sixth sister

After the Qingming Festival, brother Hu, who chatted happily from Sixth Sister, stopped enjoying himself within a month; even if he was a rough man, he still felt Sixth Sister's indifference and alienation.At first, he thought that maybe something happened to Sixth Sister and she was in a bad mood, and even asked twice to see if she needed help, but nothing changed.Later, Brother Hu thought about this smell, and thinking about it, he "failed to speak" on the day of Qingming, and dumped his not-so-good past to Sixth Sister; for a person like him, someone said behind his back He is "a man who has been in a big prison", some people say he is "a man who has been in a prison", and some say he is a "reform through labor prisoner". In fact, he can also understand the alienation of the sixth sister. The common people are all innocent people and don't want to It's normal to make friends with him; although I want to think so, it must be a lie to say that I don't feel unhappy at all, so he naturally goes to Sixth Sister's wine shop less.

In May, the weather has gradually warmed up. These days, my sixth sister is sick, and the illness is not too serious, but I often feel tired and unable to lift my spirits. When I eat, I feel bitter from my heart to my mouth. After two mouthfuls, I felt a hunger in my stomach; Sixth Sister’s illness dragged on and off for more than a month, and finally her mouth was no longer bitter, but she was as thin as the three months when she ate grasshopper legs. Seeing his son like this, he asked twice, and the father snorted.Brother Hu came to the wine shop once during this period, and looked at him a few more times than the last two times, but finally left without saying anything after drinking.

One day in July, as soon as the sixth sister pushed the cart to a place, she saw the migrant workers running out of their gate with their tools in a mess. After asking, she found out that the landslide on the construction site had buried the workers inside; the sixth sister was shocked. , Followed the people and ran to the landslide. When we got there, I heard that there were probably 7 or [-] people buried inside, including those from the Northeast. The sixth sister felt cold and sat on the ground.Someone who knew him asked,

"Sixth sister, why did you come here?"

"Hey, what's the matter, lady boss?"

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Sixth Sister looked up at the crowd blankly, her eyes were dark, her ears were full of noise, she was so flustered that she was about to jump out of her chest, her body was so weak that she couldn't even lift her arms; someone next to her saw that something was wrong with Sixth Sister, so she hurried over Helped him up, the man was going to send Liu Jie to the wine shop, but within a few meters, Liu Jie patted his arm and said weakly,

"Let me sit here for a while, go ahead, I'm fine"

Sixth Sister waited for about half an hour, and finally stood up, took a shovel that was left unused by the side, and started digging with everyone.When the workers saw that there was such a person in the line, some people looked at him while shoveling the soil in surprise. At this time, someone who knew it elbowed the person next to him, and said with an ambiguous smile,

"I heard that the bald head in Northeast China was also buried there."

"That Zhao Hu?"

Then the insider smiled and pointed in the direction of Sixth Sister with the tip of his chin.

Sixth Sister didn't care about what other people said this time, because he couldn't hear what they said, she just thought about Brother Hu, and begged Guanyin Bodhisattva to keep Brother Hu safe...

The workers dug for three hours, and a forklift was also transferred to one place.

This lot is a [-]-meter-high earth mountain. When planning, it was originally planned to dig a road in the middle and go directly from the mountain. As a result, the local farmers did not agree on the issue of compensation for land occupation, and finally changed to dig a tunnel. .Everyone in Pingding Village knew about this, because the farmer was Chang Daya from their village, and in the end it became a joke in Pingding Village. People occasionally joked:

"Chang Daya has now changed its name to Chang Huoya, because that big tooth was knocked into the stomach with regret" (meaning regret losing the tooth)

"You say this is a human being, don't learn from Chang Daya, just accept it when you see it, otherwise, look, you won't even lose a feather"

Chang Daya was in his fifties, and when he was young, he might have been actively following some wilderness. He planted dozens of hawthorn trees on that mountain. Later, the seven or eight acres of hawthorn trees were won over by Chang Daya for some reason. Although there is such an industry under its name, the hawthorn and hawthorn trees were not worth much at that time. A few years ago, there was a wood buyer, and Chang Daya led someone to look at it. A dozen or so trees were selected, but they were not sold for much money.Later, I heard that the construction of the highway over there will occupy land, and the village head brought people to discuss compensation for the land occupation. Chang Daya saw that the opportunity had come, and went up the mountain to circle the hawthorn tree first, regardless of the fact that it was planted back then. It came out of the wild later, anyway, as long as there is a hawthorn sapling in that area, it must be counted; Chang Daya thought to himself that the country’s advantages should not be taken for nothing, and after talking about it in the end, the price is very expensive. ah.The representative who came to talk about compensation was taken aback by the farmer's eloquence and foresight. He really had no choice but to go back and ask for instructions. During those days, Chang Daya was walking on the broken dirt road in Pingding Village with his back straight. He is very straight, with his hands behind his back, and he walks with big splayed steps, just like a singer. When he greets people, he starts to learn to look from the top down, just like a rich man, Chang Daya thought to himself , since they all went to "ask for instructions", wouldn't that be the same as agreeing? It's nothing more than putting "one's own money" in the country's pocket for a few more days.

Chang Daya's work is the envy of those villagers who have signed in advance in the village. When a woman returns home, she scolds her man.

"Look at you, can you have a future? I am satisfied with only two pennies in my eyes, so I wish I could bite my finger and press my fingerprints."

The man felt aggrieved, so he argued,

"Didn't you agree then?"

The woman threw the needle and thread in her hand onto the kang, her eyes widened, and she replied,

"I am a woman who has never seen the world, and you, a big man, have the nerve to compare with me?"

I didn’t expect that this would mean disappearing as soon as he left. Chang Daya was looking forward to it every day, and the villagers in Pingding Village also waited with grass in their hearts. Seeing that it has been almost two months, why is this person who “asked for instructions” still gone? What?Chang Daya was in a hurry. When he gradually went out, his splayed steps were not so big, and his back was not so straight. Later, I heard people say that the highway goes down the mountain, and the hawthorn tree in their house is no longer occupied. After the news was confirmed, Chang Daya fell ill for a while, and when he thought about the large sum of money he had lost, he couldn't eat anymore.The man who heard the news told his wives as soon as they got home, and the women pursed their lips and said angrily, "You can!" When it was lunch time, the man would find that there were more people on the table than usual. For one dish, the fried pork seems to have a few more pieces than usual.

So when they see Chang Da Ya next time, the men will smile and say deliberately,

"Uncle Big Tooth, I heard that the representative went to the village chief again a few days ago, why don't you ask again, maybe your tree money has been approved."

In fact, logically speaking, this piece of geology is not suitable for tunneling, but the engineers at the time didn't know what they thought, so they changed the plan. Of course, who can explain clearly the interests involved.

The workers rested while working until Dongfang's belly turned white, and then dug out one person, no matter whether he was dead or alive, he hurriedly carried him to the ambulance. The shift dug backwards, and dug like this non-stop until night, when suddenly someone shouted,

"It's done, it's done!"

After nearly 30 hours of non-stop rescue work on the construction site, a group of disgraced workers were finally dug out at the end of the construction. Maybe they deserved to die, but a small open space was blocked by the big stone bricks stacked there. , twenty or so people were piled together; it could be seen that they had rescued each other, because there were still five or six wounded inside, and the others did not see any obvious external injuries.

When these twenty or so people were being carried into the ambulance one after another, the sixth sister leaned on the handle of the shovel with a distressed face, her eyes were fixed on the exit, and the people inside were carried out one by one, but this one Not one of them had a big bald head; when someone was being carried out, Sixth Sister breathed a sigh of relief and felt her calves start to tremble. He didn't go forward, but just stood there and told himself, just take a look. , just know he's safe!But seeing that none of the workers being carried out one after another had a bald head, he dropped the shovel and squeezed forward anxiously, then grabbed the arm of the person next to him and asked,

"Have you seen Zhao Hu?"

The man turned his head and saw that it was Sixth Sister, he was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and asked the person next to him,

"Hey, is that bald northeastern guy rescued?"

The person who was asked thought for a while and said,

"I don't seem to see it"

While staring at the exit, Sixth Sister reluctantly turned to another place to ask the second person, the third person, the fourth person... until the last person was carried out, she still didn't see Brother Hu.Seeing from a distance that the rescue leader was talking to the forklift driver, Sixth Sister hurried over, grabbed the leader's arm and said,

"Boss, there are still people who have not been rescued, and there is another person named Zhao Hu, Zhao Hu from the Northeast!"

The leader of the command knew Sixth Sister too, so he didn't answer. He just asked the people next to him to check the situation. By the way, he asked the forklift driver to continue digging. When he reached the end of the front, he dug from both sides. Although he looked at the situation, he dug it out again. The chances of her life are not high, but with someone like Sister Six watching from the sidelines, it's hard to call it a day.The person in charge is the big boss of the engineering department. For project contractors like them, accidents are what they fear most. In one day and two nights, the big boss slept for about three hours. He smoked one cigarette after another during the command process, and the whites of his eyes were almost turned yellow by the smoke. He breathed a sigh of relief, but then another person like Sixth Sister ran out again.The rescue workers in the back are obviously much more relaxed than before, and even the sound of the forklift has become as if it is going to be turned off at any time. This day and two nights, Sixth Sister hardly rested and drank a teapot of water. , After eating half a bowl of rice, there was a circle of fire bubbles on the whole person's anxious mouth.Near noon, there was a drizzle of rain, and the clouds in the sky were so heavy that they seemed to fall at any time. The rescue work in the morning did not yield any results, so the big boss gave an order and decided to call it a day; Brother Hu hasn't been found yet, and the sixth sister is so anxious that she almost lies under the wheel of the forklift.

Someone advised him, "Maybe that Zhao Hu didn't go to work today."

Someone teased him and said, "Maybe this Northeast guy is hiding somewhere to be lazy."

Someone else said: "Isn't it because I went up the mountain to pee and got lost?"

However, none of the exhausted people wanted to stay and help the rescue. The sixth sister was anxious and angry, pulling the big boss and begging him to dig for a while. The man had not been rescued yet, but the answer given by the other party was, The place that should be dug has also been dug, and we need to continue to investigate whether people are inside; secondly, it is raining now, and if there is another landslide in the collapsed place, it will seriously threaten the lives of other workers. Comprehensive consideration, etc. After the rain stopped, let the engineer conduct on-site survey and deal with the aftermath.This day was the first time that Sixth Sister experienced despair. Looking at the landslide site where the loess, broken bricks, weeds and mud were muddy, she was so confused that she couldn't even shed tears.