"The leader is really good at talking, which makes people happy to hear it!" The old mason smiled even brighter, stopped what he was doing, and started chatting with Yu Qingyang, "The leader looks young and understands things on the construction site very well!
It’s not like some leaders who know everything but are blind..."
"Haha!" Yu Qingyang couldn't help laughing. This old mason really dared to speak.
"My dad is an engineering contractor. I have been playing on construction sites since I was a child, and I also studied engineering!
You know a lot about things on the construction site!”
"No wonder, I feel that you are different from other leaders!" The old stonemason nodded clearly.
"Master, why are you still working at your age?"
"It's not that my three boys have taken on this job. We can't find a stonemason. I'm here to help. I can't do anything else. It's okay to break stones with the old brothers!" The old stonemason showed an even brighter smile. He was very happy for his son to be able to do it.
Be proud as a contractor.
"Nowadays, no one is doing the masonry profession. Young people are not willing to learn this profession, and they are unwilling to learn it in a hurry.
It's not like when I was a child, I had to endure a lot of hardships to learn the craft from my master..." The old stonemason started talking.
"When I was 12 or 13 years old, I wanted to learn a craft from my master. The master was our third uncle. It didn't cost any money, so I just learned from him. But many people couldn't afford it!
Do you know why?
To learn to be a mason, you must have a hammer and a drill, right? My family was very poor at that time, and many families couldn’t even afford a hammer or drill!
I went up the mountain to catch rabbits and pheasants, and walked more than 20 miles into the city to sell them for money... I caught rabbits for several months before I could save enough money to buy a hammer and a drill..." The old stonemason said about his hard work.
Art experience.
"It's not easy! Nothing is easy!
You have a good son, and you are also a good father!" Yu Qingyang said to the old stonemason with a thumbs up.
"Yeah! It's not easy. It looks like you're making two bucks, but it's actually hard-earned money!
My son is leading people down there to build rocks, and in order to make more money, he wants to do it himself!"
"It's not easy! Master, it's not easy for your son. What you are doing now is not very good!"
"Not good? What did I do wrong?" The old stonemason was a little unhappy and asked with a stern face.
The old mason is a stubborn man. He was scolded by everyone in the project department because of whether he wore a safety helmet or not.
Because of his age, no one can do anything to him.
It's just that his son was a bit unlucky. He went around asking his grandfather to sue his grandmother for compensation, and he also paid a lot of fines.
If this continues, the money his son earns from this construction site will not be enough to pay the fine.
I didn't dare to talk to the old mason, because whenever I mentioned the old mason, he would get angry and would curse.
Despite the fact that the old mason was poorly dressed, his face was wrinkled, his hair was all white, and he walked unsteadily.
But they are related!
At that time, I participated in the major water conservancy project for more than five years, and the springs and reservoirs all left the footprints of the old masons.
He has a good relationship with some retired cadres in the department and the municipal bureau, including Yu Qingyang’s uncle, who is an old acquaintance.
It was Yu Qingyang who named the old mason's son to come in at the beginning, so although the project department fined him, it was hard to tell his son to leave.
"Look, you are so old and you bring a bunch of old brothers to help your son!
However, you are not wearing a safety helmet. Do you know that according to regulations, if you are caught without a safety helmet, you will be fined 20 yuan!
There are about ten of you, so that’s two or three hundred. How much money can your son make in a day?
Let’s not talk about fines for now. Do you know why you are required to wear safety helmets?
You see, whenever I go to the construction site, I must wear a safety helmet!"
"You are the leader!" The old stonemason said the truth again.
"Haha! In fact, I didn't like wearing helmets before. I always felt uncomfortable wearing them!
When I go to the construction site, my favorite thing to do is to find a place to put the helmet under my buttocks and use it as a stool to sit on!
In the past, a safety helmet was just a hat that I carried around with me.
But now I don’t dare. I would rather sit on the ground and wear a helmet. Do you know why?”
"Why?" Maybe Yu Qingyang's initial words touched the heart of the old mason, so the old mason did not curse, but followed Yu Qingyang's words and asked.
"That was last year. Two things happened that scared me completely. As long as I enter the construction site, I must wear a safety helmet!"
"What happened? To scare you like this?" The old stonemason's curiosity was piqued.
"Last year at a construction site, blasting was fired to open up the mountain. When the blast was fired, there were workers working more than 100 meters away from the blasting point.
It was such a coincidence that a stone flew and hit a worker on the head. The worker felt that there would be no falling objects while working on flat ground, so he did not wear a safety helmet and died on the spot!
Alas! What a pity, that worker was just in his early thirties, and his wife had just given birth to his second child, a son!
I just borrowed money, paid the fine, and registered my household registration. I originally planned to work on the construction site to earn money to pay off the debt, but in the end, I just disappeared!
Because he was not wearing a safety helmet, it was an illegal operation, so the construction site only compensated him a symbolic compensation of 10,000 yuan, while the contractor compensated him 200,000 yuan!"
"Isn't this construction site too sinister? Even if there is no human life, only 10,000 yuan is lost?
Asking the contractor to pay 200,000 yuan, isn't that going to cost people's lives?" The old mason was furious and cursed the construction site for being evil.
"Master, there is nothing we can do! The contractor and the deceased's family thought the same way at the beginning, and they made a fuss and filed a lawsuit. But the facts are so shameful. Who asked him to wear a safety helmet as required?
He violated construction site management regulations, so he had no choice but to admit he was unlucky. Of course, the most unlucky person was the contractor.
Two hundred thousand! I even sold my house to get the money!"
"It's so dark! You construction site bosses are so dark-hearted!"
"Old Master, you have always scolded us for being evil, why don't you think about your son? He is also a contractor!
You and your old brothers have the same idea as the poor migrant worker. You all believe that there is no danger in working on flat land, and you are not willing to wear a safety helmet!
Danger on construction sites always comes from places you can’t imagine!
A life of 200,000 yuan, can your son give it?" Yu Qingyang asked with a smile.
"You, I finally figured it out. You made up stories for me for a long time, didn't you just make me wear a helmet? You leaders, every good thing! You will use words to coax people!" The old stonemason glared at Yu Qingyang
Cursed.
After scolding him, he picked up the helmet thrown on the ground and put it on his head.
After that, he shouted to the other old masons: "You old guys, put on your hats! My son has no money to compensate you!"
Yu Qingyang didn't pay attention to the old stonemason's words. When he saw him put on his safety helmet, he smiled and stood up, "Master, you are old, work more leisurely, leave the physical work to the young people, we have to serve you!"