In the afternoon, Guo Guozhu went out to pull honeycomb coal for his family. Because he was on the night shift tonight, he slept at noon. Home alone in the afternoon. He crouched on the floor of the kitchen, tossing and turning and fiddling with the bucket of iron that had been churned out last night. In the morning, the said, I really didn't do it, I had to do it. He said that there were no buckets in the workshop, so he had to find a bucket on the high car to practice martial arts. Mom said, people are such a big workshop, hundreds of people, can't find a bucket? Do you still need to take the bucket at home? The affairs of the public family are managed by the leaders of other people's workshops, and you still need to worry about it. Later, seeing that Guo Guozhu was silent, he said that this old bucket seemed to have a little leak in the bottom. Again, the workshop will be especially done, and you don't need to worry about it. In the end, he didn't say anything and went out.

He first took the iron bucket outside, and when he looked at the sun, he found that in the groove at the bottom of the bucket, there was indeed a small hole the size of a needle's eye.

He returned to the house and began to drag a small wooden box from under a simple wooden cabinet. The small wooden box is painted with dark red paint all around. After the lid was opened, inside the wooden cover, a few childish calligraphy words were written in red lacquer: "Saving Revolution". The small wooden box was exposed to the surface of an iron hammer, a hammer with a wooden handle, pliers, a taper, a pistol-like electric drill, a triangular ruler, and an old tape measure, and a one-foot-long soldering iron. He scooped out the surface tools, rummaged through the pile of tangled wires inside, and finally found a plastic bag in the corner of the toolbox. He pinched it with his hand, unwrapped the plastic bag, and pulled out a dark lead-colored lump the length of his index finger.

There was a car outside the door, and someone shouted: "National pillar? ”

He was stunned for a moment, slowly stood up, and responded loudly: "Huh——— old bear? As soon as the door opened, "Come in, come in." He never asked the old bear if he was passing by or what was the matter. The old bear is like going home, coming and going.

As soon as Xiong Erbo entered the door, he saw a stall of tools on the ground, and smiled: "Ah, drive a repair shop?" ”

"Hehe, hey," Guo Guozhu slowly wiped the curved cutting head in front of the soldering iron, revealing his experience in repairing and making tools by himself since he was a child. "Sit down, you sit down, I want to weld the bucket by the way."

"Buckets? I really admire you, I do everything myself. Xiong Erbo rarely deliberately flatters Guo Guozhu, they are all too familiar with each other. He didn't ask what the bucket was for. Because he was anxious to ask Guo Guozhu something.

"I just came out of the central hospital. Well, I remember your night shift today. Don't sleep for a while? ”

"I squinted for a while at noon, and I didn't fall asleep." And Guo Guozhu entered the door from Xiong Erbo, in fact, he immediately thought that Xiong Erbo was specifically to meet Zhen Fengwei. He was thinking about it, too. He could see the result from Xiong Erbo's face.

"I haven't heard you talk about it yet, what was it like that day?" He felt that he and Xiong Erbo did not need to go around in circles.

"Hey," Xiong Erbo tried to control himself as much as possible, but he still couldn't control it well, "Fuck, I didn't say a few words, and left." ”

"Left without saying a few words?" Guo Guozhu actually heard from the last phone call that it was impossible for Zhen Fengwei and Xiong Erbo not to really get married. It's just playing. He could hear it, though he didn't have any experience with it.

"Hey, I can't fucking see it......" Xiong Erbo didn't seem to want to say more. He's a smart man, and he already knows it in his heart, and it's not interesting to say more. That is, Guo Guozhu, who can say a few words to him. For someone else, he didn't want to reveal a word. The blow to his self-esteem ——— a rotten girl who was chasing him when she was upside down, and she actually said that it was upside down, which was too faceless. He suddenly raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "Ah, it's half past four, alas, Guozhu, last time you went to their workshop to repair that thing, the colleague who went with you, well, I heard you say it was a workshop technician last time?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Guo Guozhu replied casually.

"What's it called? Last time I heard you say your name is Xu? ”

"Xu Li, what's wrong?"

"Do you live in Xidan?" Xiong Erbo conjecture.

"yes, I heard him say it last time." Although Guo Guozhu's brain couldn't catch up with Xiong Erbo, when he heard this, his heart felt like being gently scratched by a kitten and a puppy.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing——— what time do you get to work? Don't delay you——— you fix your wow. Xiong Erbo stood up, smiled and said, "Why are you repairing?" "He wanted to say that he would be done with a bucket, and it took so much effort. But he didn't say it, the old courtyard in the old city where Guo Guozhu's family lived used buckets to catch water in the courtyard, so don't say it.

He wanted to leave immediately, but he didn't want to show that he was in a hurry and prepared: "Well, have you signed up for this year's adult college entrance examination?" I also reported it in our medical system. ”

Guo Guozhu didn't stand up and said, "Alas, what about the morning, what are you anxious about?" College entrance examination for adults? Electricity big wow? A machine seems to be recruiting two classes this year, and I'm ready to apply, but I don't know if I can be admitted to the ball. He thinks that there are thousands of young people in the whole factory, not only technical school students have this idea, but also so many secondary school students are also waiting to take the exam, and the competition is a bit fierce.

"Hehe, hurry up and take the test, as long as you are admitted in accordance with the provisions of the document, you can study full-time. That's what our system says, and a machine should be pretty much the same. Moreover, our system stipulates that as long as you are admitted in accordance with the regulations, the tuition can be reimbursed——— it is to cultivate talents for the unit. ”

Guo Guozhu stood up at this time, showing interest: "Yes?" That's not bad. Originally, I thought the tuition was self-funded. If it's a public expense, then you definitely have to sign up. So, since it is publicly funded, there should be an index, and there is no distribution after graduation? If you don't assign it, it won't be interesting for half a day. ”

Xiong Erbo showed a look of surprise, raised his head vigorously, and said: "Distribution, definitely distribution, as long as it is public expense, it should be distributed, otherwise, what is the unit spending that money for?" Ha ha. He glanced at Guo Guozhu, and for a moment, a sense of strangeness appeared in his heart,——— Ah, this old man, it's not good to stay in the workshop, and the concept and thinking just can't keep up." After a long time, everyone was scrambling to register for the exam, and Guozhu was still hesitant to pay for it at his own expense, and whether to distribute it or not. Guozhu, old man, has been drilling in the workshop all day long, for a long time...... Hey. He wants to talk to Guo Guozhu in detail next time, but he can't take care of it today. He looked a little flustered, and when he walked back, he hit the wooden door frame, and laughed at himself: "Haha, it's not old, it's not old, it's going to fall, what's the matter?" ”

Guo Guozhu smiled: "Where are you going now?" ”

"Go? Go, our colleagues are waiting for me at the gate of the Central Hospital at five o'clock, just this ah Guozhu, alas, if, if that is, Zhen Feng didn't ask you...... Wow, it's okay...... I'll go first. ”

When Xiong Erbo returned to the gate of the Central Hospital, Xiao Cao was already waiting there. Xiao Cao complained: "Why did it take so long to come? Not going? ”

Xiong Erbo saw that there was a descendant with a little sparse hair and swollen eyes standing next to Xiao Cao, and hurriedly said, "Ah, I went to my classmate, hurry up." He said with a smile. The offspring on the side didn't smile, took out a cigarette coldly, handed it over, Xiong Erbo hurriedly said, "Alas, okay, I don't smoke." But the swollen eye bubble Housheng didn't take his hand back, just handed it motionless. Xiao Cao immediately said: "Erdan, our boss." Let's smoke one. Then he said to the descendant who was called Erdan: "This is Xiong Erbo, my friend." Xiong Erbo hurriedly took the cigarette of Erdan.

Erdan's mouth just said, "Oh, I heard about it." With an expressionless face, a pair of single eyelid swollen eyes, looking at Xiong Erbo gloomily. Xiong Erbo heard about Erdan, Xiaocao, and once from Guo Guozhu's mouth. In his bones, he felt that it was not the same category. He often wears a mask in his pocket. Once, in winter, on a large piece of ice opposite the auditorium of the technical school, a few young people wearing skates and dressed like gangsters in society came. Teacher Liang, who was in charge of the work of the general branch of the Youth League, came over and said to a few classmates: "Alas, you boys, go and drive away those people from the outside society!" They can't just come to school to skate. ”

Everyone didn't distinguish and resist at all, looked at each other, hesitated a few times, smiled helplessly and walked to the ice rink together, Xiong Erbo took out a white mask from his pocket and put it on habitually. While carrying a rope on his left ear with his right hand, he laughed and laughed, as if he was covering up and emboldened. Wu Yingqiang didn't understand Xiong Erbo's intention to wear a mask temporarily. It was Guo Guozhu who whispered to him, look, it's still the old bear guy who has experience. Wu Yingqiang still didn't react. Later, when I asked Guo Guozhu, I realized that Lao Xiong's social experience is that don't let those gangsters in society remember, otherwise they will be unlucky.

Xiong Erbo felt that in his bones, he was not compatible with the gangsters in society. Erdan, from the outside, is a gangster in society. Xiao Cao was a little anxious and asked, "Old Xiong, what do you say, where is the person you are talking about?" ”

Fuck, Xiao Cao, this guy is more anxious than me. "In the foundry. But I haven't gotten off work yet, wait a while, wait for the end of work, and go to the door of Xidan Canteen. ”

"Xidan canteen? Xidan? ”

"A single building with a machine, and the courtyard is the factory canteen."

"Hey, where does that guy live in a bachelor's house?"

"Hey, what our classmates said, live in the single cafeteria, no, no, live in the West Single Building."

"It's been a long time, it's a foreigner, wow? Otherwise, I won't live in a single dormitory. Ball, it's even better to say ——— fight the dog for nothing. Xiao Cao exuded disdain and confidence.

Xiong Erbo said happily: "Wow——— yes, yes." It's not a trivial matter to mess with him. "He didn't want to come across as a coward. He struck a scornful and mocking face at the man who needed to clean up.

"Let's go, have you seen it?" Xiao Cao walked in front and asked him.

"I, fuck, I haven't seen it yet." Xiong Erbo was a little embarrassed.

Xiao Cao stood up and said, "What? Didn't you say you knew? ”

Xiong Erbo explained embarrassedly: "To know is to know, but not to see." What ...... then" Usually, Xiao Cao listens to Xiong Erbo, but now Xiong Erbo seems to have no idea. Erdan didn't speak, and looked coldly. Suddenly, he said, "What's your name?" ”

Xiong Erbo nodded vigorously: "I know." ”

"Is it a machine?"

"Yes, a machine." Xiong Erbo could feel the hard momentum of Erdan. I try to make a look that is both polite and not obscene.

"I live single, and the workshop also knows——— so I will know when I go and ask." Erdan is still cold, with a confident look.