Zhou Dinghai was Fan Lei's comrade-in-arms, and Zhou Dinghai was injured in an exercise. Although he performed well on weekdays, he had to be discharged from the army because he injured his bones.

Zhou Dinghai's village has many mountains and few lands, the location is remote, and the family is relatively poor.

When Zhou Dinghai first came home, the family was still passable, but recently Zhou Dinghai's mother had a serious illness, if it wasn't for the money that his former comrades-in-arms helped him make up, Zhou Dinghailian would not have had the money to treat his mother.

Fan Lei also learned about Zhou Dinghai's situation from other comrades-in-arms, so he called the post office of Zhou Dinghai's township.

After Zhou Dinghai learned the news the next morning, he immediately ran to the township post office and dialed back.

Fan Lei was Zhou Dinghai's squad leader, and when he learned that Fan Lei called him, Zhou Dinghai was very happy, as soon as the phone was connected, Zhou Dinghai smiled and said, "Squad leader, you called me, is there something wrong?" ”

Fan Lei smiled, "Yes, I want to ask you how your kid is doing lately?" ”

Zhou Dinghai's mother's condition has stabilized, but he owes a lot of money to his comrades-in-arms, but Zhou Dinghai, a manly man, was embarrassed to say this to Fan Lei, so he smiled, "Life is okay." ”

Fan Lei already knew Zhou Dinghai's situation, and seeing that Zhou Dinghai did not complain to him, and also knew that Zhou Dinghai's self-esteem was relatively strong, so Fan Lei did not pierce it, but asked directly, "You also know that I am now working as a security guard in a shopping mall in Beijing." ”

Zhou Dinghai listened and said with some envy, "Squad leader, I've heard about it, congratulations on finding such a good job." ”

Fan Lei smiled, "This is also thanks to the chief's thinking about me, this mall was opened by the chief's wife." ”

"The chief has a good temperament and ability, especially for us soldiers, so when the mall recruited security guards, he deliberately asked the chief to give such a good job to us soldiers."

When Zhou Dinghai heard this, he was naturally very envious, thinking that it would be good if he could find a good job, so that he could also improve the conditions at home, and he could also pay back the money owed to his comrades-in-arms as soon as possible.

But Fan Lei continued, "Now that the mall is expanding security, I want to ask, do you want to come?" ”

Zhou Dinghai listened to Fan Lei's words, he didn't react for a while, and said in disbelief, "Squad leader, I didn't hear what you said just now, you say it again?" ”

Zhou Dinghai's voice was full of anticipation and excitement, Fan Lei couldn't hear it, so he repeated it again with a smile, "The mall is expanding now, are you willing to come to the capital and be a security guard in the mall like me?" ”

As soon as Fan Lei's words were finished, Zhou Dinghai couldn't wait to say, "Yes, yes, squad leader, I'm willing, you keep the job for me, I'll pack my things and go to the capital now." ”

After Zhou Dinghai finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly excitedly, and Fan Lei on the other side listened to the busy sound coming from the phone, and couldn't help but laugh and scold, "This stinky boy!" ”

Zhou Dinghai knows that this job is not easy to come by, I don't know how many people are red-eyed, the squad leader can give this job to himself, that is to value himself, and he must not let the squad leader down.

So Zhou Dinghai ran home quickly, and after Zhou Dinghai's mother's condition stabilized, Zhou Dinghai took his mother home and let his daughter-in-law take care of him.

Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law saw Zhou Dinghai running back from outside like a burning buttocks, and couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with you?" Picked up by a dog? ”

Zhou Dinghai smiled and said to his daughter-in-law, "What nonsense? I'm doing a good thing. ”

Zhou Dinghai because of his mother's medical treatment, the family was poor, if his daughter-in-law didn't like Zhou Dinghai, she would have run away a long time ago, and when she heard Zhou Dinghai say that there was something good, Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law couldn't help it, "What good things can there be in our small mountain village?" ”

Zhou Dinghai laughed and said, "Didn't I tell you before, our squad leader is now working as a security guard in a shopping mall in Beijing, and now he has a salary of 60 yuan a month." ”

When Zhou Jianhai's daughter-in-law heard this, she couldn't help but envy, "I know about this." ”

Zhou Dinghai said, "Yesterday, our squad leader called the post office and said to talk to me, I will not go out this morning, but just now the squad leader told me that the mall is now expanding to recruit people, and asked me if I would like to go?" ”

Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law's eyes lit up when she heard this, and before Zhou Dinghai could speak, Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law shouted, "Go, such a good thing, how can you not go?" ”

Zhou Dinghai saw that his daughter-in-law was so excited, his heart was happy, and he was sour, he felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, and let his daughter-in-law suffer with him.

Zhou Dinghai said, "Don't worry, I also told the squad leader, I'll pack up my things and go to the capital now, and when I get to the capital, I can have a salary of dozens of yuan every month, and when the time comes, I will mail you all the money, you first pay back the money I owe the loan, and then our family will definitely be able to live a good life." ”

Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law was a little desperate because of her mother-in-law's illness before, and her family owed a lot of debts, and she didn't know when she would be able to pay off those foreign debts.

Now in a blink of an eye, her husband has found such a good job, Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law is naturally very excited, and nodded again and again, "Don't worry, don't worry, I know in my heart, I will definitely pay back the money you owe to your comrades-in-arms first, your salary of dozens of yuan per month, we owe your comrades-in-arms more than 300 yuan, this money will be repaid soon, and our family will be able to live a good life next year." ”

Zhou Dinghai listened to his daughter-in-law's words, and nodded again and again, "Yes." ”

Then he said, "Hurry up and pack my things, don't waste time." ”

When Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law heard this, she hurriedly said, "I'll go and clean up your things for you, you go and talk to our mother, don't let her worry about you." ”

Zhou Dinghai nodded, and then entered the back room, Zhou Dinghai's mother was lying on the bed, what Zhou Dinghai and his daughter-in-law said just now, Zhou Dinghai and his mother also heard it clearly, knowing that his son had found a good job, Zhou Dinghai and his mother said happily, "You go, do a good job, don't worry about me, I'm fine." ”

Zhou Dinghai sat on the edge of the bed, held his mother's hand, and said again and again, "Mother, don't worry, this work is not easy to come by, I will definitely do a good job when I go, and when I make money, I will let you enjoy it." ”

Zhou Dinghai's mother had a smile on her face and couldn't stop nodding, Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law packed a burden for Zhou Dinghai, which was a change of clothes, and took out the eggs stored at home, boiled them, and planned to let Zhou Dinghai eat them on the road.

Zhou Dinghai saw that his daughter-in-law was boiling eggs, and hurriedly said, "I don't eat eggs, you can eat with our mother, Xiaoqiang's health is not good, when he gets out of school, you can give him an egg to make up for it." ”

Xiaoqiang is Zhou Dinghai's son, seven years old this year, just entered elementary school, because the family is poor, Xiaoqiang usually can't eat any good things, his body is a little weak, now he has found a good job, and his son can eat some good things in the future.

Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law heard this, and hurriedly said, "From our village to the provincial capital, and then to the capital, the road is long, what should you do if you are hungry on the road?" I'll boil these eggs for you, and you'll eat them on the way. ”

"Me and my mother, and Xiaoqiang, don't worry, our chickens lay eggs every day, and after you have a formal job and earn so much money every month, our family's life will definitely get better and better, don't worry about these eggs."

Zhou Dinghai also heard that as long as he earns dozens of yuan every month, even if the family eats eggs every day, he can afford to eat. Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law put all the boiled eggs into a bag and handed the things to Zhou Dinghai, Zhou Dinghai reluctantly hugged his daughter-in-law and said, "Then I'll go." Zhou Dinghai's daughter-in-law nodded and watched Zhou Dinghai leave the house.

Zhou Dinghai ran all the way to the town, first took a car to the provincial capital, and then took a train to the capital, and it took two days on the road to get to the capital.

At noon, Fan Lei deliberately asked for leave and went to the train station to pick up Zhou Dinghai.

Zhou Dinghai just got out of the train, and saw Fan Lei standing on the platform waiting for him, Zhou Dinghai immediately ran over with a smile, Fan Lei saw Zhou Dinghai with a dishful face, and knew that Zhou Dinghai was not having a good time, and he was definitely not willing to buy something to eat on the road, but he didn't debunk it, after all, Zhou Dinghai was such a big person, and it was not good-looking to debunk it.

Fan Lei grabbed Zhou Dinghai's shoulder and said, "Hurry back to the mall, you report first, and then let's go to dinner." ”

Zhou Dinghai said with a smile, "Squad leader, thank you this time, I'll invite you to dinner in a while." ”

Where is Fan Lei willing to eat Zhou Dinghai's food, Zhou Dinghai owes a lot of debt because of his mother's illness, how can Fan Lei take advantage of him, so Fan Lei said with a smile, "Let's not go out to eat, the mall is in charge of rice, there is meat and vegetables, it is much better than outside." ”

Zhou Dinghai was surprised, "Those of us who are security guards, are the mall still in charge of food?" ”

Fan Lei said with a smile, "Take care of the rice, not only the food, but also the food, you can rest assured when you come here." ”

Listening to Fan Lei's words, Zhou Dinghai's eyes revealed his yearning for future work.

Out of the train station, Zhou Dinghai followed Fan Lei to a car, Fan Lei directly opened the car door and sat in, Zhou Dinghai sat in the passenger seat, looked around and asked Fan Lei novelly, "Squad leader, is this your car?" ”

Fan Lei smiled and said, "Of course not, where can I afford it?" This is the boss's car, knowing that I will pick you up today, the boss specially lent me the car. ”

Zhou Dinghai was surprised, "This boss is really good." ”

Fan Lei nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, after all, the boss is the wife of our chief, who is good to us, and he is very generous." ”

In this era, the reform and opening up has just begun, and there are not many self-employed businesses, so there are naturally fewer jobs.

Fan Lei drove Zhou Dinghai with him, galloped all the way, and soon arrived at the mall.

Zhou Dinghai looked at the vast, majestic, and crowded shopping mall in front of him, his face was full of surprise, and he asked Fan Lei on the side in disbelief, "Squad leader, will I work here in the future?" ”

Fan Lei nodded and smiled, "Yes." Then he patted Zhou Dinghai on the shoulder, "Let's go, I'll take you to the entry procedures." ”

Zhou Dinghai nodded, and Fan Lei took Zhou Dinghai into the mall.

After entering the mall, Zhou Dinghai was even more dizzy, because there were too many people and many things.

After completing the entry procedures, Fan Lei took Zhou Dinghai to the staff restaurant, there are not many people in the staff restaurant, after all, everyone is busy now, after the peak period, the employees will take shifts, and then take turns to eat in the restaurant.

The restaurant is also on the first floor, covering a small area, Fan Lei and the master chef who cooks have already become friends, seeing Fan Lei coming, the kitchen master laughed loudly, "Old Lei, why are you here so late today, the braised pork is almost gone?" ”

Zhou Dinghai, who was following behind Fan Lei, heard that there was braised pork in the restaurant, and his saliva almost flowed out, God knows, he hadn't eaten meat for a year.

Fan Lei laughed and said, "Isn't our mall recruiting, I introduced my comrade-in-arms, he just arrived in the capital today, I went to pick him up, and it was too late." ”

The master also saw Zhou Dinghai and said with a smile, "Brother is hungry, come and eat." ”

Zhou Dinghai said embarrassedly, "Then I'm sorry for you." ”

The master hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No trouble, no trouble." ”

Then he saw that although Zhou Dinghai was tall, he had a vegetable face, and although the clothes on his body looked clean, they were washed white, and he knew that Zhou Dinghai's family conditions were not good, so he smiled and said, "Brother, you can eat as much as you want in this restaurant, but there is only one, and you are not allowed to waste it." ”

When Zhou Dinghai heard this, he hurriedly promised, "Master, don't worry, I am a child of a poor family, and I know that every grain is not easy to come by, and I will definitely not waste it." ”

The master nodded with satisfaction, and then saw Zhou Dinghai holding a dinner plate, so he asked Brother Zhou Dinghai, "Eat rice, or steamed buns?" ”

Zhou Dinghai immediately said, "Steamed buns." ”

The master took three steamed buns for Zhou Dinghai and said, "If you don't have enough to eat, come and get it again." ”

Zhou Dinghai saw the white-flour steamed buns on his plate, his eyes were red, and his tears almost fell, because his family owed a lot of debts, and he and his daughter-in-law, children, and mothers couldn't even afford to eat cornmeal, and they all ate Sanhe noodle steamed buns.

Now seeing that the salary given by the mall is high, and he still cares about eating and living, and the food is still so good, Zhou Dinghai can't help but feel a little emotional, and secretly swears that in the future, he will let his wife and children's mothers also eat white flour steamed buns and braised pork.

Seeing Zhou Dinghai's red eyes, the master of the restaurant sighed in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he scooped a big spoonful of braised pork and a big spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes for Zhou Dinghai.

Zhou Dinghai was also really hungry, on the road in the past two days, except for his daughter-in-law who boiled him a few eggs, Zhou Dinghai was really reluctant to spend a penny.

Fan Lei also took the dinner plate, made a meal, and sat next to Zhou Dinghai.

Zhou Dinghai ate all the steamed buns in three or five clicks at this time, and Zhou Dinghai couldn't eat enough of the three steamed buns at all, so Fan Lei took the initiative to take three more steamed buns for Zhou Dinghai.

Zhou Dinghai's mouth was stuffed with food, and his speech was a little unclear, Fan Lei didn't care, and ate by himself.

After eating a full meal, Zhou Dinghai's whole person seemed to be alive again, and his whole body was full of energy.

Fan Lei led Zhou Dinghai to get his clothes, sheets and bedding, and took him to the dormitory again, and after settling down, Zhou Dinghai immediately changed into a security uniform and started to work.

Zhou Dinghai also met their chief's wife, and Xia Zhi saw more than a dozen new security guards who had just arrived, smiled and encouraged, asked them to work hard, and then went back to their office.

As soon as Xia Solstice left, Zhou Dinghai quietly asked Fan Lei, "Squad leader, didn't our chief's wife say that she was almost 40 years old?" How do you look so young? Is our chief divorced and married another one? ”

Fan Lei glared at Zhou Dinghai angrily and reprimanded, "What nonsense? Our chief's wife is beautiful and has a good heart, but she is slow to age, do you understand? ”

Zhou Dinghai sighed, and then went on patrol.

A week later, Zhou Dinghai has slowly gotten used to the days of being a security guard in the capital, and one day after work, when he returned to the dormitory, several big men lay down to sleep, and started chatting without falling asleep for a while.

Fan Lei asked Zhou Dinghai, "Are you still used to it here?" ”

Zhou Dinghai smiled and said, "Squad leader, what's not used to this, being a security guard here is much more nourishing than when we were training in the army." ”

Zhou Dinghai's words were immediately approved by others.

"Yes, captain, we don't necessarily eat meat once a month at home, here we eat every day, eat every meal, eat with an open stomach, I never thought I could live such a good life before."

"yes, and we're not tired from this job."

Fan Lei listened to it and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Stinky boys, cherish these good days now, I heard that two days ago, another shopping mall was opened in the capital, the scale is a little smaller than ours, and there are also security guards there, and the salary is only half of ours, and we only care about it, regardless of food." ”

"Ouch, Captain, is this true?"

Fan Lei nodded and said, "Why am I lying to you about this kind of thing, you can find out if you inquire yourself." ”

Everyone nodded their heads one after another. After all, it is not easy to find a job now, and the owner of the shopping mall has no choice but to push down the price.

Fan Lei sighed and said, "It's better for our chief's wife, who can afford us to be soldiers, give us so much salary every month, and take care of food and housing, you will give me more energy when you go to work in the future, we can't be sorry for the wages that the chief's wife gave us." ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads in agreement.

The number of security personnel has increased, the security work is in place, and the security personnel wearing security uniforms are tall, and the customers who come to the mall to watch movies and come to KTV to play are naturally more at ease.

In particular, the students of An'an and their school came to the mall to watch movies, and more and more came to KTV to sing, and those gangsters on the street did not dare to come to the mall to make trouble when they saw so many security guards in the mall.