Don't be suspicious of people, but don't be suspicious of people. Liang Chuan looked at this young man who had gone astray. When he was at the grassroots level, he had seen many such lost young people. Human nature is not bad, it is just a momentary mistake. Often a person A chance to rehabilitate can save them. Zhao Xiaopin didn't say anything, so Liang Chuan readily gave Zhao Xiaopin two hundred coins as a deposit.
Zhao Xiaopin took the two hundred coins. He was not only happy to receive the job, but also grateful to Liang Chuan for his trust in his character. He had just stolen his money, and later he was willing to hand over the deposit directly to him. This deposit was comparable to That fish is much more expensive, just trust it.
Zhao Xiaopin was also a kind and righteous person. He took only half of the two hundred cash deposit from Liang Chuan and returned the other half to Liang Chuan, saying: "Brother Liang Chuan, since you can trust me, Zhao Xiaopin, I’ll just take a little of this money, but I have to show it to my folks in Luocheng. A deposit is the proof, and I’ll take them to Fengshan tomorrow!”
He Baozheng was very worried. The distance from Luocheng to Fengshan was nearly two hundred miles, and it was not easy to go there and back in one day. .
Zhao Xiaopin took the money and ran straight back to Qingyuan Luocheng without stopping for a moment.
He Baozheng watched Zhao Xiaopin take the money and leave. He couldn't believe that Liang Chuan could do such a thing, and asked, "You really gave him the money, aren't you afraid that he won't come back after he leaves?"
Liang Chuan said seriously: "Afraid."
He Baozheng was impatient. Liang Chuan's answer gave him something to say again, "Afraid you still give him the money?"
"The worst case scenario is like losing a gamble. It's just a hundred cents. I won't lose much if I bet a hundred cents on my trust in this boy. If he really brings the craftsman back to me, do you think it's worth it?" One hundred cents?"
He Baozheng said: "It's definitely worth it!"
Liang Chuan called to recruit his younger brother, and said earnestly to his younger brother: "Recruiting younger brother, look at this Zhao Xiaopian just now. He is about the same age as you, but you are obviously much younger compared to him. This kid is not afraid of danger and can still think. The key is to bite the bullet and not let go until the last moment when you come up with a lot of crazy ideas. Your social experience is too poor. If you have the opportunity, you should learn more from him. This will be very helpful for you to join the society in the future! "
"A mixed society?" Brother Zhao laughed, "Third brother, I will just follow you and make a living, don't you dare think about other things?"
Liang Chuan did not fight with Zhaodi and said: "Follow me? Maybe one day I will be gone. You must have a skill. The world is so difficult now. No one can always rely on others! In the future, I will slowly improve I’ll train you until you can stand on your own!”
There is nearly 180 miles of mountain road back and forth from Xinghua to Luocheng Township. The road is rugged and bumpy. It is not an easy task to cross the mountains. On weekdays, except for businessmen passing from the north to the south, few other people will take this road. road.
There are so many mountains between the two counties. Although they are both coastal counties geographically, everyone actually thinks that Xinghua is an out-and-out mountainous county, while Luocheng is a coastal area.
In order to prove his own worth, and for the livelihood of a large number of fellow villagers in his hometown, Zhao Xiaopin did not care about the long journey, more than 180 miles, and just finished two wheat cakes and drank a few mouthfuls of mountain spring water. Just walked over.
The villagers of Luocheng have left themselves in Xinghua for several months, and they have not brought back any work. They have always felt that they owe these uncles in the family, and today they can finally show something. Thinking of the situation at Zhao Xiaopin's feet here. He became more and more powerful, and when it was slightly dark, he hurried back to Luocheng.
The village where their group lives is called Wangsun Village, which refers to the Wangsun where the spring grass is green next year and the Wangsun never returns, but it actually has nothing to do with that poem. This village is full of people surnamed Zhao, but there are so many people surnamed Zhao in the world. They have nothing to do with the royal relatives, and they have nothing to do with the surname Wang and Sun. They lived here before the Song Dynasty was established. Now the official's surname is Zhao, and those who don't know better think that these poor ghosts are the descendants of the Zhao family who lived here in Tokyo.
When Zhao Xiaopin returned to Luocheng Township, Zhao Fafa, the leader of their group of Luocheng masters, was squatting at the entrance of the village with a large porcelain bowl and eating dinner. His dinner was just a bowl of dry brown rice. His home was at the entrance of the village, which was quite interesting. It's a bit like a master guarding the house. Those who work in this field cannot eat porridge because the physical exertion is too great. After an hour of eating porridge, they will be starving again, so they can only eat some dry rice. Just a few green grass leaves mixed with lard and fried on top of the brown rice. Meat? Haven't eaten in a while.
The Chinese New Year is almost here now, and many households in the village can hardly open the pot, let alone have a decent New Year. Several of my juniors from the same family, Zhao Jinyu, Zhao Jiasi, and Zhao Tingchang, come to guard the door of my house every day. They are very sensitive when there is any disturbance, for fear that I will miss some way of survival. Is it okay to be insensitive? The rice at home is almost exhausted. , I stay at home every day, and the land for farming is not as good as others. Even grass cannot grow in large areas of saline-alkali land!
"Uncle Da, if it really doesn't work, let's go out for a walk. If we stay at home like this every day, it won't find a way out on its own." Among the remaining old people, Zhao Fafa is the highest generation, and there are several people present. Everyone is his junior. Every night they would involuntarily go to Zhao Fafa's house to meet, and from time to time a few dirty words would come out.
"Go out?" Zhao Fafa glanced at Zhao Jinyu who was speaking, and said, "It's okay to go out. I will give you the position of the leader. You can take care of this big group, and I will go out with you!"
Zhao Fafa picked up the rice in the bowl and rolled his eyes at Zhao Jinyu. Zhao Jinyu was a carpenter, and he was somewhat accomplished in his craftsmanship, but Zhao Fafa still couldn't say a single word from him. Why do they form gangs? It's because the system in Luocheng is led by a leader, who collects the money. No matter whether you are a carpenter or a mason, until all the work is completed, the money will go to the leader. Keep it and divide the money later, usually equally.
This creates a problem. When there is work to do, they all listen to the boss's instructions and pay according to the boss's instructions. But when there is no work to do, they all eat from the boss. When there is work to do, it doesn't matter. When there is no work to do, I drag a large group of people, there are about twenty or thirty people. . The master takes care of the apprentice, the master calculates the wages, and the apprentice takes care of the food.
No matter how rich the head of the family is, he or she cannot always bear what these people do. In the past few months, there have been no more than two houses and dozens of mouths. Everyone who does such heavy physical work can eat, and they eat more and more to the point where they say no more, go home, and everyone eats their own food.
In this era, there were no telephones, no TV commercials, and no Internet. The Luocheng masters had good skills but often couldn't get jobs. Job introductions from outsiders usually relied on word-of-mouth referrals from acquaintances. But when we are far apart, the information is often not so well-informed.
When Zhao Xiaopin arrived at the entrance of the village, the elders of several clans were standing in front of the house of Zhao Fafa, the family leader at the entrance of the village. Toujia is a unique name for Qingyuan, which means the leader and the boss.
Zhao Xiaopin called his uncles, uncles, and cousins one by one and said hello to each other. The seniority and etiquette should not be messed up. After Zhao Xiaopin said a few greetings, he stood aside, thinking that they were discussing important matters and did not dare to interrupt.
A few people didn't notice that Zhao Xiaopin came back from Xinghua. This junior is not a very conspicuous figure on weekdays. In addition, his father was killed by a beam in an accident when he was working earlier, and there was no one in charge of the family. , he seemed to have no sense of existence. Everyone thought he was coming back from the outside and responded coldly.
Zhao Jiasi was usually a nice person, so when he saw Zhao Xiaopin still waiting beside him, he asked him, "Xiaopin, what are you waiting for? Go home and have dinner."
Zhao Xiaopin took out the deposit given by Liang Chuan from his pocket, handed it to the head of the house, Zhao Fafa, and said: "Uncle, here, I met a man in Xinghua County this morning. His family is going to build a house. This is the deposit! "
Zhao Fafa was worried that he had no work to do. Zhao Xiaopin came back with the good news. With a smear of oil on his lips, he put the big bowl aside and took the hundred coins. He felt something was wrong and asked Zhao Xiao Pin said: "Xiao Pin, isn't our rule that the deposit must be at least consistent? Why is this only a hundred cents?"
As soon as these words came out, several other relatives looked a little unfriendly and looked at how Zhao Xiaopin would explain. Zhao Xiaopin's face was slightly hot, thinking that he must not let them know what happened to him in the morning. They left him outside to represent the image of Luocheng craftsmen and help with the work, not to let themselves commit adultery outside. I violated the law and ruined the image of the people in Luocheng, otherwise they would definitely beat me to death. He changed his mind and said, "Uncle, well, there was a little misunderstanding before, so I took a smaller deposit, but I think that person is quite authentic. , It’s not like a sneaky person, besides, a hundred cents is money, Xinghua is such a poor place, so it’s not bad to be able to spend a hundred cents.”
"That's right, that damn place in Xinghua. By the way, what was that place called last time? Cangxi. Did the family named Fei pay us the wages they owed us? It's been almost ten years. If there was nothing we could do, there wouldn't be any. There are other ways to survive. I really don’t want to deal with these Xinghua people.” Zhao Fafa wanted to use a small private house built in Xinghua ten years ago, with only three rooms. After it was built, he was delayed and refused to pay the wages. , Damn it, dozens of people came to the county government office, but the official ignored the local people and ignored them.
Zhao Fafa was swearing, but he could still distinguish the current situation. Zhao Jinyu and the other juniors looked at him eagerly, waiting for him to say when to leave for Xinghua: "Forget it, no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Ah, there’s nothing we can do if we don’t open every day. People’s money in other places is money, and Xinghua people’s money is also money. It’s all about luck. I’m a damned person but I don’t believe that all of Xinghua is full of these bastards!”
Zhao Xiaopin whispered quietly from the side: "Uncle, I think this owner this time is good, and it doesn't seem to be from their local area."
Zhao Fafa glanced at Zhao Xiaopin suspiciously and asked, "Why?"
Zhao Xiaopin grinned: "I have been in Xunhua for so many years, and the locals have a bit of a nastiness in their mouths. This boss doesn't seem to have that!"
