Chapter 14 Section 1

This morning, I was as sleepy as usual, and I was walking on the path leading to the factory while muttering "Ah--I'm so sleepy!" like a mantra.Although the factory built in the countryside gave people a rustic feeling, but from a distance, the silver building was huge, and it looked like the base of the Earth Defense Army. Looking around, young men who are half asleep and half awake like me are walking in an endless stream.Almost all the people who commute on this trail live in single dormitories about three kilometers away from the factory. They live a two-point and one-line life from the factory to the dormitory every day.Several guys even felt that there was no need to change clothes because of this, and they often put on dirty work clothes and went to work.

Today happens to be Monday.If it is other times, there will be colleagues who have just left the night shift coming from the opposite direction.When you meet someone you know, you have to exchange a few casual conversations: "Hey, are you off work?" "Yeah. Are you going to do it?" Yunyun. The night shift starts on Monday night and ends on Friday or Saturday night, and lasts for about a week.Most workshops use a two-week day shift system and a one-week night shift system.The same goes for my workshop.In fact, last week it happened to be my turn to work the night shift until Sunday morning.I took off my work clothes, went on a date with my girlfriend until late at night, and didn't get enough sleep for several days, which is why I was so sleepy.

Dizzy, I arrived at the factory, clocked in, changed into greasy overalls in the locker room, and was about to go to the vending machine to buy a cup of coffee to refresh myself, and then to a workshop called the Electronic Fuel Injection Manufacturing Room work. Then, when I walked to the break room where the vending machines were located, I found the entrance was full of people, including our workshop monitor.The squad leader wears glasses and has a mustache. He looks a lot like an accountant in a small factory. I approached and asked, "What's the matter?" The squad leader said "Oh", and replied, "The door to this entrance is locked, so I can't get in."

He looked impatient, obviously upset that he couldn't drink coffee so early in the morning. "Hey, this place has never been locked, what happened?" "It looks like someone fell in there." "Ah, what's going on?" "You ask me, who will I ask! Hey, open the door quickly, let's buy coffee!" The squad leader said and strode away. I separated the crowd and squeezed in. I put my face close to the glass door of the lounge and peeked in. The lounge is simply furnished, with only a few vending machines, a few chairs and a TV set. There is no emotion at all.

Sure enough, I saw a man lying face down in front of a Coke vending machine, and I couldn't tell who it was.But in his gray uniform, unlike our beige overalls, he was clearly not an ordinary employee of the manufacturing department. "What are you doing, you bastard!" cried a rude man.Like others, he turned a deaf ear to his colleagues who fell on the ground, and the only thing he cared about was whether he could have a cup of coffee or juice before work.At this time, more and more people gathered, and it became more and more noisy. "Hey, everyone back up, back up!"

An old janitor who had served in the Self-Defense Forces walked over yelling.Under everyone's attention, he seemed to be a lot taller, and he took out the key in a serious manner. The moment the door opened, I was pushed and shoved by the people behind me and staggered into the house, and squeezed in front of a vending machine specializing in a certain nutritional drink.I didn't like the fact that the nutritional drink was in the spotlight for a while with the explicit tag line "If you die, you can't work."But at the moment, the lounge is full of people, unable to queue up again in front of the vending machine that specializes in coffee, so I have to admit that I am unlucky and buy a bottle of "Die or..." drink and let it go.

At this moment, I heard the shout of "don't come near, don't come near" again, it was the voice of the old guard just now.I saw him kneeling on one knee next to the prone man on the ground, carefully examining his face, and after a while, he yelled out "Wow!" "Hey, hurry up and call an ambulance, this person seems to be dead!" There was a commotion in all directions, and several employees beside the old guard stepped back a few steps in unison. I sipped the drink "When I die..." and looked at the man lying on the ground tremblingly.Just looking at it, the drink in his mouth spurted out.

"Hey, what's the matter with you, you're so dirty!" The old guard said angrily. "Here, I know this person, he is our section chief." I coughed and said.