Chapter 818: Mr. Li’s Extra 2: Li Jinxing is Li Jingshen’s grandfather
"Move faster."
"Xiao Li, catch it."
"Didn't you eat breakfast? Work harder! If you don't move well, you'll have no money. How will your family survive without money?"
"If you can't do it, I'll change someone else."
After hearing the last sentence, Li Jinxing had a clear reaction: "Don't fire me, I will work hard."
Li Jinxing gritted his teeth, his mouth filled with the taste of blood mixed with dust. His legs were shaking, his arms were almost losing strength, but he was finally about to finish moving.
After a morning, Li Jinxing received 120 yuan, which was still far from 300 yuan.
The construction site would distribute lunch boxes at noon. The one given to Li Jinxing was the most ordinary one, which was two steamed buns with a spoonful of side dish, which he ate with the buns. Occasionally, he could see some minced meat in the dish. Li Jinxing was starving. At this age, he was growing up and getting hungry. Two steamed buns were not enough to fill him up. He would look at the workers around him who were eating lunch boxes with big mouthfuls. If they couldn't finish their food, Li Jinxing would eat the rest of the lunch boxes, taking every bite he could.
Dignity is worthless to people like him. As long as he doesn't starve and can make money, it doesn't matter if he eats food that others are drooling over.
Li Jinxing was lucky today. He picked up two leftover lunch boxes to eat. He was already satisfied with just the white rice.
Li Jinxing wiped his mouth clean and ate until he was 90% full. His strength had almost recovered.
"After you've rested, continue moving cement. Don't waste time. I think it's going to rain soon."
Li Jinxing followed someone, the two of them carrying a sack of cement weighing over a hundred pounds, from the small path along the dock all the way to the renovation building. There was no elevator, so they had to take the stairs, placing several bags on each floor. Today's floor was the tenth. As they ascended, Li Jinxing's back was drenched in sweat, his arms hanging at his sides as if they were about to break. The worker who was carrying with him was clearly slacking off, but Li Jinxing didn't dare say anything, gritting his teeth and carrying most of the weight. If he dared to express any dissatisfaction, he might have been fired from his job at the construction site.
The supervisor was right. It was indeed about to rain. After Li Jinxing went downstairs, the sky was full of dark clouds and soon it started to rain. The rain was so heavy that the work of moving cement had to be stopped.
Seeing that the rain was not going to stop anytime soon, the supervisor asked the workers to go back and wait for notice, rest for half a day, and resume work if the weather was clear tomorrow.
Today's salary was finally paid, and Li Jinxing got 180 yuan, which was 30 yuan less than yesterday.
Li Jinxing clutched the money in his palm. The weather was getting colder and colder. Autumn was over and winter would soon come. The temperature difference was too big. It was 20 or 30 degrees yesterday and only 10 or 10 degrees today. Li Jinxing was wearing a thin vest and walked forward in the rain. The rain washed away the cement dust on his face. He wiped his face and lifted his hair. It was too cold... It would take at least 40 minutes to walk back. Sooner or later, he would catch a cold if he kept getting wet in the rain.
He felt a little dizzy and his nose was itchy. He sneezed on the spot. His vest was sticky to his back and he felt cold.
He looked around and found no place to hide from the rain. Li Jinxing saw a trash can on the side of the road. He went over, took off the lid of the trash can and put it on his head, then sat down next to a street lamp.
The sound of raindrops falling on the plastic garbage cover was very loud. With the garbage cover, he finally didn't have to get wet in the rain.
He just kept sitting by the road... He didn't know how long he sat there, until the road was filled with water. Suddenly, a car sped past in front of him at a very fast speed. Li Jinxing only saw a wheel passing through the water, and then splashes of water hit him, all over his body, and even his face was covered with dirty water.
Li Jinxing's confused mind became a little clearer after being stimulated by the water.
The car slowed down after speeding past, but it didn't drive very far and even reversed. The sound of the engine was getting closer and closer.
Li Jinxing heard the sound of the car door opening. He continued to hold the blue trash can in his hand and looked up at the black luxury car three or four meters away from him. The back door opened and a man was standing outside with an umbrella, leaning forward. After a while, a pair of small feet came out, wearing pink leather shoes and white lace stockings. Then a girl in a pink princess dress came into view.
Li Jinxing's half-closed eyes widened completely. He had not read much and could not find a good adjective to describe this person. The first word that came to his mind was "clean".
She was clean, like a princess living in a palace, while he was worse than a beggar, a rat hiding from the rain beside a trash can, so dirty that even looking at her for a second was an insult.
This was the first time that Li Jinxing felt such a strong sense of inferiority.
The girl stood in front of Li Jinxing with a frown, looking him up from head to toe with malicious disgust. But when she turned her gaze to his face, her expression froze for a moment, then she raised the corners of her lips and said, "Little trash, do you want to come home with me?"
Li Jinxing will never forget this day. He thought he saw the light, but he didn't know that the person who could easily give him light could also push him into darkness again and again.
Even if the mouse's fur is washed clean, it is still a dirty mouse. It cannot be a pet cat and cannot be loved by the princess.
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Li Jinxing was thrown into the trunk. The car was not shaking much, but it was too stuffy. In addition, he was not feeling well, so he vomited in the car. The steamed buns and lunch box he had eaten at noon could not be digested in his stomach, and he vomited them out with convulsions. There was a sour and smelly smell. The more he smelled it, the more he wanted to vomit. In the end, his throat was sore from vomiting.
It was unknown how long it was before the car stopped. Li Jinxing was taken away in an unconscious state. The trunk was opened and he was dragged out like a stray dog. He tried to struggle, but the strength in his hands and feet was no match for the man who was holding him.
"It's so dirty."
It was still the clean and pretty girl from before. She pinched her nose and looked at Li Jinxing and the trunk with disgust.
I didn't expect that the little trash would make her car so dirty.
It can be washed clean, but she feels uncomfortable because she always feels that the smell will still be there even after washing it. The family has plenty of money and does not need this car, so at worst they can just buy another one.
The girl curled her lips and pointed at the servant in front of her: "You, take him down to take a bath."
Li Jinxing tried to speak, but his throat hurt so much that before he could utter a word, he was taken to the bathroom and thrown into the bathtub despite his resistance.
"I'll wash it myself."
The maid didn't force him and told him to use shower gel and shampoo. She stood by and watched Li Jinxing, making sure he washed himself clean before letting him out.
Such a young child has wounds all over his body, and it is obvious that he has been abused for many years.
From the servants, Li Jinxing learned that this was the Gu family, and the girl who brought him back was the young lady of the Gu family, Gu Wanqiu, who was nine years old this year, one year younger than him.
Li Jinxing didn't know what kind of family the Gu family was. Looking at this bathroom, it was almost as good as his own home, and the tiles on the floor looked very expensive.
The clothes that were stripped off his body were thrown directly into the trash can by the servant. After seeing that he was clean, the servant threw him a set of clean clothes.
The length of the clothes is just right, but it's too tight, so it's airy and drafty when I wear it. The heating is on in the house, but I don't feel cold even if I walk barefoot on the ground wearing such a thin piece of clothing.
After taking a hot bath, Li Jinxing felt much more relaxed and not as tired as before.
He followed the servant out and only then did he have the courage to look around. It was such a huge house, really like a palace. He seemed out of place standing in such a place. Li Jinxing lowered his head slightly, and his hanging hands involuntarily clenched into fists.
Hearing that Gu Wanqiu was upstairs, the servant took Li Jinxing upstairs. He had good hearing and heard her talking to someone else before he saw Gu Wanqiu.
"Miss, why do you bring people home to raise? People are not like animals. You won't develop feelings for them just by raising them for a long time. The master will definitely blame you when he comes back."
"I'll tell my dad myself, 'Uncle Wang, I just want to keep him for fun. Find someone to investigate him thoroughly. If there's no problem, keep him at home. My dad will agree.'"
Butler Wang sighed, "Then you have to treat him well. Don't treat him carelessly just because he's new. Like Juanjuan who died two weeks ago."
Gu Wanqiu didn't care: "He is better than Juanjuan." She didn't care whether it was a person or a pet, she just wanted to find something to raise to pass the time.
Li Jinxing asked the maid beside him: "Who is Juanjuan?"
The servant looked at him with a pitiful look in his eyes: "Juanjuan is the curly-haired dog that the young lady used to raise."
Li Jinxing understood that Gu Wanqiu treated him like a dog and brought him back to raise him like a dog, to find him interesting and to pass the time.
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