In the early morning in the mountains, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, getting up every day, taking a deep breath in the yard, and the aura of all things in the mountains and forests can make people feel refreshed immediately. In the early morning of the East China Sea, the sky has just brightened, all kinds of peculiar smells are coming to the nose, and the alleys are already full of people, shouting, shouting, and the sound of bargaining in the vegetable market. Lu Shanmin has long been accustomed to all this.

As promised, he saw Chen Dali at the mouth of the alley, and when he saw Lu Shanmin's brand-new T-shirt, Chen Dali couldn't help frowning. I thought to myself, today's young people are really unreliable, going to the construction site to work as coolies, not to go on a blind date.

Under the leadership of Chen Dali, they got into a dusty van, and there were seven or eight men in the car, all of whom looked at Lu Shanmin with surprised eyes.

Lu Shanmin also felt a little out of place, everyone was wearing dusty old clothes, and he wore a brand new T-shirt by himself, the last time he had a fight with Hai Donglai, the clothes were completely scrapped under his claws, and this shirt was still a new dress that he had just bought. Lu Shanmin was a little embarrassed, thinking that he wanted to make a good impression on the first day of work, and he deliberately learned from Chen Kun to take care of it, but he didn't know that it would be self-defeating.

Most of the people in the van were middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, Chen Dali was in his fifties, which was considered an older person, but there was another person who was older than Chen Dali, who was not tall, emaciated, his face was covered with fine wrinkles, and his hair was half white, although he did not look too old, but at least he was more than sixty years old. From everyone's chat, I learned that his name is Luo Zhixuan, 62 years old this year, a native of Sichuan, with a son who has graduated from college for several years. With his age, many construction sites are reluctant to take him in, if it weren't for Chen Dali's good relationship with various foremen and desperate maintenance of him, he would have returned to his hometown and countryside long ago.

The people in the car come from different parts of the country, and they used to have a common identity, they were all farmers from all over the country, and now they have the same identity, they are all migrant workers. In the barbecue restaurant for two months, Lu Shanmin imperceptibly, his personality is much more cheerful, not as wooden as when he first came out of the mountain, and occasionally inserts two sentences, when I heard that Lu Shanmin barbecued at night and came to work on the construction site during the day, everyone's impression of this young man has changed a lot, after all, in this era, there are not many young people who can endure hardships like this.

In the past, Lu Shanmin had always been curious about how those towering high-rise buildings were built. When he came to the construction site and stood under the thirty-storey building, Lu Shanmin was stunned.

Luo Zhixuan walked beside Lu Shanmin, and the chat in the car just now had already learned that Lu Shanmin had just come out of the mountain, he had been mixed in the construction site all his life, and he was very familiar with everything on the construction site. While walking, he introduced to Lu Shanmin.

"That's a concrete mixer, which is used to mix concrete, that's a rebar straightener, which is used to correct the bending of rebar, that's a plug-in vibrating rod, which is used when pouring concrete, and that's a truck crane, which can lift building materials on the ground directly to the floors、、、、、、、、、、、."

Lu Shanmin sighed, the only mechanical equipment he had seen here was an excavator, which was newly built by the town government a few years ago, and he happened to see it when he went to the town to pick up Bai Ling back to the village on the weekend.

Lu Shanmin put on the hard hat given by Chen Dali and walked into the building with seven or eight people. Lu Shanmin's work, in Chen Dali's words, is to move the bricks and mortar from the crane mouth to the "master master" who is responsible for building the wall.

At the beginning, Chen Dali was not too optimistic about Lu Shanmin, although he was from the mountains, after all, he was only a teenager about 20 years old, and in rural parlance, 'his waist has not grown stiff yet'. However, when he saw Lu Shanmin walking like flying with a bucket of sand ash and working for an hour or two without frowning, Chen Dali showed a satisfied smile.

Tea House, the most elegant place in Parkway District, many people with heads and faces will gather here to talk about business and feelings. In a large private room of nearly 100 square meters, the tea master is dressed in an ancient cheongsam, with green onions, curling steps, light posture, and every move implies the way of nature. The tea master pours the sorted fine tea into the teapot, which is called Guanyin entering the palace; then moistens the tea, wakes up the tea, and washes the tea, which is called the breeze blowing on the face; pours out the first brew of tea, brews the second brew from the new, and then slowly pours it into the tea cup in front of the two guests who are not very calm.

Li Chuan sat on the Taishi chair, and the breezy and elegant environment did not make him feel calm, and he didn't even have the desire to drink tea. Since Liu Qiang escaped, Wang Dahu covered the sky with one hand, and forcibly raised the previous security premium of 50,000 yuan in January to 150,000.

However, Gao Junfeng, who was sitting opposite, was more angry than him, Li Chuan's rose bar was originally covered by Liu Qiang, and after Liu Qiang ran away, Wang Dahu took over, and he Wang Dahu could open his mouth. But his moonlight bar is different, as early as a few months ago, he handed it over to Wang Dahu, and signed a contract, a security fee of 40,000 yuan per month, but it was only a few months, Wang Dahu's bastard unilaterally tore up the contract, and insisted on rising to 150,000 a month, a full increase of 110,000 a month, if it weren't for the fact that Minsheng West Road could no longer find a suitable security team except Wang Dahu, he would have kicked Wang Dahu away.

Gao Junfeng didn't care whether this place was high or not, and took a sip of the teacup. glanced coldly at Li Chuan, who was sitting opposite, and was even more angry in his heart. The three bars on Minsheng West Road are already in a competitive relationship, and they have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and they have never given each other a good face. I don't know which tendon is wrong with Hu Weiyong's guy today, so he insisted on asking the three of them to get together.

After a busy morning, Chen Dali and several masters were impressed by Lu Shanmin, a bucket of mortar is not light, and the masters who built the wall are standing on a one-person high frame, Lu Shanmin not only has to lift the mortar from the crane mouth inside, but also hold the sand ash bucket and put it on the shelf. Even the old workers who have been working on and off the construction site all year round have to stop and catch their breath after four or five trips. But in the morning, Lu Shanmin didn't take a minute off.

Don't underestimate the role of the coolie, the efficiency of the handyman is directly implicated in the progress of the project of the 'master', the work on the construction site is contracted by the contractor above, and then assigned to the head of each 'master', generally two or three masters are divided into one floor, if this floor is completed, you can immediately take another floor, which belongs to piecework, the more you do, the more money you make. It doesn't matter how capable the 'master' is, if he can't keep up with the chores, he will only stare dryly. Lu Shanmin's performance in the morning, one person can top two or three handymen, Chen Dali and several masters are very satisfied with him, even Luo Zhixuan, who is also a handyman, is also very happy, after all, he is sixty-two years old, and his physical strength is far less than before, with Lu Shanmin's joining, it is a lot easier.

At lunchtime, a dozen or so trolleys poured into the construction site, and the carts were filled with pots of poon choi, all of which were similar dishes, all potatoes and cabbage, as well as meat, but it took a few strokes to find the tiny shredded meat hidden under the cabbage leaves. These perennial vendors who specialize in cooking on construction sites push wheelbarrows all year round, and wherever there is a construction site, they push them to sell food.

One meat and one vegetarian ten pieces, two meat and two vegetarian fifteen pieces, Lu Shanmin asked for a meat and a vegetarian lunch, and everyone casually found a brick to sit down, and began to eat.

Luo Zhixuan sat next to Lu Shanmin, and said while eating: "Shanmin, it's good, I see that you don't have a lot of meat on you, and your strength is quite big."

"Hehe, Uncle Luo, I have been hunting in the mountains since I was a child and have practiced brute strength."

Luo Zhixuan chewed the shredded meat in his mouth, and a trace of bitterness appeared on his face, "If only my son were as capable as you."

Lu Shanmin looked at Luo Zhixuan in surprise, when he came, he was chatting in the car, knowing that his son was a college student, and now he had graduated from college and was working in a city in his hometown. His son is also a college student, how can he feel that he is not capable of doing it.

"Uncle Luo, how can I compare with your son, he is a college student, and I am just a mountain villager who has never seen the world."

Tasting tea, it was not until the tea master made the third brew of tea that Hu Weiyong, the convener of this meeting, came belatedly.

Gao Junfeng snorted dissatisfiedly, "Mr. Hu's time is really accurate, knowing that the third and fourth brewing tea is the best boutique, he will pinch it a little."

Hu Weiyong smiled apologetically, "The two of you have been waiting for a long time, I'm sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road just now, and I was delayed for a while."

Li Chuan took a faint puff of cigarette next to him, "Why didn't you say that there was a car accident."

Hu Weiyong laughed, sat down, and said: "Mr. Li is really joking, what good will it do you if I have a car accident." As he spoke, he took the tea cup lightly with three fingers, took a sip gently, and said with a smile: "I can't let Wang Dahu return to the original security fee."

Hearing Wang Dahu's name, Li Chuan and Gao Junfeng couldn't help but be angry on their faces.

Hu Weiyong quietly observed the expressions of the two, and said with a wry smile: "It's really unpredictable, people's hearts are not ancient, these days, the boss is still riding on the head by the part-time worker, this world, it's changed."

Gao Junfeng snorted coldly, "Do you just let that bastard slaughter you."

Hu Weiyong waved his hand at the beautiful tea master, and the tea master in a cheongsam smiled at the three of them, turned around and walked out of the private room.

Li Chuan glared at Gao Junfeng, "Your moonlight bar was originally Liu Qiang in charge of security, Wang Dahu offered you a low price, and you saw that the money was handed over to Wang Dahu, otherwise, he would have a chance to drive Liu Qiang away"?

Gao Junfeng slapped the tea cup in his hand on the tea table with a 'snap', "You mean to blame me, haven't the three of us all done this for so many years? Let them bid for each other, we fishermen will benefit, who knows that Wang Dahu's bastard is so cunning and insidious." After speaking, he continued to say angrily: "Liu Qiang was driven away from your rose bar, if you had found out earlier, you would not have made such an uncontrollable situation, in the final analysis, the culprit is you."

Li Chuan angrily pointed at Gao Junfeng's nose, "You raise tigers for trouble, and blame my chickens for not letting the tigers worry about it, which truth are you?"

Hu Weiyong turned the tea cup in his hand and looked at the two who were arguing with a smile.

"I mean, two, we're grasshoppers on the same rope now. ”

Gao Junfeng snorted coldly, "Who is on the same rope as you, I only know that we are old opponents for more than ten years."

Hu Weiyong smiled, "Businessmen, there are only eternal interests, how can there be eternal enemies."

Several of them are businessmen for decades, of course they know the truth, and they also hear a different meaning from Hu Weiyong's words.

Li Chuan glanced at Hu Weiyong, "Old Hu, we have known each other for more than ten years, and when we are summoned today, we don't just want to drink tea and chat."

Hu Weiyong took a sip of tea, "Everyone has been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, shouldn't we sit down and talk about our feelings?"

Gao Junfeng snorted coldly, "Take out an extra 110,000 yuan every month, no matter how good your feelings are, I don't recognize them."

Li Chuan also looked at Hu Weiyong with disdain and said: "Who doesn't know that you are an old fox, if you have something to say, those high-sounding words should be kept to deceive those ignorant chicks."

Hu Weiyong smiled: "Over the years, we have tacitly used the competition between Liu Qiang and Wang Dahu to ensure our own rich profits.

Gao Junfeng sneered, "It's so easy to say, there is a tiger on Minsheng West Road, how can you go back to the past, or go to a regular security company, but maybe it will be worse, the price of those security companies may be more expensive, not to mention that Wang Dahu will stop there?" He didn't dare to openly ask people to make trouble in the bar, but it was easy to make some small moves, not to mention whether it would affect the business of the bar, or whether the people from those regular security companies could gain a foothold on Minsheng West Road, they couldn't fight the gang of outlaws under Wang Dahu."

Li Chuan also had a look of indignation, "I have been fighting eagles all year round, but I was pecked by the eagles."

Hu Weiyong said with a smile: "Didn't you think that we would support another person to stand up and fight against Wang Dahu."

Gao Junfeng and Li Chuan's eyes lit up, why didn't they expect it, but then they frowned, "Now that Wang Dahu is in full swing on Minsheng West Road, who can compete with him?"

Hu Weiyong was relieved of the tea cup, smiled, and spit out three words: "Lu Shanmin".

Lu Shanmin didn't understand why Luo Zhixuan would compare himself, a mountain villager, with his college student son, in his eyes, the two were completely incomparable.

Luo Zhixuan smiled bitterly, "I still remember the day my son got the university admission letter, my mother-in-law and I were so happy that we didn't sleep all night, and the next day we bought two big baskets of paper money and firecrackers, and ran to the ancestral tomb to thank the ancestors for their protection.

Lu Shanmin understands that mood very well, when Bai Ling was admitted to university, the festive energy in the village was as good as it, and even Bai Fugui's snobbish eyes cried with joy.

"When my son was in college, I was full of energy, I felt like I was a teenager younger, I used to be an old smoker, I even quit smoking in those years, and I worked hard every day, just like you do now, moving bricks and sand ash barrels on the construction site during the day, and going to the small restaurant to serve food and wash dishes at night. To be honest, I didn't really feel tired at all."

Lu Shanmin looked at Luo Zhixuan in a daze, he used to be in the mountains, he grew up with his grandfather since he was a child, and he had a very vague concept of his father, and for him, it didn't make much difference whether he had a father or not. Listening to Luo Zhixuan's words, I couldn't help but feel a little touched in my heart, if my father was still alive, he should treat me like this.

"Uncle Luo, didn't you say that your son has graduated from college for several years? If you don't go back to your hometown to retire, why do you have to endure hardships on the construction site?"

Luo Zhixuan smiled: "I'm not afraid of being embarrassed to tell you, he just graduated from college for two years, and I didn't earn much, and now the salary is slowly rising, but the house price is rising more fiercely, where can he afford to buy a house with his salary, the girl now is different from us then, who wants to marry him without a house, can't marry a daughter-in-law, where can I go to hold my grandson." ”

Lu Shanmin has been hunting in the mountains since he was a child, and he has fought with fierce beasts a lot, and he has long cultivated a strong mind, and after listening to Luo Zhixuan's words, he actually has an urge to cry. blurted out: "You are a great father".

Luo Zhixuan put down the lunch box, got up and patted the dust on his buttocks, and smiled: "Parents all over the world are the same, great fart."

Li Chuan and Gao Junfeng looked at Hu Weiyong in amazement. "That barbecue kid who fought at the Rose Bar that night"?

Hu Weiyong nodded lightly.

Li Chuan frowned and fell into deep thought, Gao Junfeng shook his head and said, "Old Hu, this joke is too big."

Hu Weiyong looked at Li Chuan with a smile, Li Chuan pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "I think you can try."

Gao Junfeng looked at the two of them puzzled, "Just that kid, I heard that he is quite capable of fighting, but this kind of thing is not something that can be beaten, Wang Dahu is cunning and cunning, how can the stunned Qing who just came out of the ravine be his opponent."

Li Chuan smiled sheepishly, "If we fail, it's a big deal to maintain the status quo, anyway, we don't lose money, so why not try."

Hu Weiyong smiled and said to Gao Junfeng: "Lu Shanmin is a stunned young man, isn't there still us behind him"?

Gao Junfeng frowned, "As far as I know, that kid doesn't even want the security manager of the Rose Bar given by Wang Dahu, not to mention that Wang Dahu saved his life last time, and he has the grace to save his life, if you want him to cooperate with us to deal with Wang Dahu, I'm afraid it's impossible."

Li Chuan also thought of this problem, the two of them looked at Hu Weiyong in unison, with Hu Weiyong's style of doing things, since the two of them were summoned here, they naturally thought of countermeasures.

Hu Weiyong smiled, "First of all, I have to correct the preconceived misunderstanding in your mind, you think that the villagers in the mountains and fields are stupid, in fact, whether a person is stupid or not does not lie in his background, but only in the person himself." There are many cases of pheasants turning into phoenixes, and there are also cases of prodigies turning into injuries to Zhongyong. I had already seen that kid last night, with a spirit in his eyes, he was by no means a foolish person, his method of grilling and barbecue was old and spicy and flexible, as the saying goes, the mind is skillful, the hand is skillful, and he is naturally a person with a good heart."

Gao Junfeng patted his head, "Don't say these useless things, no matter how smart he is, it's useless if he doesn't have the heart to fight with Wang Dahu."

Hu Weiyong smiled, "You don't have to worry about this, the mountain people have their own tricks."