Chapter 26 Into the Workshop

After living for a few days, I learned about the scumbag, his hometown is in Yuncheng, Shanxi, in recent years, I saw that the wholesale clothing is very profitable, so I came to the south alone, in a year, only during the Spring Festival, I can reunite with my wife and children, he earned a lot of money here by his own efforts, but resolutely disagreed with his wife to come and suffer with him, the scumbag brother is bold, outspoken, is a warm-hearted person, I was attracted by his straightforward character when I first saw him.

He goes out early and returns late every day, sometimes even in the middle of the night before dragging his tired body back, completely in a posture of earning money and not dying, sometimes I advise him to pay attention to his body, and he laughs it off.

I've been living in the basement for a week, eating, sleeping, playing with my phone every day, and all the time is wasted, I don't think that's what I came to this city for.

On this day, I saw a recruitment message on my mobile phone, which was sent by a local factory, which is a unit that produces aluminum products, and the recruitment conditions are very relaxed, with a fixed salary of 4,000 yuan a month.

I was very impressed when I saw it, and thought to myself, instead of waiting for an opportunity in such a mess, it would be better to try it first.

I looked at the phone number left at the bottom of the job posting and dialed it.

"Hey, hello, do you still recruit workshop workers?"

"Zhao, have you done it in the workshop before?"

"Uh, I've worked in a garment factory before"

The other side was silent for a while, and said: "We mainly produce aluminum materials, which is a heavy physical work, working in high temperatures, if you can bear these, then come and take a look." ”

I agreed without even thinking about it, but when I went to the production site to see it with my own eyes, I was completely discouraged from wanting to come to work.

The workshop is stuffy, just like walking into the steam room, dozens of production machines roared, working day and night, a staff member in the workshop, with a hard hat, a towel on his shoulder, wiping sweat from time to time, he took me around the workshop, my back was soaked at some point, and the clothes were sticky on the back, and it was very uncomfortable.

When he saw that I was sweating all over my head, and that the sweat was running down my cheeks and down my neck, he smiled and said, "Young man, can you do this job?" ”

I am also asking myself in my heart, can you do this job, only accept, and then stay up day and night, and give up, and also idle day and night.

Seeing that I was hesitant, he persuaded again: "Young man, this job is not suitable for you, in my opinion, you should find a clerical or sales job, although it is also very hard, but you don't have to be baked by high temperatures 24 hours a day." ”

Sale? What to sell, the building is still insurance, I have no eloquence, two have no connections, three can't wipe my face, the sales job is obviously not suitable for me, what about the clerical job, the most important thing is to look at the diploma and work experience, I am a person who has not finished high school, who will appoint me.

I thought about it for a long time, then raised my head and said to him, "I want to try it, I heard that this workshop is very exercised." ”

It is a very workout person, whether it is psychologically or physically, as long as you can grit your teeth and bear it, then no matter how hard and tiring the work will be in the future, it should not be difficult to do.

The man nodded with satisfaction, and he asked me to send a copy of my ID card and a one-inch photo to the Human Resources Department, and then come to work tomorrow morning.

When I came back in the evening, I bought two dozen beers and some charcuterie, sat down at the small square table and drank it.

I told him the job I was looking for, he frowned and said loudly: "Brother, I said that you don't have a brain when looking for a job, can you do that kind of work, you haven't got a family yet, I heard that working in such a high temperature environment for a long time is likely to cause you to be infertile, you might as well flip clothes with me, although it is also very hard, but at least you can breed offspring safely and worry-free." ”

After speaking, he gulped down his beer.

I was also shocked when I heard it, but I didn't have the capital to follow the scumbag brother wholesale clothes, I looked at the scumbag brother and said: "It's okay, if you come, you will be safe, they can bear why I can't, I'll try it for a month first." ”

Brother Scumbag sighed deeply and said: "Hey, it takes perseverance to persevere all year round, I am working so hard to earn money now, I just hope that my son can have a comfortable and abundant family in the future, and he can have a good life, and it is not in vain that I get up early and work hard at night." ”

He took out his mobile phone again and showed me his 8-year-old son, in the photo, his son was wearing a navy uniform, at a young age, he looked very delicate, his lovely face was immature, and his big eyes were very similar to the scumbag brother.

Brother Scumbag looked at the photo with a loving face, and I asked him curiously: "Brother Scum, you miss your son so much, why don't you take it, your wife and children are here, aren't you more motivated to struggle." ”

Brother Scumbag sighed, took a puff of cigarette, snuffed out the cigarette butt, and said to me: "I can eat these hardships alone, my wife is at home with the children, take care of the elderly, I also feel at ease, if I take the initiative to move my family here, I will feel a lot of pressure, big city to earn money to get small town flowers, isn't it the same." ”

That night, we drank two dozen beers, but the more I drank, the more sober I became, the scumbag brother said drunkenly: "Brother, you have just come to this city alone, and I look the same as I did back then, and I am very ignorant of this strange place, but you just need to remember, the harder you work, the better your luck will be, don't think about anything, sometimes it's actually very simple things, often made very complicated by us, such as making money, we dig our hearts and minds every day, how to make money, how to let money drill into your pocket, what's so difficult about this, As long as you are willing to endure hardships, as long as you dare to work hard, the money will naturally come, it's that simple. ”

I listened to Brother Scumbag tell me about his philosophy of life, and I was quite inspired, and suddenly thought of Lao Tzu's words: the road is simple, the unity of knowledge and action, and the success is achieved, the road is simple, and the enlightenment is in nature.

Complex things are simple to do, simple things are done repeatedly, repetitive things are done with heart, long-term persistence, and natural success.

The phone rang on time at 6 o'clock, I turned off the alarm clock sleepily, the scumbag brother was gone, I got up and washed, made myself a simple breakfast, gobbled it up, and hurried out.

Today is my first day on the job, so I must not be late, the factory is 10 kilometers away from my residence, it is very unrealistic to walk, but fortunately there is a bus, there is a station 4 kilometers away from the factory, I just need to sit at this station, in about 20 minutes walk, to the factory.

The nearest bus stop is about six or seven minutes away from my accommodation, and before the bus arrived, I looked left and right in a hurry, and there was already a large group of people waiting for the bus at the stop, looking down at their mobile phones, some with bags, and some waiting for breakfast while waiting for the bus.

When the car came, the crowd was crowded, crowded into the car, my shoes were stepped on several times, and from time to time I heard bursts of curses: what are you squeezing, oops, I don't have long eyes.

I came to the workshop, as soon as I entered the door, the heat wave hit, sweat instantly flowed to my cheeks, or the middle-aged man who produced in the workshop yesterday took me, he handed me a pair of gloves, a hard hat, a set of work clothes, let me go to the lounge to change, and then look for him.

I went to the lounge, took off my soaked coat, and after changing into my overalls, I felt even more stuffy, this set of overalls was made very thick, which belonged to the material of denim, and later they told me that it was made to prevent the melted aluminum from splashing on my body during the production process, so it was made very thick and strong.

The middle-aged man who has been taking me is called Lu Zhibin, a local, who has been working in this factory for 8 years, and attaches great importance to the safety of the production process.

He told me a lot of useful safety knowledge, such as when the crane cranes a few heavy aluminum coils, the hands can not hold the inside of the wire rope, otherwise it will be broken by the wire rope, the newly produced aluminum coils can not be touched by hand, because the hands will be burned, when the aluminum water in the aluminum tank flows, you must not approach with flammable and explosive materials, which will lead to an instant explosion and so on.

He assigned me to his team, and today happened to be the day shift, and I thought to myself, I can learn a lot from him, at least there is a great guarantee of safety.

My job is to pack the aluminum coils, and tie the round aluminum coils with a gas baler and flat iron belts to prevent the aluminum coils from falling apart during transportation.

When everyone saw that I was new and white, they all shook their heads and said, "This young man can't last a day, and he will be so tired that he can't get out of bed." ”

I don't accept it in my heart, in the eyes of outsiders, am I so delicate and thin.

When I came to the canteen at noon, the space of Nuoda was already crowded with workers, who lined up in an orderly manner, looking like wildebeest waiting to cross the river in the animal world.

The food in the cafeteria was extremely unpalatable, I ate two black ladybugs in the rice, I picked them out and put them on the table, Lu Zhibin looked at it and said to me with a smile: "The canteen is open today." ”

I smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.

In the afternoon, I returned to the workshop, a little dizzy and nauseous, my face was pale, I drank six or seven bottles of mineral water in the morning, I went to the toilet, all the water evaporated with sweat, Lu Zhibin told me, working in this environment, too much water will lead to coma, fortunately the mineral water of the factory is provided in unlimited quantities, that is, the supermarket has sold a dollar of ice dew mineral water, it is estimated that the factory will buy in large quantities will be very cheap.

Lu Zhibin gave me a few pills to prevent heat stroke, I took it, staggered back to work, less than ten minutes, I vomited all the heat stroke medicine, Lu Zhibin saw this, hurriedly ran over, helped me to the lounge, and brought me a bottle of water, he saw that my expression was extremely painful, so he persuaded: "Young man, I think this job is really not suitable for you, you better find a job within your ability." ”

After hearing this, Huo Di got up and said, "I can do it, but I was a little uncomfortable at first, and I will be fine tomorrow." ”

Lu Zhigang shook his head helplessly, and said softly: "I hope so, don't be too strong, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it, and it will be you who suffers." ”

It was almost eight o'clock when I got home in the evening, and the scumbag brother had already returned, he bought a bottle of liquor, fried a plate of okra, and sat there drinking it by himself, and when he saw me walking in with a tired face, he looked at me and said, "How about the young master, on the first day of work, crying dad and calling mother if you are not tired." ”

After speaking, he took a sip of the wine glass, and when he saw that I was in a state of malaise, he said: "I told you that if you don't listen, then ordinary people can't bear the work." ”

He poured me a glass of liquor, got up and went to the yard, fried another plate of lotus roots, and comforted: "Drink a glass of wine to relieve fatigue, sleep well, if you can't hold on to the work, don't go tomorrow." ”

We drank until 11 o'clock, a bottle of liquor was drunk, I went to a nearby store to buy a dozen beers and two boxes of cigarettes, in the basement room, the floor was full of beer bottles and cigarette butts, we talked about everything, talked about the future, talked about the past, talked about women, talked about happy places and laughed loudly, drank without any worries, and threw all the unhappiness out of the clouds.

I didn't wake up until noon the next day, and today was the night shift, so I had to catch up on my sleep, so I got up, brushed my teeth, made breakfast, and started to clean up the messy room, and I sprayed some air freshener, and the smell of alcohol, smoke and stinky feet in the house was covered up a lot.

I went to work at 4 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next morning, which was my first night shift and the first time I stayed up late in a hot workshop.

The first half of the night was okay, when I was sleepy, I poured a few bottles of mineral water, smoked a few cigarettes and could wake up, but in the second half of the night, it was difficult to endure, the whole body was shrouded in high temperature all the time, sweat flowed to the corners of the mouth, salty, and the work clothes were like being soaked in seawater, tightly attached to the skin, making people feel unusually uncomfortable.

Lu Zhibin wiped a handful of sweat and walked over to me, he saw that I was drowsy, my body was shaking, so he smiled and said: "Sleepy, but you can't sleep, especially in the workshop of high-temperature work, it will be very dangerous, in front of you is red molten aluminum, as long as you accidentally fall asleep, you may lie down in the molten aluminum, and even your bones will be burned to ashes." ”

At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, everyone took turns to eat, all of which were meals brought by themselves at home, which were served in lunch boxes, and when they were cold, they were directly put on the aluminum rolls, but they would become hot in a minute.

I brought buckets of instant noodles and walked around the workshop a few times after eating them, and drank two more bottles of water to keep myself awake.

I don't know how I managed to survive such a torturous night, but when I returned to the rental house, I didn't bother to take off my clothes and shoes, so I fell asleep on my bed.

In my sleep, I saw Sun Kai and Xiao Qing in my childhood, they smiled innocently, ran, we came to the stream in the south lane, catching grasshoppers, catching tadpoles, climbing poplars, the atmosphere is so warm and harmonious, I have never even felt my childhood, it passed in a hurry, the green years, no pressure and trouble, no pain and suffering, no confusion and timidity.

suddenly thought of Luo Dayou's "Childhood".

On the banyan tree by the pond, I know that summer is crying.

On the swing by the playground, only the butterfly rested on it.

The teacher's chalk on the blackboard is still chattering.

Waiting for the end of class, waiting for the end of school.

Childhood waiting for the game.

Tears of sadness flowed from the corners of my eyes, what a yearning childhood, ignorant of all things, but not lacking in passion and courage to pursue, dare to say out loud why for things I don't understand, and fight for unfair distribution.

Yes, do we still have the courage of childhood, most of us wander in this huge city, carrying the high mortgage, driving the car with the loan, running around tiredly every day, wandering, but after all, we can't stand old age, our faces are covered with vicissitudes of wind and dust, and wrinkles are engraved on our faces, always reminding people that we are no longer young.

I woke up in a dream, the pillow towel was already soaked with tears, I threw it into the washing machine in the yard, and walked out, I really wanted to take a shower, the sweat all over my body was sticky, and it was very uncomfortable to stick to my body.

Walking through two streets, there is a bath, the boy takes a bath for 20 yuan, I pay the money and carry the slippers, walk into the inside to change clothes, there are two bathing masters in the bath, see me walk in and ask: "The young man is not rubbing the bath, after the bath is cupping, that is, comfortable and tired." ”

I nodded, I was in a lot of pain all over my body, and it was good to relieve my fatigue.

I soaked in the pool of the bathhouse for about 10 minutes, feeling very comfortable, after rubbing the bath and pulling out seven or eight fire cups, my body was a lot easier, I stood in front of the mirror and looked at my back, the purple red round marks were dense, particularly eye-catching, I quickly put on my clothes and went to the nearby supermarket to buy the dishes to eat at night.

The rules of my cooking with Brother Scumbag are that whoever is at home does it, and the time when he comes back is not fixed, sometimes he comes back early, sometimes he comes back late.

As long as we can catch up for dinner together, we'll definitely have some drinks.

I was busy cooking in the yard, Brother Scum walked in with a big cart, his face was covered with sweat, his chest and back were soaked with sweat, there were colorful clothes on the cart, coats, pants, socks, pants, everything, he rarely pushed so many goods back, I helped him fix the cart, and asked curiously: "Brother Scum, why did you push so many clothes back today." ”

Brother scumbag wiped his sweat, scooped up a large scoop of cold water, drank it with a clatter, and after drinking, he pursed his lips and said: "These clothes are so cheap, you can make a lot of money by buying them, I set up a stall in the market over there, and a small amount of goods are stored in a nearby store, this time there are too many, I am embarrassed to stuff them there, so I simply pushed them back, you see, if there is anything you can wear, take a few." ”

After saying that, he scooped up the scoop of water again and splashed it on his head.

When I saw that the goods he had brought in were all worn by seventeen or eighteen-year-olds, and were not suitable for me, I said, "I'm twenty-eight or ninety-nine, and I'm not fit to wear all these bells and whistles, so wash your hands and get ready to eat, and I shook two dozen beers in the bucket." ”

Brother Scumbag wiped his hair with a towel, threw it into the basin, leaned over and said, "What kind of food is stir-fried, it's so fragrant." ”

I smiled and said, "I'll know if I eat it in a while." ”

We smoked a box of cigarettes and drank up two dozen beers, and I had to work the day shift tomorrow, so I collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.