When we got up early the next morning, everyone was on the road.
Zhang Qi and the other three men thought over and over all night, and then they came out boldly. Almost everyone in the town knew that they were coming out.
It would be too shameful to go back in despair after being robbed.
Even if you earn all the way, you can earn your way to Haicheng.
Everyone went to a small pier in the county and bought ferry tickets. If they could go to the next more prosperous place, they could buy tickets directly to Haicheng at that place.
Zhang Qi spent all his money to buy tickets for everyone, and used the rest to buy big cakes.
So I had no money left.
Everyone boarded the boat. The boat was not big, and several people sat in a row. Meng Li held the child in his arms and started running the exercises in his body.
On the water, the boat was moving again, which made people feel a little cooler. Zhang Qi put his clothes on Guo Liujun. Guo Liujun glanced at Meng Li, feeling secretly showing off.
Meng Li ignored it.
What's so worth showing off about enjoying the attentiveness of someone else's husband
Everyone's expressions were not relaxed. When we arrived at the pier at noon, several people came ashore, and they all felt very confused.
Meng Li said to Zhang Qi:
"They're calling for temporary porters over there, why don't you go and resist all afternoon?"
Zhang Qi followed Meng Li's eyes and looked at a shirtless man with a towel on his shoulders and shouting.
Zhang Qi hesitated, and Bao Xingfa said bitterly:
"How about asking."
Guo Liujun remained silent, Zhang Qi said:
"Let's go."
Everyone moved towards the man. The man looked at the three men in front and said:
"Looking for a job?"
Zhang Qi nodded, and the man looked around. He was of good build and looked like a strong man. He said:
"Okay, I can go at any time."
"How much is that?"
"It depends on how much you resist, the ship will stop there." The man pointed to a ship, from which someone was carrying large packages of goods.
discharge.
"How much is one piece?"
"How long have you been working? We have all the goods these days, but we are short of manpower."
"How much?"
"Well, if it can be done for a few days, the price will be higher, so that I don't have to find someone again tomorrow."
"uncertain."
"Then count it as one day."
"How much does it cost to just make one today?"
"Three pieces and one copper plate, isn't it interesting?"
Zhang Qi squinted his eyes and saw that such a big piece of goods, after unloading three pieces, was only one copper plate. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, with a very hesitant expression.
The man became impatient and said:
"Do you want to do it or not? If not, don't delay me from finding someone else."
Bao Xingfa said quickly:
"Do it, do it."
"Three people, right?"
Zhang Qi nodded depressedly.
The three of them went to move things, and Meng Li found a place to sit down and practice with his child in his arms.
Guo Liujun was reserved and reluctant to sit down at first, but finally seemed tired of standing, so he sat down next to Meng Li.
It's not easy to earn a copper. It takes about seven or eight minutes to move a piece of goods back and forth, which is two or three coppers an hour.
Now it takes about three hundred copper plates to exchange for one silver dollar.
Meng Li and Guo Liujun said nothing, just waiting.
Waiting and waiting, they worked for almost four hours, and it was almost dark before they were finished.
Seeing them walking out, Guo Liujun quickly stood up, and Meng Li followed.
Zhang Qi walked in front, with red cheeks and panting. Guo Liujun quickly took out a handkerchief from his body and raised his hand. He originally wanted to wipe Zhang Qi's sweat. Meng Li pretended to cough, and Guo Liujun pursed his lips. , handed the handkerchief to Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi thanked him and gently wiped the sweat from his face.
Guo Liujun said with some distress:
"Thanks for your hard work."
Zhang Qi shook his head:
"It's not hard."
They went to the man to settle their wages. The man counted the goods they moved, took out a handful of copper plates from his body, counted them, and said to Zhang Qi:
"Oh brother, there are still ten left. It's not enough. Can you come and get it tomorrow?"
Ten copper coins is equivalent to one person's afternoon's work.
Zhang Qi argued with the man for a while, but because he was a local, he watched Zhang Qi and his group of outsiders come ashore, and there were more than a dozen workers behind him to support him, but they just couldn't Give.
If you leave in a hurry, you won't be able to get the money tomorrow.
No matter how loud Zhang Qi and others were, and Guo Liujun raised his eyebrows and reasoned coldly, it was of no avail. He could only swallow his breath, take some of it and leave.
Twenty coppers was at least enough for them to find a place to sleep for one night and get some cheap food on the way.
After working all afternoon and not having any oil or water in his stomach for two days, Guo Liujun suggested to eat some beef noodles.
It tastes a little oily and meaty, but it's better than pancakes.
Sitting at a roadside stall, under the dim light, Guo Liujun looked at Meng Li and said:
"You didn't say a word when I was asking for money. You're not usually so talkative. Do you think you belong to this industry?"
It's really annoying to people like this who don't come forward to protect the interests they should have, but they still have to eat when they eat.
Meng Li said calmly:
"You make the loudest noises, talk the most truths, and have the loudest voice. The question is, do you get your money back?"
Guo Liujun choked and said:
"Look, I'm so talkative now. Although I didn't ask for it, I took care of it and took it as my own business."
"Unlike you, you don't feel sorry for their labor. They work so hard to move things just to have a place to stay tonight, and you know that you can just sit back and enjoy the results."
Guo Liujun defended the three men, which made the three men feel warm in their hearts.
At the same time, I also feel that there is such a big difference between women.
It also made Zhang Qi feel unreasonably disgusted with his wife.
Meng Li said:
"Didn't you notice that only four bowls of beef noodles were ordered?"
"Also, you don't have to worry about accommodation tonight." Meng Li said.
Rarely noisy.
Guo Liujun looked at Zhang Qi in shock, and Zhang Qi whispered:
"She just said she wasn't hungry and wouldn't eat."
As for what Meng Li said next, everyone just thought that Meng Li said it out of anger.
Guo Liujun snorted.
In my heart, I want to say that now I have a bad mouth, and I will really find a place to live on my own later when I have the backbone.
Meng Li smiled. He drank a tube of nutritional supplements before, and even if it didn't work, he could still take care of it for two days.
I really don’t have much appetite now.
Moreover, the beef noodles didn’t taste good. It would be a shame if I had to force myself to eat something I didn’t want to eat.
The noodles came, and there were five pieces of beef on Guo Liujun's noodles. Guo Liujun picked the fastest one for Zhang Qi, and the remaining two people each picked a piece and put it in their bowls.
Zhang Qi discovered this small detail, and his heart suddenly beat faster.
Guo Liujun kept saying it was delicious and fragrant.
People who are greedy on purpose.
Meng Li's expression did not change, feeling that Guo Liujun was competing with her now.
With her little daughter in mind, Guo Liujun hopes that Zhang Qi will look towards her, so she is naturally willing to be special to Zhang Qi.