Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 37 Construction Site
Two days after Lu Bin arrived, he disappeared. The person in charge of command was a man who looked to be in his early fifties and had a strong build.
His name is Su Yi, and the workers call him Lao Su.
Jiang You stood beside the long table wearing headphones. He took a brush and smeared an ink ball on the rice paper, drew eight legs, and wrote the word "light soy sauce" next to it.
He put down his brush and admired it for a while.
Su Yi walked to the store door, knocked on it, and shouted, "Boss Jiang! Boss Jiang!"
Jiang You heard it, he took off his headphones and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Look outside, is that your delivery?"
Jiang You looked outside the store and saw the courier boy holding a box standing in front of a pile of sand, leaning his head to look into the store.
The ground in the yard was a mess and it was difficult for him to step with things in his hands.
"Okay." Jiang You responded and walked out.
"Jiang You, right?"
Jiang You took the box and said, "Yes, it's mine."
"Why can't I get through to your phone?" the young man complained.
Jiang You touched his pocket and said, "Sorry, I left it upstairs ."
After the courier left, Su Yi looked at the box and said, "You bought it online, right? Young people like to buy online now."
“Yes, I bought a smart speaker.”
“Smart speaker?”
"Yes, you can get the weather forecast, chat, and sing."
Su Yi looked at the box with some suspicion.
Jiang You took the box to the store, opened it, took out the instruction manual and flipped through it. Then he plugged it in and paired it with wifi. Then he said, "Xiaoya, what's the weather like today?"
Xiaoya: "Yushui District, it will be cloudy today, with the highest temperature being 16°..."
Su Yi heard Xiaoya's voice outside. He turned around in surprise and said, "She can really talk!"
“And he can sing.”
After Jiang You played with Xiaoya for a while, he brought Jiang Mo down from upstairs.
He placed the minced ginger on the chair and placed the speaker in front of him.
"Xiaoya, how are you feeling today?"
Classmate Xiaoya: As long as you are by my side, my mood will always be sunny.
"Student Jiang Mo, how are you feeling today?"
Jiang Mo: ...
"Xiaoya, I want to hear a story."
Xiaoya began to tell the story of Cinderella.
Seeing Jiang Mo listening to the story "seriously", Jiang You went to the kitchen to wash the ink off his hands, and then walked into the yard.
Su Yi squatted on the ground laying cement.
Jiang You squatted down and looked at it for a while. "It's not easy to lay it flat."
"If you do it more and become more skilled, it will be fine."
"How long have you been doing this?" Jiang You asked.
"I've been doing this for 20 to 30 years. I can do plastering, carpentry, and bricklaying."
"That's amazing."
Su Yi glanced into the store and asked, "Is that your son?"
"yes."
"How old are you?"
"Six."
Su Yi wiped the trowel on the edge of the bucket, "My grandson will be six years old next year."
Jiang You looked at Su Yi's face carefully, "How old are you?"
"Forty-eight," Su Yi grinned, "We in the countryside all get married early."
"Where's your son?"
"He's also working in Tangjiang, but he's not good enough and can't endure hardships. He always has to change jobs after working for a while, and he can't save any money." Su Yi was busy with work. "I originally wanted him to work with me for a few years. He's young and smart. After he understands the ins and outs of the industry, he can find a way to become a foreman himself. That way, he'll be comfortable. Look at Lu Tou, he's made it, and now he only comes to the construction site occasionally, eating and drinking with others every day. But my son wouldn't listen, saying that my ideas are outdated."
"Young people always want to make their own way. After a few years of not achieving anything, they feel at ease."
"Yes," Su Yi sighed, " I think so too. I can still do it now, so I'll work for two more years. You are about the same age as my son, right? He is twenty-six."
"I'm twenty-eight."
"You are amazing. You are so young, but you already have your own store and a son."
Jiang You glanced into the store and saw Jiang Mo tearing rice paper with his hands, leaving a pile of shredded paper on the ground.
“ I’m just too introverted.”
"Be quiet, it's better. When my son was young, he got into trouble every day. Once he burned the haystack of his neighbor's house..." Su Yi shook his head, "I originally wanted to support him in his studies, but he was not that kind of person. No matter how much I beat him, he just couldn't concentrate on his studies. Are you a college student?"
"Yeah."
"After graduating from college, it's so comfortable to sit in front of a computer and enjoy the air conditioning every day."
"Not necessarily. Capitalists don't do charity. Ordinary white-collar workers earn a few thousand yuan a month, and that's all they have for rent and food. Those with high incomes are either capable or willing to work overtime, which is tiring."
"That's true," Su Yi suddenly changed the subject, "Let me ask you something, is that tree a rare species?"
"Camphor tree, maybe."
"Lu Tou complained to us before that you were difficult to deal with."
"I'm difficult?"
Su Yi looked at the other workers in the yard and lowered his voice. "Yes, you said that the tree lost its leaves, so you asked us to pay you back, and you also asked the studio owner to pressure him, so everyone else has a problem with you. I've been watching for a few days. Is there any misunderstanding between you?"
"I prayed for this tree. My son is weak, so I often take him to the temple to pray. Next to it is the Jinguang Temple. The great monk there told me to plant a tree that will grow with my son. The better the tree grows, the better my son will be."
Jiang You sighed, "I hired someone to look at the Feng Shui for the design of this yard, and I spent a lot of money to finalize the plan, but Engineer Lu said it was not okay right away. How can I not be angry?"
"Is that so? No wonder. I can understand it. Don't worry, I will tell others."
"Thank you very much."
"It's okay, it's okay. I told them before that no matter what, we have to do a good job."
