When he was about to get home, an unpleasant smell hit his nostrils. Wang Lidong held his breath, pedaled his bicycle hard, and roared into his yard.
There is a public toilet next to his house, and Zhou's father has sealed all the windows facing the toilet, but as long as summer comes, there is always a faint smell of cockroaches in the house.
Before summer, he spent some money to get some cement and plastered the wall next to the toilet. The effect was very good, and the air quality directly reached the standard level of Jichun City.
But when it rains, the public toilets will overflow and flow onto the road. I wonder which turtle bastard was the one who determined the location of the public toilets back then. Don’t let him find out.!
"Kun'er, your Uncle Liu wants you to make a log dining table." Mother Zhou took the net bag from her son's hand, and Wang Lidong said hello to a middle-aged man sitting at the dining table, "Uncle Liu, what style do you want?
of?"
Uncle Liu patted his small round wooden table and said, "This is good, but your table is a bit small. Can it be made larger?"
"Okay, the diameter of my table is 1.1 meters. How big do you want it to be?"
Uncle Liu made some calculations and finally settled on a diameter of 1.3 meters and a height of 0.8 meters. Wang Lidong calculated that it would require almost 40 kilograms of wood.
"The handwork fee is 3 yuan, and our optical lettering film is 20% off, which is 2.4 yuan."
"Okay, two yuan and four is two yuan and four. I'll go back and deliver the wood now."
After a while, Uncle Liu sent the wood to the Zhou family. They were two old logs. Wang Lidong picked them up and weighed them. They estimated that they weighed more than seventy kilograms in total.
"Bingkun, is this wood enough?"
"It's enough. There should be about ten kilograms left, which can be used to make two square stools."
“How much does two square stools cost?”
"Two stools are one and a half yuan. I'll charge you one yuan and two. Plus the table, the total is three yuan and six."
"Okay, when can I get it?"
Wang Lidong pretended to be thoughtful for a while, "Come on Friday."
"Okay, then I'll come and get it on Friday night."
After seeing off Uncle Liu, Mother Zhou immediately served dinner. Wang Lidong took out a bottle of water beer from the iron bucket next to the water tank, and took two empty glasses and filled each person with one.
Zhou's mother picked up a chopstick and fried eggplant, "Kun'er, how long does it take to make a table?" It only took his son more than two hours to make a rocking chair two days ago. The table uses a lot more materials, but it shouldn't be needed.
Four days, right?
Wang Lidong took a sip of beer to feel comfortable, "hurry up and finish the work tonight."
"Then why did you ask your Uncle Liu to pick it up on Friday?"
"I did it on purpose. If I work too fast, I will probably earn hundreds in a month. As a young man who has just started working, I can earn more than a hundred a month. Will our neighbors feel comfortable? Will they be jealous?"
"Someone will definitely write a letter of complaint by then, accusing me of following the old **** path." Wang Lidong pointed to a large wooden box next to the wall, "It's full of banned books. If someone with a red cloth finds it, I'm not allowed to go in and do it."
I have been working hard for several years, and after I am released, there will be no employer looking for someone like me. Without a job, no girl will marry me, and your son and I will be single for the rest of my life."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Mother Zhou patted his shoulder and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm not lying. Except for my parents, even my brothers, no one can live a better life than me. By the way, Mom, if someone asks me to make furniture in the future and wants to pay for us to buy wood for them, please don't
promise."
"I know that if you buy wood for others, it will be a steal. Mom is not stupid!"
"Mom, of course you are not stupid, and you should be the smartest in our family. I have read a report, and scientists have proved that children's IQ is inherited more from the mother's side."
Mother Zhou stopped her chopsticks and said with bright eyes, "Kun'er, where did you see this?"
"In the newspaper."
"Which day's newspaper is it?" Zhou's mother put down her chopsticks and was about to flip through the newspaper at home. Wang Lidong reached out to hold her, "I saw it at work, several months ago. Mom, what do you want that newspaper for?"
"When your dad comes back, I will show him. Your dad always said that you three brothers and sisters are so smart. It is passed down from the ancestors of the old Zhou family."
"Kun'er, go to the factory tomorrow and help me find the newspaper with this article."
"Oh, it's been months. Don't blame me if you can't find it."
After dinner, Zhou's mother took him into the back room, took out a letter from under the pillow and stuffed it into his hand, "Your sister's letter, please read it to mom quickly."
"Delivered today?"
"Well, I arrived in the afternoon."
Wang Lidong opened the envelope and found a piece of paper. This was the second letter from Zhou Rong after she eloped.
First, I greeted my mother, and then briefly told her that her life in Guizhou was good, she had good food, slept well, and the scenery was beautiful. The local people were very kind to her, and she felt that she was more comfortable than at home.
At the end, Zhou Rong told them not to worry, she would write a letter home every month from now on.
Seeing her son stop, Zhou's mother asked, "Is it gone?"
Wang Lidong shook the letter paper in his hand, "It's gone. Just a piece of paper."
"That poet named Feng, she didn't mention a word?"
"No." Wang Lidong put away the letter, "Mom, what do you want Zhou Rong to write?
The guy surnamed Feng is not much younger than you. Even if Zhou Rong praises the guy surnamed Feng as a flower. He is so talented and he is the reincarnation of an immortal, you still wouldn’t think he is a good person."
"Okay, give me the letter and you go to work quickly." Zhou's mother snatched the letter from his hand and drove him out of the house.
Typical demolition and killing of donkeys!
Wang Lidong took out his cigarettes, lit one, took the wood leaning against the wall, and opened the woodworking saw.
Fu Lili woke up early in the morning and found that her daughter was hot all over and kept talking nonsense. She touched her forehead and it was scalding hot. She found a thermometer and measured her body temperature at 39.C. She quickly carried her daughter to the factory health center.
The doctor checked and found that it was a common fever. He gave Xiaodouding a PG injection.
Classmate Xu Dudu cried so heartbreakingly.
After Wang Lidong went to work, he learned that Xu Dudu's child was sick, and Fu Lili took a day off.
At noon, Wang Lidong first went to the canteen to fill his stomach, then went to the factory canteen, looked around the counter, and ordered two cans of canned fruit.
Fa Xiaoguoqing asked the salesperson for a pack of nine-cent economy cigarettes, "Bingkun, why are you buying canned fruit?"
"I'm going to see Xu Dudu."
"Do you want us to go with you?"
Wang Lidong said indifferently, "It's up to you."
"Forget it, let's not go." To see a patient, even though he is a child, he can't go empty-handed, but if he wants to buy a gift, the relationship between the two of them and Fu Lili is not that good.
"I'm leaving."
Wang Lidong carried two cans of canned fruit and came to the family courtyard. It was lunch break and the dormitory area was very lively. When he saw him carrying things into Fu Lili's house, there was inevitably a flurry of gossip.
"A man entered the vixen's house."
"Which workshop is it from?"
"I don't know him. He looks very unfamiliar."
“Looks very young”
"It should be from the material workshop. Last time I saw the two of them talking and laughing, arm in arm."
"Bah! Dog* men and women, so shameless"
Wang Lidong is so slanderous and slanderous!
He has never even touched Fu Lili's hand!
"Why are you here?" Fu Lili was a little surprised when she saw him.
Wang Lidong put two cans of fruit on the table and said, "Come and see the little Dudu." As he spoke, he looked around Fu Lili's house. It was just a room, thirteen or four square meters, and the furniture was fully furnished.
There is also a single sofa. There is a small cabinet next to the sofa, and a radio is placed on the cabinet.
The balcony has been converted into a small kitchen, but unfortunately there is no toilet room.
However, this living condition has already disparaged 90% of the people in this era.
Wang Lidong looked at the bottles, cans and various sundries on the tables and chairs. It was so messy.
Hey, there’s another one just for women, and it’s pink.
Fu Lili seemed to have noticed it, her face turned red, she walked to the sofa and stuffed a pile of clothes on the sofa into the closet, "I've been a little busy these past two days and haven't had time to clean up. The house is a little messy. Sit down quickly."
"I'll take a look at Dudu first." Wang Lidong walked to the bedside. When Xu Dudu saw him, he coughed twice and weakly shouted, "Brother Zhou."
Wang Lidong put his hand on Xiao Douding's forehead, "Why is it so hot? Have you seen a doctor?"
"Well, I went to the medical clinic early in the morning and had a fever-reducing injection, but the temperature never dropped."
The more Wang Lidong looked at it, the more something was wrong. He took Xu Dudu's hand and took his pulse. Fu Lili said in surprise, "You know how to treat a doctor?"
Wang Lidong gave her a silent look. His pulse was huge, as strong as a flood. It waxed and waned, and it was gushing all over his fingers. His face was red, he was sweating profusely, and he was breathing heavily. "Does Dudu have a headache and vomiting?"
symptom?"
Fu Lili nodded.
"This is not a fever, it should be purulent meningitis, commonly known as acute meningitis."
Fu Lili was shocked. Meningitis can kill people, and the mortality rate is not low. "Bingkun, are you reading that right?"
Wang Lidong asked, "When did you get the fever-reducing injection?"
"It should be called around six-thirty."
"A normal fever subsides in half an hour, and the temperature is wrong, too high." Wang Lidong picked up Xu Dudu, "We will go to the health center immediately to issue a transfer order, and then go to the Third Hospital."
Fu Lili did not hesitate, took the money, and the two of them went to the factory-run health center and issued a transfer order. After arriving at the third hospital, the doctor examined and diagnosed it as acute meningitis.
"If you want to be hospitalized, you have to pay the fee first." The doctor wrote the order.
"I'll go, you watch Dudu." Wang Lidong took the bill and went to the payment gate. There were not many people. After waiting in line for a few minutes, it was his turn, "Fifteen eight dollars!"
It's not cheap, but these expenses can be reimbursed by the factory, and with free housing assignments, although the workers' wages are not high and the materials are not rich, the pressure on their shoulders is not great.
After more than two hours of treatment by doctors, Xu Dudu's temperature finally dropped.
Fu Lili breathed a sigh of relief. The doctor had said before that if the high fever did not go away, even if it was cured, there would probably be sequelae.
She glanced at Wang Lidong beside her, and said with sincere gratitude, "Bingkun, thank you! If you hadn't noticed, Dudu. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" As she spoke, the little woman dropped the golden beans.
Wang Lidong took out a handkerchief from his pocket and changed the subject, "Dudu is going to stay for a few days, what are your plans?"
"Please help me ask for a few days off," Fu Lili said. Her daughter was so young that Fu Lili couldn't trust her to be hospitalized alone. But now she only has mother and daughter in her family. Her ex-husband can't be relied on at all. Her parents were sent to the countryside.
Work has gone.
"Can you help me look after Dudu for a while while I change clothes when I get home?"
"Okay," Wang Lidong took out his car keys, "Can you ride a bicycle?"
"Yes." Fu Lili took the key, said thank you again, and hurried out of the ward. Wang Lidong sat for a while, feeling a little bored, got up and walked outside the ward, found a place where no one was around, and took a cigarette.
I smoked cigarettes and went to the hospital entrance to buy two newspapers.
After returning to the ward and flipping through two pages of the newspaper, Xiao Douding woke up and asked, "Brother Zhou, where is my mother?"
"Your mother went home to get a change of clothes."
Wang Lidong continued to read the newspaper. After a while, Xiao Douding spoke again, "Uncle Zhou, I want to drink water."
"Uncle Zhou" is used when necessary, and "Brother Zhou" is used when not needed. Her mother does not have this kind of character. Who did the little guy learn this from?
After feeding the little guy more than half a glass of water, Wang Lidong sat down again. After a while, Xu Dudu spoke again, "Uncle Zhou, I want to hear a story."
Wang Lidong put down the newspaper, "What story do you want to hear?"
"melodious."
Your request is quite simple.
Wang Lidong thought for a moment, with thousands of short stories floating in his mind, "Today I will tell a story about the Sloppy King."
"The Sloppy King? Is your name just Sloppy? Is there anyone else with this name?"
"You will know after listening to it."
"oh."
"There is a little boy in Hejian Village, nicknamed the Sloppy King. He has not been very hygienic since he was a child, littering and eating dirty things.
The secret agent of the Mouse Kingdom, Sharp-nosed Mouse, took a fancy to him."
"Uncle Zhou, do rats also have a country?"
"Um,"
"Where is it?"
"At our feet" Seeing that Xiao Douding was about to open his mouth again and prepare a hundred thousand whys, Wang Lidong had a straight face and said, "Xu Dudu, mother didn't teach you not to interrupt when others are talking, otherwise it will be very impolite?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xu Dudu said, "I told you."
"If you have any questions, wait until I finish telling the story and ask again, can you do it?"
Xu Dudu nodded.
"If you interrupt uncle again, he will stop talking."
Xu Dudu stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and nodded his head.
Wang Lidong continued, "The sharp-mouthed rat took a fancy to the Sloppy King, so he dropped the pill into the orange water. After the Sloppy King drank it, he suddenly turned into a villain as big as a mouse. The Sloppy King tasted the sloppy
The bitter fruit is that I will never be sloppy again.”
When he finished speaking, Xu Dudu's little mouth kept asking questions. After answering a few questions, Wang Lidong's head felt a little painful and he immediately used the urine escape technique.
I smoked two cigarettes at the gate and finally waited for Fu Lili. The little woman was a little embarrassed when she saw him. She hadn't ridden a bicycle for a long time. She fell down on the way back and broke the bell.
"You didn't get hurt, did you??"
Fu Lili took the package from the back seat and said, "No. Just match the bell and tell me how much it costs. I will give it to you then."
"A bell doesn't cost much." Wang Lidong took the bicycle and said, "Let's go and see Dudu tomorrow."
"Ah, are you leaving now?"
"Well, I have something to do later."
"I'm really troubling you today." Fu Lili flipped her hair around her ears, "Ride slower on the road."
"OK Bye Bye."
Wang Lidong returned to the lumber factory and did not enter the unit. Instead, he waited at the gate. Halfway through his cigarette, he heard the bell ringing. After a while, Tu Zhiqiang rode a brand new 28-inch large bumper to the gate.
.
The two rode bicycles to the house of a friend of Tu Zhiqiang who was getting married. Tu Zhiqiang's friend's name was Zhu Qi, nicknamed "Seventh Brother". When Seventh Brother saw Wang Lidong, he was stunned. He was too young, probably only in his early twenties, but he was so young.
I didn't ask much about my trust in my brother, but his parents were a little unhappy.
As the saying goes, a carpenter's apprenticeship takes three years, five and a half years, and seven years to become a master.
No matter how you look at it, Wang Lidong doesn't look like a master chef.
It took most of his family's savings to save the wood needed for 36 legs. If it was wasted, it would be too late to regret it.
Although Tu Zhiqiang repeatedly assured Wang Lidong that his craftsmanship was fine, the old couple disagreed, and the situation was a bit awkward.
When Wang Lidong saw this, he asked the old couple for a small piece of wood, pulled out the dagger tied to his legs, and quickly chiseled on the small piece of wood. After a while, a chubby New Year doll holding a big carp appeared.
, appeared in front of everyone.
The little doll is carved as lifelike as a real person, and even the carp held in the hand is vivid, as if it is about to jump out of the doll's palm.
This move stunned several people present on the spot. The old couple were full of praise for Wang Lidong's craftsmanship. When they learned that he had been a carpenter for less than half a year, they praised him as the reincarnation of Lu Ban.
The business was successfully accepted, and the market price was 30 yuan. For Tu Zhiqiang's sake, Wang Lidong gave him a 20% discount, only 4 yuan.
Tu Zhiqiang felt that he was very proud, but the little brother was too shameless.
After confirming the start time, he took the two of them to a state-owned restaurant, where the three of them exchanged glasses and it was quite lively.
After drinking until the restaurant closed, Wang Lidong and Zhu Qi helped the drunk Tu Zhiqiang back to Zhu Qi's house.
"Brother Qi, Brother Qiangzi will be left to you."
Zhu Qi waved, "Slow down on the road."
It was already past ten o'clock when Wang Lidong rode home. Zhou's mother had not slept. When he got home, she smelled the smell of alcohol on his body and frowned, "How much alcohol did you drink?"
"I didn't drink much, it was all alcohol."
Seeing her son's clear eyes and clear speech, Zhou's mother knew she was not fooling her and said, "Is the business deal done?"
"Well, 36 legs, 4 yuan."
Zhou's mother couldn't help but say hello several times. As the saying goes, a craftsman will never starve to death in a famine year. If the younger son has a skill, no matter what happens in the future, he will not have to worry about not being able to eat.
Wang Lidong saw his mother suddenly wiping away tears and said in surprise, "Mom, why are you crying? Zhou Rong has written again?"
"No, don't mention your troubled second sister!" Mother Zhou wiped the corners of her eyes and urged her son to wash his face and go to bed. He has to go to work tomorrow.
"You go to bed first, I'll go to bed after washing myself."
In the next few days, as soon as Wang Lidong got off work, he ran to the Third Hospital, always empty-handed with fruits, malted milk, and milk powder.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has fallen in love with the vixen Fu Lili.
Things between men and women are the most eye-catching. Within two days, rumors about the two of them were flying all over the factory. Wang Lidong suddenly became a celebrity in the factory, and people pointed fingers at him wherever he went.
He doesn't worry about this at all. He has his mouth on other people's faces. As long as he doesn't bark in front of them, he can say whatever he likes. No matter how much he says, it won't make him lose a piece of meat, nor will the money in his pocket.
One point less.
Liangfa persuaded him. Fu Lili was good-looking, but she was too old. She was already 6 years old, eight years older than him. She was divorced and had a baby. "Bingkun, can your parents
promise?"
"I'm marrying a wife, not them." Wang Lidong checked the time, got off work immediately, put down the cigarette in his mouth, and rode to the Third Hospital.
Today is the day that Xu Dudu is discharged from the hospital. Xiao Douding's body temperature returned to normal two days ago, but Fu Lili was worried and let her daughter stay for two more days.
When the three of them happily returned to the factory dormitory, Fu Lili cooked a table full of food, and the three of them raised glasses to celebrate classmate Xu Dudu's freedom.
After she had had enough wine and food, Fu Lili gave her daughter a new comic book and asked her to read the comic book at home. "Bingkun, I have something to tell you. Let's go to the stockyard for a walk."
Wang Lidong glanced at the little woman, stood up and said, "Okay."