The golden age began in 1977

Chapter 13: Entering the Community and Sharing Sugar Pills

Sad news came that the aluminum curling bottles used to refrigerate vaccines were missing!

The neighborhood committee was turned into a chicken coop with three layers of floors inside and three layers of floors outside. Three new rat holes were found, but no curling stone was found.

Now let’s kick the ball:

The aluminum curling stone was specially used to store the activated attenuated vaccine sugar pills, and the distribution of the sugar pills was the job of the commandos, so it was obviously the commandos who lost the aluminum curling stone.

The commandos first had five teams.

The five captains insisted that they returned the curling stones to the safekeeping area every time they delivered the sugar pills.

The worker at the storage office was a young woman who happened to be giving birth at home during this period, so the work of the storage office was done part-time by other people in the neighborhood committee who were free.

Now some people are shirking responsibility...

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the neighborhood committee:
"The commandos are responsible for the tasks they're assigned!" Master Zhou, the boiler operator, slammed his cap down like a general. "Last time I saw you guys using curling bottles to cool down your beer. You must have lost it!"

Qian Jin was happy.

Wow, the wisdom of the working people is endless, and the commandos are really good at turning waste into treasure.

Captain Wang Dong, a retired soldier, slammed his military canteen onto the table. The large red inscriptions "Award" and "People's Soldiers" on the canteen stood out: "You are framing the working people!"

He deliberately showed his tanned arm, where there was a scar from his military service:
"We can make such a mistake!"

Team leader Zhao Bo pointed at Zhang Hongbo and said, "It was used to chill beer, but that's..."

"Okay, okay," Zhang Hongbo frowned and pressed down his wrist.

He puffed out his chest, letting the leader's badge sparkle in the sun: "Certain comrades should pay attention to unity and not exaggerate internal contradictions."

Good guy.

Qian Jin saw a big event on his first day at work.

He took the time to ask Xu Weidong: "Old Xu, what's curling like?"

Xu Weidong gestured, "The aluminum interlayer is filled with ice chips, which is the opposite of the function of a thermos."

Qian Jin asked, "How long can it last?"

Xu Weidong shook his head. "Who knows? Half a day is no problem. After distributing the sugar pills, the ice inside never melts completely anyway."

Qian Jin understood.

He thought for a moment and asked again, "What happens if the curling stone is lost? Can't we ask the superiors to give us a replacement?"

"Reissue?" Xu Weidong grinned exaggeratedly. "How generous do you think the epidemic prevention station is? They wish the neighborhood committee could use a curling stone forever."

"But we can reissue them. Find the person who lost the pot, write a self-criticism, a report, and apply. Then wait for a while until the epidemic prevention station has a surplus of pots, and they will reissue one."

Qian Jin nodded.

He got it.

Now a group of people are arguing, just trying to find someone to take the blame.

result……

Qian Jin and Xu Weidong whispered to each other, and several leaders found their target:

"Hey, young man, stop looking. I'm talking about you. Who are you? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Qian Jin was stunned. "Me? I just reported in this morning as a member of the commando team. Director Zhang hired me personally."

Zhang Hongbo quickly pointed at Xu Weidong and said, "I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about Comrade Weidong—what are you mumbling about?"

Xu Weidong was stunned for a moment: "Fuck!"

Then he was furious: "Your neighbor, Lao Qian, they want to slander us..."

Qian Jin was speechless.

He had no choice but to say, "Well, leaders and comrades, can you let me say a few words?"

Zhang Hongbo nodded: "You go ahead."

Qian Jin analyzed, "Curling can't just disappear out of thin air, right? Let's analyze where it went."

"First, after it was handed back, no one knew where it was left at the neighborhood committee. This way, if we look carefully, we'll always be able to find it."

"Secondly, after it was used, no one knew who put it in a villager's home. This way, if we mobilize the masses, we can also find it."

"Third, it was stolen by a bad guy. But this thing is useless to ordinary people. They must have stolen it because it is made of aluminum and can be sold for money. So we can go to the recycling station and ask, and we can still find it."

Zhang Hongbo pondered: "That's true, but the question is, how long will it take to find it?"

Qian Jin said: "Let's try our best to find a replacement at the same time."

"Isn't it just using its heat-retaining ability to distribute sugar pills?"

"So, put a quilt in the wooden box, buy some popsicles and spread them out, find a brand new aluminum lunch box and surround it with popsicles. Isn't this a vaccine distribution box?"

The leaders gathered together to discuss and decided to give it a try.

Soon Zhang Hongbo approved the note.

Wang Dong, the captain of the assault team, went to make popsicles.

A layer of popsicles was wrapped in the wooden box quilt, and an aluminum lunch box was placed on top, padded with brand new gauze.

When the second captain Zhou Yaozu returned from the epidemic prevention station, he opened the box and everyone came over to take a look. The pink sugar pills had not melted at all and were emitting a faint milky aroma in the cold air.

"Good!" Zhang Hongbo exclaimed.

As soon as he joined the labor assault team, Qian Jin became famous and became well-known in the second team.

But he is very low-key, smiling at everyone he meets, but there is no need for him to remain silent.

After all, he knew too little about the current era.

To quickly integrate into the 47s, he focused on reading and studying, gaining a broad understanding of everyday life. A group braved the drizzle and entered the No. 1 Annex Community at No. Taishan Road, their red armbands rustling in the sea breeze.

Zhou Yaozu began distributing sugar pills and reminded them, "First check the household registration book, then the vaccination card. Make sure you watch the child swallow the sugar pill!"

They were divided into three teams.

Qian Jin couldn't understand why vaccinating children had to be taken so seriously and as seriously as if facing a serious enemy.

This is a good thing and parents will welcome it. After all, it can prevent diseases and it doesn't cost any money.

In the 27s, parents took their children to the community hospital for vaccination. Do you want the government to provide home vaccination services? What about Taozi?

But he wouldn't ask stupid questions, he would just observe.

He and Xu Weidong followed Zhou Yaozu and knocked on a door tied with a red cloth.

The old lady who opened the door had a vigilant look in her eyes, and the baby in her arms was wrapped in a labor protection towel with "Safe Production" printed on it.

Zhou Yaozu showed off his "Advanced Epidemic Prevention Worker" badge and explained the benefits of the sugar pill vaccination, concluding, "This is the organization's care."

The old lady remained alert.

She again inquired about the identity and purpose of the sugar pill.

Zhou Yaozu patiently explained and took out a comic book that looked like a picture book: "This is a propaganda book published by the People's Fine Arts Publishing House at the request of the state, "Everyone Gets Vaccinated, Building Socialism."

"This is 'Everyone Vaccinated to Prevent Smallpox.' Has everyone in your family been vaccinated? Look at this picture. The vaccine it says can prevent hemiplegia in children is the sugar pill we have now..."

The old lady said slowly: "My children don't need this to prevent disease. My family is blessed by the Buddha..."

"Where is it? I'll go and smash it." Xu Weidong peeked into the house.

The frightened old lady quickly said: "In my heart, the Bodhisattva is in my heart."

She added, "Ah, anyway, I, an old woman, don't understand what you are talking about. Wait until the baby's parents get home from get off work, and then you can tell them."

Xu Weidong said, "Where do they work? How about this? I'll go directly to the political propagandist at their factory."

"What's going on? It's 1977, not 1947. How can there still be such ideologically backward people?"

The old lady had no choice but to agree to let the child take the candy pill.

But she insisted on using the silver bracelet at home to test whether it was poisonous...

By the time the child took the sugar pill, almost half an hour had passed.

Qian Jin's face turned green.

He asked: "How many more families are going to be vaccinated?"

Zhou Yaozu said gently, "We are still responsible for eight more families. If the vaccinations of the other two teams don't go smoothly, it's hard to say how many more families will be left."

"Also, Weidong, you should be more tactful in your approach. These are all our old neighbors. There's no need to scare them..."

Xu Weidong was squeezing his nose and making eyes at Qian Jin behind his back, looking like a typical poor student.

Later, I visited two more stores and delivered the sugar pills smoothly.

When we got to the fourth house, we were defeated again.

There are also elderly people at home who take care of the babies.

Facing Zhou Yaozu's explanation, the old man said worriedly, "I've looked at the calendar. This year is the year of plague. The plague god is going to cause trouble. No vaccine or medicine will work. The plague is bound to break out!"

"This is feudal superstition!" Zhou Yaozu criticized him.

But the old man refused to listen.

No matter what Zhou Yaozu said, it was useless. Xu Weidong was so anxious that he yelled, "Fuck you!"

As a result, the child's mother, who was sleeping at home on break, was woken up by the noise and started to join in the noise with a long face.

Zhou Yaozu said to the young woman in a serious tone, "Comrade Jiang Meilan, your father has a poor ideological consciousness and a feudal mindset. How can you be like this too?"

"Vaccinating infants is national policy! It's about protecting the lives and health of the people! How can you be so stubborn and recalcitrant like an old feudalist?"

Jiang Meilan said unhappily: "Brother Zhou, you don't have to put labels on me. I am willing to vaccinate my child."

"What I don't want is to finally get some sleep after working the night shift, only to be woken up by you!"

Zhou Yaozu said: "Then I apologize to you on behalf of my colleagues."

Jiang Meilan is going to hold the baby.

The old man tried to stop him again, took out a calendar and said, "Fighting the plague is not a small matter, it's a big one. It depends on the date..."

"You have to really believe this," Qian Jin took the calendar and started writing on today's page.

"Today is the 18th of the Gregorian calendar, the sixth of the lunar calendar. It's an auspicious day for children to take their medicine, and it's best not to obstruct street work!"

The old man was stunned.

Xu Weidong took the opportunity to feed the child sugar pills.

Qian Jin returned the calendar to the old man and asked, "Uncle, do you still have calendars at home?"

The old man hesitated.

Jiang Meilan said quickly: "There are plenty. My dad has collected this for his entire life."

The old man laughed: "Not many, not many."

"Well, the newspaper said it, calendar paintings are an important way to express the new people, new things, and new trends of New China. I saved a few to show my interest in the new look of New China, haha."

Qian Jin followed and laughed.

Then his mind became active.

(End of this chapter)