Jiangdu, Xie Xiaoke's hometown Taoyuan Village.

It's autumn and October, and it's the rice harvest season.

Rice in southern cities is divided into early, middle and late three seasons, ten years ago, every household did not go far, all stayed in the countryside, there were enough manpower, three seasons of rice will be planted, now there are basically only two seasons, some only plant one season or do not plant, of which the harvest time of late rice is October.

The scorching sun is in the sky, and there are several peasant uncles wearing straw hats working in the rice field, one of them is Xie Xiaoke's third uncle Xie Xiaoming, who raises geese for a living, and the rice at home is not much, only one season of late rice, harvested by one person, not in a hurry.

Jiangdu is a mountainous area, and the land is undulating, and the harvester cannot drive in, so it has always been harvested manually.

Xie Xiaoming and his son Xie Xiaodong were busy working, when suddenly someone next to them came over with a little fruit, stood on the ridge and shouted: "Xiaoming, I've been working all morning, and I won't rest for a while!"

Xie Xiaoming looked at the other party holding the fruit and said with a smile: "I also brought something!"

In this village, in addition to playing mahjong, chatting and bragging and joking is a good pastime.

Subsequently, Xie Xiaoming and Xie Xiaodong came to the ridge and chatted with the man.

This person's name is Huang Zhihu, a contractor foreman, who has been working on the construction site outside all the year round, and this time he came back to harvest rice and relax, but at the same time, there was no work on the construction site, and he was also very anxious.

Huang Zhihu has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and this time he came to Xie Xiaoming, the purpose is to ask him to contact Xie Xiaoke, because in the past few days, they have known that Xie Xiaoke is going to build Universal Studios, and the construction of the studio will definitely take a long time, so he wants to go to this project to do something.

"Here, eat some fruit, and ice water!"

Xie Xiaoming, Xie Xiaodong and father and son took the water and fruit, said thank you, and began to eat.

"Is the rice harvest at the tiger's house?" Xie Xiaoming said.

Huang Zhihu smiled: "No, isn't this something in my heart, and I haven't done it for the time being?"

Xie Xiaoming knew Huang Zhihu's character very well, and when he heard it, he knew that he was in a hurry and had nothing to do now, a person who often worked on construction sites, and he couldn't look down on this income in the countryside at all, and asked: "Are you still in a hurry and can't get a job?" I said that you have made so much money, and you don't want to rest at home, you always work so hard, and your body is gone?"

Huang Zhihu glared: "You don't know, my family is counting on me to make money, my daughter is going to high school soon, and the tuition and living expenses are much more than before, what if I don't make money?"

There are a lot of people like Huang Zhihu in the village, there is a man in the family who makes money and feeds a few people, and a woman who takes care of children, does housework, and lives an ordinary life, if this man falls, or makes too little money, he will embarrass the family, so everyone who has children at home, who is over 40 years old, is working hard to support his family.

Xie Xiaoming is also very hard to raise geese, although there are few rice plants, but instead he grows a lot of vegetables for geese to eat, labor safety has not declined, he earns a little more money than Huang Zhihu, a small package foreman, but compared with those big bag foremen, there is still a gap.

In short, in the countryside, once people are idle, there will be a strong sense of crisis, family expenses, children's school and other expenses one after another, unlike in the city, there are still some financial management, what loans, Huabei, Baitiao and other things, maybe some villages have, but there is no here, because their village does not have the Internet.

Even if there is, everyone will not borrow, people with more conservative ideas will not borrow money, bank loan conditions are also very harsh, basically can not be borrowed, living expenses except for their own hard work, there is no other way.

Xie Xiaoming took a meaningful sip of ice water and said: "You are just a daughter, what are you anxious about, my son is 21 years old this year, I am not in a hurry, I will almost get married in two years, and when the time comes, all this little money on me will basically be smashed in." ”

"Why isn't my daughter in a hurry? My daughter is even more anxious, after she gets married, who will support the two of us, how can I live when I get old if I don't save some money now, unlike you who have a son to prevent old age!"

"Raising children to prevent old age? It's a self-comforting word, there are a few people in the world who don't want to raise a daughter!" Xie Xiaoming is very opposed to this fallacy, if it weren't for the fact that his son would spend all his savings when he got married, there was no need to prevent old age at all.

The gossip was almost over, and Huang Zhihu began to get to the point: "It's also true, it's not easy, by the way, I heard that your eldest nephew has made a big move recently, and he wants to build Universal Studios in Songjiang District, Shencheng, do you know?"

Xie Xiaoming nodded: "I've really heard of this, what's wrong?"

"Can you please tell your nephew, I want to work on his side, this project is estimated to take a long time to build, if I can take a job on your nephew's construction site, it should be enough for me to earn!" Huang Zhihu pleaded with a smile.

When Xie Xiaoming heard it, he felt that it made sense, Xie Xiaoke built Universal Studios, and the whole project needed a lot of small package foremen, rather than looking for others, it was better to find your own acquaintances, and everyone would make money together!

But Universal Studios is not building a residential building, it doesn't mean that you can do it by pulling someone up, this point must be made clear, if Xie Xiaoke's project is delayed or the quality is unqualified because of taking care of the acquaintances in his village, this responsibility Xie Xiaoming, who is an uncle, can't afford it, he asked: "Universal Studios is not so simple, many of the construction projects in it are much more difficult than building residential buildings, I can only say ask if there is anything suitable for you!"

Huang Zhihu was grateful: "Then thank you in advance, go to my house for dinner in the evening!"

"Don't be so polite, are you all your own people, I can help as much as possible, and in the end, I still have to see the specific situation of Xie Xiaoke and his side!" Xie Xiaoming said.

"Xiaoming, don't postpone it, at 7 o'clock in the evening, I'll wait for you at home, ask Xiaodong to come over, it's decided, I'll go first!"

"Okay, then you're welcome!"

After Huang Zhihu left, Xie Xiaoming thought for a while, and said to Xie Xiaodong: "Xie Xiaoke is really changing now, he is mixed up outside, when will you learn from him, go to the big city to break through, don't stay in your hometown all the time!"

Xie Xiaodong is very envious of his cousin, but he doesn't like Xie Xiaoke's life: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and I like a more comfortable life!"

"You useless thing, no matter where you stay, before the end of the year, you must bring me a girlfriend home!" Xie Xiaoming said in a commanding tone.

After that, the two finished the rest of the farm work and went straight back.

After returning home, Xie Xiaoming called Xie Xiaofeng, and Xie Xiaofeng told Xie Xiaoke about it again.

Xie Xiaofeng's call to Xie Xiaoke's mobile phone was more than 7 o'clock in the evening, which happened to be the time when Xie Xiaoming and Xie Xiaodong were having dinner at Huang Zhihu's house.