Lin Chen has annual leave every year, and he has not taken this year's annual leave so far, and if he doesn't take it, it will be invalid.

Lin Chen decided to take a vacation!

He took out a pen and paper, padd the newspaper, and wrote the leave application after dividing it by two.

At work, he felt stressed and tired, and really wanted to relax; On the other hand, because of the news in this newspaper.

He was scared, starting from that strange experience on the subway, so many strange things happened one after another, he wanted to find out, otherwise, his heart was uneasy.

As for Shi Chunzhu's side, he thought, anyway, he is on a normal vacation, and the labor law stipulates that workers have the right to rest, and Shi Chunzhu can't say anything! Isn't he a cow! Isn't he arrogant! Didn't he take himself seriously! Without him, let's see how he Shi Chunzhu continues to play!

The next morning, Lin Chen submitted a leave report, and Shi Chunzhu was neat and approved in the afternoon.

With leisure time, Lin Chen slept a lot, and when he woke up the next day, it was already close to noon.

Outside the window, the sun glare brightly.

Lin Chen got up in his clothes and washed himself hastily, and his stomach was already "growling" at this time.

Lin Chenfei went downstairs.

There is a small area of small bungalows near the community, and some villagers who have not been demolished for various reasons live in it.

One of them, which is not large, was rented and opened a meatloaf shop, and it was noon, and you could smell a strong meatloaf fragrance from afar.

Lin Chen walked in.

The owners are a couple, forty years old.

The man had a towel on his shoulder, and he was busy serving food and cleaning up the mess on the table. The woman wore an apron and was working at a wooden table with a pan and basin on it.

The woman quickly took out the batter from the basin, put it on a small scale, spread it out, put it on it, wrapped it, rolled it out, smeared it with oil, and put it on the pan, like a clock full of strings, and was very busy.

The casserole pan on the gas stove hissed and steamed, making the already small space even more stuffy.

The woman wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, turned around, and shouted at the diners waiting at the table:

"The fish ball casserole is ready!"

It's not a big space, and there are four tables, two of which are already filled with customers. These people are almost all dark-skinned, blue-clad workers on the construction site.

The hut was filled with the smell of hot oil smoke, cigarettes and meatloaf, which was full of temptation for Lin Chen, who had been hungry since the morning.

"What are you eating?"

Seeing Lin Chen come in, the male shopkeeper greeted him warmly, and as he spoke, he bent down and dusted a stool on the side of the dining table with a towel, and motioned for Lin Chen to sit here.

Lin Chen took the menu and flipped through it casually.

"What do you have here?"

"Meatloaf, pork, beef, leeks and eggs are available, buy cakes and get porridge, free! If you don't eat the bread, I have noodles here, and the noodles should be freshly cooked, just a little slower! ”

"Then the meatloaf, pork! Give me one first, it's not enough! Lin Chen said, closing the menu book.

After a short time, a plate of fragrant meatloaf was served, and the store also gave a bowl of millet porridge and a plate of small pickles.

Lin Chen was hungry, so he devoured it in one go, and felt that it was not enough, so he asked for another one.

"Boss, this meatloaf has thin skin, thick meat, fresh and tender meat, it tastes really crispy and fragrant, delicious! It's delicious! ”

The meatloaf entered the stomach, the lips and teeth were fragrant, and Lin Chen gave a thumbs up.

Hearing the praise of the customer, the store smiled and said, "If it's delicious, you can eat more!" I've got enough here! ”

Lin Chen remembered something, so he asked: "Boss, I see that the Jingdong meat patty is hanging on the door of your store, how can it be the same flavor as the Xianghe meat patty I used to eat?" Does it make a difference?"

"This?" The shopkeeper didn't know how to answer for a while, but smiled apologetically and said, "I really don't know this well!" ”

"There is no difference, Jingdong meatloaf is Xianghe meatloaf, not to mention that we love to eat, even Emperor Qianlong is full of praise!"

It was a fat worker, who was sitting at the next table, and he was eating by himself with his head down.

"That's... Why do you have to call two names?" Lin Chen continued to ask.

The worker raised his head, sniffed, and said, "Isn't Jingdong Xianghe!"

"Hey! It's you! ”

Lin Chen recognized this person as the fat man who bought cigarettes in the store last time.

The fat man also recognized Lin Chen, and said casually: "Yo! I've seen it, I've seen it! I haven't seen you in a long time! Come and eat the meatloaf too! Destined! We've met again! ”

"Didn't you say you wanted to go back to your hometown last time? Why didn't you leave?" Lin Chen asked.

"I wanted to come, but recently my daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby for me, or a dragon and phoenix fetus, the family's expenses suddenly became big, and the team made up for my salary, I don't want to leave, anyway, it's not all work anywhere! Spend more time here and earn some money! The fat man said.

"Yo! I didn't see it, you kid still has this ability, and he is still a dragon and phoenix! What a blessing! Lin Chen said with a smile.

"Hehe, blessings? Sort of a few! It's a lot of pressure!"

Lin Chen could see that the fat man was still very proud of his dragon and phoenix baby.

"Come, sit down and talk!"

Lin Chen pointed to the empty seat in front of him and beckoned to the fat man, who took the plate and moved over.

"Who doesn't have a pressure, unless you were born with a golden key, you, you are content!" Lin Chen said.

"I'm content, otherwise I would have run early, there are few people in the team, and there is a lot of work! One can be used by two people, no, it should be used by three people! Only one pay! I'm still doing it here, I'm still not satisfied! You've wronged me too much!"

After the fat man finished speaking, he wiped his grease mouth with his hand, glanced at Lin Chen, turned his face and stretched his neck, and shouted, "Boss, bring me another bowl of porridge!" ”

"Okay!"

The shopkeeper was busy with the work at hand, and at the same time, he responded.

"Recruit some more people, it's not easy! Is it that your boss is too dark-hearted, and he just wants people to work, and he doesn't want to pay more! Lin Chen asked.

"Not really! Recruitment, who doesn't know! The people who can be recruited can't do it for long, so they run away! ”

The fat man picked up the vinegar bottle and sprinkled vinegar on his meatloaf.

"Less money to give? Why don't you do it? Lin Chen asked puzzled.

The fat man glanced at Lin Chen, took a piece of meatloaf and put it in his mouth, chewing it with taste.

"Or are you in arrears?"

"In the past, they were delayed, but now that the management is strict, they don't dare! Haven't you noticed that the news is shouting all day and night that you can't deduct the wages of migrant workers! We are migrant workers, brothers are not brothers, they can be called whatever they like! It's not practical to get close to us, it's not easy for anyone, you say yes! At my age, I'm still working outside as a coolie, and it's not just hard money! Who doesn't have an old family and a small one, just give the salary to the real one, isn't this reasonable! Now, the top is keeping an eye on it, they don't dare to default on it, and they give everyone processing money. ”

"Isn't that a good thing? Why are you leaving? ”

The porridge was a little hot, and Lin Chen held the bowl and blew it gently.

"Hmmm! People are coming, but a lot of them don't work for a while, most of them at the end of the year, pay off, and don't come back when they leave, and the tall guy you saw last time, the technician, remember him, right?"

"Of course I do! That kid looks at the monkey spirit, the monkey is fine! How? He's gone? ”

"You have a good eye! That kid is fine! He earns more than me, he has good skills, and he is popular in our team! However, he couldn't stay any longer, and he pushed me for the past two days, saying that he couldn't stay here for long, and asked me to run with him! ”

"It's more tiring to run transport! It's not easy! I really don't understand why? Because the money given is less? Maybe everyone has their own ambitions! ”

Lin Chen put down his chopsticks and asked curiously.

"Humph! What ambition does he have! Like me, I'm also full of food and dark! ”

Lin Chen blinked his eyes and looked at the fat man with a puzzled expression, and after a while, as if he had thought of something, he nodded slightly, and tapped the table with chopsticks.

"I see! You must be bored! Also, it's bricks and cement again, and it's dusty again! This is a broken place that doesn't go to the village and can't go to the store, not to mention the tiredness of work, and life is monotonous! There are no shopping malls, no cinemas, no entertainment venues, not even an internet café! If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do it for long! ”

The fat man looked around, lowered his voice, and said to Lin Chen, "Brother, what you said is not right!" We are no more literate than you, we have the ability! So if we have the money to pick and choose, we just do rough work, and we don't do it anywhere! ”

"That's right! So why did everyone leave? ”

The fat man leaned forward and said in a low voice, "Remember last time, I told you about the evil spirit we have here!"

"Hmmm! Last time, you said that a coffin was dug up at the construction site! Did you dig up the coffin again? ”

"What's that! We can dig up coffins here every now and then! ”

"Could it be something else?"

"Several! To give you an example, last week, I and three other workers were eating in the shed, and our lunch was a boxed lunch that the team ordered for everyone. Everyone was eating and chatting, and suddenly someone said, why is there an extra bowl on the table? Only then did everyone notice that there was indeed a broken bowl in the middle of the table! With soil, the edges are broken, and there are old style porcelain bowls with a little pattern! No one admitted that the bowl was their own! Everyone is baffled! A broken bowl popped up out of thin air, you say this thing is not evil! ”

"Maybe someone put it there, you didn't pay attention!"

"How could it be! The table is right under our eyes, four of us! Eight eyes! I can't see if there's a bowl on the table! ”

"And what did you do with that bowl?"

"It's not easy, throw it away!"

"It's a pity to throw it away! It can still be used for washing! Lin Chen said regretfully.

The fat man opened his mouth, and only after a while did he say, "Brother, you lack this broken bowl!" Don't you know that we used to be graves here! This broken bowl is more like someone placed in front of the grave for tribute! You still want it! Don't you feel embarrassed! ”

Lin Chen pursed his lips, took a napkin from the cardboard box on the table, wiped his grease mouth, and looked at the fat man.

"Or you have experience! How could I not have thought of it! According to what you say, this broken bowl of unknown origin is quite appropriate! But, I think, you're just guessing! ”

"Guess?"

The fat man looked disappreroving, he took a small pickle and put it in his mouth, chewing it slowly.

"Speculation, not speculation! It's not as simple as you think! ”

Lin Chen's eyes widened and said, "Isn't it just a broken bowl!" How complicated could it be! ”

Seeing the curious look on Lin Chen's face, the fat man looked left and right, and whispered: "I know, you don't believe what I said, we are really haunted here!" ”