Laifu

Chunming Works

Laifu is very satisfied with his work. Formal workers say that this work is dirty and tiring, but Laifu thinks it is a piece of cake. Twenty dollars a day is 6 dollars in January. This money is nothing for regular workers, and it is not enough for them to drink, but for Laifu, it is not a small sum. The fertilizer and pesticides in the field, the cost of studying for my son, the clothes on my daughter-in-law, and the walking between relatives all point to this money! In the poor hometown of Laifu, which is 1 miles away, there is no place to earn this 6 yuan, even if you are full of inexhaustible energy.

This is a sewage treatment plant, and Laifu's task is to take out the garbage. Sewage flows into the factory along the underground pipeline and into a deep pool. At the beginning of the factory, this pool was full of clear tap water and drowned two employees who swam in the water.

after the factory was officially put into operation, the pool was replaced with smelly and dirty sewage. This pool is built in a huge pump room, and the pump room is equipped with a long-arm grille, which is fully automatic. The long-arm is regularly put into the water to pick up the dirt and spread it in a large flatbed. Laifu is responsible for pushing the dirt into a field outside the factory.

Laifu had to push more than twenty trips of garbage in his last shift, and all the garbage was filled into a big pit in the field outside the factory. Laifu has been filling in for more than half a year, but this pit is always full. It turns out that some farmers nearby often drive wagons to pull the rubbish away. According to them, the garbage is on the ground and the crops grow strong. Laifu often thinks that if there is a sewage treatment plant next to his home, the crops in the field will never grow again.

Next to the garbage truck, Laifu likes to squat and squint at all kinds of dirt that are snowed on the truck. Laifu likes to play with mud. Dogs, cats and chickens that float down the river after drowning are all his models. These little things, which are dirty and smelly in the sewage, become vivid and clean after being pinched by Laifu's hand.

Not far from Laifu's garbage truck, there is a small duty room, where there are always four or five big men (female workers are not in this dirty and tired post), which is very crowded. They are all regular workers, and their main job is to record water quantity, water temperature and water pressure once every hour.

in addition, they have to patrol the equipment and start and stop the equipment from time to time. The equipment is automatically controlled. Just twist the knob to the left or right, and the equipment will start or stop. After receiving the telephone notification from the central control room, the formal workers stuck their heads out of the window of the duty room and shouted at Laifu: "Laifu, hurry up and stop the No.3 water inlet pump!"

When he first entered the factory, Laifu, who likes smoking, was lectured by the chief of the security department. The section chief is a young woman in her thirties. She looks white and clean, but she can talk hard and cold: "No smoking! Offenders are fined one hundred! " Laifu was startled. My mother, alas, how can city people spend so much money on fines? How much can this one hundred dollars do for a living in my home? I dare not smoke it if I am killed! Sometimes when the addiction comes up, Laifu picks a piece of Hollyleaf from the roadside and chews it in his mouth. When the addiction goes down, he spits out a mouthful of green. This method really works, Laifu thought, as good as the city people chewing the candy to quit smoking.

Those regular workers are always smoking in the duty room, which makes Laifu worry about them. What if a biogas tank leaks some biogas and the whole room explodes with a bang? Two hundred million (he once heard an employee say that it costs two hundred million to build a factory)! Even if they can't blow it up, aren't they afraid of being caught by the head of the security department? !

Five regular workers often throw cigarette butts out of various windows. As soon as they see them, Laifu quickly sweeps them up and dumps them in the garbage truck. Sweep around the duty room, often dozens of cigarette butts. When he was sweeping his head down, there might be a regular worker sticking his head out of the window and calling to him, "Laifu, it's so miserable, pick up a cigarette butt and smoke it!" Ha ha ..... "The room is also a piece of laughter. Laifu only smiled foolishly and said sheepishly, "No, no ..."

Once, Laifu had just cleaned up the cigarette butts around the duty room when the chief of the security department came. Laifu was secretly glad, but the chief of the security department suddenly picked up a cigarette butt from the ground and asked sharply, "Who did it?" ！” Laifu regretted it, alas, my eyes are so bad, why did I miss one? ! Doesn't this make people's regular workers unlucky? !

The section chief is still holding the cigarette end and asking, "Who is it? ! Who is it? ！” Several formal workers crowded at the door of the duty room and said in unison, "Not us!" The section chief said, "Did it come out of the ground by itself? ！” At this time, a formal worker winked and said, "Ask if Laifu did it?" The section chief's eyes immediately shifted to Laifu.

At this moment, Laifu was chewing holly leaves and seriously worried about one of the regular workers. Suddenly, he found that all his eyes were staring at him, and he cried in panic: "Not me, not me!" But he swallowed the words on his lips, only the frequency of chewing holly leaves increased.

"Laifu, did you smoke it? ！” Security section chief's voice exploding in the ear like thunder. Laifu was so scared that he shouted desperately: "It's not me! I didn't smoke any! I'm chewing holly leaves! " , but still didn't say anything. "Regular workers don't smoke, temporary workers smoke!" When he left, the head of the security department angrily left such a sentence. That month, Laifu was detained for a whole hundred dollars!

When I first arrived, Laifu once took the chief of the security department as a model, made a beautiful little clay figurine, and kept it in the locked drawer of the bedside table with his salary. But since this "smoking" incident, Laifu felt that she was not very good-looking, and that she looked a little like a monster. Hum, I didn't admit that I smoked it, so why deduct my money! ? Then, Laifu transformed the beautiful clay figurine into Lu Zhishen who pulled the weeping willows upside down.

On the night shift, regular workers will shout to Laifu after sitting in the duty room for less than five minutes: "Laifu, be careful, don't have an accident!" I went out after shouting. When I went out, I had to wait until the sun climbed high the next morning. Formal workers brush their teeth, wash their faces, wipe a little "Dabao SOD honey", and walk out of a fragrant wind, dressed up in spirit, and it's time for the night shift. This night shift, Laifu will have to work part-time as a regular worker. He has to patrol, answer the phone and fill in the records.

Sometimes, the car will suddenly come in the middle of the night. This is the factory director leading several middle-level cadres to inspect the post. Unable to find a formal job, the factory director seriously questioned Laifu. Laifu sometimes said that the regular workers went to the toilet, and sometimes they went on patrol. The factory director sometimes seems to believe it, so he sends a middle-level person to remove the telephone and take it away (for fear that Laifu will tip off the news to other posts by phone), and then he goes to other posts to check the night.

Taking advantage of this time, Laifu hurried to his dormitory to wake up the regular workers-the factory director often has to come back again. When I come back, the factory director will see the formal workers sitting in the duty room, reading the meter meticulously. However, if the factory director firmly does not believe in Laifu, he will leave a middle-level cadre to watch Laifu, and he and other middle-level cadres will look for it separately. In the end, he can always get back the formal workers who are sleepy.

there is no doubt that the money will definitely be deducted in that month, and the official work will be 5 yuan, and Laifu will also be deducted 2 yuan for covering up. When the inspectors leave, the formal workers will swear, scold the leaders for being vicious and not even letting people sleep, and scold Laifu for not even farting, which is worse than a pig!

The regular workers in the duty room are very talkative. They always cross their legs and talk in the fog cover. Sometimes they may be tired, sometimes they may lose the topic and shout for help. As long as Laifu is not busy for the time being, run there quickly. As soon as he entered the door, a formal worker pinched his nose and retreated to the chair: "You bastard! Don't take a shower for eight generations! You stink! " Laifujin is neither retreating nor retreating, just standing in front of them and laughing in whispers.

Holding his nose, the official said, "Come, show me the Prime Minister." Said and held out his left hand. Those hands are white and tender, and they have long nails like women. Laifu was horrified and said, "How can I watch it? I won't ... "Another official said," Don't play dumb, boy. I've heard people say that your land is full of fairy tales. Didn't you study this photo book until dawn last night shift? Why won't you watch it again? Look down on us? " The official who was waiting for palm reading went on to say, "It doesn't matter if you can't read it correctly. Just invite everyone to dinner." The regular workers all laughed and shouted, "Let's see, don't you think it's just a meal?"

Laifu thought, fortunately, my father taught me a few skills since I was a child, and I have read several photo books in the past two years. Why not fool around? Then he said with a silly smile, "Then ... I'll just have a blind look ..."

Laifu was about to reach out and point out the lines on the white hand when the official suddenly retracted his hand and scolded,' Don't touch me like that bear with your dirty hands! "A few formal workers and a burst of laughter. Laifu took a ballpoint pen from the table to point to the lines on the white hand.

Before Laifu could say a few words, the official suddenly drew back his hand and scolded, "Fuck off! Your boy is a pure charlatan! " Other formal workers shouted: "Laifu, treat at noon, treat if you are not sure!" This is what you promised! "

Laifu said with a silly smile, "There are dishes in ... in my room, so I'll fry two dishes for everyone ..." The formal workers smiled and said, "Forget it, who can swallow the dishes fried by your dirty claws! Don't start cooking, you are responsible for going out and buying a bundle of beer. " So, before dinner, Laifu made some time and rode the broken tricycle of the factory to buy beer nearby.

After dinner, Laifu squatted by the garbage truck, eating steamed bread and eating pickles. In the duty room, the formal workers opened the beer lid and drank happily. Regular workers eat their own fried dishes, which Laifu took time to pick up and buy cheaply at the nearby rural market and put them in the dormitory. Usually, he is reluctant to eat.

from time to time, a word or two came from the duty room: "damn, what bear food did you buy!" Too old to chew! " Laifu doesn't understand why those regular workers drink every day, wasting their health and money! Sometimes, while he was eating, a regular worker shouted in the duty room, "Laifu, go and find some garlic!" " He had to run back to the dormitory to find garlic for them.

The facilities of the sewage treatment plant are all bought from France. The equipment was introduced, but the technology remained abroad. If there are some minor illnesses, the technicians in our factory can still cope with them, but if there is a bigger problem, we can only invite foreigners. Laifu, this is the fourth time I have seen a foreigner.

Foreigners often wear gray jeans and climb up and down, tearing up the east and mending the west. Whether in the scorching sun or in the cold (most of the equipment is outdoors), they work for a whole day without even taking care of food.

Laifu also found that foreigners eat very simply, and sometimes they just squat down and take out a bag of instant noodles to chew. Foreigners are very enthusiastic. Every time they pass by Laifu, they should smile, nod and wave at him, and Laifu will smile at them.

Laifu is very moved. He has been in the factory for more than half a year, and he is used to being bossed and scolded by others. No one has ever greeted him with a smile. Laifu regrets that he can't fly back to his hometown immediately, and tell his daughter-in-law to tell his son to tell the whole village that foreigners are still buttering me up! And bow and scrape at me!

it was raining that day, and the rain was not small. Several foreigners who repaired the scum bridge outdoors were almost drenched, but they still worked hard as if they were unconscious.

Later, one of the foreigners ran into the pump room. At that time, Laifu's addiction to cigarettes came up again, and he had just stuffed a holly leaf into his mouth. The wet foreigner still doesn't forget to smile, nod and wave at Laifu, and Laifu also smiles and watches the foreigner walk into the duty room.

A few regular workers in the duty room are spitting smoke rings and throwing poker. They throw poker on a big open newspaper. In case the inspector comes, they will close the newspaper conveniently, and it will be seamless. When foreigners go in, naturally no one is afraid. The foreigner took a long-handled screwdriver from the windowsill, and his mouth chattered as if he were talking to himself.

Laifu squatted by the garbage truck, chewing holly leaves in his mouth, and looked back intently at the foreigner's every move. He knows that foreigners will give him a friendly smile when they pass by. Laifu waited carefully. He blamed the smile he had given to foreigners before for not being friendly enough. Today, he wants to give foreigners a smile that can't be more friendly.

Just then, Laifu suddenly heard a regular worker in the duty room swearing: "Damn it, this foreign devil dares to call us a bunch of parasites! X your mother! X your ancestors! " Hearing this bristle, Laifu couldn't help frowning. He doesn't feel embarrassed if he scolds him, but it's too wrong to call names on foreigners.

Laifu recognized that the swearing person was the one with the highest academic qualifications among the formal workers, and he was studying English at Night University. The foreigner obviously judged the unfriendly words behind him and couldn't help stopping and turning around.

If foreigners turn a deaf ear to these dirty words, regular workers may feel bored and stop attacking. But what they saw was the foreigner's confused and frightened look, and they immediately felt great stimulation, swearing more maliciously, and their mouths opened wide as if they were going to eat the foreigner.

Laifu was so anxious that he had forgotten to chew the holly leaf in his mouth. He was anxious for foreigners: just pretend you didn't hear or see anything, and go! He also worried about the regular workers: stop cursing, people are here to repair our machines! However, the formal workers did not understand his mind, and even if they did, no one would pay attention to him. They swore louder and stamped their feet louder.

The foreigner widened his blue eyes in horror and pointed at them as if to ask, "What are you ... what are you doing?"? ！” Formal workers approached with unbridled cursing, and foreigners were forced to retreat step by step, back to Laifu and back to the big sewage pool next to the garbage truck.

Laifu "ooh" stood up, and he was almost crazy, wishing he could not rush up and slap the formal workers hard. When Laifu discovered the foreigner's dangerous situation, he swallowed the holly leaves in his mouth in fear. However, it was already late, and the foreigner fell into a deep sewage pool with a sound of "jump". Without a moment's hesitation, Laifu exclaimed and jumped into the pool ...

The foreigner was a landlubber, but he was carried out of the water alive. Laifu can swim, but it sinks.

A few days later, the formal workers dug up a lot of things under the bed in Zhongfu Dormitory: a basin of wet mud, a few bottles of paint, and a lot of colorful clay sculptures. One of them is not finished, but judging from the sunken eyes and big nose, it must be a foreigner.

A knowledgeable official said in surprise, "Hey, I didn't expect this kid!" Later, the knowledgeable official sold these clay sculptures to a small handicraft shop at a bargain price, and the official workers drank wine for many days with the money.