Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

Moreover, after the earthquake, the street office must have had a plan, and Yi Zhonghai was not the only one who understood the plan. The difficulty lay in the fact that it happened too suddenly, and the street office staff were all at home. If they wanted to gather people at this time, they could only go to each household one by one, and by the time they had gathered all the people, it was too late.

I hope the rain comes later, so that everyone can have more time to prepare.

When Zhongshan returned to the courtyard, it was already daybreak. Along the way, every courtyard he passed by was in chaos.

It’s a natural disaster, there’s nothing we can do.

When they returned to the yard, the earthquake shelter was still being set up. After Zhong Shan finished setting up the shelter in the front yard, he went to the back yard. Since there was only one laborer in the back yard, Zhong Dahai, he hurried to the steel mill as soon as the earthquake stopped.

Zhong Dahai is different from other people in the courtyard. Others just need to protect themselves at home, but Zhong Dahai cannot. He is also the head of the security department of the steel rolling mill. Now there is an earthquake, and the steel rolling mill needs him more than the courtyard.

The second uncle Liu Haizhong had not been in good health since he was released, and this time he broke his leg, so he could only do some assistant work. The eldest brother-in-law was a man who could not lift anything with his shoulders or hands, and Zhong Dahai's wife Feng Yuzhi had never done heavy work since she was a child. The main force in the backyard was actually the eldest sister Zhong Haiyan.

Several people had been busy for a long time, but they still hadn't finished building the framework, which made them very anxious. Just at this moment, Zhong Shan came over.

"Finally you're here, come and help me, I was so anxious, why is this earthquake shelter so slow?"

"I just went out to take a look and it was a mess outside. I came back and finished building the front yard and came over."

Zhong Shan originally didn't know how to do this job and had never done it before, but on the one hand, Zhong Shan was in good physique and strong, and on the other hand, he had just built an earthquake shelter in the front yard and had some experience, so it didn't take long for the frame to be put up.

At this time He Yuzhu also came to help. They had just finished building the middle yard. He looked around and saw that the back yard was not yet finished, so he came to help.

With He Yuzhu's joining, the process became much faster and it was completed in no time.

After the earthquake shelter is set up, we should go into the house and quickly take out some daily necessities such as bedding, rice and flour before there are any aftershocks.

Of course, I definitely don’t dare to live in the house now.

After everything was ready, Zhongshan went to the street office again. Although he had lost his job, his wife still worked in the street office. Although it was usually quite free, at this time, he didn't need to care which department he was in and could join the battle together.

Zhong Shan was worried about his wife, so he asked Song Lili to look after the children at home and he went to take Song Lili's place. He had worked in the street office before, so he knew everyone and was familiar with the procedures.

Not long after the earthquake shelter was built, people from the street office came to Zhongshan's yard, while Zhongshan was assigned to another area.

"Oh, the earthquake shelters are all set up. Your hospital is the fastest. Let's first notify everyone to set up the earthquake shelters. For now, don't go near the buildings, let alone enter the houses. Then we will do a statistics to see if there are any casualties."

Yi Zhonghai came out at this time and checked the damage situation in the yard with the street office staff.

Zhong Shan and his colleagues walked through every yard in Jiaodaokou, and after counting the number of casualties, they reminded everyone to quickly build earthquake shelters. After that, they didn't dare to say any more nonsense, as they were racing against time and had to do their best to prepare before the heavy rain came.

After visiting the last store, even with Zhongshan's physical condition, he felt a little exhausted.

We started setting up the earthquake shelter early in the morning, and just as we finished, so many households left. No one had time to even have a sip of breakfast. Even if you are in good health, you can't handle it.

After returning to the street office and reporting the number of people counted, it started raining heavily not long after.

"Well, those who have built earthquake shelters are better off, but those who haven't are having a hard time."

At this time, Director Li walked away.

"Now, all male comrades, follow me and find out which courtyard has not built an earthquake shelter. Go and help immediately. Female comrades, go to the supply and marketing cooperative store and the factories in our street area to coordinate for supplies. We will take as much rainproof cloth and plastic sheeting as you can get. Everyone, please work hard and don't just stand there. Act now."

So, the people who had just taken a breath started to move again. There were not enough raincoats at once, so they had to go out in the rain.

Director Li took the male comrades to each courtyard to help build earthquake shelters. After the female comrades coordinated the supplies, they went to the courtyards that did not have rainproof sheets to distribute rainproof sheets. At least they could block the rain first so that they would not have to be drenched.

After another busy day, it was almost dark when they finally finished setting up the earthquake shelter. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, with no sign of stopping. Zhongshan and his team were exhausted after a day of work and could finally take a breath.

By the time Zhongshan returned to the yard, the beds had already been made in the earthquake shelter, and He Yuzhu was cooking a big pot of rice in the middle yard.

But looking at Yan Bugui's eyes, there was something wrong.

"Lili, what's going on?"

"Isn't this Uncle San? He said that everyone should cook together, and each household should break into the house and take out the food, and he would keep it together. But everyone else went to take it, but his family refused to take it. He also said that the wood of the earthquake shed belonged to his family, so he would not take it. Naturally, everyone disagreed. When Yan Jiefang saw that everyone disagreed, he wanted to tear down the shed. Isn't this a stalemate?"

After hearing this, Zhong Shan knew that something strange had happened to his family. It looked like they had given him face by not really demolishing the earthquake shelter.

"Uncle, what's going on? What are you trying to do? You said the wood is yours, but we still have half of it left over from repairing the house. The tarpaulin is also ours. What's going on? Are you bullying my wife and children because I'm out helping the neighborhood office with disaster relief and there's no man at home?"

Yan Bugui then remembered that he had been only thinking about his own wood and forgot that there was also half from Zhongshan's family.

"No, how can I bully others? I am talking about reason. Yes, your family owns half of the wood, but he also owns half of ours. Using our wood is like living in our house. It is reasonable for our family not to take our food."

Zhong Shan was so angry that he laughed when he heard Yan Bugui's twisted theories.

"Okay, Yan Bugui, you're right, right? Neighbors, let's go to the middle yard and the back yard and take a look. I remember there's some leftover wood. Let's replace the wood from the old Yan family. We won't live in his house or use his wood, but he can forget about living in our house either."

Zhong Shan no longer works at the neighborhood office. He went there today just to help. Naturally, he doesn't care about the impact of kicking people out. As long as he feels comfortable, that's enough. This is what it means to be free from official duties.