The train driver in the courtyard

"Without Butcher Zhang, how can we still eat pigs with hair on them?"

After Jia Zhang learned that Qin Huairu was rejected by Li Aiguo again.

Decided to go to the locomotive depot construction team in person.

Jia Dongxu provided information: "I heard that the workers in the locomotive depot are repairing houses for residents in the No. 1 courtyard of the textile factory."

"When the construction team of the locomotive depot was repairing Li Aiguo's house, you had a quarrel with them."

Qin Huairu said worriedly: "Those people are rough people, they are straight-tempered, and they might hold grudges."

"I'm giving them money, who would be so stupid as to not want money!"

Jia Zhang didn't think so.

However, she decided to put on a disguise.

By then, once the locomotive depot construction team agrees, it will be too late to go back on the promise.

Mrs. Jia Zhang put on a soap blue coat, sat in front of the mirror, and prepared to do some grooming.

I found a two-inch-high round porcelain jar on the dressing table.

This is what aunts use to make sticky shavings in water.

Lesbians all love beauty, even in this era of scarcity.

However, the number of cosmetics is very small, and the common ones include cream and combing oil.

Comb your hair and apply some oil to make your hair shiny.

Ordinary people cannot afford ‘Stankang’ hair oil.

In order to save money, buy some sticky shavings, soak them in hot water, and use them to comb your hair to maintain the style.

Sticky shavings are actually shavings from metasequoia, elm and other trees.

It's as shiny as combing hair, and has a light herbal scent.

Sticky shavings are also a commodity.

It costs 2 cents a pack to buy at supply and marketing cooperatives.

There is also a box of porcelain jars on the dressing table.

The cream on the shelf was unpackaged. It should have been the "Pechoin" cream in bulk bought from the supply and marketing cooperative.

Before liberation, people often shouted in the streets and alleys selling "combing hair oil and ice cream! And sticky shavings!"

After liberation, cosmetics such as cream and hair oil were sold retail in department stores.

Even if it is bulk goods, in the courtyard, only Aunta, the wife of a seventh-level fitter, can afford it.

"You are old enough to enjoy it, and you are not ashamed!"

Jia Zhang curled her lips, picked up the sticky shavings and put them on her hair.

After combing her hair neatly, she picked up Qinxuehua ointment, took a sip in her hand, and applied it on her face.

The combing oil on his hair almost ran down, and his face was as pale as the pink ones on the stage.

After some hard work, Mrs. Jia Zhang became an amiable old lady next door.

Qin Huairu gave a thumbs up: "Mom, you are seven or eight years younger. I almost didn't recognize you."

"Back then, I was just like a flower." Jia Zhang looked at the strange woman in the mirror and raised her head proudly.

"Wait for my good news!"

She strode across the threshold with great strides, determined to win, and rushed out.

In the courtyard of Textile Factory No. 1.

Captain Liu of the locomotive depot construction team started working with the workers in Zhang's house early in the morning.

The Zhang family is the fifth family where Captain Liu is busy in the compound.

Two rooms need to be separated, and all thatch on the roof needs to be replaced with new tiles.

Just for this one job, the construction team can earn more than ten yuan in wages.

In addition to the previous ones, at the end of the month, the construction brothers and matchmakers in the locomotive depot can get an extra five yuan bonus.

This money is enough to buy a catty of cakes for my mother, two candy figures for my child, and more than ten catties of stick noodles for my family.

If I have any leftover, I can still have the luxury of going to the tavern under Zhengyangmen to drink two bottles of old wine.

I heard that there is the best old wine in Beijing.

Thanks to Li Aiguo's publicity, the construction team of the locomotive depot has made a name for itself in nearby neighborhoods, with a steady stream of various jobs.

At the end of the year, I might be able to pull out a few feet of floral fabric and make another laundry outfit for my baby.

Men, work hard not just for your wife and children!

Thinking about the bright future, Captain Liu is full of energy.

At this moment, a voice came from outside the door: "Is Captain Liu busy?"

Captain Liu turned around and saw a fair-skinned little woman standing outside.

"Comrade, who are you?"

"I am a resident of a courtyard house. My house collapsed, and I would like to entrust you to help build a house." Jia Zhang spoke in a calm tone that she had never heard before.

"Residents in the courtyard?"

Captain Liu scratched his head: "I have also tidied up several houses in the courtyard, why haven't I seen you?"

"I usually go out early and you come late, so we can't meet each other." Jia Zhang said with a roll of her eyes.

Just as he was talking, Jia Zhang felt something was wrong.

There was too much hair oil and cream, and now under the sunlight, a strong and sweet smell came out.

The little bees picking flowers under the eaves seemed to smell something. They looked at each other and looked up at Jia Zhang.

My dear, such a big white flower.

But why are the stamens black?

No matter, as long as the nectar can flow out, that's fine.

The sound of "buzzing buzzing" echoed in the air.

A dozen bees shook their wings, took off and landed vertically into the air, and charged at Jia Zhang with their spikes in hand.

"Let's go, let's go"

Mrs. Jia Zhang's expression changed greatly, and she waved her arms to drive away the bees.

However, essence and honey are added to creams and combing oils.

These gadgets are fatally attractive to hard-working bees.

In front of the hungry bees, Jia Zhang's resistance seemed particularly weak.

Soon a dark army of bees gathered.

"Oh my god!" Jia Zhang received several bites on her head.

Team Liu saw that the situation was not good.

He quickly took off his clothes and threw them on Jia Zhang's head, trying to drive away the bees, but it was of no use.

Zhao Yazhi, who was helping Miao Miao wash clothes in front of the faucet, shouted anxiously: "Auntie, come here quickly."

Jia Zhang didn't have time to think too much, she covered her head and ran to the pool.

Zhao Yazhi picked up half a basin of laundry water and poured it over Jia Zhang's face.

When those bees saw that the flower actually activated their weather weapons, they also realized that the flower was really difficult to deal with, so they could only spread their wings and fly high with reluctance.

After escaping the disaster, Mrs. Jia Zhang patted her chest with lingering fear: "Ouch, I was scared to death."

Laundry water is rich in soap for washing clothes, and the effect is similar to that of makeup remover.

Where the water slid over, layers of alabaster fell off, revealing Jia Zhang's true face.

The effect is almost the same as losing your beauty during a live broadcast.

Seeing the old woman in front of her turn into someone else in the blink of an eye, Zhao Yazhi widened her eyes and exclaimed: "Jia Zhang from the Jia family?"

Mrs. Jia Zhang was also a little panicked. She stretched out her hand and smeared it on her face, trying to put the cream on again.

But it looks like a tabby cat.

Although Captain Liu is upright, he is not a fool.

The Jia family and Li Aiguo are neighbors, but Li Aiguo did not come forward, which has already explained the problem.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, don't waste your time. We won't take over your job."

"You guys, you guys, don't make money even if you have money. No wonder you can only make money by your strength!" Mrs. Jia Zhang's mouth trembled with anger.

This remark caused dissatisfaction among the construction workers.

They all carried something and looked at Jia and Zhang angrily.

Captain Liu said coldly: "We working people are glorious. If you dare to talk nonsense, be careful and I will deal with you!"

Faced with the ax and hacksaw, Mr. Zhang, the hammer-headed man, turned pale with fright and ran away.

These gangsters really dare to hit people.

The construction team at the Qianmen locomotive depot can't be counted on.

Jia Zhang could only entrust Yi Zhonghai to ask the construction team of the subdistrict office to help repair the house.

A proud smile appeared on Yi Zhonghai's lips.

As a middleman, the construction team will give him certain benefits for every business transaction.

You can make money again.

Driven by interests, Yi Zhonghai quickly called in the construction team of the subdistrict office.

After a brief discussion, the Jia family officially started construction.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the busy workers and felt relieved.

As long as they wait for more than a month, the Jia family's house will be built, and Jia and Zhang will be able to move back.

Yi Zhonghai was almost tortured by Jia Zhang these days.

The days when Jia Zhang is away are the good days.

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The next day.

Last night my sister-in-law came to the house and told Li Aiguo that the ribbon was ready and asked him to take it back.

The ribbon is related to whether the 131 crew can win this year's advanced crew title.

Li Aiguo got up early.

"It's time to eat, wife!"

Practicing yoga is physical work. Chen Xueru, who was exhausted, climbed out of bed with sleepy eyes. After stretching her long, sore legs, she stood up and got dressed.

I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and hurried to have breakfast.

The heavy rain recently washed away the old dung yard at Daqianmen, causing juice to flow everywhere.

The neighborhood has requested the nearby sub-district offices to organize attack teams to clean up the old dung dump.

Chen Xueru was also temporarily assigned to take charge of the cleanup work.

This is the second official job Chen Xueru has accepted after entering the Daqianmen Sub-district Office.

The little girl seemed extremely excited. After eating a big white steamed bun, she got on her bicycle and rushed out of the house.

"This girl is just like a child."

Li Aiguo transformed into a housewife, washed the dishes and chopsticks, put the pork loin lunch box into a canvas bag, and then left the house.

Walking to the middle courtyard, construction on the Jia family's construction site has begun.

The construction workers transported the building materials in batches, and the master began to measure the foundation. The scene was busy.

The captain of the construction team is a black-faced man, and he is pointing at the foundation of Jia's house with Yi Zhonghai.

The residents in the compound gathered around to watch the fun while eating.

"I heard that the Jia family approached the sub-district office yesterday and wanted to build an extra house, but the sub-district office turned them down."

"That's for sure. If she takes up too much, wouldn't our place be too small?"

"Jia Zhang is getting more and more outrageous."

"Stop talking, Jia Zhang is here."

Li Aiguo turned his head and was stunned when he saw Jia Zhang's appearance clearly.

Jia Zhang's face was covered with big bumps and the corners of her mouth were swollen. She looked as if she had been ravaged by seven or eight men and then thrown into a ditch and rolled around for eighteen times.     This is not the key, after all, Jia Zhang often gets into trouble, and injuries are considered routine.

The key thing is that Jia Zhang is also carrying a canvas bag

This is the normal dress for workers to go to work.

Xu Damao said angrily: "Aunt Jia, what's going on, do you want to go to work?"

"Thief Sun, me."

Jia Zhang wanted to curse, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the wound was affected.

Those bees are too poisonous.

He could only turn his head and stagger away.

Only then did Li Aiguo remember.

Jia Zhang is going to report to the sanitation team today.

Xu Damao also understood and laughed loudly: "The days without Jia and Zhang in the courtyard are good days, even if it is only during the day."

Other onlookers disagreed with Xu Damao's statement.

"As lazy as Jia Zhang is, she will be driven back soon."

"She has a good idea. The district sent Jia Zhang to the attack team to let her receive labor education." Xu Damao said sadly: "If she dares to be lazy, there are many ways to punish her."

Although Xu Damao likes to talk big, this is true.

Labor education in these years is not just as simple as education.

Li Aiguoji hung up his ribbon, chatted with his neighbors, then rode his bicycle and went straight to Chen Kee's tailor shop.

the other side.

On her first official day of work, Jia Zhang has arrived at the South Tongluo Lane Sanitation Station.

It is said to be a sanitation office, but it is actually a small courtyard adjacent to the street office. There is a small door on the gable wall of the yard that leads directly to the street office compound.

There are large slogans painted in white on the wall: "Give it up, we won't stop until we get rid of it" and "Mobilize, pay attention to hygiene, and reduce diseases."

From time to time, sanitation workers would come and go in and out of the yard with their three handles (broom, manure handle, and handlebar).

They also held rattles in their hands, which were used to notify residents to take out the trash.

The noise and the sound of bells intertwined together, making the small courtyard extremely lively.

Newcomers will inevitably feel intimidated when they go to work.

People as powerful as Jia Zhang are no exception.

She decided to impress her boss and maybe get a good job.

He tiptoed to the east wing, straightened his collar, and knocked lightly on the door.

Min Liuyou, director of the sanitation station, had just finished assigning tasks to the sanitation workers. Before he could pick up the enamel jar, he saw a middle-aged woman standing outside.

"Comrade, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm here to report." Mrs. Jia Zhang nodded and entered the house with a smile on her face: "You must be rich, right? When you got married, I even went to have a wedding banquet!"

The first way to be wise in people is to build relationships!

Min Liu's family lived in an alley not far from the courtyard house.

When Lao Jia was alive, he had a good relationship with Min Liuyou's father, and the two families often had contacts.

Min Liu hadn't seen Jia Zhang for several years. He squinted his eyes and looked up and down before he recognized her.

Today, Ms. Jia Zhang is wearing a short coat, her trouser legs are wrapped with cloth strips, and she has a towel on her forehead. She looks like a good rural worker.

"It's Auntie Jia." Min Liuyou's attitude suddenly became cold.

Min Liuyou got married before liberation, and the people in the capital were miserable.

In order to find a wife, Aunt Min sold her ancestral gold bracelet to Min Liuyou to buy a wedding banquet.

With three meats and three vegetables, it is considered a good name among the neighbors.

As a result, before the new daughter-in-law's parents could pick up the food, Mrs. Jia Zhang rushed over with an enamel basin.

The daughter-in-law's family looked on with livid faces as the large pieces of meat were poured into the enamel basin.

The wedding banquet broke up unhappy.

Fortunately, marriage fraud is not popular these days, otherwise Lao Min's marriage would have been a disaster.

Well, maybe he will be caught by the government and thrown into a fence.

Thinking of the past, Min Liuyou couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

However, Jia Zhang didn't notice and still focused on building relationships.

"Oh, Da You, that feast was the most sumptuous feast I have ever had. The fat meat was so fat that it filled my mouth with oil. It was really satisfying."

"Ahem." Min Liuyou interrupted her and said coldly: "Ms. Jia Zhang, we are about to start work. I will take you to the dung field alley."

Min Liuyou's change of attitude was beyond Jia Zhang's expectations.

She has completely followed Yi Zhonghai's ideas. Why hasn't she won the favor of her boss yet?

Jia Zhang said dissatisfied: "You called me aunt back then, couldn't you assign me a simple job? Like sweeping the streets!"

"What good things are you thinking about!" Min Liuyou had always hated Jia Zhang, but now that he saw her daring to be picky, his face suddenly darkened.

In these days, cleaning and sanitation all rely on human labor, which is a hard job.

As a director, Min Liuyou was able to calm those thorns, so he naturally had two brushes.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, if you don't obey the discipline, I can now petition the district to send you to Baolizi to receive formal labor education."

He bit his lip with his teeth, and his fierce face was twisted and wrinkled.

The voice was slow, low, and ruthless, and the words he spat out were like thrown stones.

Mrs. Jia Zhang turned pale with fright and shrank her neck, but she still muttered dissatisfiedly: "We are all relatives, is there any need to be like this?"

Min Liu knew Jia Zhang's temperament well, and he didn't share her common sense.

Lao Wang from the logistics department was called in and assigned tools to Jia Zhang.

A shovel, a broom, and a bucket.

"Take these things and follow me!"

Min Liuyou strode out of the clinic with his hands behind his back.

Jia Zhang held the shovel in one hand and swept it away on her shoulder, but there was no way to take the barrel.

The cleaner Lao Wang is experienced.

He found a piece of rope, tied it with a live buckle, and put it around Jia Zhang's neck.

This also made Jia Zhang feel the warmth from her colleagues.

"Good man!"

Jia Zhang staggered out of the sanitation center.

"Whoops, is the toilet stand turned into a sperm?" Walking on the street, an old comrade with bad eyesight was startled by Mr. Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang cursed: "You just became a spirit, and your whole family just became a spirit!"

Old comrade: "."

In this way, under the gaze of passers-by, the toilet holder came to the Dung Chang Alley located in Daqianmen Street, Chongwen District.

Dung Chang Hutong is one of the earliest dung dumps in Beijing. Before liberation, it was owned by Dung Hegemon Deshun.

As the saying goes, if you have three hundred and sixty skills, you will be a top scholar, and a bully will be born from a turd picker.

Before liberation, there were no flushing toilets in the capital, and feces and other filth had to be removed manually.

Residents need to pay the manure men part of their labor remuneration, and they can work every day and continuously deliver manure to the manure field for accumulation and processing.

The processed manure can also be sold to farmers in the countryside.

This time, you can get a lot of profits at your fingertips.

Where there are interests, there are bound to be disputes.

At the very beginning, the dung men in the capital fought over the manure in the streets.

In the face of these disputes, the previous dynasty's approach was to have the government demarcate a certain residential area (mostly alleys in the capital) and issue an official certificate.

The voucher is written with the words "A certain place in such-and-such street or such-and-such alley belongs to so-and-so for collecting excrement, and others are not allowed to take it without permission", and it is stamped with the seal of the government.

The area on this paper voucher is called the "dung channel".

Yu Deshun was originally the leader of local gangsters and had not received a normal education.

Realizing that the excrement industry was a huge profit, they simply formed gangs and formed a team to find faults and fight, use their fists to talk things over, and occupy the excrement channels.

If those "dung men" dared to snatch his manure, they would be beaten up and driven out of the capital, or, in more serious cases, thrown directly into the sewer.

In addition, he also relied on huge profits to win over those in the government and weaved a protective network.

Many dung men work hard for a month, but their wages are not enough to buy a pair of cloth shoes.

However, Yu Deshun managed to save more than 100 houses in the capital by force and robbery, and became the earliest house uncle.

It can be said that everyone in the capital at that time knew about Deshun's excrement.

The people at that time were still very afraid of him, but there was nothing they could do about him.

Yu Deshun really relied on money, power, and secret operations to become the president of the Beijing Feces Industry Union.

After liberation.

The people are the masters of the country, and all those monsters and monsters have become birds and beasts.

Yu Deshun originally planned to use the old method to continue living a good life.

But I found that no one took over the gold bars sent out.

What awaited him was a pair of cold handcuffs.

After interrogation, it was found that in addition to bullying the people, Yu Deshun was also a traitor during the war.

In May 1st, Yu Deshun, the dung tyrant, finally passed away with the sound of a gunshot.

His sins may have been paid for.

But there were more than a dozen dung dumps left in the capital.

The dung yard was filled with piles of dried dung.

This thing is made of manure, garbage, soil, furnace ash, slag, etc. mixed together.

After mixing evenly, spread into thin round cakes.

After it dries, use a special curved blade to shovel the dung into small fish-scale-like pieces and dry them into dried dung.

After the heavy rains of the past few days, the dried excrement was washed into a thick and uneven soup.

Jia Zhang's task is to put the soup into the big iron dung cart.

The place was filled with excrement and filthy smell!

Mrs. Jia Zhang was a little out of breath, so she quickly picked up the cotton gauze mask and put it on.

"Come on, come with me. I'll take you to meet the leader of Daqianmen Street who is responsible for this battle."

Min Liuyou looked around and saw that the comrades from Daqianmen Street had arrived, and walked over with Jia Zhang.

Mrs. Jia Zhang was filled with joy and decided to show off in front of the leaders later.

If you can win the favor of the leader, you might be assigned an easy job.

Just when I was thinking about good things, I heard Min Liuyou greeting the leader: "Director Chen, this is a new member of our attack team. Please help assign a job."

Director Chen? Jia Zhang's head was buzzing and she couldn't help but look.

Seeing that it was no big deal, he staggered back two steps and almost sat down on the ground.

That leader turned out to be Chen Xueru, Li Aiguo's daughter-in-law.

I’ve been assigned to clean up shit, Li Aiguo, why don’t you let me go?

Mrs. Jia Zhang wanted to cry but had no tears.

Chen Xueru also noticed Jia Zhang and didn't pay attention.

He just smiled and said to Min Liuyou: "Captain Min, you are the old captain, and this female comrade is in your attack team. You will be responsible for assigning tasks."

"Okay!" Min Liuyou nodded quickly.

It is said that a street clerk who knows how to handle things has come to Qianmen Street, and he is well-deserved today.

Min Liuyou turned around and looked at Jia Zhang and said: "Jia Zhang, considering that you are here to receive labor education this time, you should transform your mind through your own labor in the most painful and tiring work.

So, you are responsible for those ditches. "

Newcomers are always bullied, but old Yicheng doesn't bully me.

Mrs. Jia Zhang lowered her head, picked up the dung shovel, hung the dung bucket, and ran over staggeringly.

(End of this chapter)