Chapter 30: Garbage Dump in Residential Building (4)
How to describe this taste?
Even in the summer, when I walked past the trash can, I could smell a strange, stench-like smell. It was the odor of rotting kitchen waste. This smell was amplified tenfold by the addition of all sorts of old, dirty clothes, drink bottles, and torn cardboard boxes. Furthermore, the old lady's windows were never opened year-round, so the smell remained stagnant and mixed.
When she opened the door, Jiang Ningyue almost fainted. It felt like she had smelled methane.
She held onto the staircase with her other hand to prevent herself from falling. She looked around. Not only was there no place to step, there was no place to even stand. As soon as she opened the door, there was a pile of garbage nearly half a meter high. Everywhere she looked was filled with garbage.
This is not a home! It's a garbage dump.
At the same time, countless cockroaches ran out from various corners the moment the door was opened. Jiang Ningyue tried hard to suppress the urge to scream, and her legs felt a little weak.
"Grandma Li, how can you sleep at night with so much garbage?"
Old Lady Li was a little embarrassed. She didn't dare to look Jiang Ningyue in the eye after opening the door. Hearing Jiang Ningyue's question, Old Lady Li lowered her head and whispered, "Just crawl in."
"What about the bedroom? Is it also full of garbage?"
Jiang Ningyue asked again.
"Yeah." Old Mrs. Li nodded.
"well."
Jiang Ningyue sighed and took Old Lady Li's hand. "Grandma Li, do you know? These things are poisonous. Living in a place like this for a long time must have an impact on your health. You can't pile up so many things in the future. If you want to pick them up in the future, it's okay, but you must sell them frequently."
"I won't pick it up anymore, I won't pick it up anymore." Old Mrs. Li shook her head.
Jiang Ningyue listened with a thousand words of disbelief. She said to the neighborhood committee who had followed her, "Have your people arrived?"
"arrive."
The neighborhood committee quickly said, "We called a truck and six professional cleaners."
"Let them get to work."
"good."
The neighborhood committee quickly called for help, and Jiang Ningyue dragged Old Lady Li out. The old lady was still a little reluctant, "I have to keep an eye on them and not let them steal my things."
"Do you have anything valuable at home?"
"There are many things I can use." Old Mrs. Li was a little stubborn.
Jiang Ningyue sighed and was about to say something when she felt something itchy on her legs. When she lowered her head, she saw several cockroaches crawling on her body. Jiang Ningyue almost jumped up and shook the cockroaches off several times. Goose bumps immediately appeared on her body.
"Don't worry, my colleagues and the neighborhood committee staff will be watching here and will definitely not let them touch your things."
Jiang Ningyue tried to speak calmly, "But there are too many cockroaches in your house. I guess you'll have to throw away the quilt and other things."
"Those are all good things!" Old Mrs. Li said anxiously, "You can't throw them away."
"Those things are probably filled with cockroach eggs. We definitely can't keep them." Jiang Ningyue said, "I'll buy you new ones."
“We’ll buy it.”
The neighborhood committee quickly said, "We'll buy you new ones, a bed, quilt, clothes, everything."
In recent years, residents have been going to the neighborhood committee to fight almost every day, and there are petitions about this every week. The pressure on the neighborhood committee can be imagined. Not only is the street office definitely willing to pay for it, but even if it doesn't, the neighborhood committee director is very willing to pay for it herself.
Jiang Ningyue said, "Is this okay? I'll buy you all new ones."
After hearing this, Old Mrs. Li nodded and said nothing.
"I'm sure the old lady won't be able to stay here these few days while we clean up the house. Does the neighborhood committee have any place for her to stay?"
"have."
"Then let the old lady stay at the neighborhood committee for the next two days."
"Sure, sure."
The neighborhood committee staff nodded quickly.
Jiang Ningyue continued, "Although this matter has been resolved, our neighborhood committee still has a heavy workload in the long run. Although the old lady has a pension, her daughter is not here all year round, so she is a lonely elderly person living alone. During the holidays, should our neighborhood committee arrange for someone to visit her home to chat and have a talk?"
"Understood."
"At the same time, take the old lady to participate in the activities of the neighborhood committee more often, and draw, write, sing and perform operas with a group of old men and women. Enrich her retirement life, so that we can gradually improve her life and mental state."
"Understood."
The neighborhood committee director and Jiang Ningyue promised, "Don't worry, Reporter Jiang. You've solved such a big problem for us this time. We will definitely work hard to prevent this from happening again."
"I don't mind. I don't live here." Jiang Ningyue smiled. "The main thing is not to affect the residents nearby."
"Yes, yes, you are right."
"Come on, let's do a simple interview and tell us how we will govern in the future."
"good."
During the interview, heavily armed cleaners unloaded piles of garbage from Mrs. Li's home. Every time a pile of garbage was thrown onto the truck, a large number of cockroaches would escape. Soon, one truck was fully loaded, but the truck had not even cleaned the old lady's living room.
You can imagine how much garbage is stored in the old lady's house.
Jiang Ningyue finished the interview and left. She bought a new set of clothes and a pair of shoes at the small clothing store at the entrance of the residential complex, and bought disposable underwear from the supermarket nearby. After returning to the station, she went straight to the shower room in the press room and showered for nearly an hour. Jiang Ningyue rubbed her already tender skin red, and she wished she could rub a layer of skin off.
Then Jiang Ningyue stuffed the clothes she had changed into the bag and sealed it. If these clothes were not newly bought, Jiang Ningyue really wanted to throw them all away.
The outer clothes were left behind, but the underwear was put in a small bag and thrown directly into the trash can.
After doing all this, Jiang Ningyue looked at the time. It was already past lunch time, but she was not really hungry before taking a bath. She only felt hungry after taking a bath.
Carrying the bag of clothes, Jiang Ningyue walked out of the office and came to the laundry room in Capricorn Apartment to have the clothes washed thoroughly.
Afterwards, Jiang Ningyue ordered some takeout and changed into new clothes from home.
As for why she didn't just go home to change clothes and take a shower, it was because Jiang Ningyue was afraid that there were cockroaches hiding in her clothes and cockroach eggs on the soles of her shoes.
After dinner, it was already afternoon when Jiang Ningyue returned to the office.
In the large office, Jiang Ningyue had just walked in when a group of people looked at her with smiles.
"Xiaoyue, Jun just praised you for a long time. I heard that old lady stuffed a cockroach into her mouth and ate it right in front of you?"
"Wow, Sister Zhang, stop talking."
Jiang Ningyue felt her stomach churning. "I just finished my meal. If you keep talking, I feel like I'm going to vomit."
Everyone laughed after hearing this, but they felt a little more approval of Jiang Ningyue.
Only colleagues in the same field know how difficult it is to put into practice these few simple words.
No matter what Jiang Ningyue thinks in her heart, a gentleman judges by deeds, not by heart. Judging by the heart, no one in the world is perfect.
As long as Jiang Ningyue can do it, she will be a competent and good reporter.
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