"Come, let me introduce to you, this is the distant nephew of Aunt Zhang at Zhang Ji Noodle Restaurant, named Xiaofeng, who came here to work, and wants us to take care of it. Uncle Liang patted Qingfeng's shoulder, and then pointed to the man who walked a little crutches and said: "This is a kidnapping horse, his surname is Ma, my original name is I don't know what it's called, his legs are a little disabled, and he walks with a crutch, so everyone calls him a kidnapping horse." ”

Then Uncle Liang pointed to the one lying in the quilt and said: "That is called the lazy king, I only know that his surname is Wang, he is very lazy, as long as he can lie down, he will never sit, and he is often lazy when he is working, and the master will not be able to find him if he is not careful, either squatting in the toilet to pick up cigarette butts and smoke or where the cat is napping." Just now he was too thirsty to do so, so he went out with the kidnapper to find water to drink, but when he came back, he lay down again. The three of us, one is old, one is disabled, and the other is lazy, and many people are reluctant to use it, so instead the three of us often partner together. ”

"Recruited!" I don't know who shouted so loudly, the people under the bridge hula all surrounded him, don't look at the kidnappers and horses have disabled legs, they run quite fast, and they squeezed into the crowd in a few clicks; the lazy king was lying in the quilt and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard the sound, he rushed to the front; old Uncle Liang was not slow, he pulled up the breeze and squeezed it hard.

The recruiter seemed to be a veteran, swept around with his eyes, and then said: "We have to move the warehouse, and the work is more and heavier, so our boss said that we are only looking for young and strong people." The money will not be less than yours, fifty yuan per person per hour, and the cash will be given when you are done, and you will take care of a meal at the end. Don't be too old or too young, and don't be sick or disabled. ”

It seemed that there was no hope, Old Uncle Liang and the kidnapper Ma sighed deeply, only the lazy king shouted: "And me, and me." ”

The recruiter glanced at the lazy king, pouted and said, "You're the lazy king, right? I've heard of you for a long time, and don't be lazy in your work." ”

It seems that they really need a lot of people, and the recruiter casually ordered a dozen young and strong people, and led the people away, seemingly to work overtime at night.

The lazy king was not chosen, he had already returned to the bridge and got into the bed, the old Uncle Liang and the kidnapper horse hung their heads out of the crowd, stood on the side of the road and continued to chat, the old Uncle Liang said: "Fifty yuan an hour, you can't work for five hundred yuan a day, I have never received such a high salary." ”

The kidnapper horse echoed: "Yes, I only earn more than 200 yuan a day at most. But there is nothing to envy, people are strong and strong, and it is normal to earn more. A dozen people cleaning the warehouse are estimated to not take long, maybe in four or five hours. ”

"Old Uncle Liang, what is the current wage rate?" Qingfeng asked.

Uncle Liang said: "Workers like us, the work is not fixed, sometimes there may be work for several days in a row, sometimes there may be a day or two can not find a job, work for one day and eat two days, so the salary is higher than on the construction site, generally 30 to 50 yuan per hour, generally about 200 yuan a day." ”

"How much money is a day on the construction site?"

"Laborers are generally 100 to 150 a day on the construction site, although it is less, but the work is relatively long, the environment is stable, and you can go to and from work on time, and you don't have to wait here every day to do work. The only downside is that I am tired, and I have to work at least ten hours a day. "Uncle Liang is like an encyclopedia of part-time jobs, and the head of it is the Tao.

"Recruit workers!" The three of them chatted for less than half an hour, and another man shouted on the side of the road, and then the man added, "As long as the house is decorated, as long as there are skilled workers, they can paint paint, put floor tiles, and install water and electricity." ”

It turned out to be a skilled worker, and it had nothing to do with us laborers, and many people who had turned around and were about to rush over turned their heads again. Only a dozen skilled workers surrounded him.

Not long after, someone shouted: "Find someone to work, high salary, come quickly, only two people." It was the voice of a young woman.

As soon as they heard this, the rest of the people surrounded them with a bang. One of the middle-aged men asked, "What's the job? Why are there only two people?"

"My family bought two shops and wanted to knock down the middle wall and make one. It is estimated that two people can do it for a day. The woman who was looking for work said.

"How much is a day?" the middle-aged man asked again.

"High salary, sixty dollars. The woman who was looking for work said triumphantly.

"What? Sixty dollars? Sixty dollars an hour?" the middle-aged man thought he had misheard.

"Sixty dollars a day"

"Sixty a day, big girl, you have nothing to tease us, right? The middle-aged man pouted and left, and the workers suddenly lost interest.

"Why are they all gone? Sixty-one days is not too little? Wasn't the salary on the construction site only more than twenty days before?" said the woman who was recruiting for work.

Uncle Liang was more enthusiastic and said, "Girl, what year of old Huang Li are you?

"Two hundred a day?" said the woman.

Old Uncle Liang was kind, but the woman who recruited the job didn't seem to believe it, and her eyes were full of suspicion when she looked at Old Uncle Liang. In the end, the woman who recruited the job didn't figure out why the wage had become so high, so she didn't look for anyone again, and left quickly.

"This city person, it's just that she is very wary, and you kindly told her that she still doesn't believe it. The kidnapper shook his head.

"Old Uncle Liang, according to the market you just introduced, aren't the wages all obvious?, why would the woman give it so low?" Qingfeng asked.

Uncle Liang explained: "Actually, this can't be blamed on her, it was that price before 03 or 04, and it hasn't changed for many years, and the wages of workers on the construction site are basically 20 to 30 yuan a day, and the big stone bridge here is indeed a high salary if it is 50 or 60." However, since 03 and 04, housing prices in the city have risen sharply, money has depreciated more and more, and labor prices have also risen. Hehe, that woman may not have been exposed to this piece for seven or eight years, and she still knows her a few years ago, so she is so surprised?"

"Now the money is not spent, in those years, a bowl of tomato and egg noodles only sold for two yuan, now many restaurants have to sell ten yuan a bowl, Zhang Ji noodle restaurant sells five yuan is cheap, we are looking for work here, and we have to spend 20 yuan a day for food. The kidnapper sighed.

"What's the cost of food? Did you see that community over there? I worked there in the past four years, and I heard that at that time their house was sold for less than 2,000 yuan a square meter, do you know how high it has risen now? You can't buy 151,000 square meters. Uncle Liang said.

Qingfeng just came here, he was more curious about many things, and if he didn't understand anything, he asked the two old workers, Uncle Liang was a jack of all trades, patient and good, plus there was a kidnapping horse to add by the side, but it answered a lot of questions about Qingfeng.

"There's a lot of work on the job. ”

This job is very appropriate, seeing that it is not early, and a few people are about to go to dinner, when they hear that another recruit is coming. The laborers on the construction site are the kind of workers who don't know any technology and can only sell their strength, which is suitable for people like Uncle Liang and Qingfeng, so they didn't eat anymore, and several people surrounded them.

The recruiter is a big fat man, with a height of more than 1.7 meters, a weight of more than 200 pounds, a shirt tied around his waist, leather shoes and belts, not very old, holding a briefcase, standing in front of a van, and a middle-aged man next to him, who looks very ordinary, and is estimated to be an assistant. Since it was dinner time, there were only about 20 people under the big stone bridge, and the competition was not very fierce, so it seemed that there was a drama this time.

"How much does it cost to hire people on the construction site?" asked a young worker.

"Package food and lodging, 100 yuan a day. The fat man replied.

"Cut, it's only 100 yuan? You're here to fool people, right? There are no 200 yuan on the construction site. The young man turned and was about to leave.

"A hundred is a lot, I am working for a long time, at least half a month. I inquired before I came, and sometimes you can indeed earn two or three hundred yuan a day, but it is all small work, one day and two days off, and then deduct the living expenses, and there will be a maximum of 100 yuan left a day. "It seems that the fat man was very well prepared before he came.

"Who said that we should work for one day and rest for two days? Young and strong people like us have work every day, and sometimes we are even lucky, and we can catch up with three or four small jobs a day, and earn seven or eight thousand a month. Don't fool me, even if it's like you said, I can earn so much by working your construction site, and I can earn so much by working here for one day and two days, and I have been kicked in the head by a donkey to work for you?"

Those who dispersed were all young and strong, and those people had more advantages, and there was no shortage of work to do. Qingfeng and the others didn't leave, but they didn't like this job, Uncle Liang thought about it for a while, and said: "Boss, your salary is too low, usually no one will work for you for a hundred yuan a day, not to mention that it is a busy time for farming." I guess boss, you're going home because the workers are busy with farming, but the construction schedule on the construction site is tight, and you can't help it, so you came here to pull people, right?"

The fat man who recruited the workers glanced at Uncle Liang and said with a smile: "The master is right, when the farm is busy, those workers can't stop it, so they have to go home to harvest wheat." If it weren't for Party A's urgency, I wouldn't have come out to recruit people. But this salary can't go up, the labor on my construction site is 100 yuan a day, if it is high for you, there is no way to explain it to them. There is no way to mention the salary, and a few masters are more sincere, so I can give you a preferential condition. ”

"What conditions?" asked the Lazy King.

"I'll give you cash, and my salary will be paid weekly. The previous workers on my construction site only settled their bills at the end of the year, and usually only gave a few dozen yuan a month to buy cigarettes. How's that?, isn't that a good condition?" The voice of the fat man was full of **.

This price is a bit low for people waiting for work under the big stone bridge, especially now that it is still busy farming, the salary should be higher than usual, but the low is not very outrageous, Uncle Liang turned his head and asked: "Kidnapper horse, what do you see?"

"I haven't found a job for three days, so if the pay is low, it's low, and I'm going to go with them. The kidnapper said after a moment's consideration.

"Yes, after all, we can't compete with those young people, I don't want to wait here every day to work, this time I can work for more than half a month, and I am ready to go." After Uncle Liang finished speaking, he asked Qingfeng again, "Xiaofeng, what about you?"

"I don't understand anything, so let's go with Uncle Liang. Qingfeng said.

"I'm going too, and I haven't even had money for food lately. The Lazy King also said.