Chapter 3: The Heart of Stone

The town government gave the village an index of 50 yuan a month to work as a contract worker in a town-run factory, which was higher than the salary of public teachers at that time, which was undoubtedly a fat errand. The village chief considered that Shi Shi was literate and that there were poor children at home, so he arranged for Shi to work in the factory. Stone excitedly kowtowed to the village chief.

"Stone, do a good job and get rid of the bad things of the past! I earned money to buy nutritional products for my children. Then let your sister go back to school. The village chief patted Stone on the shoulder and said.

"Okay, second uncle, I will change my past mistakes, and I must do a good job!" Stone blinked, tongue licking chapped lips.

After all, Shi was a man of culture, learned technology quickly, and soon became a technician operating lathes.

When the news reached the village, the village chief felt that the stone was very angry. The doctor said that Linliu is seriously deficient in calcium, and if you don't supplement calcium, it will cause many symptoms, but where can the family have the money to buy calcium tablets? After the stone entered the factory, the mother was very happy, and the stone could buy calcium tablets for Linliu after paying the salary.

The mother pinched her fingers and counted the number of days until the end of the month. At the end of the month, the stone said that the salary would not be paid until the next month. My mother's heart was half cold, so I waited for the end of the next month. I finally looked forward to the end of the second month, but the stone still didn't receive the salary. By the end of the third month, the stone was only given to the mother for 10 yuan.

"Isn't it 50 yuan?" The mother asked weakly in disappointment.

"This month's salary is small, plus inviting people to dinner, there is very little left." Stone replied perfunctorily.

The village chief went to the factory to inquire, and the factory leader said that he had been paid a salary since the first month, 50 yuan per month for these three months, and no less stone was paid.

The village chief was very angry, and in the evening he took someone to Shi's house, pressed the stone to the ground, turned out 30 yuan from the pocket of Shi's jacket, and handed it to Shi's mother.

"You kid is really not a good person, your family is like this, and you still spend money indiscriminately, you really have no conscience!" The village chief scolded the stone.

The stone drooped its head and remained silent.

"Where are the wages spent?" The village chief questioned the stone.

"Please...... Ask someone to ......," the stone snorted.

Later, Shi still gave his mother 10 yuan a month.

"Where did the stone spend all the money? Did you lose gambling again? The village chief was puzzled and pondered the question. He summoned a few villagers who liked to gamble and asked them, "Has Stone been gambling with you lately?" Everyone should be honest. ”

"No, absolutely not. Since the last time Stone gambled and paid for a divorce, we have never seen him gambling anymore. One of the leaders said. The rest say that's what it is.

"You don't know what's going on with the stone, right? Well, I'll entrust you with one thing, to keep an eye on the movement of the stones. The stone family blames the pitiful. The village chief pleaded with everyone.

"Okay, village chief." Everyone agreed.

Three days later, one of the gambling villagers reported to the village chief: "Village chief, village chief, I have discovered the secret of the stone!" He gasped for breath and continued, "I found a stone in the woods south of the factory, and I'm kissing the water snake's waist." "The water snake waist is the nickname of a merry village woman, in her 30s, slender figure, thin waist and round hips, good posture, men work in other places, usually dress up in fancy ways, like to provoke men, and can get some cheap economically.

The village chief found the stone and criticized it violently. Stone wrote a letter of guarantee to the village chief, promising not to taint the girl again in the future.