Space: 60's Survival

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   After a while, several people came here, all wearing work clothes. At first glance, their temperament was not ordinary.

The man in the lead was not tall, but he was full of energy, and shouted: "Stop it all for me!" This man was Director Feng of the machinery factory, and the others who followed were also leaders of the machinery factory. Why does such a little thing alarm so many leaders? It was also a coincidence that these leaders gathered for a meeting at this time. In addition to the leadership team of the factory, there were also two comrades from higher-level units. It was all going well. The one who ran to call someone was a stunned young man. As soon as he pushed open the door of the office, he shouted to the inside: "Director, it's incredible, Zhao Jianshe was in a fight with people, and he saw blood.

" Fighting in groups and seeing blood, that's okay. For fear of something big, a group of leading comrades came running all the way. Seeing the chaos in the yard, Director Feng only felt ashamed today. Say hello to everyone and pull people away.

Everyone can see clearly that Zhao Jianshe was in a bad situation. His face was bruised, his nose was bruised, the corners of his mouth were still bleeding, and his work clothes were torn. Zhang Lanlan was disheveled, with bloodstains from fingernails on his face, and mud marks all over his clothes. The condition of the sister-in-law of the Zhao family is a little better, her hair is messed up, and the white flowers on her head don't know where.

There were also traces of a fight left on the two men, and the others were still neat. It can be seen that in addition to the two women, the rest are three men fighting. Sister-in-law Zhao's group of people are all biased, otherwise the form can't be one-sided!

Director Feng looked at this group of people, and his heart was full of anger: "What do you all want to do? You're still fighting, and you're promising!" After a reprimand, he still had to solve the problem. The home is small, so everyone gathered some benches. , hold a live meeting in the small courtyard. When the two sisters-in-law went to wash up, Director Feng, with a bit of embarrassment, said to the man who came with him: "Secretary Lu, I'm so sorry, I made you laugh. It's time for dinner, too. Why don't you go to eat first, here I am..." Tong Yan saw Secretary Lu and secretly admired how good she was. He is 1.8 meters tall, with handsome eyebrows and three-dimensional features. He wears a short-sleeved shirt, a pair of black trousers, and a pair of black leather shoes. . Secretary Lu was very knowledgeable and left after a few words with Director Feng.

Director Feng quickly instructed the deputy director and accountant Xu to follow. Without the outsiders, Director Feng looked at Zhao Jianshe and Zhang Lanlan and wished to kick them out. I thought to myself: When is it not good to fight, I have to choose today. I was busy for a long time, in order to leave a good impression on the leadership, this time all smashed. Holding back her anger, Director Feng called a group of people for a meeting, and Tong Yan listened to the "live broadcast" at home.

It turns out that Zhao Jianmin's job was previously held by his elder brother Zhao Jianmin, and Zhao Jianmin was able to find a job in the machinery factory because of the help of his eldest sister-in-law's maiden brother. Zhao Jianmin is a capable man. He used to be a repairman in a machinery factory and earned a All the money was given to the old lady. Because there was no separation, the two brothers of the Zhao family and a little sister-in-law both ate together. In disguise, it became Zhao Jianmin subsidizing the whole family. Although the elder sister-in-law of the Zhao family was not happy, she couldn't say anything.

A few months ago, Zhao Jianmin passed away due to illness. The Zhao family was reluctant to do this job, so they asked Sister Zhao's brother to intercede and gave the job to Zhao Jianshe. Of course, the Zhao family gave 30 yuan to Sister Zhao. In addition, she will subsidize Mrs. Zhao 5 yuan a month for three years. It used to be a happy event.

But it happened to Zhao Jianshe. Zhao Jianshe was a rural man who knew nothing but farming. Naturally, the position of repairman could not be given to him, so he arranged for Zhao Jianshe to work in the warehouse. He had less money and heavier work. Except for the money to subsidize the sister-in-law and the money that was handed over to the old lady, there was not much money left on hand.

The subsidy for Mrs. Zhao, which was originally promised, naturally disappeared. Sister-in-law Zhao is also not happy. Originally, the man was alive and able to work. Her mother-in-law was polite to her, and she did the housework lightly. The couple had a good relationship.

Now I have a lot of work to do at home, and I have to take care of a pair of children in my second brother's home. I have two children at home. My mother-in-law is not very healthy and can't do much work. The subsidy is gone.

Sister-in-law Zhao naturally quit. When she went back to her mother's house, she cried and complained. The two families fought for a long time, and neither of them would give in. In the end, Director Feng became angry and said, "If you can't figure it out, then don't do it, and go home to farm.

Zhao Jianshe and his wife were finally afraid. Working here is better than farming at home. The two families renegotiated and finally decided that Zhao Jianshe would subsidize Mrs. Zhao four yuan a month. Zhang Lanlan had to go home to work when the farming was busy. It was almost three o'clock when the agreement was re-established and the two parties signed up. When the matter was over, Director Feng walked away angrily with a black face and a pot bottom. Sister Zhao and a group of people returned victorious. Zhao Jianshe and his wife went back to the house and quarreled again, and the curtain call came to a big play. Seeing Zhang Lanlan deflated, Tong Yan was still very happy. However, she soon realized that the matter was not over.

A few days later, Tong Yan finished making up lessons for Gao Yue, and as soon as she returned to the yard, she found that there were two more unfamiliar faces in the yard. The two children were about ten years old. The girls were older, black and thin, with dry and yellow hair. There were patches on the clothes. There were several patches on the trousers, and the legs of the trousers were shortened. The boys are a little smaller and shorter than the girls, and their clothes are old and patched, but they are more dirty. The dirty clothes can't tell the original color of the clothes, and they are squatting on the ground and playing with ants.

The girl was raising the stove, and she probably didn't know much about it. The stove was smoking all the time, making her cry. Tong Yan was wondering, someone came to answer the question.

Sister-in-law Tian brought a small bowl to look for Tong Yan. The small bowl contained more than half of a bowl of red fruit, the size of her little finger, and she looked watery. Sister-in-law Tian pointed to the bowl of fruit and greeted Tong Yan: "Come, try it, I brought it from home." Tong Yan was also not polite to Sister-in-law Tian, ​​and the two sat eating and chatting.

"Have you seen those two children?" Sister Tian lowered her voice and said to Tong Yan. Tong Yan nodded in cooperation and looked at Sister-in-law Tian expectantly, "The child of that family." Sister-in-law Tian pointed in the direction of Zhang Lanlan's house, "This morning, Sister-in-law Zhao brought those two children over, what did you say? I don't want to bring it either. Do you know why not?" Tong Yan shook her head again with great cooperation. Mrs. Tian was very satisfied: "The two had a fight, and Zhang Lanlan went home and told her mother-in-law about their fight last time. Because of that, Zhao Jianshe deducted money and was criticized by the factory manager. After all the scolding, Mrs. Zhao sent the child back. You came back late, or else you could catch up." After speaking, she looked at Tong Yan with a very regretful look. Tong Yan smiled secretly and expressed her gratitude to Sister-in-law Tian for reporting the situation in time.

At the end, Mrs. Tian reminded Tong Yan that she should be careful, because she had two more children and she didn't know how much trouble it would cause. Tong Yan didn't think there was anything, she lived her life behind closed doors, and no one was in the way.

Soon, Tong Yan was slapped in the face. In the evening, Tong Yan finished her meal, wiped the mat, and was walking out of the yard with dirty water. Usually, everyone poured this kind of water out of the yard, and Tong Yan did as the locals did. After pouring the water, I bumped into Zhang Lanlan.

Zhang Lanlan took the initiative to say hello to Tong Yan: "Miss Tong, have you eaten yet?" Tong Yan scolded, it is rare that Zhang Lanlan would also take the initiative to say hello to others, which is probably not a good thing. He pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Eat, I have something to do."

"That's right, I don't think it's easy for a girl like you. You live here alone, and you don't usually talk to others, so it's too pitiful. My family Qiuni came over today. , This child is well-behaved and just happened to have a company with you, what do you think?"

Tong Yan was a little confused: "What do you mean to have a company with me?" Zhang Lanlan was a little anxious, and her tone was not very good: "What do you think? Why can't the girl who has read the book still understand the words?" Tong Yan also ignited: "That sister-in-law, please explain it!"

"I mean, you are a big girl, it is not safe to live alone at night, I will let my family Qiuni Live with you and be your companion." Tong Yan was so excited when she heard it: "Sister Zhang, just say directly, you want Qiuni to live with me, that's what you mean, what else is there to do? I'm a companion. Then I have to ask, why? I rented a house with money, and I'm not from your family, so why let your children live in my house."

"You live alone and the house is empty. How about setting up a shop for my family Qiuni? My family couldn't live there so I came to you." Zhang Lanlan said confidently. Tong Yan felt that she couldn't tell her clearly, she turned her face and refused directly: "I don't need anyone to be with you, so don't hit me with the idea of ​​this house." She turned her head and left.

Zhang Lanlan stretched out her hand and grabbed Tong Yan's arm, Tong Yan pulled her hand away and stared at Zhang Lanlan: "If you mess around again, I'll find Sister Li from the housing management office, otherwise, I can still find someone from the machinery factory. Leader, I let everyone judge, who has a child who lives in a neighbor's house."

Zhang Lanlan was still frightened when she heard that she was looking for Sister Li and the factory leader, she immediately retracted her hand, looked at Tong Yan's leaving back, and shouted unwillingly: "Who cares about your broken house, who cares about living there, A shameless bitch." Tong Yan closed the door in anger, isolating Zhang Lanlan's scolding from outside the house. He took out a bottle of iced drink from the space and drank half of the bottle before putting down the fire. After getting angry, Tong Yan remembered what Mrs. Tian said, and she should be more vigilant about Zhang Lanlan's family.

The next morning, when Tong Yan opened the door, she was so frightened that she lost her mind. Because when I opened the door, I saw a head on the ground, how terrifying it was.

Taking a closer look, I found that Qiuni was sleeping on a wooden board. There is only a wall between Tong Yan's house and Zhang Lanlan's house. The gates of the two houses are not far away. Zhang Lanlan has a bed board in front of the house. The bed board is placed against the wall. Yan's house. So Tong Yan saw a head when she went out.

Tong Yan took several deep breaths to calm down. Just when I was about to talk to Zhang Lanlan about this, the door of Zhang Lanlan's house opened, Zhang Lanlan came out yawning, and saw Tong Yan giving her a blank eye, Tong Yan saw that her eyes were still stained with mucus, and she felt sick.

Before Tong Yan could speak, Zhang Lanlan kicked Qiuni on the bed, startling Qiuni, "Don't get up quickly, what time is it, you will be your eldest lady, you don't have to work, hurry up." Qiu Ni stood up aggrievedly from the bed and followed Zhang Lanlan to fetch water. Tong Yan swallowed everything she wanted to say.

Someone who lived in the same hospital couldn't help but said a few words: "The child is not too young, and sleeping in the yard is not a problem. There are many bugs at night, and the child suffers." Zhang Lanlan looked at the person and sneered twice: "Our family If there is a place, you can't let the girl sleep outside, it's not impossible, it can't live there, otherwise, either of you will move a place and let my girl build a shop." The angry turned his head and left.

Tong Yan felt a little sympathetic to Qiuni in her heart, but it was impossible to live with her. Tong Yan remembered what sister-in-law Tian had said when she was chatting with her. The houses here vary in size. Tong Yan lives in the smallest one. Originally, it was a small warehouse. The other houses are larger than the one Tong Yan lives in. Zhang Lanlan's house is five square meters larger than the one where Tong Yan lives. If a bunk bed is placed, Qiuni can sleep in the house. I guess Zhang Lanlan is not. Will spend the money for Qiuni.

I can only look forward to the opportunity to help Qiuni secretly in the future. But it didn't take long for Tong Yan to nip this kindness in the bud.

Tong Yan's daily task now is to go to Sister Li's house in the morning to give Gao Yue a supplementary lesson. Fortunately, although Gao Yue is a middle school 2 teenager, he can still listen to Tong Yan's words. In addition, Tong Yan taught him to draw. He also does not exclude supplementary classes.

This kid is not stupid. He has taught him a few times, and he can do some simple questions correctly. He also has confidence. Sister Li was very happy to see her son's progress. Big Sister Li's family conditions are not bad, the couple can make money, only one son, naturally will not treat the child badly when it comes to food, and Tong Yan is also exposed. However, Tong Yan still understands the etiquette, and Tong Yan sometimes brings some food to Gao Yue. The two families get along very well.

That day, Sister Li gave Tong Yan half a watermelon and asked Tong Yan to take it back to eat. Fruit is a good thing, and most people rarely buy it. Tong Yan thought about keeping half of it for Sister-in-law Tian. She lives in the small courtyard these days. Sister-in-law Tian treats her well and is not someone who likes to cause trouble. Another point is that Mrs. Tian's men get along well in the machinery factory, and even take Mrs. Tian to talk in the yard. There is no harm in getting along with such a person.

When it was time to get off work, Tong Yan took the watermelon out of the space, cut half of it and sent it to Sister-in-law Tian, ​​and put the other half on the table, thinking that it was only two steps away, so she didn't lock the door. . Sister-in-law Tian smiled when she saw the watermelon, and accepted it after a few polite words with Tong Yan.

When Tong Yan returned to the house, she found that the watermelon on the table was gone. If there was still watermelon juice on the table, Tong Yan felt that she was hallucinating. Inexplicably missing something, Tong Yan was shocked, and took a closer look at the house. Fortunately, there was no shortage of other things. Tong Yan thought about it carefully, the person who stole the watermelon must be someone from the yard. First, when she saw Tong Yan carrying the watermelon into the house, and second, when she saw Tong Yan going to Mrs. Tian's house, Tong Yan and Mrs. Tian only said A few words, it didn't take long, Tong Yan locked the suspect at Zhang Lanlan's house. But there is no evidence to talk nonsense, this dumb Tong Yan can only eat it.

After dinner, people in the yard came out to enjoy the cool air, some played chess, some chatted. Usually Tong Yan did not participate in such activities. Today, Tong Yan also went out with a fan. Sister-in-law Tian teased her when she saw Tong Yan: "It's rare to see you at this point."

Tong Yan sat next to Sister-in-law Tian with a smile and chatted with her. Not long after, the two children of Zhang Lanlan's family also came out. The eldest daughter was Qiuni and the youngest son was Dongbao. As soon as Dongbao arrived, he crowded into the crowd and watched people play chess. I don't know how Zhang Lanlan takes care of the two children. The two children are always dirty and smell of sweat.

As soon as Dongbao came, a few adults made a place for him. After all, no one wanted to be next to him. Tong Yan walked slowly behind Dongbao and got close. Tong Yan smelled the smell of sweat all over her body. A little watermelon fragrance. At this time, Qiuni also squeezed in, and Tong Yan smelled watermelon on her. Tong Yan backed out and turned around. With a little light, Tong Yan saw a pink object stuck to Dongbao's clothes. Tong Yan looked at the two children with disgust. Although she didn't know who entered her house, there was no doubt that the two children stole the watermelon. Because Tong Yan didn't think Zhang Lanlan would be willing to buy watermelon for the two children.

Tong Yan believes that she is not a stingy person. If Tong Yan is eating and the child sees it, Tong Yan is willing to give some, but stealing is absolutely intolerable. Tong Yan thought for a while, there is no real evidence for this matter, and people will not admit it, so she can only pay more attention to it. In the crowd, Qiuni also saw Tong Yan, and found that Tong Yan was staring at her, and the child hurriedly lowered her head. Tong Yan originally suspected Dongbao more, but she didn't expect it to be Qiuni.

The watermelon was indeed stolen by Qiuni. When Tong Yan was cutting the watermelon in the house, Qiuni took the basin to pour water, and happened to pass by Tong Yan's door. Qiuni, who smelled the scent of watermelon, was drooling. Tong Yan took it. Watermelon went to Sister-in-law Tian's house, and Qiuni entered Tong Yan's house.

Clothes were drying in the small courtyard, blocking her view. Qiuni put the watermelon in the basin, covered it with her hand, and went back to her house. This is not the first time Qiu Ni has done such a thing. When she lived in her hometown, the family used to eat sweet potatoes and wild vegetables. Occasionally, it was not her turn to eat dried food. She felt bad about being hungry every day. He helped the house to cook and cook, and when he saw what he was eating, he secretly hid a little bit, and gradually he became more and more courageous. Fortunately, the amount was not much, and no one found it.