Dazed

From the second day onwards, Qi Zheng really saw Cao Jingxing on the construction site. The man changed into a gray work uniform and sneakers. He couldn't tell whether the price was good or bad, but he looked low-key and simple. Walking around with a stack of drawings in his hand, he walked with the chief designer of the building, talking with his head down from time to time.He also had lunch with the staff at noon. In just a few days, Cao Jingxing got to know almost all the workers on the construction site very well. Although no one dared to joke with him casually, teasing Qi Zheng in private I didn't see it, probably a man like Cao Jingxing is a piece of cake everywhere.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the construction site was still in full swing. Qi Zheng, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked to the toilet on the construction site, wanting to take a pee.

The toilet on the construction site is actually a public toilet in that area. It is just at the corner of the building where we turn around. Weeds are overgrown. Obviously, no one comes and goes, because it is a bit far away from the construction site. Oftentimes, the group of careless migrant workers are too lazy to come here. Just find a place nearby to dedicate to nature.

The entire construction site is probably as fastidious as Qi Zheng, running back and forth every time, the north wind in the twelfth lunar month is very bleak, the sky is covered with a layer of dark clouds, even the sun has disappeared, the air looks gray and dark .

Qi Zheng didn't wear much. After all, the construction site was too hot to work in. Now that he was blown by the cold wind, he couldn't help shivering. He shrank his neck and cursed, but he didn't expect to turn around. , his eyes glanced at two figures gathered together not far away, he probed his head and didn't know what he was talking about, and when one of them raised his eyes, he probably recognized Qi Zheng's figure, paused, explained a few words, and then turned He disappeared into the messy ruins. Qi Zheng's sharp eyes, his figure and the palm missing the little finger made him recognize a colleague from the same construction site, but he didn't know how the other party saw him. people run away.

Puzzled in his heart, but Qi Zheng is not a curious person, he raised his eyes and looked away, walked to the side of the remaining person, unbuttoned his trousers, and poured water.

But the remaining person saw Qi Zheng beside him squinting his eyes, raised his eyes, and sized him up. Then he handed a cigarette to Qi Zheng as if he was very interested, and said, "Little brother is Is it local?"

The other party was only less than 1.7 meters tall, with dark skin and creases all over his face. When he opened his mouth, two rows of uneven teeth were exposed, and his eyes were as bright as beans.

Qi Zheng lowered his head and glanced at the other party expressionlessly, without picking up the other party's cigarette, and said, "What's wrong?"

"You must be from Fujian and Guangdong with your accent? How did you come here?"

Qi Zheng frowned, and wanted to leave, so he replied impatiently, "None of your business."

"Hey, what's the matter with such a violent temper?" The man stretched out an arm to stop him, his face was a little anxious, and said, "You just got here, do you need someone to introduce you to work? I have a job offer over there." A factory recruits people, including food and housing for two thousand three thousand a month, and bonuses for good work, the shortage of people is serious, otherwise I wouldn’t have to go out and ask people.”

Qi Zheng stopped the movement of leaving, and glanced down. The man's little finger was also missing, but before he had time to see clearly, the man took out another business card and said enthusiastically, "If you are interested Just call the number above, I am an employee of that factory."

Qi Zheng asked back: "Then how can I trust you?"

"Let's sign a contract. Don't worry, I can't be a pyramid scheme. Now everyone who engages in pyramid schemes is a scammer. I can't just catch people on the street. Besides, in this society, it's the 21st century, right? They are all law-abiding people, if you don't believe me, you can bring a few more people here, and I promise you won't deceive people." Looking at Qi Zheng's expression, the man probably felt that there was a way out, so he opened his mouth and talked wildly. .

Qi Zheng felt a pain in his head when he heard that, so he put away his colorful business card. Thinking of the colleague just now, his heart moved, and he asked, "Did you know that person just now?"

The man smiled as usual and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

The other party obviously avoided talking about it, but Qi Zheng felt that something was wrong, and said, "It's okay, I was wrong."

The man patted his chest and said: "If you are interested, please remember to find me!"

Qi Zheng looked at the figure of the man going away, felt a little strange in his heart, frowned, rubbed the business card casually, stuffed it in his trouser pocket, and walked to the construction site with his legs up, but what he never expected was that, In the short 10 minutes after he left, a thunderbolt happened on the construction site.

A group of dozens of workers stopped what they were doing and surrounded the halfway outside. The faces of the surrounding people showed nervous expressions, and Zhou Tao stood outside, talking on the phone impatiently, with a loud voice. So much so that he heard it, and seemed to be calling the police?

Standing on the outermost side, Zhao Youran saw Qi Zheng walking, and said hastily, "Someone fell from the fourth floor."

Qi Zheng was startled, and said, "Who is it?"

"The Xiangyang boy who just turned around, it is said that the board was not done properly."

"Then how is the situation now?" Qi Zheng asked, frowning.

Zhao Youran shook his head grimly, but did not speak.

Many of the migrant workers around the place where the man fell showed lingering fear, and no one around dared to speak. They looked at the man who had fallen into mud with a gloomy expression, and a gloomy cloud enveloped everyone's face. .

Qi Zheng also took a look at the place where the accident happened, and saw a person lying down on the messy ground, with the back of his head down and his face up, his eyes were still wide open, his mouth was open, he probably wanted to call for help, but the back of his head When it landed, there were not only various scattered and hard stones scattered on the ground, but also solid cement slabs, so it probably went directly.

This is already the second person who appeared in front of him in this way of death. Qi Zheng's breathing became uncontrollable and he seemed to have returned to the scene where Guan Ya committed suicide. His eyes were bloodshot and his chest was depressed. The ground was undulating, and his face was a little bleak.

At this time, Cao Jingxing, who had just finished calling his uncle, turned around and saw Qi Zheng looking a little lost, so he couldn't help but pull him away, lowered his head and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

Hearing Cao Jingxing's voice, Qi Zheng suddenly came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing."

Immediately, he asked Cao Jingxing, "What's going on?"

"It's a construction accident. It may have slipped and fell. The shelf board is fine. There was another person on it at the time."

"The other person, who is it?" Qi Zheng asked.

Cao Jingxing looked up and searched, pointed to a man in purple overalls, and said, "I don't know the name, that's the only one."

Qi Zheng looked up, but couldn't help but suffocate his breath. The figure of the man who had just died stood leisurely behind the unaware man, and Xiang Yangzi, whose body was still lying on the ground, stood there expressionlessly. Behind him, there is a different kind of harmony between one person and one ghost.

"Wait a minute." Qi Zheng's voice suddenly turned cold, and he walked towards the fat man with a stern face. Cao Jingxing followed him without knowing why. Consciously chatting with the worker next to him.

Qi Zheng walked to his side and faced this creature from another world more closely. The other party seemed to be able to sense that Qi Zheng could see him, and nodded slightly at him, with black air covering his iron-blue face. , the thick lips were still tightly closed, and he said nothing. After a while, there was a commotion from the gate of the construction site, and the loud siren of the police car made people tremble in the heart, and the ghost slowly floated back to the building. Next to his body, it seems to be leaving.

The active people who were talking here also hurriedly ran to watch, leaving the thoughtful Qi Zheng standing where he was, his mind full of doubts.

Cao Jingxing, who had been following him all the time, was a little confused, so he said, "Qi Zheng, is there something wrong?"

Qi Zheng's eyes followed the fat man all the time, thinking of the scene he saw in front of the toilet, he instinctively said, "I don't think it's that simple."

Cao Jingxing didn't understand why he followed him and looked over. A group of five or six policemen got out of the car. Foreman Zhou and Zhou Tao went up first, and then the person who fell from the building was carried away on a stretcher, covered his face with a white cloth, and the scene was put on guard. The workers were cleared away and shut down for inspection.

Qi Zheng didn't say a word, and followed those construction sites to the rest shed. Dozens of workers were discussing in one go, and the fat man said solemnly, "Xiangyangzi is from my hometown, his relatives He is still working at another construction site in the city, I have to inform his family early."

In the noisy environment, many people responded immediately: "Old Liu, this is not a trivial matter, hurry up and call and tell his family."

The man responded, hurriedly took out his mobile phone and made a call, and then turned out of the shed without hearing the sound.

Qi Zheng has been watching all this with cold eyes. After a while, Zhou Tao came over dejectedly, and announced: "Now I will rest, and I don't need to start work at night. As for whether I need to work tomorrow, I will wait for the notice."

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, everyone wants to do more work so that they can go home quickly, but there is no other way now that this kind of life has happened, and the other people in the bricklaying team are also scared out of their wits, so everyone can only say a few words , and then took their own things and went back to the dormitory to rest.

Fatty Zhou came over to greet Qi Zheng and said, "Aren't you leaving?"

"I'll wait, let's go." Qi Zheng refused, and Fatty Zhou, who couldn't figure out what the other party wanted to do, had to leave muttering, with a puzzled expression on his face.

At 05:30 in the afternoon, the sun set on the western mountain, and a blue shadow appeared around the surroundings. The police car drove away temporarily. Cao Jing walked out of the construction site with a tired face, but unexpectedly found a looming red spot not far away. Qi Zheng Seeing Cao Jingxing coming, he hurriedly put out his cigarette butt, went up to meet him, and asked, "How is the investigation going?"

Cao Jingxing twitched the corner of his mouth, and said without any surprise: "Accidentally falling, it is considered a work-related injury."

"Is it really an accident?" Qi Zheng asked again.

Cao Jingxing keenly sensed that something was wrong, raised his eyebrows, and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Qi Zheng didn't answer, but said, "I always feel something weird."

"Have you eaten yet?" Cao Jingxing asked.

Qi Zheng was startled, shook his head, and said, "Not yet."

"Let's go eat first." Cao Jingxing suggested.

Qi Zheng agreed, so the two found a nearby restaurant, went in and sat down, ordered a few dishes, and waited.

"What was the weird thing you said just now?" Cao Jingxing asked.

"When Xiangyangzi died, I saw his ghost standing behind his fellow countryman." Qi Zheng said straight to the point.

Cao Jingxing showed some interest on his face, and said, "This is really strange."

"You're dead, what are you busy with now?" Qi Zheng asked again.

Cao Jingxing thought for a while, and said: "The main issue is the compensation. I'm afraid that the family members will probably come to make trouble. Those government departments will come, but it will be difficult to send them away. We must try our best to suppress the matter, and don't mess it up everywhere. I know, otherwise the building won’t be sold after it’s built.”

"How much will you pay?"

Cao Jingxing thought about it, and said: "A million or so, but my uncle sent people from his company to deal with it, so I don't need to worry about it."

"Does that person have any relatives?" Qi Zheng wondered.

"Both Zhou Tao and Foreman Zhou said yes. You've been here longer than me, so you should know better than me." Cao Jingxing raised his eyebrows and said.

This is strange, if the Xiangyang guy has relatives, how could he say such a thing that day, but if there are no relatives...

Cao Jingxing looked at Qi Zheng's solemn expression, although he was a little puzzled, he still replied, "Whether there is or not, we will know in two days."

Qi Zheng thought it was the same, so he didn't worry about it. It's a pity that this incident killed a person, but accidents on the construction site are not uncommon, and he couldn't be right to worry about anything here, so he was relieved.

At this moment, Cao Jingxing smiled wryly again, and said, "It's just that this happened, those workers should take the opportunity to negotiate terms."

Qi Zheng didn't know why, so Cao Jingxing said: "It is estimated that no one will continue to work in the bricklaying team without extra money."

Qi Zheng understood, and said, "This is also something that can't be helped."

"The boat is naturally straight when it reaches the bridge, let's take a step and see." Cao Jingxing sighed.