart, afraid that he wanted me to help for the salary. I smiled and said, "I don't need your help, but I see that you are from the Northeast and want to have a drink with you." I heard that northeasterners drink heavily! "

Old Trinity heard this and immediately relaxed. Pushing open the chair and sitting steadily, the people also got up in spirit: "Definitely accompany the leader well!" The dishes of the "Maekawa Hotel" immediately came up, and the hostess personally served them, a total of six dishes, four hot and two cold. The hostess put down the last dish and said: "There are a total of six dishes in the store, the leader is not easy to come to the small shop once, count the small shop gift, the leader eats well and drinks well!" After saying that, the lady boss instructed her husband to bring a box of four-star golden wine, and the four two large bowls just poured two bottles. The two mouths raised the bowl and drank it, "Respect the leader!" "After saying that, they were busy.

We both ate and talked. The old three and a half pounds of wine under the belly, the words are also more. I asked, "What's your brother's name?" Where is the northeast? The third elder raised his bowl and bumped into me and said, "Northeast Jilin Xiaobashan" I nodded and asked: "How many people in the family?" Old Trinity drank a pound of wine, his face did not change, and said: "Father and mother, father and mother, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and child, count me seven panting!" I saw that the third elder could still drink some wine, and his hand was just about to go to get the bottle, and the third elder was busy preemptively the bottle, and it was all full.

The third elder stood up and held the bowl and said: "Originally, I wanted to invite the leader to drink, I am not afraid of the leader's joke, now I don't even have the cost of going home, today the leader looks at me and invites me to drink, I should not have said this, I talked too much, I did it!" "After saying that, the old three took a sip and drank dry."

I saw that the third elder finally said the right topic, stood up and drank dry like a sample, dragging a chair next to the third elder to sit down. I took another bottle of wine from the box and poured it all over: "Brother, I'm an old fat man, remember me not?" When we were in high school, we were still in a class! "

The third elder said: "When we came in, you gave us safety education, I recognized you, there were many of us at that time, you didn't see me, you didn't change much, it was a big circle!" The third was very casual, picked up the bowl on the table and pushed it to the side of my bowl and bumped it, taking a sip of it dry. This time I didn't go to get the wine again, and asked, "Can I still drink it?" "

The third elder looked at the box, and there were four empty six bottles in one box. I opened the remaining two bottles and shoved them into my hand, "Go back to sleep after drinking, and sleep again is a good man!" "There is courage!" The two of us had already alarmed the lady boss, who rushed over and asked, "Leader, is there enough food?" Not enough for me to serve again! Looking at the six dishes on the table without moving a few chopsticks, I took out 1,000 yuan and handed it to the hostess and said: "No need, after drinking, my brother and I will go back, this money is stored here, come and drink again that day!" The lady boss saw that we didn't drink much, took the money and said, "This meal counts as mine!" In the future, if there is any wild game, call someone to inform the leader in advance! I smiled and nodded at the lady boss and said, "That's going to bother you!" "

The hostess took the money and twisted the ditch back, I asked the old third, how many open? The third did not answer, leaned his neck back, and a bottle of wine went down. I hesitated for a second, gritted my teeth, and emptyed the bottle in my hand. After the boss came out to take the plastic bag to pack, the third elder said to me with 6 bags: "Go back to sleep!" I nodded and went back to my dorm.

Lying on the bed, a wave of sleepiness struck, and I didn't know when I fell asleep. At midnight, thirsty to death, he took a bottle of mineral water from under the bed and drank it dry, and he could no longer sleep.

Although the third brother did not directly ask me to do things for the matter of looking for money from Lao Xing, this brother, this 3 pounds of wine can not be called white accompaniment, I think of a way. I thought about it for a while and fell asleep again.

I suddenly remembered that today is the 21st, and it is time to apply for progress payments again. Thinking about the third elder, I gradually had an idea in my heart. "I just made up my mind to quit smoking yesterday, Boss Xing, this is a test of my willpower!" Old Xing haha smiled: "Men don't smoke, what is that called a man!" "When you're done, put down your cigarette." I quickly stopped him: "What I said is true, if you don't smoke, you won't smoke!" "

Old Xing's eyes rolled, "I don't know if Liu Gong is free, I want to go to Baoji to buy some drills, I haven't gone down the mountain for so many days, if there is nothing to go around with?" I thought about it and said, "It just got hotter and I haven't brought my summer clothes yet, so let's go to Baoji and buy some clothes!" Lao Xing put the cigarette in his hand under the desk and waved his hand, "Let's go now!" You can rush to Baoji after dark and have lunch in Fengxian at noon! "

There is no road down the hill, only a river down the river. The car struggled forward in the river, and old Xing grinned and controlled the direction. I drank a lot of wine yesterday, didn't sleep much at night, and fell asleep in the bumpy car. I was sleeping, and Lao Xing woke me up, and it turned out that I had arrived in Feng County. "Have lunch, eat a little bit, and eat a big meal in Baoji in the evening!"

I felt a faint pain in my head, reached out and touched it, a bag of my head! It turned out that the car was bumpy, and I slept to death, and my head kept touching the window glass. Now this head is a big bag with a small bag, and the head shape is like that of the Buddha. After lunch, I hurried to Baoji before dark.

After opening the room on Torch Road, Lao Xing went straight to the opposite side of the river. "The restaurant in Hexi is not as good as in Hedong, let's eat seafood!" Seeing that Lao Xing was bleeding so much, I smiled and said, "Do you want to decide tomorrow?" This time I asked you to take your car down the mountain and share some oil money! "

Old Xing's eyes rolled and he said, "Let's eat and drink so carefully?" Money, paper. Wine, water. "It seems that he is still young and has a picture. The old fox estimated that my business could not be solved by a meal of wine, and began to talk nonsense.

After getting out of the car, Lao Xing took out two bottles of six-year-old west wind from the trunk, and we went into the private room one after the other. After ordering five or six cold dishes, Lao Xing poured the wine full and raised the cup, "Come brother, after a day of riding a car tired, first solve the whole problem!" "Finish it and kill it." Seeing that I had eaten a seven-seven-eight-eight, Lao Xing put down his chopsticks and said, "Brother, what do you want to say directly!" We've been in this ravine together for five or six years, and who hasn't had a fuss? After all, the elder brother has eaten a few more dry meals, and there are no outsiders here today, and the elder brother who can do it is not ambiguous! "

I picked up the wine dispenser and poured two glasses of wine, and Lao Xing walked one away. After thinking about it, he said, "A friend of mine brought a few relatives to work for others, and he didn't get paid." Now that I've found my head, I can't think of a good way to do it. Old Xing didn't want to say directly: "These are all small things, brother, you have a word." "

I was surprised and looked up at Lao Xing. Old Xing shook his head and said, "I thought it was a big deal, brother, you don't dare to scare Brother Next time!" I said: "Brother, you seem to be a trivial matter, for me it is sad that I did not sleep last night, this is not a day to take the car and bump a bag!" "

Lao Xing put down the toothpick in his hand, sat up straight, and said to me: "Brother, we have been together for five or six years, and the elder brother admires you!" You are so young, you have suffered this hardship, you want technology and technology, you want resources and resources, but you never move your mind. Today the old brother drank some wine, but his words counted. Your brother does a good job, but people don't live. Brother you have spoken today, this money back to them. "

I thought to myself, if I had the power to confirm the amount of work and approve the progress payment, I am afraid that it would not be so useful to speak? I nodded, raised a glass and said, "Then thank you brother!" Putting down the cup, Lao Xing spoke again, "Brother, you are not young, it is impossible to stay in the mountains for a lifetime, taking advantage of the current situation is so good, why don't we do it together?" "

I thought to myself, this is trying to get me to come up with something in exchange. So he nodded and said, "Brother, you continue, brother listen to that!" Old Xing's flipping of words completely shocked me.