I don't know where to start, but suddenly a new word appeared - migrant workers.

Far away from their relatives and hometowns, they come to coastal or developed areas to work to earn money to support their families, and they do manual work, some of which are even life-threatening.

In order to make money, no matter how hard and tiring the work is, they all choose to do it.

But some black-hearted bosses, just because most of this group are uneducated, and even some people don't even know how to write their own names.

Bullying these migrant workers without education, these black-hearted bosses have no conscience, desperately lower wages, and even arrears wages, and find various reasons to default.

Since there is no statutory contract, sometimes you can only suffer in silence.

Lao Cai, due to poor family conditions, is still doing manual work outside in his fifties, day and night, it can be said that all he earns is hard-earned money, and every penny is exchanged for sweat.

Recently, I called my family to say that my elderly father was in poor health and had been hospitalized for several days.

He wanted to go back, but he thought that his father was hospitalized and asked for money, and it was about to be the New Year.

He was a little anxious and a little irritable, but he endured it in his heart.

During the lunch period, I quietly found the boss, the boss's surname was Liu, and everyone called him Boss Liu.

"Boss Liu, do you have time?"

Lao Cai looked at the braised pork in Boss Liu's bowl, the big Chinese cigarette on the table, and secretly swallowed his saliva, although there is meat to eat every day, but the meat is really not eaten by people, I really miss the braised pork made by the old wife at home.

Boss Liu's mouth was full of oil, glanced at Lao Cai, nodded to Great China, took a beautiful sip, and then asked, "Lao Cai, is there something wrong?"

Lao Cai grinned, bent his waist a little subconsciously, and said: "Boss Liu, a few days ago, my hometown called, saying that my father was not in good health, was hospitalized, and needed some money, but he hadn't been paid for five months, and I had no money on me, so see if you can lend me some money!"

"Money?" Boss Liu smoked a cigarette, his face immediately changed, and he looked embarrassed: "Lao Cai, you are also an old man who has been with me for a long time, I haven't lost your money, right? ”

Lao Cai nodded again and again and said yes, the money is not less, why not say that the wage is less than ten or twenty yuan than others, this year is the salary is increased, but the salary is not on time, every time he says that the project money has not arrived, but he has money.

And this time it's even more outrageous, I didn't send it for five months, so I sent some living expenses, just enough to eat breakfast, sell some daily necessities or something.

Boss Liu continued: "I won't lose your money, but you don't need to ask all the time, I'm also very tight on funds now, you see myself, I'm eating at the construction site now." ”

Lao Cai looked embarrassed, he had no money, he couldn't send money home, and the old father at home was still waiting for treatment.

"Boss Liu, if you want to think of a way, even if I borrow it, don't do it more, just five thousand yuan, my father is really in the hospital and needs money urgently. ”

Boss Liu was unmoved, took a few puffs of cigarettes, then threw the cigarette butts on the ground, rubbed them repeatedly with his feet, frowned, and said, "Lao Cai, I really don't have any money, why don't you borrow some from others?"

Lao Cai's eyes were gloomy when he heard this, and there was an indescribable helplessness in his eyes, Boss Liu said that he had no money, and he had no choice, so he had to say: "Boss Liu, if you help me think of a way these days, I will also borrow from the workers." ”

Even if the workers want to help, there is no way to help, everyone is a boss, and they have not been paid wages for the same five months, who still has money in their pockets, and if they have bigger hands and feet, they still have to ask for money from their families.

Boss Liu waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, okay, I'll find a way, you go and do things." ”

Lao Cai left and left Boss Liu's office empty-handed, thinking about how to talk about it to his family.

originally thought that this matter would pass like this, but three days later, Lao Cai received a call from home again, saying that his father did not survive and asked him to go back to take care of his father's funeral quickly.

Lao Cai was suddenly stunned, and he didn't even react when the phone fell to the ground.

Suddenly hearing the bad news, Lao Cai's whole person seemed to be ten years old, and he suddenly squatted on the ground and howled loudly, it was really a howl.

The endless remorse in his heart, why he couldn't go back and take a look, why he couldn't get the money, and all kinds of self-blame made him heartbroken.

When the workers saw him like this, they immediately came over to care for him.

But Lao Cai didn't pay attention to anyone, just howled vigorously.

Suddenly, he asked where Boss Liu was.

Come to the top floor and find Boss Liu, who is supervising the work.

trotted over and grabbed Boss Liu's hand at once.

When Boss Liu saw it, he threw Lao Cai to the ground with a hard throw, and glared at Lao Cai: "Lao Cai, what are you doing, pulling and pulling, this is the construction site." ”

Lao Cai got up by himself, and he didn't care about the dust on his body.

"Boss Liu, my father is gone. ”

Boss Liu glanced at Lao Cai with a little disgust and said, "Your father is dead, what does it have to do with me, you just go home." ”

Lao Cai was a little anxious and said, "But I don't have any money, Boss Liu, can you give me my salary first, so that I can go back and bury my father." ”

Boss Liu refused: "Lao Cai, I told you a long time ago that I don't have money, how many times do you want me to say it before you believe it?"

Lao Cai will not be as good at talking as last time, he has already made up his mind in his heart, this time no matter what, he must get his salary, even if he dies, he must get his salary before he dies, otherwise he will not have the money to go home and bury his father. Not seeing the last side of the old man is already unfilial, if he can't let the old man settle down, then he should die.

"Boss Liu, you can't do this, my father is still lying in the hospital morgue, I have no money, how can I go back to bury his old man. ”

Boss Liu turned his face sideways, he didn't want to deal with Lao Cai, now he really has no money, and the money has been used by him to buy a house and a car. Now what he thinks about is to settle the bill at the end of the year, send some money to the workers first, and send it back.

Boss Liu was embarrassed: "Lao Cai, you have to understand me, I have said a long time ago, there will be no shortage of money, you can go back to take care of your father's funeral with peace of mind first." ”

As he spoke, he took out five hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lao Cai: "There are five hundred yuan here, and it is not from your salary, it is considered that I am the boss and pay tribute to your father." ”

Lao Cai looked at the five hundred yuan in Boss Liu's hand, his eyes were red, what can he do with five hundred yuan?

Nothing can be done.

Lao Cai didn't pick it up, but suddenly ran to the edge of the roof, glared at Boss Liu and said, "The surname Liu, if you don't pay me today, I will die in front of you, and you don't have to think about it." ”

This is the last move he thought of, threatening Boss Liu, which can be regarded as a helpless way.

When the other workers saw it, they immediately stepped forward to persuade them.

"Lao Cai, don't be stupid, come back quickly......"

“……”

Boss Liu suddenly pushed aside the crowd, walked up to Lao Cai and said: "Lao Cai, don't come to this set, you have the ability today, just jump down from here, I, Liu Laosan, have never been scared." ”

Lao Cai looked down, a house with more than ten floors, if he jumped, he basically couldn't live, if he wanted to jump, he really didn't dare to jump, but he was forced, there was no way.

"The surname Liu, give money, if you don't give me money, I'll jump. ”

Boss Liu looked at the hesitation between Lao Cai's eyebrows, and suddenly sneered, feeling that he was winning, and he was not afraid that Lao Cai would jump down: "If you are a man, then you jump down, the person who wants to threaten me has not yet been born." ”

Lao Cai's face changed dramatically, thinking of his father who was sick on the hospital bed and looking forward to his son coming home, thinking of the mother who was crying and fainting on the side of the bed, thinking of his wife, thinking of his children, two lines of turbid tears slowly flowed down, and his heart was dead.

If he can't get the money, what will he take back, he can't let his deceased father go to the ground for peace, he is a son of man in vain, what is the point of living.

"The surname is Liu, let me ask you one last time, do you have any money today?"

Boss Liu didn't care at all and said, "No." ”

Lao Cai's eyes were blank, and the corners of his mouth suddenly smiled: "It's a son of man in vain!"

Suddenly jumped and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes......

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