Chapter 1 African Workers
Aphica in Aqua is a magical place!
Shuilanxing people have a very stereotyped impression of this place. People imagine that Afika is full of lions, elephants, antelopes, and zebras. Here, grasslands, rainforests, and mountains have the most primitive ecological environment in the world.
The magnificence of the Afika grassland and the spiritual impact brought by the great migration of animals are unavailable anywhere else in the world.
When Qiaojia was 22 years old, because his parents were seriously ill, relying on his skills in mechanical repair, he followed an old uncle from the same village to Afika to seek gold. It has been three and a half years since then.
Unfortunately, the place he went to was SD Kham, a city on the banks of the Roni River, surrounded by deserts.
There wasn't any sort of Afika-related thing he'd imagined, and luckily he didn't need any of that.
Over the past three years, Qiao Jia has been working diligently, responsible for repairing all machinery-related equipment on the construction site, and by the way, helping repair mobile phones and other things to earn some extra money.
With a monthly salary of 15,000 and some unlawful extra money, he steadfastly asked the younger brother who stayed at home to send his parents to the mountains, and helped the younger brother save enough for four years of college tuition.
In a rural family, one of the parents got silicosis because of going to the mine, and the other developed kidney disease because of working all the year round when they were young, and finally developed uremia.
Anyone who hears this situation will sentence this family to death. At least the two brothers will not be able to stand up in this life.
In the end, Qiaojia, relying on his courage and skills, not only allowed his parents to end their lives in the hospital with dignity, but also paid off the family's debts, and at the same time prepared tuition fees for his younger brother with excellent academic performance.
In a villa area in the west of Khamu, the middle and high-level managers of various domestic enterprises in the past basically rented here.
Qiaojia came out of a villa with a toolbox in his hand. Seeing the old uncle in the same village standing in the shade of a tree with a cigarette in his mouth waiting for him, he walked over quickly and said with a smile: "Uncle Qing, Why don't you wait in the car? This place is too hot to die for, you don't dare to suffer from the heat when you are old."
Uncle Qing looks very old-fashioned, 45 years old looks like 55 years old, his face is full of wrinkles and dark spots caused by long-term exposure to the sun.
Although Uncle Qing looks old-fashioned, his physique is indeed first-class.
His physique, which he has trained with steel bars on the construction site since he was a child, is not as exaggerated as those muscular men in the gym, but he can lift 200 catties of weight with one hand, and carrying 4 bags of cement at a time is like playing.
Seeing Qiaojia approaching, Uncle Qing snatched Qiaojia's toolbox and threw it into the pickup truck he was driving. Then, while calling Qiaojia to the car, he said, "Is the daughter of the old Chen family I've fallen in love with you, why are his electrical appliances breaking down every three days?
If you want me to tell you that you can really think about it, that girl is a little fatter, but she has a good heart, and her parents are both executives of state-owned enterprises, and she will be promoted after two years.
伱 If I married her, it would be an exaggeration to save 30 years of struggle, but it would be appropriate to save 10 years of struggle. "
Chogara opened the door and immediately felt a wave of heat. It is hard for ordinary people to imagine the feeling of being scalded even if they breathe.
The heat insulation effect of this broken pickup is too bad, coupled with the gathered sunlight from the front windshield, it feels absolutely amazing.
Uncle Qing parked the car and closed the door to keep the remaining air-conditioning from running away, but it didn't arrive half an hour later, and the air-conditioning went to nowhere. The air felt like it was about to boil.
Sitting on the co-pilot of the pickup truck with difficulty, the moment Uncle Qing started the car, he reached out to turn on the air conditioner to the maximum, feeling a little coolness blowing down his face, Qiaojia sighed comfortably, and said: "Uncle Qing , this burns oil from the public house, why are you tossing yourself so much?"
Uncle Qing squinted at Qiao Jia, and said angrily: "You know what a fart, this is where the executives live, oh, I will drive you here, and then sit in the car to rest cool, let them Seeing that if you say a few gossips, will my little captain still do it?"
Qiaojia looked at Uncle Qing who lived his life cautiously, he shook his head and said, "What are you doing, an outsourced labor dispatcher, thinking about these things?"
Talking about it, Qiaojia looked at the suppressed and proud expression on Uncle Qing's face, and suddenly said, "Can you take on the work alone now?"
Uncle Qing touched his shirt collar that was covered with salt, and said proudly: "If you want to say that it is your credit, then Lao Chen, he said that he can contract the workers' dormitory area project of No. 4 well to me.
I plan to go back in the next two days, and then bring 20 people over. After half a year at most, we can go home and build a house. "
As he spoke, Uncle Qing glanced at Qiao Jia, and said: "Your life is miserable, and you didn't find a good parent. After a few years of hard work, save more money, and when I get home, I will ask your aunt to find a partner for you.
We are also people who have been abroad, don't you think? "
Joga frowned and said, "Well No. 4? Is it the No. 4 well on the west side of the White Nile near the 'Sayala Town'?"
While talking, Qiaojia looked at Uncle Qing who nodded for confirmation, he shook his head and said, "Don't pick it up, that place is not peaceful recently, if something happens, it will be bad."
When Uncle Qing heard this, he braked and stopped at the gate of the villa area, then looked at Qiaojia and said, "You said that old Chen wanted to harm me? Why?"
Qiaojia recalled for a while, shook his head and said: "Probably not, the construction of No. 3 well is almost over now, and oil can be produced within a month at most. It is normal to prepare for the construction of No. 4 well now.
How can Lao Chen, a cadre of a state-owned enterprise, be so clear about the situation around Khamu? And he is also responsible for this matter, and he definitely didn't mean to trick you. "
Uncle Qing restarted the car after hearing this, then frowned and glanced at Qiaojia and said, "Xiao Jia, I know you know a lot of people, so do you think I can do this?"
Qiaojia shook his head and said: "I don't think it can be done. When you go back to find someone, and then come here to rent equipment, and wait for them to organize materials for you, you won't be able to start work in less than two months.
I heard that the situation in Kham is not very good. If there is a commotion and the construction site stops, what will you do if you bring dozens of people here? You pay them wages? "
Uncle Qing trusts his nephew from the same village very much, and knows that he has a lot of contacts with some local mine owners and has a lot of news. .
On the road, Uncle Qing thought for a long time full of depression, and finally sighed and said: "Then don't do it, I'd rather bear a load of soil than take any risk!
It's not easy to go out to work. If I cheat someone, I will feel bad for the rest of my life. "
While talking, Uncle Qing stretched out his hand and patted Qiao Jia on the shoulder, and said, "But I still have to go back next week, my grandson was born the day before yesterday, a fat man weighing 7.5 kg.
My son is a fool. If I don't go back, he won't be able to handle the full moon wine.
Would you like to come with me? Since we can't take this job, let's go back to China to see if there is another way.
You are the best mechanic. If you team up with the old man, we can go to construction sites anywhere in the country. When the time comes to build a small construction team, where will life be difficult?
Those dangerous things you play with are not a long-term solution. Those mine bosses are ruthless masters. If something happens to them, they will easily pull you out. "
Qiaojia looked at the depressed scene in Kham outside the window, and he said helplessly: "Uncle Qing, do you think I have a choice?"
(end of this chapter)