Ji Huai has been very busy with work recently, leaving early and returning late.
Through Brother Qiang's relationship, he changed from a handyman shoveling soil to a small laborer doing water and electricity, and followed the team leader who contracted water and electricity.
The hard work is still the same hard work, but it has changed from the hard work of basking in the sun outdoors to the hard work of installing wires indoors.
The salary is still the same.
But there is also a good thing. When team leaders contract big projects, they often have small floors or suites that they don't like, and the money they earn is just enough for food and clothing.
Skilled workers looked down on the money, and most of them were locals who didn't want to work overtime at night, so he naturally took over all the work.
During the day, he followed the water and electricity team leader at the construction site, and at night he took Zhang Qi through the small floors of one or two floors.
The other person also really wanted to learn skills, so he worked very hard and stayed around him to concentrate on learning.
"Unplug the line first."
"Install a switch in this position. It will look better if you change the hidden wires instead of open wires." Ji Huai was explaining to Zhang Qi while holding a few wires.
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It can be said that Zhang Qi brought him an old hen raised at home in order to thank him.
His wife raised him and said she wanted to replenish Ai Qiao's health.
That night, when Ji Huai took the hen back, Ai Qiao was confused, "Where did the chicken come from?"
"The boss gave it to me." He lied without changing his expression.
Ai Qiao knew that he worked at the construction site during the day and also learned skills from a local man as a handyman at night. He couldn't help but say, "He is quite nice."
After all, chicken isn’t cheap either.
"He said that I work hard and learn quickly. You are also pregnant. It's not easy for a couple to survive here. I'll give you some extra help." He threw the chicken in a corner. "I'll get up early tomorrow and help you kill it and cook some." Soup makes up for it.”
They bought a rice cooker and cooking utensils. Now she cooks rice and soup by herself, which saves money and is nutritious.
"Do you want to raise raw eggs?" she suddenly asked.
Ji Huai laughed immediately and looked up at her sitting on the sofa, "Do you think you live in the country? Do you still want to make a nest for it and buy some rice to feed it?"
Ai Qiao is embarrassed.
She was wearing pajamas, and the child in her belly suddenly kicked her, causing her belly to bulge, which happened to be seen by Ji Huai.
The other party put his hand on her belly and said with a smile, "Your mother's IQ is a bit off, don't imitate her."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ai Qiao's face wrinkled and he hissed again. This time he kicked quite hard.
Little bad guy.
"She knows she was wrong. Don't bully her. Stay calm. It's time to sleep." He touched it gently again, "Dad, go take a bath."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little guy inside stopped moving.
Ai Qiao felt very helpless, and sometimes she felt it was magical. She lowered her head and looked at her stomach, and whispered quietly, "Then you listen to your father?"
After waiting for a while, his stomach still didn't move.
No matter how noisy he was on weekdays, now he really felt like he was asleep.
late at night.
The two of them were lying on the bed.
Ai Qiao rested on his shoulder, and he hugged her from behind, wrapping his other hand around her waist and placing it on her bulging belly.
What he must do every day now is touch her belly and say a few words to her belly. When he is free, he plays with the little guy inside and lets it kick his palms. He is very patient.
"I noticed that you have changed." She turned her head and Xing'er stared at him.
Being so close, Ji Huai could see her delicate skin. It was really as white as snow and felt very good. He raised his hand, covered her face and rubbed it slowly, "Why has it changed?"
"You've never been like this before." Ai Qiao said without making it obvious, putting her hand on her belly, "You didn't talk to it much before."
He always said that she was the most important, and the children were second, so he basically didn't care about the children.
She also went to the prenatal check-up by herself.
At that time, she defended the baby, who was their child after all. Now that he paid more attention to it and never forgot to interact with the child every day, she was jealous.
Women are so inexplicable.
"I didn't feel anything before, but now when I think about meeting him, I feel quite magical." Ji Huai continued to touch her face, with longing in his eyes, "I don't know if he's more like you or more like me."
"Boy or girl."
She raised her head and looked at him, her eyes filled with smile again, "Do you like boys or girls?"
"Boy," he said.
"What if it's a girl?" She was a little worried, and her voice was a little weaker. In the past, her grandparents thought she was not a boy.
She was also afraid that Ji Huai would be disliked.
"A boy can protect you with me. If you're a girl, that's fine too. I like girls too."
"The girl must be as pretty and lovable as you."
He is very good at coaxing people, and his mouth looks like it has been smeared with honey. With this good skin, when he speaks, his eyes are gentle and tender, which is very tempting.
"Have you tanned recently?" Ai Qiao unconsciously brought on the coquettishness of a little woman.
"What would a man do for free? Seducing a rich woman?" He raised his eyebrows and asked, making her laugh, grabbing his hand and continuing to play with it.
"By the way, you said how many fellow villagers have come here to work recently?" Ji Huai seemed to have thought of something and lowered his head to ask her.
"Yes, Fang Lan said that she is still looking for a job in a factory." She nodded.
Ji Huai: "The construction site is short of people, why don't we let them go?"
"Is that okay? I'm just about to go find Fanglan. Can I ask? Her brother is here too."
"Just ask. If you don't work tomorrow night, I will pick you up after get off work."
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Ai Qiao returned to the factory the next day, carrying a bag of fruit and handing 20 yuan to Fang Lan.
"I don't want it, I just bought the fruit, forget about the rest." Fang Lan had no choice but to push the money back, "You're welcome, it's all trivial."
Ai Qiao still felt a little sorry. She asked Fang Lan to pick her up that day, and the other party bought her two meals. Everyone was working and it was not easy to make money.
Ji Huai's income was pretty good recently, and she had a lot of money, so she dared to come to her.
"We are all fellow countrymen, how are you and Ji Huai? I have been worried about you these days, but it looks like you are looking good." Although Fang Lan is not very satisfied with Ji Huai, she does not dare to make any comments. After all, they still get along. .
Hearing this, Ai Qiao chuckled, "Well, I misunderstood him. He didn't leave."
As for what happened at the station, she won't talk about it. It's not a good thing to be left and right. People in the factory like to gossip, so it becomes messy as word spreads.
"Then what's his job now?" Fang Lan asked.
"On the construction site, I went to learn circuit decoration from others at night." Speaking of this, Ai Qiao was still a little pleased.
However, some people just like to find trouble. He Qiuxiang just walked in and said, "Why are you going to the construction site? Aren't you ashamed? How embarrassing."
As she spoke, she walked in, sat down as soon as she could, reached for the oranges Ai Qiao brought today, peeled them and ate them.
Ai Qiao looked over and saw that the other person was wearing black clothes, revealing a thin gold necklace. His complexion was dark, which really made the gold necklace particularly conspicuous.
Fanglan frowned. He Qiuxiang had the nerve to come. What did he do to Ai Qiao last time that he didn't know in his heart
Even though everyone in her dormitory was there, Ai Qiao wouldn't argue with her. She said loudly while eating an orange, "Are you going to the construction site to move bricks?"
"I don't know what to do specifically, but I heard from Ji Huai that there is a shortage of people now. Let me ask your brother if they can go?" Ai Qiao asked Fanglan without speaking to her.
"Of course I'll go, as long as I have a job, and the construction site is not bad. Boys should exercise more." Fang Lan immediately agreed, a little surprised, "Will your Ji Huai take him with you?"
It's good to have someone to look after you.
"If my brother doesn't go, he might as well find a job in a factory." He Qiuxiang pursed his lips and said in a strange tone, "Tsk, it's under the bright sun."
Ai Qiao pretended not to hear what she said and lost the battle with the fool. She looked at Fang Lan and said, "The salary is pretty good. I heard it's twenty-one days, including two meals."
"Really?" Fang Lan's eyes lit up and she said immediately, "Both my brother and his friend can go."
Nowadays, many factories only earn more than 200 yuan a month, and they still have to work overtime. Small factories that are more leisurely earn more than 100 yuan a month.
Twenty-two days a day, just over six hundred a month, which is a high salary.
He Qiuxiang also stopped and stared, "Really or not?"
Her brother also came this time and has not yet found a job.
"Well, there are just two missing. I'll go back and tell him." Ai Qiao answered, completely ignoring He Qiuxiang. In fact, he was deliberately angry with her.
Fang Lan pulled Ai Qiao to sit down and said with a smile, "It seems that Ji Huai is quite profitable now. Where do you live now?"
Ai Qiao replied: "I am currently living on Xuhe Road. After I give birth to the baby next month, I will move to Chennan Road after I am discharged from the hospital. He said that renting a larger house will make it easier for me to take care of the baby."
"Not bad, the environment of the house on Chen Nan Road is also very good." Fang Lan touched her belly, "Then will you go back by yourself later?"
"He came to pick me up." Ai Qiao said sheepishly. Ji Huai told her not to run around and just wait for him here.
"Ouch." Fang Lan teased her.
He Qiuxiang struggled with his thoughts for a long time and couldn't help but ask, "Ji Huai really earns twenty yuan a day on the construction site? Does he have to move bricks and shovel cement outside?"
Her brother knew how to spend her money when he came here. He could earn twenty-one days at the construction site and save her a lot of money.
"Working indoors as a handyman, you don't need to be exposed to the sun." Ai Qiao didn't elaborate, but Fanglan felt it was better. He Qiuxiang was about to move, "Is there really no shortage of people?"
"Just two."
Hearing this, He Qiuxiang looked at Fanglan. Before she could say anything, the other party had already taken the lead and said, "My brother and his friends must not be separated. They all have to work together."
He Qiuxiang held her breath, but there was nothing she could do.
Angrily ate another orange. Fanglan knew that she had no sense of propriety. She could finish a whole bag by herself, so she got up and divided the oranges. She gave two to each roommate and kept a few for herself.
At six o'clock, Ai Qiao went downstairs to wait for Ji Huai, and He Qiuxiang also went downstairs.
She walked up to her, and her chin seemed to be raised a little higher when she put on the gold necklace, but she still had an arrogant and condescending expression, "Ai Qiao, is it really 21 days for the construction site where Ji Huai is waiting to recruit people? "
"Yeah." She nodded casually.
"I've also wanted to find you recently. I have a big deal to tell you. Otherwise, if you ask Ji Huai to take my brother to the construction site, I will definitely help you complete a bigger deal." He Qiuxiang said mysteriously.
Ai Qiao frowned and shook her head without asking about the business, "There are only two people missing."
"Ji Huai has the final say on who he wants." He Qiuxiang looked around and lowered her voice, "You know Zhang Ling and the factory director are together, right?"
"I don't know." Ai Qiao's tone was neither salty nor cool.
"We are also fellow villagers. They are doing much better than us. Now they have bought a house. Then do you know that the factory director's wife cannot have children?"
Ai Qiao looked at her expressionlessly.
so what
He Qiuxiang: "Zhang Ling was pregnant with a child before, and the factory director's wife was also pregnant. She had to have an abortion. Later, the factory director's wife lost her child and couldn't get pregnant. She couldn't get pregnant either. The factory director and him My wife is considering adopting one.”
Ai Qiao felt puzzled, "Is this the big business you're talking about?"
"As long as the child is healthy, they are willing to pay 50,000 yuan for nutrition." He Qiuxiang said so excitedly, "50,000 yuan, I can buy some land and a big house when I go back to my hometown. We haven't been able to earn this for more than ten years. money!"
As she spoke, her eyes fell on Ai Qiao's belly, her eyes were different.
After the matter is successful, the factory director will give Zhang Ling 30,000 yuan, and the other party will give her 10,000 yuan, which is a huge sum of money.
Ai Qiao didn't react for a moment. Wasn't this asking her to sell her child
"You and Ji Huai don't have any money now. You can have children anytime. A house is very cost-effective." He Qiuxiang tried her best to persuade her, pulling the gold necklace around her neck, "You can buy more than ten gold necklaces like this." There are dozens of them. I am the first to tell you because you are a fellow countryman."
"I'll just get pregnant again next year."
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