Several times in dreams

Chapter 173 Concept Conflict
Zhang Ruimin was leaning on the reclining chair in front of the TV at the moment. The TV was playing Peking Opera with the volume turned up to the maximum. Meng Wanying was busy in the kitchen. The children had gone to school, and there were only two elderly people left at home.

Someone knocked on the door, and it was very loud. Meng Wanying happened to come out of the kitchen, otherwise she would not have heard someone knocking on the door. The sound of Beijing opera on TV was so loud that the whole room was shaking.

"Auntie, your TV is too loud. I just got off the night shift, and I can't sleep if I want to catch up on sleep!" The person who came was Teacher Hu's lover Xiao Zhang, a train driver in his 30s. To adjust your schedule at home, you need quiet.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my Ruirui's grandpa is here, he's deaf, I'll let him turn it down a little bit now! I'm sorry for delaying your rest!" Meng Wanying hurriedly apologized.

"It's okay, auntie, just be more careful in the future. After all, this is what I do in my job, and the neighbors should take care of me." Xiao Zhang has always been very polite to Meng Wanying. Sometimes the couple are busy and the nine-year-old daughter has no one to take care of her With Meng Wanying here, the relationship between the two families has always been very good.

Zhang Ruimin was thirsty, so he came out to drink water, and when he saw someone at home, he said loudly, "Oh, there's a guest!"

Meng Wanying quickly told Zhang Ruimin about Xiao Zhang's need to rest. In fact, Zhang Ruimin's hearing is not very bad. He just likes to turn on the TV to the maximum and likes the lively environment.

"Driving a train? What's so tiring about driving a train? When we were fighting, we didn't sleep for three days and three nights, but we were still very energetic! You young people are so delicate!" Zhang Ruimin stared with big eyes, Pointing at Xiao Zhang, he taught him a lesson.

"Grandpa, you can't say that! We now stipulate that we must ensure adequate rest. I am the train driver, and the lives of all passengers on the train are in my hands. This is not a joke." Xiao Zhang started She also calmly reasoned with Zhang Ruimin.

"Nothing like that! Is it more dangerous to drive a train than we used to rush into battle? The train can run on the track by itself, you think I don't know! Tell you, my father worked on the railway 50 years ago, and the rules on the railway I Clear the door!" Zhang Ruimin raised his voice an octave.

"Master! I don't argue with you. Even if you don't believe in my professional requirements, just treat each other as neighbors, the head office, right?" Xiao Zhang is a scholar who meets a soldier.

"Then you are still not sleepy! Think back when we marched in a hurry and had to beware of the enemy at the same time, wishing to fall asleep while walking!" Zhang Ruimin couldn't say anything.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Zhang, and Auntie Meng's family are all high-quality people. I never expected that there are relatives like you!" Xiao Zhang was so angry that his face was purple, he turned and went back to his home, and closed the door with a bang. up.

"Oh, I said Grandpa Ruirui, we can't behave like this in the world, we are all neighbors, we should take care of each other, how hurtful are you to talk like this!" This is the first time in so many years that people say it in the face, and it is embarrassing.

"Who takes care of whom? Did he take care of me? I was born and died for the country and the people, has he considered it? I just watch TV at home, what's in the way?" Zhang Ruimin blew his beard and stared.

"No! Her grandfather, here are all buildings, not the Great Northern Wilderness. When you lived in a bungalow, you had a separate yard in your own house. Even if you turned the volume of the TV to the maximum, it would not affect others. Buildings are different. It will affect others."

"Isn't it great to live in a building? If it weren't for us veterans who liberated the people from suffering, these little bastards could live in a building? People really forget their roots!"

Zhang Ruimin's face turned red, as if the whole world felt sorry for him.

"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you, I'll cook!" Meng Wanying really had a headache. Since Zhang Ruimin came, she had never had a good rest. This old cadre is really energetic. He is almost [-], and it is time to watch TV. At eleven or twelve o'clock at night, he could not turn off the TV until the TV station had no programs and a colored vertical screen appeared.

Just like that, Zhang Ruimin said aggrievedly that she never turned off the TV in the Great Northern Wilderness, she fell asleep watching it, and watched it again the next morning. Meng Wanying felt that it was okay if she didn’t have a good rest. The key was that her two children had to go to school. , I have to do my homework, how can I study in such a noisy environment every day!
But Zhang Ruimin is so old, let him live alone in the Great Northern Wilderness. Although he has relatives to take care of him, he is not his own child after all. You can't contradict him, or he will lose his temper and it will be even more out of control.

Thinking about it is also a difficult problem. Meng Wanying thought that the children will be out of school, so she should prepare the meal first. This morning, Zhang Chunshan went to the vegetable market to buy pork ribs and wax gourd. Summer is coming, and they should eat while supplementing nutrition. Some light dishes.

The pork ribs have been stewed all morning, and the room is full of fragrance. Put the winter melon in a while, and when I come back from work and school, I can have dinner. Meng Wanying turned off the gas stove and was going to go back to her room to sit down and rest for a while.

As soon as she walked to the door of Zhang Ruimin's room, she saw a puff of smoke coming out of the half-covered door. Meng Wanying thought it was Zhang Ruimin who started smoking again. How many times did Zhang Chunshan say that smoking is harmful to health, but he just didn't listen and smoked a few times. After ten years, it is not so easy to quit.

Soon, Meng Wanying realized something was wrong. The smoke from smoking was not so big, but the smell of fire. Meng Wanying came to the door of Zhang Ruimin's room in a few steps. The old man fell asleep watching TV, and the cigarette butt lit the blanket on his body. Fortunately, there was no open flame. , is smoking!

Meng Wanying pulled off the blanket, threw it on the ground, stomped on it a few times, and carried it into the bathroom to soak it up with water. Fortunately, she found it in time and did not cause a catastrophe.

At this moment, both Zhang Chunshan and Yuhui came back from get off work, saw the water all over the floor at home, and wondered what had happened, Meng Wanying told the story about lighting the blanket with cigarette butts, and by the way, also told about offending Xiao Zhang said.

Yuhui looked at Zhang Chunshan helplessly. Zhang Chunshan entered the room and saw that the old father hadn't woken up yet, and the cigarette butt that caused the trouble was still smoking.

"What should I do?" Yu Hui has always known her father-in-law's temper, and it is impossible for him to change it, but her mother is an old man who needs to be supported, and so is her father-in-law. Yu Hui opened her mouth and said nothing, He turned around and apologized to the door family.

After lunch, Zhang Ruimin solemnly called Zhang Chunshan and Yuhui into the room, saying that they had something to discuss.

"Send me back to the Great Northern Wilderness! I can't stay here for a day!"

(End of this chapter)