Chapter 41 Migrant workers in the city
(Cat flutter Chinese) "I understand." Mom smiled and said, "I'm counting on my eldest girl." ”
"Of course, I'm your daughter, you don't expect me, who do you count on?"
Early the next morning, I got up and changed into a newly knitted black sweater, and my mother changed my red coat. The newly made cotton shoes, although they are still very earthy, are much stronger than before, and my mother cooked me the dumplings left over from the New Year, and has been telling me.
I smiled and said, "Mom, don't worry, I'll be fine, I won't do it if it's a big deal, don't worry." ”
"Don't worry about the family, I won't let them tell me to do the work casually."
During the Chinese New Year, the money we earned, plus the money we had saved before, is now nearly thirty, I left five yuan, and handed over the rest to my mother, who hurriedly waved her hand: "You still take it!" ”
"Mom! You listen to me, you take it! It's not safe for me to go out to work and get money. In the future, if we move out, we can use it to rent a house. Eat whatever you want at home, don't be leftover in terms of eating, and the noodles will expire if you don't eat them. ”
I calculated, in addition to the money, the noodles and flour I bought in the city before, plus cornmeal and potatoes, were enough for my mother to eat.
Mom nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you, Nizi, you haven't been far away since you were a child, I'm really worried about your ......" she choked up as she said it.
I advised my mother, "I'm seventeen, isn't it normal to go out to work?" No big deal. Don't worry about me. ”
My mother kept sending me to the entrance of the village to take a carriage, and we kept repeating the instructions, and she reluctantly said goodbye, and took the carriage to the town.
There were also several women from the village sitting in the car, all of whom went into the city to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
After a year, these women cook and serve the family every day, and they are too tired to wash and wash, and finally have time to go out for a walk. Li Ting was also inside, her forehead was a little bruised, and she was probably beaten again. When he saw me, he shook his eyes and turned his head. I ignored her and sat on it listening to their chatter.
When they asked me what I was doing, I muttered a few words and listened with a smile most of the time.
A woman suddenly laughed and said, "Nizi, you're seventeen at the beginning of spring, are you engaged?" ”
I laughed and said, "No." ”
"Then I'll introduce you to one, the young man is not bad, I see that you two are quite suitable. I don't know if you'd like to? ”
As soon as these words came out, several women looked at me together, and the old man who was driving the car all looked at me. I never spoke, just smiled faintly, and the woman couldn't help but push me.
"Are you happy or not?"
I smiled and said: "It was the same last time, Aunt Sun Ping asked, I only answered a few words and was said by them, saying that I am shameless and do not know shame, I don't dare to say anything now, I don't believe you asked Aunt Li Ting." ”
Li Ting shuddered and hurriedly said, "Is there such a thing?" Can't you? Everyone just said a few words. ”
"But on the day of your son's New Year, he pointed at me and said that I was shameless, I asked him, and he said that you said it, I think this matter must not be a trivial matter." I pursed my lips and smiled: "So I don't dare to say anything about these engaged people." I'm afraid of being scolded. ”
Li Ting's son is only a few years old, so he must have listened to her. So several women all looked at Li Ting with complicated eyes.
Li Ting was nervous, and smiled reluctantly: "Don't take it to heart, I didn't mean that." ”
I smiled too, "yes, I know." The aunt never talks about others behind her back. After all, your husband has a bad personality, and it's time to get angry. ”
Li Ting was embarrassed, turned her head and stopped talking. sneered in my heart, I think you dare to scold me casually in the future?
Just now the woman said, "Are you happy or not that I introduced you to someone?" ”
I just smiled and didn't answer, I ignored you, now there are few girls in the village, and you can get at least 100 yuan of thank-you money if you introduce it as a couple, all for this money, it's really for my good.
"I don't know what the name of the person you introduced?" Another woman said.
"That person's name is Sun Facai, he is Zhuangzi next door, there are two cows in the family, there are four sisters on it, he is the youngest, think about it, so many sisters, help together, life will definitely be good! His parents said that as long as they agreed, the gift money would be at least eight hundred and eight, and the other house, three turns and one ring, what do you want! The young man's spirit is also twenty years old this year, and Nizi is just right! I said to your mother, if you are willing, I will match you up! The woman laughed.
The others smacked their tongues together, and the bride price of more than 600 yuan was really generous.
"What's going on, Nizi, I think this marriage is good."
I smiled: "My mother and I have also told me before, I am still young, and I still want to make some money now, so I will talk about it in the future." ”
"You stupid boy, you can't make money if you get married?"
I smiled and said, "My mom's health has never been good, and I want to take care of her for two years, and I don't think about these things." ”
The woman pouted: "It's important for you to take care of your mother, but the women in our village are not as good as in the city, if this is more than twenty, it will be difficult to find, you have to hurry, don't look back and make money, and the good object has also been robbed." ”
"Okay, I remember, thank you, auntie." I laughed, "But I still want to take care of my mom now." ”
"What's wrong with that Sun Facai?" She looked at me unwillingly: "He will definitely be able to help you take care of your mother." ”
I laughed and said nothing, this Sun Facai was exposed to it when I was working in the city in my previous life, and it was not a good bird.
Sun Facai and his daughter-in-law started farming, and later also entered the city, his wife was a kind person, very diligent, in order to support the family, she spoke very gently, and worked three jobs alone.
Her husband wandered around the house, drinking and playing cards, playing his wife, and exhausting the property given to him by his parents. If it doesn't go well, she will punch and kick her wife, and then her wife wants to divorce, but her mother refuses to die, saying that she is married and is someone else's person, how can there be a divorce?
The poor woman's mother's family didn't want her, and she was pushed back several times.
The in-laws didn't care, her husband took care of her every day to rob money, the children also cried, she also broke her legs, became lame, and finally suffered so much that the woman poured half a bottle of liquor and hanged herself.
Knowing what a bastard this person is, how could I marry such a bastard, so wouldn't I have the same fate as in my previous life?
The woman was in high spirits, but I didn't agree to it all the time, and she pulled her face down.
"Nizi, I've been talking for a long time, aren't you going to meet that Sun Facai?"
"I haven't wanted to look for it for years."
"It's said that Nizi is a stubborn temper, it seems that it's true, I don't understand anything, who will introduce you in the future?"
I immediately pretended to be shy and lowered my head: "Auntie, I was wrong, I will definitely change." ”
Others are also persuading: "Forget it, little girl, how embarrassed are you to keep talking to her about such a topic?" ”
Li Ting didn't say a word during this period, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
When I got to the town, I didn't say much to them, but got out of the carriage and strode forward.
I carried a small bag, and soon found the dumpling restaurant introduced by Chen Jian, the scale is not small, more than 40 square meters, there are four or five large round tables, all covered with white plastic sheets, which look neat.
It's not yet dinner, and a few workers in white overalls are busy in the back kitchen. There was a middle-aged woman sitting at the door, with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, triangular eyes, and she looked very mean. While looking at the street outside the door, she picked up the green onions, which were bought in the autumn, and the green onions were chopped together with the meat to make dumpling filling, which would taste very fragrant.
As soon as I entered, the woman immediately welcomed me warmly: "Just one, what do you want to eat?" ”
"No, I'm here to work. It's Chen ...... Director Chen asked me to come. ”
The woman's smile faded, her eyes sharpened, and she looked me up and down, but she didn't speak.
"Oh, are you Heyin?" A chubby and kind middle-aged man came out of the back kitchen: "I'm the shopkeeper, and this is my daughter-in-law." ”
I hurriedly said hello, and the proprietress asked me how old I was and what kind of work I would do, and I answered them one by one.
The proprietress nodded and said, "Well, we are here for a three-day trial work, including food and accommodation, if I see you good, I will give you fifty yuan a month." ”
I looked up at her, half of the current employees are four dollars a day, at least a hundred a month, but she only gives me fifty?
The boss frowned and said, "She was introduced by Director Chen, is your salary ......?"
The proprietress hurriedly said, "What's the matter, it's good if I give her this money!" How much does it cost to rent a house in the neighborhood a month? It costs money to eat, in a word, if you do it, stay here and try it, if you don't like to do it, you can leave, I'm busy here. After she said that, she went back to pick onions.
The boss smiled: "Do you want to try?" ”
I barely thought about it and nodded, "I do." ”
I can't help it now, it's hard to find a job for women now, but I can live here for a while, and then when I save enough money, it's the same when I'm leaving.
It's that this boss's attitude is better, stronger than this woman.
As soon as I arrived here, I was instructed by the proprietress to work, first to chop the stuffing, make dumplings, and then to beat the potato skin and shredded potatoes, brush the dishes and wash the dishes, I have been busy in the back kitchen, did not go to the front to serve the dishes.
The proprietress saw me working and nodded: "Okay, that's the case." And you guys, don't be lazy about anything, be careful that I deduct your salary! She said and left.
The two remaining waiters all pouted, and I chatted with them as I worked, and because they were both similar in age, we quickly got into a conversation. Cat flutter Chinese