Laifu
Chunming's works
Laifu is very satisfied with his work. Regular workers say that this work is dirty and tiring and cannot be done by humans. , but Laifu thought it was a piece of cake. Twenty yuan a day is six hundred yuan a month. This amount of money is nothing to the regular workers, it is not enough for them to drink, but for Laifu, it is not a small amount, including the fertilizers and pesticides in the fields, the expenses for the son’s education, the colorful clothes on the daughter-in-law, the money between relatives, etc. All the people walking around were pointing at this money! In my poor hometown a hundred miles away from Laifu, even if I had endless energy, there was no place to earn the 600 yuan.
This is a sewage treatment plant, and Laifu's task is to take out the garbage. Sewage flows into the factory along underground pipes and into a large, deep pool. When the factory was first built, this pool was filled with clear tap water, and two employees who went swimming in the water drowned.
After the factory was officially put into operation, the pond was replaced with smelly and dirty sewage. This pool is built in a huge pump room. There is a long-arm grille installed in the pump room. It is fully automatically controlled. The long arm is extended into the water at regular intervals to pick up the dirt and scatter it in a large flatbed truck. Laifu He was responsible for pushing the dirt to a field outside the factory.
Laifu had to push garbage more than 20 times in one shift, and all the garbage was filled into a large hole in the field outside the factory. Laifu has been filling the gap for more than half a year, but it still cannot fill the gap. It turned out that some nearby farmers often drove their horse-drawn carriages to take away the rubbish. According to them, when these garbage are put in the ground, the crops grow strong. Laifu often thinks that it would be great if there was a sewage treatment plant next to his home, so that the crops in the field would no longer have to worry about growing.
Next to the garbage truck, Laifu liked to squat and squint his eyes to see all kinds of dirt sprinkled on the truck like snowflakes. Laifu liked to play with mud. After he drowned, the dogs, cats, and chickens that floated down the water were all his models. These dirty, smelly little things in the sewage turned out to be vivid and clean after being squeezed by Laifu's hands.
Not far from Laifu's garbage truck, there is a small duty room. There are always four or five grown men in it (female employees are not in this hard and tiring position), and it seems very crowded. . They are all regular workers, and their main job is to record water volume, temperature, pressure, etc., once every hour.
In addition, they also need to inspect the equipment and start and stop the equipment from time to time. The equipment is automatically controlled. Just turn the knob to the left or right, and the equipment will start or stop. After receiving the call from the central control room, the regular workers stuck their heads out of the window of the duty room and shouted at Laifu: "Laifu, hurry up, stop the No. 3 water inlet pump!"
When he first entered the factory, Laifu, who liked to smoke, was scolded by the head of the safety department. The section chief is a young woman in her thirties. She looks fair and looks comfortable, but her words are cold and hard: "No smoking! Violators will be fined 100 yuan!" Laifu was shocked, and I Oh, mother, why are city people so generous with fines? How much can I make a living with this one hundred yuan? Even if I were to die, I wouldn’t dare to do it! Sometimes when the craving for cigarettes got stronger, Laifu would pick a holly leaf from the roadside and stuff it into his mouth, chewing it until the craving for cigarettes subsided, and then he would spit out a mouthful of green leaves. This method really works, Laifu thought, no worse than the city people chewing quit-smoking candy.
The regular workers were always fussing in the duty room, which made Laifu worried about them. What if a biogas cabinet leaks some biogas and the whole place explodes with a "boom" sound? Two hundred million (he once heard from an employee that the factory cost two hundred million)! Even if they can't blow it up, aren't they afraid of being caught by the head of the security department? !
The five regular workers often throw cigarette butts out of various windows. Whenever they see them, Laifu quickly sweeps them up and dumps them into the garbage truck. When I scan around the duty room, I often find dozens of cigarette butts. While he was lowering his head to sweep, there might be a formal worker sticking his head out of the window and shouting at him: "Laifu, it's so miserable, pick up the cigarette butt and smoke it! Haha..." The room was also filled with laughter. Laifu could only smile innocently and cowardly said: "No, no..."
Once, Laifu had just swept away the cigarette butts around the duty room when the head of the safety department came. Laifu was secretly rejoicing, but unexpectedly, the head of the safety department suddenly picked up a cigarette butt from the ground and asked sternly: "Who did it? Who did it?!" Laifu regretted it endlessly, oh my, why are my eyes so ugly? Okay, why did you miss one? ! Doesn’t this make the formal workers unlucky? !
The section chief was still holding up the cigarette butt and asked: "Who is it?! Who is it?!" Several regular workers crowded at the door of the duty room and said in unison: "It's not us!" said the section chief : "Did it come out of the ground on its own?!" At this time, a formal worker winked and said, "I wonder if Laifu did it?" The section chief's eyes immediately shifted to Laifu.
At this moment, Laifu was chewing holly leaves while solemnly worrying about someone among the regular workers. Suddenly, he found that all eyes were staring at him, and he felt panicked. He shouted: "It's not me, it's not me!" But he swallowed the words again when he reached his lips, but he chewed holly leaves more frequently.
"Laifu, you did it, right?!" The safety chief's voice rang like thunder in my ears.
Laifu was so frightened that he shouted desperately in his heart: "It's not me! I didn't smoke a cigarette! I was chewing holly leaves!", but still didn't say a word. "Regular workers don't get paid, but temporary workers do!" the head of the safety department said angrily before leaving. That month, Laifu was deducted a full one hundred yuan!
When he first came here, Laifu made a beautiful little clay figurine using the head of the safety department as his model, and kept it in the locked drawer of his bedside table along with his salary. But since the "smoking" incident, Laifu felt that she was not very pretty, and he also felt that she looked a bit like a monster. Humph, I didn’t admit that I smoked it, so why are you deducting my money! ? So Laifu transformed the beautiful clay figurine into Lu Zhishen, who uprooted a weeping willow tree.
When I was on the night shift, the regular worker could not sit in the duty room for five minutes before shouting to Laifu: "Laifu, be careful, don't get into trouble!" After shouting, he went out. When I go out, I have to wait until the sun is very high the next morning to show up. Formal workers brush their teeth, wash their faces, apply a little "Dabao SOD Honey", feel a scent of fragrance all over their bodies, and dress themselves up. It's time to get off the night shift. During this night shift, Laifu had to work part-time as a regular worker. He has to make inspections, listen to phone calls, and fill out records.
Sometimes, a small car will suddenly drive in in the middle of the night. This is the factory director leading a few middle-level cadres to inspect the post. When he couldn't find a regular worker, the factory director seriously questioned Laifu. Laifu sometimes said that the official workers had gone to the toilet, and sometimes said that they were doing inspections. Sometimes the factory director seemed to believe him, so he sent a middle-level manager to remove the telephone and take it away (for fear that Laifu would use the phone to tip off other workers), and then went to other positions to conduct night checks.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Laifu quickly ran to his dormitory to wake up the regular workers - the factory director often had to come back again. When he comes back, the factory director will see the formal worker sitting upright 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 keep an eye on Laifu, and he and other middle-level cadres will jointly search for it. In the end, he can always find the sleepy regular workers.
There is no doubt that the money will be deducted that month. The official salary is 50 yuan, and Laifu will also deduct 20 yuan for covering up. After the inspector left, the regular workers would yell at each other, calling the boss vicious and refusing to allow anyone to get a full night's sleep, and calling Laifu a fool who couldn't even fart and was worse than a pig!
The regular workers in the duty room are very talkative. They always cross their legs and chat in the vast sea and sky in the clouds and mountains. Sometimes they may be tired of talking, sometimes they may have run out of topics, so they shout. Laifu. As long as Laifu is not busy for the time being, run over there quickly. As soon as he entered the door, a regular worker pinched his nose and moved his chair back: "You bastard! You won't take a shower for eight lifetimes! You smell so bad!" Laifu didn't move forward or retreat, he just stood quietly in front of them. laugh.
The regular worker holding his nose said again: "Come on, show me the Prime Minister." He extended his left hand. The hands were white and tender, with long nails like a woman's. Laifu said in horror: "How can I see? I can't..." Another formal worker said: "Stop pretending, kid. I've heard it said a long time ago that there are half-immortals in your place. Last time Didn't you hold up this palmistry book and study it until dawn? Why are you looking down on us?" The official who was waiting for the palm reading continued: "It doesn't matter if you are not sure, just treat everyone to a meal. "The regular workers all laughed and shouted, "Look, let's see, isn't it just a meal?"
Luckily, my father taught me a few tricks since I was a child. I read a few more photo books, why don't I get confused? He just smiled and said: "Then... I'll just take a look..."
Just as Laifu was about to reach out and touch the lines on the white hand, the formal worker suddenly retracted his hand and cursed: 'Don't touch me like a bear with dirty hands! "The regular workers burst into laughter again. Laifu took the ballpoint pen from the table to point out the lines on the white hand.
Before Laifu could say a few words, the formal workers Then he suddenly retracted his hand and cursed: "Go away, go away! You are just a charlatan!" "Other formal workers hurriedly shouted: "Laifu, let's treat you at noon. If you don't know, treat me!" This is what you promised! "
Lai Fuhan smiled and said: "Zhong...zhong...I have food in the house, I will cook two dishes for everyone..." The regular workers smiled again and said: "Forget it, you Who can swallow the food cooked by those dirty paws? Don't do anything with the food. Just go out and buy a bunch of beer. "So, before the meal, Laifu made some time and rode the old tricycle from the factory headquarters to buy beer nearby.
After dinner, Laifu squatted next to the garbage truck, eating steamed buns. Nibbling pickles. In the duty room, the regular workers opened the lids of their beers and drank happily. The regular workers were eating the vegetables they had cooked at the nearby rural market. He bought it cheaply and kept it in his dormitory, but he was reluctant to eat it.
From time to time, one or two shouts came from the duty room: "Damn it, what a bear dish you can buy!" Too old to chew off! "Laifu didn't understand why those regular workers drank every day, wasting their health and money! Sometimes, while he was eating, a regular worker would shout in the duty room: "Laifu, go find some garlic!" ", he had to rush back to the dormitory to find garlic for them.
The facilities of the sewage treatment plant were all bought from France. The equipment was imported, but the technology remained abroad. If there were some minor problems Yes, our factory technicians can handle it for a while, but if there is a slightly bigger problem, we have no choice but to invite foreigners.
This is the fourth time Laifu has met a foreigner.
Foreigners often wear gray denim clothes, climb up and down, take apart things and mend things. Whether they are braving the scorching sun or the severe cold (most of the equipment is outdoors), they work all day long, including meals. Don't even bother to eat.
Laifu also found that foreigners also found it very simple to eat. Sometimes they would just squat down and take out a package of instant noodles to eat. Foreigners are very enthusiastic. Every time they pass by Laifu, they smile, nod and wave to him, and Laifu smiles at them.
Laifu was very moved. After working in the factory for more than half a year, he was used to being bossed around and scolded by others, but no one had ever taken the initiative to say hello to him with a smile. Laifu wished he could fly back to his hometown immediately, tell his wife, his son, and tell the whole village that a foreigner was still fawning over me! He even nodded and bowed to me!
It was raining that day, not too heavy. Several foreigners who were repairing the scum bridge outdoors were almost soaked in the rain, 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 craving for cigarettes came back, and he just stuffed a holly leaf into his mouth. The soaked foreigner still did not forget to smile at Laifu, nod and wave, and Laifu also smiled and watched the foreigner walk into the duty room.
A few regular workers in the duty room were blowing smoke rings and throwing pokers. They threw the pokers on a large open newspaper. If the inspector came, they would fold the newspaper easily. It's perfect. Naturally no one is afraid when foreigners go in. The foreigner took a long-handled screwdriver from the window sill and murmured something to himself.
Laifu squatted beside the garbage truck, chewing holly leaves in his mouth, looking up at the foreigner's every move. He knew that when foreigners passed by him, they would give him a friendly smile. Laifu waited carefully. He blamed the smile he gave the foreigner before for not being friendly enough. Today he wanted to give the foreigner a smile that was as friendly as possible.
At this moment, Laifu suddenly heard a formal worker in the duty room yelling: "Damn it, these foreign devils dare to call us a bunch of parasites! X your mother! X your ancestors!" "Hearing the curse, Laifu couldn't help but frowned. He wouldn't feel bad if you scolded him for this, but scolding someone as a foreigner would be inappropriate.
Laifu recognized that the scolding man had the highest academic degree from a formal work school. He was studying English at Ye Da University. The foreigner obviously judged the unkindness of the words behind him and couldn't help but stop and turn around.
If foreigners turn a deaf ear to these curse words, the regular workers may find it boring and stop attacking. But what they saw was the foreigner's confused and frightened look, and they immediately felt greatly stimulated. They cursed even more viciously, and opened their mouths as if they wanted to eat the foreigner.
Laifu was so anxious that he had already forgotten to chew the holly leaf in his mouth. He was worried for the foreigner: Just pretend that you heard and saw nothing and go away! He was also worried for the regular workers: Stop scolding them, they are here to repair our machines! However, the regular workers did not understand his thoughts, and even if they did, no one would pay attention to him. Their curses grew louder and their feet stamped louder.
The foreigner's blue eyes widened in shock, pointing at them, as if asking: "You...what are you going to do...?!" The formal workers scolded and moved forward, and the foreigner came forward. He was forced to retreat step by step, to Laifu's side, and to the large sewage pool next to the garbage truck.
Laifu stood up with a bang. He was almost crazy with anxiety, wishing he could rush up and slap the regular workers hard. When Laifu discovered the dangerous situation of the foreigner, he swallowed the holly leaves in his mouth in fear. However, it was too late, and with a "plop" sound, the foreigner fell into the deep sewage pool. Without a moment's hesitation, Laifu screamed and jumped into the pool...
The foreigner was a landlubber, but he was lifted out of the water alive. Laifu met the water, but sank.
A few days later, the regular workers dug out a lot of things from under the bed in Laifu’s dormitory: a basin of wet mud, several bottles of paint, and a lot of colorful clay sculptures. One of them is not finished, but judging from the concave eyes and big nose, he must be a foreigner.
A knowledgeable formal worker said in surprise: "Hey, I really didn't expect this kid!" Later, the knowledgeable formal worker bargained for the clay sculptures and sold them to a small handicraft store for a huge sum of money. , the formal workers drank for many days.