Chapter 8 The Eighth Chapter Houhui Zha Diao He Yilu Waiting for Painful Work and Selling Words to Sleep in Sleep

Seeing that the old concierge spoke so solemnly, Hong Shiyi asked: "Is there anything I entrusted to you?" The old concierge said: "A while ago, didn't you tell me repeatedly that there was a woman looking for something? Now there is one missing in the factory..." Shi Yi shook his head and said: "There is no need to mention it. That matter is similar to that of an old lady. Although she is poor, she is a person with face. She is not willing to do such a thing." The old man The concierge said: "What do you think is it?" Shi Yi said: "Isn't it about the female workers serving meals and washing dishes and chopsticks?" The old concierge shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, no. Isn't there a mess in this factory? Is making light boxes the same as making children’s clothes? These two things are not necessarily done by factory workers. People at home can also do the work as long as they get a guarantee. For this purpose, the factory specially hired a few women Run away, at least seven or eight yuan a month, and you can eat in the factory, don’t you think this is a very good thing?” Shi Yi shook his head and said: “It’s good, but I’m looking for something This woman has no luck, she is ill now." The old concierge said: "It doesn't matter if you are ill, as long as you mention it to the director-general and leave a position for the time being, even if it takes another ten and a half months, it will be too late After hearing this, Shi Yi pondered for a while. If Mrs. Yu recovered from her illness three to five days later, and then rested for seven or eight days, she would be able to go to work again. It is a pity that it was abandoned!In case it's too late, her girl can also represent her.The old concierge said: "Mr. Hong, what are you thinking?" Shi Yi said: "I thought, if the old lady is sick for a longer time, is it okay to let her girl run for a few days?" The old concierge said: "How old is her girl?" Shi Yi said, "About sixteen or seventeen?" After hearing this, the old concierge stroked his beard with one hand, stared at him with two big eyes.The old concierge actually didn't have any deep meaning, but Shi Yi's face blushed immediately after seeing it.He didn't blush, but the old concierge didn't pay attention. As soon as he blushed, the old concierge became suspicious, thinking that he was a naked man in Peiping. Looking for trouble, now you want to find trouble for a sixteen or seventeen girl, what's going on?Does such an honest person have any hidden secrets?As he thought to himself, he kept trimming his beard with his hands.Seeing his expression, Shi Yi knew that he was changing his mind, so he said, "It doesn't matter if you don't succeed, I'm just entrusted by a friend. I'll just reply him casually."

After finishing speaking, he walked outside.While walking, he turned to the Chang family.Now for his family, I write a lot of words every day, and I always carry this matter on my back. It was not a solution, but I suddenly declined, which also disappointed his family.With this news today, I just got rid of it. I should tell Xiaonan. As for whether she is willing to do it or not, that's up to them. Anyway, I have fulfilled this responsibility myself.As he thought in his heart, these two feet naturally walked towards the road to Chang's house.He doesn't feel the pain of writing, nor does he feel the boredom of contributing to others, but he only thinks about whether Xiaonan's mother and daughter agree or not.When he walked to the gate of Chang's house, he saw Xiao Nan looking around from a distance, and when he saw him coming, he immediately jumped up to meet him and asked, "Why did you come here at this time? I was really anxious." Shi Yi said: "What's the matter?" Xiao Nan said: "My mother's illness has improved, thank you very much. My father said that I am sorry to let you spend money all the time, but we are a poor family, what can we do?" How can I thank you? I bought a few catties of sliced ​​noodles in the afternoon, and I’m waiting for you to cook and eat the braised noodles. I can also cook the braised noodles, and the water is boiled, so I’m just waiting for you to come, but you don’t always come.” Shi Yi promised to be busy, but he felt ashamed in his heart, thinking, if I don't come today, when the water will be boiled, when will I cook the noodles.So when you break up with a friend, you should also let your friend know, lest people have such things as idiots and other girls.He blamed himself in his heart, and went to the gate.Layman Chang seemed to know that he was coming, so he raised his head and shouted out of the room: "Xiao Nan, is it Mr. Hong who is here? I said no? He has such a heart of compassion, I don't know what happened to your mother's illness today." How can you not come?" Shi Yi replied in the yard: "Things are busy these two days. Come, I will definitely come, even if I don't come, I will say hello to the old man, so as not to expect Let me help." Saying this, he had already walked into the very narrow middle room.Layman Chang groped forward to meet him, held Shi Yi's arm with both hands, then slowly withdrew his hand, held his hand, supported it with one hand, pressed it with the other, and nodded twice to show his sincerity. But he said, "Mr. Hong, if I get you, I will live three lives. Otherwise, my wife will die of illness, and I will die in a hurry. As a girl, I have a long way to go, and I don't know what will happen to me." The child said, I always ask you to help, please cook a bowl of noodles, please. In fact, the money for the noodles is also Mr. Hong's. Don't care who paid for her noodles, you just look at her like this Be filial." Shi Yi said with a groan, "Mr., how do you say such a thing? It's frustrating to me." Xiao Nan said: "There is no place to sit in the room, and it's terribly dirty. I'd better invite Mr. Hong to sit in the yard. Sit down." Shi Yi said: "I'm familiar with this place, and I can sit anywhere, so don't be polite to me." Xiao Nan couldn't help but say, after a while of work, she put a tattered square stool by the edge of the stone .He took another low stool and put it beside him, patted it with his hand and said, "Please sit here." Shi Yi also felt that their room was full of the smell of coal and sweat, and sitting outside was just right for him. Yi, sat down with a smile.Layman Chang supported the wall, groped his way out, and sat on the edge of the stone.On a coal stove under the eaves, I used three small stones to prop up a large cauldron patched with saw nails, boiled a pot of water, and only covered a side of the wicker cage. Get out the heat.Xiao Nan was in the room, and brought out a gapped green tile basin, covered with a blue cloth wet towel.Lifting the towel, there are two big bowls of noodle stew in the middle, which are eaten by northerners. They are boiled with eggs, shredded pork, day lily, fungus, pepper, and gorgon powder.Outside the bowl, there are several large bundles of cut noodles.So Xiao Nan took the chopsticks and started cooking in the courtyard.

Layman Chang sat on the step, the wind blowing from his upper hand, just in time to blow the hot air from the noodle pot in front of him, he raised his nose and couldn't help applauding: "It smells so good! Machine noodles are better than ours. Soil noodles are delicious and delicious." Shi Yi said: "Old man, you must be hungry, let me serve you a bowl first?" Chang Lay said with a smile: "It's not busy, your bowl is delicious." I'm afraid the stew is cold, so it needs to be warmed up?" Xiao Nan didn't answer his question, but took out a big bowl, filled it with a bowl of noodles, and sent a small butterfly filled with sauce to the square stool. , stuffed a pair of chopsticks into his hands, and said with a smile, "Eat first. The yellow sauce is quite good. I forgot to buy sesame oil to fry it for you. You can mix it like this." Taking the chopsticks, he touched the bowl with one hand and said: "How can I eat first?" Xiao Nan said: "You are a vegetarian, we eat meat, you should eat first. To avoid making trouble together, it will be unclean." Chang Layman Turning his face to Shi Yi, he smiled and said, "I'm being disrespectful." So he touched the yellow sauce plate in his hand, and used chopsticks to pour half of the yellow sauce into the boiled noodle bowl, and then stirred the chopsticks in the noodle bowl for a while. Turn your head away, dilute it, and eat it.The bowl of noodles disappeared for a while, and I ate it clean.Xiao Nan didn't say anything, took the noodle bowl and quietly poured another bowl for him.Then she put two bowls of bittern on the square stool, then filled a bowl of noodles, held it with both hands, and brought it to Shi Yi.He took another pair of chopsticks, wiped them with his coat, and brought them over with a smile.Shi Yi laughed and said, "Why are you being so polite?" Xiao Nan said with a smile, "If you want to be polite, we hate it. It's a human feeling not to be full of melon seeds. Just don't say anything about the taste."

Shi Yi ate the noodles, thinking in his heart, a girl like Xiao Nan is always a smart person, it is clear that she wants to cook noodles for me, for example, her father wants to cook noodles to thank me. Now, rather than saying that she gave up favors to her father, it is better to say that she is a little embarrassed.She was really embarrassed, and there was a meaning in it.Don't say that she is a little girl who picks up coal nubs, she also knows what is tenderness and what is love.Thinking about it, he couldn't stop looking at her a few times.She took a bowl of noodles and ate while standing on the opposite stool, because Shi Yi kept looking at her, so she turned around and ate outside the gate.Seeing that she was getting more and more shy, Shi Yi stopped looking at her. After eating a large bowl of noodles, he put the bowl and chopsticks on the square stool. Xiao Nan turned around, put down his bowl immediately, and reached out to take Shi Yi's bowl. In the past, he was about to serve noodles. Shi Yi pressed the bowl with his hand and said, "That's enough, I'm full." Xiao Nan smiled and said, "Do you think our food is not delicious?" Shi Yi smiled Said: "That's a joke. I'm not a prince and grandson, what are I afraid of being dirty? My food is not big in the first place, and I can barely eat this big bowl." Xiaonan said: "Scoop some noodle soup to drink Right? If you don’t eat any more, I won’t be able to take it back.” Hearing what she said, Shi Yi had no choice but to refuse, so he smiled and said, “Okay! I’ll drink it, it’s just soup, please give me less scoop A little." So Xiao Nan took the bowl over, scooped up half of the bowl of hot soup, and personally used a spoon to scoop the noodle stew into the soup bowl to mix it up.Although Shi Yi is in poverty, but for more than a month, he has something to do, and he can always eat every meal.Drinking a noodle soup like this with salty bittern really doesn't taste much.But for Xiao Nan's kindness, he had to accept it, so he had to forcefully drink half of that bowl of soup.Looking at it like that, Xiao Nan knew that the drink was tasteless, so she smiled and said, "Mr. Hong, just wait." Shi Yi suddenly heard that he said to wait, but he was a little puzzled, so he opened his eyes and looked at her.She laughed and said, "When I get rich one day, I'll treat you to a restaurant for a meal." Layman Chang couldn't help laughing, because he said: "If people want to eat your meal, they have to wait until you get rich There is hope. Do you want to make a fortune in this life?" Xiaonan said: "A person's whole life, there will be bad days, and there will always be lucky days, what are you busy with?" Chang lay sighed: "One People should keep their duty, don't think about it, people like us, would the God of Wealth be willing to come in? Your mother is an ignorant woman, I am a disabled person, and you are a poor girl. Let's lie at home Will there be pies falling from the sky?" Shi Yi said with a smile: "It's hard to say, there are many people in the world who make a fortune lying at home? Just take your girl as an example, how do you know that she won't get rich in the future?" Xiao Nan smiled and said: "By the way, maybe I dug up a cellar of silver, wouldn't I make a fortune?"

Everyone talked and laughed, and ate the noodles.Shi Yi said: "I've been here for a long time, I was busy eating noodles, and I forgot to tell the old man a piece of news. It's what I said last time, if I can find a job for my aunt, I can do it now. The job is very good, save face The job is also decent, that is, the factory sends the work outside to do it, and when it is finished, it is very easy to get it back. In addition to the eight yuan a month, you can also eat in the factory. A few yuan a month, isn't it easy to relieve the burden of the family?" Chang Jushi heard that he couldn't help but arched his hands to him a few times and said: "This is very good, let's ask Mr. Hong to complete this matter. Let's go." Shi Yi said: "But there is one layer, my aunt is sick now, how can she go to work?" Hearing that, Layman Chang frowned several times.Shi Yi said: "I've also thought of this level, you can ask Ling Ai to go first, instead of ten days and half a month." When Xiao Nan heard about it, he stamped his feet and said, "I'll go, I'll go, which day?" Layman Chang said: "It's just such a piece of news, I don't know if it will come to fruition, but where can we set a date?" Xiao Nan was happy, but felt cold.The expression on his face changed from smiling to tense.Shi Yi smiled and said: "As long as the girl is willing to go, I will try my best to talk about it. There is always some hope." He turned his face towards the side of Xiaonan Station, feeling a little bit, nodded his head and said, "That's right, thank you very much." After Shi Yi ate a bowl of noodles she made by herself, there was already a strange feeling in his heart. a feeling of.Now the gratitude from his father and son made him even more excited, so he stood up and comforted Xiaonan and said: "I will try my best to do it, as long as the secretary in the meeting agrees, I will kowtow three times and settle the matter for you." Come down." While speaking, he pressed his hand on her shoulder and patted her lightly a few times.Xiao Nan smiled at her, his eyes were able to shoot at the blind father.She raised a hand, held his hand, squeezed and shook it a few times, and smiled slightly at him.In this way, she expressed her deep gratitude and hope. How could Shi Yi have room to evade?Yin smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely do it for you successfully. Not only did I promise you, but I also have a lot of things to do together. It's not too late. I'll go back and handle it for you right away." .” After Shi Yi said that, he walked out.Xiao Nan followed behind and chased him out, but held his hand and just let out a silent laugh.Seeing her being so affectionate, Shi Yi was satisfied in his heart, but he was eager to have nothing to say to comfort her, so he asked with a smile: "Aren't you short of money today?" Just give me the money." Shi Yi agreed, and happily walked back to the guild hall.

In his life, he had never had a woman show him something.Xiao Nan's kindness today is the first time in his life that he has received favors from a woman. He feels that this kind of favor has a special taste. I walked with my head down and thought about it carefully. You can laugh at her as a coal nub picker, but in fact she is also an omniscient person.Just when he was thinking of being proud, someone behind him suddenly called out: "Old Hong, where are you going?" Shi Yi suddenly looked back, hehehe, he couldn't help laughing, it turned out that he had already passed the entrance of the guild hall There are several portals.The person who called was a fellow villager in the guild hall. How could he expect such a poor person to have love problems?So he talked casually, and no one paid attention to him.However, after he walked into his bedroom, he crossed his legs, lay on the bed and continued to think about it.I feel that Xiaonan's request should be fulfilled no matter what.In this way, I can reduce my financial burden, and secondly, I found a job for her, and her feelings for me are much better.At that time, I can go to a further level in friendship.Thinking of this, I added a note. However, the so-called further level is not the same as the last time I took her outside the West Bianmen. It is to make her feel that I treat her well, and she should not take her As a friend of my father, I should treat her as a confidant, and we can discuss all situations with each other.At that time, it will be a matter of course, and her parents may come out to advocate for everything without any request from me.But in this way, my intention of helping others with a lot of money has completely exposed the false face, and it is just a means of seduction.Nothing else, I used the guise of Buddhism, and went to hang out with that old man who is a good Buddha. If there is a Buddha in the world, I should go to the 18th level of hell.I want to be a good person now, I can only help them, not expect their rewards.But I have to say it again, I can’t even take care of myself, so why do I help others?If I don't help them, it would be a pity for a child like Xiao Nan to be a coal girl for the rest of his life!And she really hoped that I would help her.If I do not help her, she will be more saddened by her disappointment than by my temptation.After much deliberation, I still can't find a solution.Still got up, prepared a lamp, closed the door, and sat against the table.Haha, this reminded him all of a sudden, there is still a collection of books and a stack of manuscript paper on the corner of the desk. I have a new job, and I haven't started it yet when I come back at night.Originally, I thought to myself, I’m tired these days and I don’t need to write today, anyway, the money I earn is enough to feed myself.The money earned from writing was used by the Chang family, but it was just hard work.Determined not to do that stupid thing, but also to nourish myself a little bit of energy.But now, this plan should change again. Before leaving, Xiao Nan once said that if she has money, she will use it tomorrow. If she meets tomorrow, it would be a bit embarrassing not to give her money.I have plenty of energy, so I put in some effort. As long as I bring a night worker today and write three or four thousand words, I can give her thirty or forty cents tomorrow.Although my ability is small, but her hope is not great.If I do this little thing, I still have to think about it, it's too useless.There is nothing difficult about this, it is just writing.Thinking of writing, I cheered myself up, immediately rubbed the ink and spread the paper, and started writing.As far as transcribing scriptures is concerned, writing a thousand words an hour is not much, but Shi Yi has written, done business, and even traveled during the day, and in terms of his spirit, he can use it well. that's it.What's more, when I got home, I was thinking like this again, and I really couldn't write.But he felt that there was plenty of spare time tonight, so why not write a few words?Therefore, despite all difficulties, he continued to write.From eight o'clock in the evening to eleven o'clock, I only wrote 2,000 words.Take this to the meeting to collect the money, it's only two cents.In any case, I have to write another 2,000 words, so that the money I get tomorrow will not be shabby.Therefore, he took a short break while grinding the ink.After grinding, press the paper and continue writing.Maybe it's because I'm really tired. I'm writing, the eyelids of my eyes can't be decided by others, just close them.Although I tried my best to lift my spirits and hold my eyelids open, sometimes the words I saw in my eyes and the words written by my hands were different.Suddenly came to his senses, and took a closer look, he actually wrote several Xiaonans on the manuscript.I couldn't even say it in my heart.Fortunately, it was only the last one that was wrongly written. If there were typos in the previous few pages, today's effort would be considered in vain.I also can't think about it, since I am too tired to write today, I can rest tonight and get up early tomorrow to write, isn't it the same?But then again, if a person is tired from doing things, he always sleeps too much. Not only will he not be able to get up early tomorrow, he may wake up later than usual, so what should he do?Poor people don't have an alarm clock, so they can put it next to the bed and let it wake people up when the time comes.It's not like people at home, if you want to get up early, you can entrust someone else to call early.

Just as he was thinking, a fly buzzed and flew in a circle on the light, and he laughed unknowingly.I thought to myself, yes.Two days ago, I forgot to close the window at night, and a few flies flew in at dawn, waking me up.Why don't I open the windows, open the door, and welcome the flies in?Tomorrow morning, it's crawling all over my face, itching so naturally I'll wake up.The fly is my alarm clock, the fly is the page that wakes me up.This is a great idea, no more hesitation.So the doors and windows were opened together, the lights were blown out, and I went to bed with peace of mind.When the next day dawned, there were indeed several hungry flies flying around the house.Because there is heat on the body of a sleeping person, the flies fly to the hands and faces of the person to smell the heat, crawling around, making people itchy all over.Shi Yi stroked his face a few times in a daze.But flies have a special preference for hot air. Even though you try your best to drive them away, they will struggle desperately, fly over and come back again.This desperate plan lasted for five or six minutes, and the attentive servant finally called Shi Yi up.Shi Yi opened his eyes and took a look, hehe!It was dawn, and the flies urged me to come.So in a hurry, he got up in his clothes, and quickly went to the kitchen with a washbasin to scoop up a basin of cold water to wash his face.I don't know why I was careless yesterday, but I don't know where to put an old face towel?After searching for a long time, I couldn't find the hand towel. If I continue to search like this, I will waste a lot of writing time, so I just poured cold water on my face twice, lifted a piece of the skirt, and wiped my face casually , and quickly fell to the table to write.After writing a few lines, I just looked at the shadow of the sun outside the window.Because I lived in the guild hall, I never had a clock to tell the time. Now it has become a habit. I don’t need to look at the clock, but just look at the shadow of the sun under the eaves and on the wall to know what time it is.So his mind is always divided into two layers, on the one hand writing, and on the other hand paying attention to the shadow of the sun.He finally wrote fast. In less than half an hour, he had written 500 characters.Calculated in this way, one hour is enough to write a thousand words.Waking up so early, of course, I had to write for two hours before going to the charity meeting.Cheap and cheap, you can earn two cents in the morning.Thinking about it this way, the pen on the paper is really like eating leaves, and the writing is very fast.However, I went to bed sick yesterday and got up so early today, but I didn't take my illness to heart.After two hours of writing, the estimated 2,000 words were ready to be written, so I felt my mind swell more and more.I can't wait to lie on the table and sleep for a while.However, if the last few lines are not written, the reward of this dime cannot be taken today.If he couldn't get another two cents, he went back to Xiao Nan's house, and Xiao Nan asked for the money, but there was nothing he could do.Thinking of this, I couldn't help myself not to work extra hard, so I gritted my teeth, lowered my head and started writing again.I finished writing the last page in one breath, looking at the shadow of the sun outside the window, it was only a little over seven o'clock, and there was still about an hour left until the office of the charity association, so I threw away the pen and sighed: "I can Finished."

After finishing this sentence, he put his hands on the table, rested his head on his arms, and fell asleep in a daze.Originally, he could go to bed and sleep, but he also warned himself in his heart that if he slept too comfortably, he might not be able to get up, so he would lean on the table, close his eyes, and rest for a while.Because he was lying on his arm, he was a little fuzzy just now, and immediately remembered: "It's not the hour, is it?" Immediately raised his head, opened his eyes to see the shadow of the sun outside the window, it was still the same as before, there was nothing wrong with it move.This is also because I was too cautious. In this state, I may not have slept for five minutes.So he comforted himself and said, "It's still early, why don't you sleep well for half an hour?" After making up his mind, he fell asleep on the table again.I don't know how long I slept, so I threw my head upwards and called out, "It's time, get up, get up." Sure enough, when I stood up to look, the shadow of the sun was only when I woke up in bed every day. , It's not time to go out, but this time is running out.I didn't dare to sleep anymore, so I immediately tidied up the manuscripts on the table and went out.His first job was to hand over the copied characters to the secretary, and he received four cents in foreign money.The officer who gave the money looked at his face, because he asked: "Mr. Hong, are you alone in Peiping? Or do you have a family?" Shi Yi didn't know what he meant?He said: "Of course I am alone. In this situation, can I still support my family?" The officer said: "Since I am only one person, why work so hard? Every day, except for going to the meeting and working, you always have these words." Handing in papers is similar to the person who does not work and only copies. You are really suffering. In the past few days, not only your face has become haggard, but your eyes are also red. From my point of view, I am afraid that you have Is it because of the night work?" Shi Yi smiled and said: "You guessed half right. But I have no choice but to work hard like this. Although I don't support my family, I was so poor that I had no choice but to borrow a lot of debts. Now I want to get some money out to pay back the debt." The officer said: "It's hard to say in this way, repaying the debt is important, and life is also important." Saying this, he looked at him and sighed for him Take a breath.Shi Yi didn't want to say anything, so he left with his head down.But when he was working, he thought in his heart, what the officer said, life is the most important thing.Don't write so hard, right?But if I don't process it like this, how can I have the money to help Xiaonan?It's been so hard to struggle until now, Xiaonan is a little bit interested in me.I suddenly stopped all the things I worked hard on before, so the friendship will be suspended from then on, what a pity!Don't worry about what Mr. Secretary said, I'll still do mine.It is not necessarily true that if a person writes a few thousand more words every day, it will kill him.Because I finished my work, when I went back to eat, I was afraid that cooking would delay my work, so I just bought a few big sesame cakes, and walked all the way back to the hall.

After arriving at the guild hall, I asked my fellow countrymen in the guild hall to ask for two cups of hot tea to drink.Looking at the shadow of the sun under the eaves, the boundary between the sunlight and the shade of the house is black and white, as straight as a knife.In this way, the sun is at its peak.At this time in the past, at the charity meeting, I hadn't gone out yet, but I went home today. It's very early, why don't you write more quickly?When he had an idea, he immediately lifted his sleeves and stood by the table to grind ink.Putting the ink on, I leaned over to the table and stretched out the paper to write.When he was writing, he heard someone from the next room say: "Lao Hong has been getting up early and staying late these days, and he doesn't even stop when he comes back for dinner. What's the matter with writing like this? You need to be busy like this." Another person said: "He has suffered enough in Peiping, maybe he wants to save some money, so that he can go home when there is no other way in the future? He is a person who takes his money like his life, and he will not waste a penny. "After hearing this, Shi Yi couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Am I really a waste of money?Did you know that I worked so hard for wasting flowers?People in this world probably won't be satisfied, if they have food to eat, they just want to wear clothes.After eating and drinking, I think about all the joys and sorrows.Waiting for everything to be happy and happy, with some hope, then prepare to spend money.At this time, the money is always not enough to spend, so I desperately try to find a way, as long as I can get the money, no matter what I do, I will not hesitate.This is where busyness comes and distress also comes. This is not only the case for me, but it is also the case for the proud or frustrated people I see!I just had a full meal for a few days, and then I became greedy for women, shouldn't this be beaten?But then again, shouldn't the poor be greedy for women?Thinking about it, I took the pen in my hand, neither writing nor putting it down, just hanging the pen, looking out of the window in a daze.After a long time, there was a sudden oops.