This made Xu Ye a little puzzled, looked at them and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

After seeing Xu Ye's puzzled eyes, the middle-aged man with a beard among the three middle-aged men immediately said, "Boss, our feet are not clean, and we are afraid of soiling your ground." ”

Hearing the words of the beard, Xu Ye immediately stopped: "Isn't the ground just for people to step on, if it's dirty, just wipe it, how can there be a reason not to let people step on it." ”

Hearing Xu Ye's words, the middle-aged men at the three doors, as well as the middle-aged men who had been flipping through the Journey to the West, were a little wet in their eyes.

"Alright, come in." Xu Ye beckoned to the three middle-aged men at the door again.

The three middle-aged men standing at the door did not refuse Xu Ye's kindness anymore, and after rubbing the mud on their feet on the curb at the door very seriously, they walked in cautiously.

After the three middle-aged men walked into the store, they naturally greeted the middle-aged worker who was sitting at the table watching Journey to the West.

Probably because they had a common topic, the four middle-aged workers quickly chatted.

On such a rainy night, Xu Ye suddenly felt that it was not so cold, and even felt a little rare lively.

At this moment, Xu Ye suddenly wanted to drink two glasses, so he stood up and walked to the table of the four middle-aged workers and said with a smile: "Do you want to drink two glasses together to warm up your body." ”

After hearing Xu Ye's words, the four of them looked at each other for a while, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing this, Xu Ye continued to smile and said, "I please, you don't need to spend money." ”

Xu Ye knew that these people were all out to earn hard-earned money, and they were usually people who broke a penny and spent two cents, so how could they be willing to drink.

"Boss, this, this is not appropriate." The middle-aged man who watched Journey to the West spoke.

"That's the boss, you can let us hide from the rain here, it's already a great favor to us, how dare we let you invite us to drink." The other middle-aged man with a beard spoke.

"Since we can meet tonight, it means that we are fate, as the so-called brothers from all over the world, if you refuse, then I am not a brother." Xu Ye pretended to be angry and said.

"Well, that's fine, we'll thank the boss. Boss, you're really a nice guy. The four middle-aged workers were full of praise for Xu Ye.

"It's okay, it's fate to be able to get together." Xu Ye took out his mobile phone and began to order takeout.

The takeaway delivery was very fast, because although the location of this Chinese medicine hall is remote, it is indeed a prime location in the southern city.

Xu Ye ordered a boiled fish and a dry pot of shrimp, and took out two bottles of liquor under the counter.

The liquor was discovered by Xu Ye when he first came to this Chinese medicine hall, and at that time Xu Ye also guessed that his stand-in named Jiang Xia should be an alcoholic.

But later, after Song Wanying told Xu Ye that Jiang Xia never drank alcohol, Xu Ye couldn't figure out the meaning of storing wine in the cabinet under the counter.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, this is Xu Ye's consistent style of doing things.

Anyway, now he is Jiang Xia, and these wines are also his own.

"Come on, you're welcome, everyone." Xu Ye held the wine bottle and greeted the four migrant workers.

The four migrant workers were still a little restrained and embarrassed, but when they saw that Xu Ye was so enthusiastic, they didn't refuse too much, and they all picked up their wine glasses and drank heroically.

After three rounds of drinking, the middle-aged migrant worker who was the first to walk in took out his half pack of cigarettes from his pocket and scattered towards Xu Ye and the other three migrant workers one by one.

After Xu Ye and the three migrant workers took the cigarettes and lit them in turn, they all began to feel a little drunk.

Then the wine began to speak their hearts.

But these workers, who are far away as strangers, have no secrets at all.

Because for them, their biggest reliance and the softest place have always been the daughters-in-law and children of their hometown.

Therefore, most of the secrets in their hearts are related to the family trivialities of their daughters-in-law and children.

Among the four migrant workers, the youngest is 32 years old in Chinese New Year's Eve, named Xiaogang, from southern Liaoning.

His parents are long gone, and he has spent almost all his savings by marrying a daughter-in-law, and he owes a lot of money outside.

But after the second year of marriage, once he took his daughter-in-law to Shanghai to work, but he didn't expect his daughter-in-law to run away with a wealthy businessman boss in the south.

After his daughter-in-law ran away, Xiao Gang didn't have the face to go back to his hometown, so he walked all the way to the north and came to Nancheng, wanting to work here for a few more years and pay back the money he owed to others first.

The middle-aged man sitting next to Xiao Gang is a little depressed, he is forty-three years old this year, a full ten years older than Xiao Gang, called Plug, from North China.

Compared with Xiaogang, he said that he didn't know whether he should be happy or unhappy, because his parents are still alive, although they are both over ninety years old, but fortunately, they are still alive.

Although the daughter-in-law looks very ordinary, she is a woman who can live a life and is down-to-earth, and she also gave birth to two big fat boys.

The eldest ones have already started junior high school, and the younger ones are already in the third grade of primary school.

But because his parents are older, they are sick in bed all the year round, and his daughter-in-law not only has to take care of the two children, but also serves her in-laws.

In a heavy rain last autumn, my daughter-in-law broke her spine directly after she fell a foot, and now although she is not unable to take care of herself, she can't do too heavy work.

A family of five, old and young, all rely on bolts to earn money in other places.

At this, a bitter smile appeared on the embolus's face.

No one can understand their own suffering, and they don't need others to understand it.

Compared with Bolt and Xiao Gang, the middle-aged man with a beard, Da Biao, his story is relatively warm.

Da Biao is from Gannan, he is fifty-two years old this year, and he has already reached the age of half a hundred.

The parents of the family have long passed away, there is a son, a daughter and two children, the daughter has been married, and the son has already joined the work, although he does not earn much, but fortunately, he does not need to worry about food and clothing.

The whole family is left with his crazy wife, who needs to take care of herself.

Da Biao and his wife, like everyone in that era, met through blind dates.

Da Biao said, don't look at his wife who is crazy now, but she was really beautiful back then, and she was a beautiful girl at the top of ten miles and eight villages.

I was completely taken down when I met her for the first time, and the two have been living happily ever after they got married.

But no one thought that when she gave birth to her youngest son, Da Biao's daughter-in-law couldn't stand the pain because of dystocia, so she took a burst of anesthetics.

It was because of this burst of anesthetics that Da Biao's daughter-in-law became a stupid madman from then on.

The people in the village shouted that they wanted to drive Da Biao's daughter-in-law out of the village, but in the end, they couldn't resist Da Biao's coercion and temptation, so they had to give up in the end.

Da Biao's family is the closest to Nancheng, so Da Biao is the one who has returned home the most times among these migrant workers.

Others only go home after a year or two, but Da Biao goes back two or three times a month almost a month.

As long as he has time, he will go home to see his disliked wife.

Listening, chatting, and teasing each other, although Xu Ye and these four migrant workers were not all the way, they were chatting very speculatively.

The four migrant workers also had a good impression of Xu Ye, maybe they would never have thought that Xu Ye, a young little boss, would be so close to a few mud legs from the countryside like themselves.

After drinking another round of wine and smoking two cigarettes, Xu Ye opened his mouth and asked the four migrant workers: "Have you ever thought about what your wife and children, parents will do if you are not there one day, and who will take care of them?" ”

Xu Ye's words made the four middle-aged men, who were originally full of smiles, instantly step down.

The four of them tacitly did not speak, they all looked at Xu Ye, and when they looked at each other, they began to think about what Xu Ye had just said.

After a long time, the middle-aged man who was the first to come in and liked to watch Journey to the West replied to Xu Ye: "Boss Xu, it's not that we haven't thought about this problem, in fact, we have all thought about this problem to a greater or lesser extent." ”

The middle-aged man said, suddenly choked up, and after wiping the tears on his face like a court, the middle-aged worker continued: "It's just that everyone is unwilling and dare not think about this problem carefully, because although we are rotten lives, we can't fall." ”

Xu Ye nodded silently, he understood, he understood, he naturally understood what the middle-aged migrant worker said just now.

As the pillar of the family and the support of the whole family, Xu Ye knows what a huge responsibility it is.

His life and time are not his own, and they also know that they are tired and hard, but they are not afraid.

Even they are less afraid of death.

But they are afraid, afraid that this family will be trampled on after his death, and he is even more afraid that his family will be hurt because of his incompetence.

Therefore, although they are rotten lives, this life is the greatest and noblest life in the eyes of their families.

"Boss Xu, if you don't come home this big night, won't your wife talk about you?" The younger middle-aged migrant worker suddenly asked Xu Ye.

Xu Ye shook her head with a smile and said, "She doesn't dare, in our family, I have always said that my daughter-in-law will definitely dare to say two." ”

Although Xu Ye couldn't help but feel a little weak when he said this, Xu Ye was indeed arrogant in this sentence.

"Boss Xu is really mighty." The middle-aged man with a beard was the first to cheer for Xu Ye's words.

"Yes, yes, Boss Xu is domineering." The other three middle-aged workers followed suit.

Xu Ye naturally knew that they were just fake and polite human feelings.

But he is happy to enjoy this vanity at the moment, and he is also happy not to think about anything, he just wants to enjoy this hard-won lively atmosphere at this moment.