Before Momo and the others could react, An An had already left with the buns. Zhou Hongyun chased after her: "Hey, where are you going?"
An An waved her hand: "Aunt, I'll just go out for a walk and be back soon."
After An An walked out the door, Zhou Hongyun returned to the restaurant mumbling.
Mo Mo remained calm: "Aunt, don't worry, An An will be back soon."
He shouted at Hengheng to eat quickly.
Hengheng bit the bun hard and said, "Sister An An is the coward. She tricked us into going hiking and she herself didn't want to go."
He really didn't want to go, but he had already boasted to his parents last night that he would definitely climb to the top of the mountain and let brother Momo take a picture of him to prove that he was a little man.
His mother also said that if he could climb to the top of the mountain, she would reward him by having him write two fewer mental arithmetic sheets. He had agreed and could not go back on his word now.
I had no choice but to follow Momo and the others out.
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Wen Zheng worked at a construction site, pushing cement and moving bricks for the big workers. He was doing all the dirty and hard work that the small workers did. He only did it because the daily wage was higher, and the small workers could get 30 yuan a day.
He could earn 300 yuan in ten days, but it was still far from his goal.
The master worker who was in charge of him also had two children of the same age as Wen Zheng, so he was very caring towards Wen Zheng: "Child, take a break if you can. You can never earn enough money."
Wen Zheng didn't care: "It's okay. If we finish this construction site earlier, can't we go to the next one?"
The master craftsman looked at Wen Zheng with admiration: "You are so sensible. Your parents are so lucky to have such a sensible child like you. I wish my two children were half as sensible as you. I heard that you are a Beijing resident. It's not easy for a Beijing child to be so hardworking."
Wen Zheng didn't care. He bent over and pushed the cement truck forward. He noticed that there seemed to be someone in front of him, so he moved to the side. But then he found something wrong. No one on the construction site was wearing women's sandals with shorts.
When he looked up, he saw An An looking at him angrily.
Wen Zheng was stunned. He put the cart flat, straightened up and looked at An An. He felt guilty and didn't know what to say for a moment.
An An's eyes were about to burst into anger: "Why do you want to work here? If mom and dad knew, they would be very angry."
Wen Zheng saw that An An was angry, so he walked up to her and explained in a low voice: "It's not what you think. I save money for a purpose."
An An frowned: "If you are short of money, you can tell mom and dad. If you earn money like this, what if your health is damaged? If mom and dad knew, they would definitely be distressed. Haven't you thought about it?"
Wen Zheng pursed his lips and said, "No, I have my own reasons. I can't tell my uncle and aunt yet."
An An reached out and grabbed his wrist: "I won't let you do this anymore. Come home with me now. If you do this again in the future, I will tell Mom and Dad."
Wen Zheng didn't move: "An An, I can't leave halfway, I have to finish this day."
An An looked back and stared at Wen Zheng for a long while, then took a step aside and bent over to push the cement cart: "Okay, I'll help you. When you say it's done, we'll go home."
Wen Zheng was unwilling to let An An do it, so he quickly went over to grab it: "It will be quick, just go to a cool place and wait for me."
An An was not willing at all: "It's okay, I'm wearing shorts, it's convenient for me to work, and I have strength. If you want to do it, I will accompany you. If you come again tomorrow, I will come with you too."
When Wen Zheng was struggling, the foreman came over. He was not as easy to talk to as the foreman. Seeing Wen Zheng arguing with a pretty girl, he was very dissatisfied: "Wen Zheng, can you still work? Let the girl go away and stop wasting time here. There are people waiting for your cement over there."
After that, he looked at An An again and said, "Is that little girl your sister? Tell her to go home quickly and stop making trouble at the construction site. And you, Wen Zheng, work hard. If it weren't for you yesterday, those bricks wouldn't have been broken. I won't deduct your wages, but you have to push three tons of cement before you can leave today."
Wen Zheng nodded: "I understand, don't worry, it can be done."
An An quit. She didn't know how much three tons of cement was, but three tons was still a huge number. She glared at the contractor and said, "Are you bullying me? How can one person carry three tons of cement? You can't treat people as iron men."
The contractor thought it was funny to see the little girl speaking up: "Little sister, do you know what your brother did yesterday? If it weren't for him, that truckload of bricks would have fallen from mid-air? They were all broken into pieces and couldn't be used at all. I haven't deducted his wages, isn't that kind enough? If he wasn't a child, I would have made him pay for it. Do you know how much that truckload of bricks cost?"
An An was suspicious: "How much?"
The contractor held up three fingers and said, "Three hundred yuan! Three hundred yuan. If you don't want to push three tons of cement, then you have to pay for it."
An An wanted to argue, but Wen Zheng pulled An An behind him and said, "You're going too far. A truckload of bricks costs 100 yuan, and a brick costs less than a cent, not even a dollar for a truckload. And you're asking for 300 yuan? I agreed to push three tons of cement, not because I don't want to pay the money, but because you spoke like a man yesterday. If you want to extort money like this, then I won't do it."
The contractor's expression changed instantly, and he glared at Wen Zheng: "What's the matter, do you want to go back on your word? Did you damage that truckload of bricks yesterday? I said those bricks were specially made, so they are specially made. I said how much he wants, and that's how much he wants."
An An got angry when he heard this: "You want to take advantage of this opportunity to scam me, right? Then let's go find the police and talk to them."
The contractor sneered: "Then let's see if you can walk out of this construction site."
"Manager Zhang speaks with such a loud tone."
Suddenly a clear and beautiful female voice was heard.
An An and Wen Zheng looked back and saw a young woman in a black professional suit standing nearby. Her fair and pretty face was covered with a thin layer of frost, and she looked at the contractor coldly.
The contractor was also stunned for a moment, and his tone immediately changed: "Lawyer Ye, why are you here? We have already agreed to compensate for the previous work injury."
The woman did not respond to his question, but looked at Wen Zheng and An An, her eyes looking at them much more gently: "Is he bullying you? You can go and sue him for employing child labor, inadequate safety facilities on the construction site, and extorting and intimidating minors."
The contractor almost knelt down before the woman: "My ancestor, please don't talk nonsense. How dare I say that?"
Then he turned around and looked at Wen Zheng and An An: "Alright, alright, hurry up and leave. I'll pay you a day's wages today. Go and get it now."
An An looked at the young woman with some admiration: "Thank you, Auntie."
The woman smiled and said, "You can't call her auntie, you have to call her sister."
Wen Zheng and An An settled their wages smoothly and did not meet the female lawyer again. An An sighed: "The sister just now was so powerful. With just a few words, she scared the contractor like that."
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