"Yo, big sister, how did you get here? Come and sit at home with me. ”

Kong Mingying and Yu Mingyue crossed the small single-plank bridge and were about to leave, but they happened to meet Kong Mingzhong, who had just returned from the field with a hoe. Kong Mingzhong of the big house is the eldest grandson of the old landlord Kong, and Kong Mingying of the second room is the eldest granddaughter of the old landlord Kong, but she is four years younger than Kong Mingzhong.

When Kong Mingying saw her lobby brother, she was also busy smiling and said, "Yo, big brother, why did you just come back from work in the field at this time." I came to find this kid Pu Xiaoqiang for something, he is not at home, and I am about to go back. "Kong Mingzhong's house is back to the Bend Society, a few hundred meters away from this place, so when I met him here and was walking in the direction of his house, Kong Mingying asked.

Listening to Kong Mingying say that he was looking for Pu Xiaoqiang, Kong Mingzhong was a little strange, and after asking carefully, he heard Kong Mingying say that he wanted to hire Pu Xiaoqiang to be a "long-term worker" at home, Kong Mingzhong was very happy.

"Alas, eldest sister, it's a good thing for you to do this, although Xiaoqiang doesn't like to talk, but he is a loyal and diligent good boy, if your family can really hire him for a long time, let alone pay him, it is to give him a full meal every day, so that he can grow up, that is a great good deed that can be praised by everyone in the village."

It's no wonder that Kong Mingzhong recommended Pu Xiaoqiang so much, although Kong Mingzhong is now sixty-two, but he is the captain of the production team of the Huiwan Society, and the small difficult households in the production team can solve the problem of eating, Kong Mingzhong is very happy in his heart.

Over the years, Kong Mingzhong, who has always been good-hearted, has not served a bowl of rice, or sent some rice to help Pu Xiaoqiang, at this time Kong Mingzhong is not bragging about how good Pu Xiaoqiang is, although Pu Xiaoqiang does not care about people and has few words, but he is really a quick boy, who gives him a meal on weekdays, on the same day or the next day, he will take the initiative to go to other people's fields to help with the work, and tell him to do something, he will definitely not be lazy.

In fact, even if he doesn't meet Kong Mingzhong here, Kong Mingying, who has always been stable in his work, will go to Kong Mingzhong to talk about it, since he met Kong Mingzhong at this time, Kong Mingying directly told Kong Mingzhong about the conditions that her family can give, so that people who don't know why think that her family is taking advantage of the little orphan, and then spread some ugly rumors.

Take three meals and two dollars a day. This condition was agreed upon by Yu Mingyue and Yu Mingyue when Kong Mingying was on the road.

In the countryside these years, although there is no precedent for anyone to hire a worker, people in the countryside know that an adult laborer is tired and tired in the fields all year round, and the output of a family is converted into money, and there can be four or five yuan of wages a day.

Looking at Kong Mingzhong's meaning, he had already helped Pu Xiaoqiang get an idea and agreed to this matter.

It's no wonder that Kong Mingzhong is so confident, not to mention how generous the salary given by Kong Mingying is, all the members of Huiwan Village also know that Pu Xiaoqiang has listened to Kong Mingzhong's words the most for so many years, first, Kong Mingzhong is the best one for Pu Xiaoqiang, and second, Kong Mingzhong is the head of Huiwan Society, so he has the responsibility and right to implement the way out of the small difficult households of the Society.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Yu Mingyue's family was still washing vegetables by the ditch next to the highway, and Kong Mingzhong brought Pu Xiaoqiang, who was wearing shabby but clean clothes.

In this regard, Kong Mingzhong is very experienced to talk about, when he was young, it was not uncommon to see others leading long-term workers or selling the body workers to his house for "interviews", in Kong Mingzhong's experience, whether it is a long-term worker or a contract worker, the first time you go to the master's house to meet the master, no matter how worn you are, it doesn't matter, the key is to see people neat and unfavorable, and the spirit is not spiritual.

Yu Mingyue was not at the ditch at the time, and Kong Mingying was also cooking at home, but after Kong Mingying and Yu Mingyue's hired workers came back the day before, they had already told the two men about hiring Pu Xiaoqiang to work at home, and Yu Tianzhou and Yu Zhiqing did not object to this. Two yuan a day for three meals, with his family's current economic ability, it is affordable, and the two of them also want to reduce Yu Mingyue's burden because of this, after all, children should be the time to do whatever work and have fun.

Yu Tianzhou immediately beckoned Kong Mingzhong to sit at home, and asked Pu Xiaoqiang to go home first and stay there, and then tell him what work he should do every day later.

Pu Xiaoqiang didn't like to talk, so he only answered softly, but he didn't follow Yu Tianyi to run home, but directly took off his pair of rubber shoes with a few holes open and so old that he couldn't see the color, and then went down to the ditch and followed everyone to wash vegetables.

Caiyun Village is not big, Yu Zhiqing has also heard people say that Pu Xiaoqiang is simple but diligent over the years, at this time, Yu Zhiqing is also happy in his heart, he did not persuade Pu Xiaoqiang to go back, but smiled at Pu Xiaoqiang cordially, and after seeing that Pu Xiaoqiang also smiled back to him shyly, Yu Zhiqing was a little more full of Pu Xiaoqiang.

Kong Mingying went to the village to hire workers in the afternoon the day before, and she directly killed the two families she thought could hire people, so although there were more than a dozen villagers who came to sell vegetables and help wash vegetables, no one knew why this Pu Xiaoqiang suddenly appeared here, and some people were curious at the moment.

The first person who couldn't help but be curious was Wang Wenying, the mother-in-law of Chen Qingyong's family, who went directly to Yu Zhiqing, who was also standing in the ditch.

"Hey, Yu Laobiao, is there something wrong with this Daddy Kong bringing Xiaoqiang from their club to your house?" Wang Wenying's voice was not loud, but the dozen or so people present still heard it, and for a while, more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at Yu Zhiqing.

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that the family has been a little busy lately, so my mother went to invite Xiaoqiang to my house yesterday to help for a while." The matter of hiring people can't be hidden from the villagers, but Yu Zhiqing doesn't plan to say too much.

"Oh, Yu Laobiao, your family is now employed." Wang Wenying seemed to have heard a lot of strange news, and after exclaiming, he continued to inquire with a gossipy face: "Yu Laobiao, is your family going to hire him as a long-term or short-term worker?" How is this salary paid? ”

Since the liberation, no one has hired a worker in the ten miles and eight townships near Caiyun Village, and this Wang Wenying's understanding of the matter of hiring workers is still listening to the old people in the village talk about the old things about the hired workers of the landlords and rich households before the liberation, and at this time he asked such a question self-righteously, and Yu Zhiqing didn't know how to answer for a while.

Yu Zhiqing also secretly thought in his heart, he was completely in favor of hiring people, Wang Changzheng's family and Liu Xuegao in the village were hired temporary workers, and he heard his daughter Xiaoyue talk about it, but this long-term hired Pu Xiaoqiang to come to the house to do some housework, what is the appropriate name? Anyway, what is the name of long-term and short-term work, Yu Zhiqing instinctively disgusted from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want others to treat his family as some kind of landlord and old wealth.

Not only Yu Zhiqing was a little stunned, but most of the people present also muttered in their hearts when they heard about the long and short work at this time.

When no one spoke, Wang Wenying, who was originally asking, suddenly looked clear, and said with a self-righteous smile: "Oh, look at my stupid brain, I thought about it just now." How can I say that Pu Xiaoqiang is only a child now, how can he do any work. Yu Laobiao, your family hired him, and your family is kind and pity him, giving him two full meals every day so that he can become an adult, which is a great good deed."

What is this called? Yu Zhiqing frowned, and was about to explain a thing or two, but Kong Xiaolan suddenly interrupted Wang Wenying's words next to him.

"Second Sister Wang, what are you talking about?" Kong Xiaolan has always been a pungent person, and she has never had a good impression of this Wang Wenying, and after glaring at Wang Wenying, who was unhappy, she snorted lightly: "Hmph! What do you think of my eldest sister's family? What kind of hat for long-term and short-term workers do you dare to open your mouth and buckle her head, my eldest sister's family is just too busy, and I found Pu Xiaoqiang to help at home, why is it so popular? ”

Kong Xiaolan actually didn't know if her eldest sister's family hired Pu Xiaoqiang really didn't give money, but she was a spicy and short-sighted, and the more she heard Wang Wenying talk, the more she didn't speak, but Yu Zhiqing didn't speak, so she jumped out.

Because Yu Zhiqing didn't speak, Kong Xiaolan thought that Yu Zhiqing was weak-hearted, she originally wanted to argue, saying that her eldest sister's family was pitiful and sympathetic to Pu Xiaoqiang Yunyun and other reasons, but she glanced at Pu Xiaoqiang, who was washing vegetables but was affected for no reason, seemed to be a little frightened, and her head was about to shrink into her bent waist, so she suddenly softened her heart, so she temporarily paused, and changed it to the latter rhetoric, and because she herself was a little weak-hearted, so the last questioning was full of gunpowder, but in fact, it was a bluff.

Kong Xiaolan questioned mercilessly, of course Wang Wenying couldn't stand it, she blushed with anger, and while shouting, she took a step closer to the position where Kong Xiaolan was standing: "Who is red-eyed?" Who's red-eyed? I'm just asking so casually, it's not a heart, what are you talking about? You're a thief, aren't you?"

"What are you doing, you dead mother-in-law, you just don't have this mouth and the door is too stinky to be smoked" Chen Qingyong saw that the two women were about to fight, and he was busy yelling and grabbing his mother-in-law, counting his mother-in-law's wrongness. After all, this incident was really provoked by Wang Wenying, and Chen Qingyong didn't want to offend Yu Zhiqing's family, who had been buying his food, because of this.

"You have no conscience, you actually helped outsiders to scold me, where did I not guard the door? Where did you say something wrong? The old lady is really in love with the little cub of the landlord and the old rich family today."

"Wang Wenying, you mad dog-like dead mother-in-law, if you really want to fight with Lao Tzu, you let the horse come, don't talk about the landlord and the old wealth"

Chen Qingyong's behavior of not helping his relatives provoked Wang Wenying, Wang Wenying began to cry and scold while crying and scolding, Kong Xiaolan also refused to give in, so she went up and began to scold, seeing that the two women were about to fight, everyone was busy and rushed forward to fight.

Yu Zhiqing was also frightened by this situation, and ran to Kong Xiaolan to stop him, and persuaded him: "Oh, everyone is close to each other, how can you fight for such a trivial matter, what you say when you are arguing is angry, the more you talk, the more you hurt and angry, don't quarrel if you don't say a word." Yu Zhiqing was speechless in his heart, he was misunderstood as a bitter master who exploited the labor of little orphans just now, but at this time he had to become a persuader, how did this situation develop to this point?

Women can really toss, and two spicy women can toss a bunch of people to death. This kind of emotion is not only Yu Zhiqing at this time, but also several men present, while persuading at this time, they basically have the same emotion in their hearts.

Yu Mingyue was originally feeding the animals under the livestock pen, but when she heard a quarrel outside, she walked out of the back door of the parking garage.

She heard the unnutritious and unreliable words that Wang Wenying asked just now, but she didn't expect that it was because of this fuse that her fifth aunt quarreled with Wang Wenying.

Yu Mingyue, who probably knew the cause and effect, was very annoyed in her heart, and after glaring at Wang Wenying, she also hurriedly stepped forward to help hold Kong Xiaolan.

"Fifth aunt, stop arguing, save yourself from being tired and panicking."

After Yu Mingyue grabbed Kong Xiaolan, she said as if unintentionally: "Before my grandmother asked Pu Xiaoqiang to come to my house to help, she agreed with my grandfather to take care of Xiaoqiang's three meals a day plus a salary of 2 yuan, although I don't know whether this kind of salary is appropriate or not, whether it is taking advantage of Xiaoqiang, but don't you adults like to say what Qingqi is self-purifying, anyway, my family asked Dingpu Xiaoqiang to come to my house to help, but I can't care about how others want to pass it on behind their backs." ”

Yu Mingyue's seemingly unintentional explanation surprised many people present and was a little embarrassed at the same time. In fact, just now, some people just thought: Yu Zhiqing's family will hire Pu Xiaoqiang to help, it should be the idea that they want to occupy the little orphan's labor for nothing, not to mention any wages, it would be good to be able to manage Pu Xiaoqiang for two meals a day.

And some people think: Pu Xiaoqiang is just a 13-year-old orphan, how much work can he do in a day? Yu Zhiqing's family can manage him two full meals a day, which is already kind.

In short, no matter what the real thoughts of the people present were, after hearing Yu Mingyue's words, many people were embarrassed at the same time, and they were also surprised to start asking Yu Zhiqing.

Seeing Pu Xiaoqiang, who was shrinking by the ditch to wash vegetables, didn't dare to answer, but lowered his head so much that he was about to shrink into his crotch, Yu Mingyue felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, and when she pulled Kong Xiaolan to go home with her, she also called Pu Xiaoqiang to go home with her to familiarize herself with the environment.

The environment in which he has lived for many years has made Pu Xiaoqiang, who has always had an inferiority complex, a little autistic, he has always been afraid of contact with unfamiliar people, and he doesn't like to talk to people, but although the 13-year-old Pu Xiaoqiang has never read and has no relatives around to teach him, he can be regarded as starting to be sensible, just now I saw Kong Xiaolan and Wang Wenying quarreling, he also knew that it was more or less caused by the fact that he came to work today, and he was very afraid of panic, for fear that the Yu family would no longer want to hire him.

Later, everyone began to talk to him all the time, asking him to work diligently in the Yu family, to know how to be grateful to the Yu family or something, although he didn't dare to respond, but after seeing that Yu Zhiqing didn't say that he wouldn't hire him, he actually felt a lot more relieved. In fact, before he came, President Kong, who had always been very good to him, had already told him that the Yu family hired him with good intentions and wanted to take care of him, so that he could be grateful and remember in his heart that the Yu family was good to him.

In fact, not to mention what wages are given to him every day, as long as the Yu family who hired him can let him eat most of the food every day, he is also sincerely grateful to Yu Zhiqing's family.

It wasn't until he heard Yu Mingyue call him to go home with him and familiarize himself with the environment that Pu Xiaoqiang finally put the heart he had been carrying into his stomach, hurriedly went to the ditch and put on his shoes, and followed Yu Mingyue closely.

Looking at Yu Mingyue who was walking in front, Pu Xiaoqiang felt inexplicably at peace in his heart, and at the same time, he also had a little joy in his heart. Before he came, he didn't know that the Yu family who hired him to work was the same family as Xiao Yue, whom he knew. In fact, in addition to seeing Satsuki twice on the mountain, he had also seen Satsuki and her family working in the fields before, and saw Satsuki following another little girl in the field to pick up old mulch film from other people's fields.

He likes to see Satsuki laughing, the sweet feeling in his heart like he is eating candy, which makes the smile look good and makes people very happy, he likes that smile, so a few times when he was at home, he also took a basin of water to the shadow in the water and learned that kind of smile, but he didn't learn it like it

When Pu Xiaoqiang followed and walked along, he thought about all kinds in his heart, and when he followed Yu Mingyue into the door, he thought that in the future, he could come to this house every day to work, and when he could see Yu Mingyue from time to time, his little square face with a little childishness but yellow skin and obvious malnutrition showed a smile that was actually very good-looking. Even the round eyes that are particularly big because they are too thin have a pleasant smile and yearning.

Yu Mingyue didn't know this, and after returning home and waiting for Kong Xiaolan to find her mother, she began to take Pu Xiaoqiang around her house, while introducing to Pu Xiaoqiang what she used to do every day, and teaching Pu Xiaoqiang how to feed rabbits and animals.

Finally, Yu Mingyue took Pu Xiaoqiang to the west side of the yard, pointed to the seedlings of the fruit tree seedlings, and said: "The saplings here are all raised, and they have to be watered every four or five days. ”

At this time, sisters Kong Xiaolan and Kong Xiaoyu were standing in front of the window, and when they saw Yu Mingyue looking like a small foreman, they couldn't help but laugh.

Kong Xiaolan smiled and said softly: "Hehe, eldest sister, look at the appearance of your family Xiaoyue, and arrange a job for your little long-term worker, it is a set, and it is really a bit of the landlord's old rich lady." I was working with my back to the loess on this day, but just now I was scolded by Wang Wenying's dead mother-in-law as a little cub of the landlord's old rich family, it's really"

Without waiting for Kong Xiaolan to finish complaining, Kong Xiaoyu scolded with a smile: "I also said, my father was not here just now, if my father was there, you would look good." Seeing that Yu Mingyue was like a little master at this time, taking Pu Xiaoqiang to the livestock pen, and Pu Xiaoqiang obediently followed closely behind, Kong Xiaoyu couldn't help grinning.

The young lady of the landlord's old rich family? Her daughter has a lot to worry about than the landlord's old rich lady, but her daughter should really be raised delicately, and it is really good to have this Pu Xiaoqiang's help in the future.

In fact, although Pu Xiaoqiang is a little autistic, he is also a smart person, after Yu Mingyue took Pu Xiaoqiang to familiarize himself with the work for two days, Pu Xiaoqiang went to Yu Mingyue's house every morning, and knew that he was looking for a job, and he was very diligent.

Every morning after seven o'clock, Pu Xiaoqiang rushed to help wash the vegetables, and then followed Yu Tianzhou and them back for breakfast. After finishing all these chores, if no one told him to do anything else, he would carry his own basket and go to the edge of the field to cut rabbit grass or pig vegetables, and then feed the rabbits and pigs and chickens.

Because he is not very good at cooking, so at noon when Kong Xiaoyu takes the child to cook, he will take the initiative to help Kong Xiaoyu wash the child's diapers, help a few people in the family wash dirty clothes or something, if the housework at home is done, he will also say to Kong Xiaoyu, carry a machete and basket up the mountain, and help chop some dry firewood and pine oil cores back. Every afternoon after dinner, after washing the dishes and chopsticks, he saw that the family really had nothing to do, so he would greet the family and go home.

Yu Mingyue's family was very happy to hire such a little helper who said little, but was diligent, and when Zhou and Yu Zhiqing came back from selling vegetables in the city on May 21, they also bought a new pair of rubber shoes and a new pair of water shoes for Pu Xiaoqiang. R1152