Returning from the construction site, Sun Xiaohong gently pushed open the courtyard door, and saw the big white horse lying quietly in the yard, knowing that her parents must be resting at home. She walked gently to the door and carefully pushed it open.

Sun Guodong was holding a cigarette pouch in his mouth, he was sitting on the edge of the kang with his head bored and smoking, when he saw Xiaohong entering the door, he removed the cigarette holder in his mouth, and just wanted to speak, a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat itched, he coughed lightly a few times, and he didn't say half a word. Originally, his body was very strong, but the weather was hot these days, and he got up early and went to buy vegetables from afar, no matter how good his physique was, he couldn't afford to toss a cold and a hot, he had a little cold.

He raised his head slightly, looking at her with a calm gaze, he didn't ask Xiaohong about the current situation at the construction site, just asked softly: "You're back, haven't you eaten yet?" Your grandmother has put all the rice in the pot, it's still hot, hurry up and take it out and eat it while it's hot! His words were tepid and always gave a sense of kindness.

Sun Xiaohong said "um", went to the kitchen to lift the lid of the pot, took out the food, put it on the table, and ate it slowly.

Grandma went to the West Inghouse to burn the kang, and these two rooms have not been lived in for a long time. When it rains, the house is very damp. When the weather is good, my grandmother will ventilate every other day and burn the kang to drive away the moisture inside. Because these two houses are for the fourth son to prepare for marriage, she is very concerned about these two houses, and she goes to clean them every morning and evening, for fear of losing the feng shui inside.

Xiaohong's mother is not at home, she may have been found by Xiaofeng's sister-in-law again. Otherwise, at this time of the day, she would sit in the yard with her head down, sew the torn sacks stitch by stitch, and then stack them on the car for later use. But she had worked all day, and if she was fine, she should have rested.

In Sun Guodong's words, she is a good letter, she can't hold things in her stomach, and when she hears that someone introduces her son, she can't sit still.

After Sun Xiaohong finished eating, she brushed the dishes and chopsticks, put them in the cupboard, and then pushed the door and walked into the house. She sat opposite Sun Guodong, put her hand in her coat pocket, took out the salary she had just paid and handed it over: "Dad, here you go, this is my salary, it was sent today, the construction site is finished, I won't go tomorrow, I still want to go to the market to buy vegetables." ”

Sun Guodong was taken aback by Sun Xiaohong's action. It is gratifying that the daughter he has cultivated for so many years finally lived up to his hard work. He was holding Xiaohong's hard-earned money for two months in his hand, and tears almost fell. Speaking of which, I am still incompetent, otherwise I would have spent money to buy a job for my child in the city, and I would not have let my child go to the construction site alone to move bricks.

Xiaohong and her father were awkwardly silent, neither of them proving anything to anyone. Sun Xiaohong handed over the money to her father just to let her father know that she was not a living person who only cared about eating idle meals at home, and that she had the strength to support herself.

Xiaohong saw her father holding the money, she was so excited that she didn't speak for a long time, she turned around and walked out of the house. At the moment when she closed the door, she saw her father secretly wiping tears, and at this moment, her heart was about to burst. She hurried back to her room, tears that she could no longer control slowly flowed down her cheeks. This night, she couldn't sleep all night, and when she thought of the signs of the past six months, her heart felt like it had been wrinkled by the wind, and she felt a faint pain. She didn't want to live so aggrieved anymore. If someone comes to the house in the future and asks her to go out to work, she will definitely not shirk it.

When her mother returned, Xiaohong was already asleep. Sun Guodong didn't even count, so he handed over all the money Xiaohong earned to her. When Xiaohong's mother saw the money, a flower suddenly appeared on her face. Unexpectedly, in less than two months, Xiaohong could earn back so much money for her. She took the money with the smell of sweat and mud, and tossed it in her hand, feeling a feeling in her heart.

She took out a few of the money and wanted to leave it for Xiaohong's spare money. Seeing that Xiaohong was already asleep, she walked to Xiaohong's door, saw that Xiaohong was already asleep, and turned back, she quietly put the money in her hand into the cabinet, locked it, and then fell asleep peacefully.

Fortunately, Xiaohong gave the money to Sun Guodong, if she handed it over to her in person, as soon as she was excited, her words would be right, maybe she would say something unpleasant. After all, she is not a person who sees money. In this alley, there are three, six, nine, etc., and everyone has it. And the children of every family, no matter how big or small, have a comparison with each other. Xiaohong earned money on the construction site, and she didn't spend any of it, and all of it was handed over to her, which is also worth showing off. This shows that Xiaohong is a child who knows how to be grateful. She knows that it is not easy for her parents to earn money to support the family, as a child, it is not easy for parents to raise once, and if she has the ability, she can repay it once.

Before dawn the next morning, Sun Guodong drove the carriage to the vegetable field. Because the vegetable field was sprayed with pesticides the night before, the vegetables in the field could be picked for at least a week, and in recent days, they have had to stay in the vegetable field and watch the ground while pinching the tips and cutting weeds the yellow seedlings. They bent down and did not look up all morning, and when they straightened up, their heads were covered with rotten leaves. Even so, they are bold in the face of their children, and they are not called hard work.

The sun had risen, shining obliquely on the west wall. The green in the summer is silent, like a gust of wind from the south to the north, superimposed over and over again, and those different shades of color are dazzling to see.

Sun Xiaohong slept soundly, the bright sunlight fell on her face, she owed a little, and fell asleep again. These days, she's tired enough. finally got through it, and during this time at the construction site, her face was tanned, her fingers became thicker, and her voice seemed to have become louder. She suddenly felt her heart harden too. I used to be tired, but now I am tired. Anyway, she survived, and finally didn't let the people in the alley see her jokes anymore. Well, now, what used to happen will never happen again.

After the work on the construction site was over, she secretly vowed to sleep well for a few days. She slept soundly, and Sihuan didn't know when she walked in from outside. As soon as she entered the door, she shouted: "Xiaohong, hurry up!" The sun is all snapping on your buttocks, and if you don't get up again, someone in the alley will come to your house to beat gongs and drums! After Sihuan finished speaking, she giggled.

"Where do you get so many spirits? This early in the morning, you run around and mess around, feeling that you don't sleep well, and you don't let people sleep anymore. What the hell, you want to rebel? Please, if you want to rebel and wait for me to wake up, how can I sleep if you shout so loudly! Can you talk a little more humanely! Xiaohong often stretched her waist and squinted her eyes and said deliberately. No matter how Sihuan buried her, she just refused to get up from the kang in the bed, Sihuan saw that she couldn't afford to rely on the kang, so she put her hand into her crunch nest and scratched her itch. "What kind of humanity, it is humane to let you get up, otherwise you will sleep with your head covered every day, who will give you money to spend!"

"You little ancestor, you can spare me, I can't afford to provoke you, can't I get up? Hurry up, what's the matter with me? Is there another job to do? Sun Xiaohong got up, and she quickly got dressed.

"What do you say I have to do with you, except for work, just to earn money, otherwise what else can I do? Little lazy man, hurry up and rub it off, I'll tell you later. I'm waiting for you outside the door now! Sihuan went out, after Sun Xiaohong finished dressing, she raised her hands in front of her eyes, the ten swollen fingers were still numb and numb, and a pair of soft palms had also become stiff in the devastation of fifty or sixty days, and a thick layer of calluses had formed. It is said that ten fingers are connected to the heart, which one hurts with her hand, and she secretly vows never to move bricks at the construction site again. Now Sihuan came to the house to look for her again, when she thought of those colorful bills, her heart was alive again, there was no way, for the sake of those so-called dignity and fame, she walked out of the house with a red face.

Sun Xiaohong didn't feel sorry for her hands that had taken the pen, the work on the construction site was too tiring, if it weren't for her good physical fitness, she would be able to pull a layer of skin from her body these days by gritting her teeth and standing up. She moves bricks on the construction site every day without touching the ground, and she doesn't feel very tired. But when she came back in the evening, her whole body was almost tired, she sat on the edge of the kang, didn't want to say a word, grabbed the rice bowl, regardless of hot or cold, she filled her mouth with snoring, and her cheeks bulged, and she fell asleep after eating, and no one could wake her up.

She can eat and sleep, and after staying at the construction site for nearly two months, not only did she not lose weight, but she also grew more than ten pounds of meat in black and fat. Seeing her crumbling appearance, Sihuan tilted his head and teased her: "Just your little bit of talent, just move bricks for a few days, and you will be tired like this, can you still have a little ambition!" ”

"You don't see that, do you? I am a living worker. If I don't, who knows I've moved bricks on the construction site! I'll give you two more steps, and you stand there and don't move, and see if I can learn the bottom image? Sun Xiaohong said, her arms and thighs were all crutches, and she limped away, like a lame person with bad legs and feet. Her funny movements and expressions made Sihuan laugh so much that she couldn't breathe.

Her action and her previous Sven character, does not match at all, it seems that she has no less knowledge on the construction site, and even this nondescript action can be done, you can imagine, what kind of poverty she has become!

Fortunately, Sihuan's brother was also at the construction site, and her salary was not bad, and she was all given. If you meet a black-hearted boss who doesn't pay for the work, it will be even worse. There has been this situation in the family before, when Si'er and his master were building a building in the city, the boss of the construction site swept away the wages of the migrant workers for two years, and when they found out and went to the door to ask for it, the boss had long disappeared. Seeing that they would not be able to pay a penny, they went on a complete strike, and as a result, two years of physical strength were wasted.

But man dies for wealth, and birds die for food. That's not how life is. Rich people have their way of living, and ordinary people have their way of living. Most people's lives are like this: to fight for their lives, to live for their lives, this is the most realistic way to live.

"Where did you find a job again, not far from home?" Speaking of the temptation of money, it is still very strong, for Sun Xiaohong, who is not greedy for money, she tasted the sweetness of making money for the first time, and it doesn't matter what is bitter or tired. As soon as she heard that Sihuan had found her another job, she couldn't wait to pick up the shovel, get up and leave.

"It's not far away, it's just across the alley." Sihuan led Sun Xiaohong outside the courtyard, and she pointed to the opposite side of the alley. Sun Xiaohong stretched her neck and looked at it for a long time, but she didn't see any clues, she thought that Sihuan was deliberately lying to her, and her face turned pale, and she became angry.

On the opposite side of the alley is the school, next to the school in addition to the supermarket, is the snack department, and then the car repair department, how can there be any construction site. Sun Xiaohong didn't understand what Si Huan meant, so she blinked her eyes and looked at Si Huan in confusion, expressing doubt and dissatisfaction.