Hongxia smiled and said, "Dongmei, I can imagine now, when you were drilling two, you ran to the toilet...... You are not afraid of that embarrassment, and you will accidentally fall down. ”

Dongmei saw the exaggerated appearance of Hongxia's smile, and she also laughed out loud.

She couldn't help but say: "People have three urgency, and they can't control it at all, and at that time, even women can't manage so much." ”

Hongxia finally finished laughing, and she said, "Since, the toilet is far from your living area. It's so far away, then you want to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, so what can you do?"

Dongmei recalled the life situation when she lived in a tin house at that time.

She said: "Then what else can I do, at that time, everyone lived in a tin house, so put a basin on the floor of the room as a urinal, and get up in the middle of the night, just be convenient." ”

Hongxia thought about the cramped tin house, and then thought about the airtight iron windows, she asked, "What if you want to go up to the tuba in the middle of the night, do you want to go directly to the urinal?"

Dongmei nodded first, then shook her head and said: "At that time, everyone's general quality was low, and every morning when I got up, I could often see that between the tin house and the tin house, there would be fresh feces, and the smell of urine was everywhere. ”

After speaking, Dongmei thought about her current life, and then sighed and said: "It's better now, there is a toilet in the room, and it's a flush toilet, really, you don't have to worry about going to the toilet anymore." ”

Sister-in-law Li listened carefully beside her, and she couldn't help but ask Dongmei, saying, "Then after you moved from the second base to the first base, have the conditions improved a lot?" ”

Dongmei recalled the scene of drilling the first base in northern Shaanxi and said: "From the second base to the first base, it was the end of ninety-two, and we lived in a brick house in the west.

And next to the farmhouse behind the brick house, there is a toilet, which is a fifteen-minute walk from the distance. ”

Hearing fifteen minutes, Sister-in-law Li shook her head and said incredulously, "Fifteen minutes is still close?"

Dongmei looked at Sister-in-law Li's surprised appearance and explained to her: "The toilet is only fifteen minutes away from the living area, which is already very good, at least better than half an hour when you are drilling."

Although fifteen minutes, sometimes it is a long time, but at least, people can basically hold it, unlike when they were drilling two, in order to go to the toilet, they had to run all the way, and after squatting, they were hot and sweaty. ”

Sister-in-law Li felt uncomfortable and said: "Although it is close, if your stomach is uncomfortable, you still have to act in advance, otherwise, it will definitely be too late to leave when you can't hold it back?"

Dongmei said: "Yes, but when we drilled the second base, we had developed a good habit of reacting in advance, and we wouldn't wait until the intention was very obvious."

Normally, when I feel a little bit of a stool, I put down everything I have at hand, immediately rush out of the house, and rush to the toilet. ”

Listening to Dongmei's fifteen-minute walk from the brick house to the toilet, Song Nian's daughter-in-law thought of herself when she lived in the brick house north of the bridge.

She said: "We were living in a brick house on the north side of the bridge, and the nearest toilets were on the south side of the bridge, and it took 15 minutes to walk to get to the toilet. ”

Dongmei said, "That's the one you're talking about, is it the toilet located on the side of the bridge?"

Song Nian's daughter-in-law nodded, looked at Dongmei and said, "Yes, at that time, there was no toilet on the north side of the bridge, and all the people on the north side of the bridge had to be on the side of the bridge, on that toilet." ”

Dongmei thought about the simple and small public toilet on the edge of the bridge and said, "Yes, when we finally moved to the Brocade Building, we also went to that toilet, but the time from the Brocade Building to the toilet has been shortened to three minutes." ”

Hearing that the toilet was only three minutes away from the living area, Sister-in-law Li said with satisfaction: "That's called a toilet, otherwise it's so far away, it can't play the role of a toilet at all, it's better to call it unbearable." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei smiled, and she told Sister-in-law Li: "I lived in the Boko Building for a few years, and when I finally moved to the cadre building, I completely bid farewell to the era of looking for toilets." ”

Sister-in-law Li empathized, she said excitedly: "At that time, we lived in the opposite door, you lived in 101, I lived in 100, don't you say, this cadre building is good, all the flush toilets." ”

Dongmei gets excited when she thinks of the flush toilet.

She said: "Yes, in the past, whenever I moved to one place, the first thing I did was to send my two children to find a toilet, and it had to be the toilet closest to my home.

However, since I moved into the cadre building, the way of looking for a toilet has come to an end. ”

Sister-in-law Li recalled the scene when she followed her husband from southern Shaanxi to drill a base in northern Shaanxi and said: "Yes, when I followed your brother Li from his hometown in southern Shaanxi to a drill base and lived in the cadre building, I was so excited.

Because it was the first time in my life that I had seen a flush toilet, at that time, I was simply shocked by the high level of the flush toilet. ”

Dongmei very much agreed with Sister-in-law Li's feelings, she said: "Sister-in-law Li, don't say that you were shocked when you just came from your hometown, I, a woman who followed her husband and traveled south and north for several years, was also shocked by the flush toilet."

At that time, I apologized to Wei Guo and said, Wei Guo, ten years ago, you told me that the toilets in big cities not only do not smell, but you can't see dirty things.

At the time, I didn't believe it.

But now, I believe, I believe completely.

Moreover, I didn't expect that this kind of beautiful bathroom would appear in my life.

And it's my home.

I really, never dreamed of it. ”

And beside her, Lianhong, who had been listening and did not speak, finally spoke.

She said, "Sister Dongmei, since you lived in a house with a bathroom, your stubborn constipation has gotten a lot better, right?"

Dongmei thought about the pain of constipation, and she said with palpitations: "Don't say it, since the problem of the toilet has been solved, my constipation is really much better."

So let me say, whether a family has a toilet or not directly affects the health of a family member. ”

Lian Hong nodded, stared at her big eyes and said, "Sister Dongmei, you're right, if a unit doesn't have a toilet, it will directly affect the work efficiency of the employees of the unit." ”

Hearing this, several women laughed.

But after laughing, Dongmei said on a whim: "You say, if there were two bathrooms in the house we live in, it would be great." ”

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Li, who has always been very conservative, immediately refuted Dongmei and said: "Impossible, it is already very good to have a bathroom in a house price, how can there be two bathrooms, it is simply a fantasy." ”

At that time, all the houses in the compound of the workers' families only had one bathroom, and there were no houses with two bathrooms at all.

Therefore, the design of this kind of house has formed a subconscious concept in everyone's subconscious, that is, the law of thinking that a house can only have one bathroom.

Dongmei thought about it and said: "In a family, a bathroom is enough, but sometimes it doesn't work, especially in the morning, Wei Guo went in, couldn't get out for half a day, the child was suffocating outside, holding his stomach and jumping, I thought at the time, in a house, if there were two bathrooms, adults use one, children use one, wouldn't it be better." ”

Lianhong also fantasized that there could be two bathrooms in a unit.

She said: "Sister Dongmei is right, but for a family of four, it is still necessary to have two bathrooms in a house. ”

Sister-in-law Li believes that there can only be one bathroom in a house.

She shook her head and said, "That's just too extravagant, it's impossible." ”

Although it is generally believed that it is a luxury for a family to have two bathrooms, but after a few years, Dongmei's dream has come true.

On this day, the patriots came down from the mountains.

Wei Guo, who pushed the door in, saw that the house was empty, and he was not comfortable.

In the impression of Wei Guo in the past, as long as he came back from the mountain, as soon as he entered the house, he could see the children and Dongmei sitting in the living room, which was both popular and atmospheric, and it was very lively.

But now, the living room is empty, and the home is still very deserted, and even a little lonely.

Wei Guo walked in the door, and after changing his slippers, he began to call Dongmei.

He said, "Dongmei...... Dongmei ...... , where are you, what are you busy with, come out quickly......"

Hearing this, Dongmei rushed out of the bedroom.

She looked pajamas and looked unhappy, and said, "It's noon, you're fine, what about the soul?"

In the past, as long as Wei Guo came back, Dongmei would come forward with a smile.

But as she grows older, Dongmei has begun to become more and more casual.

When she is in a good mood, give Wei Guo a smile.

When she was in a bad mood, she didn't give Wei Guo a good face at all.

Wei Guo looked at the deserted house, looked at Dongmei's indifferent expression, and said, "How do I feel, it's so cold inside the house, and there is no popularity at all?"

Dongmei returned to her bedroom and continued to sleep.

She didn't take care of Weiguo and said: "Taotao is in the third year of college, Nana is in the first year of college, and the two children have gone to school in the provincial capital, don't you know?"

After Wei Guo put down his bag, he put on his slippers and walked in.

He looked at Dongmei who was on the bed, with his back to him, and said, "I know, but how do I feel, the children are all gone suddenly, and I'm still a little uncomfortable." ”

Dongmei covered the summer cool quilt, moved the pillow high, and said: "The children are all older, it's time to leave you, now go to college, when the time comes, start a family, go their own way, it's impossible to stay at home every day, you better prepare your mind early, otherwise when the child really leaves you one day, you will still cry." ”

Wei Guo took off his shoes, walked to Dongmei's side, and said, "You say, is it necessary for us to buy a house in the provincial capital?"

Hearing that Wei Guo was going to buy a house in the provincial capital, Dongmei thought that Wei Guo was joking with her, so she ignored him.

Wei Guo saw that Dongmei ignored her, so he raised his voice and said, "Dongmei, I'm going to buy a house in the provincial capital, what do you think?"

Dongmei always thought that Wei Guo was joking, she closed her eyes and said: "Wei Guo, we are all old people, and we are not children anymore, can you, don't make such low-level, mentally retarded jokes?"

Wei Guo was stunned, he said seriously: "What am I kidding with you, I'm serious." ”

Dongmei seemed to hear some kind of seriousness from Wei Guo's tone.

She opened her eyes, lowered her pillow, looked at Wei Guo and said, "Are you crazy, we live well in the Liquan base, why do you want to go to the provincial capital?"

Wei Guo saw Dongmei open his eyes, and he said solemnly: "We are both oil workers and nomadic herders, living in pursuit of water and grass, and we all moved all the way here.

We moved from the countryside of Guanzhong to the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang.

Then from the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang, we moved to the No. 8 Oil Production Team and the Ermaling Base in Longdong.

Then he moved to the Ganquan base in northern Shaanxi, and finally to the Liquan base......

Dongmei, don't you think we should move to the good again?"

Dongmei turned around, looked at Wei Guo and said: "The place where I used to live was not a desert, or a Sichuan Road, not a loess, or a plateau, and where we live now, in the hinterland of Guanzhong, a horse and a flat river, and eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, you can't see the edge at a glance, the five grains are abundant, and the wind and rain are smooth, isn't it good?"

Wei Guo admired Dongmei's language and rhetoric, he said: "We live in a good place, but don't you want to go to a better place to live, such as the northern suburbs of the provincial capital?"

Hearing this, Dongmei simply sat up, she said: "The house in the provincial base must be at least like Raoli, and the department-level cadres can be assigned, you are not even a deputy technical manager now, just a technical leader, do you think you can be assigned to the house in the base?"

Wei Guo's eyes turned in his sockets.

He said, "Since we can't get a house, we won't pay for it ourselves."

Hearing about buying a house, Dongmei resolutely disagreed.

She scratched her hair, crooked her neck, looked at Wei Guo and said: "In that place in the provincial capital, every inch of land is expensive, and a square meter house costs 2,000 yuan. ”

Hearing this, Wei Guo also hesitated.

He said: "I heard that the unit is in a place called Bright Garden in the northern suburbs, and the group bought a building, and the price is slightly cheaper than if a single person buys it. ”

Dongmei asked, "Can anyone ask for it?"

Wei Guo said: "Of course not everyone anymore, only people like me, who have worked for more than 25 years and are technical cadres, are qualified." ”

Dongmei asked: "How much cheaper can a group-bought house be cheaper than an ordinary house?"

Wei Guo said: "It's not much cheaper, it's a few dozen yuan per square meter, and a house is one or two thousand yuan cheaper." ”

Hearing this, Dongmei shook her head and said, "Then what are you buying it for, it's expensive, it's far away, and it's not familiar with life." ”

Although Dongmei dislikes the high price of the house in the bright garden of the provincial capital, and dislikes that it costs 2,000 yuan per square meter, what she doesn't know is that in ten years, the price of a square meter house will rise to 7,000 yuan......

In another 20 years, the price of a one-square-meter house will rise to 15,000 yuan......