Chapter 27: Garbage Dump in Residential Building (1)
Tuesday, September 25th.
On Jiang Ningyue's first day at work, Tian Jun found a good job for her.
"Xiaoyue, do you have anything to do this morning?"
"It's okay." Jiang Ningyue looked up at Tian Jun, "What are you going to do?"
"There's a big job, and this topic is for you."
"It has to be me?"
Jiang Ningyue felt a sense of unease. "Brother Jun, don't say that. I'm scared. Tell me the answer. What kind of 'walking through fire and water' question is this?"
The colleagues who had not left the office all laughed and tilted their heads to look at the two of them.
Tian Jun also smiled. "This time, it was the neighborhood committee and dozens of residents who jointly invited us to help coordinate."
"Ah? Such a big deal?" Jiang Ningyue was stunned. "What's the point of coordination? We're just a TV station, what can we do?"
"I see."
Tian Jun recalled for a moment and said, "There's an old lady who picks up trash in the Hebin neighborhood in the old city. She has a quirk: she piles everything up in her house. The residents are annoyed by her, and the entire neighborhood is infested with cockroaches. The neighborhood committee, the street office, and the police station have all tried to get involved, but to no avail. So, they want us to go."
"We are not omnipotent."
Jiang Ningyue was embarrassed. "Besides, many elderly people who pick up garbage make a living from this. We can't cut off their livelihood."
"No, this old lady retired from a state-owned enterprise. Her pension is at least four or five thousand."
"Why pick it up then?" Jiang Ningyue didn't understand.
"Why not tell me?"
Tian Jun sighed, "Just come with me first. We still have to see the details on the scene."
"Brother Jun, you are really something."
A colleague started to joke, "Let Xiaoyue go with you to swat cockroaches, how disgusting."
"There's nothing we can do." Tian Jun laughed. "Xiaoyue is good at speaking and is very eloquent. You can only persuade an old lady like her, otherwise she'll get excited and have a heart attack. What will you do then?"
"I'm not afraid of cockroaches."
After all, Jiang Ningyue was a man in his previous life, so how could he be afraid of cockroaches (except for the southern cockroaches on Fei's face)? "Let's go, Jun brother, I'll go with you to take a look."
The two got in the car and headed to the Riverside Community in the old city.
In the car, Tian Jun handed over a Little Bee (a wireless lavalier microphone), "Put the Little Bee on and keep it on. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to hold the microphone when the time comes."
"Okay." Jiang Ningyue nodded, put the receiver in her pocket, then passed the wire through her clothes and clipped the microphone to her collar.
The vehicle entered the gate of the residential complex and arrived at the downstairs of Building 5. As soon as Jiang Ningyue got out of the car, she saw cockroaches everywhere on the ground.
Yes, these cockroaches are so rampant that they are even on the ground in the community.
Jiang Ningyue felt a strong physical discomfort. She was not afraid of cockroaches psychologically, but her body was still afraid.
Restraining the discomfort in her heart, Jiang Ningyue walked towards the crowd.
At this time, a large group of people had gathered downstairs of Building 5.
In addition to more than 20 owners, there are also staff from the neighborhood committee.
As soon as they saw Jiang Ningyue appear, a group of people surrounded her and started accusing her one after another.
"Alright everyone!"
Jiang Ningyue quickly raised her voice, "Everyone, choose two representatives to be interviewed, and the rest of you can just listen from the side."
"us!"
A young couple quickly raised their hands, "We're right upstairs from her, and we've suffered greatly from her!"
"And Grandpa Zhang."
An old woman recommended, "Grandpa Zhang is just across the street from her house."
"Okay, who is Grandpa Zhang?"
Jiang Ningyue looked around when a thin old man came out. "I am, I am. Reporter, let me tell you, the owners of Building 5 in our Hebin Community have suffered greatly from this!"
"Please wait a moment."
Jiang Ningyue stopped Grandpa Zhang's long speech and turned on the wireless handheld microphone. "One, two, three, one, two, three, is there any sound, Brother Jun?"
"Yes, no problem."
Tian Jun had earphones on one ear and made an 'OK' gesture to Jiang Ningyue.
"Uncle, please tell me the basic situation first, that is, when it started, when it became serious, and the impact on your family."
"oh."
Grandpa Zhang nodded. "The cockroaches in our building 5 mainly escaped from the homes of the residents of Building 101, Building 4. This Ms. Li has been picking up trash for ten years. Previously, the trash she collected was piled in the corridors and on the open space of the community. But since we're not promoting the "Civilized City" campaign now, the neighborhood committee has only cleared it a few times. Then Ms. Li started hiding the trash in her own home."
Jiang Ningyue nodded. "You said she left the garbage at home. How long has it been?"
“I don’t know the details.”
Grandpa Zhang thought for a moment, "About three years ago. Three years ago, cockroaches started to appear in all four of our houses. Also, every time I passed her house, especially on rainy days, the stench was worse than a garbage dump."
Jiang Ningyue continued to ask, "How can you be sure that the cockroaches escaped from the home of this 101 owner?"
"Oh my," Grandpa Zhang said, his face filled with indescribable emotion. "Ms. Li brings everything home. Besides cardboard boxes and drink bottles, she also picks up leftovers, takeout containers, torn clothes, and scrap furniture. With so much stuff piled up in her house, how could there not be cockroaches? And she doesn't sell it, she just piles it up. Her house is already full. Every time she enters the house, she has to crawl inside."
"Climb in?"
Jiang Ningyue was really surprised this time and asked, "What do you mean by crawling in?"
"Literally."
Grandpa Zhang looked around and said, "I don't know how to use my phone. Xiao Wang took a picture of me last time."
“I have photos here!”
A young couple nearby ran over, pulled out their phones, and opened a photo album. In the photo, the old woman opened the door to her house, revealing a mountain of garbage.
Jiang Ningyue felt her scalp tingling. She couldn't understand why the house was full of garbage and she had to crawl into the bedroom to enter. This kind of person must have a mental illness, right?
Grandpa Zhang sighed, "At first, we neighbors could tolerate it out of courtesy. But now we really can't stand it. Our house is right across from hers, and cockroaches crawl into my mouth when I sleep at night. Moreover, because of her family's situation, my son and his family no longer come to visit."
Jiang Ningyue got goosebumps just by hearing Grandpa Zhang's description. If a cockroach crawled into her mouth in the middle of the night, it would be ten thousand times more terrifying than a horror movie!
After the interview, Jiang Ningyue looked at the neighborhood committee nearby.
"Excuse me, are you aware of this situation? Have you spoken to Ms. Li?"
"Doing work."
The neighborhood committee director sighed, "There's nothing we can do! We've tried to persuade her every day, but it's all in vain. The old lady's point is, I put things in our house, and we have no right to interfere. We've reported it to the street office, and they've brought in a professional mediator, but it's no use. We've also contacted the local police station, but the police can't do anything about her either."
Jiang Ningyue frowned, "Does this old lady live alone?"
"right."
The director nodded. "She's a retired employee of the Haining Alkali Factory, and her monthly pension is quite generous. She's not short of money, she just likes picking up things. It's become a habit."
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