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Chapter 1976: Finally Waited

In the evening, Liu Haizhong happily sat beside the bed of Second Aunt in the ward and opened the bottle of wine that he had not finished the day before. He also scattered two handfuls of peanuts with skin on the small bed. While drinking, he boasted to Second Aunt that he would be promoted to a higher rank.

He was about to suppress his rebellious son, and didn't care about the life or death of the other rebellious son whom he hadn't seen for two days.

Liu Guangfu is still sitting in the police station. The 500 yuan he stole has now been returned to the owner, and he has been sentenced to days in prison. In fact, the second uncle could have issued a letter of forgiveness and taken him back.

I don't know what the second uncle was thinking? He still didn't come, so Liu Guangfu could only accept the criticism and education.

Within half a month, Deputy Director Liao got the approval slip ready, and Wang Gensheng's work became even busier.

With the approval document, the land is theirs. Yu Ge's old acquaintance is the construction team, the personnel are ready, and Ergang has a tractor. Now all they lack is red bricks, so they can start construction.

It’s not that Wang Gensheng doesn’t know the brickyard, but in this era, buying bricks also requires a permit. Without a permit, it means it is a private purchase. It’s okay if a small amount is used, but now this is a building, how can the amount used be small?

Finally, I took the opportunity of New Year's greetings to get an approval from my senior brother, and obtained bricks and cement. I used my own design drawings to make a plan, and set the construction area at 320 square meters. I handed it over to Dongzi for supervision, and construction began in the spring.

After the New Year, Wang Gensheng was seconded to participate in the archaeological work. He not only simulated the portrait of the original man on the spot, but also provided guiding suggestions on the production of the original man's body model.

In 1976, the weather was getting hotter

Wang Gensheng was wearing army green shorts, a blue and white striped vest, and holding a large palm leaf fan. While fanning himself, he discussed the number of ape-man’s teeth and the arrangement of the mandible with two old scholars from the archaeology department.

This would affect the overall appearance of the ape-man's jaw and entire face.

The mandible of the ape-man just unearthed is broken, and the tooth fossils unearthed are relatively large. The mandible is more prominent than that of modern humans, and its shape is between that of modern humans and apes. It is also a broken piece and requires technical restoration.

This involves Wang Gensheng's expertise, and is also one of the jobs he was invited to do.

Wang Gensheng made a very bold assumption that the ape-man might have an overbite and that the number of teeth he had might be less than that of modern humans, proving that he was not very old.

At this sweltering excavation site, under the awning, three people were sweating profusely as they discussed something. This time, Wang Gensheng was very firm in his guess.

And the final sculpture was finalized. A very obvious feature is that the skull is collapsed inward, which naturally determines that the ape-man's brain capacity is not as large as that of modern humans.

The mandible protruded into an overbite, which was a gradual change from modern humans to apes. The right leg was slightly bent, and it really looked like a giant ape with its hair removed.

In addition, its limbs are between standing upright and squatting, so when the sculpture was placed in front of everyone, everyone was stunned.

Just looking at the newly made sample, Wang Gensheng frowned, always feeling that something was lacking. He picked up the paintbrush and once again painted a few strokes on the exposed limbs and body muscles, drawing out the less obvious muscle lines.

"I think wild apes should be stronger than us, and they must have these muscle lines."

"Also, they should still have a lot of hair that hasn't completely fallen out."

After some minor adjustments by Wang Gensheng, it was then sculpted by a professional sculptor.

One of the old experts ran forward excitedly, stretched out one hand tremblingly towards the sculpture, patted the shoulder of the old man next to him with the other hand, and said excitedly:

"Old Cheng, look at this, look at this. Who among us could have thought that in this lifetime, we would actually be able to see the appearance of our ancestors 23 years ago. Am I dreaming?"

Old Cheng was also very excited, and couldn't help crying. He took off his glasses, wiped them and said:

"That's right. Look at their postures and their foreheads. They are definitely our native ape-men."

"Haha, Lao Cheng, ever since the first Peking Man skull was lost, I have been too ashamed to see those old brothers who sacrificed so much for it. Every time I close my eyes, I can see them right in front of me, and I feel like a sinner."

"Yes, now we can give an explanation to those old brothers, and we can die with peace of mind."

The appearance of the finished ape-man sculpture also marked the completion of Wang Gensheng's work. He could finally end his secondment and pack up and return to Beijing.

Go back to Beijing and take a look at the Red Star Bakery building which is more than halfway through construction.

Facts have proved that the speed of building buildings in that era was indeed not as fast as that of modern times. The main body of a five-story building has only three and a half rooms built. Upon asking, we found out that the most time was spent on erecting the floor partitions on each floor.

Wang Gensheng asked awkwardly, "Have you ever thought about laying a steel frame on the floor, then putting wooden boards on it, and then pouring cement directly into it?"

Several master craftsmen looked back and saw the floor slabs that had been laid on the ground and were waiting to dry, and they were speechless.

Brother Yu later explained to Wang Gensheng: "We are looking for a renovation team. They are good at masonry, but they have never done any big projects. How can they have the experience you are talking about?"

What else can Wang Gensheng say about this? Nothing more to say. With the appearance of the big boss behind the scenes, the guys' work speed has increased by more than a little.

The building was finally completed before August 15th of the lunar calendar. According to Wang Gensheng's design, the first floor was a large flat with large glass windows installed. Unfortunately, there were no modern large glass doors.

As soon as you come in, you can set up a container display stand. There are more than a dozen kinds of bread in the bakery now. In the future, Wang Gensheng will also add cream cakes and customized birthday cakes.

The ovens, warehouses, etc. are located on the inner part of the first floor. Sijiu City is an old city, and the underground was not very deep. There are only a few half-story basements, and you can barely walk upright in them.

After all, it was not the modern times, and there were no large-scale excavation equipment. It took a lot of manpower to dig out this small half-floor basement.

The second floor was originally intended to be used as a processing plant, but it was still very difficult to move the production equipment, oil, flour, etc. manually.

So half of it was used as a packaging workshop, and the other half was used as a canteen and office.

Half of the third floor is occupied by Wang Gensheng's family, and the other half is occupied by Yu Yimiao and Dongzi, who have an empty room.

The fourth floor is divided into sixteen small compartments, which are allocated to the bakery employees as distribution rooms. Each compartment is less than 20 square meters, slightly smaller than the main house of the courtyard, but much larger than the ear room.