Chapter Twenty-Five: Factory Cleaning...

"Somewhat." Huang Lijuan said.

"Since you agree with what I said is a bit reasonable, then you should quickly contact the people, and take a photo of this copper lock and the eight characters of the birth date for her to confirm it! I also continued to inquire about the elderly, especially those who had lived with female intellectuals. Lotus said.

"I went to the provincial capital for a meeting last month, and after the meeting, the director of the office of the Development Department called me to her office and said that there was something to find me, and I only knew after I went that I asked her to help find someone, and I didn't provide much information, only that it was placed in a far away place in the mountains, and the name of the person who entrusted it did not know, and the child's current age. She's a superior, I'm a subordinate, so I'm too embarrassed to ask. That's all I know, and my estimate is the same as yours. I got in touch right away when I got back. Huang Lijuan said.

In fact, in the hearts of Lotus and Huang Lijuan, they have already determined that the person the director of the office is looking for is Zhang Yunzhong, but it has not been confirmed, Lotus's heart is much looser, things have finally progressed, and the harvest of entering the mountain this time is not small! It's about to be the eighth day of the first month, I have to inform everyone to have a meeting, and I have to send eight things, although this is a bit superstitious, but it must also be done according to ancient rules and common sense! This is also the mass base. Then the lotus put Jiang Song, Zhu Chief Engineer, Master Yang, Li Zhong, Ye Xianxiao, Zhang Yunzhong r. Team Leader Song and Wang Zhongyu, the three siblings and others came over to discuss, and Lotus said:

"Look at it, what do you want to prepare for the groundbreaking ceremony of the eighth day of the new year, I wish the chief engineer, Master Yang may be late, this is arranged by Jiang Song, Huang Lijuan is experienced in the meeting, so it's up to you to draft! The tea was made by Wang Zhongmei, but the lawn was cleaned by everyone on the seventh day of the new year, and the platform was still set up. You see? ”

"I think we have to find someone to write a few slogans, make them look like a point, have a little spirit, paint those walls with lime water to look better, and put a few slogans on them." Uncle Li Zhong said.

"Yes." Everyone agrees.

At this time, Uncle Li Zhong said: "I think Hu Guangwen can also participate!" He is educated, and he has a good handwriting, although he is a little older, but he is younger than me, and his energy is better than the average person, there are many places that need to be written, he can leave the writing to him when he comes, and now is the time to employ people. Let's use us old people for the time being! We'll quit automatically when there's the right person!. ”

"Good! Do you have anything to add? Lotus said.

In a blink of an eye, the seventh day of the first month arrived, Huang Lijuan, Zhu Chief Engineer, Master Yang, they drove together the earliest, the lotus was eating breakfast, and then Jiang Song also arrived, and then everything that should have arrived, Uncle Li Zhong who did not arrive did not need to come to Wang Zhongyu's house, and then everyone got in their car and rushed to the pot factory, Uncle Li Zhong, Team Leader Song, Hu Guangwen, etc., as well as the villagers who took the initiative to help, about one or two hundred people, and the tea was burned at Hu Guangwen's house, because his family was recently, Wang Zhongmei was in charge of tea, and Jiang Song divided people into five groups, The site is divided into five sections to clean respectively, and another 20 male workers are drawn out to clean the fence and the outer wall of the factory to brush the lime mortar, everyone is in full swing all of a sudden, with a sickle on the initiative to cut grass and cut small trees, with a hoe on the initiative to pick up the roots of the tree, without tools to drag the grass and drag the branches and roots to put it in a pile, with some dry grass, dry branches to set fire to burn, some people see that there are moving stones and other things to use the moving stones to fill some low and dig the roots of the tree to leave the pit, we basically don't need to say, how to do it, Seeing what to do the poor person took the initiative to help, the lotus saw that everyone was very motivated, and the heart was sweet, everyone also knew that the lotus was sick, and they advised her to rest and stop working. She said:

"No! Everybody's doing it, and there's an old man here who is much older than me, and I'm resting? If I do a little more, everyone will do less, right? ”

At this time, Wang Zhongmei and Wang Zhonggang each picked a handful of tea, after putting it down, Huang Lijuan asked everyone to rest and drink tea first, she was really tired today, she had long wanted to drink tea, and when she saw the tea coming, the first one ran over and then simply called everyone to come over, and by the way, she also took a break. Then the tired people come first, and the people who are not tired continue to do it, and everyone doesn't say that you do more and do less, and there is such a cohesion, so why worry about things not being done. At this time, Lotus also saw her two brothers coming, so she took the initiative to say hello:

"Brother, you're all here."

"Everyone else is here, we can't come, we used to have an opinion about you, and we are embarrassed to say hello to you! I'm sorry. The two older brothers said.

"It's okay, not to mention that you are brothers, you can't talk about it in the future." Lotus said.

"Good!" The two brothers replied.

Today, Lotus is very happy in her heart, the differences between her and her two brothers have been resolved, and the harvest is getting bigger and bigger, which is really a good thing. The lotus is also blaming herself for not thinking about it, how to deal with it at noon? I didn't know that so many people came in a while, Huang Lijuan saw that Lotus had something on her mind, and then walked over to restore the previous normalcy and suddenly changed into a person and asked Lotus:

"Yo yo, when did our big leader have such a face, what is on his mind is better for everyone to share!"

"Don't make fun of me, I'm begging for mercy!" Lotus said.

"Ouch, when did our Lotus Comrade beg for mercy, what's wrong today, the first time I washed my face with sackcloth! It's rare! Huang Lijuan still said unforgivingly.

"Okay, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you!" Lotus said.

As soon as she finished speaking, a green caravan came to the door of the factory, the driver jumped out of the car and asked everyone to move a few pockets, the lotus opened the pocket to see, it was full of steamed buns and buns, and then Wang Zhongyu, Wang Zhonggang, Wang Zhongmei, Jiang Song also picked up the food, and also picked two picks of oil tea behind, then the lotus stood up and played Huang Lijuan and said:

"It turns out that you have already made arrangements to embarrass me on purpose, right? You've gone too far! “

"I don't think it's too much." Huang Lijuan said.

Lotus was about to speak, when she suddenly saw Xiao Zheng, and then walked over and asked, "Haidong, how is grandma, okay?" I wanted to check it out for a long time, but I really couldn't spare the time. When it's over, let's go see grandma together, okay? ”

"Good! Why not? Older, the same as before. Zheng Haidong said.

"Did you go to the doctor?" Lotus asked.

"Look, the doctor said that we are old, that's it, not to mention that we have no money! How much money does a day of picking up rags have? How can you afford to find a better doctor. Zheng Haidong said.

"That's not good, why do you have to go to the hospital?" Lotus said.

Before the lotus finished speaking, Zhang Yunzhong ran over: "Sister Lotus." You see what this is? I've taken it all out. ”

Lotus and Huang Lijuan looked at it, and it turned out to be some kind of dish that was brought to everyone that day. Lotus smiled and said, "It's really you, it's okay, you can use it to mix steamed buns and eat them now." Maybe it's really a bit of a local touch! Okay, let's taste it together. Zhang Yunzhong picked two bags and distributed them to everyone's hands, and everyone took a bite of the steamed bun and put one or two with chopsticks to eat it, which was really delicious and indescribable. When Zhang Yunzhong didn't say no, someone had already dragged the bag over, and when he saw that there was really no in the bag, he took the steamed bun and dipped it in the bag, and some people simply licked it with their tongues, and everyone blamed Zhang Yunzhong for why he didn't get more. At this time, the lotus laughed and said:

"Good! Everybody wants to eat, doesn't it? After that, there will be some things, won't we produce them ourselves? "Everyone has eaten well, rested for a while, tea also drunk, because of the large number of people, enthusiasm is also high, work and work very hard, are scrambling to do, so it is also in advance of the site of the floor, everyone re-arranged, for fear that this point is not in place, all looked and looked again, checked and checked, everyone felt very satisfied before the end of the work, when people began to pack up their own tools in the talk and laughter, the lotus called to Jiang Song there to register first, today can not let everyone work in vain, how much to pay some wages, Everyone also went to Jiang Song to register, and now there is no accountant and cashier, and Lotus has not yet recovered, and many things are temporarily replaced by Jiang Song, because of the current situation, he is young, energetic, and has not married and started a family, coupled with his enthusiasm for work. The lotus looked around, and then looked at the house, the fence was also whitewashed, and the outer wall of the factory was also painted. When everything is ready, the east wind is owed. Judging from today's situation, it is a good start, if everyone has this momentum in the future, there is nothing bad to do. The lotus flower looked happy in her heart. When people finished registering, she stopped Zheng Haidong and others, and then waved goodbye to everyone, and now everything is going on in an orderly manner. When everyone was done, Lotus and Zheng Haidong got into Huang Lijuan's car and returned home, she brought two bottles of honey from home, and then prepared to go back to Zheng Haidong's house with Zheng Haidong. At this time, Huang Lijuan also walked forward:

"What's the matter, you forgot me so quickly, and what do you say about classmates and friends."

"Yo, if you don't say it, how do I know you're going, and I'm not a roundworm in your stomach? If you want to go, you can go, nonsense. Lotus said.

"Yo yo, when did it become like this, can't you afford to hide? You haven't recovered yet, so I'll be generous! I'll leave you to order for the time being, forget it, let's go! Huang Lijuan said.

"Ouch, I'm pretending to be a good person, Bao Guba is boasting about himself, I haven't seen such a shameless person!" Lotus said.

Then the three of them turned over a small hill fort together, and saw a thatched house with earthen walls, and the small dam outside the door was full of waste products, and there was a rotten pigsty with thatched toilet on the side of the small dam, and the door was also nailed into several rotten wooden boards, and the three of them heard the old man's continuous coughing sound before they reached the small dam, and they knew the old man's discomfort and pain from the sound of coughing, and he was weak on the one hand, and shouted with all his strength:

"Dong'er, Dong'er, where did you go, why haven't you come back, pour me a glass of water?"

"Grandma, I'm back, I'll pour it for you right away, grandma, someone has come to see you." Zheng Haidong said.

In an extremely small corner of the room, where only two people could possibly fit two people, there was a stove for cooking rice and water, and on the stove was placed an iron circle with three legs. Zheng Haidong scooped a scoop of water from a ceramic jar and put it in a small iron pot, then put the small iron pot on a round iron ring with three legs, and began to boil water. Less than a meter wide from the stove was a very simple old wooden bed, on which there was a very meager quilt with many patches, which also looked very old. The top part of the iron pot is also rotten and full of small holes of different sizes, and only the bottom of the pot can still be used, even the water scoop is only half of the side, and then Zheng Haidong found a handful of hay, wiped a match and lit the hay to make a fire. Lotus dragged a decent bench to find some clean paper to wipe the bench, and then let Huang Lijuan sit down, and looked around while talking to Huang Lijuan, which added a lot of injuries and a lot of sadness to Lotus's heart, and also remembered that in Wang Zhongyu's home, although it was better in general arrangement, the rest was just like that, and it was also a family of several people crowded in a very small space; The lotus burst of sadness brought her endless strength, and activated her young and very active heart, she couldn't wait any longer, she had to change the face of Dashan Village, and the powerful fight in her heart made her very painful, waiting for Zheng Haidong to boil water. At this time, the old man in the house began to cough again, and these coughing sounds tore through the strong heart of the lotus, she must still be a woman, since she is a woman, she has an extremely vulnerable side; Since she is a woman, she has a sympathetic side. It is said that women are made of water, and lotus flowers can't run out of the circle of natural women, she has never shed tears, this time she has shed tears, shed shocking tears that she will never forget, everything here touches her every very sensitive nerve, and also touches the wound. Caught in a link of contemplation and nerves, another cry dragged her back to real life:

"Shui, Shui, Dong'er, who did you say came to see me?" The old man asked intermittently.

"It's coming, it's coming, the water is coming, it's Sister Lotus who has come to see you." Zheng Haidong was about to walk towards the old man's bedroom with the water.

Lotus stopped Zheng Haidong and said:

"Add a spoonful of honey to it, it is to moisten the lungs and relieve cough, I brought four catties, and remember to drink honey water when grandma wants to drink water in the future, if you finish drinking, tell me."

Let's go together, I'll bring boiling water, you light the lamp, Zheng Haidong found a self-made kerosene lamp, and then drew a match to polish the match, light the kerosene lamp, when the kerosene is lit, what enters the lotus Huang Lijuan's eyes is an embarrassing and very embarrassing picture, the old man is lying on a few wooden beds with bench frames, with a thin layer of straw, and there is no quilt, and the cover is not so bad that people don't want to wear clothes, the old man is curled up inside, and he can't see a figure in the dim light, Although the surrounding wall holes are blocked with some messy things, they also penetrate through, and with a chill, there is a cold wind that inevitably has to shiver, and the lotus approached the side and shouted:

"Grandma, grandma. The water is coming,"

The old man stretched out a pair of very thin and dry hands from the rotten clothes: "Who, who is calling me, who are you." What about Dong'er? What about Dong'er? ”

"Grandma, I called you, Dong'er is here! I'm a lotus, from the ditch. Come, the water is coming, drink the water first. Lotus said.

Stretched out his hand to help the old man sit up, the old man pushed away the lotus's hand and asked Zheng Haidong to help her, the old man coughed violently, but he still said intermittently and very laboriously:

"Dong'er, they are girls, they are very particular, what do you bring them like, you are not afraid that people will be idle and your house will not be chaotic! Girl, I'm really embarrassed, there is no one to take care of the family, Dong'er is a boy again, and he naturally doesn't like to do housework, not to mention that our two mothers-in-law and grandchildren live by picking up rags, and I am old and can't do it. Dong'er's parents died early, and in the early years, I planted a little land, and also planted some vegetables, but over the years, I didn't plant anything. There is nothing at home. ”

Zheng Haidong walked to the side of the bed and helped the old man up against the wall, Lotus handed the boiling water to Zheng Haidong, and then used a tattered dress to put the old man on the back cushion and said:

"Grandma, you say something like that, I'm also a hard-working person, I can't go there, I have wanted to come to see your old man for a long time, I haven't had time, I came by the way today, and I didn't bring you anything, I don't know what your old man likes to eat, Dong'er is a child, you can rest assured! We are not a rich family, and everyone has their old age. ”

Zheng Haidong handed the boiling water to the old man, and the old man took a sip and said, "Dong'er, where did you get the honey, this thing is very expensive, and it costs a lot of money!" Can our family eat something like this? Don't spend money indiscriminately, use every penny on the knife, not to mention that in the future you will have to ask for a wife to start a family. ”

"Becoming a family, what kind of family, can you become a family like this? Who wants to! I like to think crankily and whimsically all day long. Zheng Haidong whispered.

The old man coughed again. Lotus took the opportunity to say: "Grandma, I brought it, it's okay, as long as you like to drink, I will find a way to get it for you, this honey is good for your old man, it is moisturizing the lungs." As for Haidong's wife, you don't have to worry about it for the time being, he must still be young, can you talk about it when he grows up? The times are changing at any time, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, you are so old, you can't manage it, so why do you have to think about it like this! The water comes naturally straight to the boat. “