Liu Chao gave Ju An a round magnet, then patted Ju An on the shoulder, and then climbed up the ladder. Ju An grabbed his leg and said, "Damn it, I'm not a child.
I don’t want to play with this, I want to go to the roof to work.” After saying that, I picked up the ring magnet in my hand and lifted it a few times. The more I looked at it, the more it looked like the one my dad made for me when I was two or three years old. It was dragged by a small rope.
A porcelain wheel, your sister, I'm not three years old, I'm in my twenties, and you let me drag this thing around the house for fun, I would be so embarrassed that I would be thrown across the Pacific Ocean.
Liu Chao shook it twice, and then said, "Fuck! It's dangerous on the roof, and you're inexperienced. Even if you die, I won't let you go up there. Who will I blame if you fall? Be good and drag me down below."
This is for fun." After saying that, he explained: "Actually, this work is very important. If the nails are not handled well, people will get stuck, so even though the work is inconspicuous, it is very important. Revolutionary work does not distinguish between high and low, and you must obey the organization.
Make arrangements, don’t be picky and picky.”
Ju An thought for a moment and said, "Damn it, I still think you have bad intentions and say you have some conspiracy."
Liu Chao struggled hard and said: "There is a conspiracy, and I don't want you to play with it all the time. Go, help the old man spread the plastic sheet here first, and we will start shoveling here right away. Go, don't grind and chirp.
of".
Ju An had no choice but to let go of Liu Chao's pants. At this moment, he heard an old white man who was dragging a large bag of things from the pickup truck shout to Ju An: "Hey! Man, come here and help me."
Ju An quickly threw down the things in his hands and went to help. The two people dragged the things off the back of the pickup truck, and then spread them out under the eaves. It turned out to be a large oil canvas, which was quite heavy. The two people had to lift it a little.
It's hard.
As soon as the tarpaulin was spread out, a guy on it shouted: "Guys, are you ready? Just spread out, I'm going to shovel the roof." Ju An and the old white man immediately spread out and leaned against the pickup truck to watch.
A few guys on the roof were shoveling the roof with square shovels in their hands, and then the shoveled stuff slid down the roof onto the tarpaulin below.
The old white man walked to the pickup truck near the lawn, took out a large red radio from the pickup truck, which was a bit like the cassette recorder that Ju An had at home when he was a child. He placed it on the lawn, tuned the radio station and played the music.
The old white man took off his gloves and said to Ju An: "Man, this is your first time repairing a roof. You don't live in this community, right? You are Steven's friend."
Ju An smiled at him and said, "Yes, I am his friend. I didn't expect him to renovate the roof."
The old white man smiled and said to Ju An: "When I first moved here, Steve didn't know how to do it. We were used to living together, so we helped each other. When our house was repairing the roof, we asked him to help. At that time
His job is what you are doing now. When I learned that it was his first time doing a job, I arranged a simple task for him. Then he did it a few times and now he is doing well. The barbecue station in their backyard is where everyone
We did it together, two days a week, and he and I worked on it for nearly three months before it was ready. It's a pity that now that I'm older, they won't let me go on the roof."
Ju An said: "Do you like doing these jobs very much?"
The old white man smiled: "Yes, build a barbecue station and repair the roof. When I was young, I even helped others build houses. Look, the one with the blue baseball cap is my son." He pointed.
He pointed to the white man on the roof who was working hard shoveling the old roof.
Ju An smiled and said, "The relationship in your community is really good."
The old white man smiled and said: "We all live together, so there are bound to be some difficulties. When Steve and the others first moved here, his wife became friends with my wife, and we became familiar with each other."
After more than half an hour, a small side of the roof had been shoveled off. The old white man called Ju An over and dumped the shoveled waste into a large garbage truck-like vehicle. Then he spread the tarpaulin on another side.
Under the eaves, waiting for the roofer to shovel down the debris.
At this time, a guy held a long ladder and leaned against the newly shoveled eaves. He climbed up the ladder and helped the roofer spread a nearly one-meter-long black material to the edge of the roof.
Ju An asked the old white man: "Why is this material only laid on the edges and not in the middle?"
The old man explained: "This material is used to prevent freezing and ice in winter. There is no need to lay it in the middle."
I watched these guys lay out antifreeze materials, and then saw that they were laying a blue material on top. The old man explained that this kind of material is waterproof and can be used for decades without any problems. He looked at the busy people on the roof.
Among the people who were laying the materials, Ju An lamented that being a man in the United States is not easy either.
I watched a group of people finish laying out the blue material, and then put some kind of material on top, probably for heat insulation or something, and the pieces were tightly pressed together.
While he was thinking about it, the two outer roofs were shoveled, so Ju An repeated the previous work and put the roofs into the garbage truck with the old white man.
A group of people were working enthusiastically, and from time to time there were people humming loudly along with the songs on the radio.
It was almost noon, and no one had any intention of stopping. Ju An was wearing gloves and happily working with a group of people. He felt particularly happy and did not feel like doing hard work. It was a bit like the beginning of the school year in middle school.
, the campus weeding activity organized by the school was very happy.
When I was having fun, I heard a child's voice: "Ice lemonade, one quart for a cup!" I turned around and saw that the little girls I saw last time had moved the cold drink stall nearby.
, he is really business-minded.
At this time, the old white man walked over, and a little girl immediately shouted: "Grandpa, grandpa, would you like a glass of ice lemonade?" The old man immediately nodded a few times, then took out the change and handed it to the little girl.
He accepted it happily and handed him a glass of water.
Ju An was also a little thirsty, so he walked over and bought a glass of water. Then he heard someone on the roof shouting: "Girls, are your drinks delivered to your door?"
Then I heard the little girl shouting together: "yes! yes!".
The man upstairs came back: "Okay! I'll have a drink." Then I heard several people upstairs agreeing to have a drink. The little girls were so happy that they used a small tray to hold a few drinks and gave them to them.
Under the eaves, several people went down to the roof. Everyone gave the little girl a steel bucket, then drank the water in one gulp, and then returned the empty disposable cup to the little girl who brought the water.
The old white man smiled and said to Ju An: "That is my granddaughter, and the other little girls are from nearby. They made almost three dollars each selling ice water last week, and they have tasted the benefits."
Ju An said happily: "I saw them doing business when I came here. As soon as I saw the car coming, they shouted together, which was very interesting."
The old white man said: "The main purpose of letting them do small business is to let the children know that money is not so easy to make, so they will have to think about it next time they spend money randomly."
In his busy spare time, Ju An also paid attention to the cold drink stalls of several little girls. Every time he passed a car, the little girls would shout a few times. People who basically didn't want cold drinks would roll down their windows and yell at the little girls.
The girls waved their hands, and several cars passed by, but none of them had any business. The girls were not discouraged, and still shouted happily when they saw the cars.
Finally, a car stopped and they bought some drinks. The little girls had a great time. After a while, Ju An discovered that there were actually three cars lined up at the little girls' stall.
On Ju'an's side, half of the roof has been shoveled on the house. In the meantime, the old white man drove the garbage truck to take out the garbage. He went there for a long time. When he came back, he told Ju'an that the garbage was all gone.
Fall down at the designated place, which is some way from here.
When Ju An looked up, he saw Liu Chao holding a camera and taking pictures of something on the roof.
"Why are you taking pictures of the roof with a camera? Is there any inspection?" Ju An asked curiously.
"Yes, the city hall will arrange for people to come over for inspection, as well as people from the insurance company. These photos are to let them see what materials are used inside, and if they are substandard, they will also see the materials used in your roof. Renovation
The roof must be photographed," the old white man explained.
It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when a group of people started to have lunch. It was very simple, just some grilled sausages and hamburgers, and there were chopped onions and vegetables on the plates next to them. Generally speaking, the old American's stomach is still better than
It is much easier for us middle-aged people to deal with them.
After eating a simple lunch and resting for more than 20 minutes, a group of people continued to work, and Ju An also continued to start his work with little technical content.
After being busy for a while, he saw the little girls chasing two little boys. After watching for a while, Ju An realized that the two little guys saw that the girls were doing good business, so they said that they would also sell cold drinks tomorrow.
, which made the little girls very angry and drove the two little boys away.
When it was about five o'clock in the afternoon, the little girls closed the stall and were called home by the adults to eat.
Everyone here in Ju'an was busy until dark, and then everyone stopped working. After finishing work, everyone drove their cars home. Originally, An was still thinking that according to our Chinese and Lao tradition, we should have a meal no matter what in the evening. Who knows?
These beauties were so self-conscious that they went home as soon as they finished work.
Early the next morning, everyone gathered here on time. After having breakfast, they began to work busily again. Today's work went very smoothly. By about one o'clock in the afternoon, everyone was finished, leaving only
In Ju'an, they dragged magnets around the house to attract iron nails. A group of Americans packed up their tools, and Liu Chao paid everyone their wages. Some Americans accepted it, while others didn't ask for a penny.
White people fall into this category. Later, Liu Chao explained to Ju An that some people do not want to be paid, but just like to help others get something. In their view, it is a hobby. Some people are quite good friends, such as the old man.
The white man was too familiar with the two families, so he didn't charge him.
After two days of busy work, Ju An was ready to go home. On the way, he went to a Chinese supermarket in San Francisco to buy a lot of things. Only when he went there did he realize that a pound of tofu wouldn't cost a dollar, and dried shredded silk was even more expensive.
It cost two or three dollars per pound. Damn it, it was so stupid. I ended up buying a bunch of stuff and checked it back through the airline.
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