On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, before Liu Fusheng left Xiushan County, he called his home.
It was his mother who answered the phone: "It's almost New Year's Eve, why are you on holiday? If I had known that being a leader would be so busy, I might as well have stopped working."
Although Mother Liu spoke like this, her tone was obviously filled with pride and satisfaction. Her son was now the deputy county magistrate! What an official! He is even bigger than the village chief!
Liu Fusheng smiled and said: "Mom! Don't say that. We still have many comrades in the county government who are on duty during the New Year!"
"You are different! You are the leader, why do you still need to be on duty?" Mother Liu said.
Liu Fusheng did not answer the question and asked her: "Where is my dad? This time I bought him two bottles of wine made from Laoshan ginseng from the Xiushan Fair. It is said to be good for his Laohan legs!"
Speaking of Liu Fusheng's father, Liu's mother sighed: "Don't mention it! He just can't rest. A few days ago, he felt his legs and feet were better and went to work in Shuicheng with others! This is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. , I don’t know how to go home yet! You two are the same!"
"Waicheng?" Liu Fusheng was slightly startled.
He hasn't called his family these days and doesn't even know about it.
Mother Liu said: "That's right! They said they would work as a temporary gardening worker in a high-end community! Food and accommodation are included, and they can pay 30 yuan a day! I'm coming back today too!"
Liu Fusheng said with a smile: "That's just right! I'm driving, and I will drive from Xiushan and pass by Shuicheng, and I will take my dad home!"
"That's a good relationship! Ask the driver to drive slower! There are many mountain roads on the Xiushan side and it's dangerous!" Liu's mother ordered.
Liu Fusheng smiled and did not explain, otherwise his mother would have to nag "it is not good to be an official" again.
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After asking for the name of the community where his father worked, Liu Fusheng drove a rented car and left Xiushan County.
Shuicheng is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaonan City. Although the urban construction and scale are not as good as Liaonan City, it is still very prosperous.
Lijing Mingdu Community is a relatively high-end park. In the community, there are not only high-rises and small high-rises, but also a dedicated area for single-family villas and townhouses.
The weather in winter is very cold. Outside the courtyard of a single-family villa with a large yard, there is a truck carrying an old plum tree, a crane that has been set up, and about ten people.
Among them were four or five security guards wearing property security uniforms, and a chubby man about forty years old, wearing a black woolen coat, who looked like a leader.
He and the security guards were smoking while watching three men, all over fifty, digging hard at the ground.
It was cold and freezing, and the soil in the yard was as hard as cement. The three old men were sweating profusely, but they only dug out a shallow pit.
"Who are the three of you working as foreigners? How slow are you three digging a tree hole? Are you deliberately trying to delay time and get more wages, right? You rural people are really cunning and bad! What a fool!" said the fat man like the leader, He spat and cursed.
One of the people digging the hole raised his head and said: "Manager Zhu! If you have anything to say, please speak up and don't curse! You don't even know what time it is. After a few snows, the soil has frozen hard. If you don't believe me, come and try it." Try? When you put the pickaxe down, there will be a white mark, which is covered with ice!"
Another person also nodded and said: "That's right! Let's not say for now whether the trees planted in this cold winter can survive! When we came here to work, we had agreed in advance that we would only provide branches and shrubs in the community. After pruning it, you don’t have to dig holes to plant trees! Moreover, this is the owner’s yard and does not belong to the scope of the park!”
Manager Zhu glared: "What are you yelling about! It's useless to work, and it's so fucking pretentious! Just do it if you are told to do it. If you don't want to do it, get out now! You don't want any more of these days' wages!"
"What!"
As soon as these words came out, the three old men all stopped working!
How can you force people to work like this! Isn’t this bullying an honest person?
"Why don't you give us our wages for the past few days? This is not our job in the first place! You are breaking the law!" said the gray-haired rural man who had been silent before.
"Illegal? What a fool! How the hell do people like you know the law?" Manager Zhu curled his lips and sneered.
One of the rural people said: "Manager Zhu! Don't look down on others. You know our brother Liu's son..."
"Xiao Zhu! What are you shouting outside? Are you done with your work?" Before the rural man could finish his words, the door of the villa suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man with a frowning eyebrow walked out.
Manager Zhu's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees, and he bent down and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Feng Suo! It'll be fine soon! It'll be fine soon! Haha..."
The middle-aged man nodded arrogantly: "Hurry up! This car has been waiting outside for a long time. If you don't finish the work here, you will have to pay more for the crane and the truck! What a delay!"
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house.
When the three rural old men saw this, they hurriedly said: "Boss! Wait a moment!"
The middle-aged man was stunned, turned around and asked, "You called me?"
The three rural people looked at each other, and finally the one surnamed Liu said: "Boss! We are working in your yard. It's not easy in the cold weather. You deserve the wages!"
wages...
The middle-aged man glanced at the three of them and suddenly laughed: "You have found the wrong person. I am not asking you to do this job. If you want to find it, just go to your property manager. It has nothing to do with me!"
"But this is your yard..."
"Shut up!" The rural man surnamed Liu still wanted to speak. Manager Zhu gave him a stern look, then bent over to the owner of the villa and said with a smile: "Feng Suo, you are busy with your business! I will take care of this little thing." Solve it! How can I ask you to pay for such a trivial job! Haha!"
The middle-aged man was not polite. After looking at the three rural people with contempt, he turned around and closed the door and entered the house.
The three rural people still wanted to talk, but Manager Zhu's eyes widened: "Are you three tired of living? Do you know who that person was just now? I'm warning you, you have to do this job today. ! You have to do it even if you don’t want to do it! If you dare to talk nonsense or do foreign work again! I will arrest you all and send you to the police station!"
He thought that the three rural people could not help but be frightened.
But unexpectedly, this time it seemed like a hornet's nest had been stabbed, and all three of them suddenly stopped working!
"Why are you arresting us? You asked us to work in this cold weather, and we have to do it? If we don't do it, will it be a violation of the law?" The old man surnamed Liu threw down his pickaxe and asked angrily.
The other two all nodded and said: "That's right! That's right! This is not our job in the first place, we won't do it anymore! Don't even think about deducting our wages, just pay me now! We won't serve you anymore!"
Seeing that the three old men were not frightened, Manager Zhu's face suddenly turned dark!
On the one hand, he can't save face, and on the other hand, if these three people really quit, then he will delay the affairs of the owner of the villa!
Under normal circumstances, if Manager Zhu is too stubborn, he should talk nicely. At most, he can pay some money, apologize, and coax the three old people to finish the work! After all, the salary of each of the three of them is only thirty yuan per day. If he can get another hundred yuan at most, the matter will be solved!
But this guy looked down on the rural people at all, and he didn't want to give in to the rural people. He gritted his teeth and said, "You quit? You still want money? Damn it! What good things are you thinking of!"
As he spoke, he turned to the security guard behind him and said, "Listen to me! The three of them are breaking into private houses and trying to steal things from the owner's house, but we caught them! Catch them all!" , send it to the police station!"
