Niu Xiaoqiang didn't move, and after standing quietly for a few seconds, he heard a "snort", and a match was struck by Wang Xiaoshuang. After there was light, Niu Xiaoqiang stepped forward and bent down to pick up the kerosene lamp that fell to the ground.

The kerosene lamp has an aluminum casing, otherwise it would have been shattered. Although the lampshade was not broken, some of the kerosene stored in it was spilled on the ground, emitting a strong smell of kerosene, which made Niu Xiaoqiang's nose itch.

Niu Xiaoqiang handed the kerosene lamp to Wang Xiaoshuang, and Wang Xiaoshuang immediately lit the wick with a match. Then Niu Xiaoqiang bent down and wiped the oil stains on the ground with the waste newspaper on the table.

After wiping off the oil stains, Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head: "No, the smell is still too strong, I'll go to the classroom and bring a bucket and clean the ground with water, otherwise it will be easy for people to find out." ”

Wang Xiaoshuang nodded: "I'll go with you." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang did not shirk, the two of them called water in the dark, and cleaned the oil stains on the ground before communicating.

Niu Xiaoqiang sat on Mr. Li's office chair and looked up at Wang Xiaoshuang, who was sitting opposite him: "Xiaoshuang, why did you come here at night?"

Wang Xiaoshuang sighed and took out a tattered backpack from his back: "I'm here to study." ”

"Study?" Niu Xiaoqiang said in surprise: "I remember that I have asked Niu Huahua to hand over all the textbooks of the third year of junior high school to you, you don't study at home, what do you learn by yourself in school?"

Wang Xiaoshuang didn't hide anything when facing Niu Xiaoqiang, and said honestly: "There are some places I can't understand well, so I can only go to the school to look through the teacher's textbook." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was even more puzzled: "Those textbooks have my sister's notes on them, how can you not understand them?"

Wang Xiaoshuang smiled self-deprecatingly: "Your sister has been admitted to Tsinghua University, she is a real proud daughter of the sky, unlike me, my level is limited, I can only understand part of the notes she recorded, and some parts are not so clear." ”

The textbooks that Niu Xiaoqiang gave to Wang Xiaoshuang were all used by Niu Dongxiang, compared with Niu Dongxiang, Wang Xiaoshuang did have a big gap, and it was not strange that she couldn't understand Niu Dongxiang's notes.

"I see, when you entered the door just now, I thought I had encountered a thief, but fortunately you brought a kerosene lamp, otherwise there might be a misunderstanding. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang said this: "Look at your dress, you should still be working on the construction site now, right?"

Wang Xiaoshuang has a lot of plaster, which is very similar to the construction workers working on the construction site.

She nodded: "Well, I help carry ash buckets on the construction site, and my sister also works there." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang once heard Niu Huahua talk about the situation at Wang Xiaoshuang's family. Wang Xiaoshuang has three sisters and brothers, she is the eldest, her sister is second, and the youngest is her younger brother. After her parents separated, her younger brother was taken away by her mother, and she and her younger sister lived with her father.

Niu Xiaoqiang looked at Wang Xiaoshuang's calm face, and felt that this former table mate was much older than the last time they met, her cheeks became thinner and thinner, and she looked very calm when she spoke, and she couldn't see the slightest bit of youth and liveliness that a girl of her age should have.

"The dormitory building seems to be almost finished, where are you going to work next?"

"My dad knew the foreman very well, and the foreman agreed to take us to the city. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang sighed, and then he didn't know how to talk, and the scene fell silent.

After a while, Wang Xiaoshuang took the initiative to speak: "Xiaoqiang, you just said that you came to avoid the limelight, I don't know what's going on?"

Niu Xiaoqiang shook his head with a wry smile and told what happened.

Wang Xiaoshuang couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "You are so bold, you dare to beat your brother, if I had such courage as you, my family would not have fallen to this point." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang asked curiously: "What's the matter?

Wang Xiaoshuang sighed faintly: "My mother occupied our house and didn't let us go home, and I am now homeless." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang frowned and said, "Your mother is too disagreeable, and your father, why is he so cowardly?"

"My dad is a son-in-law, where can he be angry?"

Wang Xiaoshuang's tone was very light when she said these words, as if she had seen through everything.

Niu Xiaoqiang didn't know what to say, and the scene fell silent again.

"Xiaoqiang, I heard that you opened a cave factory with your master, and you are really good now. ”

"It's okay, I won't die of hunger anyway. ”

Wang Xiaoshuang hesitated for a while before plucking up the courage to say, "You...... Well, if you think I can help, can you get me a job in the factory? It's very inconvenient for me to be a girl working on the construction site, after all, there are all men there. ”

Wang Xiaoshuang's eyes were erratic when she spoke, and it seemed to be a very difficult thing for her to ask for someone. While waiting for Niu Xiaoqiang to answer the question, Wang Xiaoshuang pulled the corners of her clothes tightly, looking like she was waiting for the verdict to be announced.

Niu Xiaoqiang knew at a glance that Wang Xiaoshuang had abandoned the last dignity in his heart, and if he didn't agree, it would be equivalent to trampling on the dignity of the other party.

For Wang Xiaoshuang now, dignity may be the last thing she insists on. Niu Xiaoqiang suddenly laughed: "Even if you don't say it, I will help you, we are old classmates after all." ”

Wang Xiaoshuang's originally anxious expression instantly bloomed, giving people a feeling of amazement: "Thank you for helping me regardless of my previous suspicions! I wonder when I can go to the factory to report?"

It may be that there are too many warm and cold people, and Wang Xiaoshuang's tone of voice is a little out of shape when she is happy.

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "Tomorrow I will go to the city with my master to do errands, the day after tomorrow, you go directly to the air-raid shelter to find me the morning after tomorrow, and then you should be able to settle the matter." ”

Wang Xiaoshuang nodded vigorously: "Okay, I will definitely go over to look for you the morning after tomorrow." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang saw that her clothes were in tatters, and he was worried that this would affect Fang Dongping's sense of her, so he reached out and took out a large unity from his pocket: "This ten yuan is my salary in advance for you, you can buy two new clothes to change into, although the factory where I work is very small, it is not a problem that I am too poorly dressed." ”

Wang Xiaoshuang didn't pick it up, and waved her hand again and again: "No need, Teacher Li went to visit me on the construction site before leaving, and she gave me a lot of her clothes, which are enough for me to wear for several years." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang said curiously: "Can you wear her clothes?"

Wang Xiaoshuang immediately stood up and showed off her figure: "I'm about the same height as Mr. Li, and my figure is about the same, don't believe me." ”