The construction site is hard, but true love is not absent
——Working couples’ love at the construction site
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A bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, a movie ticket... Don't think that today's migrant workers are very rigid. They are like the young people in the city, they also know romance. Celebrating the Qixi Festival on the construction site is the best proof. In order for them to have a warm and unforgettable holiday, many companies have also organized a variety of activities.
"Floating" on the construction site, the working couples tasted happiness from "restlessness".
"This is the first time I saw real roses, and it was the first time he gave me flowers!" On August 25, 52-year-old shelf worker Zhang Yingju said excitedly, "I have never been to a flower shop before. I have seen roses on TV."
This is the first time for Zhang Yingju from Enshi, Hubei to celebrate the Qixi Festival. "Thank you on the project for giving us this old man and wife to celebrate the Qixi Festival." Holding the rose from Luo Yuanchang, her husband who works as a shelf worker at the same construction site, she looked happy.
The couple are migrant workers from the Shanghai Joy City Project of the East China Company of the Second Bureau of China Construction. In the annual romantic Tanabata Festival, the project organized an event with the theme of "Meeting in the Qixi Festival and staying together for a lifetime", allowing the husbands on the construction site to send roses to their wives and share their love stories.
"This is the first time he gave me flowers"
Luo Yuanchang and his wife used to be farming at home, and they came out to work last year. "When the child is older, we can also come out. We have never come out before, and we can take care of each other by working together." Zhang Yingju said.
The daily work of shelf workers is to set up operating platforms, safety railings, derricks, hanging baskets and support frames. It's hard work on the construction site, and I often work overtime at night. But compared to farming, earning more money on construction sites, each of them can earn six to seven thousand yuan per month. Zhang Yingju also clearly remembered his mood when he first received his salary-"surprise and joy".
In fact, Zhang Yingju had an unfortunate past. After the death of her ex-husband, she took her two sons and Luo Yuanchang to reorganize the family without any children. Luo Yuanchang treats his two sons as his own. When he was a child, he often bought snacks for them. Now his two sons are married and often call them.
"Floating" on the construction site with his hardworking and kind-hearted husband, Zhang Yingju learned the taste of happiness from the "instability". For example, Luo Yuanchang would give her more dishes in the bowl every time she ate. This is his way of expressing love.
Sometimes, they also miss their distant home. Although the house is not big and the decoration is not gorgeous, it is very warm and comfortable for them. They thought, waiting to save more money, and then go home together.
"Just want two people together"
Two tower cranes over 200 meters high witnessed their love.
Yuan Zhangyan, 35, is the signal commander of the boom sling class, and her husband Tan Bo, who is the same age as her, is the driver of the boom crane. As the sweet "husband and wife stall" on the construction site, at less than 6 o'clock in the morning every day, facing the rising sun, they walked together from the living area to the project site to start a busy day.
The operation of the tower crane is quite special. In addition to being controlled by a driver, a commander is required on the air and on the ground to accurately transport the building materials to the place where it is needed. Therefore, the tower crane driver husband and the tower crane command wife completed the task of conveying materials in the turning of the crane and the ups and downs of the steel cables.
After years of hard work, Tan Bo's hands are full of calluses. They are so rough that they don’t match their age. However, he has a heartfelt pride in this job: “It’s not that anyone can come up here casually. We have to undergo strict physical examinations and theoretical examinations."
The monthly repair and maintenance of the tower crane is a time for Yuan Zhangyan to "show his skills". Grease the steel wire rope of the tower crane, check the power system of the tower crane, power supply, motor and so on. She moves swiftly and uses all the oil in exchange for safety. Due to the use of a tower crane and several units on the construction site at the same time, disputes are prone to occur. If the tower crane command cannot resolve the situation, Yuan Zhangyan will take the initiative to coordinate, and only a few gentle words can resolve the conflict.
Most of the construction sites are men over the age of 40, and there are few young women like Yuan Zhangyan. In 2011, after she married Tan Bo who was working on the construction site, she gave up her previous job selling clothing in the mall and came to the construction site.
"The conditions on the construction site are difficult, the wind and the sun, that’s for sure." Yuan Zhangyan said, she was not used to it at the beginning, and felt a lot of inconvenience. For example, the dormitory was a board room, there was no independent toilet, and the bath room was shared. Children are not very convenient, but after a long time, they will get used to it.
In a flash, she spent almost 9 years on the construction site and gave birth to two children. At first, the children also lived on the construction site. They were not sent back to their home until they were in elementary school.
"I'm quite easily satisfied. It doesn't matter if I am a little bit tired or tired, I just want to be together." Yuan Zhangyan said.
In the evening, a busy day came to an end. Tan Bo put away the steel cable, closed the buttons in the operating room, and climbed down the steel ladder step by step. At this time, Yuan Zhangyan would walk under the tower crane, looking up and waiting.
"Nothing Romantic"
Hu Wanhu, a 53-year-old mason, and Li Shengmei, a 55-year-old warehouseman, are childhood sweethearts. The life on the construction site is spent day after day busy, and the "romantic history" of the two is a precious memory that can be chewed from time to time.
They both grew up in the same village. Li Shengmei was two years older than Hu Wanhu. They had a good relationship since they were young, and they came together later. A week before his marriage, Hu Wanhu went to the county on foot, spent a long time saving his salary, and bought Li Shengmei the "three golds" of necklaces, rings, and earrings. Although the "three golds" at the time were not worth much today, this is a testimony of their love.
Li Shengmei has always been wearing these "three golds", this is her treasure, she also treasured their photo taken from love to now. On the yellowed photo, there is a smile that time can't erase.
"We have a very happy life. We have never been noisy for 30 years." When talking about her husband, Li Shengmei smiled at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. She said that her husband was most attracted to her, "I can do everything, and he is very hardworking." ".
Hu Wanhu has worked on construction sites for seven or eight years, and Li Shengmei has worked for four years. "When the child is older, I will come out to accompany him. He has worked so hard. After I come, he has done cooking and washing clothes, so he can rest a little longer."
Every day at 4:30 in the morning, Li Shengmei gets up to make breakfast and goes to the warehouse at 5:10. When Hu Wanhu goes to work every day, he takes his wife to make tea, and when he comes back from get off work, he will eat his wife's peeled apples.
"You take care of him so much, why does he feel sorry for you? Have you ever done anything romantic?" the reporter asked.
"We have been together for decades, and there is no romance." Li Shengmei thought for a while and said, "That is, when he eats apples, he always gives me a little bit. He knows that I don't like eating fat or skin. They will select lean meats for me, or eat the skins and then give them to me."
Jiang Han