Archives room.

Li Weidong looked at Zhou's file and talked about it, and his heart was as anxious as a cat, but he didn't dare to open his mouth to urge.

He knew that it was not easy for Zhou Archives to recall the events of more than ten years ago.

If the exit is interrupted, it may disrupt the rhythm of Zhou's file.

Quietly handed out a cigarette, and after Zhou took the file, he lit him with a match.

Zhou took a deep breath.

Hiss.

Call.

Accompanied by a puff of white smoke, a vicissitudes of sound drilled into Li Weidong's ears.

"I was young and vigorous at that time, and my curiosity was also strong, so I asked the master for a leave of absence under the pretext of going to the toilet, and ran to the door of the fitter's workshop."

"It was already full of workers, and there were terrible screams from inside, and I got into the crowd and into the workshop."

"I saw a young worker half-cut into the rolling mill, blood spilling all over the ground."

As he spoke, a look of extreme fear appeared on Zhou's face.

"The worker was still alive! He stretched out his hand and pointed at a worker about his age, whose name I learned later, Yi Zhonghai. ”

"At that time, I remember clearly, the look on Yi Zhonghai's face was not fear, but guilt, but that guilt was fleeting, and I thought I was wrong.

He stepped forward and grabbed the worker's hand and shouted in front of everyone that he would help the injured young man take care of his wife and children. ”

The young man was no longer alive, and he was just breathing a sigh of air, and his eyes widened at the hearing of this, and his mouth opened wide, as if he wanted to say something.

"In the end, before he could say anything, his arm fell, and the man swallowed."

"Everyone present was frightened, standing there motionless and not daring to move, and one of the less courageous ones fell to the ground in fright."

"By the way, that person's name is Liang Damin, and I only learned his name later. It is said that he was the first person to hear the screams and enter the workshop. ”

LIANG Damin. Li Weidong silently kept this name in his heart.

"And then?"

"And then. The workshop director of the fitter workshop entered the workshop, and when he saw that there was an accident, he hurriedly sent someone to call the comrades of the safety department. ”

"Since there was no public-private partnership at that time, the entire rolling mill was the private property of Lou Bancheng, and it was a normal thing that there was an accident in the rolling mill.

"Kicked out? Don't they investigate why things happened, ask people at the scene? Li Weidong interrupted him.

Zhou Archives shook his head: "There was an accident at two ends in three days in the rolling mill, for Lou Bancheng, it is okay to kill some people, but it is absolutely impossible to delay production." ”

Sure enough, he is a black-hearted capitalist, and when he reads the original book, there are still people who sympathize with Lou Bancheng.

Don't you know that Lou Bancheng was able to buy such a big industry in the chaotic years, and he must have a lot of blood on his hands.

Li Weidong scolded twice and said, "You continue, what happened next?" ”

"It's better now, the workers have become the masters of the workers, and the various rules and regulations in the workshop are also complete, and they will not care about the lives of the workers in order to rush the work."

Zhou Archives sighed with emotion before he continued: "After the people from the safety department carried the worker's body out, they asked people to clean the machine with water, and then let the workers in the workshop return to work. ”

"It was as if the young man had never existed in this world."

"Of course, Lou Bancheng still gave the young worker's family a large pension for the sake of fame."

"It is said that the family of the young worker suspected that someone else had killed her husband, and wanted the leaders of the rolling mill to help her investigate."

"Later, I was stopped, I don't know who it was, I only know that the person has a good relationship with Lou Bancheng."

It must be a deaf old lady!

The information provided by Zhou's file is completely consistent with what Jia Zhang's said, and it seems that Jia Zhang's has some true feelings for Lao Jia.

So many years have passed, and she has not forgotten to help Lao Jia get justice.

Li Weidong pondered for a moment, looked up at Zhou's file and said, "Old comrade, do you remember who was at the scene at that time?" ”

Zhou Archive frowned: "It's been so many years, how can I remember clearly, besides, I'm an archivist, and I'm not familiar with those workers."

Speaking of this, Zhou Archive paused and suddenly widened his eyes: "Don't say it, you really remember one, do you remember the Liang Damin I just said?" ”

"The first one to enter the workshop?" Of course Li Weidong remembers.

Zhou Zhizhi nodded: "Liang Damin had just entered the rolling mill at that time, and I was still reviewing his file in the morning, so I was very impressed with him." ”

"Is he still in our rolling mill?"

"It's gone!" Zhou Archive shook his head: "After Liang Damin encountered that incident, he took the initiative to resign from the rolling mill in only half a month. ”

"Do you remember where his house is?" Li Weidong realized that this Liang Damin was likely to be a key figure.

Zhou Archive frowned and thought for a long time, and hesitated: "It's like Liangjiagou on the outskirts of Beijing."

Liangjiagou! Li Weidong's eyes widened suddenly.

He remembered that Liang Ladi's hometown was from Liangjiagou.

Maybe Liang Ladi may know Liang Damin.

As a peasant, Liang Damin was able to enter the city to become a worker, which was a rare opportunity, and it was suspicious to give up for no reason.

In addition, he was the first person to enter the workshop after the incident, and he may have seen something that he shouldn't have seen.

Li Weidong decided to find out Liang Damin.

"Master Zhou, thank you!" Li Weidong took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhou's hand.

"Oh, you little comrade, what's polite."

Zhou Archives pushed twice, and when he saw that Li Weidong was sincere, he didn't shirk it any more and put it in his pocket.

Leaving the archives, Li Weidong arranged the production work of the workshop, told Niu Meng to take care of the workshop, and rode a bicycle out of the rolling mill.

He first went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy 2 catties of white rabbit toffee, and then rode his bicycle to a small alley near the machinery factory.

At this time, Liang Ladi was working in a machinery factory, and only three children were playing at home.

Seeing Li Weidong outside the door, a trace of vigilance flashed in Da Mao's eyes, grabbed the door panel with one hand, and carried a stick with the other: "Comrade, are you here to find my father?" ”

"Your father?" Li Weidong was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Da Mao's eyes blink twice, he realized that this kid was bluffing.

Good guy, he has so many hearts and eyes at a young age, and he can pay it back when he grows up.

Li Weidong took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, and said solemnly: "That's right, I'm here to find your father, you call him out." ”

This stunned Da Mao.

His father had passed away when he was young, but the person in front of him kept saying that he wanted to find his father, what was going on.

Of the three children of the Liang family, Da Mao has the most heart, Ermao has the most temper, and Xiu'er is the kindest.

She was grabbing Gahara on the ground, and when she heard the conversation between the two, she stood up and ran over, looking at Da Mao with a puzzled expression: "Brother, our father is long gone, how can you lie to people?" ”

"You, what a fool!"

Da Mao saw that he had missed the filling, glanced at Xiu'er dissatisfied, and turned his head to look at Li Weidong: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Li Weidong took out a packet of White Rabbit toffee from the canvas bag, raised it in front of him, and said with a smile: "I am a man named Da Mao, a real man named Ermao, and a beautiful little girl named Xiu'er." ”

"I'm Xiu'er!"

Da Mao was about to stop it, but Xiu'er had already run up, her fingers in her mouth, and her little face was full of anticipation: "Uncle, are you going to give us these sugars?" ”

Ermao also came up and grabbed Xiu'er's arm: "Xiu'er, don't be deceived, we don't know him, will he give us the White Rabbit toffee?" ”

Hearing this, Xiu'er's eyes darkened, and she quietly took a step back, with a look of vigilance on her face.

The children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and Liang Ladi has to go to work during the day these years, so she can only leave a few children at home.

Over time, several children have developed the ability to live independently.

Li Weidong laughed and said: "You don't know me, but you know you, your name is Da Mao, right?" ”

Da Mao was stunned.

Li Weidong tapped his finger on Ermao and Xiu'er's heads, and said with a smile: "You are Ermao and Xiu'er." ”

The three children said in unison, "How do you know us?" ”

"I'm your mother's friend." Li Weidong took the White Rabbit toffee out of the bag and stuffed it into their hands.

"Your mother has done me a great favor, and I have come to thank her."

Hearing this, a look of hesitation appeared on the faces of the three children, especially Xiu'er, who stared at the White Rabbit Milk Candy with her eyes, and her saliva was about to flow down.

Ermao looked at Da Mao and whispered: "Brother, we don't have any good things in our family, and there is no need for this person to lie to us." ”

"Besides, I learned boxing and kicking kung fu from Uncle Liu next door, if he dares to play badly, I can knock him down with one punch."

Da Mao seemed to be very relieved of Ermao's ability, so he breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to take the toffee, and said thank you.

Xiu'er was very polite, and after taking the toffee, she didn't forget to invite Li Weidong to the house.

The room was tattered, with tables, chairs, and benches, and there was not a single one, and the small room was divided in half by a curtain of cloth.

Half is a place to live, half is Liang Ladi's sewing studio.

Liang Ladi has sewing skills, and has relied on helping neighbors sew clothes to subsidize the family over the years.

Of course, her level is too inferior, far worse than Chen Xueru.

The neighbors also saw that she was a little widow, and it was not easy for her to have a few children, so they asked her to help sew clothes.

"Da Mao, how old are you?"

"Uncle, I'm five years old."

"Why don't you go to school?"

My mother can't afford to pay the tuition."

At this time, Liang Ladi came back from work, and heard a voice coming from the house from a long distance.

"These children are really not worrying at all, I clearly told them not to open the door to strangers easily, why don't they listen!"

Liang Ladi picked up a stick casually, kicked the door open, and rushed in.

"Let go of my children!"

When she saw that the person who was chatting with the children was Li Weidong, she was stunned.

"Director Li, why are you here?"

Li Weidong stood up and said with a smile: "I am your creditor now, of course I am here to collect debts." ”

When he was in the machinery factory, because of the matter of Deputy Director Huang, Liang Ladi owed Li Weidong fifty catties of stick noodles.

As of now, there are still ten catties left to pay it back.

Of course, Liang Ladi knew what the so-called debt repayment was, a blush crept up her fair and pink cheeks, and said coquettishly: "In front of the children, what nonsense are you talking about." ”

Xiu'er looked at Li Weidong, then at Liang Ladi, stood up and said, "Mother, you once taught us that we have to pay back what we owe to others." ”

Liang Ladi suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, and reached out and pinched Xiu'er's face: "Dead girl, a few white rabbit toffee, I will buy you, my mother hurts you in vain." ”

Xiu'er pouted and said, "Not only the White Rabbit Milk Candy, Uncle Weidong also has to help us pay the tuition." ”

"Pay Tuition Fees"

Liang Ladi's face instantly became serious, and she frowned and looked at Li Weidong: "If you sympathize with me, you can take back that sympathy, although I, Liang Ladi, have no ability and can't even pay the child's tuition, I will definitely not take advantage of others." ”

Liang Ladi has her own set of rules of conduct.

She can exchange steamed buns and meal tickets with the workers of the machinery factory in the way of "selling", but she decides that she will not accept handouts from others.

The neighbors around her saw that she was working hard with the children, and some offered to help her, but she politely refused, and there was no way for those well-wishers, so they could only give her clothes to be sewn, and then pay her for labor.

This code of conduct looks ridiculous, but Li Weidong has some admiration.

Li Weidong said in a deep voice: "Of course, those tuition fees are not given to you for free, what do you want!" ”

"The tuition fee will be converted into stick noodles, and you will have to pay me back one by one in the future."

"You" Liang Ladi bit her lip, a little moved in her heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, just change it to stick noodles, but you can't take advantage of me." ”

"That's for sure, I've already calculated, the three children are all elementary school students, and they need two yuan and five cents for tuition each semester, which is 7.5 yuan for one semester."

Li Weidong said slowly: "7.5 yuan can buy 750 catties of stick noodles in the pigeon market." In other words, you have to work seventy-five times to pay it back. ”

Seventy-five times, Liang Ladi couldn't help but gasp.

However, when she remembered what had happened the last time she returned the stick noodles, there was a sudden numbness in the stick.

The rough man in front of him has a domineering style, but his mind is very detailed, and sometimes he is very good at hurting women.

"Seventy-five times! Okay, I agreed. Liang Ladi's little heart was pounding.

Li Weidong took out seven yuan and five cents from his pocket and handed it to Liang Ladi.

After Liang Ladi put it up, seeing that it was still early, she smiled and said, "Why don't I return it to you once today?" ”

"Here?" Li Weidong looked at a few children.

Liang Ladi took out a few white rabbit toffees from the bag and stuffed them into the children's hands: "Da Mao, my mother and uncle have something to discuss, you take your younger brothers and sisters to Uncle Liu's house next door to play." ”

"Okay."

After the children left, Liang Ladi closed the door and turned around, with a charm lingering in the corners of her eyes.

"Comrade Weidong, let's start."

(End of chapter)