"Can you give me a cigarette?" Meng Liang asked.

Shi Jian didn't speak, took out a cigarette and handed it over, and then helped him light it, Meng Liang took a puff faintly, and began to slowly tell Shi Ji his story.

He was born in an ordinary peasant family in Jiaodong, but because apples are grown locally, the living conditions are still good, Meng Liang also has a younger sister, and the family of four is very happy.

When Meng Liang was eighteen years old, his father was in a car accident and unfortunately passed away, and the burden of the family fell on Meng Liang's mother.

Not going to college was a regret in Meng Liang's life, so he pinned all his hopes on his sister Meng Xue, and the little girl was also angry, and was admitted to Beijing University last year with the highest score in the city.

When talking about his sister, Meng Liang's face was full of smiles, which made Shi Ji want to meet his sister.

Because Meng Xue was admitted to Beijing University, Meng Liang was not worried about her, so he planned to come to the capital to work and take care of her, but he couldn't let go of his mother, but the old man had already guessed his thoughts, knowing his son Mo Ruo's mother, the old man told Meng Liang that she had no problem at home, so he could rest assured that he would go to the capital.

So Meng Liang came to the capital with Meng Xue two days before school started, Meng Xue went to school, and Meng Liang wanted to find a career in the capital to take care of Meng Xue.

But the reality is diametrically opposed to what is imagined, it is not easy to find a job, but fortunately, Meng Liang can endure hardships, he did a hard job on a construction site, usually works on the construction site, and when he has time, he goes to school to find Meng Xue and takes her out for a good meal, he knows that his sister must be reluctant to eat and wear in order to save money, although it is hard, but it is not bad.

And Meng Xue is also sensible, she didn't go home during the winter vacation, and she also found a temporary winter vacation job to earn tuition for the next semester.

It wasn't until the Chinese New Year that the two brothers and sisters went home to accompany their old mother for the New Year, and returned to the capital to continue working on the fifth day of the new year

Due to the bad economic situation this year, Meng Liang's construction site has not paid wages for a long time, and it is almost the New Year, if he can't get the money back, then he can't pass this year, so Meng Liang and several representatives of migrant workers went to the boss of the contractor to talk about wages, but they just said that there was no money and they didn't give it.

Eating delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, saying that there is no money, who believes it, there is no way, a few people can only follow the boss of the contractor, urging him to give money, but this guy was impatient to find a few hooligans to beat them, several representatives of migrant workers were injured, this matter did not know how to be known by Meng Liang's old mother, not worried about her son, actually ran all the way to the capital to find the boss theory of the contractor, but that group of people is not a good man and a woman, after a hurry, he pushed the old lady, due to the slippery road in winter, the old lady fell down directly, And he also fell on the head.

Originally, his health was not good, and he passed directly after such a fall, and the boss of the contractor sent the old lady to the hospital, but he didn't care anymore, how could Meng Liang have the money to treat the old lady, so he went to the boss every day to ask for money, but people still didn't give it

There was no way, he thought of a way to take the law, but people were rich and powerful, so he found two people and settled Meng Liang, Meng Liang felt what it meant to be desperate at this time, and he had no choice but to ask the boss, so that he would not give money, and finally Meng Liang knelt down for him, but it was still useless.

The old lady's situation in the hospital is getting worse day by day, and Meng Liang has no money to pay the medical and hospitalization fees, and in the end, the ruthless hospital directly cut off the medicine, and the old lady left without holding on until the New Year.

When Meng Liang said this, he was already in tears, asked Shi Jian for a cigarette, took two puffs, and continued to tell him.

Meng Liang didn't even have the money to cremate the old lady, but fortunately, the workers were benevolent, although they didn't have any money, they still had enough money for the cremation.

After the cremation of the old lady, it was also the New Year, and those people on the construction site did not go home this year but spent it at the door of the boss's house, but the money still did not come out.

Shi Jian clenched his fists tightly after hearing this, he couldn't imagine that there were such scumbags in this society, so he lit a cigarette and took a few puffs hard, and the anger in his heart went down a lot.

In this way, Meng Liang and they have been in trouble until now, and in the end, it may be that the boss was annoyed by them, and gave them some money to send them away, but the little money given is not enough for wages at all, just like sending them to ask for food.

"There is no fairness in this world, but there are more awesome people who gradually have the so-called fairness," Meng Liang took a deep breath of cigarette and said something very philosophical.

"Do you have any plans to go back to the capital?" asked Shi Ji.

"Of course, when I come back this time, I just let the old lady go to the ground, and I still have to go back to the capital, I don't believe that I can't tell that brute" Meng Liang threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground and crushed it with his foot.

"Okay, you give me your phone number, I'll do something in Penglai, and I'll look for you when I return to the capital after finishing my errands, maybe I can help you," Shi Ji said.

He had the heart to help this simple Jiaodong man, although Meng Liang didn't believe that Shi Ji could help settle his affairs, but he still gave Shi Ji the phone number out of the attitude of making friends.

The two chatted in the smoking area for a while before returning to their seats, Shi Jian closed his eyes, but he couldn't sleep anyway, his mind was full of these things that Meng Liang told him, if he wanted not to be bullied, he could only stand on the heads of those who liked to bully

The car finally arrived at Penglai Station, and Meng Liang, who was carrying a large bag and a small bag, had to invite Shi Ji to his house, but Shi Ji declined, after all, he didn't really have to come to visit the mountains and rivers, and told him to call him after returning to the capital, and then separated from him.

Shi Jian didn't rush to find the dragon soul, but came to the hotel where he stayed with Sakurako last time and booked a room, lying on the bed thinking about the bits and pieces when he was with Sakurako, and laughed unconsciously, he found that the silly girl of that island country had a place in his heart, and he didn't know if this kind of transnational love was right.

Shook his head fiercely, threw out these ridiculous ideas, because he had been in the car for more than ten or twenty hours, he didn't eat well, and now his stomach was protesting, so he called the front desk of the hotel and asked them to help send a few bowls of Penglai noodles and began to eat.

After eating, I lay on the big bed in the hotel and brewed sleep, but I unconsciously remembered the scene when I slept in a separate bed with Sakura, or someone slept on the sofa, and I smiled when I thought about Shi Ji.