It took Yan Liqiang almost an hour, running up and down the mountain more than ten times, to fill the two water tanks in the toilet.
In less than an hour, a lot of water was spilled on the mountain road. Yan Liqiang's arms had been stretched thin because he had been carrying water up the mountain. So even though he had passed the horse stance test and practiced the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing, his arms, the muscles on both sides of his armpits and his two large tendons were burning, sore and painful that he could hardly lift them.
Seeing that the two water tanks were full, Yan Liqiang did not rest for a moment. He immediately put on a mask, gloves, a headscarf, and a gown he had made. He took a bunch of tools and began to clean the toilet diligently.
First sweep, then rinse with water, then use a brush to brush vigorously little by little, finally rinse again, and brush again...
Yan Liqiang worked extremely seriously, not leaving out a single corner or a speck of dust, and he put all his effort into it.
The attendant Huo from the Gray Hall thought that sending Yan Liqiang here to clean the toilets was a punishment for Yan Liqiang, but what Huo didn't know was that in his previous life, what had always inspired Yan Liqiang to go further in the workplace were actually two stories and characters related to toilets.
Many people have probably heard of the story of Noda Seiko. Her first job after graduating from university was to clean toilets and wipe toilet bowls in a hotel. However, she eventually became Japan's Postal Minister at the age of 37. The beginning of this woman's reversal of life and destiny was in the toilet - the story of being able to calmly scoop water and drink it from the toilet bowl she had cleaned happened to this woman.
The second person who inspired Yan Liqiang was Hans Wahl, the founder of the German Wahl company. Can a person make money by operating a free public toilet? Before Hans Wahl, no one in the world thought that operating a public toilet, and a free public toilet for people to use, could make money, but Hans Wahl did it. It was this person who changed the image of public toilets as dirty and messy in everyone's eyes, and made the public toilets he operated into unique works of art, and made them into advertising platforms that international big brands and many luxury brands rushed to enter, and he easily made 300 million yuan a year.
When Yan Liqiang first heard these two stories, his heart was deeply moved by Noda Seiko and Hans Wahl's spirit of doing things to the utmost. This spirit had a profound impact on him. His later success in the workplace was inseparable from the inspiration of this spirit.
From these two people, Yan Liqiang realized the most important truth of life, that is, success in life does not depend on what you do, but on how well you do it. The former, in many cases, may not be chosen by people, and fate will sneer at you at this time, but the right to choose the latter is in the hands of everyone. Even if it is cleaning the toilet, when you can clean the toilet until you can scoop out water from it and drink it with a clear conscience, the sneer of fate will turn into a smile, or even a hearty laugh, and the illusory future will be in your hands.
A woman who came from a poor family, had little education and only knew how to make pickles, could eventually make Lao Gan Ma!
A man who comes from an imperial family, owns the richest empire in the world and has hundreds of millions of subjects, may eventually become Emperor Huizong of Song!
Lao Gan Ma and Song Huizong, who is the more successful person
Therefore, it is not important what a person does, what really matters is how well you do it. No matter how menial and boring the job is, as long as you can do it so well that everyone admires you, you will succeed. You cannot fail to succeed. This is the way to live your life.
Yan Liqiang is going to establish his own place in the Sword God Sect in this toilet on the Tianqiao Peak of the Sword God Sect!
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Before dawn, when Yan Liqiang finished cleaning the entire toilet, his whole body was soaked with sweat and he felt a little exhausted. When he left, he even used a linen cloth to wipe his footprints clean, leaving no trace.
When Yan Liqiang was leaving Tianqiao Peak with the tools, he even felt that his steps were a little unsteady. Working continuously like a machine for several hours was even more tiring than a normal person's whole day's work. Yan Liqiang was probably the only one who could turn a job of cleaning the toilet into heavy physical labor.
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When Yan Liqiang returned to the small valley below Tianqiao Peak, Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng were still practicing boxing and strengthening their bodies in the yard of their "Tianqiao Er". When they saw Yan Liqiang coming back with tools, looking exhausted, passing by the path outside their yard, Gu Zexuan and Zhao Huipeng stopped at once.
"Hey, Liqiang, you haven't cleaned the toilet on Tianqiao Peak, have you?" Gu Zexuan walked to the fence of their courtyard, holding the fence with his hand, and looked at Yan Liqiang curiously, "I was just talking to Zhao Huipeng, why haven't you gotten up to exercise yet, it turns out you went out a long time ago..."
"Well, I just finished cleaning..."
"You finished cleaning so early, what time did you go?"
"I went there at about 2:30 in the morning..."
Gu Zexuan opened his mouth wide, "So early? There is no rule that you have to clean the toilet on Tianqiao Peak so early. Anyway, as long as you finish cleaning it before noon today, it will be fine. As long as no one on Tianqiao Peak goes to the Gray Hall to complain about you..."
"Haha, I'll feel at ease if I finish it early, and then I can squeeze out some time to do other things during the day!" Yan Liqiang smiled and waved at Gu Zexuan, "I'm sweaty, I'm going to take a shower and change clothes first..."
Not far from Yan Liqiang's yard, there is a clear stream and a small pond, which makes it convenient for taking a bath. The water is a little cold, but Yan Liqiang can withstand it with his body.
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Just when Yan Liqiang returned to the small valley, a man had already arrived at the door of the toilet that Yan Liqiang had just cleaned on Tianqiao Peak. The moment the man walked into the toilet, his eyes widened in surprise. Just overnight, the entire toilet became extremely smooth and clean, and there was almost no smell.
The man hesitated for a moment, feeling very embarrassed and guilty for destroying such a clean environment. The toilet was cleaned so neatly today, it must have taken a lot of effort. Could it be that the sect master and a group of elders were going to inspect Tianqiao Peak today? … The man muttered in his heart, and for a moment, he stood at the door of the toilet, struggling whether to go in…
After a while, a few more people came. Like the first person, they were also stunned for a moment when they saw the toilet which looked as clean as new. Some of them were stunned and hesitated at the door.
"What are you guys doing hiding here?" Just when a few people didn't know whether they should go in, a cold shout came from behind them. Hearing this voice, the disciples of Tianqiao Peak who were gathered at the door of the toilet all shrank their necks quietly.
A man with a bald head and a full beard, who looked to be in his fifties, wearing a casual brown robe with most of his belly exposed, walked over with eyes as big as copper bells, "Are you guys too idle? If you are free, go to the refining cave downstairs and make me a few hundred kilograms of pear flower steel today..."
"Master, um... Is it possible that the Sect Master or a few elders are coming to Tianqiao Peak for inspection today?" A guy standing at the door of the toilet said with a big smile on his face.
"Bullshit!" The bald man cursed angrily, spitting saliva on several people's faces. "If the sect master and the elders were coming, how could I not know, Sun Weizhen, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Then, Hall Master, take a look here. I remember that the last time Elder Gao came to our Tianqiao Peak, he warned us that although there are only men on Tianqiao Peak, we should not be too sloppy. Elder Gao said that he would come to check next time..."
Several people made way for the bald man to walk into the toilet. When he saw the situation inside the toilet, the bald man was stunned for several seconds. Then he thought about it and waved his hand, "It's okay. The sect master and the elders will not come to check today. I guess the cleaners came early today and cleaned it more thoroughly. Don't make a fuss. Just use it as usual..."
As he spoke, the man walked in first. Several disciples outside the toilet looked at him and then followed him in...
(End of this chapter)