Chapter 7: The Scorching Sun

Lu Weiming, who is ignorant of the world, is now thinking about making money. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info as long as he can earn money, what kind of work does he have! But that changed when he got on the construction site.

It was August, and before dawn, a heat wave hit the air. In other words, the heat wave never dissipated through the night.

It was half past four in the morning, and the whole city had not yet woken up, like an infant in swaddling clothes, sleeping soundly. But the builders of the city, already beginning to prepare.

Lu Weiming was woken up by his co-workers in great reluctance. There is no hearty breakfast, often nibbling on two steamed buns, just pickled vegetables, and drinking tap water to solve the problem.

Dragging steel bars, moving bricks, and pushing cement, these seemingly simple tasks are indeed quite difficult for Lu Weiming to do. Although he was born in the countryside, he didn't do much farm work, and his mother felt that she owed him, so she tried to spoil him. I'd rather get up early and be greedy for darkness than wronged him. So growing up so big, Lu Weiming didn't suffer much.

After a while, Lu Weiming's hands grinded out a few bubbles, and it was so painful that it was difficult for his hands to clench their fists. When a worker saw this, he took out a brand new pair of gloves from his pocket and handed them to him. When he took the gloves, seeing the man's hand, Lu Weiming was shocked!

It was a bronze hand, much thicker than normal, and the cocoons were all over every corner of the palm. What surprised him even more was that his middle finger was significantly shorter, that is, his middle finger was missing half a section!

Perhaps seeing Lu Weiming's consternation, the man spread out his five fingers, "What was smashed in a construction is fortunately just a finger, if it is a whole hand, it will be terrible." ”

Lu Ming stared at the half of the fingers, but he didn't dare to take another look, and his heart became more and more frightened. He couldn't imagine what he would do if something happened to him one day.

The man patted Lu Weiming on the shoulder and said, "I have a son, who is about the same age as you, and is in the best high school in my hometown county!" His academic performance is not bad, I expect him to get into a good university next year, and I will work hard for another two years, and then I will be happy. After speaking, his face was full of happiness.

"That's good!" Lu Weiming was envious from the bottom of his heart.

"Hey, why don't you read? It's not much more comfortable to sit in the office than this! ”

Lu Weiming smiled, "My grades are not good, and I am not the material for studying." ”

The man smiled and said nothing. In fact, Lu Weiming's heart was full of loss and frustration.

First of all, he hated himself for not having such a good father, and he didn't even know if he was alive or dead.

Moreover, he hated himself for not studying hard, so that now he can only do this kind of hard, tiring, and dangerous work. His immature heart is already mixed.

This September morning is like steaming steamed buns on the side of the road. And this city is like a big steamer, desperately steaming everything in it, as if it wants to steam every cell of water before it stops.

Lu Weiming walked to a bucket of pure water, poured six cups in one breath, and could hear it, the sound of water in his stomach was gurgling, but he still felt thirsty in his mouth.

His dusty T-shirt was completely soaked with sweat and clinging to his back. He simply took off his shirt and did it shirtless.

For most people, this day has just begun, but Lu Weiming and they have been working for more than three hours, and they are already exhausted.

Two arms could barely be lifted. Despite wearing gloves, there were still a few blood blisters on his hands, and his two hands were no longer into fists, as if they did not belong to him, and he did not obey the call. When the workers saw it, they were very distressed, so they let him rest for a while.

Sitting there, looking at the busy figures of the workers, Lu Weiming thought a lot. He reached into his trouser pocket and tried to pull out a cigarette to smoke, but it was empty.

He didn't realize that he hadn't smoked in two months. Thinking about the days when I was in school, it was really a fairy-like life.

When he was studying, he thought that society was very simple, and he always thought that it would be easy to realize his ambitions. Now that I have entered the society, I realize that I can no longer be small, just the most ordinary member of thousands of workers. Ideals and reality are destined not to be siblings, at least for the current Lu Weiming, talking about ideals is too far away.

After a while of drying, the sun had risen very high, and it was like an angry god, baking the earth wantonly.

The other men's clothes were already soaked, so they simply took off their shirts. Lu Wei's delicate skin is particularly obvious in this group of busy figures that are dark red.

At just over ten o'clock, the temperature has soared to 37Β°. At this time, the foreman who led the team shouted that everyone was going to call it a day. After all, on such a hot day, you will sweat when you sit still, let alone do this physical work!

Everyone picked up the shirts they had taken off, wiped them on their faces, and then threw them on their oily shoulders and went back to the dormitory together.

It is said to be a dormitory, but in fact, it is the kind of low-rent housing made of iron sheets. There are three beds in it, and it is still the kind of upper and lower two floors, which is the kind that Lu Weiming slept in at school.

In the small house of ten square meters, there were six people lying down, and two squeaky fans were shaking their heads desperately, and the hot air was blowing.

Lu Weiming completely soaked a towel and took it out and quickly spread it on his belly, for fear that the water would be lost. Then he lay down on the plank bed, too lazy to move again.

I don't know how long it took, but in a daze, I heard someone shouting for dinner. Lu Weiming turned over, and in a hazy sense, everyone else was up, and knowing that it was time to eat, he relaxed for a long time, looking unfinished.

Lunch is still steamed buns, but there are dishes and soups.

Lu Weiming's hand was so painful that he couldn't make a fist. He pinched the steamed bun with his thumb and index finger, and sent it to his mouth tremblingly, like a woman eating, and it was Lin Daiyu's type.

After eating two steamed buns and drinking a big bowl of mung bean soup, he went back to lie down honestly. Wake up too early in the morning and start late in the afternoon, just in time to catch up on sleep.

The sun at noon is a fireball. The creaking electric fan also blows a boiling heat wave, and the people who blow are upset. Others are also tossing and turning, and they can't sleep.

One of them sat up helplessly, "This hell weather, it's really going to steam people." I can't sleep anyway, so let's play cards for a while, shall we? ”

The proposal was quickly responded to, and then Bian got up to shuffle the cards.

"Xiao Lu, are you playing?" I don't know who shouted below.

"Oh, let's play." Although Lu Weiming was also bored, after doing it all morning, he didn't dare to move more, and he didn't even want to say more. At the moment, he would like to have a Walkman, like listening to music when he is bored now, but he can also pass the time. He calculated in his heart that this month's salary should be a lot, well, when the salary is paid, he must buy a walkman first. It's been a long time since I've been playing CS, and when I get paid, I must go to the Internet cafΓ© and have fun with him all night.

Thinking of this, his tiredness and sleepiness subsided a little. He is now holding back a lot of energy in his heart, and if he continues to do this, he will be able to save more than 10,000 yuan in the Chinese New Year! 10,000 yuan is not a small amount for himself, after all, this is his own earning!

At half past two in the afternoon, the sun was still hanging high overhead, and morale was high. Although it was still very hot, the project could not be delayed, and it was to be completed by the end of the year. A large group of people put a wet towel on their heads and went to the construction site.

Lu Weiming looked at the high-rise building built in the distance, and his heart was full of envy. But the idea didn't last long before it was dispelled. I've worked hard for a year, but I can't buy a bigger toilet. He looked down at his hands that had been blistered with blood, and his heart was also sour, and then he realized the hardships of life. understands that it is not easy for my mother to be these years. He gritted his teeth and picked up bricks again。。。。。。

The day was quite long, and it was not until after the sun had gone down that they had worked for a while, and it was already about seven o'clock in the evening.

At this time, Lu Weiming insisted on it completely by virtue of a belief. In addition to the numbness of his hands, the skin of his exposed upper body was also a hot burning sensation, in short, there was no comfortable place on his body.

Dinner was about the same as noon, except that the steamed buns were replaced with rice. Lu Weiming looked hungry, he didn't care about the fatigue, pain, dryness and heat, and swallowed the meal that had been completely cooled. In just a while, Lu Weiming ate two large bowls of rice.

At this time, the uncle with a broken finger was carrying a few bottles of beer and had just returned from outside. Seeing Lu Weiming's hungry appearance, he couldn't help laughing, "Haha, you're tired, right?" It's not that easy. As he spoke, he handed her a bottle of beer, "Come, drink a bottle, relieve fatigue, cool and cool." ”

Lu Weiming hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks and took them over, and said thank you. The bottle was still steaming white, apparently fresh from the fridge.

Lu Weiming held the bottle of wine, only to find that every pore on his body was oozing with water droplets. At the moment he seemed to be walking through the desert, dizzy and thirsty. And the cool feeling in his hand, like a spring water, appeared at the right time.

Lu Weiming didn't care much, he directly stuffed the bottle into his mouth, and as soon as he exerted his upper and lower jaws, he only heard a "bang", and a stream of white foam gushed out along the bottleneck.

Lu Weiming didn't stop, tilted his neck, and poured it hard. Suddenly, a cold rush rushed down his throat and finally poured into his stomach. He drank too violently, and his extremely hot body suddenly poured into the extremely cold water, and his whole body couldn't help but twitch. After a few seconds, he felt a chill drift through his body.

With the lesson of the first sip, Lu Weiming was no longer reckless, he sucked a little bit of coolness in this hot weather. The pleasure brought to him by this coolness was not only physical refreshment, but also spiritual refreshment.

A bottle of stomach, the pain and fatigue that gathered in the brain, really soothed a lot. At least for this moment, he thinks there is nothing more wonderful for him than now.

It was the second time he had drunk since coming to the city. And it is the opposite ending. Of course, Lu Weiming didn't want to think about it, he wanted to be immersed in this wonderful feeling all the time.

Then he went back and took a cold shower, and then lay on the bed and did not move again, for fear of dissipating the coolness.

Soon, the snoring began to start. Although the hot breath still filled the air, Lu Weiming was so tired that the sound of mosquitoes and flies buzzing in his ears couldn't disturb him.

A dreamless night, this sleep is particularly sweet.