After the holiday, I asked Cheng Jiahui and Li Haoyu to work in the brick factory, and Cheng Shaojie said that the work in the brick factory was too heavy for them to bear. Li Haoyu, the first romance player, had never done this kind of work, and when he heard that he was going to burn bricks, he thought it would be fun, and shouted happily that he wanted to go. But after only working for half a day, he shouted that he was too tired to quit, and I didn't agree to insist that he continue to work in the brick factory. After eating at noon and resting for more than an hour, Li Haoyu hummed and didn't want to go out, and her mother-in-law said when she saw this: "If you don't want to go, forget it, and don't point to them to earn this money, just do your homework at home."

I said with a calm face: "No, I won't go after working for a long time, what can I do after I can't bear this hardship?" Gotta go".

Cheng Jiahui didn't say anything superfluous, picked up his clothes and said "go" to Li Haoyu and went out first, Li Haoyu was reluctant to see this, so he could only follow.

Li Haoyu came back at night and shouted "tired to death, tired to death" as soon as he entered the door, and lay down on the sofa without moving, I looked at him and Cheng Jiahui and went to the bedroom to take out their change of clothes and put them on the sofa.

Cheng Jiahui looked very tired, but he quietly went to take a shower and changed his clothes, and let Li Haoyu go in to take a bath, Li Haoyu lay on the sofa and didn't want to move, Cheng Jiahui stretched out his feet and rubbed on him and said, "Go take a bath, it's comfortable after changing clothes."

Li Haoyu reluctantly got up to take a bath, I put the tea on the table in the yard, at this time the sun had set, the heat had gradually dissipated, and there was already a trace of coolness in the wind. Watching Cheng Jiahui sit down and drink tea silently in a very manly manner, I feel that as soon as he returns to this home, there is an indescribable gloomy atmosphere, rarely talking and rarely smiling, not as relaxed as when he was at my house, and sometimes a little childish. He speaks a lot in this family, and his attitude can be said to be a bit bad when he speaks, and everyone in the family, including Cheng Shaojie, is very suspicious of him. I'm not sure if it's their family and his communication habits or if there's something else going on.

I asked Cheng Jiahui, who had not spoken, "Are you tired?" ”

"Oh, it's a little tired, we do the same work as the workers, and the speed of work is about the same," Cheng Jiahui nodded and said.

"Can you still hold on?" I asked, looking at his expression.

A smile appeared on the corner of Cheng Jiahui's mouth and said, "I'm okay, Li Haoyu may be a little struggling."

"Then follow it for a few more days, Li Haoyu is hard-working, has poor spirit, has no perseverance to do things, you have also seen, as long as he encounters problems when studying, he wants to bypass and is unwilling to use his brain," I said.

Cheng Jiahui lowered his head and smiled slightly: "Then let's work for a few more days, but it can't make him too tired, he has never done such hard work before, in fact, he is not lazy in his work, but he has no stamina."

"Endurance is exercised, and it is impossible to refine endurance when you encounter difficulties" I sighed slightly and said, although I have complained a lot about Li Haoyu over the years, I have not bothered to do anything to temper his willpower training. I have never known what I should do, the experience of the parents of those successful children in the godson book is all on paper for me, I have never felt that it can be useful to Li Haoyu, and I have not used it according to the cat and the tiger, and it is not unreasonable for Li Qiutong to complain that I am not attentive to Li Haoyu.

"I will take Li Haoyu and I will persevere, don't worry," Cheng Jia looked at me and smiled and said.

I laughed and sat here talking to him about Li Haoyu as if he was also Li Haoyu's parent or teacher. Seeing his relaxed expression, I asked in a casual tone, "Have you ever done such heavy physical work before?" I see that your grandfather and grandmother love you very much, and they won't let you do such heavy work, right? ”

Cheng Jiahui immediately lowered his face and whispered: "I am willing to do it myself", and then stopped talking.

I sensed that he had something in mind, and he didn't want to say it, and I didn't ask any more. We just sat quietly, listening to the sound of the Yuxi River flowing by, and felt the coolness in the wind getting heavier and heavier.

Waiting for Cheng Shaojie and his father-in-law to come back from the field, the family gathered around the table and began to eat dinner. When Li Haoyu heard that he would have to work for a few more days, he immediately shouted and resolutely opposed it. I said, "Those workers who work have to work like this every day to support their families, and you don't want to do it after only one day, no!" ”

Li Haoyu retorted: "I'm not a worker, and I don't have to support my family, why should I work so hard?" ”

I turned my face back and asked, "You're never going to grow up?" Will you never have to feed your family? ”

"There are many ways to support my family, anyway, I won't go to the brick factory to do such physical work in the future," Li Haoyu stared at me unconvinced.

"What do you think you can do?" I asked.

Li Haoyu knew what I meant, but he didn't lose his temper this time because I talked about his academic performance again, but he still forced: "Anyway, I won't go to the brick factory to be a worker."

My mother-in-law came out with the cut watermelon, and when she saw me and Li Haoyu arguing, she said, "If he doesn't want to do it, don't do it, and he won't rely on his strength to eat in the future."

I said with a calm face: "Isn't it only the children of peasants and migrant workers who rely on their strength to eat, and our children will not rely on their bodies to eat?" If he really eats with his own body in the future, there is no shame, but I am afraid that he has no real ability to be a white-collar worker, and he doesn't want to make a living only by cheating! ”

"Hey, can you think better, you're still not my own mother?" Li Haoyu threw the melon peel in his hand on the table, stood up angrily, turned around and walked out of the yard.

Cheng Jiahui also stood up and looked at me and said, "Auntie, what you said is too serious, Li Haoyu has a strong self-esteem" After speaking, he followed out of the courtyard unhurriedly.

Watching Li Haoyu leave angrily, I knew that what I was saying was heavy, but I felt that I was telling the truth.

I reached out and touched Li Haoyu's head to apologize to him, he turned his head to the side and ignored me, buried his head and continued to do his homework, I put my hand on his back and scratched his back for him, he no longer avoided my hand, which was considered to recognize my apology. Cheng Jiahui has been immersed in his homework, as if he didn't watch our intimate movements, but the pen for writing was a little sluggish.

I heard my mother-in-law muttering to Cheng Shaojie about the quarrel between me and Li Haoyu, but Cheng Shaojie didn't mention it when he went to bed at night, just said that the wheat in the field was all harvested, and he would go to the brick factory tomorrow to have a look.

"Although Zhu Yuguo is a bit stubborn, he is reassuring," Cheng Shaojie said.

"You go tomorrow to buy some meat, go over to improve the food for the workers, I heard Cheng Jiahui say that the work is very tiring. In the future, let Cheng Jiahui and Li Haoyu eat and rest in the factory at noon, go later in the morning, and spare more time to memorize English, so that you can't delay too much study time because of work," I said.

Cheng Shaojie smiled and said: "Zhu Yuguo said in front of me that you are not easy to get close to, and you don't like to say nice things, but you are reasonable and kind-hearted."

I turned off the light, pulled a thin quilt over my body and said, "The brick factory is so profitable, what is it to treat those who work hard!" ”

There is a cool night breeze blowing in from the window, in this hot July, I like this village near the mountains and water, I can feel the cool breeze sent directly from the mountains not far away, and it also contains the fresh fragrance of flowers in the mountains.

Cheng Shaojie stretched out his hand to my body, I closed my eyes slightly and said, "Aren't you tired after a day's work?" ”

He took me into his arms and said vaguely: "I'm not tired, I feel very good when I think about you at home when I work, your skin is so white and smooth."

What he did was not bad, I just sighed softly in my heart, he was just Cheng Shaojie after all.

After working in the brick factory for more than ten days, Li Haoyu no longer shouted that he was tired, the amount of food increased greatly, and he felt that he also had some muscle strength, and when he came out of the shower, I patted his arm and said: "Ho, the young man is good, a little muscular!" ”

He proudly raised his arm and made a muscle-flexing bodybuilding movement and said, "I'm a macho man now," and stretched out his arm to wrap his arms around my shoulders and said, "How is it?" I'm energetic! ”

I smiled: "It's a little harder than before, do you still want to do it?" If you don't want to do it, you won't go, you will have to spend more time on your studies."

Li Haoyu said disapprenously: "It's okay, our fake homework has been completed, and Cheng Jiahui is preparing for the second year of high school."

I looked at him sideways: "What about you?" ”

"When he learns to sue me," Li Haoyu said as a matter of course.

Seeing that I looked at him disapprehantly, he turned my body and said to him seriously: "Mom, Cheng Jiahui and I want to get a place for the workers in the brick factory to take a bath, but they don't even have a place to take a bath after a day's work." We saw them sometimes bathing in cold water at the well. Cheng Jiahui said that when they were young, when they didn't have an electric heater, they put the water in a bucket in the morning in the summer and dried it for a day, and the water was hot when they took a shower in the afternoon. ”

I looked at Cheng Jiahui, who was sitting at the table eating watermelon, and said, "Since you have discussed, what are you going to do?" ”

Cheng Jiahui finished eating the melon in his hand and put the melon peel on the table, and said unhurriedly: "Let's make the simple kind, there are many people in the brick factory, it is inconvenient to buy a water heater, and if there is no one to manage it, they can easily break it." The electric water heater we used to boil water in our school accommodation was often broken and discarded if it was not repaired in time. To make it simple, just put a few large buckets on the roof of the workers' dormitory, fill the water every morning, and heat it in the afternoon, so that several people can wash it at the same time, and it is simple and not easy to break."

I nodded and said, "Yes, common things just break down quickly, because everyone doesn't know how to cherish them, okay, now we don't talk about that problem, it's complicated to talk about the reasons." Since you have decided to do something simple, you will see how to make it strong and durable, and if you do it well, you will not have to suffer for such a long time in vain. If you can endure hardships, be sympathetic to those who endure hardships, respect their hardships, and tolerate their shortcomings, you will grow up and mature."