This time the loggers who came up were going to work together for a year, and even brought a month's worth of food and daily necessities, the boss's surname was Hu, with long sharp-beaked monkey gills, and he didn't look like a good person, Zhang Xiulan didn't know what his name was, but he only heard Zhou Shumin call him the third brother, and other people who were about the same age as him called him the third brother.Gao Dajiang called his brother-in-law directly, beckoning someone to move the things on the truck to the kitchen, Hu Laosan also deliberately said a few words to Sister Zhang Xiulan, wearing a suit with a small black briefcase, his hair was combed shiny, Zhang Xiuzhi lowered his head, twisted his clothes with his hands, Hu Laosan didn't look at his eyes at all, as for Zhang Xiulan, although she could say a few words, she was rustic and dressed like a person asking for food, Hu Laosan didn't pay much attention, politely said two words, and said a few rules seriously, basically not to do things not enough to eat at the end of the month, That's going to have to be deducted from their wages or something.Zhang Xiulan had long expected that this would be the case, not to mention that when she worked in the mine in her previous life, she was not less looked down upon, and she was not able to do it at all, so she was naturally looked down upon, but she couldn't find any work next to her except for the work in the mine, so she could only suffer from the eyes of people, pretending not to know and continue to stay in the mine until she was tired and died there.At this time, it is a hundred times stronger than in the mine, and Zhang Xiulan naturally does not care.Hu Laosan sent the things and workers, and told Zhou Shumin and Gao Dajiang to send a car at the end of next month, and left in the truck.The new workers moved Li Xing to the dormitory, and the Zhang Xiulan sisters also took their luggage to the newly built cabin, and went to the kitchen without having time to pack up in a hurry.Seeing that it was eight o'clock, Hu Laosan came.The meal was not cooked, so that no one blamed the Zhang Xiulan sisters.But the sisters remembered their duty.I didn't take it for granted because of this reason, but I looked at the ingredients that were sent, washed the rice and put it in the steaming drawer, the pot was filled with water, and a large piece of wood was burned underneath, and after a while, a faint smell of rice came out.Taking advantage of the steaming rice, the sisters cut and washed the cabbage again, and stewed the cabbage and potatoes, which were the fastest.After the vegetables were stewed into the pot, Zhang Xiulan asked her sister to light the fire, and she took the noodles out and moved them to the kang in the house where she and her sister lived, and waited for the noodles to be steamed at noon.Zhang Xiulan walked out of the house, went to the kitchen to get a basin of water and came out to wash her hands, "Sister, boil the pot and add more firewood."
Then just put the stove away, and I'll clean up the house first. ”"Don't worry, I know, I'll finish it here.I'll clean up with you. ”Zhang Xiuzhi wiped the sweat from his head.Zhang Xiulan looked distressed, but there was nothing she could do, that is, she was too busy to stop.I just want to do all the work I need to do, and I can take time to rest.The men are preparing tools.Try to see if there is any broken one, and fix it immediately.Saving a while to go to the mountains to delay her work, Zhang Xiulan raised her legs and walked out of the kitchen, and before she could enter the house in the west, she was stopped from behind."
Comrade, can you ask where there is water to drink?"
The man's voice was green with a touch of elegance.Zhang Xiulan felt familiar, but she didn't remember where she had heard it, it was definitely not from the group of people who came with them, that is, the people who came with Hu Laosan, but she had never said hello at all, let alone leaned forward, so it was impossible to hear their voices at all.In an instant, Zhang Xiulan didn't think much about it, turned around, and when she saw that young but familiar face, the blood in her whole body was frozen in an instant.Stone people?
Her ex-husband, how could he be here?
Didn't they meet a few years later?
For a moment, Zhang Xiulan was stunned.The girl in front of Shi Min stared at him, his heavy bangs were blocked, and he couldn't see the expression on the other party's face clearly, and he was a little confused for a while, "Comrade, I've been cold these days, and I want to ask if there is hot water anywhere?"
”Civilized and polite, how can the man who was addicted to gambling and drinking and beating women in his previous life be a person with the person in front of him?
But she can recognize it, she can recognize this face even if it turns to ashes, although this face looks a lot greener now, but it is a person, and it will not be wrong.Zhang Xiulan took a deep breath and said lightly, "I'm in a hurry to cook, I didn't boil hot water, but there is hot water in the pot where the rice is steamed, so you can bring the tea jar over when the meal is opened." ”The previous life is the previous life, in this life she will no longer have anything to do with Shi Min, Zhang Xiulan doesn't want to take the resentment of the previous life to this life, while hating others, she is also in pain, and in this life Shi Min is still the kind of man who is addicted to gambling and scolds women, and it has nothing to do with her.Just like she treated Zhao Xingguo, she didn't hate but was far away.No longer on the same path as a lifetime."
Okay, thank you then."
Shi Min didn't think much about it, thanked him, turned around and went back to the place where the men lived opposite.Zhang Xiulan didn't cover her chest until she returned to the hut, and she only felt as if her heart was about to jump out, until Zhang Xiuzhi came in from outside, and she realized that she had been sitting for so long."
What's wrong?
The face is so ugly. ”Zhang Xiuzhi stepped forward."
It's okay, I'm just hungry."
Zhang Xiulan was afraid that her sister would worry, so she stuck out her tongue mischievously, while bypassing the topic just now, "This house can still be lived in now, and you have to cover a thick quilt in the second half of the night.I thought that when the two of us were okay during the day, we would go to some mud and put some mud on the outside hu, at least it would be able to withstand some wind, and the kang would be hot in winter, and it would not be too cold. ”"That's the only way to go."
Looking at the kang that didn't even have a kang mat, Zhang Xiuzhi frowned, not knowing what to do."
Sister, I see a small pond over there, although it is not big, but there are a lot of reeds growing on the side, I have to cut it back first in the afternoon, smash it, let's try to make a kang mat ourselves, and if it is not good, it can be paved."
In this situation, you have to rely on yourself.Zhang Xiuzhi nodded, it can only be like this.The small wooden house has no windows, and the light at the door is borrowed in the daytime, and the candles must be lit at night, which are full of trees, so they are afraid of fire, and the candles are expensive, and the house is ventilated, and the candles will be blown out by the wind, so there is no light at night.The small wooden house is not big, and the kang can sleep the size of four people, and when you come in from the door, you can face the kang opposite, and it is five steps away from the door.Anyway, it's like a place to live."
Sister, what do you look like?"
Zhang Xiulan took out something from the package and handed it to Zhang Xiuzhi.Zhang Xiuzhi took it, "Hey, isn't this big lock from the lock room in our house?"
”Every family grows food, but they are afraid of being stolen, and the locks in the lock rooms are very large."
yes, I thought we'd come here, we'd have to lock the door at night, so I brought the house.""
Mom knows?"
Zhang Xiuzhi was taken aback."
Does she know she'll let me take it?
I took it secretly, my daughter went to work outside, she was a mother, and she couldn't even bear to put the lock on it. ”Zhang Xiuzhi doesn't feel weak.Zhang Xiuzhi shook his head, "I've brought it all, forget it, my mother will be angry for a while." ”Zhang Xiulan took the full set, that is, the door grate was pryed down together, Zhang Xiuzhi saw that her sister found a nail to nail in the door, and she didn't know what her mother would be angry about.Zhang Xiulan was nailed, the light outside was blocked, she looked up, "Is there something wrong with you?"
”It's Shimin.A blue dress and pants, eight points new, and there are some horizontal lines on the clothes and pants that are not worn all year round.Combing his flat hair, his eyes look at people like a puddle of water, he seems to be able to look at you after staring for a long time, plus his face is delicate, anyone who looks at it will think that this is a young man with a polite and good character.In her last life, wasn't Zhang Xiulan confused by Shi Min's appearance?
He also said that he didn't care that she had ever been divorced, and when she got married, she didn't know that his family was too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, and who would marry him if he had no house or land?
He worked everywhere again, didn't save a penny, and still owed gambling debts, even if he could marry her, a divorced person, it was a pie-in-the-sky thing.It's a pity that she slowly discovered all this after marrying Shi Min, but it was too late, and she didn't want to be laughed at and divorced, so she gritted her teeth and held on, and ended up in such a tragic end.Reliving a lifetime, seeing such a delicate and polite stone man again, Zhang Xiulan was not moved at all, so much so that she felt chills all over her body, and her voice was alienated."
I saw you nailing something, so I'll come over and see if I can help."
Shi Min smiled very politely."
No, it's done, thank you."
Zhang Xiulan answered simply, but she was holding another grate that had not yet been nailed."
You're welcome."
Shi Min didn't say much when he saw the grate in Zhang Xiulan's hand, nodded with a smile, and turned back to the other side.Zhang Xiuzhi could see it clearly, with a puzzled face, "What's wrong with this person?"
”Otherwise, with such a good temperament, it is impossible for my sister to reject people thousands of miles away, not to mention that people came to help.Zhang Xiulan shook her head, "No, I just think it's better to stay away from these men, and it's not good to hear any gossip." ”At this point, Zhang Xiuzhi nodded and didn't ask any more.Zhang Xiulan nailed the grate of the door, and the food in the kitchen over there was almost simmered, so she called everyone to eat, big white rice and cabbage potato soup, and each person made a bowl of rice and took it out to squat in the yard to eat.The food is delicious, but Gao Dajiang can't help but worry, and when he sent the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen after eating, he called Zhang Xiulan and whispered, "We have to eat these things until the end of the month, you have to calculate, don't be too late, then you have to use your salary to buy them." ”was reminded of this by Gao Dajiang for two days in a row, and Zhang Xiulan was not angry, "Brother Gao, don't worry, I know it in my heart." ”Gao Jiangda obviously didn't believe it, but it wasn't until the end of the month, and now it's useless to say anything, so he nodded and followed everyone to the mountains to work.
(To be continued.) )......