From the History of the Republic of China to Raising Children in the 1970s

14

After parting with Hu Liren, Li Chengye went to the post office. The post office in the county town was much larger than the one in the town, and there were many people inside. When he went there, someone was still mailing something.

Li Chengye went directly to the counter to buy some stamps and envelopes. He took out a stamp and an envelope, and put away the rest so that he wouldn't have to come in to buy them next time.

There was still a table in the lobby of the post office, but no one was there at this time. He walked over and carefully wrote the address on the envelope, which was exactly the address for submission to the provincial newspaper. Then he filled in his own information, put the manuscript paper in, and used the paste provided by the post office to stick the stamp on it, and the envelope was ready.

After finishing these, he went outside the post office. There was a green post office at the door. Li Chengye put the envelope in and left without stopping.

He already had the key to the newly bought house. There were many things that needed to be purchased. The most urgent thing was furniture. He looked at the time and did not delay. He went directly to the state-owned hotel to buy a bowl of noodles and two steamed buns. After eating, he went to a place.

Before parting, Aunt Ji told Li Chengye about the places in the county that could make furniture, and he went to take a look. There were furniture for sale in the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county, but most of them required tickets, and he didn't have so many tickets to buy.

It was different to go to those carpenters. There was no ticket required. Ha could make requirements, which could be said to be custom-made.

According to the address provided by Aunt Ji, it didn't take Li Chengye long to find the nearest carpenter. When he went there, the gate of the yard was open. As soon as he entered, he saw that the yard was full of wood, some semi-finished furniture and wood scraps.

However, there was no one in the yard at this time, but the carpenter's tools were still placed in the yard, which should be someone working here just now.

"Hello, is anyone there?" Li Chengye looked at the house and shouted in a loud voice.

The door of the house was open, and no sound came from it. Li Chengye waited for more than ten seconds, but still no answer.

"Is anyone home?" Li Chengye thought about it, walked a little further inside, and stopped in front of a dining table that was almost finished. The table is a very simple square table, without any patterns or colors, just a simple wooden table. But the table looks very good at first glance, a solid wood table, looks very solid. Li Chengye touched it with his hand, it was very smooth, the craftsmanship is not bad.

"What are you doing?" Just as Li Chengye was observing the table in front of him, a voice suddenly came from behind him. He turned around and saw a man walking in from outside. There were still some sawdust on his head that had not been cleaned up. Obviously, he was the owner of this house.

"It's Master Xu, right? Aunt Ji from the street office introduced me to make furniture." Seeing that he seemed a little wary and unhappy about people intruding, Li Chengye hurriedly smiled and explained.

"Ah, it's Sister Ji." When he heard Aunt Ji's name, his expression relaxed a little, and he was not so wary of Li Chengye.

"Yes, Aunt Ji heard me say that I wanted to make furniture, and told me that you have very good craftsmanship, and asked me to come to you." Li Chengye had just discovered that there were a lot of materials in the yard, and this Master Xu must have a lot of work on his hands. He was anxious to take Li's mother and others over, but he didn't know if this person could help him get the furniture out as soon as possible.