Chapter 137

Tao Ji walked out of the pergola at this time. Seeing the scattered odd-job workers with no enthusiasm, he couldn't help but frowned. He found his deputy and asked, "Why are there only so many people?"

The deputy was a contractor found by the Architects Association. He smiled at Tao Jipei and said: "The people here are too lazy. The recruitment notice has been posted, but not many people came! And..."

"And what?"

"Some people came over to ask. As soon as they heard the wages offered, they immediately turned around and left. They were not willing to work at all. One of them said that our small wages are not low. They are 20 yuan for half a day and 50 yuan for one day. I have asked, Local odd jobs only cost 40 yuan a day.”

"No wonder this is a poor village!" Tao Ji frowned.

"Who says it's not the case! They're all lazy, and they can only become ghosts if they're not poor!"

"But no matter what, it cannot affect the progress." Tao Ji said, "The wages have increased to thirty and a half days, 60 yuan a day."

When the contractor heard this, his face suddenly turned bitter, and then he quickly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."

The reason why he was unhappy was very simple: money.

Naturally, this trip to Tao Ji was not for money. People who can study abroad these days don’t care about a small sum of 8 yuan. Moreover, in addition to 3 yuan in construction funds, the program team also gave Tao Ji [-] The performance fee was [-] yuan, and the program team even apologized to Tao Ji for this, saying that they could only make a small comment because of insufficient funds.

Of course Tao Ji had no objection. After all, this was a program invested by their Architects Association to make them popular. Not to mention the 3 yuan performance fee, he had no objection even if it was not given to him.

He also very wisely invited everyone from the program team and the Architects Association to have a meal, drink and have fun, and each gave them gifts. Basically, he didn't take any of the 3 yuan, and he spent all of it back.

But as a contractor who eats, drinks, has fun and accompanies guests, it is impossible to be so cool.

Tao Ji told him that the 8 yuan would be used as construction funds, and the rest would be at his disposal.

So here and there, the wages of odd workers are increased, which is clearly cutting off the flesh and blood of his contractor!

But Tao Ji was the 'emperor' who was here to tell the truth. He didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, and quickly conveyed the good news. But what the contractor didn't expect was that the response from the odd-job workers was not enthusiastic, and even aggravated. 'This is it' feeling.

There is no way, after all, the 10 yuan extra for half a day is only the basic salary for three hours, not to mention the 10 yuan extra for a day's work, and that's all in the end.

"Sure enough, it's the poor people who came out of the poor mountains and rivers!"

The contractor looked at the odd jobs with disgust, but at the same time he did not forget to urge, "Hurry up! Who asked you to chat over there? I asked you to do the work, not to be the boss!"

Although these words sounded a bit harsh to Gao Xiaolong, he still speeded up his pace honestly and fucked until noon, dripping with sweat.

"Let's go eat!" Qin Guangqing over there admired the hard-working Gao Xiaolong and invited him.

The food problem of Tao Ji's construction team was solved by a hired chef.

After all, since the rich guys left, Zhong Tao's small canteen has naturally stopped, and the food in Taoyuan Village has not been opened to the village, so the construction team can only solve the problem of eating.

Of course, this was not a problem for the foreman. He immediately found his brother-in-law and his family who worked in the canteen. At the same time, he contacted the program team who was also worried about the problem of eating, and finally reached a standard of fifteen days of food per person.

Of course, the standard of fifteen is set by the crew. When the workers pay for their meal, the foreman pays him ten dollars.

The standard of ten yuan is not bad these days.In this era of barbaric growth, many construction sites just use cabbage vermicelli to fool migrant workers.But it can't be said that it's very good here, after all, his brother-in-law still wants to make money.Qin Guangqing came to the temporary canteen, and the people in front of him in line were the crew.The foreman's brother-in-law added an extra chicken drumstick to their lunch boxes. When they arrived at Qin Guangqing's place, the drumstick was naturally gone.

Qin Guangqing was used to this. Workers were treated differently for more than a day or two. Being able to eat a large spoonful of braised pork with beans, cabbage, vermicelli and shredded potatoes was already pretty good.

Gao Xiaolong followed Qin Guangqing. Although he knew that he could eat Zhong Tao's cooking when he returned home, and it tasted much better than what others cooked outside, he preferred the feeling of being self-reliant.

Just as he was preparing to pick up the dishes, a voice rang out.

"Who asked you to eat here!"

Gao Xiaolong paused for a moment, turned his head, and saw the contractor approaching aggressively. He looked at Gao Xiaolong with disgust and shouted:

"You are a part-time worker! When I recruited you, did you say that part-time workers will include lunch? Aren't you all from this village? Don't you know that you can go home and eat by yourself? You just know how to take advantage!"

Gao Xiaolong only felt that everyone's eyes were fixed on him, and the questioning eyes were like a scorching fire, making him restless.

At this time, Qin Guangqing said quickly: "Brother Cai! I came here to let him eat together!"

"You asked him to come over? He came over just because you asked him to come over? How embarrassing!"

The contractor glanced at Qin Guangqing coldly and said: "The food here is set. Everyone's standards are fixed. What does it mean if you let an outsider join in? He eats what others eat! You are the only one who can do it. Bad guy?"

At this moment, Qin Guangqing was also embarrassed.

He originally thought that he had some face, but he never expected that this contractor would not give him any face.

"Qin Gong, I'm sorry, I made it difficult for you!"

Gao Xiaolong put down the dinner plate in his hand, lowered his head, and walked out quickly.There were several other odd-job workers who walked out with him, but some of them had already made up their minds that after receiving their wages, they would never work here again.

The contractor didn't mind the part-time workers leaving.

After all, in China, the most indispensable thing is people. They are not willing to do it, but there are many people who are willing to do it.Otherwise, how can each of them support his wife and children?

Just relying on the seeds, pesticides and fertilizers all year round, will it be impossible to repay the cost of those few acres of land even in a disaster year?

“You can’t eat enough, and you can’t do anything you want!”

The contractor cursed, turned to Qin Guangqing and said arrogantly: "Old Qin, I'm not targeting you! It's just that rules are rules. Our food standards are set, and we can't break them casually. No! Forget it this time, it’s okay not to know! You have to pay attention next time!”

A stiff smile appeared on Qin Guangqing's face, and he looked at the back of the leaving young man from the corner of his eye, feeling unspeakably useless in his heart.

But what can he do.

After all, I have long been used to being a coward.

Being popular, bullied and ridiculed may be the inevitable fate of migrant workers.

(End of this chapter)

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