When Xiao Chen heard the strange things Xia Yuxin's parents said, Xiao Chen found it a bit funny. In fact, Xiao Chen thought it was normal to raise a dog or anything else.
Moreover, Xiao Chen knew that big cities and rural areas were indeed very different, in terms of income, as well as ideological influences from foreign countries, etc.
Many parents in rural areas still have a preference for sons over daughters. However, in big cities, many parents believe that men and women are equal, and even think that daughters are more important than sons.
According to the thinking of Xia Yuxin's parents, they may not be able to accept it, because they think that Xia Qiang, the son, is much more important than Xia Yuxin, the daughter, because they will have to rely on their son to support them when they grow old.
However, in fact, given Xia Qiang's original situation, let alone providing them with old age care, it would be pretty good if they don't have to worry about old age.
When the waitress brought the food they had just ordered, Xia Daniu and Zhu Meizhen also ate takeout every day these days, which cost ten yuan a portion. They felt tired of eating too much, but they were used to saving money.
Therefore, it had been some time since I had eaten so many delicious meals. When the two elders wanted to wait for Xia Qiang to come over before eating, Xiao Chen said: "Uncle Xia, Auntie, eat whatever you want. If there is not enough, please order more."
"I, I want to wait for Xia Qiang to come over before eating." Zhu Meizhen said.
In fact, Xiao Chen did not see the so-called pity for parents in Xia Daniu and his wife, but only saw the patriarchal mentality of these two people at work.
If you really feel pity for parents in the world, then why don't they treat Xia Yuxin as well as they treat her brother?
"It's okay. I'll order it when he comes later. Let's eat first. I see you're hungry too."
Xia Daniu and Zhu Meizhen just started to use their chopsticks, while Xia Yuxin looked at Xiao Chen a little embarrassed.
She felt that the more her parents behaved like that, the more embarrassed she would be to face Xiao Chen. Although Xiao Chen also said that he was from the countryside, Xia Yuxin always felt that Xiao Chen was very different from other young people from the countryside.
Xiao Chen suddenly felt someone looking over him, and he had already seen it, it was Xia Qiang.
Xia Qiang stood there, looking at Xiao Chen, obviously a little scared.
In the past, he felt that it was natural for him to spend his parents' money and his sister's money. He even regarded Xiao Chen as his brother-in-law and felt that everything Xiao Chen gave him was natural.
However, when he was forced to work, he understood a lot, and many things were not taken for granted. Every penny earned by his parents and sister was hard-earned money.
As for Xiao Chen, whom he considered his brother-in-law, for some reason, he was suddenly afraid of seeing Xiao Chen.
Because he learned from the boss above that this Xiao Chen was no ordinary person.
"Xia Qiang, Xia Qiang, come here quickly!" Zhu Meizhen looked obviously very excited when she saw her son watching there.
Zhu Meizhen hurriedly walked over and looked at her son. Unexpectedly, after not seeing her for more than two months, her son's original aloofness seemed to have disappeared, and he looked much more honest.
In the past, Xia Qiang had no respect for this mother at all, and even occasionally beat and scolded her.
He didn't know why he suddenly felt completely different now. He suddenly felt that strong maternal love.
When Xia Qiang was pulled over by Zhu Meizhen and sat down next to her and Xia Daniu, Xia Qiang sat next to him, just using one side of his butt to prop up the chair.
Xia Qiang mainly looked at Xiao Chen with some fear.
Because he knew that his job was deliberately arranged by Xiao Chen.
"Xia Qiang, what do you do? Why is your salary so high?"
With more than 10,000 yuan a month, the second elder felt that Xia Qiang's salary was higher than that of his sister.
In addition, the two elders felt that Xia Qiang had a junior high school education and a salary of over 10,000 yuan, which they really couldn't imagine.
At one time, the two elders were a little suspicious that Xia Qiang was going to do something illegal, right? However, after thinking about it later, they felt that Xia Qiang did not have the courage, and the salary was arranged by Dr. Xiao.
The second elder felt that Dr. Xiao knew a lot of connections and it was normal to arrange a salary for him.
When his father asked, Xia Qiang was a little afraid to answer.
"Just tell your parents." Xiao Chen said.
"I, I'm going to work as a plasterer."
Plasterer?
Then live on the construction site.
The second elder also knows that the income from working on a construction site is very high, but it is more dangerous, and it is only done by those who can afford the hard work. How can my son do this job with his personality?
Therefore, the two elders couldn't believe it.
When Xia Daniu grabbed his son's hand and looked at it, he found that his palm had a lot of thick calluses and many scars on it, which must have been injured at work.
However, the weather is so cold now, what else is there to do as a plasterer?
"Isn't it quite winter now? Why are there still plasterers to do?"
In fact, before the temperature dropped and it started to snow, all the construction sites in Binhai City stopped working. They didn't have to stop work even if they didn't want to, because many materials can easily condense when exposed to cold.
Therefore, he was assigned a new job, which was to follow the feces pumping trucks to each campus to pump feces.
Many communities have these cesspits, which need to be cleaned regularly.
If it is winter, if there may be condensation on the top, it must be dug out. Otherwise, if there are too many, it will come out, and then not only the community, but also the outside of the community will be very smelly.
Xia Qiang comes from a rural area. There are very few toilets in rural areas. They are basically latrines. They just dig a hole and then simply build it to become a toilet.
The excrement in the manholes will be used as fertilizer for farming or growing vegetables. However, all the excrement and urine in Xia Qiang's manholes are handled by his parents.
Therefore, when he was taken to have his feces and urine extracted for the first time, he almost vomited. Moreover, he vomited continuously for a week, and then he gradually adapted to it.
Moreover, he discovered that not only could the feces and urine be extracted from the manure pits in the community and used as fertilizer to be sold to orchards in the suburbs, but one charge would be charged for every cartload taken out of the manure pits.
You can even find a lot of treasures from there.
So, it smells bad, and it's a bit harder, but the income is higher than working at the construction site before.
However, he heard from his boss that if next spring, he would still be assigned to go back to the construction site to work.
In fact, he felt that the job of pumping urine and feces was better and not that hard, while doing construction site work was much more tiring.
"I smell a smell, where does it come from?" Zhu Meizhen asked at the side.
In fact, if a person is exposed to an environment for a long time, he will gradually be affected by this environment. Therefore, killing pigs, chickens and fish will have a fishy smell and an unpleasant smell.
As for Xia Qiang's job, even if he goes back to take a shower after work every day, there will still be a smell that remains there. He may not be able to smell it because he has gradually gotten used to it.
However, other people around you can still smell it.
Soon, Xia Daniu and his wife noticed that the unpleasant smell was coming from their son.
Could it be that this kid pooped and peed inside his clothes? Then he didn’t change them?
It's because he hasn't showered in many days and he has that unpleasant smell.
Xia Qiang sat there awkwardly, not knowing what to say. (To be continued)