Chuanjiang Old Revision Notes

In the spring of 2024, in Chuanjiang New Village, Jiangzhou District, Xiangnan City, a 40-year-old water pipe suddenly cracked. Municipal engineer Lu Yang independently led the renovation team for the first time. As soon as he posted the notice, he was stopped downstairs by 80-year-old Li Yaosu. The 1982 wine jar under the old man's window sill became the first problem in the construction. In the chaos of the water outage, the coffee shop owner Cheng Laoguan was guarding the stall and counting the losses, the single mother Chen Li was worried about her children's way to school, the postgraduate entrance examination student Tian Ye ate books amidst the noise, and the Miaoyin welder Xiao Wu silently helped the old man make a protective cover for the wine jar. From the farce of fighting for water to the rescue of foundation pits, from the disagreement over the installation of elevators to the watch on the eve of the water supply, the daily gossip and spicy conflicts of 72 households all revolve around the old water pipes and old wine jars. There is no grand plot, only the fireworks of the old neighborhood: the smell of chili peppers pickled with distiller's grains, the bickering amidst the sound of electric drills, and the hot noodles delivered late at night. The renewal of a water pipe has unlocked the sourness and spiciness of ordinary people's homes, and also brought out the warmth hidden in the neighborhood. It turns out that the most touching story always lies in the cure of parents' shortcomings.