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"New Life, On the Construction Site"

——A Day in the Life of an Excavator Operator

At six in the morning, when the sky is just starting to brighten and the city is still asleep.

Old Li is already wearing a reflective vest, sitting in the cab of his "iron partner" — an Xugong 215 excavator that has accompanied him for eight years.

He gently turns the joystick, and the mechanical arm stretches out like a dancer, the bucket slowly probing into the soil, carrying the morning's dampness and the scent of fresh grass.

"Excavators have their moods," Old Li says, "you have to go along with them, or they won't listen."

The camera glides over his calloused hands, sunlight streaming through the small window of the cab onto his face, his eyes reflecting the distant tower cranes and the rising sun.

"Many people think this work is monotonous, but what I dig every day is not just soil, but also the dreams of others."

On this construction site, a residential building will rise in three months. Old Li knows that in the future, a family will be drinking tea in the living room and hanging clothes on the balcony, and the first layer of foundation for this piece of land is what he has excavated, scoop by scoop.

In the afternoon, the construction site quiets down. He turns off the engine, takes out a sketchpad and pencil — this is his little secret.

After completing each project, he draws the excavator and the surrounding scenery as a keepsake.

"When I retire, I'll hold a small art exhibition, and I'll call it 'The Shape of Soil.'"

As the sun sets, the mechanical arm traces a golden arc in the afterglow.

Old Li smiles and says: "Others are on the road, I am on the construction site, but we are all heading towards a new life."