Chapter 702

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"Hehe, then let them all stay. It just means adding one more small worker. When you bring your nephew, remember to look after my fellow townsman too. He's quite pitiful, so take extra care of him."

Wang Changgen's surface was incomparably calm, but his inner heart had already produced ripples because of the three words "Liu Xiaoli."

That was all some unknown number of years ago, old past events.

Wang Changgen had long since sealed the secrets of those years deep in his inner heart.

It was just that now time had flowed on, years had changed, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy and emotion in his heart.

He also didn't know how Liu Xiaoli was doing now.

In his impression, the last time he and Liu Xiaoli met was when he learned Liu Xiaoli had found another man behind his back, and then he couldn't swallow his anger, so during that Spring Festival period, he ran to Liu Xiaoli's hometown, wanting to confront Liu Xiaoli face to face.

As a result, when he arrived there, he discovered Liu Xiaoli had brought that man back home to meet her parents, and it had already reached the stage of discussing marriage. In the end, although he felt very displeased in his heart, he still chose to withdraw and no longer have any entanglement with Liu Xiaoli.

"Sure, sure. As long as he's willing to learn, I'm willing to teach. Just afraid he won't be willing to learn!"

Zhou Hongwei spoke like this.

"Rest assured, my fellow townsman will definitely be willing to learn. After he learns, he still has to renovate his own house!"

Wang Changgen laughed heartily, then pretended to be very casual and asked offhandedly:

"By the way, how is Liu Xiaoli doing now?"

Zhou Hongwei replied expressionlessly:

"How could she be doing? You see she's already of advanced age and still has to come out to do masonry work. That tells you she's not doing well at all."

"How could that be? Didn't she get married long ago?"

"That was how many years ago? She divorced long ago. She's been married three times — married, divorced, divorced, married, then married again and divorced again."

"Ah? No way..." Wang Changgen was somewhat surprised. In his impression, Liu Xiaoli was still a pretty decent woman. How could her marriage be so bumpy?

Zhou Hongwei then said:

"She's fated to be husband-killing. You also know, her first husband was killed by her fate. When you first came and worked masonry with us, she was already a widow. Later she found another husband, met him while working in Dongguan. His name was Guo Zheng'an. Don't know what happened. Originally they got along pretty well, but right after marriage they started arguing. Later the arguments got more and more fierce. In the end Guo Zheng'an divorced her and left. She found another man. The last man, they were together for several years, her belly showed no movement. A check revealed she couldn't have children. The man decisively divorced her too."

Speaking to here, Zhou Hongwei couldn't help but sigh:

"She's also bitter-fated. She's already in her early forties, still not a single son or daughter. The most fatal thing is, her parents passed away one after another in recent years. Her several brothers and sisters at home have all started their own families, and they all live generally, without the ability to take care of her. I also saw she was pitiful, so I let her follow along to do small work. Otherwise with her hands and feet, no one would want her. She now has a body full of ailments, works slow and sluggish."

Wang Changgen heard this, his face became heavy, his inner heart sighing endlessly.

Completely unexpected, Liu Xiaoli's life had actually been this bitter.

But he merely sighed, and absolutely would not therefore produce any love for Liu Xiaoli again.

Think back then he brought Liu Xiaoli together to Dongguan to work, lived together in a rental house. Rent, water, electricity, all of it was paid by him. When he got off duty he would go back and cook for Liu Xiaoli. It could be said he was wholeheartedly devoted.

But Liu Xiaoli actually hid it from him, had a foot in two boats, went and got together with Guo Zheng'an.

If not for that time the temporary residence permit crackdown was strict, caught both of them and sent them to Zhangmutou Shelter. Liu Xiaoli was bailed out early by Guo Zheng'an, but he was kept locked up. Liu Xiaoli's two-timing behavior, Wang Changgen might never have known.

This perhaps is the so-called retribution.

Wang Changgen thought so in his inner heart.

Then said:

"Her bitter fate is her own business. You say she now has a body full of ailments. Aren't you afraid she'll have an issue on the construction site? If she's working and suddenly collapses, who takes responsibility? Who pays compensation?"

Zhou Hongwei heard this, couldn't help but stare blankly.

Had to admit, Wang Changgen's worry had some principle to it.

But he couldn't bring himself to fire Liu Xiaoli. After all, they'd worked together so many years. He couldn't be that ruthless.

"Why don't you just fire her? Just afraid she'll collapse in my house. Bad luck."

Wang Changgen spoke very directly.

He had already had two buildings stall unfinished. He absolutely could not have a third stall unfinished.

If because of Liu Xiaoli an accident happened, the house stalled unfinished again, he estimated he would really collapse.

"If I fire her, I still need a reason, don't I?"

Zhou Hongwei hehe dry-laughed. He really couldn't open his mouth.

"Just say my side has already found a small worker. My side doesn't need that many people. Wait for the next project to find her again."

Wang Changgen spoke like this.

Zhou Hongwei bitterly laughed, couldn't help but speak up for Liu Xiaoli:

"Changgen, Xiao Li anyway also had a good time with you once. You really want to be this heartless? If she's fired, her life will have no source. She'll live very hard."

Wang Changgen instead said:

"That is her own business. What does it have to do with me?"

Wang Changgen in his inner heart quite hated Liu Xiaoli.

But past emotional entanglements are actually small problems.

The biggest reason is still that he doesn't want Liu Xiaoli to have an accident on the construction site. He's afraid his house will stall unfinished again.

Zhou Hongwei saw Wang Changgen put words this absolutely, could only sigh:

"Alright, alright. Turning back I'll talk to Xiao Li about it."

After the foundation was dug this day, Zhou Hongwei and the excavator master ate a lunch together at Wang Changgen's home, then went back together.

Returned to hometown near town, Zhou Hongwei called Liu Xiaoli, told her the situation on this side.

"Xiao Li, the next construction site to be done, you probably can't follow along anymore."

"Ah?" Liu Xiaoli's face showed surprise. "Why, Hongwei Ge? I can still do it, I won't hold you all back!"

"It's not because of you. The homeowner has already found other small workers, the headcount is full, they don't need you anymore."

"Who is the homeowner? Give me his phone number, I'll talk to him. I really can still work, I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue. Hongwei Ge, give me another chance, please. If I lose this job, I truly have no way to survive. You know, back in my hometown, when land was allocated, none was given to me. I must work!"

Because Liu Xiaoli is the girlfriend, and her household registration was moved out when she got married, according to regulations, she indeed had no qualification to participate in the land allocation back in her hometown.

She has married and divorced several times, a person like a drifting duckweed, floating to and fro several places. Long ago she lost her roots. Indeed, if she doesn't work, she'll have no food to eat.

"Sigh, you'd better not go beg them. They just deliberately don't want you." Zhou Hongwei couldn't bear it in his heart, but there was no choice. He patiently persuaded:

"Why don't you find some other work to do? Later, when the next construction site comes, I guarantee I'll call you back."

Liu Xiaoli was full of grievance:

"Why don't they want me? I can still work!"

Zhou Hongwei then truthfully said:

"That homeowner is Wang Zhanggen. As for the reason, you should understand."

Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli's body couldn't help but tremble.

But immediately after, she was still unconvinced:

"I don't understand. Before, when his family built a house, didn't I also follow you and Dajun Shu to work? How come this time they don't want me?"

Zhou Hongwei let out a dry laugh:

"I'm not clear. How about I give you his phone number, and you go ask him personally?"