Dazed

Early the next morning, Zhou Tao hurried to the dormitory building, woke up a group of workers, and said, "The police have finished the inspection, and work starts today. Get up quickly."

Unexpectedly, this group of migrant workers who usually look forward to earning some money to go home during the New Year lazily hid on the bed, and no one answered. After a long while, an older worker said: "Zhou Tao, this There was only one life on the construction site yesterday, and we are required to start work today, which is too unkind."

Zhou Tao scolded: "Do you think how much money is wasted on such a day off at a construction site? You don't even need money for meals and machines. Hurry up and get up and work, don't be lazy."

However, no matter how Zhou Tao yelled and scolded, the twenty or so bricklayers refused to leave. At this time, another person said, "This job is so risky and high, so you have to increase your wages, or it will happen again like the Xiangyang guy." It’s not worth the money for the same thing.”

Zhou Tao thought about it for a while, then came back to his senses, and said: "You guys, the Xiangyang guy died yesterday, and you use people to raise your salary today, and you are not afraid of running into ghosts if you walk too much at night!"

A group of people were scolded so embarrassingly, but they still held back and said, "Let Foreman Zhou speak, we won't listen to your bragging that you can't decide."

Zhou Tao was so angry when he heard this, he ground his molars and said, "Okay, I'll invite you my uncle to see what you want to do."

Zhou Tao ran out angrily, just in time to see Cao Jingxing who was outside, he saw that no one started construction on the buildings over there, and asked, "Why didn't anyone come to start construction?"

"Those guys insist on raising the price, so I'll ask my uncle to deal with them."

Cao Jingxing stretched out his hand to stop him, and said: "If you want to mention it, you can mention it. Now that there is an accident at the construction site, the most important thing is to calm the hearts of the workers and tell them that there will be an extra 20 yuan a day and an extra meat for each meal. I can’t go back until the 29th of the Lunar New Year, and ask them if they want to do something?”

Zhou Tao responded when he heard the words, and then hesitantly said, "Little Cao, have you told your uncle about this before?"

Cao Jingxing replied calmly: "Didn't I tell him that I dare to mention it to you? Hurry up and let them start work. It's almost Chinese New Year, and we have to rush to work."

Zhou Tao thought about it. Anyway, he was responsible for this matter, and the workers over there could be comforted. There was nothing better than this, so he responded and turned around to urge the workers to come out to work.

Last night, the yellow lines surrounded by the police were removed. A few workers bravely climbed to the designated positions and continued to work carefully. Anyone in this line of work is afraid that they will be the next unfortunate person. Despite the oppression, the work that should be done still has to be done, and the life that should be lived is still going on.

The thin-skinned monkey who was in the same group as Qi Zheng was probably frightened, and there were a lot of gossips today, chattering about how lucky he was not like that person, foolishly thinking he was getting something out of it.

Qi Zheng listened to him muttering, and the veins on his forehead were about to pop, but after a while, he raised his eyes to look at him again, and asked, "Do you still remember that Xiangyang boy was here before, and Did you say he had no relatives?"

The thin-skinned monkey was taken aback by the question, then scratched his neck in wonder, and muttered: "It seems that he said yes, but I can't remember clearly, there must be relatives anyway, how could there be no relatives, people It didn't just pop out of a rock."

Qi Zheng frowned when he heard his answer, then lowered his head and didn't speak again.

Less than two days later, sure enough, the relatives of Xiangyangzi came to the construction site. A group of five or six people, two men and four women, were all Xiangyangzi's fellow villagers, and two of them were said to be Xiangyangzi's aunts. Auntie, crying so badly, several people threw themselves in front of the construction site, clamoring for compensation and his nephew's life.

Zhou Tao, Zhou Foreman and two other people went up to stop him, but it was of no avail.

Wearing a thick padded jacket, a scarf, and a knit hat, she looked about 50 to [-] years old. The strong woman straightened her waist, waved her hands, and scolded the construction site for being heartless, her nephew He fell to his death and didn't even have an explanation.

Several other people also followed suit, and Qi Zheng knew from Cao Jingxing's calm appearance that he knew that he couldn't stop that group of people now.

Sometimes Qi Zheng thought it was quite funny, and the workers around him were all talking about it. After some time, a person suddenly walked out from the construction site. It happened to be the one named Lao Liu. Qi Zheng couldn't help staring at him. , I saw that person walked into the group of people and said something, and then the first few people who were crying stopped, and after a while, Foreman Zhou walked up, obviously wanting to have a good talk for a while.

Qi Zheng heard the people around talking, "Fortunately, there is Lao Liu here, what the fellow says is more effective than others, otherwise I don't know how long this will go wrong."

Another person said puzzledly: "You see, this family is really cold-blooded. The nephew fell to his death. The first thing he did was not to look at the dead body. Instead, he came to the construction site to ask for compensation. Xiangyangzi is really miserable, and it is hard to live." , I feel sad even if I die.”

After a while, the discussions of the people around stopped. Qi Zheng looked up strangely. It turned out that the group of people happened to pass by them and walked over from the outside. While the figure was shaking, Qi Zheng's gaze suddenly froze for some reason. up.

Another day later, that group of people came again, but this time there were two more men, and of course the two aunts, who were the main fighters, still came, and rushed into Cao Jingxing and Foreman Zhou in a desperate manner. In the office of the group of people, it is estimated that they brought all kinds of documents this time, and it took two or three hours to settle the negotiation. Their faces were involuntarily filled with joy, but it was probably for the sake of face. Repress it.

Qi Zheng found an excuse, threw the water gun to the skinny monkey next to him, then walked to the place where the group of people were going to pass, turned his back, and looked at the group of five or six people. Suddenly, he saw a strange The palm of his hand also had a broken little finger. Qi Zheng looked up in shock, and there was another man standing next to that man, who happened to be the man he met in the public toilet two days ago and wanted to introduce him to work. .

When Qi Zheng was still surprised, the group of people had already passed by his side, walking towards the gate, their backs looked very carefree.

This is [-] percent wrong.

Only that image flashed in Qi Zheng's mind, and he was sensitive to the crisis. He thought for a while, and ran towards the office on the construction site, just in time to see Cao Jingxing coming out.

"Have you paid the compensation?" Qi Zheng asked with a slap in the face before he reached Cao Jingxing.

Cao Jingxing was startled, and subconsciously replied: "The contract is signed, but the cash hasn't been paid yet, what's the matter?"

"Don't give it yet, it may be a scam."

Cao Jingxing was startled, and said in amazement, "Tell me inside." Then he dragged Qi Zheng into the simple office, and asked seriously, "What's going on?"

"I saw a person among the group of people who came today. That person struck up a conversation with me a few days ago. He wanted to introduce me to a job. I ignored it. How could it be possible to get mixed up with the family today?" Qi Zheng sneered.

Cao Jingxing's face showed a little seriousness, and he asked, "When did you meet someone alone again?"

Qi Zheng subconsciously felt that Cao Jingxing's words were weird, but he didn't think too much about it. He recalled it, and felt even more awkward, and said, "The day Xiangyang boy had an accident."

Cao Jingxing's face revealed a bit of pondering, and he didn't speak, as if he was meditating, but Qi Zheng became anxious again, and said, "And he seems to be very familiar with that surnamed Liu."

Cao Jingxing said: "The one surnamed Liu happened to be on the board of the accident, but he was fine."

"He didn't even give it a shot." Qi Zheng said indifferently, "Anyway, a million or so is not a small amount. I'm only being so serious for your uncle's sake. If you believe it, you can believe it. If you don't, you can't believe it gone."

When Cao Jingxing heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Okay, I'll let my uncle check first, and Qi Zheng, I would like to ask you to keep an eye on that Liu for me, maybe they will still have contact. "

Qi Zheng looked at Cao Jingxing's inexplicably deep eyes, and responded, "What's the problem, I'll take care of it, and I'll contact you if there is any situation."

"En." Cao Jingxing nodded, and said at the same time: "If there is any unexpected situation, don't act alone, just tell me, I'll be with you."

Qi Zheng nodded and said, "Okay."