"Uncle, are you still working here at an old age?" Gu Chen was a little curious.

Although there are very few young people nowadays who do this kind of manual work, it is not enough to let an old man come to work here, right?

Gu Chenxin said what does this company think?"

"Out of the way. The old man didn't mind, patted Gu Chen on the shoulder and said, "Thank you, young man, I am a temporary worker who has been hired back, and I get paid on a daily basis, and I have some technical work, and you young people may not be as skilled as us." ”

"It's true. Gu Chen didn't deny it.

Compared to experienced masters, some young people are really inferior.

After all, people have decades of experience, and they must be more skilled than young people in terms of efficiency.

"Then ......" also saw that Gu Chen had been staring at him, and the old man was a little embarrassed and said: "Then I'll go over first if there's nothing to do, and the pipeline repair over there has to depend on me." ”

"Okay, don't disturb your work, but stay safe. Gu Chen took the initiative to get out of the way.

The old man left with the toolbox......

At this time, Lu Weiwei also found Gu Chen, hurriedly walked to his side and said, "Senior Brother Gu, Bureau Zhao asked us to leave a small number of people at the scene to continue to maintain order, and the others evacuated. ”

"No problem. Gu Chen was not very surprised, smiled and said, "The three groups should stay." ”

"Then let's go over there, right?" Lu Weiwei looked around for a week and said: "There are related companies here to repair it, let's not mix, the current circuit has been in the middle, the traffic light is out of order, Zhao Bureau means to let us go over to assist the traffic police and maintain order on the scene." ”

"No problem. Gu Chen nodded, and directly followed Lu Weiwei to the other side of the intersection to assist the vehicle to pass safely.

It wasn't until noon that the traffic police, who arrived in batches, took over the assistance of the third criminal investigation team of the Furong Branch.

The small construction excavator has also temporarily cleaned up the damaged road surface.

Due to the old gas pipeline, which leads to leakage and ignition, the city gas company is prepared to investigate other parts of the pipeline with potential safety hazards one by one to avoid secondary leakage, so the maintenance time is longer.

The electrical circuit in the nearby street was interrupted, and the Towngas company had to be repaired.

As a result, by noon, many businesses that had lost power were also closing their doors to wait for a call notification.

Gu Chen followed the other new and old comrades of the three groups and returned to the canteen of the Furong Branch to eat.

When the three groups arrived, the other departments had already entered the end of the meal, but fortunately, Master Kong left a lot of freshly baked hot meals for the three groups.

Seeing that Gu Chen was a little absent-minded when eating, Lu Weiwei asked him curiously: "Senior Brother Gu, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing. Gu Chen smiled and said, "At the scene of the incident before, I felt a little distressed when I saw an elderly worker working. ”

"Isn't it normal for workers to work?" Officer Wang took a bite of food and asked vaguely, "Don't they work, and you support them?"

But the worker looked to be in his seventies, and his hair was all gray. Gu Chen said again.

In an instant, the police officers at the entire dining table were all stunned.

"Seven...... More than seventy?" He Junchao asked in disbelief: "Gu Chen, are you sure you have no misunderstanding about age, right?" Is it that people in their fifties have gray hair, and then make you look like they are in their seventies?"

Gu Chen shook his head: "Absolutely not, I can tell from the wrinkles on his face and the rough hands that this is an uncle who is about seventy years old." ”

And he also said that he was temporarily rehired, that is, he had already retired from the employer, and now he is just a temporary worker rehired by the employer. ”

"In his seventies, he is still working hard outside, tsk, then his children are too unfilial. When He Junchao heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Officer Ding put down his chopsticks and said lightly: "What do you know? The family conditions are good, can you come out to work at such an old age? Or maybe people are idle at home, and they work as temporary workers and earn a day by day, why not do it?"

"And how many young people nowadays can do this kind of dirty work? I usually ask You He Junchao to go downstairs to carry buckets of water, and you have to scream. ”

was also a little embarrassed by Officer Ding, He Junchao also smiled and said: "Lao Ding, I won't do it anymore, the collapse of adults is quiet, aren't you in a bad mood in those days?"

"Senior Brother He is in a bad mood?" Gu Chen asked him curiously.

After all, in Gu Chen's eyes, He Junchao is an optimist every day, usually in the busy three groups of offices, who is the happiest laugher? Besides Lu Weiwei, there is only He Junchao.

So He Junchao said that he was in a bad mood, and Gu Chen felt that it needed to be considered.

also felt that Gu Chen was questioning, He Junchao suddenly smiled and said: "I said Gu Chen, the collapse of this adult is quiet, maybe you seem that we are normal, we can laugh, fight, and socialize, but in fact, bad things have accumulated to a certain extent." ”

"We can't cry hysterically, we can't shout as if no one is around, after all, we have to go to work tomorrow and pretend that nothing happened, so of course you can't see the other side of me in a bad mood. ”

Gu Chen didn't know if what He Junchao said was true, but he felt that it made sense, so he nodded cooperatively.

Seeing Gu Chen's approval, He Junchao clapped his hands again and said: "So, what overwhelmed the camel seems to be the last straw, but I don't know that what I have suffered in front of me is already on the verge of collapse." ”

"As for us, it's the same, we can't vent, we can only endure it, and at the end of the little bit of pressure and little things will collapse. ”

"The collapse of adults like us is to heal ourselves while collapsing. ”

"Yo!" also saw He Junchao talking about crooked reasoning, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but look at He Junchao with admiration: "But why didn't I see it?"

"Do you need to see this?" He Junchao felt very funny, and continued: "So I don't want to grow up at all, maybe there is time for homework, it's really beautiful, maybe this is society." ”

"Huh. Seeing that He Junchao also began to pretend to be deep, Officer Wang, who finished lunch, then wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin and said: "Today's young people are not as hard as the older generation." ”

"Because I feel uncomfortable at work, I can resign casually, and my job is changed again and again, and in the end, I will directly mix with the family and gnaw at the old. ”

"Because the class is not good, the money is not easy to earn, so I feel that there is temperature at home, the old people go out to work, and the small ones gnaw at home. ”

"Look at the old man Gu Chen said, everyone in his seventies is working outside, so you should complain less and be more enthusiastic about your work. ”

Hearing what Officer Wang said, Lu Weiwei also instantly said: "That's right, it's useless to complain, only forbearance, it looks mature, haha." ”

"Don't make a fuss, it's like not going to work the day after tomorrow. He Junchao also looked at her with disdain.

Seeing that Gu Chen didn't speak, Lu Weiwei touched Gu Chen with her shoulder: "Senior Brother Gu, what's wrong?"

"Pretty much. Gu Chen also took a few bites of rice, then put down his chopsticks and said, "When I see this old man, I think of when I was a child." ”

"When I was a child?" Lu Weiwei rarely heard about Gu Chen's childhood, so her eyes were straight: "What happened to Senior Brother Gu when he was a child?"

Gu Chen said with a smile: "Seeing the old man reminds me of when I was a child, my parents started business after they were laid off. ”

"When I saw my father's red eyes because of something one day, I knew that my father was also very wronged, but he held back in order to stand up to our family. ”

"So seeing that old man with calloused hands still having to repair the pipes on such a cold day, to be honest, I feel a little. ”

"I see. Hearing Gu Chen say this, Lu Weiwei stopped joking for a moment, and said directly: "The laughter and scolding during the day, and the secret sadness at night, maybe this is the true portrayal of the older generation." ”

"Like us now, especially me, we will take the initiative to ask for overtime. ”

"Don't look at my usual snacks in the drawer, in fact, I wake up ten minutes earlier than the scheduled alarm clock every day, because what wakes me up is not to go to work to earn money, but how many bags of nut snacks and clothes I can earn today, so the mentality is really important. ”

"Haha, it seems that Senior Sister Lu is still in a good mood. Originally, Gu Chen felt a little emotional, but when he took Lu Weiwei and said it, he instantly felt less so bad.

Several probationary police officers looked at each other and began to discuss hotly.

"Let's just talk about me, this year is the worst year I've ever encountered, no one, I haven't collapsed so much before I went to the hospital because I was tired from work, I hope everything will be okay next year. ”

"yes, and overtime. ”

"It's okay, you can get through it. ”

"The collapse of adults is only in an instant, that is, the speed of self-healing cannot catch up with the speed of injury, and the moment when the whole body is injured. ”

"Haha, I feel like I'm so hard. ”

"How long has it been since you've laughed unbridled and unscrupulous? How long has it been since the last time you had that pure, unbridled body, light and careless pleasure?" Can you tell me?"

"Tell you you can share the burden? We're all the same kind of people. ”

"Haha......"

While everyone was laughing, they all looked at Gu Chen and smiled.

"Gu Chen, what do you think?" Officer Wang also retracted his smile and hurriedly asked Gu Chen.

Gu Chen smiled: "I think the collapse of adults may never come from those sudden changes that seem to be enough to destroy their lives, they will never be knocked down by any hammer, and what knocks them down may always be a buzzing mosquito." ”

"Haha, kind of interesting. "Officer Wang is quite interested in Gu Chen's opinion, it seems that this kid looks at the problem in a very different way.

After gathering in the cafeteria for a while, everyone returned to the police quarters for a short rest, and then began to promote posters to the various communities to prevent the latest new fraud methods.

Due to the period from Christmas to New Year's Day, all police officers at the Seremban substation must be on duty.

Therefore, all the police officers of the Seremban substation have been staging the darkness of day and night.

In addition to handling daily work during the day, at night, many police officers also take printed anti-fraud posters to several nearby residential communities, replace the posters, and remind residents who pass by to take a walk to take a look.

Due to the heavy workload, it is generally divided into several groups.

By 9:30 p.m., Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, and Officer Wang's team had completed the propaganda work in six communities.

Every time the poster is changed, a large number of residents come to watch, so it takes some time to explain.

Ten o'clock in the evening.

Gu Chen, Officer Wang and Lu Weiwei came to the noodle restaurant where everyone often eats on the night shift.

The noodle restaurant here is open all night, and there are many customers who come to eat here, most of them are substitute drivers, delivery boys, and some workers who work night shifts on the construction site.

The owner was busy......

The fried noodles in the pot flew in front of him.

When Gu Chen and the others arrived, there were still more than a dozen packed lunch boxes in front of the boss, so Gu Chen and the others found a vacant seat to sit down first.

Officer Wang then went and ordered three servings of beef fried noodles and crockpot soup.

The bustling crowd kept shuttling through the intersection of this alley, and the young people who were drinking could blow more than one another.

Officer Wang brought three servings of crockpot soup from the cook, and waited for about ten minutes before three servings of hot beef fried noodles were served on the table.

"A few police officers, please slow down, the store is a little busy today, so you have to wait for a long time. "The owner of the noodle shop is an old acquaintance of everyone.

The fried noodles, which usually only take seven or eight minutes, have more than doubled the time today, so the owner of the noodle restaurant also came to apologize.

Gu Chen smiled: "It's okay, anyway, boss, you're very busy in the store tonight, I've never seen you so busy." ”

"Not really. The shopkeeper also wiped his hands with an apron, and then smiled: "Isn't the gas pipe aging during the day today?"

"I heard that the gas leaked into the basement where the cable was housed, and then a spark ignited the gas, and then the electricity was cut off and the gas supply was stopped. ”

"Now that many businesses are closed, the repair of the gas pipes may continue until tomorrow. ”

"So the electricity has to be tomorrow, so a lot of work units are working overtime tonight, so there are more workers working night shifts nearby, so business is better than usual. ”

As soon as the noodle shop owner's voice fell, a worker carrying a dozen points of fried noodles smiled at him: "Boss, then I'll go first." ”

"Okay, go slowly. The owner of the noodle shop waved at him and said, "Welcome back next time." ”

The noodle shop owner, who also saw the other party walking away, turned around, and immediately pointed to the other party's back and said: "See, those workers wearing reflective vests are working overtime at the accident site, and there may be a bunch of people later." ”

"Isn't that great, the boss can double his income today. Lu Weiwei also said with a smile.

The owner of the noodle shop rubbed his hands at Lu Weiwei and said with a smile: "Thank you, Officer Lu, but my shop is like this, I have earned more than 100,000 yuan a year, I am tired, but I have also passed." ”

"Haha. Officer Wang was a little jealous when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "If I retire in the future, I will also come to learn how to make fried noodles with you, I heard that an old couple selling pancakes and fruits on West Street have bought two houses in our Jiangnan City." ”

"Haha, that's possible, I've heard about it. "The noodle shop owner is not modest, after all, this is also the income of labor.

To buy two houses, you can imagine how many pancakes you have to sell every day.

It was at this time that an old man wearing a reflective vest and some dirt on his body walked into the store.

He looked at the price sign posted on the wall, and immediately turned to the boss and said, "Come on five beef fried noodles, hurry up." ”

"Okay, take it or take it away?" asked the owner of the noodle shop.

"Take it away. The old man said.

"Okay, then you sit here first, and I'll fry you right away." The noodle shop owner turned around and went to the back kitchen.

At this time, Gu Chen noticed that this old man was the one he had met during the day.

After looking around the store, the old man also seemed to notice three uniformed policemen on the corner side.

Especially after glancing at Gu Chen, he also seemed to look a little familiar, so he squinted again.

Gu Chen waved his hand to greet him: "Uncle, let's meet again." ”

"Oh, it turns out that you are the police comrade who maintained order at the scene of the gas pipe burst during the day?" The old man seemed to recognize Gu Chen, so he walked forward with a hunched back and chose to sit down at the next table with Gu Chen.

"What's the matter, you still have to work overtime?" Gu Chen asked.

The old man smiled: "The night shift salary is high, and besides, I can't do without the construction site over there, and they young people can't do anything without me." ”

"Haha. Seeing that the old man had the confidence to speak, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said, "Then you are really powerful." ”

"I'm old, and I won't be able to do it in another year or two. The old man waved his hand, picked up the paper towel on the table to wipe the tabletop, and then wiped his oily hand.

Gu Chen left his seat, took a pot of crockpot soup and put it in front of the old man, and said, "I'll ask you for this." ”

"This ...... Isn't this good?" The old man was a little surprised, he didn't think that Gu Chen would invite him to drink crockpot soup.

"Take it and drink it, don't get cold. Gu Chen pushed the crockpot soup in front of him, and then sat back in his seat.

The old man also said "eh" and said thank you, so he began to drink the crockpot soup in a big gulp, and his mouth couldn't help but have a "tsk" sound of satisfaction.

Gu Chen also looked down at the table below and said, "It's not too early, we should get off work." ”

"Okay, let's call it a day then. "Officer Wang also got the time right.

Lu Weiwei stood up directly, took out her mobile phone to pay.

Since the meal funds of the three groups are all temporarily kept by Lu Weiwei, Lu Weiwei looks like an accountant.

Compared with Gu Chen and Officer Wang, they are more like a duo eating soft rice.

After all, the owner of the noodle shop only sees Lu Weiwei pay every time, so it is inevitable that he will have such thoughts.

"Then old man, eat slowly, let's go first. Gu Chen also said hello to him.

The old man smiled and nodded......

It was also after seeing Gu Chen and the others leave that he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

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