September 1st, fine.

It's the beginning of the school year again.

Li Jun sat on the brick stack of the construction site, holding his glasses with his hands, listening to the laughter of the students in the distance, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.

Half a year ago, he was still in the second year of high school in the county No. 1 middle school, and although his grades were not top-notch, they also maintained the upper middle level of the whole grade.

But I didn't expect that my father, Li Shunzhong, who had always been strong, was admitted to the county people's hospital because of a continuous fever, but he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which was tantamount to a bolt from the blue for the whole family.

In just half a month in the hospital, he spent all the savings of this rural family, and also borrowed more than 100,000 foreign debts, Li Shunzhong, who had lived in a small mountain village all his life, learned from a patient that stomach cancer was an incurable disease, so he drove dozens of miles back to the countryside overnight, no matter how Li Jun persuaded them, they insisted on not going to the hospital again.

However, even if he is recuperating at home, adding medicinal supplements and firewood, rice, oil and salt, the cost is not small, Li Shunzhong was originally the main labor force in the family, and his downfall made the already debt-ridden family economy even more difficult.

Li Jun's sister Li Chao has already been married, although she can help two or three thousand yuan a month, but she is still a drop in the bucket, and she can't make ends meet.

Seeing his father endure the pain and refuse to speak out, and his mother secretly wiping tears behind her back, Li Jun, who was full of pain and sourness, resolutely made the most important decision in his life:

Dropped out of school and went to work in the city.

Father and mother persuaded several times, and my sister Li Chao was even more bitter:

"Xiaojun, don't you always say that 'knowledge changes destiny'? Do you drop out of school like this, and you don't care about your future? Do you want to be a migrant worker for the rest of your life?"

"More important than my fate is my father's life. ”

From Li Jun's firm tone, the family knew that they couldn't shake his determination, so they had to let him go.

In this way, Li Jun came to Zhaoyang City, which was more than 100 kilometers away from home.

However, he has neither education nor technology, he is still a thin teenager, coupled with myopia of more than 500 degrees, he wants to find a job but runs into walls everywhere, and finally can only work as a coolie on this construction site under the introduction of his fellow villagers.

In addition to moving bricks every day, it is to pick sand and gravel, mix cement, and the hands and feet are full of blisters, which are broken and broken, broken and rising, and finally become a hard and thick cocoon, and I am so tired that I almost have no strength to climb into bed when I finish work.

Although it was full of hardships, thinking of his father who was sick in bed and his mother who was suffering with hardships, Li Jun gritted his teeth and persevered.

Another reason that enabled the boy to endure these sufferings was his chivalrous dreams.

Unlike most of his peers, who dream of being a star and an Internet celebrity, Li Jun's dream is to be a hero.

His biggest hobby is reading, especially martial arts novels, where the heroes and heroes are chivalrous and happy, which always makes the young man's blood boil and his heart is fascinated.

The heroes in the book all went through hardships, and finally they were able to practice peerless martial arts, and they were proud of the rivers and lakes from then on, so whenever they were about to hold on, Li Jun secretly encouraged himself:

To be like those heroes, no matter how hard and difficult it is, you have to bear it!

The change of such tempering to Li Jun is also obvious. When he first came to the construction site, he would have a hard time even lifting a bucket of thirty or forty pounds of ash, and now he can move twenty bricks at a time.

It turned out that the thin figure could already faintly see the muscles rising, and if he hadn't been frugal enough to lack enough nutrition, he would definitely be more robust.

In the scorching heat of the past few months, the sun was hot and poisonous, and there was no rest day on the construction site, working against the sun every day, Li Jun's whole body was tanned except for the parts covered by his pants, even if he was wearing glasses, he couldn't see that he was a sophomore in high school half a year ago.

Occasionally, when he has free time, Li Jun will miss his student days.

At that time, I was faced with kind teachers, simple classmates, clean classrooms, and neat books, compared to the current grumpy foremen, hard-working workers, dusty construction sites, and overwhelming mud, sand and masonry.

And in addition to studying, he can also enjoy swimming in the world of martial arts novels, and wander the rivers and lakes with those chivalrous heroes, fighting the world with swords, how chic and happy.

That time that was originally thought to be monotonous and boring, now it seems that it is so precious and unforgettable.

"Li Jun, don't dare to be lazy!"

A roar interrupted Li Jun's musings.

This is the voice of the foreman He Wei, and "Xibei" is equivalent to the contemptuous title of "little guy" in the Zhaoyang dialect.

Because Li Jun is thin and clumsy, He Wei has always looked at him unpleasantly, and he yelled and scolded him at every turn, either because he was weak and slow, or because he was sarcastic about wearing glasses and pretending to be Sven when he went to the construction site.

A few days ago, when He Wei was teasing the proprietress in the rice noodle shop, he happened to be bumped into by Li Jun on the spot, and the young man with a chivalrous dream naturally immediately shouted, which made He Wei hold a grudge, and out of revenge, this arranged for Li Jun to move 30,000 bricks within three days.

A brick weighs five catties, and 30,000 pieces are 75 tons. Not to mention a teenager like Li Jun, even the strongest man on the construction site could not move it in three days.

knew that He Wei was using his power to announce his personal grievances, but Li Jun could only silently accept this impossible task.

In the past two days, Li Jun began to move bricks as soon as he woke up in the morning, and only returned to the shed to rest when he was exhausted in the evening, and he has only moved more than 10,000 yuan now.

This is already the limit of physical fitness for a teenager who used to move 4,000 bricks a day.

"Isn't it impossible to move?" He Wei crossed his hands on his hips, shyly said with a beer belly, and said arrogantly, "Don't say that Uncle doesn't take care of you, as long as you kowtow to me in front of all the workers and admit your mistakes, Uncle will spare you this time." ”

"I can move. Li Jun stood up, "I'm not wrong. ”

"Dead ducks have hard beaks, see how long you can be tough. He Wei snorted coldly, "If I see that the bricks have not been moved when I come tomorrow, I will deduct your salary for ten days." ”

Ten days' salary is 1,000 yuan, which is not a small amount for Li Jun.

In order to send more money home, he almost eats two steamed buns and drinks a few bowls of boiled water at almost every meal, and only eats beef noodles once every half a month, which can be regarded as open meat.

If a thousand yuan was deducted under such a difficult situation, it would be even worse for Li Jun.

However, He Wei is the foreman, and Li Jun is just a small worker, and it is almost impossible and unrealistic to resist.

He had seen a former co-worker fired on the spot for refusing to comply with He Wei's work arrangement. If Li Jun resisted, in terms of He Wei's temper, it would definitely be the same result.

Li Jun also thought that he could be a teenager for a while, slap He Wei hard, and then slap his ass and leave.

But where will he go to work next? With his current situation, it is not easy to find a job that can earn 3,000 a month like he is now.

Even if you can find it, how long does it take from the interview, to waiting for the notice, to the job, to the salary?

Besides, the salary in August has not been paid yet, and if he falls out with He Wei, he will definitely not want to get a penny.

This is my father's life-saving money.

Looking at He Weiyang's long back, Li Jun gritted his teeth, chewed and swallowed the injustice of reality into his stomach, rubbed his sore shoulders, and began to lift bricks.

Although it is past the height of summer, the power of the autumn tiger is not to be underestimated, it can barely bear it in the morning, and after noon, the sun becomes especially vicious.

The high temperature of nearly 40 degrees made many people dare to hide in the shed to rest, but Li Jun withstood the heat wave of the fire, carrying more than 100 pounds of bricks each time, from the brick stack to the tower crane, back and forth.

His hair was as wet as if he had been washed, and sweat was flowing down from his forehead in large drops, seeping into his eye sockets from time to time, stabbing him so much that he could barely open his eyes, and his whole body was scorching from the scorching sun.

There were several times when Li Jun thought that he couldn't hold on, but when he thought of his father and mother in his hometown, he didn't dare to fall, let alone fall!

During this period, some well-meaning workers came to persuade me:

"Xiao Li, let me help you move a little. ”

"You can't resist Lao He, go buy him a cigarette to make amends. ”

"Xiao Li, go and take a rest, you won't be able to bear it like this. ”

were all rejected by Li Jun one by one: "It's okay, I can bear it." ”

Be like those heroes.

Bearable, carry.

I can't bear it, I can't carry it!

In this way, Li Jun used his will to fight against the scorching sun, the pain of his body, and the ordeal of fate.

After a whole day of endless brick moving, the young man's already dark skin was tanned and reddened, and even his pants were covered with large patches of white sweat.

Thankfully, as the sun went down, the temperature finally slowly dropped and there was a hint of coolness in the breeze.

The workers have already gone back to rest, the exhausted Li Jun leaned his back against the cement bag, wiped his sweat, drank water, looked at the hill-like brick stacks in front of him, it looked like he was almost halfway there, even if he didn't sleep and moved overnight today, it was impossible to finish moving, was it really going to be deducted a thousand yuan? Is this the price of being a hero?

At this moment, a voice came from Li Jun's head:

"Boy. ”

It's an unfamiliar voice.

And Li Jun can be sure that this voice is not heard from his ears, but directly from his head.

Looking around, there was sand and masonry all around, and no one existed at all.

"Don't look around, I'm right in front of you. ”

Li Jun looked at the mountains of bricks in front of him.

"A little bit down. ”

The evening light had begun to dim slightly. Li Jun pushed his glasses, moved his gaze down slightly, and finally saw that something seemed to be shining slightly in the dust in front of the brick stack.

He walked over and picked it up, and when he saw it, it was a small golden ball, made of non-iron and wood, and he didn't know what it was made of.

Li Jun asked tentatively: "Is that you talking to me?"

"I'm not talking, I'm using my divine sense to communicate with you. ”

"Divine Sense Communication?" Li Jun seemed to be shocked, he solemnly picked up the ball, and suddenly stepped forward and shouted, "Don't pretend, Da Niu, come out quickly!"

There was silence in my mind for a long time, and then the voice came coldly:

"It's not a walkie-talkie, and I'm not your co-worker. ”

Li Jun asked curtly, "Then who are you?"

"I am an immortal. ”