When Li Jun felt that walking was like a puppet's stiff mechanical movement, and his legs were as heavy as being filled with lead, the blisters on his hands were worn off and blood blisters regrown, and his two hands did not dare to leave the armrests of the car, and the pain deeply stimulated the nerves in every inch of his hands before he grabbed and released.

On the verge of collapse, the morning's work was finally over, and when he pushed the empty car to the mixing field, looking at the empty mixing field, Li Jun felt that his eye sockets were a little hot, and the car attracted a tingling pain in his palm at the moment of letting go.

"Okay, you three are really good, I've seen students who come to work before, but few of them can survive so stubbornly like you, your hands are blistered, right? It's okay to get better slowly, and you can soak your hands in hot water for a while. "It's true that the mortar-loading workers don't look down on them anymore.

"Thank you, but I'm so tired, maybe we'll lose a few more trips!" Li Jun also smiled at him with a strong spirit, and then the three of them walked towards the shed, now they just want to lie down on the simple wooden bed, although their stomachs have already rumbled and raised their opinions.

"Qi, is Xinlidu okay?" Li Jun patted the two people next to him with both hands, and the faces of the two of them were very ugly now, and when the hand slapped the two of them, Li Jun couldn't help but let out a soft cry because of the pain in his hand.

"Haha, what do you say? Your hands hurt so badly, right? Saying that, Gao Qi stretched out his hands in front of Li Jun's eyes, and his hands were the same as Li Jun's, with ten purple blood blisters on the slender palms, which looked extremely terrifying.

"yes, it fucking hurts!" Li Jun smiled and stretched out his hand, laughed a few times and couldn't help tears flow.

"Jun doesn't cry, we can get through it, pain is sometimes an experience, it makes us understand that not all of our lives are smooth sailing; It reminds us to think about some of the pain of life that we can't bear from time to time, and every pain we experience will make our hearts stronger again! Gao Qi's face was quiet and indifferent, as if he had grown up as a philosopher.

"Well, we don't cry, we have brothers, we spend our hardships together, and we share our happiness together." Li Jun wiped the tears from his face.

The noon dish is still boiled cabbage, there are a few pieces of fat in the dish, the food is much worse than the school cafeteria, and the staple food is still steamed buns. Li Jun and the others are no longer as reserved as when they first came, and everyone also took three steamed buns, and they were happy to eat only salty dishes.

"Damn, it turns out that hunger can turn rotten cabbage into the most delicious food, and I starved to death in the morning." Gauge patted his bulging stomach and burped in satisfaction.

"Yes, when a person is extremely hungry, anything that can be eaten will be delicious, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would not have been the emperor at the beginning, and after he became the emperor, he still remembered the "pearl jade and white jade soup" made for him by "calling Huazi" when he was in trouble" Li Jun also lamented the amount of food he had today.

After eating, the three of them returned to the shed as soon as possible, and lay comfortably on the wooden bed for a while, the whole body was like a sore shelf, Li Jun felt that he was like a scattered piece of meat now, and he really wanted to lie motionless like this.

The three people in the afternoon also found some rules, no longer so anxious when walking, slowed down the pace as a whole, controlled the rhythm of the cart, and deliberately delayed the times, and the hands and arms gradually adapted to the car, although the pain was still there, but it was also slowly adapted.

As the days passed, the bubbles on the hands of the three of them turned into thick calluses, and the amount of food they ate gradually increased, but their bodies also looked stronger, and their skin was tanned and shiny. Because they have all read books, they know a lot more than these authentic migrant workers, so their views on some things can always make them feel novel, so they have also won everyone's respect.

Gao Qi and Li Jun's personalities are also relatively bold, and they quickly mingled with these simple rural men, and often sat among them and listened to them talk about all kinds of meat jokes, and then drank the two pots of the bottle together bare-chested, and when they drank slightly smoked, they also followed them to scold their mothers, and the foreman would only squeeze them, and there were many unknown creatures in the cooking without oil or salt.

The days have come to the end of August, and the day of going back is gradually approaching, although Li Jun also brought some books, but he couldn't sleep well on the first night, and after that day, he dragged his tired body to lie on the bed board, and he fell asleep peacefully, and he didn't have a dream for dozens of nights in a row.

"I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow, let's call Xinli's brother-in-law to go outside for a little wine today, which can be regarded as a sign of gratitude for his care these days." After lunch, Gao Qi didn't know where to pull the grass, and he slung it to the corner of his mouth like Brother Xiaoma, and discussed with Li Jun while walking towards the shed.

"Okay, I can see that there is a food stall not far from the gate, let's have some skewers and some beer, let's divide the money, and don't let Xinli pay for it." Li Jun also gladly accepted Gao Qi's proposal.

"Don't, share the blessings and the suffering, and the three of us will pay together." Yang Xinli heard Li Jun's suggestion and immediately refuted it.

"Okay, it doesn't matter, it's all my brother anyway, Xinli, you ask your brother-in-law if he's okay at night, it's okay, let's just say okay, wash it after work, change into new clothes, and go out." A few days ago, several people went to the Dahongmen clothing wholesale market to buy a few clothes, and they all said that the consumption level of the capital was high, but the three of them found that the clothes in the wholesale market were not more expensive than those in the hometown market, and even said that they were cheaper, and they looked much richer, Li Jun bought himself two vests, and bought a jacket for his younger brother and father.

"Okay, I'll go find him now, and you two will go back first." As he spoke, Yang Xinli handed the rice bowl to Li Jun, turned around and walked towards where his brother-in-law lived.

When Li Jun was lying drowsy on his luggage roll, Yang Xinli returned to the shed, "Jun, Qi, my brother-in-law is fine at night, he is very happy when I told you about your plan, and said that you two little brothers are quite interesting, he said that he can't be ignorant, take two bottles of good wine from his uncle, let's drink some white first, and talk about it when you want to drink beer." ”

"Brother-in-law can." Gao Qiben was also a little sleepy, and he became energetic again after listening to Yang Xinli's words.

The three of them also didn't feel sleepy, chatting quietly and waiting for the afternoon work time to come.

Because they all knew that the three of them were about to leave, and now the foreman did not arrange any more work for them, but only arranged some small work to clean up the odds and ends, so that they could finish the two days.

After finishing work in the evening, the three of them took the basin and washed their hair, wiped their bodies, and then put the newly bought clothes on their bodies and walked towards Yang Xinli's brother-in-law's residence.

I saw my brother-in-law and the foreman standing at the bottom of the steps, and the three of them walked a few steps quickly to greet them.

"Today, the three young men are very energetic and handsome, and their temperament is completely different from when they first came, not only are they weak and angry, but they are also a little masculine." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law looked at the three of them jokingly.

Yang Xinli walked over and took a bag from his hand, and the shape of the bag should be the two bottles of good wine he said.

"The three of you also fight for Brother Liu, when I first came, I thought it was impossible for you to stay, but I didn't expect that you have done a good job for more than 40 days." The foreman also said to the three of them with a smile on his face.

"It's still you who take care of it, the work when you first came here was not too tiring, or you might not be able to survive." Li Jun also smiled and thanked the foreman.

"Haha, okay, don't be humble to each other here, let's go drink, the three of you have two glasses of toast to Wang Gong." Yang Xinli's brother-in-law smiled and pulled the foreman towards the gate.

In the past 40 days, Li Jun and Gao Qi have often finished work in the afternoon, and wandered to the doorman to chat with the little soldiers, and also knew that his name was Qin Jianjun's hometown was from Chongqing, and he was just 19 years old this year.

"Li Jun, Gao Qi, you guys are going out to play again." Qin Jianjun greeted them from afar.

"Jianjun, we will go back to our hometown the day after tomorrow, and the summer vacation is almost over, so we have to go back to make up for our homework." Speaking of leaving, a trace of reluctance suddenly rose in Li Jun's heart.

"You're leaving." Qin Jianjie was also a little stunned, maybe after coming to this environment, there are few partners to talk to.

"Well, we'll be sophomores when we go back this year, you stay here, maybe I will come to the army after graduating from high school, and then you can be my old squad leader." Gauge always looks heartless.

"It's not the end of August, and September 1 is the day of the summer vacation of another year, so I still hope that you can study hard, and in two years you can get into an ideal university, and don't follow my path as much as possible." Qin Jianjun said with a clear loss on his face.

"Jianjun, we'll write to you when we get back." Yang Xinli patted them on the shoulder.

"Okay, I'll be waiting for your good news." may feel that he was a little lonely, but he quickly adjusted the expression on his face and said with a smile.

When the five of them arrived at the food stall about 500 meters north of the compound, there were already a lot of people sitting inside, most of them were local Beijingers, speaking an authentic Beijing dialect and drinking wine and talking about the mountains, there were also some outsiders, the difference was that these people were drinking wine and chatting in a low voice.

Li Jun and a few people picked a table closest to the outside and sat down, then looked up and looked inside, and found that there were several people of the same age as them sitting at a table in the innermost corner near the innermost, and the back of one of the girls felt unusually familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was, and it was impossible for people they knew to meet here.

After ordering peanuts, edamame, a century-old summer appetizer, and some mutton skewers, Yang Xinli took out the two-pot head wine in the box from the bag. The basic popular liquor in Beijing is all Erguotou, but it is divided into grades with different packaging.

The wine was opened and poured into five glasses, and the five people began to push the glasses and change the glasses, chatting about the experience of the past forty days while eating.

Speaking of the first day of work, the pain of blisters and blood blisters on the hands of the three people almost wanted to give up, the eyes of the three people couldn't help but burst into tears, if a person said to give up at that time, maybe this time to work in Beijing is to end in the way of the beginning and the end, it is worth affirming that the three people have restrained themselves with their own perseverance, and finally completed the first transformation of their lives.

"To the three of you, no matter what path you will take in the future, I hope you will remember the first time you did not give up." Saying that, Yang Xinli's brother-in-law picked up the wine glass and drank all the wine in the glass.

"It's done, respect for us who have persevered here." Li Jun also raised his glass and gently touched it with his two brothers, the crisp sound of glass hitting stimulated the excited nerves, and the three of them drank it all.

Maybe the shouts of a few people were too loud, and a few people in the corner were alarmed, and at this time, the person with his back to Li Jun turned around and looked at them a little impatiently, and then when she turned half of her face, Li Jun was stunned, this familiar back was not someone else but Xiaoting, who said goodbye last winter.