Suona sound deep in the mountains

It was still dark on the second day, and we still had breakfast with those people who were working under the stars. They boarded the big truck in a hurry, and Uncle Fu and I packed our simple luggage and went out.

When we came to the highway, many vehicles passed by. Occasionally, one or two passenger cars drove from Conghua to Guangzhou. Sometimes the driver would step on the brakes, stick out his head and ask us where we were going and if we wanted to take a car?I looked at Uncle Fu, who shook his head blankly.In such a place, he doesn't know anything.

We have nowhere to go right now.The balance frame not far in front is a labor market, we might as well try our luck there.

It's less than three or four miles away, and it takes half an hour to walk at most.It took almost two days to get there, and I went back to the driver and "don't sit".

After a long time in the sky, I took Uncle Fu to this famous Tianpingjia labor market.

This is a road market, and it is also a gray landscape unique to Guangzhou in the 90s of the last century. A large number of rural people poured into Guangzhou. At that time, the township enterprises in the Pearl River Delta had just started and could not absorb so much labor.These large numbers of migrant workers stranded in urban areas can only rely on part-time jobs and odd jobs, such as carrying cement to high-rise buildings, doing plaster work, loading and unloading, etc., working for a few days a day, as long as they don't starve to death.

These people come to a fixed place every day to wait for the city residents who want to work.They either live in very simple rented houses nearby, or spend the night on the corner of the street.During the day, they come to the street and wait for their employers.Generally, the employers who come here to look for work are the bosses of some infrastructure construction sites and temporarily hire a few people to work for a day or two.Or the bosses of some tire stores, grocery stores, and building materials stores do not hire regular helpers in their stores. When needed, they go to the street to hire helpers temporarily.Some families were also demolished, and they all came to this place to find people.It's also very convenient.

Uncle Fu and I arrived at the balance frame and saw many people sitting on the street.I've been here before, and although I haven't been here for so many years and I haven't seen any familiar faces, I still understand the rules here.Uncle Fu and I sat down on the side of the street in a place with few people.A cement truck came, and the owner called for people to carry the cement.Many people got into the car.Uncle Fu said, "Can we go?" I said, "Yes, but we can't take it. You are so weak, and I'm not much better than you. I'll be pushed out of the car..."

The cement truck drove away, and there were many fewer people on the street.After a while, a man who looked like a contractor came and wanted to find more than [-] people to dig the earth.Uncle Fu said, "Shall we go too?"

The contractor said that food and housing were included, and that after the foundation was dug, the infrastructure would be built, and this group of people would stay to do small jobs.

Thinking that this is also a place where I can settle down, I agreed to go.

The boss beckoned for a van, and a total of 25 of us got on the van.The car drove not far and entered a compound.Armed police soldiers with loaded guns stood guard at the gate of the courtyard.It turned out that this was the Guangzhou Armed Police Hospital.

There is a large courtyard behind the hospital, and now a large piece of flat land has been cleared in the middle, and samples have been placed on the flat land, which is used to dig piles to build houses.Our job is to manually dig piles.The boss sent each of us a contract paper.It states that it costs 68 yuan to dig a one-meter pile.Below five meters, the price will be increased by 10 yuan for each meter of depth.The boss provides the tools.Safety accidents during the construction process are responsible for themselves.

Here, although you can choose, but no one is willing to give up this opportunity.Everyone still signed it.After that, we were led to settle in small rooms one by one.Each small room accommodates more than four to six people.

The boss handed out the tools to each group of two people, a winch, a handle, a shovel, and a few loads of dustpans.One-meter circles were drawn on the base with white powder.We dig down vertically according to the circle.The first one or two meters were dug right away.Some people shouted happily: "If this continues, it will not be a problem to dig five meters a day." But I think, I'm afraid there is no such good thing.

The boss hired a special person to handle the living.The first two meals, with meat and eggs, looked pretty good.Although the taste of Cantonese cuisine is cooked, it is too light and does not have the spicy taste of Hunan cuisine.But do as the Romans do.Compared with the rough rice and the unchanging salted cabbage in Jinpanling Daoban, it is simply heaven and earth.

After dinner, the boss gave us bath tickets.This is an armed police hospital, and the control is very strict. Every night to take a bath, you have to enter the hospital's bathhouse with a ticket.

Uncle Fu is not interested in this kind of boring joke about Bi Guy.He paid little attention to the frolic of these young men.And I hurriedly washed and went out.

It is not as tiring as Jinpanling here, nor is it so sleepy.Workers chat with each other.A worker younger than me came to the hut where we lived and asked, "You two look familiar, where are you from?"

I said, "From Hunan."

"I am also from Hunan. Where are you from Hunan?" the man said excitedly.

"Shaoyang, Hunan." I thought it's not surprising that Hunan is such a big place, and I'm a fellow from the same province, so I just told him.

"I am also from Shaoyang." The man was even more excited: "I am from Xianrentan Village, Wangbanqiao Town, L County, Shaoyang. Where is your little place?"

This order surprised me.This person turned out to be from our village.How come I don't even know it?

The world is really big if you say it is big, and it is small if you say it is small.We were looking for a place where no one knew us, and we didn't expect to meet people from our village here.

I was speechless for a while.Uncle Fu was also amazed.

"I remembered—so you are the secretary of our village—Wu Shuishan! I've only met you once. No wonder I feel familiar when I see you. My name is Xiao Fei."

Xiaofei stretched out his hand, grabbed my hand, and said happily: "I have been fighting guerrilla here for a long time. Guerrilla fighting is not based on money. I can earn one or two hundred yuan a day, sometimes ten and a half months without money." People say, wait for the money in front of me to be eaten up, and then I will get a little more. So I want to do a longer-term job. I don’t want to meet you here. When I got in the car today, as soon as I saw you, I felt both The face is familiar, and it's so pleasing...By the way, why did you come out to work? What about the secretary in the village? Are you still working?"

It seems that Xiaofei doesn't know what's going on at home.But he is thin and thin, and his appearance is very pleasing.Especially with his shy dreamy eyes.

He was talkative and enthusiastic.He faced Uncle Fu again and asked, "This old uncle, I don't recognize you."

I had no choice but to introduce Uncle Fu to him.The two greeted each other, and Xiao Fei said: "Everyone is good together! We will take care of each other when we encounter problems in the future!"

We feel relieved that we can find such a good place to live today.But he was also faintly worried about seeing Xiao Fei, a person he shouldn't have seen.

When I talked to Uncle Fu about my good impression of Xiaofei in bed, Uncle Fu said: "This kid is very likable. Don't seduce you!"

I scratched his armpit and said, "I'm jealous!"

Uncle Fu smiled and said, "Don't make noise! ​​Sleep well."

I hugged Uncle Fu close to me, breast to chest, and fell asleep unconsciously.