The east began to whiten, and the clouds became brighter and brighter in the otherwise dark sky. When the morning star fell its last rays, the sun shone red into the sky, and a beautiful morning came.

It's another autumn morning, and the air is in a dry bath but has the humidity of the morning, which is indescribably comfortable. After a long night's toil, our clothes were wet with sweat and dried from body temperature. So wet and dry, dry and wet. One night came and went, and went and went in this endless cycle.

It was already time to get off work, and I was standing under a faucet, washing my entire lower body with a strong current. Because the weather is already a little cold, otherwise, we usually use fire faucets to flush our whole body through.

There was a scratch on the calf, and when the water hit, the blood flowed down the calf.

"Lao Tie, you're bleeding!"

A co-worker reminded me. I don't actually call Lao Tie, my surname is Zhang, and they all call me Lao Zhang. Later, they found out that I could do so much work in a day. I changed my name to Iron Man, and then because I was not young, I slowly developed into an old iron. So in this wholesale market, no one knows Lao Zhang, but when it comes to Lao Tie, almost everyone knows - it's the guy who doesn't know how to say it. He worked two jobs a day, sometimes three. That's why people call him Iron Man. It's me now.

"You're swollen?"

I glanced at my accomplice's calves and then at the other co-workers. Almost all of us have wounds on our calves. Because of the special nature of the goods we are moving, we have to throw it on the car. This is because the height of the parking space is different. We are often scratched by the outer packaging of the goods, or hit by the body of the car. This is normal in our line of business. Therefore, everyone who does this line of work has injuries on their legs at several stations, either scratches or bumps. And often the old wounds are not healed, and new wounds are added. Because the cargo is heavy and the packaging container is very special, when a certain angle hits the calf, the pain at that time is considerable. We often hear "ahh Occasionally, when this voice is heard, our colleagues around us will look at each other and smile. When we heard that it was an acquaintance, we would laugh loudly in that direction, asking if the egg on the left or right was broken, which was why we screamed so loudly. We carry a minimum of 6,000 kilograms of cargo per person per night, and a maximum of more than 10,000 kilograms. We generally work from 2 a.m. until 8 a.m. Under normal circumstances, you can earn about 100 yuan a night. This kind of work is rarely done anymore. Only the kind of people who have no skills, are not afraid of hardship, and are not afraid of tiredness will do it. Of course, there are many types like me that I have to do because of the economic environment.

"Your daughter-in-law is here. ”

One of the workers pointed in one direction. I looked over in surprise and saw my daughter-in-law riding an electric car slowly coming in this direction. I stepped out from under the faucet, shook the drops of water off my feet, and bent down to lift the washed cloth shoes to meet my daughter-in-law.

"How did you get here to buy groceries?"

I saw my daughter-in-law's car covered with vegetables and meat.

"The food here is cheap. ”

My daughter-in-law smiled at me and replied, her eyes scrutinizing me. "I came over after dropping my daughter off at school - got up in the tail of the car and we went home. ”

I was stunned: "What about my bike?"

"I'll send you here in the evening, and then I'll go home. ”

I thought about it, anyway, even if the broken bicycle was thrown in the middle of the road, people wouldn't have to bother to pick it up. I'll leave it here and ride back tomorrow. So I straddled the back seat of the electric car with my shoes in one hand and wet with my bare feet. The daughter-in-law drove the locomotive and slowly drove out of the market.

"Did you drink last night?"

It was work time, and there was a lot of traffic and people on the road, and we almost stopped and go.

"Hmm. ”

I nodded.

"My daughter told me in the morning that I couldn't wake you up, and I knew you were drinking. ”

"Hmm. ”

I nodded again.

I couldn't see my daughter-in-law's face, and I heard her sigh softly. After a few minutes of silence, I heard my daughter-in-law's relaxed voice again: "Come back early from work, I won't be open tonight." Let's make something delicious. ”

"Hmm. ”

I nodded again, a smile on my face.