After Shi Haodong and Liu Fu returned to their residence in Tianmen Mountain, they made another phone call home to their parents, informing them of the news that they were going home for the New Year.

Shi Haodong's parents were overjoyed when they heard about it, and said that they would wait for Shi Haodong to go home and kill the New Year's pig, and asked Shi Haodong if he had a girlfriend, he wanted to say that he already had it, but he was pinched a few times by the catkins and changed his words to say that he had no girlfriend. Seeing that Liu Wu was not even allowed to speak, the original plan to let Liu Wu say a few words to his parents was even more impossible, so he chatted with his parents and hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Shi Haodong joked: "You have to be careful now, my parents heard that I don't have a girlfriend yet, and they are already helping me on a blind date, if I am abducted, you will regret it." ”

Liu Fu knew that he was joking, and also said: "Just run away, won't I find another one?" ”

The next day, Shi Haodong called Brother Sen, Zhou Bin, Wang Meng and others respectively, and invited guests at Fugui Restaurant.

In the evening, Shi Haodong invited a familiar friend to dinner at the Fugui Restaurant, and the ghost seven came uninvited, and after going to the table, he took the initiative to toast Shi Haodong and apologized again for offending Shi Haodong before.

The two sides toasted and laughed.

Because it is not far from the end of the year, and it is the last time we got together a year ago, so everyone at the banquet is open to eat and drink, and it is more enjoyable, and Shi Haodong, as the host, is even more toasted, if it is not for the sake of catkins, he will inevitably get drunk again.

When checking out, the manager told him that a total of 14,000 yuan was consumed, which was not a small amount, but Haodong spent it very happily.

The next morning, under the send-off of Liu Wu, Shi Pan, Zhou Bin, Wang Meng, and the eleven eagles of Rottianba, Shi Haodong, Shi Fei, and Zhu Feng stepped on the shuttle bus to Xiaoshan County.

At this time, it was the Spring Festival, during the peak of passenger transportation, it was difficult to buy tickets, but fortunately, Brother Sen learned that he was leaving, and he had already asked an acquaintance to get three tickets in advance, otherwise, he would have to wait at least two or three days to buy tickets.

Shi Haodong sat in the car, watching the scenery on the side of the road falling back at a rapid speed, thinking that he had been out for more than a year, nearly two years, some of them were like arrows, and some of them were timid, what has become of Xiaoshan County today? There are more wrinkles on the parents' faces, right?

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the bus has driven to the range of Xiaoshan County, and the eyes are full of green mountains and green waters, which makes people feel happy, but at the same time, they also have a more face, poverty.

In the mountains and fields, it can be vaguely seen that the plainly dressed peasants are working hard in them, and even when the New Year is approaching and the family is happy, they have no holidays.

At this time, Shi Haodong's mood became heavy again.

The car drove into the dilapidated small county town of Xiaoshan County, stopped at the passenger station, Shi Haodong got off the bus and looked at this familiar small county town. The county seat of Xiaoshan County has not changed much, it is still so old, and the buildings are mostly three or four floors, and those with more than four floors are relatively rare.

In the distance, you can see a building standing proudly, it is the Xiaoshan County Government Building, this building has 12 floors, it was built a year before Shi Haodong went out to work, I heard that it cost tens of millions, and it is also a landmark building in Xiaoshan County today.

walked out of the passenger station and looked around for a while, but did not see any trace of Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian, and became suspicious in his heart, it stands to reason that the two of them said that they would come to pick him up, and they should not miss the appointment, why don't they see anyone?

turned back to Zhu Feng and said, "Why don't you see Xiao Shang and Xiao Tian?" ”

Zhu Feng also felt strange, thought for a while and said, "Maybe the two of them are busy today and can't spare time to pick us up, I'll call again and ask." ”

Shi Haodong let out an "um" and handed his own mobile phone to Zhu Feng.

Zhu Feng took the mobile phone and dialed a phone number, tried several times in a row but didn't get through, and then said to himself: "It's really strange, it's impossible that there is no one on the construction site." ”

Shi Haodong listened to Zhu Feng's words, and suddenly had a bad idea in his heart, before he came, he asked Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian on the phone to help recruit workers, could it be that this matter was known to the contractor, so the contractor troubled the two of them and detained them?

This kind of thing is not impossible, although there are many coolies in Xiaoshan County, there is no worry about not being able to recruit workers, but if a project is in progress, but the workers run away, the project will definitely be affected, and it takes time, manpower and material resources to recruit workers, and it is normal for the contractor to be dissatisfied.

Thinking of this, Shi Haodong hurriedly asked Zhu Feng: "Cousin, do you know where their construction site is, let's go over and take a look." ”

Zhu Feng also realized at this time that Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian might have an accident, although he was a little afraid of causing trouble, but after all, he was brotherly and said with courage: "Okay, let's rush over and take a look." ”

Shi Haodong was about to wave to stop a taxi, and Zhu Feng and Shi Fei rushed to the construction site where Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian were, when they suddenly saw a taxi stop in front of them, and Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian got out of the car one after another.

Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian haven't changed much, Zhu Shang is still so thin, his face is full of pockmarks, and his appearance is not good-looking, so he still exalts him, which can be described as abstract, but because he often has a smile on his face, it makes people feel very kind. Zhu Xiaotian is only 1.65 meters tall, and he looks quite handsome, because Haodong also has long hair when he worships him, and he is a handsome guy if he excludes the defects in height.

As soon as the two got out of the car, they greeted Shi Haodong warmly and greeted Shi Haodong one after another. Zhu Shang smiled: "Cousin, I haven't seen you for two years, but you have become handsome!" Zhu Xiaotian patted Shi Haodong's shoulder and said, "Cousin, your clothes are really cool, can you borrow me to wear them for a few days?" ”

Shi Haodong hadn't seen the two of them for nearly two years, and when he heard the words of the two, he only felt very cordial, smiled and said a few words modestly, and then said to Zhu Xiaotian: "Of course you can, it's no problem to send you." ”

Zhu Xiaotian laughed and said, "I know that cousin, you are interesting enough." ”

Zhu Feng said: "By the way, why are you two here now?" ”

As soon as Zhu Xiaotian heard Zhu Feng's question, he spat on the ground angrily and shouted, "Don't mention it, it's not the contractor yet." He said it was good or not, the year side will pay us all the wages, today suddenly changed the hexagram and said that the salary should be pressed by half, and the contract must be signed to ensure that the project is not left before the end of the project, in order to receive the salary on the year side, and the other half of the salary will be settled together after the completion of the project. ”

As soon as Zhu Xiaotian's words were finished, Shi Fei couldn't help but say angrily: "What the hell, which *** is so arrogant, Xiaotian, you take me to see me and I won't cut him!" "Shi Fei was originally a fiery character, plus he had killed a few people in the past six months, and his murderous nature had risen in a straight line, not to mention that he didn't even pay attention to the people of the Qingshan Gang, and a small contractor would naturally not take it seriously.

Zhu Xiaotian said: "Brother Fei, there are more than a dozen people under the foreman who follow him, but it's not easy to mess with, I'm afraid we can't do it." ”

Shi Fei laughed and said, "More than a dozen people follow him? He's really a cow, you ask your brother, how did my brother and I get along in Huaxing City? ”

Zhu Xiaotian looked at Zhu Feng suspiciously, and Zhu Feng said in a low voice: "It's always bad to fight and kill, why don't we discuss it with him?" ”

Shi Fei shouted: "Discuss? How to negotiate? Brother Feng, I didn't say you, you are always so afraid of things, how can you succeed? Xiaotian, you take me to meet that contractor, I want to see how good he is! "As he spoke, he scooped up his sleeves, and he was a muddy person.

Zhu Xiaotian said: "Do you really want to go?" But he still couldn't make up his mind, and seeing that Shi Haodong, who had always admired him the most, was thinking, he immediately asked Shi Haodong: "Cousin, what do you say?" ”

Shi Haodong thought about it when Zhu Xiaotian said that the contractor wanted to press the workers' wages, although it was common for the contractor to be in arrears of wages, but the contractor did not delay early or late, but at this time he delayed, and asked the workers to sign an agreement, which was obviously aimed at himself.

This trick is really powerful, as soon as the contractor presses the wages here, the workers who originally wanted to run with Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian are afraid that they will be shaken. Shi Haodong came empty-handed, and he didn't have any loud titles, let alone any influence, he spoke with an empty mouth, and under the offensive of the contractor foreman, he basically had no resistance.

After all, workers all have to eat and support their families, originally relying on Zhu Shang and Zhu Xiaotian's connections, there is no problem in pulling workers, but in the face of not getting paid, and Shi Haodong is not very clear, he will definitely choose to continue to stay in Xiaoshan.

Shi Haodong's current situation is more special, the construction period of the project in Lantian Mountain is relatively tight, he originally planned to recruit enough workers, so he asked Zhu Feng to immediately take the workers to Huaxing City to find Shi Pan, and then Shi Pan contacted Cheng forward, and continued to rush to work during the Spring Festival, of course, the wages of workers during the Spring Festival will definitely be doubled.

At present, the contractor has made this move, which forces him to recruit workers again, and it takes time to recruit workers again, and now that the Spring Festival is approaching, many people are reluctant to go out at this time, and the difficulty of recruiting workers has been virtually increased.

At this time, when he heard Zhu Xiaotian ask himself, he immediately stopped thinking and said, "It's okay, let's go and meet that contractor, at least we have to let him spit out the wages owed to you." ”

Zhu Xiaotian always knew that Shi Haodong was fierce in fighting, and sometimes if Haodong accompanied him, he would have enough confidence, and he was not happy with the contract foreman's seizure of wages, so he immediately said: "Okay, let's go and meet the contract foreman!" ”

Zhu Feng hesitated: "I really want to go!" ”

Shi Fei is straight, and seeing that Zhu Feng was still hesitating at this time, he couldn't help but say: "Brother Feng, if you are afraid, you will just wait for us outside at that time." ”

Zhu Feng was so underestimated by Shi Fei, he actually had a courage, straightened his chest, and shouted: "Who said that I was scared, just go, what's the big deal?" ”

Shi Haodong saw that Zhu Feng was so excited by Shi Fei that he was a little manly, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, okay!" It's getting dark, and I can't meet anyone anymore. He immediately stopped a taxi and got into the car first.

Shi Fei and the others immediately followed and got into the car, and the five of them crowded into a taxi and went straight to the construction site where Zhu Xiaotian and the others worked.