"Because...we are not from the same place." He Sha's eyes wandered and she didn't dare to look at him.
"Is it because of Bellflower? She hates me very much, and you and her are best friends." Lin Yue said, "Don't worry, for you, I will try to change her impression of me."
After saying this, he pushed the bicycle and walked forward.
He Sha looked at his back as he walked further and further away, and wanted to catch up, but felt very uncomfortable, so she could only follow slowly. Reason told her that Lin Yue was from a small place, and had the same family background as them in the imperial capital. There is a huge gap in cognition, but aside from rationality, he is indeed a very outstanding young man, especially his persistence and courage to be right.
"Uncle Hong, please take a look at this bicycle. It was fine when you rode it in the morning. But after school, the tire is flat."
"Oh, just leave it there for now. I'll help you take a look after I finish what I'm doing. By the way, the tires on your old Phoenix have been patched."
"thank you."
Lin Yue parked He Sha's bicycle aside and took out two small horses from the tricycle carriage, one for himself and one for He Sha.
The mechanic glanced at the little girl and continued to change the pedals on the bicycle in front of him.
"Uncle Hong, you really should learn about the repair technology of electric vehicles. I saw a report two days ago, which said that Shanghai's Qianhe, Suzhou's Oryx, and Nanjing's Continental Pigeon are all in the research and development of electric vehicles. There has been a major breakthrough in the past, and practical and reliable electric vehicles will soon be produced. I think this is like the black and white TVs and tape recorders in the past. It will definitely replace bicycles and enter thousands of households in the future."
"You are quite concerned about national affairs."
"My grandpa often said that the biggest shortcoming of country people is that they are short-sighted and rely on the weather to survive and do not know how to prepare for a rainy day."
"So when the city leader asked him if he needed help, he hoped that you could transfer to the Imperial Capital to study?"
"Um."
"Then you must study hard, and you can't live up to the old man's expectations."
"That's for sure. Summer vacation is about to start in more than a month. For this final exam, my goal is to be number one in my grade."
"If you really get first place in your grade, you will be able to repair your car at my uncle's house for free for the next two years."
"There is no charge for tire repairs and air filling, but replacement parts still have to be paid at cost."
Master Hong amused him: "I thought you were going to say something negative."
"Hahahaha." Lin Yue said: "It's better to save a little."
He Sha looked at the old man and the young man talking and laughing, and suddenly felt that this scene was very warm. When Lin Yue criticized Chen Xun and Zhao Ye in the class, they used modest words when they said they were aggressive, but compared with the shabby repairman at the intersection. The relationship between Master Che... is like the friendship mentioned in the book.
How many days has it been since he was transferred to Experiment 1?
Half an hour later, the setting sun was like blood, the clouds were rising, and the bus stop was crowded with young people waiting for the bus.
Lin Yue and He Sha parted at the crossroads: "Be careful on the road."
"The same to you."
He Sha glanced at him and rode away on her bicycle.
…
There are no classes on Sunday.
Lin Yue got up before dawn, poured a little water on the garlic in the pottery pot on the window sill, and left the railway bureau dormitory with the villain, taking the earliest train to the vegetable basket project demonstration area in the suburban villages and towns.
It is already May, the season when catkins are flying all over the sky. The straw curtains outside the vegetable greenhouses are lifted up. Some vegetables such as cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, and loofahs are decorated with heavy fruits, and some bloom with colorful bouquets.
When he came to the greenhouse area, a van drove by with dust and stopped in front of the open space filled with vegetable leaves. The door opened, and six or seven women in simple clothes got out, the older ones in their forties, the younger ones. More than twenty.
In 1999, Shouguang's vegetable industry had reached a certain scale, but due to storage and transportation problems, it had not yet become a vegetable garden in the imperial capital. In order to meet the growing demand for vegetables, vegetable farmers on the outskirts of the city built greenhouses one after another because they had to be managed. There are many greenhouses and a serious shortage of labor, which has given rise to small labor markets. Some middle-aged women who go to big cities to work will disperse to these labor markets and go to squat early every morning, waiting for bosses who need work to send them. To pull it away, that is to say, it was later said that it had to be done on a daily basis - and the people who made the word "rising on a daily basis" widely known had to belong to the group of great masters in Shenzhen.
"Boss, boss..."
Lin Yue ran a few steps quickly and stopped the middle-aged man who got out of the driver's seat.
"You brought them here to pick vegetables, right?"
The middle-aged man nodded: "Yes."
Lin Yue said: "Excuse me, are you still short of people here?"
"Young men who come to grab jobs are very rare." A middle-aged woman joked about Lin Yue while putting on gloves.
There is a potential division of labor between men and women in this kind of labor market. Women mostly do work such as picking vegetables and fruits, housekeeping and cleaning, while men tend to work in the construction industry, working in large and small jobs such as bricklaying, carpentry and so on.
A job like picking vegetables costs 40 yuan a day during the busy farming season, and more than 20 yuan under normal circumstances. This kind of money is basically not worth it to male laborers. Occasionally, some men have to take on this kind of work, but they rarely stick to it. Because the work was so piecemeal, and because it was terrible to be among a group of women.
Lin Yuechong smiled at the women over there and explained: "Boss, it's like this. I'm a student at Nancheng Experimental No. 1 Middle School. I have no classes this weekend, so I want to find a daily job to earn some living expenses."
"Okay, you can give it a try." When he heard that he was a student who came over for a work-study program on the weekend, the boss was quite willing to give him a chance.
"Thank you, boss." Lin Yue said as he followed the group of middle-aged women toward the front greenhouse.
"I knew about work-study at a young age. If the guy in my family was half as enlightened as this young man, I would have the motivation to work outside."
"Who says it's not true? The guy in my family is already in the third grade of junior high school. He likes to go to the game arcade every day after school. His father caught him two days ago and beat him so hard with his leather shoes that his buttocks were bruised. But there are What’s the use? It’s just for two or three days, and I can do whatever I want to do in the past.”
"Young man, don't blame me for talking too much. You seem to have a good physique, but picking vegetables is a manual job and you don't earn much. Let me tell you... you might as well go to the Huangcun market in front and find a job doing floor tiles. At worst, it’s only 50 yuan, and you still have to pay for a meal.”
"Sister Wang, I'm still a student. I can earn more by moving bricks at the construction site, but if I'm tired and bump into something, how can I go to school tomorrow?"
"That's right."
A group of women took Lin Yue as the center of attention and kept talking.
He laughed along the whole time, pretending to be a shy young man, and occasionally answered a question or two from them.
Of course he wouldn't tell them that he didn't come here just for the twenty dollars. You should know that he has a magical skill like [Double Harvest LV1].
When you work in a vegetable greenhouse, you can pick as much as you can and store it in your portable space.
Even if you work passively and deal with things, you can still make hundreds of kilograms in a day. Whether you eat it yourself or sell it, it is a good choice.
You must know that although it is May day, vegetable prices are much cheaper than in winter, but the imperial capital is an imperial capital after all, and vegetable prices are definitely more expensive than in small places. Eight cents per pound of beans in my hometown costs at least one yuan and two or three here, and three or four in my hometown. A pound of pork costs five yuan here.
Of course, he doesn't like this little money, but since he wants to experience a different life, this time he doesn't want to be as busy as he was in "To Youth", passing cars, horses, and emails slowly. Life is also a very comfortable thing.
Moreover, he keeps many dishes in his portable space for another purpose.
There is nothing to say about picking vegetables. You can do whatever the boss asks you to do. During the lunch break, the women all brought lunch boxes and gathered together to eat steamed buns, steamed buns, pickles and so on. He also took out a bag of Huafeng San For fresh Yi noodles, ask the boss for a pot of boiling water to soak in and eat.
In the afternoon, when the red clouds were all over the sky, the boss gave him twenty-six yuan and praised him for being very nimble and working no less than those middle-aged women.
It was already dark when he took the bus back to the city. He went to the Shanxi Sliced Noodle House not far from where he lived and ordered a bowl of noodles and a side dish. He had a delicious meal with chili. After returning to the dormitory, he almost stuffed his He took out some of the vegetables that filled his pocket and put them into a plastic bag, opened the diagonally opposite door, and gave the vegetables to the people in the building who were having the hardest time... Although from the perspective of personal disposable income, he He is the poorest one.
on Monday.
Lin Yue still didn't report to Class 2. Seeing that he was resolute, Damahou didn't mention the class adjustment again and allowed him to continue to stay in the window seat of Class 1, Grade 1. Anyway, in Damahou's view, it was sooner or later. After he hit his head and bleeding and realized the pain, he would naturally put aside those thoughts and go to the second shift obediently.
From the beginning of morning reading, He Sha was a little absent-minded, until Bellflower called her to go to the toilet together during the big class break. The two of them went out and stopped. In fact, it was not just the two of them, but everyone in the first and first classes of senior high school was listening attentively. . Because the loudspeaker in the school broadcast room started calling the names, and the names of the three people called Qiao Ran, Chen Xun, and Zhao Ye from the first class of high school were called.
They waited with bated breath for the school's outcome.
At the same time, Lin Yue, who was standing at the staircase on the side of the teaching building basking in the sun, raised his head and glanced in the direction of the radio station. He was also waiting for the decision on the punishment of the three people, although he had already predicted it.
