Make a living

The picture on the phone screen ended on a simple face with a simple smile.

"Brothers, good evening everyone, I'm Okawa..."

The video looped from the beginning, and when the energetic voice was heard again, Qi Yu hurriedly raised his thumb and swiped up to close the software.

He also didn't understand why he had somehow finished watching such a poorly made and boring cooking video.

The person who took the video looked like a migrant worker living in an old, dilapidated rental house.The room is dark and narrow, the walls are blackened with damp, the stove and range hood are also full of greasy dirt, and in this kind of environment, even dragging a child, Qi Yu doesn't know what this person is so silly about.

A pot of soup has to be divided into two days to drink, what is there to be happy about?

Qi Yu didn't understand.

He put down his cell phone and dried the handkerchief to dry his hair on the automatic drying rack on the balcony.

It was late at night outside, and Qi Yu, who returned to the living room, planned to read a book and go to bed, but when he passed the open kitchen, his footsteps slowly stopped in front of the refrigerator.

Well, it may be that there is less food in the cafeteria at night.

He opened the refrigerator, found two eggs and a piece of ham, and while heating the non-stick pan, he thought to himself——

Definitely not watching videos to get hungry.

In this city, most people's lives follow the rule of two points and one line.Every day between the workplace and the rental house, the only time I can look up at the blue sky is on the way to and from get off work.

But there is a group of people who are different.

They are exposed to sunlight almost every day.You can see the blue sky and white clouds at any time, but at the same time, you will also face the sun and rain, and face various dangerous situations at any time.

"Morning, Mr. Zhang."

"Da Chuan is here, yo, did you bring a lunch box? That's ok, I'll eat delicious and spicy food at noon."

"Mr Zhang, don't embarrass me, it's all leftovers."

"Go and let it go, I see your team leader is recruiting people."

"Hey, go over now!"

Zheng Haichuan quickened his feet, went to the corner of the scaffold and put the insulated lunch box on it, and then trotted to the gathering place with the big kettle in his arms.

At this moment, the sun has just risen from the sky, and various engineering equipments that have not been started are scattered around the wide construction site.Excavators, crane trucks, concrete trucks, press-fitting machines... All kinds of machinery look down from a high altitude and look like mechanical toys scattered in the sand table, waiting to be opened and controlled.And around these 'toys', many workers in orange vests gathered from all directions, and dispersed quickly after gathering for a short time.

They are like a group of worker ants with an orderly division of labor. Under the order of the supervisor, they began to work all day long.Carrying building materials, building shelves, tightening steel wires, and mixing mortar, each task was carried out in an orderly manner. Countless people sweated profusely in the sun, and jointly built a huge nest that far exceeded their physical strength.

Qi Yu looked away from these industrious 'ants' indifferently.

He closed the screen window, stopped the electric toothbrush in his mouth, spit out foam and rinsed his mouth with water, and then carefully washed his face with facial cleanser before walking out of the bathroom cleanly.

Everything is good in the community where he lives, except that it is next to a construction site.During the daytime, the sound of construction is endless, which is annoying. Fortunately, Qi Yu is not at home during the day, and he has already gone to work when the construction site starts. He may have worked overtime and did not come back when the work is over, so he did not consider moving. .

When he went downstairs and passed the construction site, a middle-aged worker was speeding past Qi Yu on a broken electric car.

There was a little girl behind him, and Qi Yu took a few steps back on the sidewalk in time to narrowly escape a collision.The middle-aged man was in a hurry to see off the child, but he didn't notice. The little girl who was still carrying a beautiful girl's schoolbag turned her head and gave Qi Yubi an apologetic gesture.

"Sleeping, sleeping, like a pig all day long, I can't wake up screaming! I have to go to build a shelf today, I won't come to pick you up at night if I can't finish it, I will walk home after school!"

"Understood, Dad, drive slowly and be careful."

The green light had already been turned on on the sidewalk, and the rest of the vehicles stopped in an orderly manner, so Qi Yu stepped forward, only the conversation between the father and daughter on the electric car remained in the wind.

Qi Yu made a cross in his heart to the man riding the bicycle.

I don't know how unlucky his daughter is to meet this kind of father.A big man who can't do anything can only go to the construction site to move bricks to build a shelf, and he has the nerve to kill his daughter.

There are always some people in this world who cannot afford a home.

This was just a small episode on the way to work, but Qi Yu suddenly heard some past events.

His eyes swept across the village in the city across the street, his cold brows and eyes were covered with a layer of ice almost visible to the naked eye.The ice didn't dissipate even in the hospital, which made the interns and practicing doctors who were studying behind Qi Yu today very trembling, and no one dared to touch Dr. Qi's fate.

On the construction site not far from the hospital, the workers were sweating profusely from the sun.

"Oh, it's only March, why is there no wind at all, it's so hot!"

One of them, a thin man in his 50s, took off his hard hat and squatted on the reinforced floor, waving a fan and cursing.

"Hahaha, Lao Yu, who was still saying before the Chinese New Year that he wanted to move to Pengcheng from the north? Don't you like the warmth here!"

Another man squatting aside answered the call, but his hands did not stop working. He held a bundle of lead wire in one hand and an iron rod like a small hook in the other, and stuck the lead wire into the steel bars.

"Hey, didn't you see that the temperature here is comfortable in winter!" The skinny man called Lao Yu waved his hand, "That is, at most, I can bring my children here to live here for a while, how dare I move here? The housing price in Pengcheng, I have a toilet Can't even afford it!"

"Haha, that's true. We've finished the entire construction site in Pengcheng, and we can spend a lifetime without eating or drinking. Maybe we can think about it."

"Don't tell me, the Jinlan Garden next to Xiashui Village next door is more than 20 years old and [-] square meters! We are lucky and have a job all year. If we don't eat or drink, it's worth a flat price!"

"Okay, Lao Yu, work hard until he is a hundred years old, and buy a one-bedroom, one-living room for the baby to live in."

"Fuck off, fuck off, I don't care about anything once my eyes are closed, I just collect the money for the coffin board for myself! My son will raise him to the top, and it's up to him how he will become in the future!"

"That's what you say, are you willing?"

A group of workers are working on the construction site, there is no entertainment, the only thing they can do is fart and chat.Hearing Lao Yu bring up such a topic that everyone deeply touched, Zheng Haichuan couldn't help but join in.

"I can't afford a house anymore, but I think children's education should be paid close attention."

In the morning, Zheng Haichuan was full of the beams he was in charge of, and now he was holding a large jug that was as long as an arm to replenish water, and said, "Pengcheng's educational resources are still good, and it is also next to Xiangjiang. If the baby will Live up to it, go out and get some gold plating, and after that, you will be prosperous, and buying a house by yourself is not a dream.”

"Hahaha! I said Dachuan! Your friends haven't talked much, what are you talking about about the baby? Don't worry about eating carrots!"

A head protruded from the wooden shelf next door. It was a man in his 40s.He was a bit late in sending his daughter today, and just sneaked in through the small door in a hurry, and now he dared to take a breath after setting up an air.

"Hey Li Quan, you don't know that. Although we Dachuan are not married, we may have more experience in raising children than you, an old man who works outside the house all year round!"

"I have picked up my youngest sister to study this year. She takes care of her under my nose every day. Why don't I know much?! What's the situation in Dachuan? Is the girl's stomach big because she is not married?"

"Bah, bah, bah, we Dachuan people look good, are they that kind of cowards? He's bringing his brother's baby with him!"

"Ah, that's it. But it's not right, why are you taking your brother's baby?"

Li Quan's family is busy with things, he walks fast to and from get off work every day, and his work is tight on weekdays, he doesn't chat much with the big guys, and he doesn't know much about the situation.Lao Yu next to him bumped into him, and Li Quan also realized that this situation must have happened because of an accident at home.

He scratched his head, wanting to apologize, but Zheng Haichuan didn't care much, and answered in a naive manner.

"My brother was injured at work last year, and now he is recuperating in his hometown. My sister-in-law divorced him, and the baby was not taken away, so I brought it out."

When he talked about it, his tone was a little low, but he soon cheered up.

"Our He Miaoer is very smart! Unlike me and my elder brother, who are too stupid to study and can only work on construction sites. He will definitely be a college student in the future!" Speaking of his little nephew, Zheng Haichuan has light in his eyes and is happy. Hehe grinned, "In the future, I plan to let him study in Pengcheng, so as to broaden his horizons!"

"Hey, that's true. The resources that the little dolls now have access to are much better than ours at that time. It's the Internet and various extracurricular classes."

"That's right, I just signed up for some online class for my son last weekend. It's much cheaper than finding a teacher outside! But it still cost me more than 1000 yuan!"

"Hey, just spend the money that should be spent, and we can get it back after a few more days of work. Children's studies must not be lost, but they must not be like us, who can only earn money by working hard!"

A group of elders with an average age of 50 years old, nod frequently when they mention children's reading.

Zheng Haichuan is considered very young here, and there are many uncles and uncles who are still working in their sixties and seventies in their construction site. Seeing them working hard all day and not even standing upright, sometimes I feel uncomfortable.

But no way.

People still have to live.

They are working so hard now, just to earn a little money to support their families.

For your family and children, you can have a better life.