Before seven o'clock in the morning, I drove a pickup truck to the Shanghai long-distance bus station that had just been put into use.

At 10:00 a.m., the long-distance bus from Wenlin County arrived.

After a while, a group of fellow villagers, under the leadership of Cai Chaoxian, all carried their luggage and rushed out from the exit of the station.

Those who knew the white hand gathered around and greeted the white hand.

Cai Chaoxian even reported to the white hand, "Brother hand, thirty-three people got on the bus and thirty-three people got off, none of them was bad." ”

"Damn, I want thirty, you have thirty-three, who are the extra three?" ”

Lu Shuilong smiled: "Brother Hand, it's none of my business." ”

"Stand up, the three unplanned, all stand up for me." With white hands on his hips, his spirit is vivid.

Four people came out at once, two pairs of father and son.

Li Guilin, a carpenter, brought his youngest son, and Xiao Guoming, a mason, brought his only son, all of whom were sixteen or seventeen-year-old children.

"Take, take." Baishou nodded and asked, "There is another one, and what about another?" ”

A big fat man with a fat weight of two hundred pounds, accompanied by a smiling face, squeezed out of the crowd.

Needless to say, it is the water tank Chen Yunhai.

"Hand, please take in a brave man who yearns for Shanghai."

"Bah, you big fat man, you big foodie, what can you do on a dog day?"

"I'll cook for everyone, do laundry and mend shoes, and I can also warm you in the bed."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Whitehand scolded with a smile: "Damn, I can't get rid of you." Stay in the team for three months to see the after-effects. ”

The water tank shook his hands and thanked him again and again.

took out the money with his white hands and instructed Lu Shuilong and Cai Chaoxian to go to the roadside stall to buy breakfast, four meat buns, and a bag of hot soy milk for everyone.

After everyone ate on the spot, he ordered him to put all his luggage in the car.

The pickup truck was loaded with luggage, full of luggage, with a rope in his white hands, and tied the luggage tightly.

Only five people could sit in the car, and the water tank was allowed to sit in the passenger seat with white hands, and Li Guilin, Xiao Guoming and stonemason Jiang Dakui sat in the back seat.

With his white hands, he took out a few more urban traffic maps and handed them to Lu Shuilong and Cai Chaoxian, "Your first lesson has begun." Our station and bus routes are marked on the map. You are limited to one hour to arrive at the station, and if you are one minute late, you will be fined one dollar. ”

With that, he waved his white hand and drove away in the pickup truck.

Changning District, Qingchun Street, the old house of the Luo family.

With a water tank in their white hands, they looked at the whole yard inside and out.

"Brother Yunhai, cleaning, housekeeping, and allocating rooms are all in your charge. I have prepared rice, vegetables and cooking utensils, etc., and you will be responsible for lunch and dinner. ”

The water tank was happy, patting his chest and reassuring, "Hands, I will convince you that I am useful to you." ”

White-handed, the "three craftsmen" were invited to the courtyard, and each person had a small stool, and invited them to sit down.

Thirty-three people, except for the "three craftsmen", are all young men of twenty years.

Li Guilin, a carpenter, is a native of Baicun and is in his forties.

The mason Xiao Guoming, in his thirties, is Xiao Guoxing's cousin.

Stonemason Jiang Dakui, in his thirties, is the apprentice of his white-handed grandfather Tong Lao Wu. Variety Literature

These three are the "three craftsmen" who worked hard when the white-handed family built a new house.

Divide the cigarettes with the three of them with their white hands, and then fire them one by one, and finally light their own.

"Three, you are all invited by me by name, and you will be the backbone of my engineering team in the future. You all know what kind of person I am. I know your salary. ”

Li Guilin smiled innocently, "Hand, we are not worried about this at all." After your suitcase factory moved away, I stopped making trunk shells, and I was worried that I didn't have enough work to do. ”

Xiao Guoming is also an honest person, "Xiaobai, in fact, we are here to defect to you, as long as we have work to do, we have no problem." ”

With the release of rural productive forces, whether it is three craftsmen or five craftsmen, the number of people has exploded, and it is true that there are more people living less, and income is not increasing but decreasing.

To be honest, Jiang Dakui is the most honest, "Hand, Lao Li and Lao Xiao's craftsmanship can be used in the engineering team, but I, a stonemason, can you also come in handy?" ”

"Uncle Da Kui, you will soon know that your craft will come in handy."

The three craftsmen were invited to be masters, and the salary was higher than that of ordinary workers, of course, it was not a façade.

A group of hairy guys, and they are still familiar with life, there are few "old guys" to press, so they have to jump on the house to expose the tiles.

Lu Shuilong and Cai Chao arrived with a large group of men and horses first.

One does not fall, and the white hand is satisfied.

There are no rules, there is no square circle, and the meeting is held in the courtyard with no hands.

A total of seventeen rules and regulations and disciplines, read them out with their white hands, and instructed Lu Shuilong to stick them on the wall.

"Now, let's get busy. Transfer a few people to help Brother Yunhai cook the fire, and the rest of the people hurry up to clean up. In the afternoon, you make your own beds. ”

The three craftsmen were treated specially, they didn't have to clean, and they were left behind to continue the conversation with their white hands.

Li Guilin's savings are famous, and he asked: "Hand, in terms of food, do you still eat big pot rice?" ”

"Of course not." Bai Shou smiled and explained: "Shanghai, there are two ways to buy rice, go to the public store to buy it, ask for food stamps but the price is cheap, go to the market to buy it, don't need food stamps but the price is expensive." I've inquired, and there are three main ways for us to eat together. ”

Xiao Guoming asked, "What are the three ways?" ”

"One is a big pot of rice, everyone will not agree, and I am against it. The second is to work in other people's units, and if there happens to be a canteen, they eat in other people's canteens. The third is to eat their own food, that is, to buy their own rice, take a lunch box to steam rice, and eat as much as they want. The team only helps you steam the rice, and you can figure out the dishes yourself. ”

Li Xiaojiang and his wife all said that the third way was good, and this matter was settled.

"Three, I'll say one last thing. You are masters, but you can't just do the work of masters. The small engineering team is like this, when there is no master to work, just like everyone else, they have to do all the work. ”

Li Guilin said: "Hand, don't worry about this, we are all people who work, and it is uncomfortable if we don't work." ”

Xiao Guoming and Jiang Dakui also expressed their positions.

Bai Shou nodded, "If you have any questions, you can ask them." ”

Xiao Guoming said: "Xiaobai, these stunned youths, you have to manage them seriously." ”

Li Guilin said: "Yes, yes, these boys, they can do their work, and they can make trouble." ”

"Hehe, I must be serious about management. Besides, aren't there still you? I've brought you here, and I'm going to help me manage this responsibility. ”

At this time, the water tank, Lu Shuilong and Cai Chao walked over first.

The white hand scolded again, "Three dogs, you all came to Shanghai, if my suitcase factory collapses, I will throw you all into the Huangpu River to feed the fish." ”

The water tank said: "Hand, you can rest assured, we are gone, and the leather box factory will develop better." ”

Everyone laughed for a while.

Lu Shuilong asked, "Brother Hand, there are sixty new knives in the room, what are they for?" ”