Zhang Boling sat in a rickshaw with curiosity, ran towards the destination Xihua Community, about 20 minutes, and saw another equally neat road extending to the north, and asked in surprise, "What? In addition to the main road to the wharf, there is another road to be built, this road is amazing." ”

The rickshaw driver wiped his sweat with the white cloth on his shoulder, and as he ran, he replied, "That's nature." The road to the north is to Ciqikou, where there is a cargo terminal in the mountain city, and there are many people coming and going. A few months ago, all the brothers in our mountain city were dispatched, tens of thousands of people, these two roads totaling more than ten kilometers were repaired in less than 20 days, the scene was crowded with people, paving stones, stirring mud, planting trees, and sending water and food people continued day and night, the horn shook the sky, and everyone was in full swing and happy. It is said that they have never seen the brothers of the mountain city so united. Sir, how do you think this road is being built?"

Zhang Boling vividly thought of the scene of 10,000 people working collectively and calling the sky, and couldn't help but sigh that the power of the working people is infinite. This kind of road is repaired by the government, not to mention the meeting, that is, cutting corners in the middle, taking cards and eating, and it is not good to do it for half a year and a year. I couldn't help but ask, "I heard that this road was built by a wealthy private businessman, what is the quality?"

The rickshaw driver smiled and said, "Old man, you can rest assured! Brother Pao will talk to a few big guys, who dares to steal and play tricks, besides, this road is built for the people of the mountain city, anyone can walk, and no money is charged, there is still a salary for the work, who dares to be careless? More than 10,000 people gathered together, everyone is working on the construction site, who is lazy, can be seen by the people around you at a glance, poke your backbone, this matter, we mountain city masters can't do it. ”

"How much did these two roads cost?" Zhang Boling was a little curious.

"I heard from everyone that it cost more than 400,000 yuan. That will repair the road, the big worker will be one piece a day, and the small worker will be six cents a day, divided into two shifts, and the settlement will be settled on the same day. You don't know how long the queue is when the bank sends people to send money every day, everyone takes the piece of paper that the section leader and the robe brother will stamp to get the money. ”

"Isn't there anyone who cheats money by cutting corners?" Zhang Boling asked the most practical question.

The coachman smiled, "There is a daily date on the stamp, and the pattern is different every day." To receive the money, the captain needs to go with him, and the workers prove each other. Besides, Brother Pao will speak, Mr. Lu is for the benefit of everyone, if anyone dares to cheat Mr. Lu of his money, the whole family will be driven out of the mountain city. Think about these chaotic years, being driven out, where is there still a way to live? I am afraid that I will die on the side of the road in a few days, and this Shu Province is the world of Brother Pao. ”

"Why are the bigwigs of the Pao Brothers Association so active?" Zhang Boling heard that the project of this wealthy businessman surnamed Lu in the mountain city was inseparable from the support of the Pao Brothers' Association, and he raised a question in his heart.

"You're probably a northerner, you don't know. Shu Province is rainy, there are many rivers, and there are many poor people who pull fiber. Soaking in water all year round, the water vapor enters the body in the past few years, the two legs are swollen, and when they are old, they are deformed and painful, and many people can't stand the pain when they are old. This Mr. Lu took out a prescription for the robe brothers, the main medicine is snake bone and notoginseng, after everyone drank it, this leg was much better in a month. So everyone is grateful to Mr. Lu and is very concerned about his affairs. I heard that there are seriously ill people who can't walk or get out of bed and go directly to Mr. Lu, he has medical treatment that can make you recover on the spot, and with medicine and wine, it's basically fine. Many of the bigwigs of the Pao Brothers' Club were born in the early years of the dock brothers, and they also fell from this disease on their legs, and they were all cured by Mr. Lu, you say, can everyone treat Mr. Lu badly?" the coachman replied proudly.

Zhang Boling pondered, because in this era when human life is as cheap as a dog, few rich people treat civilians and poor people like this, and most of the people who love and care about the poor are literati who don't have much money, and can only post articles and shout in their mouths, and there is really nothing that can be done to help them in concrete terms. Why didn't he hear of it in Tianjin?

"Old gentleman, across the boulevard in front of you is the Xihua community. This road is a pedestrian road and is not open to traffic, so we can't pass through the outside vehicles, so please get out of the car and take a few steps, do you think?" the driver said with a smile as he reached the ground, wiping his sweat.

Zhang Boling naturally had no objections, and after getting out of the car and paying the three cents fare, he walked towards Linyin Road.

Crossing an obvious diagonal yellow line on the road, all the rickshaws stopped at this yellow line, some queued up here to solicit customers, some got off here, those who solicited customers were in the south of the tree-lined road, and those who got off were in the north of the tree-lined road, without interfering with each other, leaving a boulevard as wide as 20 meters in the middle.

On both sides of the road are huge banyan trees, which can be seen to be old banyan trees in the mountains, and their tall and dense branches meet in the air to form a green corridor. The road under the shade of the trees is lined with all kinds of vendors, uniform wooden carts, with sheds on the roof, not afraid of rain and sun, and the names of the goods are pasted on the cars. There are no less than 30 shops selling candy, pastries, tofu brains, noodles, fried fish, fried dough sticks, and steamed buns, and Zhang Boling even saw that there were Jinwei twist flowers and pancakes selling fruits. When I asked, the price was still cheap, and I couldn't help but be a little greedy, remembering today's purpose, I endured it again, and hurriedly walked a few steps to avoid the aroma that filled the air.

A memorial arch stands at the end of the road, it says "Xihua Community", on both sides is a high fence, hanging barbed wire fence around it, four men wearing uniforms, to insert wooden sticks stand outside a hut next to the archway, the vehicle into the archway is slightly asked, the focus is on the strict inspection of the vehicle out of the archway, and the focus is also on those with children, ordinary pedestrians are not cared for. The vehicles are all trucks pulling goods, and there are special paths to pass from the side, not from the boulevards. Why does this house still have high walls and iron nets, is it a prison, but watching people happily talking and laughing in and out, it doesn't look like a prison, Mr. Zhang entered the community with doubts.

Entering the door on the right is a large playground, Zhang Boling visually measured that there are 3,000 square meters, on the left is a slip of shops, on which are written "Zhang Ji Groceries", "Li Family Groceries", "Aunt Ma Pulp Washing"... Many old and young daughters-in-law are in and out of the shop. Lao Zhang took a closer look, and there were some daily necessities, north and south groceries, and the pulp washing shop was to help people wash clothes, sew pants, change gowns, and so on. In the past, there was a vegetable shop butcher shop, fresh meat and vegetables were placed on it, and many people greeted Lao Zhang, "Old man, let's have some hind leg meat, I just killed it today, and I am fat." "Old gentleman, buy a fish, you see it's all raised in a bucket, alive, you want me to kill it for you, it's cheap." ”......

"Ermazi, you're playing with your fish again, right?" a man in uniform slipped over, pointed to the fish-killing table full of fish blood and said, "Make your countertop clean, there is no shortage of water for you, why are you so lazy? ”

The young man who sells fish, known as Ermazi, said with a smile, "I know, Brother Li, I'll get it!" By the way, I asked me to get four catties of yellow eel, and I raised them in a pot for you, and I will kill them for you in the afternoon, and you can come and get them." ”

"Ermazi, it's okay. Okay, I'll come over in the afternoon to get it, and in the evening, I will ask my mother-in-law to fry it with oil, get some onions and garlic, and drink some wine!" Brother Li smiled. "How much?"

"Just give four cents. Er Mazi said with a smile.

Brother Li took out the money from his pocket and gave it to Er Mazi, turned around to leave, and saw Zhang Boling, "Old man, this Er Mazi's river fresh is really good, and the price is real, if you are interested, you can buy some and go home to drink, it tastes good." ”

Zhang Boling looked at the amiable Brother Li and said with a smile, "Are you the policeman in charge of this vegetable market?"

"How can I be a policeman, I am a security guard hired by the management committee, and I am in charge of the hygiene, public security, and measurement of this vegetable market. I'll tell you, if you find something that is not clean or missing, tell me, and I'll check it for you right away, and deal with it after there's a problem, and the result will be absolutely satisfying. Well, there's a fair scale over there, you buy vegetables, you can go up there and weigh it, see if the weight is right, we calibrate it every day. After Brother Li finished speaking, he pointed to a few scales hanging outside a small house on the side of the road. Several weighed in different sizes, and appeared to be for different weights of cargo.

Er Mazi smiled, "Brother Li, look at what you said, when did my Er Mazi be shorter than someone else's money, if there is such a thing, you don't need to say it, I have pouted my own scale, I still want this face!"

Brother Li said, "Is your weight okay, what about hygiene? How many times have you told you, every time you kill a fish, you have to wash the table with water, fish scales, fish blood, internal organs and so on are everywhere, find a basin and put it up, someone will collect it, take it and mash it to feed the loach and yellow eel." There's the faucet over there, and the rubber pipe, why don't you use it?"

Er Mazi said embarrassedly, "Use it immediately! Use it immediately!"

Brother Li turned his head and said to Zhang Boling again, "Old man, you help me supervise him and see if his hygiene is good." Thank you, I'm going to look elsewhere. With that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Boling smiled and watched the conversation between the vendor and the manager, he felt very strange, he had never seen such a harmonious antagonistic relationship, not to mention paying for things, but also so concerned about the hygiene and measurement of each stall.

Looking at the young man named Er Mazi picked up the leather pipe on the ground and began to rinse the fish killing table, he asked with a smile, "Little brother, let me ask." Do you want money for this rinse?"

Er Mazi replied while washing, "I don't need money, it's all included in the management fee." ”

Management fee? Zhang Boling was stunned for a moment, isn't this the protection fee, and asked, "That Brother Li also pays for your things?" I see that the managers in many places in the north take it casually and don't pay. ”

Er Mazi was told twice by Brother Li, and he was also a little angry in his heart, "Don't pay? His salary is all paid by our management fee, and he still wants to pay? If he dares not to pay today, I will go to the management meeting and say, he will have to get out of tomorrow, and there are many people who want this job." You don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun, just go around the community vegetable market a few times a day, take care of sanitation or something, there are forty yuan a month, does he dare to take things casually?"

Zhang Boling nodded yes, but he was shocked in his heart.

Okay, okay, Lao Zhang, who came all the way, was shocked by the liveliness, cleanliness, order, and harmony of the vegetable market, which was not done in high-end communities abroad, and was made by a Mr. Lu who came out, and the expectations in my heart became stronger and stronger, and I decided to meet with this Mr. Lu.