At the base of the wall of Sister Yi's house, on the stacked cement slate, Jiang Cong and the three of them sat casually, one holding an unwrapped ice cream in his hand, and was eating it slowly.

While eating, Peng Qiao, who was sitting in the middle, suddenly bumped the two of them with his shoulders and said softly, "Look over there." ”

Jiang Cong and Yuan Wei turned their heads to look at Peng Qiao together, and looked in the direction he nodded, and saw three beautiful figures at the entrance of the alley, walking slowly and gracefully.

They had been in this village for some days, and they often hung outside, except for the occasional girl at the counter in the commissary, all they saw were uncles and aunts, and it seemed that they had never seen a little girl......

But it's a pity that the three beautiful figures seem to have been married, because the three people have three children, one holding one and leading the other to push the cart.

Even so, it's better than seeing those aunts, and remembering that at noon, they were stopped and asked about settling down, and they felt a kind of commotion in their hearts, mainly because they thought it was funny.

In the process of wanting to see but not daring to look but always looking secretly, the three young women got closer and closer to them, so close that they felt weak in their hearts, and lowered their heads as if they were eating ice cream very seriously.

The young women, who were still talking softly, stopped talking when they came here, and did not speak again until they had passed by them, and when they had reached a certain distance, they suddenly turned back and looked at them with laughter.

At that time, they were also looking at their backs, so they quickly looked away, feeling very embarrassed.

When the young women disappeared from this end of the alley, they had eaten their ice cream unconsciously, and after sitting for a while, they went back to rubbing the tubes.

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The sun was so sloppy that it was about to be hidden by the roof, and Jiang Cong and the three of them sat on the stone slab again, eating ice cream and basking in the sun.

This will be the last time they will sit here today and bask in the sun.

Halfway through the ice cream, a crisp voice suddenly sounded: "Do you earn enough money every day to buy ice cream?"

What's going on? Someone came to the side without noticing!

The three of them turned their heads together, and they saw a young woman walking bently, holding a little boy who was not very neat in her hand, looking up at them, and the smile on her face looked very kind, mainly because the young woman was beautiful.

Faced with this question, they didn't know how to answer, and the other party was a stranger of the opposite sex, so they laughed together, but no one took the initiative to stand up and answer the question.

The young woman didn't seem to care if she could get an answer, she put a strand of hair hanging down behind her ear, smiled and said softly, "You can't make money by working like you." ”

It was even more difficult to take this remark, and none of them took the initiative to talk, only holding the ice cream together and laughing.

The young woman walked past them, and it was not until they were several meters away that they began to come back to their senses, and when they saw that the ice cream was melted by the warm sun, it was dripping one after another, and they quickly took a big sip......

Then they looked at the water stains dripping on the ground, and felt a pain in their hearts, this is all money, it is their hard-earned money......

It doesn't seem right to say this, because they have never paid their wages since they came to Hebei, and this ice cream is bought with their little old money!

Thinking of this, the three of them suddenly looked at each other, and then Peng Qiao asked in a daze, "How much money do you still have in your hands?"

Jiang Cong licked the ice cream and said directly: "314 yuan." ”

Yuan Wei didn't think about it, and the number came as soon as he opened his mouth: "333 yuan." ”

Peng Qiao sighed and said abruptly: "I have more than you, I have 507 yuan." ”

Yuan Weisan finished eating the ice cream in two bites, shook his head and said: "It's not okay to go on like this, anyway, I have to leave two hundred yuan for myself for the journey, and I can at least go home when I can't get it." ”

"yes, you have to leave a way out for yourself. Jiang Cong has a deep understanding of this, the first time he went out to study art, he couldn't stay and wanted to go home, and he had to panic and say that his arm hurt, and he pretended to be a one-armed man for several days, so he cheated the travel expenses......

"I also don't think it's okay to work here, as soon as I calculate the money I earn every day, I know that the three of them add up to barely more than ten yuan a day......" Peng Qiao sighed again, with a little self-reproach in his tone.

"It's not your fault, it's because we don't fight ourselves, those aunts can earn dozens a day!" Yuan Wei patted Peng Qiao's shoulder and comforted.

"Otherwise, let's work for two days seriously, and then calculate how much money we can earn?" Jiang Cong said hesitantly.

"Okay! That's it! Go, go back, go to work now, and strive to practice faster!" Yuan Wei was the oldest, and he did it when he thought of it, and immediately waved his hand in a very bossy manner, and took the lead in getting up and walking into the alley.

Jiang Cong and Peng Qiao looked at each other, and they both got up, as if they were full of energy, and walked back to the courtyard with high spirits.

For the next two or three hours, they never went out again, and rubbed the barrels very hard and seriously, although the results were still not very good.

"Three little brothers, see you tomorrow. The aunts on the other side left in groups, smiling and raising their hands to greet them before leaving.

"Bye-bye, see you tomorrow. The three teenagers nodded together, responded with a smile, and then continued to splash ink, tirelessly, making people like that...... Surprised!

Just when they were fighting alone, time passed in a hurry, and Sister Yi came back more than ten minutes later, and saw that they were still there in the small black room, with a deep surprise on her face, but she didn't say anything about it, but began to wash rice and vegetables, and prepare dinner.

Time passed in a hurry, and another twenty minutes passed, and the young owner hummed a small tune and trotted all the way back, looking very happy.

He ran straight into the main room, lingered in it for a few seconds, and then ran out again.

He was originally going to run out of the side door, but he had already rushed through the small black room, retreated, and then came to the door, looked at them and grinned: "It turns out that you are still rubbing, I thought you were playing in the back." ”

"You're back. Peng Qiao glanced up at the young owner, and said nonchalantly.

Jiang Cong and Yuan Wei also nodded at him, and the young owner smiled innocently, and entered the house like this, and then stood on the side and watched them rubbing the pipes, his eyes were very novel, as if he had never seen this scene.

It's already off work, you volunteer to work overtime, and the boss is on the side, stupidly watching you work, what kind of sensory experience is it?

When he noticed that the young owner seemed to be planning to stay like this, the three teenagers suddenly sighed together, and stopped one after another after finishing what they were doing.

"Let's not rub it, let's go, let's go play in the back." The young owner grinned again, happy like a child, and shook his right hand, quite a general's demeanor.