The next day, he asked Mr. Wang, the head teacher, for leave, and then Fang Yong took a tricycle and went to the tractor factory.

Fang Yong, the tractor factory in Yunze County, had passed by its door before and had never entered it.

Came to the tractor factory, walked to the door, arched above the gate of the Yunze County tractor factory, these seven words have been rusted, the three points of water on the word Ze are a little less, and the tractor's word is less than the handle, and it has become a tractor.

The door is locked inside the guard's room, and the lock on the door is rusty, and it looks like no one has been in the guard's room for a long time. Fang Yong walked in in a big way, and no one asked him.

The factory area with thousands of empty alleys was very deserted, and Fang Yong walked silently for a long time without seeing a single figure. On the mottled fonts on the walls of some nearby buildings, some propaganda slogans can be faintly recognized. Some workshops have collapsed, and these dilapidated buildings also bear witness to the history of tractors.

Looking through the broken glass window, it was empty, only a few rotten bricks and tiles were scattered on the ground, and most of the lime on the walls had fallen off and piled up on the ground into piles of dust. As soon as I got closer, a flock of sparrows fluttered out of the window, and a few feathers were dropped, which fluttered through the air with the wind.

"The former tractor factory can't imagine that it has changed so much now." Fang Yong couldn't help but frown and sighed. Continue to walk forward silently, there is still no human population, on the land near the factory, a piece of vegetable fields reclaimed by nearby houses, arranged there of different sizes. The scene in front of him was both shocked and excited for Fang Yong.

Walking to the end of the road, there is a bend in the workers' family area, which was neatly arranged there, but the houses are obviously old, and there are some simple board houses built with asbestos tiles, and some residents raise their own chickens and ducks, making this residential area seem chaotic.

Walking into the workers' family area, the dogs, chickens, ducks, and geese raised by the workers' families all barked and were a little noisy. The air is also not fresh, and there is some special smell in the air.

After leaving the workers' family area, there was a road further on, and to Fang Yong's surprise, there was another scene, the street was bustling. The side of the road is full of stalls, and the streets are full of shouting. The streets are full of people wandering aimlessly with cigarettes in their mouths and hands in their pockets. However, from the old overalls on their bodies, it can be seen that they are all workers of the tractor factory that lives here.

As we walked past a fruit stand, a middle-aged woman's stall owner shouted, "Bananas, authentic Cantonese bananas." A pound for a dollar. Boy, order bananas! I'm cheap here, one dollar and one pound, two pounds, right? It may be that the middle-aged woman saw that there was a clear difference between the clothes on Fang Yong's body and the surroundings, thinking that he was here to buy something, so she shouted at Fang Yong.

The price of one dollar and one pound made Fang Yong feel very cheap, and he couldn't help but stop in front of this stall.

"How much does the lad weigh? Look, my bananas here are big, sweet, delicious? The middle-aged woman said to Fang Yong with a smile on her face.

Fang Yong looked at the banana peel with a little black spots (that is, the skin is usually called "black sesame"), and there were some wrinkles, and he could smell a fruity fragrance.

"So cheap? Isn't this banana bad? Fang Yong asked.

"Okay, okay, I don't believe you can taste it, it's not good to don't want money." The middle-aged woman said as she picked up a scattered banana next to her, peeled the skin and let Fang Yong taste it.

"It tastes really good, it's delicious!" After taking a bite, I felt that the banana was delicious and sweet, and the taste was really good. Fang Yong praised.

Seeing Fang Yong's praise and saying yes, the middle-aged woman was very happy, and hurriedly said, "Young man, how much do you want?" I'll weigh you! ”

After eating the banana in his hand and throwing the banana peel into the fruit box that was used as a garbage bin by the stall, Fang Yong said to the middle-aged woman with a smile: "Sister-in-law, weigh me three hanging bananas!" Divided into three bags. ”

The three hanging bananas weigh more than ten catties, but for this middle-aged woman, it is a big business, and she hurriedly responded with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll try to pick a good one for you!" ”

The middle-aged woman turned her head and shouted to the middle-aged man selling apples next to her, and pointed to a box of bananas with her right hand: "Dabao, bring that box of bananas over!" ”

Looking at the middle-aged man who was moving the box, he was wearing the work clothes of the tractor factory, and the red words of the Yunze County Tractor Factory were embroidered on the pocket of his jacket. The blue overalls are very old, and they have been washed with water. The middle-aged man moved the box and went back to look at his apple stand.

The middle-aged woman saw Fang Yong looking at the middle-aged man and said with a smile: "This is my family's family, the tractor factory has been closed down for several years, and the workers have been laid off. ”

"Sister-in-law, the eldest brother is laid off, doesn't the tractor factory give some living allowance?" Fang Yong asked.

Hearing Fang Yong mention the living allowance, the middle-aged woman's face suddenly flashed with anger, "When I was laid off, I said that I was good, and I had a living allowance of 200 yuan per month. However, the factory gave 100 yuan, and the workers also made trouble, and the factory said that there was no money, and the 100 yuan was still given by the government. Now some of us workers are running out of food! ”

"Why don't the leaders of the factory want to find a way out?" Fang Yong asked.

"The leader of the factory? The factory director and secretary have already been transferred, and no one can be found. Now there are only a few people left who don't care much, just thinking about themselves, who can take care of us people. At the mention of leadership, the middle-aged woman was a little resentful.

"But the old factory director went to the county government every time to receive a living allowance, and then sent it to us laid-off workers." The middle-aged woman's face was better at the mention of the old factory director.

The middle-aged woman took the picked banana and put it on the tray scale, and said while weighing it: "We can't help it, so we set up such a fruit stand." You see, the stalls on this street are all laid-off workers from the tractor factory who live here. Now that we have the ability and the way to go out to work, we can only set up stalls for those of us who are useless. ……”

"It's a total of thirteen catties and two taels, even if it's thirteen catties!" After the middle-aged woman finished weighing, she handed the bag to Fang Yong with a smile.

After Fang Yong paid the middle-aged woman's money, he left the middle-aged woman's stall with a banana. Hearing the middle-aged woman say this, Fang Yong didn't have the heart to continue to understand.

The leaders of the factory are gone, who to go to? It seems that only the old factory director still asks about some things, and the others are busy with their own things.

Stepping back to school with the school bell, Fang Yong came to the classroom with a banana, Xu Changqing and Fang Wei were coming out of the classroom, and when they saw Fang Yong taking a handful of bananas, they snatched the bananas, saying that they were waiting for him in the dormitory. Walking into the classroom, Fang Yong gave Zhang Yuting a copy and asked her to wait in the classroom and go to eat together. Then I came to the office, just as Mr. Wang was packing up his things and preparing to go home, Fang Yong put the banana on it, and said goodbye to Mr. Wang after the holiday.