The Lord of the World Begins from the Siheyuan

Chapter 27 The Tractor Exhaust Smells Old

Going to work on Monday, in the early morning, Section Chief Chen received a call from the Xiangyanghua Brigade. They will send someone to pick up the film projectionist in the afternoon, and hope that the purchasing department can help coordinate it first.

Section Chief Chen, a model worker, has already made arrangements.

"Chief, I'm planning to go with the projectionists. I'm new here, so hang out with them more to deepen our relationship." Li Ming asked for instructions.

Section Chief Chen boasted: "Xiao Ming, your idea is very good. Young people need your hard work to do their jobs."

Li Ming pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Hey, section chief, last Saturday I was only focused on getting home from get off work. That afternoon, deputy factory manager Li called me to his office, and he asked me to work as a part-time security cadre in the security department."

Chief Chen asked curiously, "What's going on?"

"Just last Sunday, I was on the road to help people from the Public Security Sub-bureau catch a fugitive. The deputy director of the Public Security Sub-bureau, Zhou Guoqiang, saw that I was capable, so he invited me to join the security patrol team. I declined because I was busy as a buyer. Maybe he Call the factory later."

Chief Chen said casually: "I mean, I mentioned to Deputy Factory Manager Li that you should become a full-time employee in advance, and he immediately agreed. It turns out there is such a reason."

"Thank you, section chief. The main thing is that you gave me all the credit." Li Ming immediately thanked him, and he had to give Section Chief Chen some gifts in a few days.

Section Chief Chen said kindly: "That is the brigade that you are in charge of, and you went hunting with him. For such a motivated young man, the rewards must follow."

Qian Jin interjected: "Section Chief, let Xiao Ming tell you how he caught the fugitive."

Li Ming told the story again.

Section Chief Chen and Qian Jin were amazed when they heard it, Li Xueyao's eyes lit up when she heard it, and she was able to dominate the gossip topic of the sisters again at noon.

Section Chief Chen answered calls from two brigades, all about this month's task quota and showing movies.

Calling is also expensive these days, at least 5 cents for a public phone in the city, and 3 cents for a public phone that is passed on.It is basically impossible to have anonymous phone calls.The public telephone also registers a bunch of information. The name of the caller, the reason for the caller, the location of the caller, the name of the caller, time, and the minutes of the call are all written in detail on the list.

You don’t have to worry about not being able to make a call. There are graphic and textual instructions, precautions, fire alarms and other emergency calls on the side.Of course, for those who are illiterate and can only read pictures, it is more appropriate for people to help them dial.

Several people spent the morning reading newspapers, drinking tea, smoking, and chatting.

In the afternoon, Li Ming sent the photos to the security department. As soon as he returned to the office, a walking tractor from the Xiangyanghua Brigade arrived to pick him up.

Section Chief Chen reminded: "Xiao Ming, you have already started working. Except for the day when you are on duty on Wednesday, you can do it at other times. Pay more attention to what good things are in other communes, and pick up more good things. If you are in a hurry, find a way Buy it first, and if you can't handle it, you can call Corey, and the phone bill will be reimbursed to you. If you do a good job, there will be additional rewards in the factory."

"Okay, section chief. I will definitely work hard." Li Ming knew that he had gained a foothold in the purchasing department.

The film projectionist and a few young people from the Sunflower Brigade were already sitting on the cart. Li Ming got on the cart first, and then lifted the bicycle onto the cart with one hand.

Set off with the roar of the tractor.A group of people sat staggeringly in the back of the truck, smelling the exhaust of the tractor, it smelled old!Gasoline is not good enough to be exciting with diesel.

Every time the ignition is turned on, there are a bunch of children waiting around to smell the black smoke; some children will chase the tractor on the road and enjoy the aroma of diesel engine exhaust in the black smoke.This is actually a mixed waste of various aldehydes, alcohols, and esters generated by incomplete combustion of diesel oil and water vapor.

Among them, esters generally have the aroma of various fruits, while alcohols and aldehydes are usually poisonous, and the amount of contact with them is small these days, and it is fine to smell them.

Decades later, when the streets are full of it, if it is overdose, it will be said to be a carcinogen.

When they arrived at Sunflower Brigade, Li Ming saw their busy work of hanging screens, wiring, and setting up tables, so he called Gao Jianye to go to the village.

"Jianye, these are the 10 comic books I bought. You will keep them and distribute them later, so that you can borrow them from each other and read them together."

Gao Jianye said happily: "Brother Xiaoming, I have to tell my dad about this."

"I didn't ask you to keep it a secret. Every child in the production team in the brigade has to have a book to read. You will decide how to arrange it. I have entrusted you with this task."

Gao Jianye hesitated and said: "Hey, thank you Brother Xiaoming, I don't even know what to say."

The two walked around the village talking and laughing, and when they reached the end of the village, they were about to turn around.Li Ming saw a collapsed house, the bricks and tiles were gone, and there were only two earthen walls left.

"Jianye, whose house is that? It's all collapsed like that."

Gao Jianye said casually: "In the past, he was a five-guarantee household. He never repaired the roof. As a result, there was a heavy rain, and a piece of the wall collapsed. He almost disappeared. The brigade arranged for him to guard the warehouse, and there was a small room for him over there. When the brigade was renovating, he said that he was also a member of the collective, and it was useless for him to keep the bricks and tiles, so he donated those bricks and tiles to the brigade.”

"Oh, what's your name? Are you still living in the warehouse?"

"He passed away last year. I don't know what his name is. We used to call him Old Man Liu."

"Is there someone with the surname Gao in your brigade?" Li Ming asked in surprise.

Gao Jianye was even more surprised and said: "Yes, the first to fifth teams are basically surnamed Gao, the sixth production team is mostly surnamed Hu, the seventh production team is mostly Luo, and the eighth production team is more mixed, with Li, Guo, Qiu, etc. .By the way, the accountant of the brigade is surnamed Hu, don't you know?"

"The first time I came here, I visited your second production team. The second time I took the eggs and went back. I followed your brother when I was hunting. I haven't seen him a few times. It makes sense, Accountant Hu People with money should be the ones who deal with me the most.”

Gao Jianye persuaded: "Brother Xiaoming, there is nothing to see here, why don't we go to the river, or let's go back."

"Why are you going to the river?" Li Ming asked curiously.

Gao Jianye smiled and said, "Swimming! It's so comfortable to swim in the river on such a hot day, and you can also catch fish. Hehe, I just want to tell you that the plums by the river are almost ripe, and we have eaten them secretly many times."

"Well, I'm sure I won't tell you. Go back. It's still dangerous to swim in the river. Don't go alone."

Gao Jianye said proudly: "Don't worry, I'm amazing, we all went in a group."

The two strolled back to the sun-drying field, the preparations for showing the movie were done, and everyone was smoking and chatting.

Playing movies in the open air is afraid of strong wind and heavy rain.

When the breeze blows on a hot day, it is very comfortable to cool down and cool down, and the movie-watching experience is good.If there is a strong wind, it will be interesting, and the screen will move with the wind, and the characters on the screen will be deformed.Whether it's a war movie or a feature movie, it's all turned into a 3D comedy.The people who watched the movie were also laughing.

If it rains a little, and it is rare for everyone to watch a movie, the projectionist will cover the prepared raincoat on the projection machine, so that moviegoers can continue watching in the rain.

Heavy rain is not enough, not only because the raindrops will scatter the light of the projector, and the viewing experience is very poor; heavy rain is also easy to make people catch a cold and get sick; the projectionist must also protect the projection equipment.In the case of heavy rain, the stage is usually transferred to the small auditorium of the brigade headquarters. The small place still needs to be re-arranged, and many people will leave the stage and go home directly.

Dinner was early, and I don't know where they cook and stir-fry. Seven or eight members of the branch surrounded the film projectionist and set up a table with Li Ming in the brigade.

Li Ming also met Accountant Hu whom Gao Jianye mentioned, a thin, middle-aged man, unremarkable.After drinking two or three cups, the film projectionist decided to show a movie tonight, and Li Ming relied on the space to drink seven or eight members of the branch to the point of incoherence, and left the show.

We walked to the grain drying field together, and a bunch of people were already sitting there.The film projectionist adjusted the sound of the microphone and made a final announcement, "The audience who are not present, please come to the sun-drying yard as soon as possible. Tonight's movie will be screened soon."

As usual, before the film was shown, Gao Zhishu used the microphone to talk about the various achievements of the brigade, and also named and praised some people and things.

　Thank you comrades for your collection, recommendation, and monthly pass.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)