The next day.
It was still dark, and there was white fog outside. Ji Huai had already gotten up to change his clothes, without turning on the light, and groped around with the faint light outside the window.
"Pa" Ai Qiao reached out and turned on the light, rubbed her eyes and looked at him who was putting on his shoes, "Why did you wake up so early?"
She didn't sleep the night before yesterday and her spirit was weak. She also had random thoughts about it in the middle of the night last night, and her whole body began to feel uncomfortable. The baby in her belly started to make a fuss and kicked her in pain.
She slept lightly in the second half of the night, and even if he got up gently, she would wake up.
"The construction site starts recruiting people in the morning. How can we get work if we don't go early? You sleep for a while, then get up and buy breakfast. I don't know when I will come back. If I'm hungry, I'll buy food by myself." Ji Huai stood up and said Said to her.
Hearing this, Ai Qiao lost two points of sleepiness. She turned around and took out three ten-dollar bills from under the pillow and handed them to him, "Always bring some money with you."
"Ten yuan is enough." He leaned over, took out a ten yuan card, thought for a moment, lowered his head and looked at her, with confidence in his deep eyes, "Even if I move bricks, I can still afford you. .”
Ai Qiao looked at him with clear eyes, her tense nerves slowly began to relax, and her eyebrows also curved.
She always believed what he said.
"Have a good sleep, I'm leaving." He stood up straight, walked to the door, and helped her turn off the light on the way out.
Ai Qiao lay down again, tossing and turning, no longer feeling sleepy.
The other end.
Ji Huai bought two meat buns for one yuan and ate them while looking at the road signs along the road. Bicycles kept riding past him, and from time to time there were also cars, mostly driven by the directors of small factories nearby.
Cars these days are not cheap. Some cost hundreds of thousands, which is a huge sum of money. After all, the house price is only a little over two thousand.
As a rapidly developing coastal city, high-rise buildings are beginning to be built here, and there are construction sites everywhere.
Later, he also made a fortune by taking on small projects and took the opportunity to buy a few houses. Later, housing prices soared and he began to become rich.
Walking to a nearby construction site, some people had gathered outside.
There were local villagers and migrant workers. Everyone sat together and stared at the construction site that had just opened.
Ji Huai also squatted beside him and continued to chew on his buns, observing the tall, dark man next to him from the corner of his eye.
He lowered his head, took another bite of the bun, pretended not to care and said to the side, "Brother, are you new here?"
The other person raised his eyebrows and said, "I've been here for several days."
"I've been here for more than half a month, and I don't think I've seen you before." Ji Huai said, stuffing the last bite of the bun into his mouth, "What do you do?"
"They are all shoveling cement." the other party replied.
"Oh, then I'll be moving the boards." Ji Huai answered.
"It's normal not to be together and not see each other." After the man finished speaking, he added, "It's quite hard for you to move the boards."
"Everyone is doing manual labor, how can there be anything that is not hard? It is not easy to support a family, but at least I can earn more. The factory only costs two to three hundred yuan." Ji Huai talked with him.
"That's right, there are twenty-two yuan here. If you work a lot, your monthly income will be pretty good. I also have two children to support."
"My wife is about to give birth, and now I just want to make money." Ji Huai sighed, looking like he was enjoying the conversation with him.
"It costs a lot to have a child."
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While they were chatting, the contractor came out. Everyone present stood up and rushed over there. Ji Huai and the thin black man were also running, and he quickly pulled him over and ran very fast.
Make it look like you are skilled.
The first person the contractor recruited must be someone who has already mastered it. No need to teach him. The thin black man smiled and called out, "Brother Qiang."
The foreman, wearing a yellow safety helmet, counted people with a drawing. He paused when he looked at Ji Huai. This guy was pretty and fair-faced, and he didn't look like a coolie.
It seems that I have never seen it before.
"Brother Qiang." Ji Huai also smiled, "Can you work overtime tonight?"
This was what he had just learned from the thin black man. If he works overtime for four hours at the construction site, he can get a subsidy of 12 yuan, as well as midnight snacks.
"I don't know yet, go in." The contractor didn't think much and just assumed that he had done it before. His tone was quite skillful and he looked tall, so he should have some strength. He continued to light, "One, two, three... "
Nowadays, there is a lot of construction in the city, and the system is not perfect. There is not always a shortage of people at the construction site every day, especially handymen, who can basically be found on the same day.
There is no technical content. As long as he has done it before and he is not a newbie, he will start working early if he comes. He will have already written down the faces of those who are unable to do the job. There is no information about Ji Huai in his mind.
By default, he is okay at work.
Ji Huai quickly slipped in.
As soon as they squeezed in, the contractor stopped recruiting people and said, "Okay, there is a shortage of fifteen people today. Let's talk about it tomorrow. There will be no shortage."
Those who didn't get it looked disappointed. They would go to the next construction site or a fixed location. If there was a temporary shortage of people at other construction sites, they would drive there to find people.
The thin black man breathed a sigh of relief. He could make money again today. He looked at Ji Huai and said with a smile, "You run so fast."
"I'm not bragging. When I worked on that construction site, I did the work of two people. They were both regular workers. I also served as a team leader. I earned 27 yuan a day. I came here after the project was completed. Do it here." Ji Huai was a bit bragging, and his scheming was not that deep.
When he tells a lie, his face does not turn red and his heart does not beat. He has confidence on his face, just like the truth.
"It's not bad to be a full-time worker." The thin black man had just arrived and looked at him with admiration.
"Seriously, you need to learn some skills to do this, and you can't just work hard. I worked at that construction site for more than a year, and I learned to read drawings and repair circuits. Naturally, I am different from them." Ji Huai said this without saying anything. Yes, he can read drawings, but he learned it after contracting engineering projects later to prevent others from cheating him.
Hearing what he said, the thin black man's eyes lit up even more, and he felt like Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. Who doesn't want to learn some skills? If you have technology, you won’t die of hunger.
He also became more enthusiastic about Ji Huai.
Ji Huai put his arm around his shoulders and walked slowly on purpose, observing him and teaching him some "skills" on the construction site from time to time.
He successfully followed the other party to the back of Building No. 1, and because he was "engaged in the conversation", he went to shovel cement with the other party.
Anyway, he used to move boards, but now he is shoveling cement with the thin black man. He must be unskilled. Naturally, the other party understands and helps him, giving him advice from time to time.
"I'm thinking about such a big project, where will the good things get to us? But we also have to learn something. Do I know how to build a self-built building with one or two floors outside, electrical circuits, doors and windows?" Ji Huai followed him. He took the shovel, put on his safety helmet, and whispered, "You can still learn something on a large construction site. It doesn't matter if you suffer a little loss. As the economy develops, houses will continue to be built, and we will get better and better."
"I didn't say this to them. Anyway, they didn't listen. They just did the work when they had the strength, without thinking about what would happen tomorrow."
"You still have to make plans, you won't have the strength when you get old." The thin black man thought deeply. He had read some books and felt that Ji Huai's words spoke to his heart.
After hearing this, Ji Huai patted his shoulder gently, looked at him, and pursed his lips, "Go to work. If there is a chance, I will help you get started."
"Don't fool me, buddy." The thin black man took him to cut cement bags again, "My name is Zhang Qi, a local."
"What are you trying to do to fool you? I'll teach you everything I know. My name is Ji Huai. I live at No. 78 Xuhe Street. I decorate everything from water and electricity to doors and windows. If you have a job, introduce it to me and I'll give you a kickback. It's completely I can help you get started." Ji Huai looked loyal and immediately gave him a guarantee, "I can tell you this, if you learn from me and go a few more times, you will understand the basic circuit. I still pick up the circuit from time to time. For some suite work, if there is no suite work, I will come to the construction site.”
"Some time ago, I took over two suites. I went to the construction site during the day and decorated the suites at night. However, since you are a beginner, you can only do some chores. I can't give you much money, so I will only give you seven or eight yuan a night."
In words, it means making two dollars a day and learning some skills. With skills, you can support your family.
He meant to be a small worker, but he wasn't too exaggerated. He was a bit "discussing things as they happened" and seemed more sincere.
With his superb deception skills, he kept trying to impress Zhang Qi, and he was so impressive that the other party really stuck to him and asked him a lot of questions.
After one morning, Ji Huai figured out the entire work process and was very familiar with this place. He even followed Zhang Qi to eat and rest without revealing any flaws throughout the process.
We have to start work at half past one in the afternoon.
When the sun is at its hottest, sweat is dripping down. Ji Huai is shoveling cement hard, his movements are already very skillful, and the clothes he is wearing are already soaked.
There can be no pause for a moment, otherwise the supervisor will have a dark face until the sun gradually sets, and all the work will gradually come to an end.
Just before five o'clock, the contractor came over and shouted, "Everyone will work overtime tonight to finish pouring this layer."
"Dinner at six o'clock."
Everyone was happy when they heard about working overtime.
Ji Huai still tilted his head and said to Zhang Qi, "You save a meal, and you still have twelve yuan in overtime pay."
"No." The other party was also quite happy.
After dinner.
It was getting dark.
There are wires everywhere on the construction site, connected to headlights. In some places, there are still worn-out headlights that barely illuminate.
Everyone keeps working.
The overseer was also walking back and forth.
Ji Huai was working and observing.
Naturally, it is impossible to get hard work on a construction site every day. How can one become a regular long-term worker
That is to make the other party feel that they can sell not only their physical strength, but also their mental power.
Perhaps it was fate that favored him. He was still thinking about how to create opportunities for himself, and the opportunity just came.
Just as the worker on the right was shoveling cement into the mixer, the headlight suddenly went out and the mixer lift stopped.
Suddenly it became pitch black.
"What's going on?" The contractor looked at the supervisor on the construction site, and the workers on the construction site also stopped.
"The wire is short-circuited, is Lao Zhao here?" Someone shouted from the other side of the boardroom, "Hurry up and let Lao Zhao take a look."
Everyone is rushing to make progress. With so many people working, time is money.
When he learned that the electrician had left long ago, the supervisor's face darkened. If this floor was not sealed today, the progress would have to be slowed down tomorrow.
That's all money.
Nothing can be done without electricity.
"Hurry up and get him here!" The supervisor yelled at his men, his temper was extremely bad.
Nowadays, mobile phones are only mobile phones, and one costs more than 10,000 yuan. Many people only carry BB phones, and public telephones are not available everywhere. When everyone is in a hurry, Ji Huai appears on the scene in a timely manner.
He didn't say that he could handle it well, he just said that he could go and have a look.
Anyway, the electrician wasn't here, so the contractor could only act as a doctor, urging him, "Go, go, go."
People who don’t understand circuits dare not touch them. What if they get electrocuted? If you connect it wrongly, it may explode and burn all the wires, which is terrible.
Ji Huaima ran over.
He made his fortune by contracting for water and electricity decoration. He learned to read blueprints and connect electrical circuits by himself. Later, he contracted the entire construction site together, and he knew some of the types of work involved.
This construction site is not very big. After checking it, I found that the fuse under the main circuit was blown, and a small section of wire was also burned out.
After the main circuit switch is turned off, find the tools in the warehouse, including prepared fuses, screwdrivers, pliers, and insulating tape.
He walked over and started working directly. The contractor held a flashlight to shine on him.
The overseer also stood aside.
He skillfully held the screwdriver, unscrewed it and replaced the fuse, then cut off the burned circuit with pliers and connected it with new wires.
The connection point is where the copper wires in the wires are twisted together. After handling, wrap it several times with insulating tape to prevent leakage.
A set of movements is so smooth that you can tell he is not a novice at first glance.
"Young man, do you know about circuits?" The contractor was quite impressed with him today and asked.
"You know, when I don't work overtime here, I will decorate the suite, put out wires, pull out wires and install switches. I can make more money." He said with a smile.
Hearing what he said, the supervisor was relieved.
It's not random, it seems that he is in this business. One person can handle the circuits of a whole house, so he has some skills.
"Okay." Ji Huai said and stood up, walked over and turned on the switch, and the construction site lit up again.
"Not bad." The contractor put away the flashlight and asked as they walked out, "How long have you been working here?"
"I come here intermittently. After all, I can't get it every day. I've been to other large and small construction sites, but it's better here, mainly because the food is delicious." Ji Huai didn't say anything clearly, and walked around him, It implies that it is good here.
His mouth was full of lies. When the contractor heard this, he felt relieved and said, "Okay, you can come here every day from now on and I'll leave a place for you."
"The young man works very hard."
"Really or not? Brother Qiang, I will take it seriously." He looked flattered and his eyes widened, as if he was greatly valued.
"Really, come directly from tomorrow. You have been working overtime at night recently, rushing to clear floors." The foreman patted him on the shoulder, "Can you repair ordinary electrical circuits?"
The group of electricians are often away, so downtime is a waste of money. It's better to find one that can be used for both purposes. Anyway, there is no loss.
"I can also read drawings." Ji Huai scratched his head and said with a smile. With that Qingjun face, it looked very pleasing to the eye.
Hearing this, the contractor's eyes shrank, his smile widened, and he praised, "Not bad."
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