Chapter 67 Money
When I am bored, I always look at the bubbles in the water bottle. The air becomes many small bubbles under the pressure of water. I always keep playing with the bubbles in the bottle, and even if they are divided into small bubbles, they will be put together.
My father got a job with the contractor very smoothly, and my mother worked in the raincoat factory very smoothly. My grandmother always asked a tailor for a try when everyone was not at home, but was not discovered by her son and daughter-in-law. The family looked very harmonious. Although she was not rich in life, she was still quite adept.
My father rode his bicycle to work very early. This time, the workers who went to work together were not as many as before, but were from the same construction team, and there were no other mixed people, so there were not many people who knew that my father had embarrassing things, so he would not feel embarrassed.
He planned to go to work hard this time and save money to buy a motorcycle, which would be convenient for anything. Many of his former friends were all in one motorcycle and felt itchy, so he had told Al before that the two of them would make money together to buy a motorcycle together.
The place where I went to work this time was a small factory, and there were not many places that needed paint and painting. It was still the same group as Al and his father. This was the most suitable group. Without anyone else joining, the two brothers were more comfortable working.
For a while, my father didn't feel like he had a hand, and even began to wonder if he was born to do this. In order to support himself, his wife and mother, and a child that was about to be born, it was worth it to work hard.
After a month of this life, my mother's belly gradually became a burden to her life, and her father's work was quite normal. Unlike before, many things always happened, which led to frequent inability to work. My grandmother and the tailor were not discovered by anyone. The grandmother lived in front of me, but it seemed that everything had returned to peace, and the smiles on the family's faces also increased. My father would think of the girl who loved her deeply during his spare time, but everything was over, and life was the most important thing.
My mother was holding a nylon rope in her hand. The work in this factory was not very tiring. She also met a few friends in the factory. She worked well while chatting.
When chatting between women, they always talk about men, but they don’t praise how good their men are, but they blame their men for checking them. Some girls even complain that their husbands are not good at that.
But what are these? They are nothing more than trivial matters in life. In front of people who have experienced ups and downs, they are nothing more than jokes between children like boring.
The first part of the father and Al'er's responsibility was about to be completed. During this period, my father did not stop working again and again like last time. He persisted for a month. The contractor and Al'er looked at his father with admiration. He thought this performance could completely include his father on the list of long-term workers, but he never expected something happened.
"Minfeng, I still remember that we were so naughty for two hours. The only ones in the whole village are the most troublesome children. We have done all kinds of bad things. At that time, I really didn't know anything. Now I'm fine. I've grown up, but I missed us a little when we were kids, and we didn't have to work outside every day. How great it would be."
My father lit a cigarette:
"Yes, I was a kid who was happy. I didn't have to think about anything like a fool, just make trouble."
Aller nodded and took the cigarette handed over by his father.
I wonder if you have such common sense that paint is a flammable substance and the gas produced after combustion is toxic. Obviously, my father didn't know about this at that time.
After smoking, the two of them habitually pressed to the ground to extinguish it, but some particles that fell when the wall was painted were not dry, so they were easy to lit. Maybe my father was dark and suddenly got angry. The flames lit up the paint on the front wall. Then, the whole room and the paint bucket inside were lit, and fire was lit, and the smoke was emitting from the window entrance, and the contractor and other workers who were still eating immediately discovered the incident and rushed upstairs immediately. Fortunately, my father and Al ran out if the smell was choking, otherwise something would happen.
There was nothing else in the room, only the wall that had just been painted was lit. The fire did not spread, and no one even tried to put out the fire, and the fire went out on its own.
My father looked at the dark room and stood blankly at the door. His month-long work with Al was wasted. Some of the newly installed windows were burnt out. Don’t even think about it, he must have compensated for the money himself.
The contractor quickly apologized to the head of the household:
"Boss Zhu, I'm really embarrassed, Boss Zhu, I didn't expect this to happen..."
The so-called boss Zhu ignored the contractor and walked straight into the room. He took a small cloth covering his mouth and nose and looked at the situation in the room roughly. He looked like a mature and experienced businessman, but after all, they were all from the villagers and seemed to recognize his father.
He stood in front of the crowd, and he recognized his father at a glance. He had some interactions with his grandfather when he was in the freight transportation business, but he had a bad impression of his grandfather, so he naturally wouldn't have a good impression of his father.
He took out a black cigarette from his pocket, but it was not as thick as the cigarettes his father smoked. At that time, people didn't know that the name of the thing was cigar, and they looked at him smoking quite majestic:
"Who did this?"
The contractor hurriedly pulled his father and Al out of the crowd:
"It's just the two of them, I don't know what's going on in the specific situation."
Boss Zhu saw that there were people who were in trouble who were the ones who were unhappy, and thought that it was interesting.
Father pushed Aler aside:
"It's all because of me, and it has nothing to do with him. I accidentally lit it. I do things one by one, and I just have to say whatever I want to do."
Boss Zhu shook the ash on the cigar:
"You have backbone, and your father has backbone like you. Then this way, since you have done this, you can clean up and rebuild the walls, and I will also compensate the burned items. However, you are the only one who can finish the room, and you will compensate you if you don't finish it. You can do it."
He obviously knew that the current situation at home could not afford the money, so he deliberately made things difficult for his father. It took two people a month to brush this wall, and his father a month to brush it alone. No one was with him for two months, and even after the other person finished it, he still had to stay here.
This was a very big blow to my father, but what can I do? Since the disaster has been resisted, I have to bear it. Aler wanted to explain the situation but was stopped by his father, but the fire was indeed caused by his father.
"Minfeng, Minfeng, I thought you performed well this month and wanted you to follow me for a long time. You can make such a big mess for me. After the money for breaking things and the money for paint are from your salary, it will be almost a month. Don't come to me for money at that time."
My father heard what the contractor said word by word. He found a place to sit down. He spent a month of hard work and had to stay for two months to clean the entire room. But what's the solution? Now he has no money and can't speak. He can't afford to pay if he doesn't work. He will not be able to eat even if he doesn't have enough money. At that time, both families will not be able to eat. In addition, Ali's belly has also become bigger. Ale's home is not better than himself.
The key is that my wife and children, and my wife's belly is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and this is a problem. It is equivalent to having to work for this person for three months in vain. If my wife and mother find out, they will probably cry sadly.
My father thought, picked up the brush and walked into the room that had just been burned and had a pungent smell. Ahler stood there and looked at his father's lonely back. He also wanted to run over to help his father finish it, but if he was seen by the sarcastic Boss Zhu in the past, something might happen again.
My father washed himself alone for an afternoon. When he got off work, Aler pushed his bicycle and waited for his father at the door. When he saw his lost father walking out of it, he felt sad. This brother who had known him for more than 20 years showed such a fragile side in front of him for the first time. In the eyes of others, he has always been a very smart and arrogant person, but now his paint stains were covered in tears and his red eyes made Aler want to give him a hug.
My father ignored Ahler who was standing at the door waiting for him, took his bicycle and rode away alone. He didn't want the Ahler who took him as an example to see him, nor did he want someone who could not compare to him to make a joke.
He returned to the courtyard with tears in his eyes all the way. His wife and mother had been waiting for their return at home, and saw his exhausted father with a smile.
"What's wrong with Minfeng, why did he cry like this?"
The mother stood up from the stool with her waist and walked towards her father.
After resting my bicycle, my father found a backrest stool to sit down and wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes:
"I made some trouble today. The boss charged me a salary and asked me to work for two more months in vain."
The mother looked at her father in confusion:
"What the hell is going on?"
The father told his mother everything about the incident. The mother did not blame him, but just sat on the stool and sighed, and grandma also reacted the same way.
What should come will always come. God wants my father to be this way, and he can't hide it. Grandma didn't say anything, and after serving the dishes, she looked at her father with a smile:
"Minfeng, you're fine, don't be discouraged, take your time."
Chapter completed!