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76.That night Huang was inflicted by the job of installing the doors.How much infliction he endured was a long story.Here is a brief.As soon as Huang returned home with Caixia，he asked the carpenters to measure the installed door frameworks again.After the measure，he was jumped at the result： the installed door frameworks were almost out of shape or misplaced.Stupidly，he carried the doors upstairs and downstairs，trying on and on but only 3 of 15 doors can be installed and the rest of door frameworks must be amended or taken apart to be reinstalled.Huang was so frustrated that he couldn't help walking to Cai's home to find the answer.However，when he hadn't arrived at Cai's new houses he felt intimidated and couldn't go forward to find it.His purpose was to probe the cause and then argue with his opponent.Right now，he was intimidated but totally decline to be submitted.Complicatedly and paradoxically，Huang felt at a loss，standing like an idiot in the dark for a long time.A weak voice and flashing light from Cai's house hit his visual and audio nerves.At last，he couldn't refrain him from going to Cai's house.Covering his eyes with his hands，he advanced，halted，advanced，halted and advanced...
77."Father——" Caixia's voice echoed in the village and then Caixia et al carried Huang home.On the way，Huang repeated，"They have installed 5 doors，they have installed 5 doors，they have installed 5 doors ..." Caixia carried him to the step，but he couldn't hold on and flung himself onto the step.He was collapsed with his glasses down to the nose tip and head down to his stomach.He couldn't lift his head and sat like a statue，motionless for a whole night.
78.Nearly by 10 o'clock that night，12 doors had been installed in Cai's house.Xiuxiu made tea，opened a package of cigarette and laid out some benches for the workers.Cai's wife said toward them，"Please have a break.Take a cup of tea or a cigarette.I will have completed it by 12 o'clock like this.At 12，I will cook noodle for you all.Ok？" "Ok！" replied all the workers."Don't shout about it.Xiuxiu，I haven't seen Xiwa for half a day.Where does he go？"said Cai.Xiuxiu replied，"Father，Xiwa went to the school to clean the new classrooms this afternoon.I hear that all kids can leave the movable board rooms into the new classrooms early tomorrow morning." When Cai knew the good news，he said excitedly，"Kids will move to new classrooms.That's fantastic，really fantastic.How fast Lieutenant Wang and his men do it！Tomorrow we，all the villagers ought to show our gratitude to the soldiers.Kids will listen to their teachers in the new classroom.Teachers will have their classes in the new classrooms ..." When all the people were listening to Cai，no one noticed Xiwa had come home.The boy stood there with tear，also listening to his grandfather.As he listened，suddenly he cried in a loud voice.The abrupt cry frightened all.People gathered him and asked him one by another.However，whatever people asked，he still didn't answer and kept crying.Consequently，Cai was irritated and snapped，"Little cud，why do you show your shit tears？You really have no guts，not like the member of the Cais.Don't cry！What fuck do you cry for？Who made you cry？Just tell me，ok？" Hearing this，Xiwa wept，"You see，tomorrow we can't have our classes in new classrooms." "Why？" asked Cai anxiously.Xiwa responded，"The soldiers have been installing the doors in the new buildings this afternoon and when they were going to finished it，they found we were short of 10 doors.Accordingly，5 classrooms will have no doors and 5 classes will not move to the new classrooms and will cause the delay of our move." "So you cry for it？Really good for nothing！Don't cry.I will offer my money and send to drive to buy the doors." Hearing this，Xiwa began to cry louder and said，"Lieutenant Wang has called the manufacturer but he was told that the doors were out of stock and next doors would be transported here in almost two weeks because doors were badly needed for home reconstruction in the whole earthquake-stricken area and now the door materials were used up." Xiuxiu was then losing her equanimity.She tightly took Xiwa into her breast，comforting him，her hands held his head，"Silly！Please give it over！It's been a whole night，and you are crying your heart out！" "What's wrong？My classmates on duty and teachers cried a lot too，and even the young soldiers there！I cry my heart out as I wish！Anyway，whenever disasters happen we children would suffer most." Xiwa sobbed，burst into a room and slammed the door fiercely behind him，turning a deaf ear to their vexed calling outside.While people were at a loss what to do，Xiwa abruptly，opened the door and smiled through tears，yelling out，"Grandpa！Grandpa！" Cai was quite astonished to the prompt change and an ominous feeling arised from him.Instantly，he ran to Xiwa，asking，"What's happening？What's happening？""Here！Grandpa！The door！It's much like that in our school！Maybe we…，" eagerly，Xiwa said."Do not even think about it，" Cai broke in，"You boy sees it well that your grandpa is dueling that old geezer in rebuilding.And my victory is certain tonight.It's my day！...Boy！" continued Cai awkwardly，trying to keep his tone light，"Winning is a must do for me！If I lose，I can no longer lift my head before the fellow villagers.Huang is inclining to argue a point to death，you know it.If I lose to him，he would jeer at me to death！" Cai was not yet finished when interrupted by the louder sobs from Xiwa."Grandpa，that's mean！Mean enough！My dad was right！Your minds turned narrow in your declining years as did your eye socket." Xiwa said，choking with sobs.
