At 8:29 a.m. the next day, Zhou Wenzhong knocked on the Zhang family’s courtyard door.
"squeak…"
When Zhou Wenzhong saw that the person opening the door was Zhang Xiufang, he turned around and left.
"No, no, no! Wait a minute!"
Zhang Xiufang chased Zhou Wenzhong out and pulled him into the courtyard, closing the courtyard door.
"You go to work quickly."
"I'm at home today on leave, and my mother asked me to help you with your work."
After hearing this, Zhou Wenzhong didn't believe her words at all, and Zhang Xiufang was a lazy donkey. She said she was helping with the work, but in fact she didn't even warm up for 3 minutes. She went straight to the wall built yesterday and pushed it.
"I've kicked your feet twice this morning, and I have to say that the wall you built is very strong. Look, there are still my shoe prints here."
Zhou Wenzhong said angrily: "Thank you!"
"You're too polite. Which one of us is following the other? This is the wire my dad got last night. Can you take a look at it? Do you know where he got it from?"
Zhou Wenzhong picked up the 5-meter-long wire on the ground and inspected it. From the traces of use, he found that the wire had been used for at least three years.
"Heroes don't ask where they come from, and wires don't ask where they came from. This sentence is the central idea of our profession."
"ah?"
Zhang Xiufang couldn't understand the meaning of Zhou Wenzhong's words and scratched her head.
"Did you have meal?"
"I'm not hungry, hurry up and work."
"oh oh."
The operation process is still the same as yesterday. The difference this time is that the toilet has a keel. Although the tiles have not been laid on it, from the overall appearance, this toilet is very well built.
Zhou Wenzhong faced Zhang Xiufang's nagging questions. For the first time in his two lives, he hated women from the bottom of his heart. Although Zhang Xiufang was quite pretty, Zhou Wenzhong always wanted to sew her mouth shut with a needle.
When looking for a wife, you can look for someone like Qin Jingru. If you dare to keep nagging, you will give her a good beating. If you dare to keep nagging, you will throw her back to the countryside to earn work points.
"I see you are tired too. Let me tell you a few stories."
"Okay, I like listening to people tell stories the most."
Zhou Wenzhong wiped the wall with a dusting knife and said: "The names of the stories are "True Love", "The Mute Bride", "The Spring of Kapok", "Tears of a Wife", "I Love My Husband"
"Which one do you want to hear first?"
Zhang Xiufang felt that the names of these stories were very wrong, and frowned and asked: "What kind of stories are these?"
"For a story that praises the moral character of Chinese women, I recommend you to listen to "The Mute Bride" first. This story tells the story of a woman's sad journey after marriage. I hope you can learn some truths from it. If you can't learn her temperament
I hope you can learn from her virtuous and virtuous character and the natural beauty in her."
“What does natural beauty mean?”
"Shut up and don't talk!"
Zhang Xiufang had already understood that Zhou Wenzhong was cursing her. She raised her leg and kicked the tin bucket over, turned around and left.
"Finally you can't pretend anymore and get out. The noise here gives me a headache."
Without Zhang Xiufang's interruption, Zhou Wenzhong's work speed was obviously accelerated by at least 30%.
At 2:30 p.m., Wang Jianping skipped work and arrived at No. 95 Courtyard on his bicycle.
"Director Wang, are you here?"
"Um."
"Mr. Wang, what are you doing here? None of the stewards in our courtyard are here."
"Please help me make a trip and gather all the residents at home for an impromptu meeting. This time we will hold the meeting in the front yard."
"well."
Wang Jianping put his bicycle in front of Yanbu Gui's house and knocked on the door.
"Is Yan Bugui at home?"
After calling three times in a row, no one responded. A resident who was familiar with the situation explained: "He is lying down in the house. Yan Bugui must have pretended not to hear. Mr. Wang has something I need to tell you."
"you say."
"Zhou Wenzhong from the front yard also came back a few nights ago. That night, he almost got into a fight with Liu Haizhong and his family members! Fortunately, I persuaded him to leave in time, otherwise there would have been a big fuss."
"Haha, you are serious. I am here just because of the two of them."
"oh."
Fifteen minutes later, all the old, weak, sick and children in the courtyard gathered in the front yard.
Wang Jianping sat on the back seat of his bicycle and shouted loudly: "I will just say a few words, and then I will leave. You can also tell your family when you get back."
"become."
"OK."…
Wang Jianping shouted at Yan Bugui's bedroom window: "First of all, let's talk about Yan Bugui. I believe you all have seen his fate, right? So don't break the law. You don't dare to follow Yan Bugui's example.
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"Second, let's talk about Zhou Wenzhong. His case has been found to be not fraud! At the same time, I want to commend him. I won't go into details about the specific reasons."
"The third problem is Liu Haizhong. I know all about his recent performance. If he dares to scare people like this again, he will stop being a liaison officer."
"The fourth thing is that you need to quickly elect a liaison officer. It's up to you to decide the candidate. Later, ask Yi Zhonghai to come to the subdistrict office and report his name to me."
"Fifth, let's talk about the casual work that our street office will do this year. You don't have to think about it in your mind. I can tell you clearly now that your yard will definitely not have a share in the handiwork done by the street office this year.
There are no family members of military martyrs in your courtyard, so the deaf old lady in the backyard is a five-guarantee household.
In addition, your courtyard’s excellent Siheyuan small brand has been taken away, and you all know the specific reasons. I don’t want to say more unnecessary nonsense. I can also tell you in advance that there will definitely be no items from your courtyard when it is distributed during the Spring Festival next year.
I'm leaving!"
After Wang Jianping finished speaking, he pushed the cart away and the other residents didn't react at all.
I don’t know which comrade reacted quickly and shouted first: "Yanbu is expensive!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone responded, and more than 40 residents began to smash the door of Yan Bugui's house.
"Open the door! Yan Bugui, get out of here!"
"Yan Laoxi, climb out!"
"Yan Bugui, you unconscionable person, open the door quickly!"
"Don't think there's nothing we can do if you're at home! My mother usually only smokes cigarettes for the money from the paper boxes! Open the door for me!"…
"Bang... clatter..."
When the residents heard the sound of broken glass, they stopped criticizing Yan Bugui and turned their heads to look over.
"boom!"
"Crash..."
"boom!"…
The layout of Yanbu Gui's house was two bedrooms and one living room. Counting the small windows on the north wall, there were a total of 12 pieces of flat glass. At this time, all of them were broken to the ground.
"Who smashed it?"
"I don't know, it's not me."
"Is it windy?"
"Nonsense! There must be a child throwing stones on the street, and they happened to hit the glass of Yanbu Gui's house. Everyone testified to me that I didn't hit it. Bang bang..."
After the resident finished speaking, he patted his hands stained with dirt behind his buttocks.
"I will testify for you, and you must testify for me."
"Let's all testify to each other. Anyway, I didn't see the glass break. I'm going home first. The temperature today is only 3 degrees."
"It's time for me to go home and cook. I didn't eat anything this morning."
"Let's go. If Yan Bugui dares to fart, I will go to his school to ask for an explanation."
"I am coming too."…
Yan Bugui listened to the footsteps outside the door getting further and further away. At this time, he also poked his head out of the bed to take a breath. Shivering, he moved to the window and started to inspect the damage...
Zhou Wenzhong put the pliers in his pocket, picked up the insulating black cloth tape and began to wrap the interface of the knitted wire.
"This insulating tape is definitely imported. It just doesn't stick when it should stick, and sticks on when it shouldn't."
Zhang Xiuying sat on a small bench, resting her elbows on her thighs, cupping her chin with her hands and asked: "Why do you need to nail wooden strips to the wall at the wire interface?"
"Your sister asked you to ask again, right?"
"Um."
"Prevent accidental power connection at the wire interface when power is restored after a power outage. Wood is an insulator."
"oh."
After Zhang Xiuying got the answer, she quickly stood up from her stool and ran back to the main room to report.
Zhou Wenzhong hung a nail cloth bag on his waist, which also contained lengths of thin wire. He kicked a small bench under his feet, stood on the stool, took out the thin wire, and wrapped it around the wires and nails.
"Bang bang..."
Then I kicked the small bench and drove in a nail every 2 meters. Firmly fix the wire under the brick edge of the courtyard wall.
Zhou Wenzhong tugged on the wire, carried the ladder and walked into the toilet again. He began to connect the light socket to the wire.
"Why are there such big gaps on both sides of the toilet roof?"
"Loose smell."
"oh."
Zhou Wenzhong pulled a wire on the wall and took out a wooden board from his pocket to fix the light switch.
"Why are boards used here too?"
"Aren't you tired from running around like this?"
Zhang Xiuying shook her head.
"Go and hand me the thin linen rope on the ground, the one with the rocks tied to it."
"Oh, here."
“Why tie stones to hemp rope?”
"It's convenient to go into the toilet and find the light rope. If you don't tie the stone, the hemp rope will float everywhere. Tell me honestly, has your family hired other workers before?"
"No."
"It turns out I'm the only unlucky one."
Zhou Wenzhong put the hemp rope through the small ring in the light switch, walked down the ladder, picked up a wooden bar from the ground, went to the courtyard gate, and used the wooden bar to push up the white ceramic electric switch.
"Why do you use a wooden stick to push the switch?"
"Because I'm afraid of death."
Zhou Wenzhong returned to the toilet and pulled the hemp rope, and the light bulb came on.
"Bah bang bang...Brother Zhong is so awesome!"
Zhou Wenzhong picked out a wooden stick about 1 meter long, picked up a wooden board, and drove in the iron nails while holding the wooden stick in his hand.
Zhang Xiuying looked at the "T" shaped thing and thought it looked like an open umbrella. But the wooden board had no curvature.
"What is this?"
"Make a latrine cover. After using the toilet, point the wooden stick upward and cover the entrance of the pit with this piece of wood. This can effectively prevent odors."
"Oh. Can the toilet be used today?"
"No. First: the cement is not dry, and there are footprints on the cement beside the pit. Second: I haven't plastered the toilet to whiten it yet. It will be ready for use the day after tomorrow."
"Oh. Why did you draw horizontal lines on the ground?"
"After you finish leveling the ground, draw a line to prevent it from slipping, mainly to prevent you from falling when entering the toilet in rainy or snowy weather."
"oh."
"You go out first, I have to finish."
"oh."
After Zhou Wenzhong drove Zhang Xiuying away, he used a coal tong to replace two new briquettes. He looked at the three briquettes inside and his eyes were staggered. He lifted the coal stove and placed it in the center of the toilet. He squatted on the ground and began to level the floor.
Fifteen minutes later, Zhou Wenzhong stood on tiptoe behind the toilet door, nailed in the hook that was nestled with thick iron wire, and then nailed a small iron ring into the door frame on the other side.
"Finished work."
There are three generations of women from the Zhang family, including Zhang Xiufang, who was ridiculed by Zhou Wenzhong in the afternoon, so much so that she is still hiding in the room and sulking. The other three people all started to comment on this toilet.
"Not bad, the ground is really flat."
"This wooden board is well made, and the wooden stick on top saves me from bending down, but there is no need to use lime?"
Zhou Wenzhong explained: "The wall is too wet. I have to do it again after it dries. I laid the tiles on the roof wet, and I estimate that they may not be able to dry in a week. Fortunately, this time is not enough."
Rain, please don't mess with anything, and don't stand on it.
There is no need to water the outer wall of the toilet too much. It doesn't matter if there are some small cracks. This is due to the weather. I will dust it again when I come the day after tomorrow. Remember to wait until tomorrow afternoon to come to the toilet and remove the three gaskets in the coal stove.
Replace the briquettes and let them dry."
Mother Zhang came over carrying a net bag with 10 eggs in it.
"Hey! Don't give it away, we are all our own."
"Just take this little egg, Xiao Zhou. You've worked hard these past two days. I didn't know that Sanya stole the 10 yuan yesterday. I said something a little too much that day. Don't take it to heart."
"I have forgotten everything you said that day. I can't take it, so you can take it back."
"You must accept it. The jar of meat and fat you brought when you came here the day before is not cheap."
"I don't eat that stuff myself. I brought that big jar of oil from Tianjin. It's a valuable thing after all, and I can't throw it away. It happened that Zhang Xiufang asked me to come to your house to work that day, so I brought it to you.
As long as you don’t mind it, it’s not a waste.”
"You said that with Sanya causing such trouble, our family has nothing to give you. There are only so many eggs in the cabinet, you must accept them!"
"You...this...I don't even know what to say, so I'll just accept it?"
"Must accept it."
Looking at the bag of eggs filled with apologies from the mother and daughter, Zhou Wenzhong held the bag in both hands and said a few polite words before walking out.