It has been almost a year and a half since I worked to make money. In the past two days, I went back to my old job of sanding the wall with my little sisters. In order to make a living, you can't stay at home all the time and let others support you. It's a good age to earn money and supplement the family income.
Together with my sisters
My sister who is two years younger than me suddenly called me and asked me if I wanted to go to the sand wall. I was doing some work and when I heard the word "sand wall", I was shocked at first. I haven't been to the sand wall for so long. The wall was damaged, and all the iron tools I used to work on were rusty.
I agreed to go with them. We hadn’t seen each other for a long time and it was just the right time to catch up with them. Our construction site is a new school near Cuihuwan in Qujing. There is a distance of 17 or 18 kilometers from home to the construction site. There are several traffic lights on the shortcut when riding a bicycle.
All the four-wheeled vehicles and two-wheeled vehicles are lined up at the gate of the construction site. On the construction site, there are those laying floor tiles , sanding the interior and exterior walls, plastering the walls, hoisting sand and cement, and using machines to grind the roof.
We are sanding the exterior wall. First of all, the boss asked us to wear safety rope . There is a big iron hook on one end of the safety rope, which must be hung on the steel pipe at any time to ensure the safety of every staff member. It can also be used to hook sand dust on the exterior shelf. and water. On the first day I came here, I encountered a problem that I couldn't reach an outer rack. I had to use the big bucket I brought with me and put a small shelf on it and I could barely reach it. Without the small shelf, I had to find two 10-centimeter sections by myself. Small wide strips are put together on the bucket. If there is no such thing, it is better to use a large brick of fifty or sixty centimeters as a cushion. Just pay attention to safety. Usually, it is easier to operate a piece of wood that goes all the way down the steel pipe. Because the manpower is small and the wages are quite high, it is difficult to find workers who know how to make sand walls. Although the work is hard and tiring, the sisters feel that this craft can support their families and is a good income.
Due to the epidemic some time ago, all construction sites were suspended. This year, the sisters in Shaqiang will choose to travel to other places. The wages are also higher, plus food, which is also a big expense, and they don’t have to leave early and come back late locally. The sisters finish the day just talking and laughing. Everyone earns money every day, and they are happy no matter how hard or tired they are. They all come from our Qujing , Sanbao, Zhanyi , Zhanyi , Jinlong, Xishan and other surrounding places. We work in groups of three and two. No matter where we go, we are like a group of sisters. As long as the boss can get money, they are happy to go. At noon, we sat together and ate our lunch boxes, which were heated by dedicated people in advance. Everyone ate their lunch boxes, drank water from the various thermos cups they brought, and talked and laughed while eating.
These days are different. I met a beautiful girl from Sanbao whom I just met. She took a picture of us eating and talking and posted it on Douyin . This young girl is young, beautiful, eloquent and well-spoken. She added our WeChat and phone number when we first met. By noon, she had saved her phone number and WeChat.
Memories of the past
I remember that a few years ago, several of us sisters got together. The exterior wall of the high-rise building behind Sha Zhanyi Hospital seemed to be more than 20 stories high. The boss was relatively young and liked to dress up very much, but when he was doing work, he also Wearing work clothes, she brought us sand, ash and water. She always had a smile on her face and got along well with us.
At that time, there was a newly opened supermarket nearby, and some classic songs would be played every morning and evening. I thought we could sing them, so my sister Ying and I sang along with the music, such as "Grandma's Penghu Bend", "Wine Broken" "Butterfly", "September Nine Earth Wine", "Azalea", "Peony Song", "A Chic Walk", I can no longer remember the names of those songs. The young boss also laughed at the two of us from time to time. Anyway, he was singing with his hands while sanding the wall, and it didn't delay the work of sanding the wall. At that time, he just felt happy, and he didn't care whether he sang well or not, anyway, the sound was good. Louder than the two of us.
After lunch, the boss found a secluded room at the construction site to film Douyin. She danced very well and could keep up with the dubbing. I watched it on Douyin. It's just that I was too busy at the time and wanted to take a nap with my sisters after lunch. It was only in the afternoon that I had enough energy to work on the outer shelf.
Workers who were laid off due to poor skills
What we rely on as workers is manual work and technical work. We get up early in the morning and go to bed late at night. At noon, we have to work on the exterior wall from top to bottom. Our skills must meet the overall requirements. , you really can’t be sloppy. I remember that a sister made a sloppy line on the bottom and the yin and yang corners in order to make the picture faster. The boss saw it on the outer shelf and gave her wages at night. The other party knew that the boss didn’t want her to sand the wall. Although the boss didn't say anything about the female worker, the boss and the worker already understood each other's intentions.
Another time we were looking at the outer wall of Haisha. A female worker felt that there were too few people on the beach, so she brought her man with her. However, there were many flaws in the most conspicuous line of the small opening, and she was also criticized by the boss. dismiss. Regardless of any work, it must be completed carefully and thoughtfully, and must not be careless.
I was so tired these days that my feet were sore and my hands were numb. Only when I was sitting in the car did I feel relaxed, refreshed and comfortable. I could also browse the beautiful scenery on the roadside. After three days to a week, I was completely used to it. Life is like this. Only by learning to push yourself can you break through difficulties. You can't rely on others to support yourself. You should work harder while you are still struggling for money, and you will get better and better in the rest of your life.
