Chapter Twenty-Five: The First Salary
As soon as Li Qingyue made a move, she was really shocked by the white workers, seeing Li Qingyue's skillful techniques, it was like the craftsmanship of old workers who had worked on the construction site for five or six years, and it could even be said that those old workers were not as beautiful as her.
Bai Gong did not hesitate to praise himself, he laughed: "Haha I didn't expect you little girl to hide such a hand, this steel bar is really beautiful, just in time to leave a worker two days ago, I am still worried that no one will take his job, you came just to give me a chance to breathe, I can have time to recruit workers." ”
was recognized by the white workers, and Li Qingyue's uneasy heart became steady.
followed the white worker to break the construction site, and the white worker intimately arranged for her to the last position.
The workers were all immersed in the work at hand and did not pay much attention to the new arrivals.
"You do it first, I'll go to the labor side to talk about the situation, and by the way, ask how much your salary is."
The white worker wanted to speak and stopped: "There is a sentence I have to tell you in advance, this kind of temporary worker will definitely not make much money." ”
Li Qingyue nodded, saying that she knew, she knew all this, and she didn't care about the salary at the moment, as long as she could make money, she would be willing to work.
It didn't take long for the day workers to come back again.
Li Qingyue worked very quickly, and after such a short period of effort, a lot of steel bars had already been tied.
Bai Gong looked at her work one by one and nodded with satisfaction.
He squatted down beside Li Qingyue and whispered to Li Qingyue: "I have already discussed with the labor department, five yuan a day, can you do this work?"
A salary of five yuan is not much for Li Qingyue, but it is really a lot to say less.
She has no choice, and she is already very content to earn five yuan.
"Okay, I'll do it."
Bai Gong looked at Li Qingyue's dirty and red hands, and took out a pair of gloves from his pocket.
This is his own glove, he can't bear such a young child to come out to do coolies, and he will do his best to help her.
Looking at the gloves handed over by Bai Gong, Li Qingyue was very moved, she took the gloves and put them on her hands, they were a bit big, and they didn't fit very well like clothes.
"Bai Gong, you are a good person, thank you."
Bai Gong patted her on the shoulder, a little helpless, there was only so much he could do.
"I go to work at eight o'clock every day and leave work at half past six in the evening, and their regular employees are in charge of lunch, but you ......"
Originally, the day workers wanted to fight for Li Qingyue to have lunch at the construction site, but the labor service was afraid that child labor was used on the construction site, so they sternly denied it.
"It's okay, I can bring my own food, this is out of the way."
"Okay, this is your hard hat, wear it well, pay attention to safety."
Seeing that Li Qingyue readily agreed, Bai Gong didn't say anything anymore, and walked away after a few simple words.
The scorching sun glowed hot, steaming and roasting the workers working in the open air.
Li Qingyue's clothes were already big, and with the relentless exposure of the sun, her clothes were soaked.
Fortunately, there is a hard hat to block a little sunlight, otherwise she would really be fainted by the sun.
Since she was born, her body has been very weak, which is one of the reasons why Father Li did not ask her to go out to work.
Li Qingyue needs to hold her hard hat from time to time, the hat is too big, the clothes and gloves she wears are too big, and her small body is shrunk in a big "shell", but it gives her several layers of insurance.
Before she came, she was still a little worried, worried that she would be bullied on the construction site because of her young age, but now it seems that it is much better than expected.
The morning passed quickly, and the workers all went to eat in twos and threes, but Li Qingyue still buried her head in her work, and only stopped when everyone was gone.
She took a loaf out of the pocket of her coat and ate it.
This was brought to him by Father Li before leaving, and he was afraid that he would starve her, so he stuffed several of them for her.
Chewing the cake raw, the rough cornmeal tortilla is a little choked to swallow.
Before she could take a few bites, Li Qingyue coughed.
If you eat this thing without water, it's a bit hard to swallow.
After eating two bites, Li Qingyue stopped to rest for a while, and waited until all the food in his mouth was chewed and swallowed before taking the next bite.
And so on and so forth, and by the time she had just finished eating a cake, the workers had already finished eating.
The workers' dormitory is not in the same place as the construction site, and many people do not go back to the dormitory during the lunch break and come to the construction site to find a shady place to sleep on the ground.
The number of people gradually increased, and occasionally a few passers-by would take a few glances at the man who had hidden his body in his clothes.
Fortunately, everyone didn't pay much attention, Li Qingyue turned her back and tried to minimize her sense of existence.
Taking advantage of the time when no one was around, he found a place to sit down in the shade.
The afternoon sun is too scorching, and if she stays under the sun, her body will definitely not be able to bear it.
Li Qingyue found a relatively remote open space and sat down.
Looking at the reinforced concrete in front of him, he was a little distracted.
Once upon a time, she also went to eat with a few little sisters on the construction site, worked as a coolie together, and found a shaded place to rest together.
The breeze is gentle and brings a little coolness.
It's so comfortable~
Li Qingyue stretched her waist, such a day is not bad, she makes money by herself, for her father, and for her future.
The rest time always passed quickly, Li Qingyue leaned against the corner and took a nap, and the lunch break was over.
The afternoon was surprisingly long, and she finally stayed up until the end of work, and Li Qingyue was finally able to take off the ill-fitting clothes.
I was thinking about whether to go to the white worker to get today's salary, and I saw the white worker beckoning to him from afar.
When Bai Gong approached, he saw the sweat on Li Qingyue's face clearly.
Bai Gong's heart tightened, this child is still a girl, and he must be tired after a hard day's work.
Li Qingyue saw that the white workers were coming, and she also greeted them.
"Baigong, I'll come over on time tomorrow." Li Qingyue's smile rippled in her eyes, even if she was dressed in ashes, her appearance was difficult to hide.
"Here you go, it's your day's wages."
Bai Gong held a pile of scattered money in his hand and handed it over to Li Qingyue.
"Count, see if the count is right."
The white workers are bright, Li Qingyue can feel it, and hurriedly said: "No need, I can rest assured that there are white workers!" ”
As he spoke, he wanted to put it in his pocket, but was stopped by the white worker again.
"Order, it's out of the way, one yard to one yard."
couldn't resist the insistence of the white workers, so Li Qingyue had no choice but to count it in person.
Counting and counting, Li Qingyue's expression became more and more strange, and she waited until she finished counting before asking: "Day worker, is it wrong to calculate the salary?" Why do you have three dollars more? ”
Hearing Li Qingyue say this, Bai Gong laughed heartily.
He patted Li Qingyue's head and said happily: "The labor service told me in the afternoon, and your salary was raised, and now it's eight yuan a day!" ”
Hearing the news, Li Qingyue was so excited that she almost flew up!
"Really!" Li Qingyue said, and bowed deeply to the white worker.
There are too many words of thanks, so many that she is short of words, and she can only express her inner gratitude through body language.