Chen Qiaoshan regrets it now. Why did he show off his power and come to work in a brick factory yesterday? It's so hard.

The brick factory is in the hillside west of the town. The mountain is a yellow clay mountain. Most of the mountain has been dug out, and the excavated loess has been pulled into bricks.

The production process of the brick factory is backward. Except for a machine for making bricks, all other work depends on manpower. There is not even a minimum excavator. The soil is extracted by manual excavation. You can often see six or seven strong men pushing a cart back and forth.

The brick factory covers a large area, with a layer of yellow ash on the ground, which will leave obvious footprints when stepped on it. Not far away is piled with gangue like a hill. Next to the coal pile is a large chimney dozens of meters high, and there is a row of simple row houses behind it. Not far away is a wide yard, on one side are neatly marked red bricks and on the other side are brick blanks that are still drying. This is the whole scene of the brick factory.

In the morning, Chen Weiguo took his son to find the contractor of the brick factory. The contractor was surnamed Zhou. He heard that he was the brother of the brick factory owner. Everyone usually called him Boss Zhou.

Chen's father introduced his son to Boss Zhou, said some good things, and handed over two packs of Nanyang that he had just bought at the entrance of the town.

I heard that Chen Qiaoshan had just finished the college entrance examination and wanted to work odd jobs in the brick factory. Boss Zhou stared at him for a long time and said that he would work for two days to see the situation, so he sent Chen Qiaoshan to pick up mud.

The brick factory is actually short of people. The working weight here is low. The young and strong people have gone to work in the south. The contractor may not look down on his students, or they may want to take the opportunity to lower his wages.

Chen Weiguo led Chen Qiaoshan to find a child named Xiao Chen of his fifteenth and sixteenth. He asked Xiao Chen to take care of Chen Qiaoshan and left first. He still has work to do, so he can't delay any more.

Chen Weiguo’s job is to cut mud strips in the tray. The brick press is too backward, and the mud strips pressed need to be cut manually. His job is to stand at the exit of the brick press, hold a tool made of thin wire, and cut the mud strips evenly. The cut mud strips are dried to make the brick blank.

Cutting mud strips is a technical job. Sometimes it is mixed with stone fragments, which can easily break the fine wire. At this time, you need to quickly replace the wire, otherwise it will block the brick press.

Picking up mud is very simple. It is to pick up mud with a shovel. Scoop up the smaller ones with a shovel and send them back. The large pieces of mud and mud strips have to be moved directly, and they are dead.

Xiao Chen said that this is the easiest job in a brick factory, but his income is relatively small. Xiao Chen can only get thirteen yuan a day, and his average monthly price is less than four hundred yuan, which is the least available to the brick factory.

The work is simple but not easy at all. The whole process has to be tossed back and forth. After less than two hours of work, Chen Qiaoshan felt that his waist was no longer conscious. His hand holding the shovel was also worn out. He couldn't stop and rest for a while, otherwise it would delay the work of the people behind him.

He and Xiao Chen soon became familiar with each other. Xiao Chen, like Zeng Gang, dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school and went to the brick factory. He was too young to go out to work, so he could only work here first. Xiao Chen said that he would go to the south to make a lot of money after he was eighteen.

Life may be unfair. Education is the most fair way to change a person's destiny, but many rural children even study have become a luxury.

Xiao Chen's name is Chen Meng. Everyone in the brick factory called him Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen called him Chen Qiaoshan and Brother Chen. Chen Qiaoshan followed the crowd and called him Xiao Chen. After careful calculation, the two of them are still brothers of our family.

Xiao Chen is young but has the strength to take good care of the new Chen Qiaoshan. But even with Xiao Chen's help, he is so tired that he is dying. The work in this brick factory is really not done by humans. It seems that the jokes on the Internet are really like standing and talking without any pain.

Chen Qiaoshan held his breath and forced himself to hold on. He didn't want to retreat now, so he wouldn't let the Chen family laugh at him to death. In the middle, Boss Zhou came here twice, looked at his situation and left without saying much.

Finally, it was noon. The machine stopped. Chen Qiaoshan sat on the ground. He didn't care about the yellow mud nearby. He was covered in gray and mud all over his body. He could no longer see the appearance of the student children. Everyone nearby laughed and said that it was like working.

Xiao Chen said with a smile: "Brother Chen, you can. When I came on the first day, I couldn't stand it after two hours of fucking, and tears came out."

"Old Chen's son is a hard-working person and he will be able to make a big fortune in the future."

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Chen Qiaoshan listened to the praises of the people around him laughed and cried. He was so tired that he didn't want to talk anymore. He really wanted to leave, but he couldn't bear to let go. Who made him praise Haikou last night? He couldn't afford to lose this person. Now he had to keep gritting his teeth.

Lunch is provided for free by the brick factory. A bucket of meat is said to be meat soup. There is no sign of clear soup and watery meat. There is also a large pot of cucumber, lettuce, green beans, and it is thrown on the ground with two baskets of steamed buns next to it.

Chen Qiaoshan was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back. He went up and took three steamed buns, scooped a spoonful of soup and half a spoonful of vegetables, and started to chew it directly. He never found that steamed buns could taste so delicious.

Chen Weiguo walked over, took out a tight plastic bag and handed it to him. When he took it, he saw that it contained chopped bacon, which was shiny and shiny. It seemed that Tao Xiuying had prepared it for him. Although Chen's mother said it so badly, she still felt sorry for her son.

He divided half of it to Chen Weiguo first, and he divided some of the rest to Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen took it with no politeness and smiled.

Thanks to Xiao Chen in the morning, the bigger mud strips and mud pieces did not let Chen Qiaoshan get started, otherwise he would not be able to hold on. He was very grateful to this little brother who was three years younger than him. If it weren't for Xiao Chen, he would have been embarrassed in the morning.

When the work started in the afternoon, Chen Qiaoshan felt his body sore after a while. He forced himself to follow Xiao Chen and continued to pick up mud, gritting his teeth until work was done in the afternoon.

When work was over, Chen Weiguo ran over to find him and asked a little jokingly: "Can you do it? If not, just go home with me!"

Chen Qiaoshan was helpless. He wanted to go home directly, but he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. This was a cocoon, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "It's nothing, I can continue to do it!"

Chen Weiguo had no choice but to go to the contractor again. He couldn't work in vain and had to talk to others about wages. After a long time of hard work, Boss Zhou said that Chen Qiaoshan was a short-term worker and could only pay ten yuan a day, which was three yuan less than Xiao Chen.

The workers nearby all called Boss Zhou too stingy, and that they could not do this even if they were students. The contractor couldn't bear it and added another yuan to him. Every day, every day, and every month, it was about one-quarter of the salary of civil servants.

When he got home, Chen Qiaoshan sat on the chair and didn't want to move. Xiao Wu, who had already returned home from school, held a basin of hot water in front of him, took a towel and handed it to him, chattering about the brick factory.

Looking at Xiao Wu who was standing beside him serving diligently, Chen Qiaoshan felt familiar inexplicably. After a while, he remembered that every night when Chen Weiguo went home, this girl served tea and water beside him.

He finally understood why Chen Weiguo always spoiled Xiaowu, and even Tao Xiuying was no exception. The little girl was kind and filial. Parents may care more about the caringness of their children.
Chapter completed!