The Mirage Building, No. 366, Dongchang Road, with a brown exterior wall, is simple and atmospheric, starting from the 23rd floor, and the shape is similar to a bullet from a distance. The height of the 32nd floor is not conspicuous in the provincial capital, and it is not a superior geographical location outside the fourth ring road in the eastern suburbs, but it embodies the hard work of Long Xiaopeng for most of his life.

The third floor of the building is used as a mirage hotel room, five-star standard, the hall on the first floor is also very magnificently decorated, especially a golden elephant sculpture more than two meters high in the hall, and three handmade European-style leather sofas all reveal luxury......

Behind the hall is the restaurant, the second floor is rented to several companies for office, and the third floor is Long Xiaopeng's company headquarters, in addition to the office, some rooms are also reserved for the company's high-level management. The two-storey underground parking lot can basically meet the needs of parking......

On the right side of the building is a six-storey annex building, all of which are rented: the bottom shop is full of private dishes, and there are cinemas, KTVs, teahouses, gyms, and clothing stores above the second floor...... It has gradually become a good place for leisure and entertainment for people in the East District.

Mirage Real Estate is a busy scene, and the staff are busy with their work in a nervous and orderly manner. In the general manager's office, Long Xiaopeng explained something to his younger brother Long Xiaoyun, and Long Xiaoyun kept nodding......

Long Xiaopeng is in his early fifties, and he was also a fisherman in his early years. More than 10 years ago, I started as a construction worker, and later engaged in a construction team, with more than a dozen people, I insisted on making the construction team a real estate company, and it was not until 2047 that the Mirage Building was put into use that it was a little easier.

Long Xiaopeng has been working the construction site all year round, and the years have carved a face on his face. Long Xiaoyun is a few years younger than his brother, but he is thinner and darker, and he serves as the deputy general manager of the company, taking care of some specific matters, which worries Long Xiaopeng a lot.

Long Xiaopeng asked, "How do you feel about my second child?" Can you carry the work on the construction site? ”

Long Xiaoyun: "Mosquitoes, this kid is very hard-working, and he is happy on the construction site all day long, I feel that he can do it." ”

Long Xiaopeng shook his head: "It stands to reason that he should study for a few more years, and if he is blessed, he will not enjoy working on the construction site...... What do you want me to say? ”

Long Xiaoyun said with a teacup: "The child has plans to have children, it is okay if he doesn't want to study and go to the construction site to hone and hone, anyway, sooner or later he will have to take over your class, Long Yi is in the army, it is unlikely that he will come back to take over, and when will he suffer if he doesn't suffer when he is young?" Brother, don't worry...... I think this kid is okay......"

The house on the site has been built to the ninth floor, surrounded by a green safety net, and the crane is working tirelessly......

Long Wen was laying bricks with the workers, wearing a small gray felt hat, wearing a gray overalls and a pair of suede gray leather shoes, and wearing a pair of canvas gloves stained with mud on his hands.

A construction worker in his fifties was also laying bricks next to Long Wen, and the workers called him Gong Laoer. Gong Lao Er has been following Long Xiaopeng for some years, he is low-key, he is polite to everyone, he never says anything about putting on a shelf and making contradictions, and the work on the construction site is perfect.

Gong Lao Er said to Long Wen: "Mosquito, the progress is still very fast, and it won't be long before you can become a teacher." ”

Long Wen: "Yes, master! That's how well you taught......"

Gong Lao Er said: "You have to study hard, your father's mess will be handed over to you sooner or later, and you have to support the foundation that your father has worked so hard to lay." ”

Long Wen smiled and said: "I can't help it, it's not good to study, it's okay to ask me to do some rough work, but I can't manage such a big company......"

Gong Lao Er also likes Longwen a lot, and he is really willing to endure hardships. Gong Lao Er thinks that it is only a matter of time before people like Long Wen can achieve a career, and those who think they are smart are often mediocre all their lives because of lack of training, and are eventually submerged by history.

Gong Lao Er encouraged: "I can't count the apprentices I brought out of the master, you are the champion, you are not bad at understanding, who said that you have to study well to have a future?" God is fair, as long as everyone finds their own strengths, they will be useful......"

Long Wen nodded, it was rare for the master to say so much from the bottom of his heart, so he asked the master: "Your two sons?" ”

Gong Laoer: "Yes! One is in college in Shandong, the other is still in the second year of high school, and the study is not good at elementary school, I estimate that I will have to go home to farm after high school. ”

Long Wen smiled and said: "It's impossible to farm, it's also possible to take over your class and become a construction worker...... The economic pressure is not small! Master, now a college student spends nearly 100,000 yuan a year, right? ”

The master said, "That's for sure...... The family didn't save any money, and it was all spent on their two sons...... Your master doesn't have much ability, and when they graduate, they can only rely on themselves, Jackie Chan will become a snake and drill grass, and the master won't be able to do it for a few more years......"

Although Long Wen is not very old, he can understand the master's situation and silently lay bricks.

It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that the food delivery driver came in a van, and the car stopped at the base of the wall. The two of them moved a stainless steel bucket containing soup from the car and put it on a red and blue plastic sheet, dozens of white lunch boxes were filled with rice, and four stainless steel basins held vegetables, including stewed duck meat, soybean stewed pig's trotters, fried eggplant, and shredded potatoes.

The two people who delivered the meal made everything ready to call the team leader Hu Xingxiang, and after the phone was notified, they leaned in the car and took a nap.

Hu Xingxiang took a group of more than 30 grizzled workers out of the construction site......

The people did not wash their hands, but gargled their mouths with soup and brought their lunch boxes to eat. Long Wen opened a box for the master, handed over a pair of chopsticks, scooped some food by himself and carried it to the back of the van to eat.

Hu Xingxiang, who is in his thirties, said: "You give the boss's son a place...... I don't want to mix it up, I don't have any eyes! ”

Long Wen smiled and said with rice in his mouth: "It's okay, you can eat wherever you eat......"

The other said, "What's there! You see that people don't care, you have a good shot! ”

Hu Xingxiang smiled: "If you don't know how to make a fool of yourself, you can't be a mason for a lifetime like you?" ”

The person next to him laughed!

The man was sarcastic and displeased, and retorted, "Okay! I've been a mason all my life...... Your son's job is ...... I will be a director next year, and I will be a manager and a boss in two years...... See what you can ......."

Hu Xingxiang squinted his eyes and said, "That's for sure, be the boss!" Just be the boss and you off......"

The man continued to sarcastically say: "The dignified college students eat boxed lunches with us masons, and I have only seen you Hu Xingxiang, you look at the people who have graduated from college and are squatting in the office, oops! I see that your kid knew how to drink in college...... Now I regret it! ”

Hu Xingxiang nodded and said, "You are too smart, you know what I do in college, I think this lunch box is very good, and I don't need money...... Haha......"

Everyone didn't say anything anymore, they all ate their own meals, the environment was almost good, but the food was not bad.

Gong Lao Er said: "Today's pig's trotters are not stewed, and they are not as delicious as last time." ”

How many years have construction workers been working on dirty and tired construction sites. I also randomly found a brick as a stool for eating, and there was no place to take a nap at noon, and I was covered in dust after work. Day after day repeats the same life, there seems to be no end to it, and the social status is extremely low. On construction sites, there are generally men in their thirties or forties and fifties, and practitioners like Long Wen are indeed rare in his early twenties.

Long Wen had eaten, as usual, he went to the commissary not far away to buy two bottles of green tea and cigarettes, and when he returned to the construction site, Gong Lao Er laid some cardboard on the ground to prepare for a break, and Long Wen handed Gong Lao Er cigarettes......

Long Wen: "Take it, master...... I just bought cigarettes and brought you a box and drinks......"

Gong Lao Er took it in his trouser pocket and said, "I'll give you the money......"

Long Wen shook his head and said, "You're welcome, a few yuan ......"

Gong Lao Er said solemnly: "You can't do this, you can't make any money now...... We will do what we need to be as we should ...... How much? ”

Long Wen: "How can you say that you are also my master, and you are not allowed to pay tuition fees for apprenticeship?" Besides, it's just a few dollars......"

Long Wen hurriedly left Gong Lao Er to find the cardboard, and Gong Lao Er had no choice but to put the money back in his trouser pocket.

With a two-hour break at noon, the workers all found a place to rest, some sitting, some lying down, tired all morning to hurry up to adjust, and there was an afternoon of work to do, Long Wen quickly fell asleep......

After work, many of the construction workers left on electric vehicles, most of them rented houses, and less than ten were waiting for the van, that is, the van that delivered food, to go back to the staff dormitory.

Back in the staff dormitory, Long Wen took a basin and took a bath. Gong Lao Er sat on a chair and smoked a hookah, which was a hookah made of shells, which was said to be a bullet shell before liberation, but because of the age, it had lost the yellow color of copper and oxidized to black and brown.

The dormitory was suddenly full of smoke, and Gong Lao Er enjoyed that time the most, quietly feeling the aroma of tobacco, and then making a pot of tea, thinking about some parents.

Long Wen took a shower, changed his clothes, and turned on the computer to play games. Because there is a distance from the dormitory to the home in the provincial capital, I am too lazy to run, and I eat and live with the staff, and I am more free, so I don't have to listen to my mother's nagging.

Long Wen had just played the game for a few minutes, the mobile phone on the table rang, and he stretched out his head to see that it was a call from his mother Bai Dongmei, Long Wen took a deep breath and picked it up impatiently.

There are two people living in a dormitory, Gong Lao Er sleeps on the lower bunk, and Long Wen sleeps on the top bunk. After taking a bath, the master drank a pot of tea and fell asleep, snoring, after all, he was tired from a day's hard work.

Long Wen played with headphones for a few hours, turned off the computer to see if the time was not early, and walked out of the room towards the night market not far away, which looked very lonely from a distance, and was incompatible with the noisy atmosphere of the night market.

Long Wen left his comfortable life and gave up his studies. From the day I decided to go to work on the construction site, I was destined to choose loneliness, and my colleagues did not have peers, so there was no one to talk to.

To put it nicely, he's the boss's son, but in fact he does the same job as a bitter construction worker. Long Wen felt lost, but he also deeply understood that life is life, and there would be no change at all because of unhappiness.

Day after day, it is customary to eat supper alone. Long Wen hates loneliness the most, but there is no way to escape loneliness, everything lies in choice.