Song Nian's daughter-in-law looked at Dongmei and Sister-in-law Li and said, "Compared to the two of you, I'm much happier." ”

Dongmei recalled that year and said: "Back then, everyone lived in a nest, and how happy you could be when you went to the Gobi Desert." ”

Sister-in-law Li even jokingly said: "Could it be that at that time, Song Nian built a toilet for you?"

Song Nian smiled and said: "Build a toilet, where does Song Nian have that ability, it's just that he made a baffle for me for this matter, so that whenever I am convenient, I can have no fear." ”

Hearing the baffle, Dongmei and Sister-in-law Li both looked at Song Nian's daughter-in-law curiously and said, "What baffle?"

Song Nian's daughter-in-law introduced Dongmei and Sister-in-law Li to the baffle that Song Nian made for herself that year.

"Actually, the so-called baffle is something similar to a screen, except that it is made of canvas and bamboo poles," she said.

Whenever it's convenient for me to go to the Gobi Desert, I bring that screen with me.

When I got to the place, I opened it.

It's like a wall, blocking me.

When I'm done, I'll fold it up again and take it back with me. ”

Hearing this, Dongmei said enviously: "Oh, why didn't I find out at that time, you have that good thing, otherwise, if I borrow your screen, I won't have it, such stubborn constipation." ”

Song Nian's daughter-in-law said: "At that time, everyone was a young woman, and they were all shy, who would show that kind of thing." ”

After speaking, everyone burst into laughter.

Dongmei said: "Since I became pregnant with Cui Tao, I have returned to my hometown.

When I go back to my hometown, guess what's the happiest thing about me?"

Song Nian's daughter-in-law said: "I guess, there must be a fixed bathroom, which can be opened very openly, go to the toilet, isn't it." ”

Dongmei nodded and said: "Don't say it, you really guessed it, with the special toilet in the backyard, I feel that at least it is much more comfortable than on the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang." ”

Saying that, Dongmei herself made herself laugh.

Wang Xue'e recalled: "At that time, I remember that in the end, it seemed that because of the reaction of the majority of employees, the unit finally built a toilet for everyone. ”

Dongmei nodded and said: "I remember, when I gave birth to Cui Tao and took Cui Tao to Xinjiang to find Weiguo, I found that only a little more than a year later, a toilet was built near Diwozi, but the toilet was very simple." ”

Sister-in-law Li still remembers it vividly, she said: "It is said that it is a toilet, in fact, it is, dig a particularly large pit on the Gobi Desert, and then put a tin house on it, and then dig a few holes on the floor of the tin house, so that people can squat on it, it's that simple." ”

Dongmei also has a deep memory of that simple toilet.

She said: "I was so impressed with the toilet.

At that time, Taotao was still in swaddling clothes, no one was allowed to hug him, and he cried when he hugged him, but I hugged him, but every time I went to the toilet, I had to hug Taotao. ”

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Li was stunned, she said: "Dongmei, you are just messing around, the pit of the toilet is very deep, three or four meters deep, you take the child to the toilet, and you are not afraid of falling into it and drowning?"

Dongmei said helplessly: "When Taotao was one year old, he was particularly recognized, except for me and Wei Guo, others cried when they hugged him, and they cried heartbreakingly, there was no way, Wei Guo was not there, I took the child to the toilet."

Now, I remember, what I was like.

I squatted on the pit, hugged Taotao on both knees, and didn't dare to move, for fear that I would make a slight mistake and drop the child into the pit. ”

Sister-in-law Li thought about the uncomfortable picture and said, "Then what should you do when you use toilet paper after you're done?"

Dongmei immediately squatted on the edge of the wall and demonstrated to Sister-in-law Li what she looked like back then.

She said: "What else can I do, every time I choose a pit, I choose the pit next to the wall, so that when I use toilet paper, I use my left leg to crowd Tao Tao on the edge of the wall, and after I finish using toilet paper, I hold Tao Tao with one hand and carry pants with one hand, which is uncomfortable."

Although I didn't feel anything at the time, but now that I think about it, I'm really scared, if my legs shake or my hands shake, the child will definitely fall into the pit.

If you drop the child in, there's really no way to do it. ”

Hongxia also recalled, the kind of big pit with the toilet of the tin house.

She said: "Yes, at that time, for the long time of the toilet, the pit was dug out with an excavator, it was so deep and big that if a person fell into it, he would definitely die." ”

Dongmei said with palpitations: "I was young at the time, and I was stupid, you said to give the child to others to hold, the child cried, then you let him cry for a while, why take such a big risk and carry the child to the toilet, you said, the child crying, it is better than falling into the toilet." ”

Sister-in-law Li said: "Yes, but I was young at the time, plus there was no TV, no Internet, and information was blocked, so everyone didn't know anything, too stupid, too simple." ”

At that time, as long as the toilet was full, the unit would send a crane to remove the tin house, and then use a forklift to fill the big pit with soil, and then dig another big pit nearby, continue to put the tin house on it, and so on and so on.

After Dongmei finished reminiscing about Xinjiang, she began to recall the days when she was in Ermaling Chuandao.

She said: "When I followed Wei Guo and went to Ma Lingchuan Road from the countryside, Wei Guo gave it to me, and he praised Ma Ling Chuan Road as good as heaven, and told me something, there is Hong Kong and Sichuan Road, but I went to it, which is very different from the big city I imagined." ”

Sister-in-law Li said beside her: "The reason why Wei Guo said this is that he is also worried that you won't go out with him, so I will give you a better sound." ”

Dongmei knitted a sweater and said, "Isn't it, what else did Wei Guo tell me, the toilet in Malingchuan Road, after entering, not only does it not stink, but it also can't see dirty things."

I didn't believe it at the time, and thought to myself, since it's a toilet, it must stink, it must be dirty, it must be dirty, I must be able to see dirty things, how can it not stink, and I can't see dirty things?"

Hearing this, Hongxia, Wang Xue'e, Sister-in-law Li, and Lianhong all laughed.

Hongxia said: "Wei Guo is right, as long as it is a flush toilet, you can't smell the smell or see the dirty." ”

Wang Xue'e said: "At that time, we were all women from the countryside, and we had never seen a flush toilet at all. ”

Sister-in-law Li agreed with Wang Xue'e's point of view.

She said: "It's true, the first time I saw the flush toilet, it was also the first time I saw it after I went to the Ganquan base in northern Shaanxi and lived in the cadre building. ”

Lianhong said: "I went to the Liquan base and lived in our current house, so I used the flush toilet."

However, don't say it, this flush toilet is good, you don't get tired of sitting, and you flush it when you're done, which is convenient and hygienic. ”

Dongmei recalled the scene when she followed Wei Guo to the eighth team.

She said: "At that time, after I followed Weiguo to the second base of drilling, I didn't have a house at all, not even a place to live.

In the end, I heard from others that the No. 8 oil production team on the other side of the river at the No. 2 Drill Base had a place to live, so I took the bedding, followed Weiguo, took the children, and went to the No. 8 team.

As a result, I went, but I still didn't have a house.

In the end, the whole family reluctantly lived in a bathhouse, which was considered a place to settle down.

However, when I was in the eighth team, I went out to the hut in the courtyard in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, and I was almost eaten by wolves coming down from the mountain. ”

Hearing this, Hongxia's frightened hairs stood up.

She said, "What age is it, and there are still wolves?"

Song Nian's daughter-in-law went to the eighth team, she said: "Hongxia, don't say it, the place of the eighth team is at the foot of the mountain, not only desolate, but also remote, especially in the middle of the night, when the third watch, there are really wolves coming down from the mountain." ”

Dongmei recalls that horrible night.

She said: "The thatched hut of Team 8 is the most dangerous toilet I have ever experienced.

If it is possible for people to fall into the toilet of the iron house on the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang and drown, then the thatched house of the Eighth Team may be eaten by wolves. ”

Hongxia said in surprise: "Hey, what kind of life do you say we oil workers' families are living in, that is, even the most advanced toilet has to go through so many tribulations." ”

Dongmei continued: "But ah, I just lived in the eighth team for a few months, and the entire eighth team moved to the second base of drilling, in the courtyard of the technical school on the slope. ”

Wang Xue'e asked with concern: "In the yard of the technical school of the second base, there are no more wolves, right?"

Dongmei recalled the two years she spent in the yard of the technical school.

She said: "Drill the second base, although it is also at the foot of the mountain, but there are many people, flowers, where are wolves." ”

Sister-in-law Li has never been to the second base of drilling, she said: "Then you, when you lived in the yard of the technical school of the second base of drilling, did the problem of the toilet be solved?"

Dongmei thought about it, and it was located under the courtyard of the technical school, in the middle of the slope.

She said: "The toilet is there, but it is far away from where we live, if anyone has a bad stomach, at least half an hour in advance, half an hour to act, and you have to hurry up and run to the toilet, otherwise when the stool is stronger, it will be too late to run to the toilet." ”

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Li smiled and said, "Could it be, someone pulled their pants halfway because the toilet was far away from where they lived?"

Dongmei said seriously: "Sister-in-law Li, don't say it, there really is."

Legend has it at that time that Guo Lanying's husband Wan Qing once got up in the morning, because he couldn't hold back, and the toilet was far away, so he pulled his pants halfway. ”

Hearing Wan Qing, Hongxia knew that his brain was not very good.

She said, "Where you live, how long do you have to walk to the toilet?"

Dongmei thought for a while and said, "It's at least half an hour to walk." ”

Hearing this, several of Dongmei's good sisters were stupid.

Everyone said that when you go to the toilet, you have to walk for half an hour, which is really a toss-up.

However, these things are all things that everyone has personally experienced, and they are really real things.

Hongxia asked Dongmei, "Then do you have any incontinence halfway because of stomach pain?"

After speaking, Hongxia began to laugh because she wanted to see Dongmei's joke.

Dongmei was also amused by Hongxia, she said: "I, every time I go to the toilet, I run there, and there are very few times when I walk, unless there are many people on the road."

I'm afraid of being seen and ridiculed, a woman, if you have to run to the toilet, then I'll walk slowly.

However, sometimes, I can't hold back, and if I have to run, I will shout Taotao's name while running, so that everyone thinks that I am looking for the child, not running to the toilet......"

Hearing Dongmei's personal experience, everyone laughed.

However, while laughing, everyone felt that Dongmei's experiences were more or less experienced in everyone.

It's just that as the living conditions continue to improve, everyone gradually forgets that the kind of bad aspects of life in the past.