Chapter 198: Everyone is poor
Zheng Bajin first rode to the home of a distant relative to explain his intention. Wang Yan’s mother was an out-and-out farmer. She didn’t care about Zheng Bajin’s words. Instead, she said: “A married woman has chosen her own path. Whether her life is good or not, she cannot complain. other people."
"If you want to die, just die, so as not to embarrass your family." Wang Yan's father added angrily.
Although this family and Zheng Bajin are in the same village, they are different production teams, let alone the same natural village. They are far away from each other, and they don't usually move around. Naturally, they don't know that Zheng Bajin is a relative, and they think they are from Wang Yan's mother-in-law's family. people.
Zheng Bajin felt unhappy after hearing this. Although this result was within his expectation, he also felt sad for such a relative.
He didn't want to explain. Anyway, the notice had arrived, which was the utmost kindness. In the future, don't blame a relative like himself for not helping him find his daughter.
He came to the street and checked around the perimeter of the rural administration compound, but found no suspicious signs.
I looked around the hospital again and found nothing.
Behind the hospital, there is a small road where motorcycles can pass freely. Zheng Bajin rode his bicycle for a while, but still found nothing.
I found a few old people who had nothing to do and inquired. No one had noticed that a strange woman had appeared in the past two days.
It seems that it is unlikely that Wang Yan was harmed. Thinking of this, Zheng Bajin rode his bike back to the road and headed towards the city.
He wanted to see if anyone was looking at Wang Yan at the station in the city, and whether he would be taken to a big city.
A woman like her who doesn't know a few words and has been wronged at home can be called an ignorant girl. It’s easiest to get lost in thinking. If someone takes a liking to you, takes advantage of you, and encourages you, you’ll think you’ve met the real Prince Charming.
I never would have thought that as a man, if you don’t want to eat the pot, you won’t be around the pot!
After arriving at the station, Zheng Bajin inquired and found that no one had noticed that a woman like her had entered the station. Or, it was reasonable for the station to be crowded with people, so no one noticed.
In the village, you are the beauty of the village, but when you enter the city, you are just an ordinary person, and no one cares about your whereabouts.
In fact, he didn't know that after that incident, Wang Yan's face, which had already been unhappy, was full of exhaustion. She was no longer the village beauty she used to be. She was just a woman from the countryside and could not arouse the sympathy of others.
She was placed on a construction site. Despite her petite stature, she was no worse than a man in terms of hard work.
This is a construction site on the southern outskirts of the city, like a shopping mall under construction.
She felt sad and just wanted to work hard, thereby forgetting some people and things.
The first day the foreman saw her, it was already afternoon. He originally asked her to come the next day. It would be difficult to calculate wages during this half day.
She said: "Brother, I'm here on foot. I can do any kind of work. I just need a little money, as long as it's enough to pay for accommodation in the city."
The foreman is a good man, about forty years old, and he wears very ordinary clothes. He wears a suit made of Decca fabric, with two bags on the top and bottom, which was the most common configuration in the 1990s. It is said that the two bags above are convenient for holding cigarettes and will not be broken. The following two are optional and there are no strict requirements.
He could tell at a glance that Wang Yan must have been wronged at home, and he couldn't understand for a moment that if he didn't take her in, if she met a bad person, the rest of her life would be over.
Feeling compassionate, he agreed to let her stay and help Master Hong mix the mortar and build the wall.
Wang Yan does whatever she says and doesn't care about wages.
The foreman looked at her desperate look and couldn't help but shook his head. He took out a biscuit from the bag below and said, "Little girl, eat some first! This is not how work works. You can't rush it. You have to take your time. You are like this If you are too tired to get up at the end of the day, how can you work tomorrow?"
Wang Yan did not explain that she was married and no longer a little girl, but took the biscuit and ate it.
From yesterday to now, she hasn't had a drop of water, even her iron-clad body can't stand it.
The foreman was startled and said hurriedly: "Eat slowly, don't choke."
After Wang Yan finished eating, she went back to work.
At the end of the day, she was a little tired, but the foreman gave her two yuan in wages and said: "If you don't mind, you don't have to live in a hotel, you can stay at my house for a few days. Anyway, there are two kids younger than you at home." It’s convenient for my daughter to live here.”
Wang Yan shook her head and said, "Uncle, don't bother me. I'll just find a hotel to stay in."
It wasn't that she was afraid that the foreman would have some evil thoughts about her. She had never traveled far and had no sense of guarding against others, but she really felt that it was not good to disturb other people's lives for no reason.
She even felt that she might be the bad guy her mother-in-law said, and she didn't want to make others suffer too.
Seeing that she had made up her mind, the contractor did not force it, but said: "Well, my surname is Xia, just call me Uncle Xia from now on. I will take you to find a regular hotel in a while, and the fee is also very suitable. The most important thing is safety.”
"When you go out alone, you must be on guard." Foreman Xia said earnestly.
Wang Yan nodded and said "Thank you, Uncle Xia", thinking: As long as it's cheap, what do I have to worry about now that I'm penniless?
"You're welcome." Foreman Xia really treated her like his daughter.
He also comes from the countryside and knows that life in the countryside is not easy. It's a good thing that someone like him knows some craftsmanship. He started working a few years ago. Now, his career has just started to improve a bit. The boss trusts him and lets him take charge of the work, giving him a salary of two hundred yuan a month.
In order to prevent his daughter from working with bricks and tiles all day like him when she grew up, he rented a small house in a village in the city and let his children go to the city to study. And his wife, an honest woman, is still here today. I farm one-third of an acre at home.
Wang Yan's physical strength recovered a lot, and she began to work harder. A shovel was very flexible in her hand, and the cement and sand on the ground made a "scraping" sound.
Sometimes, she would lend a hand and drag the cement brought by others, shovel it down, poke a hole, and then reach out to grab the bag. With a strong force, the cement poured onto the sand and gravel. After several shovels, it was mixed. Cement dust is flying.
When it got dark, Foreman Xia actually sent her to a place called Happy Inn.
It's a small shop in a small alley. It's hard for ordinary people to find it, but it's really cheap, only 50 cents a night.
Moreover, it is very quiet. Most of the people who live here come to the city to see doctors. Of course, there are also some migrant workers.
The person who looked after the hotel was an old lady, her surname was Gao, so she named the hotel Gao Xing.
A few guests who had returned from work cooked their own meals on the charcoal fire provided by the hotel. He looked at Xia Gong as if he knew everyone. He greeted him and asked, "How is the construction site you are leading? When will you start laying steel bars? You must call us then."
"There are still a few days, and the wall is being built now. This is my niece. She will stay here for a few days. Let's take care of her." Foreman Xia introduced Wang Yan to the workers.
"That's natural. Your niece is our niece. We will fight with anyone who dares to bully her." Several workers smiled.
Wang Yan was a little touched. These people even asked her to eat together. She was embarrassed. A woman in her thirties directly stuffed a bowl of rice into her hand and said: "You're welcome, we are all poor people. From now on Help each other out.”
