【Historical Live Broadcast】Watching videos and being seen by our ancestors

[No wonder I vaguely remember going to a paid toilet before]

[It turns out that public toilets used to be charged]

[The money received for large and small accounts is different]

[Until a farmer named Gray]

【When arriving at Zhengzhou Railway Station】

[I wanted to use the public toilet but was stopped and charged 30 cents, and the environment inside was dirty and messy]

[Gray thinks this is unreasonable]

[If you buy a ticket, using the toilet in the waiting room should be free]

[Immediately after returning, I took the Zhengzhou Railway Bureau to court]

[Because this regulation was set by the Price Bureau, it was not passed in the first instance]

[At this time, a lawyer in Jiangxi, Li Xiaohu, also took the local railway bureau to court]

[Successfully won the lawsuit with professional ability and perseverance]

[Gray learned about this and became more determined to defend his rights]

[Appealed again and finally won the case]

[Since then, the state has re-regulated that all public toilets in public passenger transport facilities are open free of charge]

The light they fought for still illuminates us today.

"Not to mention in the past, even now I think some of those fancy public toilets are charged [tears], because there is a small house next to it where someone lives, I thought that person charged and I didn't dare to use it"

"I've used a paid toilet, and there was an old lady sitting at the door collecting money [awkward laugh]"

"I also remember that there was a desk at the entrance of the public toilet on our road. There was an auntie (the toilet manager) collecting money and asking everyone if they were big or small. When I was a child, I was too embarrassed to say [tears]. Now I think it's incredible."

"When I was a kid, I really saw small 50-cent coins and big 1-yuan coins. I couldn't understand why people wanted the big one or the small one [smile][upper left]"

"Especially for people like us who need to go to the toilet at the slightest feeling, I don't even dare to think about how much it will cost [tears]"

"So this world needs people who are serious, otherwise what will happen to people like us [tears]"

"So when someone resists some seemingly reasonable demands, don't be sarcastic even if you think it's unnecessary. The light they fight for will shine on us sooner or later."

"I want to know why public toilets have locked doors [tears] I've been running early in the morning or visiting night markets at night and finally found a locked toilet, which made me despair."

"I really want to thank them [Breaking down in tears] Many places in foreign countries still charge for using the toilet."

"At that time we often said, you are the director, the director of the toilet."

No matter which dynasty or era, for the people, toilets are a daily necessity.

Eating, drinking, defecating and urinating are serious matters. From the nobles to the common people, who doesn't go to the toilet a few times a day?

During the Tang and Song dynasties, urban culture prevailed, public toilets became a common facility, and there were even special sanitation agencies. The Song Dynasty also set up a "street office" to manage sanitation workers.

But most of them also charged some fees, such as one or two copper coins. So when people saw that modern toilets were free of charge, they were very envious.

Eh? According to the people in the future on the sky, rights and interests must be fought for by people, so we can do it too, even though the money for going to the toilet is not much, but not having to spend money is the best!

Is it necessary to do such a small thing? And isn't it embarrassing to bring such a private matter out into the open?

If you go to the government, you will be lucky if they don't peel your skin off. Even if the government allows you to make suggestions, once the matter becomes public, your family and neighbors will know about it. Isn't it embarrassing? It's not a glamorous thing, so I don't want to fight for it.

If you don't go and I go, I'll feel bad about the money in my pocket.

Besides, there is nothing shameful about this. According to Tianmu, I am fighting for the legitimate rights and interests of us ordinary people. If what I said is heard by an official, then everyone in the town will benefit from me!

I need to go home and think carefully about how to give advice to those big shots. My own strength is not enough. There is strength in numbers. I need to find a few more people to work together to find a solution.