I thought it was my big brother's phone, so I grabbed the receiver and smiled, "Big brother! Are you already up? ”

The person on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and then smiled: "It's me, Qiaozhen, I wish you a happy birthday, I've always remembered it." ”

When I heard Gao Tiansheng's voice, I was stunned, I really didn't expect that he would call me on my birthday.

My heart is complicated, but the voice is still normal: "Thank you, are you okay abroad?" ”

"I'm fine, I'm going home for the New Year, are you over there? I've always missed you. ”

"Actually, I came to the provincial capital, cooking for those teachers and studying by myself." I knew that long-distance phone calls were expensive, so I didn't need him to ask, I told them all. Gao Tiansheng was also very happy to hear it.

"You study hard, I'm sure you can get in."

"Well, I also hope that I can understand what others are saying when they are talking." His words really broke my heart at the beginning.

Gao Tiansheng paused for a few seconds, and then said a few words of concern for the body, and I said a few polite words to him.

I just hung up the phone, and my big brother called again.

The eldest brother smiled: "I want to tell you about your birthday, but the phone can't get through." What have you thought about? ”

"It's nothing, our family doesn't pay attention to this, everything is okay?" Every year, only my eldest brother can remember his birthday.

The sister-in-law took it: "Our business here is very good, I heard that after Liu Ye went back, he was much more normal, and now he can eat." ”

Liu Ye is now the second brother is dead, and he is widowed, because the second brother is sorry for her first, the relationship between Liu Ye and her mother is a little better, and the two of them are careful when they speak.

"Anyway, everything is fine, you can rest assured. Eat more delicious food, and make up for your birthday when the time comes! ”

Back in the room, I was stunned for a while, and then I started to do my own thing, a phone call from Gao Tiansheng didn't change anything, I still have to go on with my life.

I didn't tell anyone about my birthday, but at breakfast, I made a hand-rolled noodle, a big bowl for one person, rolled out with a rolling pin, slender and strong, plus a little vegetables and chili sauce to beat the marinade, everyone was very happy to eat.

Only Chen Jinhua and Wang Gaomu sat far away, and they haven't spoken to me since that incident.

It's better to save the tongue.

I ate my bowl of longevity noodles while standing on the side, which was a birthday celebration, and then went to the lecture with them.

The days repeated like this every day, and the next weekend, I was picked up by Wang Changjiang's car to study. Before leaving, I thought about it for a long time, and then made some vegetable dumplings, I saw that he liked it very much last time, so I made unused radish cherry seeds, scalded them and chopped them, plus cooked soybean grains, added salt, and mixed with flour and jade noodles to make a dozen.

put it in a box, these flours and seasonings were all paid for by himself, and he gave two yuan to the master who managed the logistics, but he refused.

"How much is that? It's okay! ”

"That's not going to work, it's my private matter, I can't use everyone." I gave him the money and only then left.

Wang Changjiang's son and daughter-in-law were not there, and he was the only one to greet me, so I was not so restrained.

In the morning, he finished teaching me all the mathematics in the second semester of junior high school, because he did it quickly, so I left Wang's house early and did not stay there for lunch.

Before leaving, he gave him the vegetable dumplings: "Old man, this is what I did, don't dislike it." ”

Wang Changjiang smiled and said, "I was thinking about it, so you sent it to me." By the way, Qiaozhen, you won't go back for the New Year, right? Why don't you come to my house for the New Year? ”

I said, "Actually, I don't know yet, maybe I'll go back, so I won't bother you." ”

Actually, I had already made the decision not to go back, and I didn't want to cause him trouble, so I lied.

Wang Changjiang nodded, beckoned the driver outside to send me back, and when I got out of the car, the little soldier gave me a big bag of books, and he told me that he said that the chief had bought it before, and he forgot to give it to me.

"Don't tell the chief about this, or I'll be criticized."

I smiled and nodded: "Okay, I won't say it!" ”

So many workbooks are enough for me to do. If so many people care about me, I can't go to school, it's really embarrassing.

On the 27th, the Chinese New Year is coming, and the training center gives these teachers a week's vacation, so that they can go home for the holiday, and then come back to continue learning for about ten days, and the training is over.

In fact, Bai Zhu asked me to go home with me before, but I refused.

I smiled and said, "I want to find something to do here, and then study hard, anyway, there is my sister-in-law over there." ”

"Don't you want your family?"

"It's okay! Besides, if I go back now, there are too many things at home, and I can't learn. ”

Li Shan said on the side: "Actually, I also want to stay and earn some money, our salary is too low, but after all, it is the Spring Festival, and we still have to go back for a reunion." ”

I just smiled and didn't speak, and said in my heart, if I go back at this time, I must go back to the village with my sister-in-law for the New Year.

I don't have a job to make money to take home a big ticket for my mother, and I don't serve my second sister-in-law's confinement, when the time comes, my mother must beat and scold me first, and then let me work at home like a slave, even if I am tired to death, I deserve it, and I won't get a good word. I can't eat or sleep well, and I have to deal with my mother every day, so I won't go back to find trouble.

As for my sister-in-law and eldest brother, they will definitely understand me.

Two days after I went back, the holiday began here, and everyone left that afternoon, leaving me and a few local teachers on duty here.

In the morning, I put on my old padded jacket and went to the eldest sister to have a look, and asked if I needed help. It's not bad to want to help her sell some boxed lunches, but who knows that when I got the excuse, I saw that the door of her store was locked, and there was a red paper on it, which read: Closed for the New Year, open on the fifteenth.

I had no choice but to give up, and the streets began to sound intermittently with firecrackers. Many shops are hung with red lanterns outside, and the atmosphere of the New Year is getting more and more.

I searched for a long time, but I didn't see anyone recruiting, and I was very disappointed. When I was about to give up, I suddenly saw a blank piece of paper on the telephone pole, on which were written a few crooked characters: The construction site is urgently recruiting, and the daily settlement is made.

Below, a middle-aged man in a hard hat was smoking, negotiating prices with several women. They were all middle-aged women, wearing tattered clothes, and they looked like they were doing manual work.

When I think of the word construction site, I feel a burst of emotion in my heart.

In my previous life, I was cornered, so I could only go to the construction site to work, the work over there was simply not done by people, tired and dirty, only a few dozen yuan a day, I can do any work in this life, but this construction site, I don't want to touch it, I don't want to repeat the life of the previous life, so I turned around and wanted to leave.

At this time, the man shouted: "You don't do fifty a day, are you crazy?" ”

A woman said, "Big brother, this person has all gone back for the New Year, and there are only a few of us left." If it's the same price as before, it's boring, the price is sixty a day, if you agree, we'll stay and work for five days to make some money, if you don't agree, we'll go home. ”

"That's right! In order to make some money, you can't go back for a year, and you only give fifty, we won't do it! ”

My heart was beating wildly, sixty dollars a day. Sure enough, it's a provincial city, and it's generous to give money!

I guess I was looking for the kind of rebar worker or bricklayer, which is the most skilled job on the construction site. In fact, I can do this job, although I am not as good as a man, but I am still better than the average woman.

The man thought for a moment, then stomped his foot: "Medium!" Sixty is sixty! But you have to do it in five days! Otherwise, it's too cold, and we won't be able to do it, but there is one less person here! ”

I almost didn't think about it, and walked straight over: "I'll do it!" ”

Earn 300 in five days, if I give up this kind of work, I guess I won't be able to sleep when I go back!

Several women all looked at me in surprise, and the man looked at me and hurriedly waved his hand: "Go, go!" You are a little girl, don't mix with it, you can't do this job! ”

I smiled and said, "Don't look down on people, I will definitely be able to do this job, so I will do it for a while, and you will see if I can do it, and decide whether to use me or not." ”