Mountains, all steep and high.

Looking up, the peaks gathered. Looking down, the canyon is deep.

In this place where there is no heaven and no earth, all kinds of heavy machinery and equipment do their best to shovel out a small piece of flat land. If you stand on this flat land and look to the opposite side, you will find that a small piece of similar flat land has also opened up from the top of the opposite mountain. The project began on two levels of flat land, with simple scaffolding already in place and several thin steel cables between the two mountains.

But now, all the machinery is quiet, and none of them have started. There was only a buzzing voice on the construction site - the workers were gathering together to quarrel fiercely, and the one who was surrounded by the workers was Liu Baliang, the foreman of the contractor.

"Give you so much money and hurry up to find a way to come out, and you won't be able to do it in a few days when the rainy season comes." The green tendons on Liu Baliang's forehead were exposed, and the eye-catching strawberry color was already purple. He frothed at the mouth and scolded, "A bunch of pigs' heads." It's just that you can find a balance on both sides, and it's not for your dad to find a stepmother, is it so difficult? ”

The crowd protested. The workers babbled: "You can't say that, we are working and not engineers......

"At the same time, you are not even with so many engineering levelers, and one is ...... here"

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, where is the leveler, the fourth uncle said that you have to use a laser line marker or a laser level like this!"

“…… It's so high and too dangerous, and you're sure to fall to death if it's hard. ”

During the altercation, a stone is kicked into the hollow. It was a long time before a faint echo sounded at the bottom of the valley. Everyone was shocked and stopped speaking for a while.

Suddenly, they heard footsteps behind their heads, and everyone turned around to see a middle-aged man leading a boy towards them. Liu Baliang recognized that this was Ma Haowen, Ma Fei, and his father and son who were ridiculed by him in the labor market yesterday.

Ma Fei frowned, reluctantly dragged his father's arm and whispered, "It's the one who bullied you, I hate him." Let's go, Daddy. ”

"Wait a minute." Ma Haowen comforted his son softly, and walked forward with a smile, "Isn't it just leveling?" It's as simple as one plus one. Liu Baliang, five hundred yuan, I'll help you get it in two minutes. ”

Liu Baliang was taken aback at first when he saw Ma Haowen coming over. After he recovered a little from his initial stunnedness, he began to carefully look at Ma Haowen while quickly calculating in his mind. Gradually, his rosacea regained its bright red color.

The workers surrounding the side didn't know what was going on, and when they saw that Liu Baliang's expression was wrong, they thought they were uninvited guests who came to provoke, so they rushed forward to vent their dissatisfaction: "Turtle son, who do you think you are?" Lao Tzu so many people haven't figured out a way for three days, you say you two minutes? Get out of here, don't look for things. Roll on. ”

Ma Haowen didn't argue, still smiling, spreading his hands, and turned around to leave.

Behind the crowd, Liu Baliang roared angrily: "Shut up." ”

The workers fell silent in an instant. He slowly stepped forward and said to Ma Haowen word by word: "You don't want two minutes, as long as you can finish it today, I will give you eight hundred!" ”

Ma Haowen restrained his smile and said, "I talked for two minutes, and I don't want a dime for more than a second." Are there plastic water pipes? Forty meters long is enough. Give me another marker. ”

Soon, plastic water hoses and markers were ready.

"Fill it with water."

Yesterday, Ma Haowen, the bleak and depressed unemployed man in the labor market, was gone, and standing in front of everyone was the outstanding bridge designer Ma Haowen. Wisdom and courage made his face sparkle and radiate a convincing radiance.

Ma Haowen took off the helmet from Liu Baliang's head, buckled it on the top of his head, put a marker in his mouth, and motioned to everyone: "Let's start timer?" "The stopwatch began to tick.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ma Haowen quickly climbed onto the scaffolding and climbed along the steel cable between the two mountains towards the steep opposite bank.

Ma Fei's heart rose to his throat, and his breathing was about to stop.

Seeing that he was almost on the other side, Ma Haowen's right hand suddenly loosened, and it seemed that he was about to fall into the valley immediately. Everyone exclaimed.

"Dad? Be careful......" Ma Fei shouted.

Ma Haowen's hand tightly grasped the steel cable, and he stood safely on the flat ground on the opposite bank. He turned around and squeezed his eyes at Ma Fei, a wicked smile on his face.

"Drop!" The stopwatch time stopped at two minutes. At the same time, Ma Haowen pressed the level in the water pipe and drew a mark with a marker.

The crowd erupted in cheers, cheers echoing loudly through the valley.

Ma Fei puffed up his chest, showed a proud smile, and took eight hundred yuan from Liu Baliang, who looked annoyed. He counted the money and nodded at his father.

"Trick me into eight hundred dollars in two minutes. I didn't think of such a simple solution. Liu Baliang touched his head and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"The Power of Knowledge." Ma Haowen smiled and bent down, and said to Ma Fei, "This is called the principle of the communicator: at the same depth, the pressure of the liquid in all directions is equal - you should learn this lesson in junior high school physics right away." Let's go, son......"

He straightened up, looked at Liu Baliang again, forced a smile, and said softly: "By the way, I will give you another suggestion for nothing, buy one and get one free: the support below has water ripples, and there should be a problem with the embedded steel plate at the bottom of the beam." Tear it down and rebuild it, otherwise your project will probably end up like me - sooner or later it will collapse. ”

Ma Fei raised his right hand, pointed at his head with his index finger, and then pointed at Liu Baliang's head. Father and son laughed and turned away.

Liu Baliang stared at the distant backs of the two, pulled a handful of hair, stomped his feet and shouted, "Ma Gong!" He quickly caught up with the two: "How about doing it with my brother?" Make a offer, if I'm a counteroffer, I'm this! His palms flipped downwards and made the same gesture as yesterday, but he had long since lost the triumph of yesterday, and was full of sincerity.

Ma Fei looked up at his father, his eyes shining.

At that moment, he thought: Yes, Dad's bridge has never collapsed.

The office of the vice president of the Dongpei Architectural Design Institute is located on the east side of the second floor of the new office building, with the door facing a wide staircase. As soon as you open the door, the room will be unusually bright, and there will be a cool breeze through the hall, which is suitable for those who are tired of body and heat.

Lu Fatzi opened the door, while blowing the wind, he looked up at his name printed on the door plate, and a relieved smile slowly appeared on his face. After a while, he sighed from the depths of his abdomen, feeling that he finally had strength again, so he slowly closed the door, walked to the desk, tore off the half-drawn bridge drawings on the table, crumpled them twice, and threw them into the wastebasket.

He dug his hands deep into his hair, let out a mournful wail, pulled out a blank drawing, and began to bite frantically at the eraser at the end of the pencil.

"Bang bang", there was a knock on the door.

Lu Fatzi opened the door, saw the person coming clearly, and couldn't help but be full of surprise: "Brother Ma? Are you out? ”

After a pleasantry and a tea, Ma Haowen walked to the desk with a teacup, squinted his eyes to admire the design drawings, and quipped: "Yo, aren't you all promoted to vice president, and you still draw the design drawings yourself?" ”

Fat Lu's face was full of sweat, he took out a few apples and oranges, peeled them clumsily, and couldn't help but be a little shy, and said with a coy smile: "Don't squeeze me." I'm not at your level, I'm just chasing ducks to the shelves. Brother Ma, I was brought into the industry by you, and I can't repay you for your kindness to me for the rest of my life. Tell me if you have any difficulties, and I will help you solve them......"

"Yes! I want to stay back! Ma Haowen said bluntly.

Lu Fatzi's peeling hand stopped in mid-air.

"Didn't my house change the warehouse, no one lives in it anyway, I know you take care of this."

Fat Lu put down the fruit knife, blinked his eyes, and slapped him violently: "That's right!" Shall I treat you to seafood for dinner? I'll call ...... locate it now" As he spoke, he reached for the phone on the table, Ma Haowen pressed his hand, his eyes staring straight at him.

Fat Lu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother, don't be embarrassed for me, you don't belong to the courtyard anymore, everyone has a lot of opinions about you, this will affect me a lot!" ”

"My son was born in that house. I owe him so much. I promised to take him home. ”

Before Ma Haowen's words fell, Ma Fei's timid figure appeared at the door. Ma Haowen immediately closed his mouth, said no more, lowered his head and studied the drawings seriously.

"Uncle Lu? Uncle Lu? Uncle Lu? Ma Fei frowned, his voice trembled, and he couldn't help shaking Uncle Lu's shirt with both hands.

"Don't, don't...... Oops, don't look at me with your innocent little eyes...... I'm getting goosebumps...... Don't come to this set, you two! Fat Lu hurriedly dodged backwards, with a wry smile on his face.

Ma Fei couldn't hold Uncle Lu, and quickly stood up straight, his voice didn't tremble, and his brows didn't frown. He spread his hands and said, "Dad, I did my best!" I said it wouldn't work. ”

Ma Haowen smiled and lifted the design drawings on the table, cherished the drawings, and asked, "What about this?" In exchange, from today onwards, you will personally have a free assistant, whose name will never appear on your blueprints, and his rank is a national first-class registered structural engineer, the only one in the city! ”

Fat Lu snorted coldly in his nose: "What do you mean?" Do you think I'll be tempted by you? ”

It was slowly getting dark, and three suspicious figures appeared next to the No. 7 dormitory building of Dongpei Architectural Design Institute - one was fat, one was thin, and one was very short.

The three of them did not take the main road, did not enter the main entrance, looked around, and hid in the tall bushes on the side of the building.

Under the cover of night, a rusty key was secretly stuffed into Ma Haowen's pocket.

"Try not to let the neighbors see it. If anyone asks, you opened the door yourself, I don't know about it. Fat Lu whispered to Ma Haowen. Suddenly, a neighbor passed by, and he hurriedly picked up a piece of paper to cover his face, pretending to hum a little song, and studied the small advertisement on the telephone pole.

"There are too many acquaintances, I have to withdraw first. Brother Ma, that's all I can do. You can design this project for me, the sooner you give it to me, the better. ”

"Well, don't worry, you ......" Ma Haowen took the drawing, and when he turned around, Lu Fatzi had already run away.

"Hey, hey?"

"Dad, your friend is really righteous." Ma Fei looked at the distant figure with a little envy, turned his head and asked his father, "What should we do?" ”

Ma Haowen didn't answer, but tapped his head lightly with his finger and smiled slightly. Ma Fei woke up, poked his head, and let out a wicked smile.

In the 50s, dormitory buildings were known for their lack of natural light, and at night, the hallways were almost invisible.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the clouds in the sky dispersed, and the moonlight shone in through the cracks in the stairwell, painting the place with a faint silver light.

Two figures, one tall and one short, appeared at the end of the corridor, hunched over and tiptoeing forward; One moment hiding behind a bike, the next a cat behind a honeycomb coal pile. Seeing that they were about to reach a low wooden door, the two straightened up slightly.

The door next door suddenly opened, and an orange light shone into the hallway. A fat woman, with a curling iron on her head, came out with a dog in her arms. The two hurriedly hid behind the waste carton next to them and squatted down. The puppy broke free from the woman's embrace and barked at the two of them.

The two of them did not dare to come out, and made all kinds of silent threatening expressions towards the dog, trying to scare it away. However, the dog is very determined, barks all the time, and just doesn't go.

A dark cloud obscured the moon, and it was dark again in the hallway.

The owner of the dog tried to squint his eyes in the direction of the dog's barking, but could not see anything, and shouted impatiently: "Duke! Come back, Duke! The puppy was finally dragged back into the house, and the woman angrily struck the dog twice.

"What's it called? There was no one there. You dead dog! ”

Ma Fei couldn't help but want to be happy, his father quickly covered his mouth, glanced at him, and the two quickly got up and ran to the wooden door. The puppy barked so much that it was about to foam at the mouth, which caused the woman to beat her again.

"Duke, what's wrong with you tonight? Sooner or later, you will be eaten as a hot pot! ”

The door to the next room slammed shut, and the dog's barking gradually whimpered.

Ma Haowen took out a fake lock, installed it on the wooden door, opened the door, and the two quietly dodged in. The door closed silently, and from the outside, it was still a locked room.

There was a warm musty smell in the house, a familiar and reassuring musty smell.

Ma Haowen groped to find the distribution box and pushed the electric switches up one by one. The dim light came on. The father and son looked around the whole house, only to see that the furniture was the same as before, but the cobwebs were knotted and the eyes were full of dust, and they couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Ma Fei walked to the wall, stroked the height lines above, and said in surprise: "Dad, I am so much taller than when I was a child!" ”

Ma Haowen took out the marker pen that won him glory this morning, and solemnly drew a new line on the top of his son's head.