Chapter 51 The Troublemaker in the 1980s 21 My mentality is a bit broken...
The two families witnessed with their own eyes that the third son of the Zhou family, who also had a leg disability, was able to live freely at home. All kinds of facilities were tailor-made for him, and he did not sacrifice the normal life of his wife and children at all.
Liu Zhengyi also watched Zhou Shengmo grow up. Seeing Zhou Shengmo chatting with him calmly with a smile on his face, Liu Zhengyi felt very relieved.
"Good boy, I'm sorry for the hardship you've suffered."
"It's not hard. I married a good wife who thinks so much of me. I'm living a good life now. Uncle Liu, you also know about orchids. When I was a child, you gave me a few pots of orchids. I couldn't keep them alive back then. Now look at those orchids in the yard; they were all planted by me."
Liu Zhengyi carefully looked at the orchids in the yard and no longer had any doubts about the healthy and vigorous vitality displayed by Zhou Shengmo. Growing orchids requires patience, and only those who are willing and capable can grow them well.
The Wang family was also quite satisfied after seeing it, and they placed an order with Shen Qian for the decoration of their new house that day, and directly paid her a deposit of 3,000 yuan.
"Son, this is all the cash we brought today. If you need more, feel free to ask us for more. We'll renovate your home to your standards. We'll take everything, including the wheelchair."
Three thousand yuan is a very difficult amount of savings for an ordinary family in this era. The money was originally prepared by the Wang family for their son's wedding, and now it is spent on decoration so that the couple can have a better life after marriage.
After Shen Qian took the order, he did not start working immediately. Instead, he went to Wang's house to meet the old soldier and chatted with him in person for the whole afternoon.
Old man Wang was also very curious about his daughter-in-law Zhou Shengmo. His family told him a lot when they came back, about how capable the third daughter-in-law of the Zhou family was and how well she designed the house.
The old man of the Wang family was a little skeptical at first, worried that his family had wasted money, but after seeing Shen Qian in person and talking to her, he felt relieved.
He finally understood why this little girl could do things so well that others couldn't.
She asked him a lot of questions, all about his daily living habits and some of his hobbies, and she wrote them down in a small notebook.
Shen Qian kept records of not only Mr. Wang but also everyone's living habits in the family.
The new house is very big, with a yard on the first floor and a total of five rooms. In the future, at least five people will live in it, including the children. Of course, Shen Qian has to consider the needs of everyone in the Wang family before officially starting the design.
After asking, she learned that although Mr. Wang was paralyzed in bed, he had many old friends and comrades-in-arms. They often visited each other and liked to chat and play cards together, so it would be best to create a place in the yard for everyone to gather and play cards.
Liu Yi works in a newspaper office. She likes to read books and newspapers at home and write, so the Wang family wants to reserve a small study room for the future daughter-in-law.
Unlike her family, Mr. Wang doesn't like cooking. He seldom goes into the kitchen. He just hopes that the bathroom can be modified to suit his needs, and be as spacious and non-slip as possible, and the safer the better.
After Shen Qian understood the needs of everyone in the Wang family, she asked Zhou Shenglin to help buy a toilet, non-slip floor tiles, and some decoration materials that were not available in Rongcheng.
The most important thing is to buy a wheelchair.
After the wheelchair arrived, Shen Qian asked the old man to sit in the wheelchair and record various data.
With this data, you can start customizing various furniture countertops.
Zhou Shengwu took Shen Jianguo to modify the wheelchair once, and he learned it. For a repairman with strong hands-on skills, this was simply child's play.
Shen Jianguo even had an idea: "The old man doesn't have enough physical strength. Even if he changes it, he may not be able to push the wheelchair too far. It would be better if it could be changed to an electric one, which would save more effort."
Zhou Shengwu followed his train of thought and thought: "It seems that it is not impossible, but I should ask Shen Qian first if he wants to do it."
After Shen Qian learned of Shen Jianguo's idea, he said, "We can study it first. If it is feasible, even if the old man of the Wang family doesn't need it, there will definitely be people who need it in the future. This business can be done."
Many disabled people are old, physically weak, have upper limb weakness and other problems that prevent them from pushing wheelchairs for longer distances. If they keep bothering their families, it will not only cause extra burden to their families, but they themselves will also feel mentally stressed.
Wheelchairs in this era are expensive and rare. First, they are hard to buy, and second, even if you can buy one, you can't choose the style. If an electric wheelchair can be invented, perhaps another pain point can be solved.
Apart from anything else, it can also provide more help to Zhou Shengmo's travel.
"Brother, finish the work at hand first, and then study it when you have time."
The rest of the decoration work will be done by Xiang Yong and his brothers.
"Brother Xiang Yong, we can do the job ourselves, why do we have to go through Chen Qian? Wouldn't she make a profit from the difference? The family's requirements are not high, just ordinary decoration, we can do it ourselves."
"You are so stupid that you can't even understand what they are asking for. What's ordinary decoration? Look, we dare not touch anything other than the most basic things now. We have to wait until Shen Qian finishes drawing the blueprints before we know what to do next."
"oh……"
In fact, Xiang Yong had thought about it. Since there was a demand for barrier-free housing, he had helped Shen Qian's family with renovations before, so he should be able to take orders himself. However, he only knew how to do renovations and had no idea about design, let alone how to buy materials such as wheelchairs, toilets, and non-slip tiles.
Even the wheelchair had to be purchased ready-made and then modified. Such delicate work was not something he could do.
After Chen Qian finished drawing the Wang family's decoration drawings, Xiang Yong understood at a glance that the most important thing was design ability.
This design is completely different from the last one for her own home, and there are many adjustments in the details. These are all tailored to the requirements provided by the Wang family.
Xiang Yong had no other thoughts, he just focused on following Shen Qian to complete this order, maybe such decoration orders would continue to come in the future.
For this renovation, Chen Qian also specially designed a small detail. The circuit used better and more durable materials, and reserved more wall sockets than ordinary home decoration.
This is also in line with the historical development process. In the future, there will be more and more electrical appliances in homes. Many old houses will not be suitable for living, and the cost of renovation will be very high. A major reason for renovation is aging circuits and insufficient wall sockets.
Chen Qian adopted an expandable model for many of the furniture customized for the Wang family.
There is a big difference between his home and my own. He has a large family and many guests.
However, if there are too many tables, chairs and benches and they take up too much space, it will inevitably affect the passage of the old man's wheelchair. But if the table is too small, it will be embarrassing if there is no room for guests to sit.
The old man is old, and in addition to anti-slip, he needs to pay attention to anti-collision in more areas, so the furniture is basically made with obtuse angles instead of sharp angles. At the same time, handrails are installed in various places in the room to ensure the safety of the old man from the details.
Xiang Yong was really impressed, thanks to Chen Qian for coming up with so many ideas. With the plan she gave, the decoration team officially started construction.
Shen Qian was not only responsible for drawing the design drawings. During the construction process, she would basically go over to take a look every day and make adjustments at any time if she had any ideas.
During the renovation process, both the Wang and Liu families came to visit several times, and everyone was very much looking forward to the finished product.
After finishing his work, Shen Jianguo began to think about electric wheelchairs.
Since he didn't have a wheelchair, he often came to Zhou Shengmo to study his wheelchair.
Zhou Shengmo was originally quite free, but seeing that his brother-in-law had been thinking about it for several days, he decided to discuss it with him.
"The motor is easy to find. Just use a small industrial motor and install it next to the wheelchair axle. Here it is."
"Will it be driven by a chain or a belt?"
"It's all right, but... look, if you put it here, will your clothes get caught in it when you sit on it?"
Zhou Shengmo thought for a moment and said, "It's still possible. We can't rule it out. It would be dangerous if clothes were rolled up while driving."
"Yes, yes, yes, write this down, I'll think about what to do..."
"How about installing a protective shield? I'll draw a picture for you and you can look for something similar."
"Brother-in-law, you are really amazing. You can do all these."
Zhou Shengmo: "When I was in the army, I was also responsible for the maintenance and repair of some machinery. Many parts were not readily available, so I had to find ways to make them myself."
"The transmission system is easy, but what about the power? The only thing I can think of right now is batteries, but where can I get them?"
"I have a plan for this. My eldest brother and fourth brother both have connections and can buy car batteries. We can then make a battery rack and weld it to the bottom of the wheelchair."
"Not bad, not bad, that's settled."
The two of them discussed and tried together, and soon they solved the problem of the power system of the electric wheelchair.
When it came to the steering control system, it was Shen Jianguo's specialty. He used to be the most skilled maintenance worker in this area at the agricultural machinery station. He quickly used the throttle control components of the tractor to make a joystick and connected it to the front wheels of the wheelchair through a steel wire rope to achieve remote control steering.
Zhou Shengmo also helped to set up overcurrent protection and mechanical braking for the circuit, so that even if any fault occurs, the car can still brake automatically through manual mode, thus minimizing the accident rate.
Zhou Shengwu also helped. He proposed many plans for improving the appearance, making the design look less strange overall and more acceptable.
So, the three of them worked together and finally made an electric wheelchair. Zhou Shengmo tried it at home for a few days, which made Shi Wei very happy.
"Dad, I also want to sit in a wheelchair. Why don't you buy me one too?"
In the eyes of children, this is the coolest toy.
For the next period of time, Zhou Shiwei asked her father to take her to kindergarten, which alarmed all the children in the kindergarten.
"Ahhh, look quickly, Shi Wei's father is here to pick up Zhou Shi Wei in a wheelchair again!"
"I'm so envious, I want to ride in a car too!"
"Zhou Shian, aren't you also Shi Wei's brother? Why doesn't your father send you to school?"
Zhou Shian said that he didn't care, but the envy in his eyes revealed what he was thinking.
He had seen his father taking his sister to kindergarten before, and he even hugged her at the kindergarten gate. The look in his father's eyes when he looked at his sister was so gentle.
This inevitably made Zhou Shian feel a little envious. Growing up, he was relatively unfamiliar with his parents and didn't have much time to spend together. He originally thought that everything was good at his grandmother's house. His grandmother spoiled him and bought him everything he wanted, but he couldn't get everything he wanted.
For example, riding in dad's electric wheelchair to school has now become my sister's exclusive privilege, as she has never ridden one before.
He hasn't even been hugged by his father!
When he thought of this, Zhou Shian couldn't sit still anymore.
That day, Zhou Shian stopped his sister at the kindergarten in exchange for a lollipop and asked her carefully if she was okay at home.
"Okay." Zhou Shiwei held the lollipop in his mouth and ate it with relish.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Shian asked.
Zhou Shiwei tilted his head and looked at him: "Anywhere is fine."
Zhou Shian: "...Tell me, besides your dad sending you to school, what else is good?"
"Dad tells me stories at night. Oh, and Dad's cooking is getting better and better, but I still prefer Mom's cooking."
Zhou Shian remembered the tangerine peel duck, taro roast chicken and spring bamboo shoots roast beef that his mother had made at home. He wanted to eat them again. He wanted to eat them every day.
Zhou Shian was a little upset, he also wanted to go back and live with his parents!
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