"The details of this matter were not something I experienced personally, but also what my uncle said. They may not be accurate and I don't know if they are valuable." When Xiao Gou said this, I felt that many years of scientific training have subconsciously distinguished the importance of the word "facts". He is basically a rational person.

"It might be better, even if I heard that due to the age of time and the number of people present, the basic facts will not be too deviated. Indirect knowledge is also knowledge, and book knowledge is the same."

I say this not just comfort and encouragement, but I think so. There is a lot of knowledge that comes from our personal experiences, which is also the knowledge we pursue when traveling thousands of miles. But our greatest source of knowledge is still book knowledge.

Although book knowledge is indirect knowledge, it records the direct experience of predecessors and is very precious. A person cannot experience everything, so the experiences of others can be used for you when recorded. This is the inheritance of knowledge and the ladder of the progress of human civilization.

"Brother Zhuang, there is another thing that I have experienced directly and happened in Gansu."

"Yes, I heard you say you did the engineering there."

"To put it bluntly, it is to build a road. Hexi Corridor, at the foot of Qilian Mountains. When the project in Guizhou was about the same, the company had to pick people and go there. I had a good relationship with the project manager of Guizhou, but I still thought about going to Gansu in my heart. I was hesitant at that time."

I asked: "Didn't you say that you are doing better in Guizhou? Besides, this manager is enthusiastic about teaching you and has entrusted important tasks. Why don't you wait for the project to be completed?"

"This is exactly what I hesitated. If it weren't for the manager's reasons, I would have decided long ago. The manager treated me as a brother, asked me to be responsible for the coordination with the local government, and also delivered some technical work. It can be said that at the construction site in Guizhou, I encountered all the problems a project manager needs to encounter, and understood almost all the processes, which were taught to me by the manager. Until now, although I am a leader in the company, when facing him, my name is: Master, you know, I only use this word for him."

In the eyes of people who work, the word "Master" is very sacred. Just like the squad leader, he is my master who lives in the army. He not only teaches me all the skills of life in the army, but also, for the most time, he has become my only emotional support like family.

Mr. Dong is also my master. He gave me a job that can establish himself. This skill eventually became my label and role positioning in society and also changed my life.

There are three most important attributes for a person. Among them, the existence of animality is because of blood ties and genes. The most important source is your parents. Sociality is because of labor and practice. It is a very important source of your career master. Of course, there are social relationships related to sociality, such as wife and friends. But what ultimately determines social attributes is labor and practice, because this is the essential characteristic that distinguishes animals and humans.

Of course, I am not sure whether divinity exists and how it works. I am not sure about this for the time being. I can only think about the psychological and thinking levels, but it is still far from God.

"There is a reason why I want to leave. Some people say that I left because of the Gansu Project Department, which has high subsidies. Of course, this is one of the reasons. After all, I was very poor at that time. I could not support the salary alone, my father's illness, and my younger sibling's tuition and living expenses. At that time, the various subsidies I had on other construction sites were at least twice my salary. This was my biggest income, and of course I would consider it."

"But, they didn't know why they left, actually the manager asked me to leave."

I don’t understand it very much: “The manager treats you as a talent cultivation, how can he bear to let you leave?”

Xiao Gou raised his head and looked at me. There was a mixed look of expectation and doubt in his eyes. He asked me back: "Brother Zhuang, have you ever encountered this situation? That is, when you meet someone, he will help you unconditionally, without any personal reasons or intentions. He is just treating you wholeheartedly, better than your own brothers?"

I nodded: "I met a poor boy who has reached the point where we are today. If there was no such person who helped us, we might be carrying cement on a construction site. The squad leader of my army was just, and he was not reasonable to be nice to me."

"You are right, Brother Zhuang. In our company, people who mention it as fast as I am, are rare, especially, I am just an undergraduate student. The biggest reason is that my master intentionally cultivates me. I told you that he is the star manager of our company, with a strong and strong life, excellent technology, and outstanding performance. Over the years, he has brought many individuals, but he has fully supported me. Once, when we were drinking, I joked to him: Master, were we a family in the previous life? Guess how he answered?"

I shook my head and waited for him to say it.

"Master said: Boy, aren't we all a family today? He said it was right, we were really closer than the family today. I would be lucky enough to be in this life. When I was studying, if it weren't for Teacher Li or Li Mao's father, I would have supported me with my financial and care, I would not have been able to get into such a good university. After work, if it weren't for Master's full efforts to cultivate it, I would not have the status of my company today."

"Why did your master ask you to leave?" The reason why I asked this was that it felt a bit unreasonable. Since I need to cultivate and use it, of course I should keep it next to me and teach it myself. Isn't it a bit like driving out of the master's sect?

Xiao Gou showed a little embarrassed expression. He touched his head and whispered: "I almost made a mistake. This is probably the main reason why Master considers it."

There is a story and interest. I am a big man, why do I also like gossip?

"Do you know Liao Niuer's wife? I told you."

Of course I remember that it was the first mysterious incident he encountered after he went to the construction site. When he saw a ghost in the quarry, Liao Niuer died the next day. I also said that he was a child man with high eyes.

"His wife went down the mountain a few months later. You know, they have no children, they are only in their twenties and are relatively young. Although they are not particularly beautiful, their healthy and energetic sister-in-law is still attractive to young people."

"Don't I often go to the town to coordinate projects? Once I met her in the town. She had already returned to her parents' home and was selling mushrooms on the street. When I saw it, I greeted her. When she saw me, she was as tearful as she saw an old friend, and she was so excited."

After all, such a pleasant life and harmonious relationship in the past can be considered an old friend. It is understandable that I have encountered such a big change in life and I accidentally encountered it in another place.

"I asked her why she didn't go up to cook for our project department? She replied that she couldn't go back to that place. As soon as she went back, she recalled the scene of Liao Niuer's tragic death and couldn't sleep. I asked her again, why didn't she find someone? She said that according to local customs, she had to wait at least three years after her husband died before she could get married. She went back to her parents' home, except for doing farm work, and she couldn't make any money. Our engineering department compensated her half of the money she gave to Liao Niuer's parents, and she kept half of it herself, preparing to remarry next time and use it as a dowry. She sighed: After all, everything depends on herself."

Of course, her parents had already purchased her dowry once, so it was impossible for her to co-organize it for the second time. It was not that his parents were reluctant to leave it, but that they were in the countryside without such rules.

"I think she is pitiful. After all, I still have sympathy and guilt for her. I want to help her. I will let her come here next time to the market. I want to tell her about something. She agreed and said, "I believe you. This sentence makes me feel a sense of trust in my heart."

If a young man who has just entered society can have a mission and trust, he will work hard willingly.

"For this reason, I found the Minister of Armed Forces and wanted to find her a temporary job, as long as it was easier than doing farm work. When the Minister asked me what the relationship was, I said that her husband died on our construction site. I felt sorry for someone and wanted to help her. The Minister didn't ask much, and after thinking about it, he agreed readily."

I asked: "What job did the minister help me find?"

"It's very simple. They have a training base for the county armed forces department here. There are only three or four people, but there are two basic militia training every year. At more than a month, there are three times in total. Let her cook and pay wages. In addition, every winter, there are soldiers coming. There are no regular guesthouses in the township, so they are arranged to live in the base, where the rooms are good and air conditioning. At that time, she will cook for these soldiers and pay wages from the township. In this way, in the year, five months of slack farming time, you can earn 10,000 or 20,000 yuan in slack farming time. During the busy farming, you can not delay the farming work. This is also acceptable in Guizhou."

From Xiao Gou's narrative, I know that the minister has a very good relationship with him. This kind of person who has experienced life and death together is still a big secret, and this relationship is very close.

"Brother Zhuang, I have been to that base and it has been well built. There are no large enterprises in Guizhou, and the best houses are built by the government. This base belongs to the county armed forces department, and of course it is built higher than the township. Usually, the management is the manager of the township armed forces department. The minister is the deputy director and director of the base, but it is just a leader of the county armed forces department. Guizhou is in the south, but in the mountainous areas, it is particularly cold in winter, and the rooms in the base are equipped with air conditioners, and the facilities are quite good."

Although I didn’t directly understand Guizhou, I knew that the temperature in the mountains was low in winter. I have read some news recently and learned about the freezing rain disaster in Guizhou, and then I realized that the place was so cold in winter.

Although it is really cold in winter in the north, there is heating or burning kang in the house, so the home is still very warm. The temperature inside the house in the south is the same as outside the house, and there is no heating. Moreover, the temperature is very cold, which really makes it feel like it is immersed in the bone marrow.

In my hometown, in winter, the elderly gather around the fire pit and keep warm by roasting fire. But this requires a lot of firewood. In winter, firewood has become the most important task. In the mountainous areas of Sichuan, land suitable for cultivation has been opened up into fields. In fact, there are not many forests and less firewood. Sometimes, we have to walk more than ten miles to pick up leftover firewood in more dangerous places. It is not easy.

"On the next day of going to the market, I went to the old place on the street and saw her again. It seemed that she really believed me. She didn't sell anything, but just stood there waiting for me, which moved me very much. I took her to the minister, and then went to the base together and explained the work. The minister left first. Before leaving, he smiled meaningfully at me. I knew that he might have misunderstood."

I also smiled: "Don't say he has misunderstandings, I have them all. Why do you care so much about a person who is not close to or unfamiliar? Besides, seeing this woman looks a little bit like this, don't blame the minister for being suspicious. This is a common situation. Besides, the lonely man and the widow are all young people, so why don't others think too much?"

"Actually, I was embarrassed to stay at that time and wanted to go with the minister. But the minister said he was about to go to the village and it was hard for me to follow. Besides, she also asked me to have a meal before leaving, so I didn't stay."

I guessed: "I guess there was no one else at the base at that time, right?"

"You guessed it right. Although the base claims to have several staff members, those who don't usually live there will go home to do their own things. They will only go to work properly when the militia comes. At that time, there were still a few days for the militia training, and these people have not arrived yet."

The matter is already very obvious. It is not for the minister to guess that anyone would think of this.

Xiao Gou continued to say: "She thanked her for dinner and drinking corn wine every word, and occasionally joked. I didn't care. Originally, we used to be joking. As we were talking, we started to talk about watching a girl take a bath. It was so hot that it was so hot that I could not stay there. After dinner, I firmly wanted to leave."

It seems that Xiao Gou is a principled person. If he is an old man, such a good opportunity will not be missed.

"When I left, she saw her off with tears. When I saw that outside such a huge house, she was the only one who waved goodbye to me alone, I felt a huge sympathy in my heart. I decided to come to see her often, of course, when I took advantage of the cheap work."

"Sometimes, I buy some good food in the town, and sometimes someone from the project department brought some candy and other things from the project department. After a while, I guess I have been there seven or eight times. But to be honest, nothing happened between me and her, and nothing could have happened. I don't know what kind of mentality I have, anyway, it's not like men and women."

I said, "Are there any of these two possibilities? First, since you saw the ghost calling Liao Niuer's name the night before, and did not remind him in time the next day, you felt guilty about her? The second possibility is that you think of the miserable scene of Liao Niuer's death and have a mentality to make up for it?"

"Maybe there are both, and I can't explain it clearly. As long as Liao Niuer didn't clear the scene from my head at that time, it would be impossible for me to have any relationship between men and women with her."

I understand this, you think, if there is a picture of fear at the bottom, which one has the chance to completely relax?

"The master learned about this. After all, I am not living alone in a vacuum. He asked me if I had anything to do with that little widow. Of course I denied it, and the master believed me. There are actually two reasons for him. First, this widow may have the life to harm her husband. As a young man, I cannot have an affair with her. Second, although I have nothing to do with her now, I cannot guarantee what will happen in the future. Of course, these two reasons were told by him later, two or three years later. At that time, he didn't say that to me."

I laughed and said, "Your master is such a master. If he said this to you, would you not accept it?"

"Yes, I was young at that time and didn't believe in fate at all. At that time, I wouldn't believe in the so-called "hard husband" at that time. Master was born with technology, and he believed in the so-called superstitious words, which would only make me even more confused at that time."

I said: "I guess you are not convinced when he said the second point. Young people are always too confident in their ability to control their bodies."

Xiao Gou nodded with a smile: "Including feelings, it is actually difficult to control."

"What about the reason your master gave?"

"He gave two excellent reasons that I couldn't refuse. The first one, he said, was because of my learning. In our Luqiao Group, I was already familiar with the whole process of building bridges with him. In this project department, I couldn't learn more. But I have never been exposed to road construction. For my future growth, I must make up for this lesson quickly. The project department in Qilianshan is an encyclopedia of road construction and a good place to train talents. Master said that as long as I enter the whole process in this project department, there will be no roads that cannot be built in the future."

I have been to the Hexi Corridor, and of course I know its richness. From the perspective of geographical conditions, there are deserts, Gobi, frozen soil, plateaus, meadows, stone mountains, loess, saline and alkali, etc. His master is right.

"He said that in that project department, the group had the most concentrated professionals, not only because the project was large, but more importantly, the situation was too complicated. It was also a national key project and an important project for the development of the western region. In terms of economics, performance and political achievements, the company leaders attached great importance to it. The more difficult the place was, the more training people were, the more important the project was, the more cadres came out of it. He hoped that I would go to the front line. He also said something inspiring me."

“What is it?”

"He asked me if I have the courage and ambitiousness."

That's right, young people are most afraid of excitement, and provocation is the most useful, for a young man with ambition.

"I can't refuse his second reason. He said that the subsidy for projects in Gansu is the highest. If the subsidy for projects in Guizhou is twice the salary, the subsidy for Gansu is three times the salary. Master knew my family's condition, so he asked me back: You are so outstanding, you don't study for your family. If it's not for making money or making progress, why do you want? This sentence is true, I decided to go to Gansu."

From understanding to understanding, to support and persuasion, this is the way to guide people in life. If you have just entered society and have a guide who is capable and caring about you, you will avoid many detours and get to where you want to go faster.

"The master probably understood my mood. He asked me to bring something to see the little sister-in-law, which was also considered a farewell. But he mentioned to me that he went with the minister. This was very formal."

I understand that his master is a master of insight into human nature. He knows that if Xiao Gou had not left without saying goodbye, he might have missed him in the future, because there are always some things that I am afraid that Xiao Gou would not really let go in his heart. However, this kind of farewell is the easiest thing to happen, so the master and the minister should accompany him to prevent the fortress from being broken at the last moment.

From this point of view, Xiao Gou's master is really a master.

"We arrived, of course, we were eating and drinking. My sister-in-law was of course grateful and enthusiastic, and other things could not be expressed. After the meal was almost done, the minister and the master took the excuse to discuss things and deliberately left us in the house. They were waiting for me outside. I didn't know how to pass this time. When we both talked alone, they were embarrassed."

That's right, after this time, I'm afraid that the master will doubt it, but after the time is short, I can't speak clearly, so it's difficult to deal with it!

"She looked at me as if she was about to cry, but she still held back. She smiled and said to me with a reluctant smile: Brother, you came to Guizhou for a trip, the girl took a shower, but she still didn't think so? I didn't know how to answer, but I just said: Sister-in-law, the minister said, as long as you want, I will leave, and this work will be yours. After that, I didn't know what to say. She also realized that the time for farewell was up, so she asked me to wait, and went back to the inner room to bring me a piece of bacon, saying: I don't know whether this bacon from Guizhou is delicious, but in Gansu, you may not be able to eat it. I took the bacon and came out as if I had escaped."

This is a reasonable farewell. There are many farewells that cannot be said at all, and both parties cannot express them correctly in their clear hearts and language.

"From then on, we never contacted her again. Strangely, the minister did not talk about her on the phone later. Perhaps, the master told the minister that he was afraid that I would come back to find her again. But the world is like smoke, and all the precious things in the past are because they will not come back. I can't explain clearly the relationship between her, which is not a relationship between men and women, nor a relationship between relatives and friends. But I know that this pure and slightly sad old thing is also part of my growth."

He is really a person with true nature and a free and easy person. In his memories, although Xiao Gou's words are straightforward, the stream of emotions is twitching. Everything in the past is wonderful. Pushkin said it well.

"I went to Qilian Mountain and was one of the first people to arrive in the project department. The project department manager is quite strict. Of course, it is not enough to be strict. Under such conditions, the project department with hundreds of people and the construction team will have tens of thousands of people. It is not possible to do so if you have a few ruthless efforts."

"The first step in construction is to fix points, pile driving, and mark lines. I have to check the accuracy of fixed points and dash lines in each section. This is actually the most tiring job. I run dozens of kilometers a day, carry the theodolite, and review the data. I am young, and I have seen a lot of knowledge along the way. The next night, I heard a strange sound in the tent."

When the word weirdness came out of his mouth, I felt that the story was about to begin again.
Chapter completed!