Chapter 78

Yan Lei was busy in the next few days.

The military district lent a lot of people to the surrounding areas. These days, many soldiers can be seen sweating and working hard outdoors.

Weeding, digging ditches, clearing canals, turning over jars and pots, and all places where mosquitoes can breed were not spared.

The places where people naturally piled up garbage were cleaned up, and the smoke from burning garbage could often be seen in the past few days.

Some ruins left over from the war were very troublesome to clean up. The men were simple and rough, using big hammers to smash and knock down the broken walls. However, a lot of stone bricks, green bricks and old tiles were recycled.

These are all good things, and whoever does the work belongs to them. This work is done by the army, and the things collected naturally belong to the army. Local people should not try to snatch them.

Individuals cannot sit idle either.

Units and individual families must sign a health agreement with the street and neighborhood committee. On the last Sunday before the mosquito eradication, the street neighborhood committee organized people to inspect.

In my hometown area, a street official led five or six female volunteers, all wearing armbands, and knocked on the doors of each house for inspection.

Some were qualified, and some were not. After a visit, everyone knew which family was particular and which was sloppy.

Sister Yang was a female volunteer. After six or seven people checked her home, they checked two more households, and the next one was Qiao Wei's.

Sister Yang said, "There's nothing wrong with the Yan family. Both husband and wife are very particular."

The volunteers were all relatives of the old district, some of whom Qiao Wei knew well and some of whom she didn't.

Qiao Wei greeted them with a smile, "Come in, come in."

She and Sister Yang greeted each other.

"Where's Yan?"

"I've been so busy these days that I can't see him. He's been out all the time."

"Our old Zhao is the same. His group was seconded to Qingshan Town."

The two of them knew each other, so they chatted first when they met. The others looked up at the house and were a little confused: "Why are there still adobe houses?"

The old district was originally renovated and rebuilt on the basis of war ruins. The stone houses are worth repairing, but the adobe houses are uninhabited and have long since decayed into piles of dirt. They are not worth repairing at all.

So the houses that military families live in now are all stone houses. Some are neater, and some are like Yan Lei's house, which has been repaired and looks like it has been gnawed by dogs.

But there are no adobe houses. Everyone was a little confused when they saw the adobe houses in front of them.

Sister Yang had seen them before, and they were no longer surprised. She even explained for Qiao Wei: "She is cold and afraid of the cold, so add a layer of mud to make the house warmer."

This explanation is easier to accept.

Everyone said: "So that's it."

Someone couldn't help but say: "The houses in the compound are better at keeping warm."

The compound is now full, and there are no vacancies. Those who

still live in the old area are either young battalion commanders who got married late, and the compound is full, so they can only be allocated houses in the old area.

Or they didn’t get a house in the compound when they moved.

But there is another peculiarity. All the regimental-level cadres in the old area are noble and voluntarily stay.

Any unit that distributes housing and benefits must follow the principle of rank priority, which is recognized by the whole society.

Regimental-level cadres are of course given priority, and it is impossible not to get one.

Therefore, those who stay are highly conscious and take the initiative to give up the quota for new houses to those who need it more, such as battalion-level cadres with more children.

Yan Lei is one, as is Regimental Commander Zhao and Regimental Commander Ma.

They are all Commander Pan’s men.

The men are noble and conscious, and in this environment, the family members dare not openly sing against them. The higher the rank of the military officer’s family, the more they cannot do this, as it will hold the men back.

Even the original owner Qiao Weiwei, although she had a very tense relationship with Yan Lei because of this incident, she couldn't talk nonsense outside.

But the fact that the family members couldn't complain openly didn't mean that they didn't have complaints.

Now the small group gathered in a courtyard, especially the courtyard of the Yan family, where the house was leaking so much that it had to be covered with mud to keep it warm. It was really heartbreaking.

Everyone couldn't help but complain.

Qiao Wei hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "We get higher wages and enjoy better treatment, so we have to give back a little, right? We can't take all the good things, otherwise we will be no different from the old bureaucrats in the past."

That's true, although the house issue made people unhappy. But the men in the family have high wages, and everyone basically has enough food and clothing, and they can also help their mother's family, which is also a source of pride.

The family members calmed down a little.

The street official said helplessly: "Sisters-in

-law, sisters-in-law, we have work to do, and we still have many houses to visit." Really, every time we go to a house, we have to chat with the women of that house for a long time before leaving.

The family members stopped chatting and walked around the yard first.

According to the provisions of the hygiene convention, the outdoor area must be "smooth and clean", and there must be no garbage, weeds, or stagnant water.

"This yard is clean." Everyone praised.

The ground is clean, and the two cobblestone paths are paved neatly. You can imagine that it will not be muddy even on rainy days. Even if it is not raining, you walk on cobblestones when entering and leaving the yard and going to the toilet every day, without soil, so the house can be clean at any time.

Sister Yang was familiar with the Yan family. She did not check but leaned over the vegetable patch with her hands behind her back to take a closer look and praised: "This vegetable patch is well tended. Yan is really a good farmer."

Qiao Wei laughed to death: "But the baby doesn't allow me to get close."

Sister Yang guessed it immediately: "You must have messed up and got beaten to death, right?"

Qiao Wei said stubbornly: "I want to learn. Learning always takes a process. Failure is the mother of success. Who can learn it all at once? He is not giving me a chance to learn now."

Sister Yang would not buy her account. She looked at her through the air: "City person."

Very contemptuous.

"Wow!"

Someone came out of the toilet and exclaimed in surprise: "Your toilet is really clean."

After hearing this, other people went in to take a look.

They were all shocked when they saw it: "How can it be so clean?"

In a dry toilet, being able to see the accumulated shit directly with the naked eye is not the most uncomfortable thing.

What's even more uncomfortable is that if your butt is slightly tilted, or if you ejaculate, the two stone slabs you're standing on will be covered with shit.

You can see this situation no matter whose toilet you are in. Everyone checked the houses in front of them, and they just pinched their noses and quickly leaned their heads to take a look.

Only when they got to Qiao Wei's house did they squeeze in together to take a look.

The toilet is not big, because it was built uniformly when the house was renovated, so every household is similar. The size is similar, and the structure is the same.

But Qiao Wei's toilet has no soil. There is a broom leaning against the wall in the corner, which shows that it is specially used to sweep the toilet.

There is a bench against the wall near the pit, and on the bench are toilet paper, mosquito coils, and anti-fouling drugs. F-repellent is used to spray toilets to kill insects.

There are no flies or maggots. This must be because the toilet is sprayed frequently.

Qiao Wei said, "I spray it every day before going to bed." The toilet

was clean the next day.

Someone looked up and said, "They even installed a light."

Qiao Wei responded quickly and said, "I fell into it before."

Everyone laughed

. "It happened to me once. It was pitch black at night. I clearly stretched my foot to step on the pit, but I didn't know how I stepped into the pit. My god, I fell on it. I took a long time to wash my pants."

"Me too."

"Why don't I install one at home?"

The military wives chattered and laughed.

The street official couldn't help but ask, "Comrade Yan."

Qiao Wei said, "My last name is Qiao."

The military wives said, "You don't know her, she's the announcer at the radio station, the one who speaks Mandarin."

"Oh, it's you." The official was surprised, "Comrade Qiao, how do you keep your toilet so clean? Do you have any experience to share?"

Qiao Wei smiled.

"It's not experience." Her eyebrows curved with a smile, "It's good luck. You have to marry a diligent man."

This man knows that you love cleanliness, he is willing to clean the toilet for you every day, and when he sees it's dirty, he will carry a bucket to flush it.

You have to know that the family uses a hand-pressure well, and you have to keep pressing to get water out. After stopping for seven or eight seconds, the water is gone. It is not like tap water that can flow out continuously. There is no leather hose that can be connected to the faucet to flush directly.

At this time, you must use a bucket to collect water, carry it to the toilet, and pour water to flush.

If one bucket is not enough to flush it clean, you have to carry another bucket.

The method is very simple, everyone knows it, and there is no need for any experience to teach. You only need someone who is diligent and strong.

Sister Yang burst into laughter and slapped the clerk on the back with her thick palm: "Did you hear that? Now you know what kind of target you are looking for, right?"

The street clerk was a young girl who had no target yet. Sister Yang almost slapped her against the wall.

I felt a little vomiting blood in my heart.

However, looking back at this clean toilet, the young female official had a new standard for choosing a spouse.

Everything in the Yan family yard was qualified.

But someone asked curiously: "Why is there a pit of sand?"

When they found out it was for children to play, they all sighed.

The "light flickering" outside was qualified, and a group of people went into the house to check.

As soon as they entered, they heard "Huh", "Huh" sounds.

"What a coincidence, the wall was newly painted this month." Qiao Wei said with a smile.

Sister Yang and Captain Ma and several other families also had newly painted walls, so her white walls didn't seem special.

It's just that although the yard was clean, because it was a "mud house", everyone came from the countryside and had a stereotype of mud houses. Even in the village, only those with poor conditions build adobe houses, and those who can afford to build brick houses build brick houses.

So before entering the house, everyone naturally thinks of the dilapidated scenes of the adobe houses they have seen before.

But once you enter, you will find that the four walls are snow-white.

The contrast with the light yellow adobe outside is too great.

This is exactly the effect Qiao Wei pursues.

One year she traveled to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the mountain village homestay she stayed in was of this style. The outside is imitation adobe, and once you enter, the inside is painted snow-white everywhere. Of course, the interior is finely decorated, the contrast is greater, and it is more attractive. In

this era, material resources are limited, and you want to improve your living environment. Qiao Wei chose this style.

Although I can't learn everything, I have tried my best.

The effect is not bad.

The indoor requirements are to achieve "six-sided light", that is, up and down, left and right, front and back, everything must be clean.

Just looking at the living room, everyone knows that if the Yan family fails, who else can pass.

Yan Xiang came out of the study: "Auntie Yang~"

Sister Yang rubbed his head: "What are you doing?"

"Painting." "

Good boy."

"Your children are also good." Someone praised.

"Yes, the walls of my house are painted by the little brats."

Even Sister Yang said: "I have been beaten several times."

Her family painted the walls later than Qiao Wei, and several places were painted by the children at home, and there was no way to prevent it.

Qiao Wei was humble: "He is young, and the destructive power has not yet formed."

Everyone laughed.

They also went into the rooms on both sides to take a look, and naturally they were all qualified.

But there was a rattan cabinet behind the main hall door that surprised everyone: "There is a cabinet specifically for shoes?"

The rattan cabinet is a rural handicraft, and handicrafts are not as valuable as industrial products, and do not require coupons. It's not that the military wives can't afford it, but they have no idea at all - shoes actually need a special cabinet to store?

This is a generation gap.

Qiao Wei said: "There must be a place to put it. It's better to put it in a special cabinet than to spread it on the ground. It's so neat."

"That's right." Everyone agreed.

The man has made it big, and the conditions at home have improved. It's not like he can't afford it. This one looks really good.

"When is the next fair?"

"I have to finish fumigating the mosquitoes."

"When the fair comes, I will also buy a cabinet like this to store shoes. The children's shoes are scattered everywhere at home."

"I'm thinking about painting my house white."

"Paint! My house, the old Ma family, and the little Xue family all painted theirs white because they saw Qiao Wei paint them white."

"Then I'll paint them too. It really looks clean."