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- Hong Liangyu went all the way up the mountain to the charcoal kiln, and saw a fat shrew standing under the shed, with a sloppy face, behind him was a half-grown girl in a torn flower jacket, with a pointed chin and slightly sunken cheeks, perhaps it was hungry.
Li San, who collected the charcoal, took a sip of herbal tea, squinted at the chattering woman, and waved his hands impatiently after a long time: "Mrs. Hua, don't waste your words, the proprietor has married a new fourth wife this year, and the maid also added More than ten. Just her? I can't recommend it."
He stood up and raised his trouser belt, looked the girl up and down, and said with a smile: "It would be pretty good if I were with you."
"Go, go, go." Mrs. Hua pushed Li San away: "Then the proprietor married us Cui'er, the dowry can give a big cart, you, just you, you, how much can you give?" At the end of the speech, Hua Pozi's voice dropped a bit.
Li San sucked his teeth and stretched out two fingers: "Two pennies." The old lady rolled her eyes, and Li San persuaded: "You don't suffer. She has been in your house for more than half a year and has eaten you." A lot, right?"
Seeing Mrs. Hua's eyes rolling wildly, Li San strikes while the iron is hot: "Is there no one else in her family? Dysentery caused by fleeing disaster?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Hua became impatient: "Bandit! I was killed by the bandit on the way to escape, and I'm not sick!"
"No matter how she died, can you still support this woman? You still have two sons in your family. Besides, I am not buying it, is it that the media is marrying me? We have been neighbors for so many years, and I have been married as my daughter-in-law. I can treat you badly if you are affectionate. She? It can be considered that you, as a cousin, are worthy of her parents. What year is this? Throwing the girl into a wilderness is like throwing a stray cat, there are plenty of people around, you have a conscience!"
The shrew thought about it for a while: "I'll think about it." After she finished speaking, she pulled the girl aside.
Hong Liangyu walked over with a dull face. Seeing that it was Hong Liangyu, Li San stood up suddenly, poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are here for work."
Not long after Hong Liangyu first arrived, Li San, who was in charge of collecting charcoal, was actually very respectful to him.
It turned out that within a few days of Hong Liangyu's arrival, an accident occurred in the charcoal kiln, and the mountain-like carbon deposits suddenly collapsed. More than a dozen charcoal burners for heating and Li Sanquan, the steward who collected the charcoal, were crushed under the charcoal. All the workers were dug out from under the charcoal, which avoided a tragedy.
Hong Liangyu didn't pick up the tea in front of him, and said, "Li San, we all come from poor people, you can't lose your conscience, that's life, not cats and dogs."
Anyone who is stared at by Hong Liangyu, a big man who looks like a fierce Zhang Fei, will feel guilty.
Li San scratched the back of his head with his hand: "Second brother, what did you say, I am not I am a young man in my thirties and I don't have a wife."
Li San swallowed his saliva: "Hua Pozi's family is not rich, and this girl won't be able to eat for a few days. Then it's reallywon't my life be ruined? Hey, second brother, have you taken a fancy to her? That's okay, You say a word, brother, I" Li Sanyi patted his chest: "Give it up."
"I don't mean that."
Hong Liangyu stared, and wanted to say something more, but the words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak for a long time. He glanced outside the arbor, and saw that Hua Pozi was choking and cursing at the girl for a while, and she burst into tears like acting. Don't cry, stayed silent for a while, and finally nodded.
Hong Liangyu sighed. When he was sixteen years old, his family couldn't support two children, so he voted for the red flag. Over the years, he had almost died. While recuperating on the ship, I sometimes thought about when I could stop fighting and killing, and return to my peaceful hometown, or simply spend my life on Lantau Island.
That day Hongqi received the news that the government was coming to encircle and suppress Hong Liangyu. He had planned to fight to the death, but Tianbao Leader dismissed all the helpers who still had relatives in Guangdong and Guangxi. At that time, Hong Liangyu had mixed feelings. He thought that the world was wide open, but why is it that his hands and feet are tied now, and he doesn't like what he sees? This time 7 5zwor*g*.com Zhang Si
He shook his head and said nothing more
boom!
A thick basket of black charcoal was piled on the ground. Hong Liangyu took a deep breath of fresh air outside the kiln, exhaled slowly, and swung the charcoal clay off his body, ending the day's work.
A strong young man in his early twenties beside him sat down on the ground, wiped his sweat with a towel around his neck, held a few copper coins tightly in his hand, and couldn't help asking: "This government has regulations, For every thousand catties of black charcoal, the quasi-silver costs three or three renminbi, and the original material is five cents of silver, how come we have a thousand catties of charcoal with only a mere twenty cents left?"
"It's wrong, isn't it?"
The old accountant who was sitting firmly on the side fiddled with the beads: "That's not how the accounts are calculated, how much you earn has nothing to do with the price of charcoal." He pointed his head: "It has something to do with the Lord."
The strong boy asked: "How do you say this?"
"If the master is angry today, and the common people suffer from disasters and cannot even eat, they will rush to work as charcoal workers. If there are too many people, the wages paid by the proprietor will naturally be less. If it is a good year, no one will burn charcoal. , won¡¯t your money go up?¡±
The accountant crackled the beads, and finally took them away: "It's useless to complain, if you don't do it, there are people who do it."
Hong Liangyu didn't speak at all, but said after hearing this: "The old man will settle accounts."
The accountant didn't raise his head: "Hey, boy, don't mock me, let me tell you, follow the rules of the proprietor's charcoal kiln. All new charcoal workers will not be paid for the first five thousand catties of charcoal, just eat. Aren't you the one recommended by Hong Xibin? The proprietor opened Jinkou and exempted you. You, don't be ignorant."
The strong guy scratched his head: "It seems to make sense, but it doesn't seem to make sense. Then I have been working for all these years, and I have not seen a rise in money. It is because the old man is angry every year, and his old man is too temperamental."
He spoke humorously, which made the charcoal workers who were covered in dirt and sweat burst out laughing. 强牺 75zworg.com 读牺
"Second brother, you don't want to go to my house after work today. My father-in-law came to see me a few days ago and left me two catties of rice wine. Our brothers are very close."
"I can't do it today. I have to go to Tangjiazhuang. My friend is away from home. There is no one to take care of my younger sister. I am thinking about bringing her here and living with my sister-in-law."
"Hey, the second brother has good intentions, but can our talented master agree?"
Hong Liangyu smiled generously: "My elder brother has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart, he just scolded me a few words."
Some charcoal workers frowned when they heard this: "Tangjiazhuang is not as peaceful as ours. I heard that there was a disaster there, there were bandits on the road, and there were rebellions. You have to be careful."
Hong Liangyu's face was dull, but he sneered in his heart: "Rebellion? The head of Tianbao in my family is the ancestor of the rebellion. Speaking of which, I am also his uncle's generation! I'm afraid he will come!"
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