(xxiv)

Busy with the test, I happened to meet the red face, and the foolish man of the coal mountain reappeared

In August, my father's condition improved significantly, and the doctor recommended that he go home to recuperate. When I heard that my father could be discharged from the hospital, the family was very happy. Since my father couldn't work anymore, the popsicle stand at home was out of business, and my mother, who couldn't stay idle, went to the morning and evening markets to sell elastic bands. Ling Feng went back to work again, and he didn't dare to relax his studies after work, and the day of the transfer exam was approaching.

In mid-September, Mudanjiang City's annual transfer examination began. During the examination time, a total of three homework courses were assessed in the morning and afternoon. At noon, Ling Feng walked out of the classroom excitedly, feeling good about himself in the morning "Comprehensive Basic Knowledge" and "Administrative Vocational Ability Test", and in the afternoon "Shen Lun", as long as he identified the meaning of the question and the right way to write it, then the score was not much worse.

After lunch, on the way back to the test center, Ling Feng picked up an admission ticket for the transfer exam, which was a girl named Yajun, the fifth exam room.

"I'm really careless, the admission ticket can be dropped, and I can't die in a hurry at this time. Thinking so, Ling Feng picked up the admission ticket and continued to move forward.

As soon as Ling Feng arrived at the gate of the school at the test center, he saw a girl running out of the school teaching building, searching around as she ran, with an anxious face.

"Is this classmate looking for the right certificate?" Ling Feng greeted him, this girl was probably Yajun.

"Yes, yes, did you see that?" There was a glimmer of hope on the girl's anxious face.

"Is that it?" Ling Feng took out his admission ticket and handed it over.

"Yes, that's it. The girl rejoiced and trotted all the way back to the school building.

"I didn't even say thank you, it's so rude. Ling Feng went to the carport to store the car while thinking about it, and he felt very comfortable doing good deeds.

Half a month later, the results of the transfer exam came down. Ling Feng's hard work was not in vain, and he took the thirteenth place in the exam. In addition to being happy, Ling Feng couldn't help but take a few more glances at the admission list, the first place was actually the impolite Yajun, what a person who is really unseemly!

The next is a two-month training, which is actually to report on time in the morning and listen to the teacher talk about a section of official document writing, which takes less than an hour. In order not to delay his work, Ling Feng discussed with Xiumin and successfully went on the night shift in the name of rotating temperature measurement workers. The coking plant implements four shifts and three operations, that is, there is always one shift rest in 24 hours a day, and the remaining three shifts are divided into day shift, four o'clock shift, and zero shift shift. For one class, the cycle of two day shifts, two four-point shifts, two zero-point shifts, and two days off is repeated.

The workload of the temperature measuring worker is very small, and the furnace temperature only needs to be measured twice per shift, and it does not take two hours to fill the furnace. Although the workload of the temperature measurement worker is small, the responsibility is great. During the night shift, there are only three workers in the exchange room, one man, two women in the whole fire control system, and any abnormal situation depends on the cooperation of three people, especially to stop heating, which shows the importance of temperature measurement workers.

Ling Feng was lucky, there were no emergencies during the two-month night shift, and the training for cadres ended on schedule, but the next cadre indicators became a problem. Ling Feng looked for the personnel department of the factory, but the personnel department did not accept it, so he had no choice but to lock the cadre indicators in the talent market and lock them in the safe. The hard-earned cadre indicators were shelved in this way, and Ling Feng was even more disappointed in the gas company.

A few days after the end of the training, Mudanjiang City issued a notice on the civil service examination. The 1997 civil service examination was the second in the history of Mudanjiang City, and this recruitment was different from the first one, in that the list of recruiting departments was released after the initial examination. That is to say, only those who pass the first test are eligible to enter the next level, and the interview and re-examination will be conducted in a ratio of three to one. Finally, the winner of the reported department will also undergo a physical examination and a one-year probationary period, and after passing five levels and six generals, he can eat the emperor's grain.

After Ling Feng finished registering, he thought twice, went to the exchange room to work the night shift, and studied hard day and night as if he was taking the college entrance examination.

When the day of the exam came, Ling Feng met Shuhan who also came to the exam at the gate of the school at the test center, and when they had dinner together at noon, Shuhan regretted it vigorously.

"I knew it was all the same, I should have gone to an adult college like yours in the first place, and I had to repeat it for two years. ”

"Actually, there is still a difference, you are a cadre after graduating from the University of Electrical Engineering, and we still have to take the transfer exam. ”

"Take the test, I have wasted two years of my youth. ”

"It doesn't matter if you waste a little bit on your studies, don't be like me, I used to think my work was worthwhile, but now I'm bothered by it. ”

“......”

Before the exam, in order to take the exam in the best condition, Ling Feng took the temperature measurement business with other classes two days before the exam. Now that the civil service exam is over, Ling Feng has started a shift to return to class.

Most of the temperature measurement workers don't like to go to the day shift because they have a lot of things to do in the day shift, and if there is a substitute shift, they will let them return to the day shift, which is exactly what Ling Feng wants.

Ling Feng went on the day shift after the last zero shift, and there was a day off the next day after work, and then he could go back to the normal day shift.

As soon as the first furnace temperature of the last zero shift of "one five plus, one six plus, two one plus ......" was measured, Ling Feng returned to the exchange room, and while looking at the account with his eyes, he quickly pressed the calculator with one hand.

At Lingfeng's speed, the calculation of the average furnace temperature and the recording of the furnace temperature ledger can be completed before the switchmaker returns from the inspection of the flue.

After the accounts were completed, Ling Feng habitually looked up at the quartz clock on the instrument cabinet of the switch, which was exactly two and five in the morning.

"Ling Feng, come out and see what's wrong?" The eldest sister watching the switch shouted loudly outside the window.

Ling Feng hurriedly walked out of the exchange room in response, and saw that the stairs leading to the top of the furnace were falling coal, and bursts of coal ash were scattered everywhere.

"Eldest sister, it's the coal bunker on the top of the furnace that has run out of coal, I'll go to the top of the furnace to take a look, you call the cap worker back, and the leader will definitely come in a while." ”

The coal tank outlet switch gate in the coal tower is electrically controlled, and the coal tower metering room is initially responsible for the switch, so as to weigh the weight of the coal truck to measure the amount of coal added to the carbonization room, but gradually this data is abandoned, and the work of the coal tank opening gate falls on the coal truck driver. Sometimes the operation error of the driver of the coal truck will cause the coal barrel of the coal truck to burst into the warehouse, and the coal will flow to the coal car. If this is the case, there will not be a lot of coal running because the coal barrel is full and the coal tank outlet is blocked. The amount of coal running is often that the coal refueling car is not under the coal tower, and the coal tank outlet ram is not closed for any reason, which is most likely caused by frost damage. Ling Feng has been working in the fire control class for so long, and it is not surprising that he has seen several coal running situations.

When Ling Feng came to the outside of the furnace from the gate of the rest room of the fire control class along the flue, he went up the open-air stairs on the east side of the coke oven to the top of the furnace. Good guys, there was a huge black pile of coal under the coal tower, which was enough for four or five wagons of coal, and the coal refueling car was also buried in it. Ling Feng walked up to him and watched with the furnace top worker as the coal in the coal tank was dumped clean.

The coal flow in the coal tank was clean, and the section leader also arrived, and when he saw the situation, he sent someone to report to the factory while understanding the situation.

In most cases, the coal on the top of the furnace is processed by itself, that is, the carbonization chamber near the coal tower is selected, the coke is pushed, and the coal is manually added to the carbonization chamber with a spade. However, there is too much coal running today, and it is neither possible to cover up nor complete the cleaning task by the manpower of a coking class.

After Ling Feng understood the situation, he knew that the next focus push plan could not be carried out, so he hurriedly returned to his post to control the temperature. More than an hour later, the owner of the coking workshop arrived, and all the male laborers in the coking and coke transportation workshop, including Ling Feng, were transferred to the top of the furnace, and the maintenance single-wheeled and double-wheeled trolleys were brought to the top of the furnace. As a result, on a cold winter night, more than 20 coking workers wore hoods and masks, loaded trucks and carts, and the carts were eating away at the coal mountain little by little, and the coaling holes in the carbonization room were smoky, wantonly destroying the atmosphere of the mountains.

At dawn, the workshop director saw that the workers on the top of the furnace were tired and exhausted, so he ordered everyone to rest.

Ling Feng returned to the exchange room, explained to the eldest sister of the switch, and moved a bench to the back of the instrument cabinet to close his eyes and recuperate.

When he woke up, Ling Feng looked at his watch, and it was already ten past eight. It was time to "move mountains" on the stove, Ling Feng hurriedly finished his meal and came to the top of the stove. At this time, on the top of the furnace, there were 50 or 60 workers gathered in the fire control class, the hot repair class, the maintenance class, coking, and coke transportation. The direction of the coal is divided into two directions, one direction is to fill directly into the carbonization chamber, and the other direction is to throw it down the coke oven. Under the coke oven, the team's forklifts and dump buckets are also busy.

What a vivid work scene, a lively labor scene. Looking at, watching, and experiencing, the fiery era that I hadn't thought about for a long time appeared in front of me again, and the figures of the fathers gradually became clear and tall.