North and South groceries

Lin's father and Lin's mother's move was not only an explanation to sister-in-law Lin, but also a blow to them. If anyone doesn't want to live in the Lin family, they should all go back to their mother's house.

Sister-in-law Lin and second-sister-in-law Lin were really a little scared. In this day and age, after the daughters of ordinary families get married, there is no place for them in their mother's family, and not every family has a Luo Sanlang.

If they are driven back to their natal family like Liu Lang's daughter-in-law, not to mention losing face, even their character will be questioned. Roast on the fire.

So just like that, Mrs. Lin's sister-in-law Lin's second sister-in-law "recovered from her illness", and someone in the family started cooking and doing housework again, and the men also started to work, making vinegar and tofu, and the whole Lin's yard slowly started to work again.

But Lin Chunqiu's daughter-in-law never imagined that Weng Po, who loved her so much before, would be able to do this trick to herself at a critical moment.

It's also because she thinks too highly of herself. In her natal family, she is the youngest daughter in the family, and she is the heart of Ye Niang. When she gets married and goes out, she is not just an ordinary daughter-in-law. A wealthy family, who can support her?

That day, when Lin Chunqiu's daughter-in-law was taken out of Xipo Village by her father, she cried all the way back home, causing many people to watch the excitement, even Xu's guest house had many people discussing it.

"Do you think I have done too much?" Aunt Luo asked Luo Yongdao, looking at the gap.

"Sister, is your heart softening?" Luo Yong asked her.

"After all, she is young, and the family is always used to it. Some ignorance is normal, and it is not necessarily a bad thing." Seeing Lin Chunqiu's daughter-in-law like this, Aunt Luo couldn't help but think of the time when she just passed the door. .

She really didn't expect that Lin's sister-in-law and Lin's second sister-in-law would exert their strength, and the consequences would be so serious. She also didn't expect that Lin's father and Lin's mother would be cruel this time.

"Sister, don't worry about it. If she is really a good person, it will be beneficial and harmless if she learns this lesson early." Luo Yong said.

In Luo Yong's view, no matter how young you are, if you dare to show your teeth and claws at others, you should be mentally prepared to be slapped in the face.Besides, Lin Chunqiu's daughter-in-law didn't confront Mrs. Luo face to face, but played tricks behind her back. Luo Yong was especially displeased with such a person.

Time has entered February, and the weather is getting warmer day by day, and the business of the cement workshop is also getting better day by day.

There are more people who come to work in their cement workshop than before winter. Many of them come from far away places. They heard from the porters who carry cement that the salary of Luojia cement workshop is very good. It was hot, and at noon, some food was distributed to the workers to fill their stomachs.

I heard that the wages are also quite a lot. Some jobs are done on a piece-by-piece basis, such as throwing mud slabs. The price of each slab is fixed. You can get as much money as you can throw, and some are fixed wages. , ranging from one and a half to three pennies a day.

The work that pays the most money and is the lightest work is none other than the job of watching the fire, which requires constant vigilance. If one is not careful, the cement in a kiln may be useless. That is a big kiln, and that kiln of cement It can be sold for a lot of money.

I heard that Luo Sanlang didn't ask them to pay for it, but he just kept in mind the quality of the cement fired in this kiln, whether it was the best, the middle, the worst, or not usable at all. There were special records there. In the last month, if you have good grades, you can still get bonuses. The better your grades, the more you get. Those with poor grades will not deduct money, but after a certain degree of difference, they will change people.

"You haven't seen how well-built the road from Lishi County to Xipo Village is, it's smooth and solid, like a mirror."

"Then it won't slip if you step on it?"

"Hahaha!"

"Instead, there are some lines drawn on it, so it's non-slip."

"Can it really be that flat?"

"Of course, walking on it with a cart is like walking in the sky."

"Aren't you all shouldering the burden? Where did you get the car?"

"There are car rental companies outside Lishi County. Big cars cost one penny a day, and small cars cost half a penny a day."

"That's not cheap either."

"The cart can carry three to five loads at a time."

"..."

Many people have heard the descriptions of these porters, and they really want to visit Xipo Village, so some villagers come together, some of them are more particular, and they can carry a package and put a change of clothes in it , and some people are very simple, put a few pancakes in their arms, and go out directly.

When they arrived at Lishi County, the people coming and going were actually more lively than they had imagined. Not far from the gate of the city, there was indeed an unusually smooth khaki-colored concrete road along the road. Walk along this road until you reach Xipo Village. Even if you are a first-time visitor, you don't have to worry about finding a place.

The cement workshop is full of lively labor all day long. They are full of food every day, and everyone is extraordinarily strong. Among the groups of strong or thin men, you can occasionally see one or two men. woman.

These women who need to support their families are no worse than men in their work, but the people in charge of the workshop will still try to arrange relatively light work for them.

"Hey! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The stupefied few newcomers blocked the way.

I saw a woman dragging a car walking quickly over there, her car looked strange, it had four wheels, each wheel was about the size of a fist, the car was very close to the ground, and there was a half person on one end The handle is high. At this time, a lot of mud was piled on her cart, which looked heavy, but many floors around the workshop were paved with cement, and there was almost no slope. She was pulling the cart by a woman. It doesn't seem very difficult to walk the mud.

Luo's cement workshop doesn't pick people very much. Basically, as long as they come, they can go to work, but those lazy people who don't work hard, they also kick as soon as they say it. This is very in line with Luo Sanlang's usual style. If he could tolerate someone fishing in troubled waters under his nose, then he wouldn't be able to have the name of that coffin board.

After a hard day, dinner is always richer, such as meat and bone soup and offal are very common, corn porridge is often boiled, and occasionally you can eat stuffed buns and pancakes.

For ordinary people, this kind of food is not often available even in their own homes, let alone working for others.

Eat and drink enough, those who are more particular can still wash and wash, those who are not particular can go to sleep directly, and there are some who like to be lively, always get together in piles and gossip before going to bed.

Their workshop was built on the north side of the cement road, in the same direction as the village, and some distance away from the hillside where they usually fetch soil. It is said that they were worried that the hillside would slide down.

This whole row of workshops has the same pattern in each room, a big room in a square shape, and a big heated kang is built inside, and seven or eight people lie in a row on the top of the kang when they sleep at night. , but also very lively.

Most people these days like to be lively, even the few new blacks are no exception.

It is said that the Kunlun slaves have a gentle temperament, which is true. After these black men worked in this cement workshop for a period of time, they gradually let go of their guard against the people around them.

They seem to be from a race that is rarely angry. Usually, even if the jokes of the workers are too much, they are never angry. You can often see them grinning stupidly with a big black face on their faces. , giving people a very friendly and talkative feeling, and they are willing to work hard. Many people in the workshop are willing to work with these black people.

"Apu, my elder brother left us another arithmetic problem today, saying that people from three villages are building roads together. The first village can build two miles of roads a day, and the second village..." After dinner that day , Luo Wulang ran to find the black man who was sick before.

A while ago, when Luo Wulang and Lin Rong and Wang Shao came out to play, they saw this new black man writing and drawing on the cement road with a piece of low-quality plaster picked up from the roadside. He leaned over to take a look. It turned out to be an arithmetic problem.

Goro still sympathized with what happened to these black people, and he was not afraid of these big guys who looked a little weird but actually had a particularly good temper, so he became a teacher for a while and told him the solution to the problem , The black man listened very carefully, but his foundation was really poor, so in the days to come, Goro would come over to make up for him when he was free.

Goro asked him what his name was, and he babbled out a series of strange speeches. Goro couldn't learn it, and only heard a common word, so he called this black man Apu, and gradually other people started calling him that too. up.

Everyone knows that Apu is the leader of the three blacks. He is not as easy to coax as the other two blacks. Not only can he speak Chinese well, but he can also do arithmetic.

"Fifteen and a half days." At this time, before Goro finished the topic, Apu reported the answer directly.

"Why are you so fast?" Goro asked in surprise.

"I just heard someone say it." Apu grinned.

"Then you also heard someone say this answer?" Goro asked him.

"I did it myself." Apu said seriously.

"Bragging, I can't even do it. I still know the solution after asking brother." Wu Lang didn't believe it.

"You're bad at arithmetic." Apu said matter-of-factly.

"..." Goro fell silent, he was really bad at arithmetic, and Si Niang learned faster than him while learning and playing.

"Don't be discouraged." Apu patted him on the shoulder. In his opinion, it is already a very remarkable thing for such a young child to learn so much knowledge.

"Apu, what are you doing? Are you going to catch rabbits on the mountain again?" Seeing a small tool that Apu was working on, Goro was happy again.

Earlier, Apu caught a rabbit on the hillside, and they roasted it together. The taste was very good, but it was a pity that there were too many people at that time, and Goro didn't get a few bites.

"Not in spring, the animals have to give birth." Apu shook his head and said.

"Oh, my elder brother also said that." If you can't catch rabbits in spring, you have to wait until summer. Goro sighed and asked Apu again: "Are there rabbits in the woods in your hometown?"

"Yes." Apo replied.

"What do your rabbits look like? Do they look the same as ours? They are so far apart, even people look different..."

"It's a little different, our rabbits..."

The two people, one big, one small, one black and one yellow, have a common language. Luo Wulang is full of curiosity about Apu's hometown, and Apu misses his hometown very much. When they get together, Not talking about math problems, but talking about Apu's hometown

"Sister, I'm going to find Apu, and I'll be back before dark." After dinner that day, that kid Goro went out again.

"It's so late and I have to run outside." Erniang muttered.

"Let him go, there are so many workers over there, nothing will happen." Luo Yong said.

After finishing his meal, Luo Yong leaned on the kang of the grocery store to read a book. He read the book of poetry that he bought for Wu Lang. Erniang and the others liked this book. Luo Yong was actually mediocre, but living in this era, he had never memorized it. The Book of Songs is easy to be treated as illiterate.

At this time, he was holding the book in his hand, looking at the figure of Goro coming out of the yard, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: Go boy, go get that black man's friendship, as well as his gratitude and loyalty.

Luo Yong has always felt that the black man named Apu is not simple, because he is more vigilant than the other two blacks, and it seems that he has always regarded it as his responsibility to take care of the other two.

What kind of person can have such a sense of responsibility?Naturally the leader.Luo Yong guessed that even if he was not the leader of the tribe, he should at least be the son of the leader or a talented candidate for the next leader.

Although I heard that he has relatively good arithmetic ability, what Luo Yong values ​​more is his leadership ability, the innate personal charm of an excellent leader.