Xu Zhimu has always been curious about his elementary sister's father.

According to the appearance of the junior sister, his parents will definitely not look bad, and they can cultivate such achievements as the junior sister in the mountainous area where the educational resources are so backward.

In addition to the talent of the junior sister, there must still be the encouragement and teaching of the family.

It's summer.

Just standing in the shade makes me feel unbearable heat, and my pores all over my body are exploding, hot and itchy.

Xu Zhimu helped his elementary sister harvest wheat at his hometown, and understood how hard it was to work in this weather.

Almost every year, many people fall from the overwork of thermal radiation.

And the nearly middle-aged man in front of him.

His hair looked uncombed for a long time, some of it was about to cover his eyes, and among these construction workers, he was considered thin and thin.

He was wearing a construction vest, and a pair of pants on his body were also worn and covered with hole pudding.

His skin is not dark, and although his facial features are also stained with cement sweat and dirty, he can still see it.

His facial features are quite upright, and if he cleans up, he is definitely the type of handsome uncle.

Moreover, Xu Zhimu can see that there are similarities between the junior sister and him in Meiyu.

At the moment, he is churning cement, pushing a two-wheeled cart to push the cement to the place where materials are needed on the construction site.

It's just that the weight of this truck of cement is not small, and his somewhat emaciated body can only move forward with a little effort.

"What about cement, hurry up, the back of grinding and chirping is waiting to be used!"

A few dark-skinned and shirtless men in the back suddenly shouted, watching him push hard alone.

didn't go up to help, several people shouted loudly, and the impatient tone came out unsubtlely.

"Really, such a thin body is coming to a construction site, and it will be a delay."

"Hurry up, it's just your car!"

Several strong men shouted, and the man gritted his teeth and continued to push forward.

But the pavement was uneven, and he almost overturned with the car.

Xu Zhimu frowned, and immediately wanted to rush over to help, but Ye Luojia gently grabbed his arm.

Ye Luojia shook her head at him, and there was a little helplessness in her eyes.

On the construction site, most of the people came from the countryside to farm, and many of them came from the same village, and they were very close to each other.

And there are bad people everywhere, and people in groups will subconsciously exclude others, coupled with the daily high-intensity work on the construction site, the upsetting temperature, or the pressure from the family.

It's easy to burst into anger, and there are fights and brawls almost every once in a while.

And these people are very ruthless.

Xu Zhimu glanced at Ye Luojia, and he also calmed down.

If you come forward now, you won't solve any problems.

The last thing he lacks for these people who work is fire, and it is useless to reason with them now.

All they care about is money.

After a while, they will be really afraid of the explanation to the contractor, and the leadership will give a hint that it is about the money.

Moreover, it is not appropriate to go to him like this now.

Of course, Xu Zhimu can let him find a more decent and easy job, and it is not impossible to even give money directly.

But these are just Xu Zhimu's wishful thinking, Xu Zhimu always feels that his elementary sister's father may come to work on the construction site, and it is not a long time.

Maybe something happened and I had to come to the construction site, after all, in today's society, I don't have a high education, I don't have a relationship background, and I want to find a high-paying job.

There is only hard work such as construction site and decoration.

Xu Zhimu took a deep breath and felt his hand being held by a cool little hand.

Looking down, it was Ye Luojia.

Xu Zhimu chuckled and shook his head, holding her warm little hand, silently watching the scene in front of him.

The father of the elementary school sister finally pushed the cement truck over with great difficulty.

"It's so grinding, I won't be able to fucking catch up with dinner for a while."

A strong man at the head said impatiently.

Looking at the newcomer in front of him, who is so thin, he usually doesn't speak, and others know how to send a few packs of cigarettes, so this person works with his head stuffed and won't come at all.

The man didn't say a word, and it seemed that he had nothing to say to these people.

Silently pushed the empty car back alone.

Continue to carry heavy cement bags.

"Damn, that's a stuffy head."

"I heard that I was a scholar before, and I used a bird to study, but in the end I didn't come to move cement."

A few people watched the man silently move the cement alone, and smashed his mouth a few times.

Xu Zhimu looked at it, fortunately, he didn't bring his junior sister directly today, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable when he saw this scene.

After six or seven o'clock, it was time for dinner at the construction site.

The food contracted by someone at the construction site was set up on a vacant lot next to the construction site, and a large pot of vegetables was boiled.

The people at the construction site rushed over to get ready to eat, after all, after a long day of hard work, no one could sustain it without eating.

There weren't many stools, and most people just squatted on the side of the road and ate.

But the man didn't go, he finished moving the cement, not only did he not stop, he shook his head a little dizzy.

I picked up the water bottle I had at hand and took a big sip of water, and then prepared to unload the cart of bricks that had just been delivered to the side.

He had just put on his gloves and was ready to work.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man wearing a red safety hat and a beer belly walked over.

Pointed at him: "Who is that, if you don't eat when you should eat, what are you doing?" ”

The man in the red hard hat is the overseer of the construction site, and he walks around the construction site every day in a suit.

With a beer belly, a gold necklace around his neck, a face of horizontal meat, a face that is tense, and everyone has to stare twice.

He yelled.

A few people around who didn't go to eat also looked over at the moment.

The father of the junior sister was also stunned for a moment, and then turned his head to look at the somewhat fierce overseer, he finally spoke, his voice hoarse: "Boss... I unloaded the bricks and went to eat. ”

"Unload what? Did you unload this car alone? ”

The overseer approached, his voice unceremoniously speaking.

A trace of embarrassment and helplessness flashed in the man's eyes, and finally he spoke again: "Boss, both children in the family will go to school this year...... Let's see if you can let me move this brick, it's a big deal that I will pay less for the unloading fee......"

"It's amazing to go to school, who doesn't have a child at home?"

The overseer spoke again: "Besides, if you do the work alone, what will my other brothers eat?" ”

The people around the crowd also gathered around and smiled.

Some of the work on the construction site is temporary piecework, and whoever does more will get more, and if he does it alone, others will naturally earn less.

The man was also embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Boss, you are accommodating... I still owe money......"

"It's good to know that you owe money! You borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from me in the first half of the year, and if you died on the construction site like this, Lao Tzu couldn't ask for money, and his mother would pay you money! ”

The overseer glared, smoked a cigarette in his mouth, and frowned more and more as he looked at his thin body.

The man also lowered his head, it was not that he didn't want to eat, but if he came back after eating, he might have been robbed.

So he had to sacrifice his own time to eat and work overtime.

"Boss, I'll unload half a car ......"

"Eat, big brother! Are you really going to faint hungry on the construction site? It's still half a car, and I can't eat two hundred pounds of my body, can you withstand it?! ”

The overseer almost bit the cigarette butt in his mouth, sighing and scolding.

The man lowered his head and looked at the bricks under his feet, his hands were shaking, and his waist was sore and aching from the day's exertion.

But when he thought of the old people at home, the home he didn't dare to return to for nearly three years, and the relatives he didn't dare to see.

He still raised his head: "Boss, half a car, I'll eat after moving." ”

"Damn, that's crazy! If it weren't for our countrymen's sake, I would have driven you away a long time ago! ”

The overseer couldn't help but shout.

The voices of the two people made most of the people who didn't go to eat at the construction site see it.

The man looked down at his chapped hands, patched clothes, and a few figures flashed in the depths of his eyes.

A bitter but determined smile appeared on his face at the end: "Just this once." ”

The overseer glanced at him, then stomped the unsmoked cigarette in his mouth and crushed it on the ground.

Then he took another one out of the cigarette case and handed it to him.

"Smoke a cigarette, have a meal, I'll leave you half a car of bricks."

With that, the overseer turned and walked away, as if the quarrel had never happened.

The man took the cigarette in his hand, did not smoke it, but put it on his ear, looked at the bricks under his feet, and said hoarsely to the overseer who had turned away: "Thank you, boss." ”

The overseer left without looking back.

The man finally put down his gloves.

Xu Zhimu and Ye Luojia watched this scene from afar.

The pressure faced by the adult world, especially middle-aged men at the bottom, is really unimaginable.

It's just that this overseer looks... Although he is a little fierce, he is also a good person.

The man walked out of the construction site alone and went under the tent on the side of the road, and he looked at the price of the big pot of dishes.

Vegetarian cabbage tofu costs only eight yuan per serving.

Pork cabbage with meat costs twelve yuan for one serving.

Of course, there is not much meat, the main thing is to eat a meaty taste.

The amount of dishes is very large, and the steamed buns can be eaten for two yuan.

From his dirty trouser pocket, the man took out a very clean purse, embroidered with simple handwriting, and the workmanship was extremely exquisite.

It's like a woman's personal belongings, and the man has just washed his hands several times, and then he opened it carefully, for fear that he would get dirty.

He took out an old Baba for ten dollars from inside.

It was handed to the boss, who was familiar with the workers.

Although he came out to do the lowest job, he couldn't be vague about the general physical work on food.

At the very least, you have to eat some oily, otherwise you will really have no strength to work.

But this thin person eats the most economical every time.

"I'll give it to you, and you can eat the steamed buns as you like."

The boss borrowed money, gave him a vegetarian meal, a full meal, and finally poured a spoonful of broth in the pot of broth.

"Thank you..."

The man took the bowl, whispered, walked to the steamed bun frame, stretched out his hand and took two steamed buns, and walked to the corner of a small table where no one was there and ate it.

Not far away, Xu Zhimu and Ye Luojia sat in the car, watching this scene from afar.

I couldn't help but feel sad for a while.

The pressure of the family, the pain of losing his wife, and the exclusion of his co-workers, there is no one to say a word to eat with.

"I'd like to go."

Xu Zhimu suddenly spoke, he felt that this would be a good opportunity.

Ye Luojia pursed her lips, and finally just nodded slightly.

Xu Zhimu held her trembling little hand and looked at Ye Luojia's cold pretty face.

He lowered his head and kissed her lightly on the lips: "Wait for me to come back." ”

Say it, Xu Zhimu got out of the car.

Ye Luojia sat in the car blankly.

She knew that if she let them meet today, it would undoubtedly be pushing her favorite person out with her own hands......

A flash of pain and struggle flashed in her eyes, and finally, she gently touched her lips, and the touch seemed to remain......

She took a deep breath, took off her shoes, curled up her little feet in cotton socks, she hugged her knees, and the whole person was curled up in the car seat.

Looking at the place where Xu Zhimu left, his eyes were confused.

……

"This handsome guy, eat?"

At the stall, the boss was surprised when a young man suddenly appeared.

Although there are young people on the construction site, they basically work every day with a sledgehammer, and they are dirty all over their bodies.

People from other places don't come all the way to eat in this place where birds don't.

Moreover, the young man in front of him was dressed cleanly, and the white shirt was spotless, and it was obviously impossible for him to be a worker.

"Have a bowl."

"Vegetarian meat?"

"Just be plain."

"There are ten pieces of buns."

"Get me two beers, cold."

"Good ......"

Xu Zhimu gave him the money, and then he took the bowl and the wine, and looked in the direction of the man.

There will be fewer people, and after the peak of eating, there will be a lot of vacant seats around.

But Xu Zhimu went straight to his table.

Xu Zhimu put down his bowl, and the man also subconsciously raised his head when he saw Xu Zhimu.

The man's eyes shrank slightly, and the chopsticks in his hand almost fell to the ground.

Xu Zhimu sat opposite him and didn't speak, but opened the beer in his hand.

Putting a bottle in front of the man, Xu Zhimu took a sip of it himself.

The two men did not say a word, but looked at each other.

This is the first time two people have met.

Although Xu Zhimu did not ask the grandparents of the junior sister, did he tell the father of the junior sister when the two of them were there.

But thinking about the thoughts of the two old men, they must have been told a long time ago.

And when he saw the difference in his eyes when his father saw him, Xu Zhimu knew.

He already knew who he was.

So, Xu Zhimu also went straight to the point.

"Father-in-law! Worship by the little brother! ”

…… This is of course impossible.

Xu Zhimu still thought of a safe excuse not to leave a bad impression on his future father-in-law.

It is definitely not okay to directly mention the engagement, you should be more steady.

Otherwise, just like those spiritual guys on the Internet, they drove their ghost fire to the door and shook their hands and said again, "Lao Deng, is it safe for my ghost fire to stop at you?" ”

It is estimated that even if he loses his temper, he will pick up the shovel and drive people away.

So, just when Xu Zhimu was still thinking about what to call in his heart.

The man suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse, but very steady: "You are Ning Qing's boyfriend." ”

Xu Zhimu: ......

I always felt that I had accumulated all my strength, and I hit the cotton with a fist.

Xu Zhimu didn't expect that his junior sister's father would tell his identity so calmly.

Although the man's face was sticky with dust, his eyes were tired and there were some vicissitudes, but they were still stable.

Xu Zhimu also took a breath and said calmly: "Yes, I am Qingqing's boyfriend, Xu Zhimu, and I have met my uncle." ”

Hearing this title, the junior sister's father was stunned for a moment, and then looked around, a little nervous and uneasy: "You and... Is Ning Qing also here? ”

A father, no matter how hard and tired he is outside, he will not be willing to let his children see his embarrassed appearance.

"Uncle, Qingqing is not very convenient these days, I am still at my grandparents' house, I came alone."

Xu Zhimu opened his mouth to explain, and looked at the junior sister's father to feel more relieved.

Xu Zhimu spoke again: "Uncle, since you already know about me and Qingqing, I came this time to tell you something. ”

"Say it."

The elementary sister's father had a complicated look in his eyes, looking at the young man in front of him, who seemed to be more mature and stable than he saw in the last photo.

Xu Zhimu also straightened out his language and said: "Don't hide it from my uncle, I met Qingqing before college, I like her very much, not only her appearance, I like her character more, and... We have been living together for half a year now.

My uncle wasn't at home during the Chinese New Year, but I think it's time for me to bring it up. ”

Xu Zhimu said sentence by sentence, but the younger sister's father frowned a little when he heard it.

I remembered the key words in his words just now.

Living together for half a year...... Recently, it has been difficult to move around...... It has to be brought up......

A thought finally converged in the man's mind, he suddenly clutched the beer bottle, and his originally gloomy gaze suddenly sharpened.

"You, did you make Ning Qing pregnant!"

Xu Zhimu: ???

(End of chapter)