Time travel! Regrets will never happen again!

Chapter 115 Returning Home in Glory 2

Although Zhao Tieniu occasionally couldn't help wanting to be lazy in the second month, he felt embarrassed when he saw the hard-working workers around him, so he could only grit his teeth and persevere.

The next month he finally got his first salary, which was 20 RMB. He could even buy a working ox with this money!

Moreover, food and accommodation were provided on the construction site, and they only had to spend one or two dollars at the workers' supermarket to buy some toiletries. Tieniu deposited the rest of the money in Huaxia Bank.

Now they work ten hours a day, and of course they can continue to work overtime at night, but one person is not allowed to work more than 14 hours a day.

Overtime work is paid separately and a midnight snack is also provided. Having tasted the sweetness, Zhao Tieniu also joined the overtime army.

There is no shortage of jobs here now. As long as you have hands and feet, you can earn a wage. As long as you save a few months of wages, you may be able to go to the south to find a wife.

Thinking about being able to sleep with his sweet-smelling wife in his arms at night, Zhao Tieniu felt full of energy.

Although the construction site is much darker than before due to wind and sun, I have money in my pocket now, and I can earn fifty cents a day for working overtime at night.

Excluding the two days of compulsory rest, one can work 28 days a month, and the monthly salary plus overtime pay is 34 yuan.

After finishing the last bit of broth in the bowl with the steamed bun, Zhao Tieniu stood up contentedly. This was the kind of life one should live.

The foreman often boasted to them that Commander Wang would let everyone in the country live like this in the future and let all Chinese people live a life of abundance.

Children should go to school and learn to read, and girls should not stay at home every day. Many factories have started to recruit female workers.

Zhao Tieniu had no objection to women going out to work. He was not one of those old-fashioned people. Nowadays, the foremen have been saying that they should keep pace with the times, liberate their minds and emphasize gender equality. These policies are very similar to those of the Red Party.

It is April now. Tieniu has saved 50 yuan in the bank. Looking at the salary in his account happily, Zhao Tieniu decides to use the four-day vacation saved in two months to go back to his hometown.

I had no money and no ability before, so after my parents died, I just dug a hole and buried them. There were two earthen graves without even a tombstone.

Now that I finally have money, I can't let my parents continue to live there alone. I must repair the grave and find a craftsman to erect a tombstone.

With a huge sum of ten dollars in his pocket, he boarded a truck used to transport earth and rocks on the construction site and headed for his hometown, 200 kilometers away.

Tieniu was from Linfen, Shanxi Province, which was under the rule of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. He followed an engineering vehicle for 200 kilometers and finally got off the vehicle and walked for most of the day before he arrived at his hometown.

Tie Niu went to the town and spent three dollars to buy a bunch of things. Then he hired a donkey cart, loaded it with things, and headed towards the mountain village where his hometown was.

The more I looked at the scenes along the way, the more familiar they became. It has been four or five years since I left my hometown, but nothing has changed here.

It was still the same as I remembered. Then I looked at the coachman pulling the carriage and saw that he was wearing tattered clothes, while I, a former beggar, was now dressed like a scholar.

Before coming back this time, he went to get his hair cut and shaved his beard. Tie Niu's beard was not thick to begin with, with only a few sparse strands.

After these three months of good life, Zhao Tieniu, who was originally as thin as a straw, has become rounder. If his dark face were whiter, he would look like a real city boy.

I saw that familiar small mountain village, especially the century-old locust tree at the entrance of the village still standing there alone.

There were a few children running up and down under the locust tree like mud monkeys, tears streaming down their faces uncontrollably. It turned out that they had been making a living by begging, and they thought they had long forgotten their hometown after their parents passed away.

But now it seems that I was just running away. Yes! A beggar who lives from hand to mouth, how can he have the heart to miss his hometown?

The old coachman who was driving the carriage was looking at the gentleman sitting next to him and was already silently shedding tears. He also knew that the gentleman must be moved by the scene.

The whip in his hand hit the donkey's butt again. He couldn't let the gentleman wait any longer. The donkey couldn't help but speed up in pain.

The bell hanging under the donkey's neck made a crisp sound, attracting the attention of children playing under the old locust tree.

They all looked up and saw a donkey cart with two people on it and a large cart of things swaying towards them not far away.

An old man with white hair who was watching the children was also attracted by the donkey cart that appeared on the dirt road at the entrance of the village.

It's just that I'm old and my eyesight isn't very good, so I can't see clearly who is in the car. I haven't heard that anyone in their village has become rich after leaving in recent years.

When Zhao Tieniu saw a white-haired old man appear in front of him, his heart beat rapidly.

This old man is his great uncle, his grandfather’s younger brother, and he is estimated to be 80 years old this year.

In this day and age, people who live to 60 are considered centenarians, let alone 80-year-olds.

"Grandpa! I'm back!" Zhao Tieniu jumped down and shouted to the old man who was dozens of meters away!

"What! Why do I seem to hear someone calling Grandpa! This voice is so familiar!" Old Master Zhao's hearing is not very good, but Tie Niu's voice was very strong when he was excited, so even Old Master Zhao, whose hearing was not very sharp, vaguely heard a somewhat familiar voice.

"Grandpa! That's the man calling you grandpa! We heard it too!"

The few naughty kids nearby naturally chattered and reported the situation to their great-grandfather.

The powerful roar of the iron ox and the jingling of the bells under the donkey's neck also attracted many mountain people who were working.

"Boss! Someone has come to our village! Here comes a donkey cart. Whose relative is coming to visit us?"

A peasant woman reminded her husband who was pulling the plow in front.

At the woman's reminder, the man also put down the rope that was pulling the plow. The couple looked at the man at the entrance of the village, whose clothes showed that he was not an ordinary man.

Zhao Tieniu jumped off the carriage and ran towards the big locust tree at a quick pace. He came to Old Man Zhao and ignored the new clothes on the ground.

"Plop!" He knelt down in front of the old man, which scared the old man and the children around him.

"Grandpa! The unfilial son is back!" After shouting this, Zhao Tieniu couldn't help but burst into tears.

The old man was startled by the dark-faced man in front of him who was dressed like a city dweller. When did his family have such a noble city relative?

He has lived for more than eighty years, how could he not know!

The noise here naturally attracted more attention, so the driver parked the donkey cart next to the big locust tree and stood there until the boss gave any instructions.

"Sir! No way! No way! You've got the wrong person! I'm not your grandfather!" Old official Zhao hurried forward and helped up the noble man.

It will shorten your life! How can an old country boy like me bear such a kneeling?

"Third Grandpa! I'm Tie Niu! I'm Tie Niu! My father is Zhao Laogen and my grandpa is Zhao Dazhu!"

Zhao Tieniu excitedly hugged his third grandfather's thighs, knelt on the ground, and told the old man that he had not made a mistake and that the old man was his third grandfather.

"What! What did you say! You are the grandson of my eldest brother, the Tie Niu who disappeared for five years! You really are Tie Niu!"