Men and women are not tired of working, Er Laizi's hip contusion has healed, and he can pedal the tricycle with ease, and when he encounters an uphill road, Liu Tong takes the initiative to get out of the car to help him push the cart.

Thirty kilometers from Xingfutun to Xi'an County, Erlaizi rode unhurriedly and arrived in two hours.

Liu Tong's family lives on a high hill in the mine, where there are rows of brick houses, each of which is not large, and the front and back houses are very close to each other.

This is a public house built by the Xi'an Mining Bureau for employees, Liu Tong is a family member of a worker who died at work, and after her husband left, the public house was not taken back, and she inherited it.

Er Laizi didn't dare to squat in the downtown to sell goods, he generally walked the streets and alleys, and it didn't matter which street or alley, he simply sent Liu Tong to his home, ready to start selling around her house.

Liu Tong arrived home and invited Er Laizi into the house, but Er Laizi was not polite and had a sense of curiosity about Liu Tong's home in the city.

Liu Tong's home, the house is not big, open the small black lacquered wooden door, and enter a narrow courtyard, the main house is an inner room and an outer room.

Liu Tong's house has made a lot of progress compared to the thatched house in Xingfutun, with cement floors and white plaster walls, which make Er Laizi refreshed in addition to the stove and fire wall, as well as electric lights and running water.

There is only one thing that is inconvenient, and there is a public toilet that is urgent to go far away, and I heard that there is not enough squatting place in the toilet in the morning.

This is the mine, where the smell of soot fills the air and the occasional whistle can be heard as a train passes by.

Liu Tong has not been back to this house for a long time, it is inconvenient to make a fire to cook, and he did not leave Er Laizi to eat at home, Er Laizi drank a few sips of tap water and began to ride a tricycle through the streets and alleys to shout.

"Selling mountain goods, dog fur hats with uppers and soles, sweaters and cotton gloves around the neck, you can't buy them in the city, do you want a feather duster?"

Er Laizi took out the ability to sing the two-person turn, slipped through his mouth with ease, and shouted loudly.

The homes of the mine workers, most of which were spent by husbands and daughters-in-law, and the shouting of the second laizi soon gathered a group of women, almost none of whom did not buy, and a cart of things was sold out in less than two hours.

It was still early, and Er Laizi was not going to run another fifteen kilometers to find Pan Tao, he thought of Liu Tong, this little widow who was like a flower and jade was close at hand, so it was better to go to her house to rest.

The more Lai Zi thought about it, the more she coveted Liu Tong, thinking that it was not impossible, at least she would not reject him.

Having money can make ghosts grind, Er Laizi had this idea, so he went to a nearby store to buy bread, stove fruit, circle fire, canned fish, and two bottles of fruit wine.

In addition to the money in Erlaizi's hands, there are also food stamps and meat stamps exchanged for mountain goods, and it is not difficult to buy these things.

I bought things, rode there, and when I arrived at Liu Tong's house, Liu Tong had just built the stove and cleaned up the house, and was so hungry that she was thinking about what to eat, and Er Laizi shouted in front of her house.

"The bread oven fruit ring is burning, and there are two bottles of canned fruit wine."

Liu Tong knew that it was Er Laizi as soon as she heard it, and she opened the door for Er Laizi.

was hungry and uncomfortable, and found that Er Laizi had bought something good, Liu Tong was happy in his heart: "What, you are a roundworm in my stomach, do you know that I am hungry?" ”

"Then what are you waiting for, why don't you hurry up and reward me with some benefits." Erraiko entered the courtyard with a hippie smile.

Liu Tong didn't treat Er Laizi as an outsider, the two of them went into the house to go to the kang, set up a small square table, and poured and drank each other.

After eating and drinking, Er Laizi didn't plan to leave at all, and said cheekily to Liu Tong: "Miss, can you leave me at your house to rest tonight, otherwise I will have to sleep in the open air." ”

"Then you go and sleep in the open air, what's the matter in my house, don't think about beautiful things, I'm not that kind of person." Liu Tong asked, "Aren't your things sold out?" It's still early, why don't you go home? ”

"Don't stand and talk without backache, more than a hundred miles back and forth, exhaust me?" Er Laizi said, "I know why your husband died, you don't feel sorry for him, you're tired." ”

"Go up to the side, nonsense." Liu Tong didn't want anyone to mention her husband.

"I'm not talking nonsense," Er Laizi deliberately scared Liu Tong, "Look, he is squatting in the corner, tired like a king and eight calves." ”

As soon as Lai Zi said, Liu Tong was scared enough: "Get out, don't scare me." ”

"I'm not scaring you, he's going to come to you at night to settle accounts." Er Laizi looked at the fire and said, "Miss, it's good, I promise not to think about you, let me live in your house, and give you courage, otherwise your dead husband will really come to the door, I will see what you can do." ”

"No, no, it's not going to work anyway, don't be delusional." Liu Tong said, pushing Er Laizi out, "You hurry up and let outsiders know who I have become." ”

"Miss, even if you don't thank me today, don't unload the mill and kill the donkey, otherwise, you sleep in the inner room, I sleep in the outer room, you plug the door of the inner room," Er Laizi pleaded, "rely on your parents at home, rely on your friends when you go out, let's not kiss each other." ”

"It's not serious to listen to you, I really can't do anything about you."

Liu Tong was scared by Er Laizi just now and had goosebumps all over her body, she was really a little scared at home, thinking that Er Laizi helped her today, she was quite caring, as long as she could keep it, Er Laizi would not do anything to her.

Erlaizi was soft and hard, but Liu Tong did not refuse anymore and acquiesced to him living at home.

Liu Tong acquiesced to Erlaizi to stay at home, Erlaizi's initial wish has been fulfilled, and the next thing is to be courteous in every way.

Er Laizi rode a tricycle and pulled Liu Tong to the supply grain store to receive rice, flour, grain and oil, and went to the state-owned non-staple food store to buy vegetables and salt, and came back to find that there was not much coal for the furnace, it was still early, he pedaled on the tricycle to go to the gangue mountain, and pulled back a large piece of coal in the dark, which was simply a charcoal in the snow, and there was a man in the family and no man was different, Liu Tong was very grateful.

Er Laizi was scheming, picking up gangue, deliberately making himself dirty, and after coming back, Liu Tong had to help him wash his clothes and pants, boil water for him, and let him take a bath.

Leaving a big man to take a bath in his own house, although there is a door wall, Liu Tong is still very panicked.

"Alas, Miss, you help me rub my back." Erlaizi is in the outhouse by herself, and she is teasing her mouth while taking a bath.

", don't feel uncomfortable." Liu Tong was teased by Er Laizi and his face was feverish.

"Do you wash it?" Er Laizi continued to tease, "You wash and I'll help you take a bath." ”

"If you're not serious anymore, I'll get you out." Liu Tong regretted leaving her second son at this time, and there was a vague sense of uneasiness in her heart.

At night, Liu Tong's outhouse was a dirty cement floor, cold and cold, she couldn't bear to let Er Laizi sleep on the cement floor, and allowed Er Laizi to sleep on the warm kang with her, warning Er Laizi not to think about it.

In this way, one of the two slept on the kang head, and the other slept on the kang tip, and the kang table was erected in the middle and was blocked by the tent.

Er Laizi couldn't figure out Liu Tong's character and temper, so he didn't dare to act rashly, but the two of them still talked a lot across the kang table and chatted until late at night.

This night, Er Laizi was quite honest, Liu Tong didn't sleep peacefully all night, but Er Laizi snored loudly and slept sweetly.

Liu Tong is lonely, but she has not yet reached the point of starvation, what she thinks about is the yakzi, and it is by no means this unorthodox second laizi.

At dawn, Liu Tong got up early, boiled two bowls of rice porridge, and left some pastries and canned food.

Er Laizi came back from the toilet to say goodbye to Liu Tong, thanked her for staying overnight, praised her for not being messy, and jokingly said that she was ready to set up a chastity archway for her.

Liu Tong was used to Er Laizi's words being out of tune, so he asked unintentionally: "When will you come?" ”

"What's wrong? Reluctant to let me go? I won't leave if I can't help it. "Erlaizi looks cheap.

"Stinky and shameless, I just ask, do you love to come." Liu Tong replied to Erlaizi.

Er Laizi replied: "It is estimated that in three or five days, I will buy you delicious food when I come back and live at your house." ”

"It's okay to buy good food, it's not okay to live in my house, don't think about good things."

Liu Tong said, watching Er Laizi leave, leaving her alone, and her heart was empty.

Er Laizi was not ready to go home immediately, let alone return empty.

He ate and drank enough at Liu Tong's house, rode an empty tricycle to the downtown area and began shopping. He is not idle, but looking for opportunities to earn money.

In the corner alley, Er Laizi met several people who also pedaled tricycles and pulled rickshaws.

These people usually pull things for the people in the city, earn hard money, do not buy or sell, for the convenience of the masses, no one interferes in this business, and at the end of the day, they earn as little as two or three yuan, and as much as four or five yuan.

Er Laizi felt that this business was good, so he joined the ranks of pulling goods.

There are people who move, there are people who send things, there are people who buy bricks and stones, there are people who pull briquettes, as long as the empty car stops at the corner of the street, there are always people who send work to the door from time to time.

Er Laizi worked all morning, earned less than three yuan, coped with a mouthful of lunch, went to gangue mountain to pick up a cart of coal, and rode home in the afternoon.

Liu Tong got up early to see Er Laizi away, so he pondered to find Yakzi and wanted to know where he was.

Hearing from her father that the small coal kiln she went to was a coal mine belonging to the Xi'an County Light Industry Bureau, she inquired around at this address, first inquiring about the approximate location of the small coal kiln, and then going to the scene to find it.

Liu Tong worked tirelessly, and it took a day to find the small coal kiln where the yakzi was. Her home is not close to the small coal kiln, and it takes more than two hours to walk back and forth.

The next day, Liu Tong freshened up and dressed up beautifully, went to the grocery store to buy a few large breads, two boxes of canned fish, and a bottle of liquor, and came to the small coal kiln to look for yaks.

The barracks were still digging coal in the mine, and Liu Tong stood not far from the wellhead waiting for him, and this station became a beautiful scenery.

Liu Tong's appearance gives people the impression that she is a beautiful girl who has never been married.

The small coal kiln is a place where men mingle, and there are almost no women here, let alone beauties like Liu Tong.

All the coal blacks miners who came up from the underground to carry coal, when they saw the beautiful angels coming, they all stopped to watch, and their eyes were straight, who still had the heart to go down the mine to carry coal?