The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 501 Zhou Xiaobai bravely stands up for justice!
Seeing that Zhang Shenfei did not raise his hand, several neighbors in the courtyard immediately put down their hands.

Although they didn't know why Zhang Shenpei disagreed, they just followed him...

Seeing this scene, Sha Zhu was immediately anxious: "Why can't Da Fei do this? Why don't you say something?"

Obviously, this two-compartment septic tank was invented by Zhang Shenfei, so now he has no reason not to support his own work! !
Seeing Sha Zhu's expression, Zhang Shenfei waved his hand, signaling him to be patient: "Don't worry, I didn't say I disagree.

I invented this septic tank. I know its advantages best. How could I not agree to build it?

However, everyone knows that when I bought the house ten years ago, I built a bathroom during the renovation.

At that time, because the drainage of the courtyard was an open channel, and considering the problem of sewage discharge, we only had a sink in the bathroom.

Now that the conditions are met, I want to make some changes in the bathroom and build a separate toilet with shower facilities. "

The sewage discharged from the shower can also enter the septic tank, so there is no need to use the open channel of the courtyard to discharge it.

"Build a toilet in your own home?" Sha Zhu was a little confused and pinched his nose, "No, it won't stink like this?"

Although excrement can enter the septic tank through flushing the toilet, the process of producing excrement also produces a smell.

"I've already thought of this. We just need to expand the windows... Many families in those cadre buildings have toilets, and they are all handled this way," said Zhang Shenfei.

"That's great. Now I have my own toilet at home. I don't have to empty the chamber pot anymore." Sha Zhu said enviously.

It has no impact on the residents and greatly facilitates his life. If he has money, he would also like to build one.

After all, people who grew up in the alleys know too well the pain of emptying urinals.

Unfortunately,
So his monthly salary is not small, and he and Liu Lan are a dual-income family. However, they both want to have a few more children.

You have to save some money and don't spend it recklessly.

As for Xu Damao, although he could afford the money, he had already bought a house in the second phase of collective housing. The courtyard house was just a transition and there was no need to invest more money.

Most of the other people in the Siheyuan who had a little financial foundation had the same idea as Xu Damao. Finally, they quickly finalized the plan to build a toilet in the central courtyard of the Siheyuan.

Several people who had put their hands down immediately raised their hands again after hearing that Zhang Shenfei was actually planning to build a toilet in his own home.

Are you kidding me? Zhang Shenfei thinks it’s a good idea to build this toilet, so it’s no big deal for them to follow suit!

The dry toilet renovation project in Sijiucheng kicked off with great fanfare. Jiaodaokou was chosen as a pilot area, and the street director Tian Xiaozao was busy every day.

A month later, the detection and transformation project finally came to a successful conclusion.

The residents of the courtyard houses have finally ended the decades-long history of queuing at the entrance of the alley to use the public toilets.

As the days go by, the scorching summer sun gradually fades away and the cold autumn frost arrives.

On an ordinary day, Zhang Ping'an returned to the old city to visit his relatives again.

The Zhang family was naturally very happy. They gathered in Tang Danniu's new house for a meal. While eating and drinking, they listened to Zhang Pingan telling about his thrilling experience on his return journey.

“It was almost 11th, and there were so many people on the train… I was half asleep when I suddenly heard someone shouting, ‘Catch a thief!’”

I quickly opened my eyes and saw that the thief was holding a knife... against a girl's neck...

At the critical moment, I rushed forward, subdued him in no time, and handed him over to the train police...

That’s how I got the wound on my hand. Someone treated it for me on the train. It’s not deep, nothing serious…”

What Zhang Ping'an said was nothing special. What they had encountered in the army and on the battlefield before was a thousand times more thrilling than this. This little wound was not worth mentioning at all.

Grandma Zhang and Tang Danniu were terrified when they heard this, because he was a robber with a knife!!!

"It can't be treated on the train. Ask your father to take you to the staff hospital and get it re-bandaged." Grandma Zhang warned.

"Forget it in the future." Tang Danniu originally said not to rush forward when encountering danger in the future, but then she changed her mind and thought, her eldest son is a soldier, if he doesn't rush forward, who else can rush forward?
So, I swallowed the words back when they came to my lips.

In the end, he just picked up a chicken drumstick with his chopsticks and put it into his eldest son's bowl: "Eat some vegetables..."

Zhang Ping'an seemed to see his mother's worry and comforted her, "Madam, Mom, I'm really fine. Zhou Xiaobai looked at my wound when he bandaged it. He said it was just a superficial wound and not deep at all."

Zhou Xiaobai? Zhang Shenfei's eyes suddenly flashed, and he looked over: "Who is Zhou Xiaobai?"

Zhang Ping'an's eyes suddenly became a little strange. The young man scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "It was the girl I rescued from the criminals. He also bandaged my wound... I think his technique is quite skilled, maybe he has practiced...

Coincidentally, this girl is also from our city. When we got off the train together, she insisted on helping me carry my luggage..."

At this point, he couldn't help laughing again. He was a soldier, and even if his left hand was injured, his strength was not comparable to that of Zhou Xiaobai, a little girl.

But in the end, the girl carried his bag all the way for him and even sent him to the bus.

Zhang Shenfei picked up a peanut, put it in his mouth and chewed it, then asked casually, "What does Zhou Xiaobai look like?"

Zhang Pingan thought for a moment, then said a little embarrassedly, "She had regular facial features, almond eyes, two pigtails, and a red scarf...

By the way, the military uniform she is wearing is not a replica, I guess there may be someone in her family who is a soldier..."

Zhang Shenfei probably had an idea in his mind and stopped talking.

Tang Da Nv and Grandma Zhang, who were standing by, heard Zhang Ping'an's words and saw the faint blush on his face, then looked at each other and suddenly became excited.

"Boss, didn't you keep the girl's contact information?" asked Tang Danv.

"After sitting on the train for two days and one night, why didn't you think of treating us to a meal after getting off the train..." Grandma Zhang shook her head, looking very disappointed with her great-grandson.

Zhang Ping'an didn't know what they were thinking, so he said honestly, "Comrade Zhou Xiaobai was very polite. In order to thank me for saving her from the knife of the gangster, she insisted on treating me to a meal..."

"Have a good meal, have a good meal!" Grandma Zhang clapped her hands excitedly and asked hurriedly, "Have you made an appointment?"

You can't blame the old lady for being excited. It's because her eldest son has been in the army for a long time and has very few opportunities to meet women.

Last time, after rejecting Yu Haitang, he never spoke to any girl again.

The young man is now 24 years old, and will be 25 after the Chinese New Year. In this era, he is already an older young man, but he is still alone.

They were also anxious, the boy was already in his twenties and this was the first time he was going out with a girl!!!

How could this not make them ecstatic?
"We'll meet at Lao Mo tomorrow at noon." Zhang Ping'an felt that the old lady's excitement was a little inexplicable, but he didn't ask any further questions.

Lao Mo? ? Tang Danniu also became excited.

"After dinner, let Lao Er take you to the department store to buy you some new clothes..."

Among her sons, except for the fourth son, the second son is the best at dressing up.

The fourth brother is living a prosperous life in Hong Kong City and doesn't want to leave.

He could only ask the second brother for help, hoping that he could make the first brother look more handsome. "Don't worry, leave it to me." Zhang Shunsui patted his chest, "I promise to make the first brother look good and take down Comrade Zhou Xiaobai in one fell swoop!!"

Huh? ? At this point, Zhang Pingan finally came to his senses.

"No, you all misunderstood. Comrade Ren Zhou Xiaobai just wanted to express his gratitude to me and he has no interest in me at all..." he explained.

"What's interesting or boring? Wouldn't it be interesting if we went out and had a couple more meals?" Tang Danniu retorted with a wave of her hand.

"No, Zhou Xiaobai was not alone on the train. She was with a man named Zhong Yuemin..."

Judging from the way he looked at that time, although Zhong Yuemin didn't say it out loud, he should have a good impression of Zhou Xiaobai.

I just don’t know what Zhou Xiaobai feels towards Zhong Yuemin?
Before Zhang Ping'an finished speaking, Tang Daniu was already excited and said, "Let's try it first. If it works, it's fine. If not, just consider it as a new friend."

Well, having said that, Zhang Pingan couldn’t say anything more.

The next day, Zhang Pingan rode his second uncle's bicycle to Beihai Park amid the anticipation of his whole family.

After returning, facing the questions from his family, he did not show much emotion. He only said that the two of them had dinner together, went to the park, and left each other their mailing addresses, and they would keep in touch in the future.

"Isn't that it?" Grandma Zhang slapped her thigh excitedly.

"Hey, ma'am, what are you talking about? Comrade Zhou Xiaobai just wants to join the army... and wants to chat with me and know more about the military." Zhang Pingan explained.

"I understand, I understand." Grandma Zhang didn't care what he was saying.

The old lady came from the old society, but her thoughts are much more open than those of people in the new society.

Ever since he saw his great-grandson blushing when he mentioned Zhou Xiaobai, he felt that his eldest great-grandson had fallen in love with her.

Since you like him, you have to fight for him. It doesn’t matter who the girl likes now! ! !

And Zhang Pingan also concealed part of the facts.

That is, according to Zhou Xiaobai, she and Zhong Yuemin actually have no relationship, and the two did not take the train together last time, they just met by chance.

And she had no other thoughts about Zhong Yuemin.

……

Zhang Ping'an stayed at home for a total of half a month during this visit. The day before he left, Zhang Shenfei treated him to a meal in Yunju Hutong.

Zhang Shenfei's family, Zhang Shenliang's family, and Xu Huizhen's mother and daughter were all present.

Since the last talk, Xu Huizhen occasionally attends Zhang's dinner parties.

Although it was inevitably awkward when meeting Tian Xiaozao, the two of them could barely get along...

The food for the party was prepared in advance by Sha Zhu.

When everyone saw Zhang Shenfei sending Sha Zhu away, they understood that he must have something to say.

Sure enough, after the family raised their glasses and drank a glass of wine together, Zhang Shenfei said seriously:
"I asked everyone to come here today because I have something to discuss and I want to get your opinions..."

Next,
He told everyone that he would be going to Hong Kong City again next month and would stay there for about three months.

When the time comes, I want to take Zhang Mingzhu, Zhang Mingmei, Zhang Hanmei, Xiao Shisan, Xiao Shier, and Xiao Shiyi with me.

"Take the youngest children with you? What does that mean?" Grandma Zhang's face darkened as she realized something.

"What I mean is that the children will stay in Gangcheng and be taken care of by Chen Xueru. They will go to school, live and receive education there..." Zhang Shenfei expressed his plan.

Hiss!!! Stay in Hong Kong!!! Never come back again???
Everyone's pupils suddenly shrank and they were extremely shocked.

"You're never coming back?" Zhang Shenliang asked.

"Not really, but he probably won't be back in the short term," said Zhang Shenfei.

"But, they are still so young..." Tang Danniu hugged her little granddaughter Zhang Hanmei, her tone full of reluctance.

This is the first child of the fourth generation born to the Zhang family by He Yushui. She is a little girl who is just over a hundred days old.

Tang Danniu gave birth to thirteen sons, but her first grandchild was a girl. It can be said that she loved this child as if she were the apple of her eye.

Since Tang Danniu started working in the street factory, she is no longer the housewife she used to be and she knows the current situation.

However, she felt sad when she thought that her granddaughter, who was only a hundred days old, would leave the old city and go to the port city, and she didn't know when she would come back.

The fourth son had already left home, and now the little granddaughter is leaving too, and there are even the eleventh, twelveth, and thirteenth...

She didn't know when they would meet again after this departure, so she looked at Zhang Shenfei with hope: "Da Fei, do we have to leave? It may not have come to this, right?"

Zhang Shenfei's face was solemn: "The situation may be worse than the previous three years. I'm not talking about material things..."

He also didn't want to let his children go far away, but these children were very young, and the oldest, Xiao Shiyi, was only seven years old. If they stayed, their education would be basically delayed.

It's fine if I delay my education, but the biggest concern is going to the countryside in the future...

Some young people didn’t have enough food to eat after they went there, and some found a partner there and just stayed there…

In addition, there is the turbulent social environment. People who have experienced this will still have some things imprinted in their bodies that will last for a long time, even decades later when they are old.

Zhang Shenfei hopes that the children can go to a more peaceful place before their values ​​are formed.

So, he planned to take advantage of this opportunity to go to Hong Kong City to bring the little ones over.

As for the big ones,
The fifth and sixth children are already sixteen years old and are both attending technical secondary schools. They will be able to work soon.

The seventh, eighth and ninth brothers, Zhang Weiguo couldn't leave, so going to the countryside was probably a foregone conclusion.

After all, it would be unreasonable if there were more than a dozen children in the Zhang family and none of them went to the countryside.

Zhang Shenfei couldn't tell his family about these things, so he could only give them vague hints.

Fortunately, the situation has been tense in the past two years, and even ordinary people can feel something.

After hearing Zhang Shenfei's words, everyone immediately understood and knew that it was time to make a decision.

Everyone who had come to their senses looked at each other, and all remained silent.

After a long while, Xu Huizhen finally spoke: "But, you took so many children away at once, everyone can see that something is wrong, right?"

How could a family conceal the fact that they suddenly lost so many children?

(End of this chapter)