In 1979, under the inspiration of the reform and opening up policy, Dapeng put forward reasonable suggestions to the 39th Division and the Party Committee of the Corps, although both suggestions were adopted, because the regiment headquarters seized the division's transfer order, and at the end of 80 years, he was transferred from the third battalion to the regimental headquarters brick factory, and also arranged a set of brick houses. There is a reason why he didn't move at the beginning, after all, he hasn't been in contact with brick-making machinery for 14 years, and he doesn't know what the environment and equipment of the brick factory are like?

The brick factory of the Corps is close to the north side of the reservoir, and the west side is connected to the Eighth Company, where there are Wang Luming and his daughter Wang Xiaojuan; because of historical reasons, Dapeng and Wang Xiaojuan are 11 years apart, and they once used each other's fake marriages to cause tragedy, and now she must have married and started a family, right? The 5-mile road to the east of the reservoir dam leads to the regimental headquarters, and 5 miles to the east is the home of the 3rd Battalion Dapeng. In order to adapt to the new job, Dapeng had to eat and live in the brick factory.

The first time I came to the brick factory is so unfamiliar, except for the secretary of the people, the personnel are not acquainted, the machine is so backward, although there is a factory shed covered, but those belts, gears are all exposed, without any protective cover, to personal safety brings many hidden dangers. Dapeng participates in the winter inspection of the fitter group every day, and only the sixty-year-old master Wang has mediocre skills, and there is also a sixty-year-old car mechanic Lao Song Tou, and then Li Zhongyi, who is five years younger than Dapeng. Because I have to pay attention to the rules when I first come, I don't dare to touch any electric welding and gas welding handles, and if I rush to do it, it seems that I am robbing other people's business, and I will not be able to cooperate with the work in the future if there is a conflict.

At first, in addition to working during the day, Dapeng lived in the office at night, only ate in the workers' canteen, and lived an independent life of singleness. After a long time, the salary was limited, and only after three months did she move into a new home in the brick factory, and the eldest girl arranged to study in the brick factory school, and due to limited conditions, the retired father-in-law and the old couple temporarily stayed in the third camp.

Dapeng did not participate in the construction of the new brick factory of Jiukongqiao, nor did he go to the division tunnel kiln to engage in design, and only maintained the original old brick-making machinery and equipment in 81 years. Because the weather in the north is cold early, the annual production of bricks is only 100 days, so the whole factory work is restless, that is, the personnel work in two shifts, 24 hours the machine rotates, and the maintenance depends on the lunch time. The so-called two shifts are not fixed black and white shifts, and they have to work in tandem every half a month, and the day shift must work overtime until midnight to change shifts, and the next night will officially switch to the night shift, which is also the old "turtle" regulation of Wang Ba's ass implemented by the brick factory.

Because the two sixty-year-old masters of the fitter group could not enter the computer room and could not participate in the night shift, in order to take care of the old man, they only let them do some work within their capacity in the fitter's room during the day. Dapeng proposed that the young Li Zhongyi be the 24-hour on-call director, while he and Liu Da worked two shifts, taking care of the clutch of the mixer and the so-called batching machine, in addition to the maintenance and overhaul of the machine.

Liu is 1.8 meters tall, and he just found a partner at the age of 26, although the girl is not tall and looks so handsome, the two of them seem to be a natural pair, and they are all appreciated. The little couple will go to the regiment headquarters to register the next day, and everyone is still looking forward to drinking the wedding wine. On the night of the first day, Liu Da was at the end of the mixer and took care of the clutch. The bell rang, the motor turned, and the machine was constantly running, and in a daze, Liu sat on a chair, stepped on the box of the mixer, and slipped into the pair of gears without a safety box in a dream.

Liu Da woke up in a coma, at first he didn't feel anything, when he saw that his feet were gone, blood was gushing out, and he immediately fainted and lay on the ground. Thanks to someone above, the bell stopped and took him to the hospital. At first, only one foot was sawed off, but the wound continued to inflame, so he had no choice but to saw off the calf again, and since then he has been healed and fitted with a prosthesis and become disabled, and his object has disappeared.

On this day, Dapeng was on the day shift, and everyone went home for dinner at noon, and he was the only one in the machine room who was maintaining the machine and replacing the reamer blades in the mixer case. For the sake of safety, he first used a six-flute steel drill to pin the clutch that had been separated, which was also to ensure safe work. Which Cheng wanted Xiao Ning, who had just finished eating, and started the 4115 landline when he came in high spirits. Due to the impulse of the start, the clutch of the mixer moves, and so does the blade of the mixer, because the feeder has eight maces with blades that rotate at ninety revolutions per minute. At that moment, the Roc crawled on the blades of the mixer, and because the steel drill pinned to the clutch in advance worked, it was not stirred into a pulp by the sixty blades. It's the eight maces on the head, each with a blade scattered one meter wide, as long as a knife cuts the head, it will be a life.

Wang and Du pulled the bell to shut down, and scolded Xiao Ning in person, why didn't they pull the bell and start the machine? Everyone's reprimand was to no avail, that Xiao Ning's face was pale and he couldn't speak, only after helping Dapeng up from the machine, and then let Master Dai, who was taking care of the 6160 landline, take care of the power to start production.

From the above two cases, it is not difficult to see that not only the lack of safety cover will bring hidden dangers to the machine, but also there are problems in production management. In particular, the main engine cylinder block has been broken, the anchor screw is loose, and the machine body is shaking, and it has reached the point of blasting and stopping production at any time. What to do?

It is said that the mechanic Lao Ji used to maintain the machine, but because the soil was too sticky, the mud balls on the roller could not enter the main machine, and it was useless for someone to press it with a wooden stick. Lao Ji was too stupid, he stepped on it with his feet, but he was stirred into the main engine by the roller, and it was Li Zhongyi who kicked the belt off, otherwise he would also be stirred into a meat blank by the machine. What should I do? People had to grit his teeth and turn the wheel upside down again, and he had to turn it upside down again to get the man out. In order to take care of one of his legs, he not only bought a wheelchair from Shanghai and let him only work as a car repairman, but also specially transferred his two sons from the company to work in a brick factory.

In 1981, the brick factory worked in black and white, and barely completed less than 5 million red bricks throughout the year, and the first thing to solve was the machine problem. Hua Ying was pregnant, and the two girls often caught colds in winter, and the diagnosis was hilar tuberculosis, and the best medicines were cyanocynic and streptomycin, but the Corps Hospital did not have them!

Habit has become natural, Xiaohua went to the clinic to get an injection by herself at the age of 4, but as soon as she finished the injection, the son of Jia Yande, a dual-income worker, also went to be injected, and the needle died before it was pulled out. It was obvious that the nurse gave the wrong medicine, but Dr. Yang said that it was his responsibility, and he was punished by the party.

There are 6 houses where Dapeng lives, the neighborhood relationship is like a family, Lao Dutou's wife is the mother of Sun Guanghua of Jiulian, and Sun Guanghua was the target of criticism during the Cultural Revolution. Now Lao Dutou's family only needs to do something delicious at home, and the two families are really enthusiastic about giving each other.

Dapeng proposed to the secretary to visit relatives to inspect the purchase of brick-making machines, and the secretary gave family leave, and was entrusted by the fitters to buy some machine parts. On the day of the start, Dapeng took his second daughter Xiaohua away, and left a bag of white noodles for his stepparents when he arrived at the house of the South Railway Bureau. The next day, Dapeng entered the Weidong factory, because it was a military factory for making cannons, and now it is open to the public without secrecy, where Dapeng bought some cannon barrels in the scrap heap for the purpose of making spare parts for the brick factory.

In the afternoon, he checked in those cannon barrels at the station, but when he returned to the South Bureau House, his stepmother was a little unhappy, so he simply took Xiaohua and went to the train station again. In the square, Dapeng bought a popsicle for Xiaohua, she ate it so sweet, and Dapeng bought another one for her, "Dad is so good!" Then let's have another one, "Dad is so good!" I can't give it, take her to the waiting room, let her go upstairs and downstairs to take the elevator, but she still has a cold and fever. Seeing that the stepmother was still unhappy, although the stepparents did not buy anything for the child, he took the evening train back to the brick factory of the Corps that day.

Dapeng immediately reported to the Party Committee of the Corps, and was supported by Secretary Zhuo to renew the machinery. If you want to ask what happened after - please see Chapter 74: How the brick making machine is made.