The shopkeeper of the charcoal store still seemed a little hesitant when he heard this, and muttered, "It's not like I'm bullying the boss into being soft-hearted."
At the end, he sighed again, "Forget it, we haven't hired anyone for two or three days. Seeing that you are still honest, let's go and give it a try. Let's agree in advance that if you don't meet the requirements, we won't hire you." .”
"Sure." Lu nodded.
Then the shopkeeper wrote a note to Lu Jing, asking Lu Jing to go to the charcoal kiln two miles east of the city and find a man named Ma Zhongbao, who was the manager of the charcoal kiln.
Lu Jing got the note and went straight to the kiln without stopping.
Before he reached the place, he could see several tomb-like buildings with domes in the distance, with streaks of black smoke floating above them. Lu Jing knew they were charcoal kilns.
In front of a charcoal kiln, several kiln workers with gray faces surrounded a man with a red birthmark on his right eye, seeming to be arguing about something.
Both parties looked very excited, especially the kiln workers, who were about to turn around and leave.
The man with the red birthmark on his right eye also scratched his neck and turned red with anger.
Lu Jing stepped forward and called tentatively, "Manager Ma?"
"Who are you?" The man with a red birthmark on his right eye looked at Lu Jing with vigilant eyes, but his rhetorical question was an indirect admission that he was Ma Zhongbao.
When the kiln workers saw the stranger coming, they temporarily shut up, but they did not disperse. It was obvious that they were determined to fight with Ma Zhongbao today.
"Oh, I'm here to help chop wood." Lu Jing said as he handed over the note.
Ma Zhongbao looked at Lu Jing with the same gaze as the storekeeper of a charcoal store, as if he felt that his small body could not do such a heavy job.
But he didn't immediately question it like the old shopkeeper, mainly because he was so annoyed at the moment. Half of the twelve people who were responsible for chopping wood suddenly left in three days for some reason.
Ma Zhongbao failed to persuade him to stay, so he had to recruit people in a hurry. As a result, he was unlucky. It was clear that it was still a slack season, but the charcoal kiln was unable to recruit new people.
Yesterday, he had to go to the village in person to pick up four people, and promised to come to work early this morning. However, the whole morning had already passed, but none of the four people came.
The kiln workers who are responsible for burning charcoal have to help split wood these days, and their dissatisfaction is growing. The helpers originally promised by Ma Zhongbao have not been seen today. These kiln workers only feel that they are being tricked. , so the dissatisfaction accumulated before finally exploded!
They gathered around Ma Zhongbao to ask for an explanation.
Ma Zhongbao was so annoyed that he shouted with a straight face, "What are you arguing about? I said someone would come today, why don't you come?"
Those kiln workers felt cheated, but when they heard what Ma Zhongbao said, they felt like he was talking nonsense with his eyes open. The leading kiln worker kept sneering.
"This guy is the helper you mentioned, Manager Ma? Okay, okay, let's see today how your helper can chop out all the wood needed for the remaining half of the kiln. If you miss the job then, Manager Ma can't help you." Don’t blame the big guy.”
Of course Ma Zhongbao doesn't think Lu Jing really has this ability. Are you kidding me? A kiln requires about 2,400 kilograms of wood, and half a kiln requires 1,200 kilograms. Even a veteran can chop three hundred kilograms of wood a day. It's astounding.
Seeing Lu Jing like this, Ma Zhongbao doubted that he couldn't even split a hundred pounds.
However, now that he has been put on fire, and being provoked like this, he can only continue to say harshly, "Just take a look!"
After Ma Zhongbao finished speaking, he looked at Lu Jing again, "The wood is in the hay shed next to it. You... go and chop it." However, after saying the second half of the sentence, his own momentum softened first, and he obviously knew what he had just said. Those were just angry words.
If he wanted to chop the remaining half of the kiln wood before dark, he had to think of another way, so he had no time to talk to Lu Jing. After speaking, he waved his hand and let Lu Jing do what he wanted.
"Okay." Lu Jing didn't care about the feud between Ma Zhongbao and the kiln worker. He came here just to make money and consume some internal energy, so after listening to what Ma Zhongbao said, he went straight to the hay shed.
In the open space in front of the hut, six shirtless strong men were already sweating profusely.
The oldest one among them saw Lu Jing and took the initiative to stop the ax in his hand and waved to Lu Jing.
When Lu Jing walked up, the man said, "Have you ever done this kind of work before?"
"No." Lu Jing said truthfully.
"Then look at me first." After the man finished speaking, he stopped talking nonsense and picked up the ax again. With one stroke of the ax, he split a long log into two sections, then divided one section into two again, and then He said, "Have you seen it? The thickness is about the same as your forearm, and the length is about a punch longer than your forearm. This way, the charcoal will be in good condition and can be easily placed in the kiln. In addition, you can see that there are Remember to cut off the twigs."
"Yeah." Lu Ding nodded. After looking at it for a while, he felt that he had almost remembered everything, so he also grabbed an ax and started to work on his own.
The person who taught him before was worried that he hadn't learned the lesson yet, so he looked over at Lu Jing from time to time while chopping wood.
The result was similar to what he expected. The few pieces of wood Lu Jing had chopped before were not very good. They were different in thickness and length. Each piece looked very unique. However, even so, Lu Jing's speed at splitting the wood still caused people's attention. caught his attention.
At first, he thought it was because the young man was in a hurry to show off and didn't know how to retain his strength. He estimated that Lu Jing's arms and shoulders would be unable to bear it after a while, so he gave a special reminder.
However, Lu Jing agreed quickly, but his hands did not slow down at all.
And after the initial roughness, his wood splitting finally began to look good.
So Lu Jing speeded up again, and saw pieces of wood quickly turning into the wood needed for the kiln in his hands. Half an hour later, the pile of wood at his feet had exceeded his head. Calf high.
The other people in front of the hut were already starting to get tired. Even the man who had pointed out Lu Jing before decided to take a short rest and relax his arms. As a result, he saw that Lu Jing was still busy there.
At this time, the eyes of everyone in front of the hut were attracted to him.
Many people are shocked, what kind of terrifying power and physical strength is this? !
Basically, all the wood in Lu Jing's hands can be cut with just one axe, as easily as chopping tofu skin. Judging from the position and angle he chooses to lower the axe, it is clear that he still looks like an outsider and does not know how to use force at all. Stay strong.
But everyone was already tired now, but Lu Jing looked like he had just warmed up.
