Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 413 Chapter 412 Building a Swimming Pool

After eating this hot pot meal, the whole family was full of belly, even Tang Zhitong was no exception. Although he was not hungry, he had not eaten such delicious food for a long time.

Tang Zhitong originally planned to clean the pot and put it away after dinner, but Zhang Guifang stopped him: "There is oil in here, so we can't waste it. Don't wash the bowl either. I will get up early tomorrow morning and cook noodles in the hot pot for you. Just use this bowl." "

"Okay." Faced with his mother's careful calculation, Tang Zhitong couldn't refuse. Only people who have been hungry and are very hungry would behave like this.

The purine content of hot pot soup is very high, but Tang Zhitong is not worried at all. With the current rationed supply, there is no need to worry about getting gout!

Nowadays, to be able to get gout, you have to be very wealthy, and you have to go to restaurants every day and eat havoc.

After eating, sisters Fengzhen and Fengzhi straightened their backs to do their homework. They changed from their usual hunched-down posture. Without it, they ate too much until it hit their throats, for fear of vomiting it out.

The young couple sat and rested for a while, then returned to the side room.

Tang Zhitong glanced at the stove, added a shovelful of coal, sat down on the chair, and continued to apply for special funds from Xiao Wang: "Hey, the price of the hot pot is a bit beyond my expectation. If you don't have enough money, I'll pay Deposit is required and the balance will be paid to pick up the goods tomorrow.”

"How much is the difference?" Xiao Wang asked, taking money out of the closet.

"Give me another ten yuan." Tang Zhitong calculated the price difference and said.

The two hot pots cost twenty-four yuan each, which immediately made the already poor wallet even worse. Besides, there was still money to pay for the stove.

Although a stove uses more iron, it is most likely cheaper than a hot pot. The current price of finished steel is only six cents per pound, and a pound of iron only costs four cents.

Even if the stove weighs fifty or sixty kilograms, including labor and flux costs, it will not exceed ten yuan. As for the loss of equipment, come on, four boxes of peonies are free?

"Here, twenty." Xiao Wang counted out the money and handed it to her husband. She felt a little distressed because money was being spent like water these days.

"You don't need so much, just one is enough." Tang Zhitong took one from it. It was a penny that stumped the hero. He had stocked up on cigarettes a while ago.

"Take them all. I know how much money you have in your hand. The pot costs money, but the pile of food you brought back today is free? Go to my mom's the day after tomorrow and just take less." Xiao Wang pulled Tang Zhitong over hand, put the other one into his hand, and then held his hand.

"That didn't cost much." His daughter-in-law was so considerate, but Tang Zhitong still wanted to defraud her of money. He felt a little guilty, and the money was a bit hot.

"It's money even if you don't spend much money. You have to keep some pocket money for buying cigarettes and groceries, right?" Xiao Wang smiled at her husband.

"Wenwen, you are so good. Being able to marry you is the blessing I have accumulated in eight lifetimes." Tang Zhitong became even more drunk when he saw classmate Xiao Wang's smile. He hugged classmate Xiao Wang and buried his head in it, intoxicated. in.

"Be gentle, be gentle. You ate too much tonight. If you push harder, I will spit you out." Xiao Wang pressed Tang Zhitong's shoulders with both hands and pushed him out. Even though she was well-behaved, she encountered delicious food today. He didn't control his mouth.

"Then why don't we exercise and digest it?" After hearing this, Tang Zhitong smiled and meant something.

"No, it's not bumpy at all. I'm about to vomit." Xiao Wang quickly shook his head. He knew best the power of his own cattle plowing the land, and he couldn't bear it when he was full.

"That's okay. Tomorrow I will get the pot and you will send it to our mother, and I will get the stove. Tomorrow I will tell your mother-in-law that the stove in the wing room will not be lit, and will be replaced tomorrow." Tang Zhitong was a little regretful. Make arrangements for tomorrow's itinerary.

"Okay, go to sleep." Classmate Xiao Wang tugged on Tang Zhitong's face and tried to comfort him.

When I woke up, it was October 10rd, the frost in the twenty-four solar terms.

As the old saying goes, "Cold dew is not cold, but frost changes the sky." That is to say, from now on, white frost begins to appear in most areas of the Yellow River Basin. When the sun rises, a sheet of silver ice crystals shines on the fertile fields thousands of miles away.

Frost hits the chrysanthemums. For literati, eating persimmons and admiring chrysanthemums is a pleasant and beautiful thing. But for farmers, there is still a lot of farm work to do, such as harvesting sweet potatoes, soybeans, radishes, persimmons, cabbages, etc. Or it will be closed, and you will have to wait for comfort.

For Tang Zhitong, today is a day of labor.

After arriving at the school, I found out that Teacher Zhou temporarily asked Luo Zhiping to inform everyone that a swimming pool would be built in the college during labor today!
The students were very interested in this, but Tang Zhitong only showed great interest. In fact, he had some opinions in his heart. How many times can the swimming pool be used after it is built? For whom? Free or paid?
However, his arms couldn't twist his thighs. Tang Zhitong thought he was just a brick and could do whatever the academy asked him to do.

Building a swimming pool requires building materials, and the building materials adopt the principle of using nearby materials.

I don’t know how the college negotiated with the relevant departments and agreed that the College of Posts and Telecommunications would dismantle the bricks on the city wall for use.

In fact, it is not just the College of Posts and Telecommunications that does this. As early as last year, a high-speed rail plant in Sijiu City was built using old bricks from the city wall.

Starting this year, sporadic actions to demolish city walls turned into a large-scale mass movement.

Demolishing the city wall is a symbol of diligence and thrift, it has become a glorious labor, and it is also a fashion trend.

The grand occasion of demolishing the city wall can be described as a united effort.

Many residents take apart one piece before going to work, another piece before eating, and another piece before going to bed.

The greeting between neighbors may be: Have you demolished it today?

Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, and as long as you work hard enough, you can build a small house or a doghouse with city bricks.

Of course, as of this year, only the outer city walls have been demolished, and the inner city walls have only been demolished on a small scale, and most of them are still standing.

In order to preserve the inner city wall, someone will argue as always in a few years: "Tearing down a city tower in BJ is like cutting off a piece of my flesh; tearing down a section of BJ's city wall is like cutting off a piece of my flesh." Layers of skin!”

The reasons used are not only culture and heritage, but also data on the manpower and material resources consumed.

The inner part of the inner city wall is made of "ash soil". Hundreds of years of dust is as hard as rock. Dismantling it is time-consuming and laborious, and the volume is quite large. It is estimated to be 1200 million tons. According to their calculations, it would take 20 years to transport it with 85 wagons. Only then can it be shipped.

However, what he didn't expect was that with the support of the masses, the dust was razed to the ground in less than five years.

What the College of Posts and Telecommunications was allowed to excavate was the city wall on the north side of Xizhimen. The students went to nearby people's homes to borrow land to line up carts and carts. Some were responsible for dismantling them, while others were responsible for pushing them to the school. Those who really didn't have a cart would just carry a piece and slowly move towards it. Good luck in college.

The bricks in the city wall are different from the bricks that Tang Zhitong demolished from the households when the new train station was built. Each brick weighs about fifty kilograms. Four bricks are pushed on a cart, and only one brick is carried on the shoulder. You have to stop and go.

Tang Zhitong did not push the cart or carry it on his shoulders. Instead, he chose to push it with a bicycle. He pushed one piece at a time. He was not tired and was much more efficient than other students.

You must know that these days, most of the street carts and trolleys used by ordinary people use wooden wheels, which is very difficult to push.

For this kind of heavy physical labor, the college is not stingy and provides meals to the students who participate in the labor. The enthusiasm of the students is so high that it is like a raging fire. It goes further and further on the road of demolishing the city wall and is out of control.

Tang Zhitong made four trips in the morning and two in the afternoon, which was much higher than other students.

When he came back for the last time, Tang Zhitong found Luo Zhiping and said that he had something to do in the afternoon and had to leave early.

Of course Luo Zhiping agreed, but he felt sorry that Teacher Tang couldn't eat rice...

Although the quota was tight, Tang Zhitong didn't care much about the meal, so he quietly rode his bicycle south.

When they were approaching Beitu, Tang Zhitong took out the hot pot and the bags given by Yan Xiongfei and hung them on the car. He tied the hot pot with the straw rope given by the stall owner.

After carrying all the things to classmate Xiao Wang's office, when classmate Xiao Wang saw her husband's disgraced look, he immediately said with distress and disgust: "Oh, are you rolling around in the dirt?"

"The college is planning to build a swimming pool. If I had known that I would be moving bricks today, I would have asked for leave." Since there are no dust prevention measures at the moment, when the north wind blows, the entire area around Xizhimen is filled with dust.

"Go outside and I'll help you pump." Xiao Wang took out his towel and wanted to clean Tang Zhitong personally.

"No, I'm going to get the stove and wash it again. Let's wait until everything is done." Tang Zhitong refused. The towel was clean. If he pulled it on himself, Xiao Wang would have to wash it again.

"What is this?" Seeing her husband's firm attitude, classmate Xiao Wang did not insist, but pointed at the bag and asked.

"Didn't I save a child a while ago? This is a thank you gift from his parents. You can take it back together. It's not appropriate for me to take him to get the stove." Regarding being found and thanked by Yan Xiongfei, Tang Zhitong did not intend to hide it from Ye Zhijuan. .

Since he gave Yan Xiongfei a first aid method, Tang Zhitong planned to tell Ye Zhijuan about it.

"Okay, let's drink some water before we go." Xiao Wang nodded obediently and poured a glass of water for Tang Zhitong.

After drinking the water, Tang Zhitong went to get the stove, deliberately avoiding Qianliang Alley.

The four boxes of peonies were not given for free, and the price was extremely reasonable.

The two masters carefully helped Tang Zhitong tie the stove and accessories to the bicycle. Tang Zhitong thanked him again and again before leaving.

The stove was tied very firmly, so Tang Zhitong didn't put it into the space and tied it up again. There wasn't much way anyway, so all the accessories were thrown into the space.

After a long and leisurely journey home, Tang Zhitong dismantled the stove with the help of Zhang Guifang.

The two of them worked together to carry it into the side room and install the stove.

There is still leftover firewood at home, which can be used for five or six days. Tang Zhitong plans to "buy" firewood from home next week.

Wood-burning stoves have one advantage over coal-burning stoves. You don't need to set up the stove, you can just light the firewood and stuff it inside to keep warm.

After resting for a while, Tang Zhitong carried the stove in the side room to the main room: "Mom, please replace the stove here. Don't use the old stove. It's too worn out."

"It doesn't look good, but it can still be used." Zhang Guifang is used to saving and is not willing to change it.

"Mom, our family's conditions are better than before. We can afford this stove and coal. Next month Jingwen and I will pay the heating bills, and our unit will also pay some extra coal this year. Don't you think about yourself? , You have to think about Fengzhen and Fengzhi, right? This stove is not working well, it was so cold in previous years," Tang Zhitong advised earnestly.

"Okay, okay, then it's up to you." Zhang Guifang agreed after hearing that her son was justified.

Before the chimney was pressed, other people arrived home one after another. Xiao Wang put down the bag given by Tang Zhitong and took out a few persimmons from it.

"Did you buy it?" Tang Zhitong asked while standing on the stool and carefully pushing the chimney out.

"A colleague gave it to me as a thank you for taking him to buy mooncakes last time." Xiao Wang smiled and took out a basin to wash the persimmons.

"Good guy, it's been a month." It's not troublesome to install the chimney, especially in the parts of the house. Just snap it on. It's just that a circle of yellow mud needs to be applied at the intersection to prevent smoke from escaping.

"The Mopan persimmons in Fangshan are only available at this time, and you picked them." Xiao Wang washed the persimmons and gave one to each of the two sisters-in-law, one to himself, and put the others in the basin to wait for the mother-in-law and husband to finish their work. .

"Yes, yes, yes, everything you said is right." Tang Zhitong replied, and then said to Zhang Guifang: "Mom, wash your hands and taste the persimmons, and I'll light the stove."

"Come on, try it. It's sweet." Xiao Wang took the mazza and sat next to Tang Zhitong. He handed the persimmon he gnawed out to his husband's mouth. The juice inside was very rich and sweeter than the skin of the persimmon.

Zhang Guifang was happy to see the sweet love between the young couple. Fengzhen smiled and said nothing, while Fengzhi scratched her nose at her sister-in-law.

"Well, sweet, you can eat it, I don't like it." The persimmon was brought to his mouth, and Tang Zhitong took a small bite. It was sweet, but the astringency was obvious.

"I love eating, brother, I'll help you with your share, you're welcome!" Fengzhi answered after hearing her brother's answer.

"You're dreaming. Don't think I didn't see you scratching your nose just now. You can only eat this one today." The firewood had been ignited. Tang Zhitong stuffed some more into it, and then put in a few pieces of hard coal. When the fire came up, the stove was lit.

"Just a little!" Fengzhi didn't take it seriously and instead stuck out his tongue to provoke Tang Zhitong.

"Hey, you naughty kid, you've been studying for a few days. You don't learn the good things, but you only learn the bad things, right? How can you be like a girl?" Tang Zhitong raised his hand as if to hit him. There are so many children in the school, it is not easy to learn well. , but it’s too easy to learn bad habits.

Tang Zhitong has heard about this. Before coming here, many parents bought houses in school districts for their children to study. Those who don't have school districts will ask for connections to go to some better schools and try to avoid being in the same school as the children of migrant workers.

I heard from them that the children of migrant workers are neglected and have many bad habits, and they are afraid that their own children will learn from them.

"You kid, you don't know good things. Your brother is doing this for your own good. Persimmons are hard to digest and will make your stomach uncomfortable if you eat too much." Zhang Guifang took the lead and poked Fengzhi on the forehead. When Tang Zhitong saw this, he naturally put down his hand. , not to mention that he was just scaring his sister and had no intention of actually fighting her.

When Tang Zhitong was a child, he heard similar words from his family members, not allowing their children to eat more persimmons, saying that eating too many persimmons would cause stomachaches and constipation.

It wasn't until he grew up that Tang Zhitong learned that persimmons contain tannic acid. Tannic acid enters the body and combines with gastric acid, which can easily cause stones.

The persimmons are ripe, which is also the time when the hairy crabs are plump. Unfortunately, they can't eat them this year. Tang Zhitong smacks his lips, hoping to wait for the opportunity to order some plump female crabs, especially the crab roe.

(End of this chapter)