Xu Xiaolou walked along the country road for about 300 meters towards the beach.

Standing still, in front of him is a house that is not small in Weishui Village.

This is Li Jishi's house.

Li Jishi, his grandfather was once a well-known well-to-do household in Weishui Village.

However, in ancient times, some sages once said, "The brilliance of a gentleman will be cut off for five generations", which means that no matter how prosperous the family is, after several generations of sitting and enjoying the benefits, it will be exhausted.

In Li Jieshi's generation, he was the only one left in the family, and his parents died young.

He was the only one living in the huge house.

Xu Xiaolou walked to the door and called out, "Uncle Li, are you home?"

After a while, there was a response from inside the door.

"Who?"

"I, Xiaolou."

The door opened.

Li Jieshi said: "What's the matter with Xiaolou? You haven't slept so late?"

His eyeballs rolled around.

He knew that Xu Xiaolou was here to settle today's wages, and saying this was a polite way of knowingly asking.

Xu Xiaolou walked into the yard, took out a wad of banknotes, and said with a smile, "Uncle Li, I'll settle your wages."

"Oh, what's the rush, I'll give it tomorrow, it's the same."

"That can't be done, Uncle Li, we are running a company, we must be honest, and we must not delay the settlement until the next day."

"All right, all right! This is the truth, Xiaolou, work hard, uncle is optimistic about you, and you will definitely become a big event in the future."

"Accept your good words, Uncle Li, take the money."

"Okay, uncle, I'll accept it with the cheek."

……

There is a bluestone table and bench in the yard.

There are two dishes and a bottle of beer on the table.

A dish of peanuts and a dish of cucumbers are both appetizers.

Li Jishi scratched his head and asked, "That... Xiaolou, have you eaten yet? Why don't you sit down and have something together?"

Xu Xiaolou didn't give in, just sat down generously, and changed his rhetoric at the house of the village chief 'Lao Mo' just now, "Okay, Uncle Li, I just didn't eat."

He fetched a pair of chopsticks and opened another bottle of beer.

Li Jie was a little displeased.

This single man is used to living alone, drinking alone every night, falling asleep after drinking, and living a very comfortable life.

And the sudden appearance of this kid in front of him is really disappointing.

Xu Xiaolou took a mouthful of peanuts, took a big gulp of Snow Beer from the glass bottle, and said, "Uncle Li, actually I'm here today, and I have one more thing I want to ask for your help."

"Oh? What's the matter?" Li Jishi took a sip of his beer.

"Do you think it's still a habit to work now?" Xu Xiaolou asked.

"Uh... is it okay, what's wrong?" Li Jie felt something was wrong.

"That's right, I'm not going to let you go up the mountain tomorrow."

Snapped!
The chopsticks in Li Jieshi's hand fell to the ground, he was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, his face was ugly.

"That...Xiaolou, is it that Uncle did something wrong?"

"No, Uncle Li, you have done a good job, I am very satisfied."

"Then why did you fire me!" Li Jieshi suddenly raised his voice.

"Forehead……"

Xu Xiaolou scratched his head and explained: "Uncle Li, you have misunderstood, I am not going to fire you."

Li Jieshi breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his chopsticks, and warmly greeted Xu Xiaolou for drinks and food.

"That's it, haha, I should have said it earlier, I was so shocked. Then what did you mean by what you said just now?"

"I'm going to create a new position, and I think this position must belong to Uncle Li."

"What position?" Li Jieshi became interested.

"The job content of the post is very simple. It is responsible for transporting goods every day, taking the waterway, carrying the goods on wooden boards, and transporting them to the road outside. It may be transported back and forth three to five times. The temporary salary is 50 yuan per trip. In terms of yuan, what do you think?"

After listening to Li Jieshi, he secretly speculated in his heart.

He was originally a lazy man, the kind who would never stand when he could sit normally.

Going up the mountain for the past two days exhausted him. If it wasn't for the hundreds of dollars in banknotes, he would have given up on it long ago.

However, the new position that Xiaolou is talking about now...

It costs 50 yuan per trip, three to five trips a day, which means that the daily income is between 150 and 250 yuan. The key is not to be tired and not to climb mountains.

Because of living by the sea for a long time, the residents of Weishui Village are all good swimmers.

It is not difficult for him, Li Jieshi, to use wooden boards to transport goods by water, and he is even familiar with it.

Li Jie was tempted, and he asked in a low voice, "Am I the only one to do this job?"

Xu Xiaolou froze for a moment, realizing what the other party meant.He smiled and said: "Yes, you are the only one. You can ship as much as we have every day. Don't worry, no one will rush for you."

Li Jie raised his head and drank half a bottle of beer, patted his chest, "Okay! I did it!"

……

Get out of the house.

Xu Xiaolou went home along the same road.

As he walked, he thought to himself.

Of the three employees, Mo Yu's personality is too simple and honest, he can only stay at home, he is not suitable to go out and deal with people, and he is easy to suffer. '

'And Li Jieshi is a quick-witted person, although his temper is a bit unpleasant, but his flaws are not hidden.This kind of person is suitable to be placed outside, responsible for a role similar to public relations. '

'So, let him be responsible for transporting the goods first, think about it first, and when the time is right, let him go out and sharpen it, and he will become my right-hand man in the future. '

"As for Aunt Li..."

Thinking of this, he happened to walk to Aunt Li's house.

Having been neighbors with Aunt Li for many years, Xu Xiaolou knows almost everything about her family situation.

Li Lan, 31 years old, does not know the specific ancestral home, and she has never mentioned it herself.She married into Weishui Village ten years ago, and gave birth to a daughter after two years of marriage.Her man suddenly fell ill when the child was born, and when Xu Xiaolou's grandfather rushed over, he was dead and unable to recover.

Regarding her man's death, there are two versions circulated in the village.

The first version came from Li Lan, saying that her man had heart disease and took medicine all year round. That night, she drank alone and fell asleep after drinking. She suddenly fell ill and died on the bed.

The second version is a gossip circulating secretly in the village, saying that it is Li Lankefu, and she is a man who was tortured to death.

But no matter which version, in this barren and remote mountain village, when a person dies, he is dead, and the loess is added to his body. gossip.

But Xu Xiaolou remembered that during that time, grandpa often sat alone in the yard and sighed.

He once asked his grandfather why he was so sad?
Grandpa asked a question back, and Xu Xiaolou still has no answer until now.

"What is right and wrong in this world, what should be used to measure it?"

……

Knock on the door.

Aunt Li's soft voice came from inside the door, "Is it a small building? Wait a minute, come right away."

The door opened.

Simple and plain nightdress, long wet hair, and water stains on the clothes.

Xu Xiaolou looked at Aunt Li with a smile, from head to toe.

"How do you know it's me?"

"Miss Shen said that you will count the money for us when you come back. I have been waiting."

"Haha, what I said. Aunt Li just took a bath?"

Li Lan blushed for a while, and then returned to normal color, "Yes, come in first, and talk in the yard."

……

into the courtyard.

Xu Xiaolou looked around and found that everything here was no different from six years ago.Simple, even said, a little shabby.

Aunt Li brought a bowl of tea and sat across from Xu Xiaolou, "When you were young, you often came to visit us. Now that you are grown up, there is also Shen girl at home. Since you came back, this is the first time you have come to my house, right?"

Because I just took a shower, I smelled of soap on my body.

Xu Xiaolou took a deep breath and said with a smile, "It was big back then."

Seeing Aunt Li's face suddenly blushing like a crimson cloud, Xu Xiaolou realized that his words were a bit frivolous.

He coughed, took out the money, and handed it over, "Aunt Li, this is today's salary, please order."

"Don't worry, I still can't trust you?"

Putting away the money, the scene suddenly fell silent.

Li Lan was a little embarrassed, "Um...Xiao Lou, have you eaten yet?"

There is a proverb in the countryside, "Don't knock on the widow's door in the middle of the night", it is bad for reputation.

Xu Xiaolou was also a little embarrassed. He decided to make a long story short, "I've had it, ahem, it's like this Aunt Li, I have some new ideas for the construction of our company, and I want to tell you."

Li Lan sat upright, "Oh, just say so, I will fully cooperate."

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