Chapter 79 Disputes between Upstairs and Downstairs

Lu Qiage didn't know that Lao Hu had applied for a reward. She held a meeting with the volunteers and told them to continue repairing the broken tables and chairs in the night school. In their spare time, they could weave baskets or form teams to dig Chinese herbal medicines outside the city. They didn't have to go to the pharmaceutical factories; local supply and marketing cooperatives and purchasing stations could purchase them.

This is one of them, and it is also a way to generate income legitimately.

Lu Qiaoge said, "I won't pay attention to weaving baskets. At present, the night school is temporarily under the use of our service station. You can leave them in the night school after weaving them. But you can learn to weave straw hats from Chang An. The weather is about to get hot, so you can try to make a batch of straw hats. As for the Chinese herbal medicine..."

At this point Lu Qiaoge paused and said, "I know there is a place with a large area of ​​honeysuckle. Let's go into the mountains to pick them this Sunday."

Meng Qingshan asked hurriedly: "Where is the mountain? If it is from the local commune, can we go there?"

Lu Qiaoge: "I've asked, it belongs to our military factory, just report it to Director Hu."

Without waiting to report to Director Hu, Director Hu came to find Lu Qiage and told her happily that he would call all the staff of the service station immediately. There would be a commendation meeting today. He had secured the bonus and would give it to everyone.

This news came quite suddenly, but I was very excited.

This time, Director Hu fought for a total of 120 yuan in bonuses, which was considered generous from the factory's general office. Lu Qiaoge decided to give 10 yuan to each of the twelve people.

The people selected by Lu Qiaoge are all of very good quality.

No one cares how much they have done or how much others have done.

Besides, that’s only ten yuan.

Meng Qingshan's eyes were red. He was the oldest and vaguely guessed Lu Qiaoge's purpose.

Don’t say anything more, just do your job well!

It was Lu Qiaoge's turn to speak, and the twelve volunteers were looking at her eagerly.

Unexpectedly, Sister Hua called out to Lu Qiaoge at the door of the conference room: "Qiaoge, come out for a moment, something's going on here."

This is her job, Lu Qiage walked out in a hurry.

This time, Lu Qiaoge went to Building 12 in Area 1 by himself.

She stood downstairs and saw a mop head sticking out of the second-floor window, with water dripping down from it.

There are no balconies in the tube-shaped buildings in Area 1, so the water from the mop flows directly down the glass windows on the first floor.

The dripping water still looks dirty.

The fat lady who lived on the first floor was so angry that she pulled Lu Qiaoge and said, "Comrade Xiao Lu, look, I not only dare not hang anything outside to dry, but I also have to clean the windows. We are all from the same unit. I don't think it's necessary to trouble the comrades in the street office for such a small matter. But I have talked to her family several times, and my husband even went upstairs to talk to them. They agreed very well. But when it's time to wash the mop, you still do it this way. Isn't this too much of a bully?"

Lu Qiaoge looked up and saw no one through the open window, so he asked, "How long has this been going on?"

Aunt Fat said angrily, "Almost half a month."

"Auntie Fatty, calm down first." Lu Qiaoge took out his notebook and said, "Let's sort out the situation first. Is it Wei Qiang's family who lives on the second floor?"

"It's his house!" Auntie Pang pointed at the dirty water marks on the glass window and said in a low voice, holding back her anger: "Last month, his wife was paralyzed in bed due to a work-related injury, and we took turns to help deliver meals to the hospital, and now he turns around and bullies her like this!"

Lu Qiaoge paused with his pen, and the general situation of the residents in District 1 flashed through his mind.

Wei Qiang, the head of household No. 207, is a transporter in the materials department. His wife did suffer a work-related injury and is now paralyzed in bed.

"When did your husband go, and who is at home in the Wei family?" Lu Qiaoge also asked in a low voice.

Auntie Pang said, "I went there three days ago. Old Wei and Mrs. Liu were both at home. Wei Qiang is said to have gone to the mine. I haven't seen him for several days."

Lu Qiage was about to speak when he saw a little head popping out from the second floor, and then a small hand pulling the mop downstairs. Lu Qiage frowned, and suddenly the little head disappeared. There was a muffled sound of a heavy object falling to the ground in the room, followed by the sharp cry of a child.

Lu Qiaoge rushed up to the second floor in two steps. The narrow corridor of the tube building was piled with honeycomb coal and sundries. She nimbly avoided obstacles and ran to the end of the corridor. The innermost room was 207. She pushed open the door and saw that the room was in a mess as if it had been robbed. The paralyzed Zhang Quan was leaning on the edge of the bed, and the bedding was soaked in the overturned urine pot. There were puddles of water on the cement floor.

A child was sitting on the ground crying, with an overturned chair next to him. Zhang Quan had his eyes closed and his face flushed, his hands resting weakly on the edge of the bed.

Lu Qiaoge didn't have time to see the crying child, so he went to see Zhang Quan first. He was breathing, but his forehead was hot. He was sick.

The fat aunt who followed closely was shocked: "Oh my God, how did it become like this?" Then she shouted: "Old Wei, Old Wei, Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu..."

But no one answered, so Lu Qiaoge said hurriedly, "Auntie Pang, you go take care of the child. I'll take Zhang Quan to the hospital."

Immediately afterwards, Lu Qiaoge picked up the unconscious Zhang Quan and ran downstairs.

At this time, some people followed and ran out. Someone hurriedly asked, "What happened to the Wei family? Did something happen or was it robbed?"

"I'm not sure. I saw Comrade Xiao Lu from the Street Office running out with Zhang Quan in his arms."

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Granny Liu for several days."

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly remembered that the day before yesterday I saw Granny Liu carrying a large bundle out of the house. It was already dark, and she didn't say anything when she saw me, so I didn't ask."

"We have been working overtime these days due to tight production schedules, and we have been so busy that we haven't paid much attention to her family. Could it be that Old Wei and Granny Liu abandoned their daughter-in-law and grandson and ran away?"

Neighbor Sister Zhu slapped her thigh in regret: "Don't you think it would be better if I went in to take a look?"

Lu Qiaoge looked around and called out, "Quick, someone help me hold her up. I'll take her to the hospital."

Several people who were not at work ran over and placed Zhang Quan on the back seat of Lu Qiaoge's bicycle.

She was pushing her bicycle towards the hospital.

A few people followed behind to help.

Lu Qiage arrived at the hospital sweating profusely and sent the patient to the emergency room. Lu Qiage called the street office and reported the situation to Huang Juan.

Huang Juan said: "I will call Wei Qiang's workplace right away."

Zhang Quan is out of danger. She had a cold and her high fever wouldn't go away because she was weak.

She fell into a coma in the middle of the night yesterday. She was found in time, otherwise she would have died.

After Zhang Quan woke up, Lu Qiaoge changed her into a hospital gown and worked with the nurse to clean her up and put her on an IV.

Wei Qiang came quickly, his face was gloomy and he was obviously in a bad mood.

Until he figured it out, Lu Qiaoge couldn't say anything.

I just told him what happened.

Tell Wei Qiang that his son Xiaobao is the only one at home and he doesn't see his grandparents.

Wei Qiang thanked Lu Qiaoge gratefully.

Lu Qiaoge waved his hand: "This is what I should do, but I have to go back to the unit first and report your family's situation to our director."