"Zhou Wenzhong in the front yard, isn't it time to celebrate the New Year soon? Come and take a look at you."
"Come in, the door is not bolted."
"Eh."
Zhou Wenzhong walked into the deaf old lady's house. The air was filled with the smell of the old man. He first looked at the layout of the house.
The room was very clean and neatly tidied up. It seemed that the aunt took great care of it. The area was not small. There were 4 triangular beams on the top. It was estimated to be more than 30 square meters. The inverted house was really...
It is not comparable to these rooms. With so many triangular beams above the head, the room must be very strong.
The layout and furnishings in the room are pretty good. There is also a towel rack. One costs 10-25 yuan in a department store. There is also an old-fashioned dressing table next to the bed. The style is also good. It seems that the carpenter's skills are also good.
Very particular.
Then he looked at the deaf old lady wearing a blue cotton-padded jacket, holding a cane in one hand and a ceramic spoon in the other, sitting at the dining table and sipping the cornmeal porridge from the bowl.
"Old lady, you are in good health."
The deaf old lady looked at Zhou Wenzhong, smiled and nodded.
"Your father beats you again? Find Xiao Yi! Let him go to your father and talk to him."
"Old lady, my dad has been very busy at work recently and has no time to beat me. I can't come empty-handed when I come to your house. We don't have this rule in the capital. I have two white flour buns here. I helped them make them.
To do some work, the master gave me 2 kilograms of white flour, so I kneaded 6 steamed buns, got two for you, and put them here. You should eat more refined grains, it is good for your health."
"Okay... okay, these steamed buns are very solid. If you have a filial piety, you are much better than a bad guy like Xu Damao."
"Haha~ I feel relieved to see that your body is quite strong. It seems that Auntie takes good care of you on weekdays. You must have contributed a lot! You must have contributed a lot."
"Okay...okay..."
"Old lady, I have something to ask you."
The deaf old lady nodded.
"I remember Uncle He went to Baoding, right? That's what happened. I have a classmate who is two years older than me who jumped in line and is also near Baoding. Do you need me to ask someone to bring him a letter and ask him to help find me, Uncle He?
?I am not the one who chooses the younger generation, my sister Yuyu was only 9 years old at that time, right? My uncle He left the brothers and sisters and ran away. Although he has entered a new society and can pursue love freely, he did not do this
It's not authentic. What do you think?"
The deaf old lady squeezed the crutch hard with her left hand, and her finger joints were slightly white, and she said with a smile: "How old were you when He Daqing left? Everyone has his own blessings, and outsiders cannot dissuade him.
There’s nothing I can do to persuade you. If you could find it back, wouldn’t your Zhuzhu brother have gone looking for it long ago? You’re still young and don’t understand the rules here at all.”
Zhou Wenzhong suddenly understood, nodded and said: "Oh, so that's what happened. It seems that I am still too young, so I don't see and consider the problem as comprehensively as you. No wonder people often say that having an old person in the family is like having a treasure.
Old lady, please eat, try this big white steamed bun, how does it compare with the ones made by my brother Zhuzi? You can taste it and give me your opinion."
The deaf old lady picked up the white-flour steamed bun and took a bite.
"Old lady, are the steamed buns I make delicious? Are they comparable to the buns my brother Zhuzi sold on the street when he was a kid?"
The deaf old lady gently placed the steamed buns on the plate. For a moment, she felt that her lungs were clogged, and she couldn't breathe and couldn't swallow.
He put his right hand next to his ear in the shape of a trumpet, tilted his head and smiled at Zhou Wenzhong and asked: "What are you talking about? I can't hear you. Louder!"
Zhou Wenzhong also laughed and waved his hands and said: "Okay! Just have a good rest. I feel relieved when I see that you are in good health. Remember to call me if you have something at home in the future. Don't dare to say anything else. I have something wrong with you."
I don’t have enough energy. Also, your doors and windows need to be nailed or repaired. It’s so cold to avoid air leakage. If my uncle is not free, let me come. I can also play with pliers. I am familiar with these tasks.
"
Zhou Wenzhong just took out his left foot, turned around and said to the deaf old lady: "Old lady, I know you love me and don't want me to work hard for your family. We can't do this. I can do whatever I need to do. Don't let me go."
I'm sorry to say it, but I will go to the countryside with the army on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. I'm afraid I won't have time to clean up your house. I'll leave first, you eat, you eat."
"Why don't you stay and have something to eat?"
"No, we still have a long time to come. There may be a chance."
Zhou Wenzhong gently closed the door, nodded to the second aunt in the courtyard, said hello, and walked home with his hands behind his back.
Why didn’t Zhou Wenzhong take Zhou Deming’s job in the department store?
There are actually smart people among the workers in this era. They are racking their brains for the target of converting from rural to non-agriculture. They are obsessed with getting their rural wives to join the factory to take over, in exchange for the family's household registration transformation. But they are struggling with the factory leaders.
If you are not familiar with it, and you don’t have much face in front of the sub-district office or other government officials, you can only find other ways.
There was such a real incident. A factory worker deliberately put his hand into the machine and forced half of his palm into it. As you can imagine, the ultimate goal was indeed achieved. There are not a few people who do this.
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In 1980, a similar case occurred in a state-owned noodle shop. However, six years later, the state-owned noodle shop was contracted by a private party. This was not something ordinary people could have expected.
In 2010, there were also workers who had signed labor contracts. Because their families were poor, and some of them suddenly fell seriously ill, they had no choice but to deliberately cause themselves work-related injuries in exchange for compensation, which could be used to raise money for their families' medical treatment.
Zhou Wenzhong naturally understood that the job in the department store was Lao Zhou's bottom line and the last straw for him.
It doesn't matter if he hits Zhou Wenxin, it's okay to stab Lao Zhou twice with a knife, neither lightly nor hard, or even to blackmail him into this room. As long as Lao Zhou still has a job, he has nothing to fear.
How much does it cost to buy a house privately these days? The price of a large courtyard house like this is 7-8 yuan per square meter.
The price in some large courtyards is slightly lower, about 5 yuan per square meter.
But why no one buys it?
1 is because no one dares to openly talk about donating real estate. Both the buyer and the seller are well-informed people. If something goes wrong, both parties have to donate it.
2. Because buying a house is a fool’s errand! Why buy a house? You can go to the factory to fight for it! The working class is no joke.
So as long as Lao Zhou still has a job, this means that he can be assigned to the factory workers' dormitory or the workers' dormitory (Khrushchev Building). When he is promoted to the post, he can also be assigned to the factory cadres' family home (
Tongzilou).
Assuming that I really took away Lao Zhou's job, there was a high probability that Lao Zhou would stab him with a knife.
Zhou Wenzhong returned home, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find Russian books from school, and lay on the bed with his legs crossed and opened the books.
"As the saying goes, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Books are the ladder of human progress. These words have always been my motto, Zhou Wenzhong."
"[Davari] means [comrade]."
"[Privit] means [Hello]."
"[Seposibuong] means [thank you]."
"[Nate] means [no way]."
"[Darth Vidania] means [goodbye]."
"[Ha La La (trembling sound) La La Shao] means [Okay]."
"[Mei ~ Druzi] means [we are friends]"
"call…………"
Seven minutes later, there was a sound of snoring in the room, and Zhou Wenzhong just picked up a few words in Russian again. Maybe it was the physical exhaustion from rolling around in the afternoon, maybe it was because his spirit could no longer support it, or maybe it was the scent of ink from the books.
Seduced. Zhou Wenzhong closed his eyes and covered his face with a book, lay on the bed and fell asleep.
In the main room in the backyard, an aunt knocked on the door and walked in to put away the dishes.
"From Xiao Yi's family."
"Hey, old lady, what's the matter with you?"
"Let Xiao Yi come over later."
"What's the matter?"
"Just a few words. I haven't seen him in these days."
"Okay, I'll call him now."
"Um."
The deaf old lady was sitting on the edge of the bed, with her hands on the armrests of the cane and her eyes closed in concentration.
"Dong...dong dong...did the old lady rest?"
"It's Xiao Yi, come in."
"Eh."
Yi Zhonghai walked into the room, lifted the bench and gently placed it in front of the deaf old lady.
"I heard from our family that you are looking for me? Old lady, it's already so late. You have to go to bed early and rest. Your health is the most important thing."
"Don't worry about my affairs. I know my body and bones. I'll come over here and ask you if I have anything to do."
"You asked."
"Xiao Yi, we have been together for almost two years, right? Only during the Chinese New Year do you come to my house to have a meal together."
"Hey, don't I let my family take care of me day and night? I have a lot of urgent tasks in the factory recently, and I have to work overtime, so I can only put my family affairs aside for a while."
"Xiao Yi, what are you thinking? I know it very well. You are blaming me."
"Old lady, what you said is going to the end of the world."
The deaf old lady raised her hand and stopped Yi Zhonghai from speaking.
"You were a worker in the Lou family before the liberation. After the liberation, you moved into this yard. At that time, the two of us talked very considerately, right?"
"Well, it's the same now."
"We are so far apart that we don't need to mention it anymore. I am old and mentally weak. I can't remember many things clearly."
"Old lady, if you have anything to do, just tell me directly. As long as I can do it, there will be no ambiguity. I have never forgotten the help you gave me in this yard."
"It doesn't matter whether it helps or not, I have forgotten many things. It happened at this time. This morning I was sitting in the middle courtyard, and Xiao Yan's wife was busy doing laundry, so I chatted with her for a few words.
I heard that the eldest son of the Zhou family in the front yard also has to go to the countryside this year?"
"Ah, that's what happened. You weren't here when I received the food stamps. The street office has already made arrangements."
"Now that it's been decided, there's nothing we can do about it."
"Old lady, did that boy Zhou Wenzhong say something to you?"
"Did you see the buns on the cabinet?"
Yi Zhonghai looked towards the corner of the room and nodded.
"This was sent by the eldest son of the Zhou family. He also asked me to taste it. He also asked me to recall the steamed buns made by He Daqing. How many years ago did you say this happened? How can I still remember it! You take it back
Try it at home, maybe you will remember it."
"Old lady, I have long forgotten He Daqing's craftsmanship. Who still remembers these now?"
"We have forgotten it, but Zhou Wenzhong still remembers it. Are you going to tell me or not?"
The old deaf lady raised her crutch angrily, stopped pretending, and punched the ground so hard that the floor tiles almost became warped.