Chapter 15 Grinding
"Jun'er, wake up to the place!" Yang Xinli's scream woke Li Jun from his heavy nightmare, and at the same time, a strong flashlight flashed in front of his eyes, shining on everyone and every item in the depths of the trunk.
Li Jun squinted his eyes and slowed down for a while, only to see clearly that it was a young soldier almost the same age as himself who was stepping on the pedal behind the rear of the car, holding the trunk board with one hand and observing the situation in the trunk with the other hand.
After noticing nothing out of the ordinary, he jumped lightly off the pedals, and the car restarted into the yard.
Li Jun looked up at the sky outside reflected red by the street lights in the city, but the starry sky was a little dim, looking at the moving compound from the open rear of the car, there were lush tall trees and low shrubs everywhere, the yard was unusually quiet, and there were old people walking leisurely.
As the car entered the yard, it slowed down significantly, and after a few minutes of slow driving, the car stopped at the edge of a shed.
The lights around the shed were much brighter than on the wooded road they had just driven, and many people with accents from all over the world sat in front of a television, fanning themselves with various things in their hands. Some were drinking water, while others were watching TV while drinking beer with beer bottles in their hands.
Behind this group of people is a row of simple wooden houses, the windows are all open, through the simple windows and the window screens full of loopholes, Li Jun saw that the wooden room is also a row of wooden beds, this moment reminded him of the Chase bunk where he slept in junior high school.
People got down from the truck to the ground one after another, except for Li Jun, the three of them had some unacceptability, and the others seemed to be accustomed to such an environment, everyone carried themselves and their luggage to the wooden house, and several people who knew each other also found a place to lean together to spread their bedding on the wooden board, and then hung up the mosquito nets they brought in an orderly manner.
"Xiao Li, Xiao Jun, you also have to support your nest first, and then go to the cafeteria for dinner, the environment is like this, I told you at the beginning that it will be very bitter, but since you come, you will be safe, there is no privilege in this place, they all rely on their own labor in exchange for salary, everyone is equal." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law didn't know when he got out of the car, looked at the three people who were still stunned, and comforted him.
"Well, brother-in-law, we have no problem, we have lived in such a chase shop in junior high school." Li Jun first replaced the solemnity on his face with a smile.
"Let's go, brothers, just a few years younger and back to junior high school, so you don't have to be afraid of getting cold in the summer." Li Jun said in a relaxed tone, looking at the two brothers around him playfully.
"Yes, it's nothing, where our brothers haven't lived, and the two chairs can still be used to sleep back then." Gauci also looked indifferent.
However, Yang Xinli was far less open-minded than the two of them, but seeing that the two of them were so free and easy, he also had a reluctant smile on his face, but he still said to his brother-in-law: "Brother-in-law, can you only squeeze together with this group of people here?" ”
"This condition is like this, look back at the construction place, is there a room that can make do with it, then you three brothers can move over to make do with it, anyway, it's summer, as long as there are mosquito nets, it's not a problem, now the main thing is that there are too many mosquitoes." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law said as he looked at the swarms of blackened mosquitoes around the lights.
Looking at so many mosquitoes, flies and small flying insects outside the shed, Li Junjue's scalp was a little numb, and the three of them also walked into the shed with their luggage on their backs, and put the cover roll in the westernmost corner near the west.
Li Jun looked up at the dim light bulb above his head, and there were also a group of mosquitoes flying around him, and from time to time some mosquitoes flew to Li Jun's side, buzzing, thinking of sucking a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Damn, this screen is too broken, it's not a problem at all, look at the mosquitoes around this light bulb." Gao Qi scolded dissatisfied, and reached out to pat his body from time to time.
"Let's put up the mosquito net first, and we can't scold the mosquitoes to death or run away." Li Jun has accepted the reality here, has taken out the mosquito net from his bag, and used the beam on the roof of the shed to find a suitable place to hang his mosquito net first, since he can't change the current predicament, he can only adapt to it as soon as possible.
Looking at Li Jun's movements, Gao Qi no longer rambled anything, and the three of them quickly hung up the mosquito nets, and the mosquito nets of the three people were connected together, like three independent palaces.
Seeing that there are also three people's positions in this narrow shed, Li Jun is not a little embarrassed, he never thought that it would be so difficult, although he also slept in a large bunk in junior high school, but at least they are normal houses, and they are only a dozen people in the class together, and now in this long simple house, there is no end in sight, at least sixty or seventy people live, and even so, mosquitoes are flying, there are still people who do not hang mosquito nets, and there are two bed covers next to them that are rolled up, but there are no hanging mosquito nets, Li Jun couldn't be compared to how ferocious the mosquitoes would be when they were lying here, and how they would face them.
"Xinli, let's go, quickly take the two brothers to the cafeteria to eat, after a while, the food will be gone, and you will be hungry." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law shouted to the three people at the door.
"Okay, brother-in-law!" Yang Xinli said and pulled Li Jun and Gao Qi towards the door, and followed his brother-in-law to the road on the left.
"Brother-in-law, are we going south?" From the moment Li Jun opened his eyes, he felt that he had completely fallen into the clouds, and he couldn't distinguish between southeast and northwest.
"Haha, Xiaojun, have you turned, no wonder, we entered Beijing in the dark, this place is not familiar, there is no reference, we are facing west, you see this house is still facing south and facing north." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law smiled softly and explained to Li Jun.
"Oh, this is to the west, and I think it's to the south." Gao Qi also scratched his head and said.
The topic of direction did not go on for long, because he came to a place with a tall chimney in front of him, and next to it, Li Jun found a few people who came in the same car as him, and saw that they were already holding steamed buns as long as a pole in their hands, and in the other hand they were holding a rice basin, which was black and full of things.
"In that mouth, you go and serve it first, eat more, you have to work from tomorrow, and you don't have the strength to work if you can't eat enough." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law said and led the three of them to a door that was still open.
There was still half a basket of steamed buns as long as a pole in a big frame behind the door, and half a bucket of vegetables in a large bucket next to it, although I couldn't see what was inside, but I smelled the smell of cabbage.
"Come and put your rice bowl here, how many steamed buns are there?" Inside, a chubby, middle-aged man with a deep voice shouted.
"I'll have one." The bumps along the way, Li Jun really didn't have a little appetite.
"It's new, it looks so tender, no appetite, haha, it's okay, I don't have an appetite today, I guess I will have it tomorrow." The chef who made the rice laughed and gave Li Jun half a bowl of vegetables, broke off a piece from the "bar" and handed it to Li Jun.
Probably didn't want to be ridiculed by the rice master, Gao Qi and Yang Xinli both asked the rice master for two steamed buns, but they still got his sarcastic eyes.
"Fuck, the people who cook in this place also look like villains, I really want to smoke." Gao Qi, Li Jun and Yang Xinli squatted in a corner with few people, and a trace of anger ignited in Gao Qi's eyes.
"Forget it, more is better than less, we are here to work to earn money, not to cause trouble." Li Jun hurriedly persuaded the uncle.
"Damn, what does this smell like, how does it feel weird." Li Jun hadn't persuaded Gao Qi yet, he took a mouthful of food from the basin with chopsticks, and just put it in his mouth and spit it out.
A few people who were eating next to them glanced at the three of them, shook their heads, and continued to lower their heads and eat steamed buns and strange dishes that Li Jun jue.
Gao Qi and Yang Xinli also tried to put some vegetables in their mouths, and then they both spit it out again like Li Jun.
"Damn, it feels a bit like the swill smell of pigs fed at home." Gauci's face was already full of anger.
"I guess I stirred up all the leftovers of the night, let's make do with it today, whoever made us so late, the master won't redo it for you." Li Jun still pulled Gao Qi.
"How can you make do with it, gnaw on this steamed bun." Gao Qi was still a little unwilling, but he didn't want to ignore the advice of his brothers when he first came.
"When I came, I packed a few bags of mustard, and I put them in the bag, so let's go back and eat them with steamed buns." Yang Xinli didn't want any trouble with the brothers he brought out.
The three of them didn't say anything more, they all got up and walked towards the shed, and when they came to the pool by the shed, they all poured the vegetables from the rice bowl into the pool, and then walked towards the shed.
"You two go in first, I'll go buy a few bottles of beer, I just came over there and saw a small store on the side of the road, we can't just eat steamed buns and pickles, I didn't even drink saliva on the way, my throat was dry and angry." Gauge said, turning around and turning back in the direction he had just come.
Li Jun and Yang Xinli glanced at each other, Li Jun handed over the rice bowl and steamed buns in his hand to Yang Xinli, and he also turned around and followed Gao Qi over.