The History of Raising Children from the Republic of China to the 1970s

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>> Chapter 11
After a while, the two of them arrived at a small office on the first floor. There were two long desks in the middle, and two cabinets against the wall, which should contain some information.

Wu Liren led Li Chengye in and pointed to a table, "Comrade Li, there is no one in this seat, so you can sit here first."

Li Chengye nodded, walked over, wiped his fingers lightly on the table, and touched his fingertips No dusty look.

Wu Liren saw his actions and quickly smiled and said, "I just wiped this table this morning. It's very clean."

"Troublesome." Li Chengye looked around. It seemed that Wu Liren was a very particular person. Inside the room Very clean, everything is neatly arranged.

"What's the trouble? It's just a matter of convenience. By the way, I'm sitting opposite you. I was the only one in this office before. Now that you're here, I can finally do something. You don't even know how powerful I am. Boring." Wu Liren smiled and sat on the opposite seat, his attitude towards Li Chengye was very warm, and his fair face was full of smiles.

"Hey, shouldn't the union have five officers?" Li Chengye put the notebook and pen he brought over on the table in front of him, and then sat down, seemingly casually asking about the situation of the union.

"Hey, yes, there are four other people, but they are all in another office. We are responsible for different things." Wu Liren looked at the door and saw that it was closed, and started talking like a bamboo tube pouring beans. .

"Our union was actually established not long ago. The chairman and vice-chairman used to be high-level cadres on the factory's production line. However, as they are approaching retirement age in the past few years, the factory has put them in charge of the union, but they generally don't do much."

" In fact, the labor union does not have much work, and it is roughly divided into two parts. One part is to process and collect the opinions of workers in the factory, help solve some disputes and problems, or help fight for some benefits, and the other part is to organize some activities and study. Some of the above spirit and the like were handled by me before. From now on, you and I will be responsible for this part. But don't worry, our factory has heavy production tasks and usually doesn't organize any activities like me. I have only organized three quotation studies in this long time. I have a lot of free time at other times, so I just read out the above policy."

After Wu Liren finished speaking, he winked at Li Chengye, looking quite satisfied with his current job.

"That's it, then I'm not really lucky to be assigned here." Li Chengye smiled and nodded, fully agreeing with his words.

"Then you are very lucky. You must know that our steel factory is very profitable and the welfare benefits are almost the best in the county. During the Chinese New Year last year, people in the factory received a lot of things. Ordinary workers received at least three kilograms. Meat." After Wu Liren finished speaking, he licked his lower lip, as if the smell of meat was still on his lips.

"Really?" It's just three kilograms of meat. In the eyes of Li Chengye in the past, three kilograms of meat was nothing at all. At that time, their meals were more than that. But in this place, three kilograms of meat is enough to feed a family for several days. It is really unthinkable and unthinkable.

"Of course, our factory will go out to purchase some good things before the Chinese New Year."

Li Chengye nodded and smiled, with a look of expectation on his face. After thinking about it, he then asked: "Comrade Wu "So what am I going to do today?"

"Ah, let me take a look. Take a look at these documents. These are the materials from above. You should familiarize yourself with them first," Wu Liren said and handed one to Li Chengye. Most of the information is documents and the like handed down from above, and there seems to be quite a lot of it.

"Okay." Li Chengye nodded and took it. These are what he needs most now. Although he has the memory of the original owner, the original owner has been in the army for these years, and the environment inside is very simple. In fact, he still didn't know much about the situation outside. If he hadn't looked around and collected information outside after waking up, outsiders might have noticed something strange.

In these days, he changed many of his habits and tried to make himself closer to a soldier. Now it seems that the situation is still okay.

"By the way, some time ago some leaders above said that we should enrich our workers' spare time life and so on. They may need to organize some activities and so on. Then they should be handed over to our union." After thinking about it, Wu Liren still faced Li Chengye He whispered.

"What kind of activities are you organizing?" Li Chengye has been exposed to things like labor unions before. His family used to own several factories, and there were also labor unions in them. However, the relationship between the factory and the boss can be said to be naturally antagonistic. Either they ask for a salary increase or they ask for a salary increase. Demanding improvements in workers' working conditions, or organizing workers' strikes, always gave his father a headache.

After he went abroad, he came into contact with many groups and organizations in foreign universities and organized many activities, but he didn't know if the activities held here were similar to those in universities.

"I don't know about that. The notice from above hasn't come down yet. I guess it will take a few days?" Wu Liren shook his head. His uncle was the factory director's secretary. His uncle told him this news and asked him to prepare in advance.

"Okay." Li Chengye could only nod at this moment. It was only his first day here and everything was unfamiliar to him. He would take a look then.

However, he still had a very good impression of the young man in front of him. After all, he came from a businessman family. He had been in contact with countless people since he was a child, and he still had a good way of judging people. The Wu Liren in front of me was obviously born in a good family environment. He should have had a smooth life since he was a child. After working, he went to a place where there was no fight. He still retains his innocence and simplicity, otherwise he would not be right on the first day. He said so much.

Li Chengye spent the morning reading information and chatting with Wu Liren.

Time passed quickly, and it was noon in the blink of an eye. Wu Liren glanced at his watch and saw that it was almost twelve o'clock. He quickly stood up and said to Li Chengye who was concentrating on reading the information: "Brother Li, let's go to the cafeteria quickly. Well, I heard that there is braised pork in the cafeteria today, and it will be sold out if I go there late. "

Yes, the relationship between the two has evolved to the point of calling each other brother. Wu Liren is four years younger than Li Chengye. He is only twenty-one this year, and he is not married yet, but his family is already planning to find a partner for him, and the results will probably come out soon.

"Okay, let's go there now." Li Chengye nodded. When he came here today, Li's mother also packed a lunch box for him. This was an aluminum lunch box that Li Chengye used when he was in high school. He didn't know that Li's mother also packed a lunch box for him. How is it kept until now?

The two closed the office door and headed to the cafeteria. It was still a little before twelve o'clock, and the workers in the factory had not come out yet, so Li Chengye and the others got a piece of braised pork smoothly.

"Ha, I'm really lucky today. This bowl of braised pork is all pork belly. Look at the oil on it." The two of them were sitting at the dining table in the cafeteria. Wu Liren couldn't wait to pick up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. Inside, he ate like he was intoxicated. He ate so deliciously that his eyes were narrowed together.

"It looks pretty good." Li Chengye also picked up a chopstick. He said it was braised pork, but in fact it was cooked with potatoes. Most of it was potatoes. A portion of braised pork only costs about five or six yuan, and a portion costs 50 cents. In terms of money, most people in the factory can still afford it.

In addition to a portion of braised pork, the two of them also ordered a vegetarian dish, and then they concentrated on eating.

After a while, there were more and more people in the canteen, and most of them crowded into the braised pork section. However, meat dishes like this are usually in limited supply, and before Li Chengye and the others finished eating, the braised pork had already been sold out. Those who bought the last one were naturally very happy, but those who didn't could only lament.

"Li Chengye?" Just as Li Chengye was concentrating on eating, someone suddenly called his name right in front of him. The voice was hesitant, as if he was making sure he had admitted his mistake.

Li Chengye looked up in surprise and saw a young man in front of him. He should be about the same age as himself. He was holding a lunch box in his hand. He must have just finished eating. The look on Li Chengye's face seemed a little uncertain, but when Li Chengye's face was completely revealed, it turned into an expression of great surprise.

"Hey, Li Chengye, it's really you. I thought I had the wrong person!"

As he spoke, the man was almost in front of the two of them.

"Do you know him?" Wu Liren pushed Li Chengye's arm, his eyes a little curious and slightly suspicious.

Li Chengye ignored Wu Liren and took a closer look at the appearance of the visitor. He searched back and forth in his memory and guessed that the original owner must have known him in the county. Finally, when the person came in front of him, Li Chengye found the information about the person.

"Junzi?" he asked with some uncertainty.

"Ha, it's me. I thought you had forgotten me?" He sat down next to Li Chengye very consciously, with a smile on his face.

"With your height, I can't forget it even if I want to." Li Chengye had more and more images related to this person in his mind, and the one that impressed him the most was the tall man. Li Chengye himself is almost 1.8 meters tall, and he is already one of the few tall men in this southern place. The person in front of me is taller, probably around 1.9 meters, maybe closer to 2 meters. It can be said that he is very conspicuous.

"Ha, it's too high and it's troublesome. I don't even have enough food to eat." The man named Junzi smiled and touched his belly. He had no intention of eating immediately. Instead, he looked at Li Chengya without blinking.

"We haven't seen each other for several years. Didn't you join the army? Why are you here?"

"Yes, we haven't seen each other since graduation. I joined the army, but I have changed careers. It just so happened that the receiving unit was the steel factory. "Li Chengye didn't expect that on his first day at work, he would meet his former classmate Zhang Jun, who he had a good relationship with before.

"That's great. I work here too."

"Hey, Brother Jun is a truck driver at our steel plant!" Seeing that the two of them really knew each other, Wu Liren on the other side quickly interjected.

"Hey, Mr. Li is here too. Are you from the same office?" Zhang Jun seemed to have just discovered Wu Liren at this moment, with surprise in his eyes.

"Brother Jun, you didn't see a big man like me here, but you didn't see me?" Wu Liren nodded, but then looked angry again.

"Ha, I'm so happy to see my old classmate. By the way, since you are in the same office, you have to help me take good care of my classmate. We used to be good brothers." Zhang Jun smiled and patted her Wu Liren's shoulders, it is obvious that the relationship between the two is quite good.

"Hey, who among us is, hug me." Wu Liren patted his chest, looking full of loyalty.

"Do you know each other?" At this moment, Li Chengye had put down the chopsticks in his hand and watched the two people talking intently.

"Yes, yes, Brother Jun and I have known each other since we were children. We are neighbors and have a very good relationship. Since you are brothers with me, Brother Jun, you will be my brother from now on." Wu Liren quickly replied, speaking beautifully. , but the attitude seems quite sincere.

"That's right, that's right. We are such good brothers. You have already gone to the steel factory and you can talk if you have anything to do. But I often have to drive to other places. If you have anything to do, you can just ask Li Xiaozi."

"Okay, then I'm not welcome. "Li Chengye didn't shirk it. In his memory, they did have a good relationship. Zhang Jun was also a good character. He never looked down on the original owner because he was a rural person.

However, the original owner could be said to be a popular figure in school when he was young. He had good skills, good grades, good looks, and was very loyal. He had a good relationship with many boys in the school. He remembered that two or three of them were from relatively good families in the county.

Thinking of the best players among them, he quickly asked Zhang Jun: "By the way, Zhang Jun, how are Yu Junxiu and the others doing now?"

Zhang Jun pondered for a while after hearing his question, and his smile disappeared a little. , and then slowly said: "After graduation, Yu Junxiu also joined the army as a soldier like you. It is said that he is also a company commander now. Shang Wenye and Lou Chengwen went to the countryside to become educated youths in the Northeast. They have already I haven't been back for several years. Qi Peng works at the county public security bureau, and as for Fu Boyang..."

Zhang Jun stopped when he said the last name, and seemed unable to continue, and his eyes turned slightly red.

"What's wrong with Fu Boyang?" Li Chengye's heart tightened, and the thin young man wearing glasses appeared in his mind. He remembered that when he was studying, Fu Boyang's father was the deputy county magistrate of the county. His family was in good condition, so he would never What happened?

"Fu Boyang...he...he is dead..." Zhang Jun finished speaking with difficulty, and then lowered his head.

"How is it possible? Something happened." Li Chengye didn't feel anything at all when he didn't remember it, but now he seemed to have all the emotions of the original owner, and his heart ached slightly. This feeling made him somewhat unable to distinguish whether he in this era had the memories of the person decades ago, or whether the person decades ago had the memories of the people of this era.

Putting these messy thoughts aside, he looked at Zhang Jun and wanted to know the situation of the matter in front of him.

"Well, Fu Boyang, he, he became a great hero. Three years ago, there was a flood in a town in our county. He ran to save a child who was washed away by the flood, but the child was saved. When he came up, he was drowned by the flood because of exhaustion, and he... never came back. "

Zhang Jun still didn't look up. After saying this, he covered his face with his hands. The relationship between the two was very close. Well, there were contacts among the elders, and he also attended the memorial service. That was really uncomfortable. The most important thing was that he was still so young, was about to get married, and was a town cadre with a bright future.

"Does he have a child?" Li Chengye also felt uncomfortable in his heart, and this feeling drove him to do something.

"No, he is not married yet, he just has a fiancée, but now that fiancée is married to another person." Zhang Jun shook his head. He also understood Li Chengye's mood, but some things could only be regrettable.

The atmosphere suddenly became silent, and Wu Liren on the side seemed to be touched, and the smile on his face disappeared.

"Okay, okay, this matter is in the past. Why do the living people still have to look back? By the way, you should be married now, right? You have several children." After all, you are a man, and you are in In the cafeteria, Zhang Jun quickly calmed down his mood and forced a smile on his face.

"I was married, but divorced. Now my two sons are with me." Li Chengye also recovered and did not hide his current situation.

"Ah!" Zhang Jun was surprised. He didn't understand that someone in a situation like Li Chengye's was divorcing him. Is it because his eyesight didn't work well?

"Uh, what's going on?" Wu Liren on the side also looked very surprised and curious. He asked directly without thinking.

"It's none of your business what the situation is. Why do you dare to ask anything?" Zhang Jun was almost pissed off by this straight boy. He slapped him on the head twice with the palm of his hand. The sound was quite loud, but it didn't matter. No matter how hard you try, it just looks awesome.

"Junzi, there's nothing you can't ask. It's not a big deal." Li Chengye quickly stopped him.

"I was wrong." Wu Liren covered his head and glanced at Zhang Jun fearfully, looking like he was timid and weak and had been bullied.

"It's really not a big deal, it's just a mistake. The army thought I was sacrificed and sent the news back. In fact, I was injured. It's been almost two months since I came back..." Li Chengye briefly explained the situation. His voice was not very loud, so only the two people who were close could hear him clearly.

However, he did not say anything about his ex-wife marrying another man within a week. After all, she was the mother of two children, and she still had to protect her reputation.

"Ah (three sounds), ah (four sounds), it's no big deal. There's no need for a real man to have a wife. Let my wife introduce you to a good partner after a while." It took Zhang Jun a while to react, and he said this to his brother. The experience was also very helpless, it was really a mistake.

"Let's talk about it, now I just want to raise my two sons well." Li Chengye shook his head with a firm attitude.

"Okay, let's talk about it later." Zhang Jun understood that Li Chengye was a very independent person, and he didn't understand the current situation of his family, so he didn't continue.

"By the way, I remember that your mother is the only adult in your family now, right? What do you plan to do with the two children in the future?"

"Oh, I am also very worried. My mother is taking care of the two children now, and our village is far away from the county seat. , I'm really worried, and I'm thinking of finding a house in the county, and it would be best to take them all over." Li Chengye sighed, with a sad look on his face.

"Hey, Brother Li, are you looking for a house?" As soon as he heard that he was looking for a house, Wu Liren immediately looked at Li Chengye eagerly.

"Yeah."

"Hey, you have to find someone." Wu Liren smiled proudly.

"Is it possible that you know where there is a house?" Li Chengye looked at him suspiciously.

"I don't know." Wu Liren shook his head.

"Ha." Zhang Jun sneered, looking like a kid looking for a fight.

"But I know who knows!" Wu Li's skin tightened and he shouted immediately.

Under the gazes of the two people, he shrank his neck, "My sister-in-law's mother works in the street office. She often conducts inspections everywhere. She has a very good relationship with the neighborhood ladies. She is very well-informed and knows where there are houses."

" You boy seems to be of some use!" Zhang Jun's expression softened, a smile appeared on his face, and he stretched out his hand to take Wu Liren's head over to him intimately.

"Brother, Brother Jun, my neck is about to break. Quickly let go, no... let go,... let go!" Wu Liren was sitting diagonally across the table from Zhang Jun. The distance almost broke his neck. .

"Hey, I'm sorry!" Zhang Jun quickly let go.

"Cough...cough..." Wu Liren covered his neck and coughed a few times with difficulty. At this moment, he felt as if his neck had grown longer again.

"Cough." Li Chengye suppressed his laughter. When he couldn't bear it any longer, he coughed and suppressed his laughter.

"Boy Li, I will leave it to you to find a house for my brother. You must do it for me. If you do it, I will give you a good thing." Zhang Jun recovered within a few seconds after being embarrassed. It was normal and he immediately assigned Wu Liren a task.

"I know, I know, I'll take care of this. Just wait and give me something! By the way, Brother Jun, just hurry up and eat first!" Wu Liren has recovered now. I was still worried about holding the opponent's super long arms, so I must stand further away next time.

"It's not urgent. You guys should eat first." Li Chengye looked at Zhang Jun and urged him.

"Okay." Zhang Jun did not refuse, opened his lunch box, and then the three of them continued to eat.

It didn't take long for the three of them to finish the meal, and then the three of them went to wash the bowls. When everything was done, the three of them stood at the door of the canteen.

Zhang Jun looked at the time and said to Li Chengye hesitantly: "Yezi, the factory has a batch of raw materials to bring over from a neighboring city. I'm going to leave soon."

"Then hurry up and don't delay. "

Then you..."

"Brother Jun, I'm still here, it's absolutely fine." Wu Liren on the side quickly came out to assure him.

"Okay, I'll be back in about three or four days. Let's get together again then. I'll call Qi Pengye over. He's still talking about you." It is true that there is no way out of the mission, Zhang Jun I can only leave first.

"Okay, there will be more time in the future, and there will be more opportunities." Li Chengye punched his chest with a smile on his face.

"Okay, let's get together more often, then I'll leave first." Zhang Jun also smiled, touched Li Chengye's shoulder, and then turned around and left.

He was tall and had long legs, and his steps were fast and steady. He disappeared around the corner in a short while.

"Brother Li, let's go back now." When the others walked away, Wu Liren quickly pushed Li Chengye. They were still basking in the sun, and there was no shade at noon.

"Okay, let's go back!" Li Chengye also felt a little hot, nodded, and the two of them returned to the office of the union together.>> Chapter 12
There was nothing going on in the union at the moment. Wu Liren fell asleep directly on the table, while Li Chengye continued to read the information. There are also many documents on the trade union side, as well as many old newspapers, provincial newspapers and municipal newspapers.

He has read a lot of information in the past few days and knows that there are too many aspects that need to be paid attention to when submitting articles. There is not much that he can write, but he now has a general idea in his mind. After all, he came here decades ago, and the huge differences between the two eras are still in front of him. He also has a lot of emotion in his heart, which is just enough to write an article about the changes of the times.

Seeing that Wu Liren was sleeping soundly, Li Chengye took out a pen and paper and began to write. The protagonist in his writing was a man who escaped into the mountains and forests because of the war. It tells the story of how he escaped into the mountains with his family when he was a teenager. Many years later, he accidentally met people outside and realized that the war had disappeared and everyone's life had become different. There are many factories, equal life, ordinary people are the masters of the country, and there are many more.

Li Chengye's story is very simple, and there are no strange angles. Most of it is his true feelings. After all, his time really seems to fly by. He didn't want to add too much of his own thoughts to the article. His understanding of this era was still very one-sided, and he didn't want to mislead others with words.

This article is not long, and Li Chengye has no intention of writing articles all the time. He just wants to see if he can make some extra money. He studied business and had been exposed to business operations before. He also practiced in large companies when he was abroad. The latest thing he wanted to do was to run a company.

It's a pity that private operations are not allowed now, and it is difficult for state-owned units to use all their means. Li Chengye felt regretful, but he had no intention of sitting still. Although there are many business concepts that cannot be used in this kind of factory, there are still some methods that can be used. He has just started working now and does not know much about this factory. He can only talk about it later. .

Li Chengye spent the entire afternoon listing out the outline of the story, and after get off work he went to the canteen to eat alone. Wu Liren was a native of the county and usually went home for dinner in the evening, so Li Chengye was alone after get off work.

Li Chengye did not go back to the dormitory immediately after eating. Instead, he walked around the county town. Menjiang County town is quite prosperous. The post office, department store, guest house and other buildings all look very good. The most important thing is that the county town is still there. There is a port along the river.

Li Chengye walked along the street towards the port. There was a ship unloading goods at this point, and it was very lively with people coming and going. However, Menjiang County is only a small county after all. Although it has a port, it is not very large. The draft of the freighters that come and go is not very deep, and the load capacity is not very large.

However, the location of Menjiang County is quite good. Not only does it have minerals, but there are also many lakes within the territory. The area is also large, and there is a port. The development prospects are quite good, and maybe it will become more and more prosperous in the future.

Time passed little by little, and the cargo ships at the port had finished unloading the goods. Looking at the time, it was already almost seven o'clock or eight o'clock. Li Chengye didn't stay long and hurriedly went to the factory in the direction he came from before.

The management of the steel plant currently implements a single-day off policy, taking every Sunday off, while ordinary workers take off according to shifts. The next day was Saturday, so Li Chengye still had to go to work. There was nothing going on in the union now, so Li Chengye didn't get up too early in the morning. He got up at almost seven o'clock. After stretching his muscles for a while, he scrubbed with cold water and then went to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

When he arrived at the office, Wu Liren had already arrived and was sitting in his seat looking at the door boredly. As soon as he saw Li Chengye coming, he immediately stood up happily and said, "Brother Li, there is good news, do you want to hear it?" Huh?"

His tone was cheerful. It must be good news. Li Chengye was not in a hurry. He waited until he sat down in his seat and asked, "What's the good news?"

"I went to help you ask about the house yesterday. There are really two houses for sale nearby, and they are said to be quite good." Wu Liren said anxiously when he saw that Li Chengye finally asked, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Li Chengye proudly, as if asking for praise.

"Really?" Li Chengye really didn't expect the news to come out so soon. He thought he would have to wait at least three to five days. After all, the house is a rare thing, especially since private sales are not allowed now.

"Of course it's true, we don't care who takes action!" Wu Liren found the opportunity at this moment really well. He has been good-mouthed since he was a child, he is considered a promising young man, and he has a very good relationship with his sister-in-law's family. Yesterday after dinner after get off work, I took a stroll to my sister-in-law's house. With a few words, I made the old lady very happy. As soon as I heard that something was going on, I immediately agreed. After searching around in my mind, I found that two houses had just said they wanted to sell their houses.

"That's great! You!" Li Chengye was really happy now. If he could find a good house, the most difficult thing would be solved, and Li's mother and the others could come here as soon as possible.

"But what's the approximate price of the house here? I don't have much money on hand." He was still really worried. He didn't know what the house prices were like here in the county, but he heard from Li's mother that he could buy a house for two to three hundred yuan. A house has been built in the village, although it is only a mud house.

"It's hard to say, it depends on the size of the house." Wu Liren was a little hesitant. He was so happy when he heard that a house was for sale that he didn't bother to ask about the house.

"Is one thousand dollars enough?" After thinking about the money in his hand, Li Chengye asked roughly for a number.

"That's definitely enough. One thousand yuan is definitely enough. Don't worry, I'll go back and inquire about it in the evening. I won't let you suffer." Wu Liren patted his chest and remembered this in his heart. , I plan to ask my mother after I go back. It would be great if my mother can go with me to help look at the house. She is a good bargainer. Even though she has not been out in the field for so many years, she doesn't know how much skill she still has. Mother Wu didn't know that her son wanted her to work as a coolie.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, but when can I go to see the house?"

"I'll go tomorrow. My sister-in-law and her mother will take us there together. She's familiar with the place, so we'll go to her house first."

"Okay. "Li Chengye thought about it in his mind. It seems that he will find time to go to the department store later. After all, he is asking for help, so he has to bring some gifts to the door.

"Then it's settled. Let's meet at the factory gate at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

After the two of them finished talking about the matter, they started to get busy. Although it was indeed very leisurely, they also had to learn. There is a lot of information, and I have to write some ideological reports from time to time. Sometimes I am seconded to other departments to help out.

The office was quiet. Because of the hot weather, the door was not closed and the windows were open. It was easy to hear the movement outside.

Suddenly there was a noise from outside, from far to near. It was still vaguely audible at first, but after a while, the mournful crying could be clearly heard. The voice should be that of a woman. The voice was sad and sad. , seems so pitiful.

Li Chengye paused with his fingertips and looked out the window. Unfortunately, the lush trees blocked his sight and he couldn't see anything at all.

"Oh my god, why are you here again?" Wu Liren on the side also heard the movement at this time. As soon as the familiar voice came, he covered his head and felt a headache.

"Who is here?" Li Chengye withdrew his gaze and looked at Wu Liren.

"Hey, one of our factory workers' wives." Wu Liren's face was twisted when he said this, with a very toothache expression on his face. He obviously didn't like the woman he was talking about.

"Then she..."

Before Li Chengye could continue to ask, Wu Liren hurriedly said as if confiding something: "This person is really difficult to deal with. That woman's husband is a worker in our factory and has been working for many years. Just in the middle of the night A few months ago, he suddenly fainted at work and died before being sent to the hospital. Later, the examination revealed that he died due to a sudden intracranial hemorrhage. The factory thought that he was an old employee after all, so they gave him His family was given a hundred yuan, and his children could take over the job.

"Wouldn't that be great?" Li Chengye was surprised. He died because of his own health, but the factory was still willing to give him money. They are already very kind. To be honest, workers in this era are already very happy. Almost all of them are tenured. They can also let their children take over the work, and they can also share houses. The organization also helps arrange marriages from time to time.

"Oh, who says it's not the case, but there are so many people in this world who are so unscrupulous." Wu Liren also shook his head. If he could be so satisfied, then there wouldn't be so many things.

"!" Li Chengye was really curious now.

"Let me tell you, the woman outside is not the first wife, but the one she married later. She gave birth to a son who was less than ten years old. The one left behind is a daughter who is now sixteen years old. The one in the factory It meant that the job would be given to that girl. But since the stepmother and the previous daughter were of the same mind, of course they disagreed. The woman went to the factory and said that the man was exhausted because of too much work and asked the factory to give him one more. Work, and then pay more compensation."

"Then the factory will definitely not agree, right?" Li Chengye was also a little surprised. This is a talent, but he must not agree, otherwise he wouldn't be able to come here every day to make trouble.

"Of course that's impossible. Who can agree?"

"So, this woman comes to our factory every day to make trouble. She doesn't curse or make any noise when she comes. She just cries and makes herself look very pitiful. It's..." Wu Liren shook his head and sighed, it would be fine if she just made trouble directly. If you come here every day and pretend to be pitiful, you really can't do anything to her.

"Uh..." Li Chengye expressed his understanding. Several aunts in his family used to be like this. They always pretended to be weak and slender in front of his father. It was normal for the pear blossoms to be rainy, so they were not surprised at all. On the contrary, many women now surprised him, and they really held up half the sky.

As the two of them talked, it was as if they could hear the sound of crying in their ears, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. He's dead..."

"Okay, get up quickly. What does this look like?"

"Oh, what do you want to say slowly? What are you doing?"

"Isn't the factory giving you a new job ? Are you a daughter?"

"..."

There were constant sounds of comfort among the cries. There were male and female voices, but the voices were quite young and unconvincing. The woman's cries were not heard at all. Broken. " Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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​ Wu Liren glanced at Li Chengye and said, "Brother Li, do you want to go out and take a look?" He didn't really want to go there himself. He had seen this scene a long time ago. Now the leaders in the factory will not come out to wait for her. When I was tired of crying, I left. "Oh, no need." Li Chengye shook his head. He really had no intention of going out. This is because this person is always crying outside and it will affect his work. "I'll leave when it's time for lunch..." "Hey, what are you doing? Crying!" Before he could finish speaking, a strong voice came from outside. It should be a middle-aged woman. "Ah, Sister Lan is back. Let's go for a walk. There's a good show to watch. Let's go out and have a look." Wu Liren immediately became excited when he heard the news. He stood up, pulled Li Chengye and ran outside. At this time, a group of people had gathered around the door of the union. The most conspicuous person at first glance was a woman with short ear-length hair. She looked to be in her thirties, with her hands on her hips and a pair of sword-shaped eyebrows. She looked extremely fierce when glaring at people. , looks very untouchable, she must be the Sister Lan whom Wu Li calls. The woman who was sitting on the ground crying had stopped crying. She seemed to be frightened. She was still hiccupping and had a look of panic on her face as if she wanted to stop crying. There was a teenage girl standing next to her. She lowered her head when she saw this situation, but a sneer curled up at the corner of her mouth. Unfortunately, no one present noticed it. "Okay, stand up quickly, cry, cry, cry, what's the use of crying? Can it solve the problem? There are more people in the factory who are more pitiful than you, and if they are crying, then does our factory still have to work?" "Hurry and help her up. "As soon as she finished speaking, two women immediately helped the woman on the ground up. "Uh-huh... Then my man's job should be given to me..." The woman must have been dealt with by Sister Lan before, and she was still trembling a little when she spoke. "Hey, I didn't see you going out to work when your man was still alive. Okay, stop making trouble. If you have this time, you might as well find something to do. You can earn an income by putting on a matchbox every day. What's more, you The big girl will also give you ten yuan every month, which is enough." Sister Lan waved her hands, her face full of impatience. "I..." The woman was still unwilling to give in and wanted to continue to say something. "What am I, let's go quickly." Sister Lan shouted coldly, which made the woman tremble and run outside in a panic. When the others saw the woman leaving, they quickly dispersed. The only ones left were a few union employees and the teenage girl. "Thank you Aunt Lan." When the little girl saw Sister Lan's eyes falling on her, she quickly showed a smile and looked very well-behaved. "Work hard from now on." Sister Lan frowned for a moment, then slowly let go, as if she didn't want to pay attention to her. "Okay." The girl didn't care, her smile did not diminish, she nodded to the others around her and left. "Oh, it's not easy for this girl to have such a stepmother..." A young woman standing next to Sister Lan sighed with some pity in her tone. "Oh, you're not even that simple. There's no need for you to be pitiful." Sister Lan laughed, but her meaning was unclear. "Huh?" Others didn't understand her words. "It's nothing." Sister Lan didn't want to say more, and her eyes turned to Li Chengye and the others. "Hey, who is this? This young man is really good at seeing things!" "Sister Lan, this is the new secretary of our union, surnamed Li." Hu Liren quickly pulled Li Chengye over. "Sister Lan, hello, I'm the new Li Chengye." It seems that Sister Lan should be the one with more say here, so Li Chengye quickly said hello with a smile. "Ah, I really didn't expect that he is actually from our union. The young man seems to be a capable person. If there is anything you can't handle in the future, just tell Sister Lan." Sister Lan didn't hesitate and patted Li Chengye directly on the arm. Shoot, my eyes are full of satisfaction. "Yes, yes, yes, if you have any problems in the future, please come to Sister Lan. Sister Lan is very capable!" The other three people on the side also hurriedly responded. These three are all union officials. In the dilemma, one woman is the second one. He looks like a teenager, still very young. "Okay." Li Chengye smiled and nodded, looking very obedient. "We are all easy to get along with. You can just work with peace of mind from now on." "Okay." Li Chengye nodded.





























































"Okay, I just came back and I have a lot of things to do, so I won't talk to you anymore." Seeing that Li Chengye was so obedient, Sister Lan was obviously very satisfied, and without saying much, she took the other three people into her office. .

Watching the person walk away, the two were silent for a while. In the end, Wu Liren pushed Li Chengye and said, "Let's go back too."

Li Chengye nodded, and the two of them returned to their offices.

Li Chengye just sat down in his seat when he heard a harsh sound on the ground. Then he found that Wu Liren had put a chair next to him, and then sat down. When Li Chengye looked over, he coughed twice. .

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"That one just now is Sister Lan from our union. You can't mess with her! These words came out almost word by word. He was very serious on his face, but his voice was very low. He almost said it in Li Chengye's ear. .

Li Chengye was suddenly approached and immediately moved his head away. Then he seemed to react and restrained himself to endure the other person's approach. Because he had to resist the idea of ​​pushing the person away, he almost didn't hear clearly.

" You have to remember, remember, Sister Lan, Sister Lan, you must not mess with her! "Seeing that Li Chengye still showed no reaction, he quickly emphasized it several times.>> Chapter 13
"How do you say it?" Seeing how serious he was, Li Chengye became a little curious.

"How do I describe this person, Sister Lan?..." Hu Liren frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't think of any suitable words to describe her.

"Quite capable." Finally, he said five words.

Li Chengye also interrupted him and listened to him patiently.

"It's also very pitiful. Sister Lan's original name is Jiang Lan. She must be in her forties this year. I heard that she was a child bride of a family at the earliest and gave birth to a son. It is said that her husband later became a soldier and became a leader. "It's a pity that after he became rich, the man no longer liked the child bride in his hometown, so he found a new wife and got a marriage certificate. "

Originally, it was nothing, but the parents in his hometown didn't agree, and there was a fuss in the end. Why don't you leave home after divorce? Sister Lan thought about her son and endured it. Unfortunately, she didn't know what happened later. Sister Lan's son fell into the river and died. I heard that it was the woman who did it later. " After saying this, Hu Liren still had a look of fear on his face.

"Then Sister Lan must have done something later, right?"

"That's of course. I heard that Sister Lan almost chopped her ex-husband and that woman to death with a kitchen knife."

"But it was just a close call. Someone stopped her, and then The two returned to the army. Sister Lan could not enter the army. Soon she left her hometown and stayed near the men's army. She was also capable and quickly found a temporary worker. Then she went to night school, got a junior high school diploma, and soon became a full-time worker. "

I heard that at that time everyone thought she wanted to start a new life, but unexpectedly her ex-husband was arrested not long after. He was shot. It was said that he had made some mistake. Even the woman was arrested later. I don't know what the situation was. Everyone said that Sister Lan did something, because as soon as the man died, Sister Lan left, and some people said something happened. I've seen her in the army before."

"Are these all speculations?"

"Oh, it's too late for everyone to be afraid of this kind of thing. Who dares to ask?" Hu Liren shook his head.

"Then it's not necessarily true." Li Chengye felt that it didn't matter whether it was true or not. If it was true, then he would still admire this person. He could endure it for so long and kill with the last blow without leaving any trace. A character indeed.

"This is just a rumor. Some believe it and some don't. There are other reasons why everyone is afraid."

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"Sister Lan used to work in the Women's Federation. You also know that although we are talking about liberation now Women, but in fact there are many women who are beaten and scolded, and there are also mothers-in-law who abuse their daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law. It can be said that our sister Lan is also very capable. It didn't take long for her to dare to do so. Those men who beat their wives should be punished. "

"That's it?" Those who beat their wives must be punished. Only those who have no ability will vent their anger on their wives.

"It's like this. She has contributed to many women's divorce. And do you know what she taught those women?..." Wu Liren looked frightened when he said this.

"What can be taught? You can't teach them to fight, right?"

"Standing at the bedside of my husband or mother-in-law in the middle of the night with a kitchen knife, without making a sound, just cutting at a piece of wood. And adding laxatives to the rice bowl, anyway. Just some methods like this."

"Ah..." Li Chengye was really impressed. This would really scare people.

"But don't tell me, after she made such a fuss, there really weren't many cases of abuse of women and children in our county. Later, the Women's Federation didn't have anything to do with it. Sister Lan also signed a letter to our union."

"Maybe. I'm really scared." At this point, Hu Liren laughed.

"She's really awesome."

"Sister Lan is quite a nice person, and it's easy to get along with her as long as you don't offend her." Hu Liren finally came to a conclusion.

"Understood." Li Chengye nodded, feeling that he had some understanding of this person.

The two of them chatted a few more words, and then got busy again.

After Sister Lan came back, there was a lot of excitement in the union. From time to time, some workers from the factory came over, most of them came to see Sister Lan, and many of them were women. This shows that she is still very popular among women. But this is a steel factory after all, and there are more men in the factory. The things these people revolve around are similar, either houses or wages and benefits.

However, these problems cannot be solved in one or two sessions. We can only make a record first. A house requires land and funds. Nowadays, factories have unified purchasing and sales. There is still a lot of money in the factory that has not been recovered, so there is simply not enough money to build a house right away. Nowadays, less than one-tenth of the number of houses allocated to the factory can be said to be low, which is very difficult.

Two or three people came over, and two or three people left again. Time passed little by little, and soon it was time to get off work again.

The next day was Sunday, and he had already made an appointment to go see the house. Li Chengye didn't go out for shopping anymore. He returned to the dormitory after dinner, preparing to finish writing his first article as soon as possible. If the house is good tomorrow, it will cost almost half of the money in hand, plus some additional things, which will definitely cost a lot. Later, Mother Li came over with her two children. They didn't have food supplies, so they had to buy them with money, which was very expensive.

His current monthly salary is 38 yuan, and his monthly food supply is 30 kilograms. There is still some pressure to support four people, and he must make money as soon as possible. After all, it was just a short article of about 10,000 words. Li Chengye settled down and soon the words appeared in his writing.

This article is almost based on Li Chengye's own personal experience. After nearly forty years, many things and buildings are still familiar, but those people are completely different. At that time, who could have imagined that humans could actually land on the moon, that there was a weapon that could destroy a city, and many, many more...

I wonder what the next forty years will be like? Can humans really live on the moon? He should still be able to see it in the next forty years, right?

Li Chengye wrote the last word on the paper, and his mind was a little turbulent. He looked out the window and saw that it was already dark and the surroundings were very quiet. This was because this was a single dormitory with unmarried young people. Naturally, there were no children, so it was suitable. People sleep.

Li Chengye put away the manuscript paper and prepared to take it to the post office to mail it out tomorrow. He had already thought about sending it to a newspaper in the province to try, maybe it would be included. He was sweating a lot now. He opened the door and scrubbed casually in the water room at night, then went back to his room to sleep.

Before going to bed, Li Chengye thought about his two children again. He didn't know how they were doing now. Did they miss him? It was better to pick them up earlier.

Li Chengye was thinking about looking at the house. He got up very early the next day and carefully read what he wrote yesterday while his mind was clear in the morning. The main thing is to check whether there are traditional Chinese characters or typos in it. After confirming that there are no problems, I put it in my pocket, along with a bankbook and a pack of snacks.

When Li Chengye arrived at the door of the factory, Wu Liren was already waiting there. He was squatting on the side of the road, eating meat buns in his hand without raising his head, and he was very focused on eating.

"Li Zi." Li Chengye walked up to him and saw that he still didn't notice it, so he could only shout helplessly.

"Hey, Brother Li, have you had breakfast? Do you want some steamed buns? These are meat buns from a state-owned restaurant. They are very delicious!" Hu Liren immediately raised his head when he heard the sound, with a mouthful of steamed buns still in his mouth, and his words were a bit slurred. . In his right hand is a bun that has almost been eaten, and in his left hand is an uneaten bun, which is currently stretched out in front of Li Chengye.

"No, I've already eaten." Li Chengye shook his head. He had already eaten in the cafeteria.

"Oh, then I'll eat it myself." Hu Liren heard that he had already eaten, so he was no longer polite and started eating quickly from left to right.

Li Chengye saw that he was enjoying the meal, so he didn't rush him. It was still a while before the agreed time, and they both came a little early.

"Why are you here so early?"

"Hey, don't you want to eat meat buns? Of course you have to go there early and line up, otherwise you won't be able to wait until later." After Hu Liren finished eating the buns, he carefully wiped the oil stains on his mouth with his tongue. It was licked clean and there was no waste at all.

"Why don't you leave now? Go directly to the street office to find my aunt." Hu Liren casually put the oil paper used to wrap the buns in his pocket and looked at Li Chengye.

"Okay, I'll trouble you today."

The two agreed and set off. The place Hu Liren mentioned was not very far away. It was just two streets away from the steel factory. It took about half an hour for ordinary people to walk. They were not slow and it took them almost twenty-five minutes to get to the street office.

The sub-district office was in a courtyard. Before they walked over, they heard someone calling Hu Liren's name, "Little Li."

"Hey, aunt, we are here." Hu Liren walked a few steps quickly when he heard the sound, and took a few steps. Li Chengye also pulled over.

An old lady in her late fifties was standing at the door of the street office with a smile on her face. When she saw Hu Liren running over, she shouted, "Slow down, don't be in a hurry!" It was obvious that this person was taking them today. The lady looking after the house.

"Hey, why are you waiting at the door! It's not like I don't know the place. Just wait until we go in to find you." Hu Liren smiled like a flower, and his few words made the aunt very happy.

"Oh, I just came out. I didn't expect to see you as soon as I came out."

"Then we really have a good understanding of each other. By the way, this is the friend I mentioned, surnamed Li." Hu Liren joked a little, but didn't say anything. Forgetting the purpose of coming here today, I quickly introduced the two of them.

"Brother Li, this is my Aunt Ji. I work in this street office."

"Hello, Auntie. I'm really troubling you today." After all, he is asking for help. Li Chengye is also smiling. The arrogance of the young master in his previous life has long been In these days, everything has been shattered, not even a bit is left.

"No trouble, no trouble. It's rare to see such a well-behaved young man. Are you married? Do you want me to introduce you to someone?" The old lady noticed Li Chengye at this moment. After seeing his face clearly, her eyes immediately It lit up, and I almost wanted to touch it. Such a tall and handsome young man is very rare among them. What a good resource!

"Ahem, aunt, even though I'm still young, I'm already the father of two children." Li Chengye didn't expect that this aunt would be so direct when they first met, and he almost choked on his own saliva.

"Oh, we already have children, we girls are not lucky." After hearing this, Aunt Ji looked very regretful and patted her thigh twice.

"Hey, aunt, I haven't settled down yet, you'd better follow me first!" At this time, Hu Liren was also a little embarrassed and quickly turned the topic to himself. However, he didn't tell anyone about Li Chengye's divorce. After all, it was not a good thing.

"I can still forget about you. I promise to find a good one for you." Aunt Ji forgot about Li Chengye's regrets as soon as she heard this.

"Of course. Madam, let's go see the house now, shall we?" Hu Liren checked the time and urged him to leave.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's hurry over now, don't make people wait in a hurry."

"Auntie, don't panic, this is for you." Li Chengye hurriedly handed her the snack in his hand. He didn't find the opportunity just now, will this happen? If you give it, it won't be easy to give it away later.

"Oh, why are you so polite? I don't want it." Aunt Ji waved her hand quickly and didn't answer it at all.

"It's just some snacks, not worth much at all." Even though he had already brought them back, Li Chengye certainly wouldn't take them back.

"Auntie, just accept it and come and play here often. If Brother Li is really here to take care of the house, he will hide the places that need your care in the future!" Seeing the stalemate between the two, Hu Liren grabbed the snacks and stuffed them into Aunt Ji's hands. In arms.

"That's right, I have a lot of things to trouble you about in the future!"

"Okay, I'll keep it then." Aunt Ji also felt that the young man in front of her was cheating, and she secretly decided to help him settle on the house later. .

Li Chengye smiled: "You should accept it."

"Just accept it. I'll put it in the office first." Hu Liren urged.

Afterwards, Aunt Ji put the snacks back in her office, and after waiting for others to come out, the three of them went to a road to the right of the street office.

There were not many people on this road. There were ordinary houses facing the street, but the road was quite wide and looked like it was newly built. Not only that, many of the houses here should be newly built, mostly made of red bricks. There is a large yard in front of each house, and they appear to be in very good condition.

"The environment of our street is very good. Many of the houses are newly built and not many years old. Mainly because the steel plant was built here..." Aunt Ji was talking to Li Chengye and the others as they walked. Condition.

It turns out that more than ten years ago, this area was a relatively remote part of the county. Later, the steel plant was built here, and many people built houses here, and it became more and more prosperous after that. The two houses that Li Chengye wanted to look at today were both new. One was only built three years ago, and the other was seven years old. It can be said that they are very good.

"Let's take a look at this one that's only three years old. The person selling the house is an uncle. The house is a wedding house prepared for his son. He hasn't lived in it yet. But his son is going to be transferred to the city. I heard he wants to work in the city. I'm short of money to buy a house in the city, so I'm anxious to sell it. The price should be negotiable."

"Hey, we're here." While they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the door of a courtyard. The door was open. Because no one has lived there before, the yard is a bit desolate and full of weeds.

"Uncle Zhao, I brought someone to see the house." As soon as she reached the door, Aunt Ji shouted loudly to the door. Her voice was so loud that the people inside could not hear her.

"Coming, coming." As soon as he finished speaking, a gray-haired old man walked out of the room.

"Come in yourself!" The old man looked very old, and the skin on his face was very wrinkled, but he still looked very strong, walked very steadily, and spoke with full force.

"Are you coming here alone?" Aunt Ji was obviously very familiar with this uncle and talked very close to him. She walked over and wanted to help him.

"That's it. I'm not enough on my own. Why do I need others? I just walked over here." The uncle didn't let anyone help him at all, looking like he was getting stronger.

"Okay, aren't you here to see the house? See for yourselves. My house is still very new and I haven't been able to hold it back. If you see if it works, then buy it. If it doesn't, forget about it." The uncle didn't mean to entertain you either. , just waved his hand and asked Li Chengye and the others to go into the house and take a look.

Li Chengye was a little helpless. How could anyone sell a house like this?

"Hey, Lizi, you two go in and take a look, and I'll chat with you for a while." Aunt Ji quickly winked at the two of them, indicating that they should go take a look first.

"Okay." Hu Liren felt that the aunt would not trick them, so he pulled Li Chengye and the two into the house.

As the uncle said, no one has lived in this house. It is empty and has almost nothing, but the doors and windows are still intact. The layout of the house is also good, almost 200 square meters, with a total of three rooms and a main room. The three rooms are all about the same size, and the walls of the room have all been whitewashed. Although there is a lot of dust on them because no one has been living in them, you can just sweep them.

Afterwards, the two went to the back of the house to look at the kitchen, where there was a ready-made earthen stove. There is a dug well behind the house, and of course there is running water, but if you want electricity, you have to fetch it yourself.

The house is really simple, and it didn't take long for the two of them to finish it.

Standing by the well behind the house, Hu Liren said with some emotion: "No wonder the uncle asked us to see it ourselves. There is really nothing to say. There is nothing except the house." There happened to be a big tree next to the well, which was quite cool. They were comfortable talking, and the two of them didn't go to the front immediately.

"Hey, what do you think of this house?" Seeing that Li Chengye didn't say anything and was still looking around, Hu Liren pushed him.

"It's pretty good. The quality is good. I just bought a lot of things and the yard needs to be tidied up." Li Chengye nodded. He was actually quite satisfied. The house was new and large, and it was not far from where he worked. Far, but I don't know what the price is.

"Okay, you wait here, I'll go find my aunt, and let's ask about the price first." Seeing that Li Chengye was satisfied, Hu Liren strode forward without saying any nonsense.

Li Chengye didn't wait for a while before he saw him pulling Aunt Ji over, his steps somewhat hurried.

"How's it going? Do you like it?" Aunt Ji asked about Li Chengye as soon as she came over.

"Mom, the house is very good, but I don't know the price?" Li Chengye smiled, showing his satisfaction with the house.

"Hey, that's good. This house is really good, but the other one is not so good. As for the price, I also helped you ask for a real price, the minimum is six hundred, no more." Aunt Ji started out. He smiled, but when he mentioned the price, he became serious.

"Hey, aunt, can't we discuss it anymore?" Wu Liren asked immediately before Li Chengye could speak.

"This price is already very real. The minimum price for others is 700, which means that only the people I brought here can get this price." Aunt Ji rolled her eyes at him, with the expression of a child who is ignorant.

"Ah!" Wu Liren didn't care that he was disliked and just looked at Li Chengye.

Seeing that Li Chengye still didn't speak, Aunt Ji quickly said: "Young man, let me tell you the truth, this price is really not high. If it weren't for the fact that the house is not easy to trade now, and the uncle is really anxious to spend money, there would be no such price at all. "I know, thank you, aunt. "

Li Chengye naturally understands that the information is not exchanged now. If no one helps, he will never find a house for sale, and the price is within his acceptable range. It was less than he expected.

"Auntie, go and tell the uncle that I bought the house at this price, but I only brought my bankbook and I have to withdraw the money first." Without any further hesitation, he decided on the house.

"This is a small matter. There is a bank not far away. You have really decided to get this house. Don't regret it later." Aunt Ji confirmed again.

"Auntie, are you sure you want to buy it? I'll go get the money right away. I'll complete the procedures today." Li Chengye was also anxious. He wanted to pick up people from his hometown as soon as possible.

"Okay, then I'm going to help you handle the matter now. You and Lizi go to get the money now, and we'll meet up at the street office later." Aunt Ji is also a resolute person. She urges the two of them to leave quickly when she says she wants to do something. .

"Okay."

After that, Li Chengye went to the bank with Hu Liren. Li Chengye paid a total of seven hundred yuan. There was nothing in the house. He had to leave some money to buy things like beds, tables and chairs.

By the time they got the money and went to the street office, Aunt Ji had already prepared everything, handing over the money with one hand and the certificate with the other. Because of Aunt Ji's help, Li Chengye successfully bought a house for 600 yuan.

Looking at the newly released real estate certificate in his hand, Li Chengye was very happy. It seemed that he was really lucky to buy a house so quickly.

"Hey, I bought the house. When will my two nephews be picked up?" Seeing Aunt Ji sending the uncle away, Hu Liren immediately asked Li Chengye.

"I'll finish the furniture in the house these days, and I'll pick you up next week."

"It's just a few days away. You still have a lot to clean up in your house. You can ask me to help you when the time comes. "

Xing Le, I'll treat you to a nice meal when my mother comes over." Li Chengye agreed directly.

"Hehe, then I'll be waiting..."

Aunt Ji walked in while she was talking, "Boy Ye, your family will come to live together then, right?"

"Yes." Li Chengye knew that household registration management is now very strict. , especially it is very difficult for rural people to become urbanites.

"You also know our current policy. Unless you have a job, adults cannot move their household registration at all, and there is no food supply. It is possible to move children, but how old are your two children?" "

Four He is over five years old and will soon be five years old. "Li Chengye had known for a long time that it would be difficult to relocate, and he had never thought about it before. What he heard was almost a surprise.

"Okay, you can ask the village to issue a certificate when you return to the village. Then you can directly transfer the household registration of the two children here. You will have about fifteen kilograms of food supply every month. This way you will be much less stressed." Ji The aunt warned her carefully, and then explained the procedures that needed to be completed to move her household, which made Li Chengye very grateful.

Things went smoothly, and there was an unexpected surprise. Li Chengye wanted to invite Hu Liren and Aunt Ji to have dinner at a state-owned restaurant, but unfortunately he was rejected. Aunt Ji had to go home to cook for her grandchildren, while Hu Liren had made an appointment to meet a girl in the afternoon and wanted to go back early to prepare.

So in the end, Li Chengye was left walking alone on the street.>> Chapter 14
After separating from Hu Liren, Li Chengye went to the post office. The post office in the county was much larger than the one in the town, and there were a lot of people inside. There were people sending things when he passed by.

Li Chengye went directly to the counter and bought some stamps and envelopes. He took out a stamp and an envelope and put the rest away to avoid having to come in to buy them next time.

There was still a table set up in the lobby of the post office, but no one was there at the moment. He walked over and carefully wrote the receiving address on the envelope. The address was exactly the submission address of the provincial newspaper. Then he filled in his own information. After putting the manuscript paper in, he used the paste provided by the post office to seal it. The stamp is affixed and the envelope is good.

After doing this, 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 added inside. The most urgent thing was the furniture. After checking the time, he didn't delay. He went directly to the state-owned restaurant and bought a bowl of noodles and two steamed buns. Waiting After eating, I went somewhere.

Before leaving, Aunt Ji told Li Chengye about places in the county where furniture could be made, and he happened to go take a look. The supply and marketing cooperative in the county did sell furniture, but most of them required tickets, and he didn't have that many tickets to buy.

But it's different when you go to those carpenters. There's no ticket required. You can make requests and it can be said to be custom-made.

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

It's just that no one is in the yard at the moment, but the carpenter's tools are still in the yard, so there must be people working here just now.

"Hello, is anyone here?" Li Chengye looked at the house and raised his voice and shouted there.

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

"Is anyone at home?" Li Chengye thought for a while and walked further inside, stopping just in front of a dinner table that was about to be prepared. The table is a very simple square table with no pattern or color, just a simple wooden table. But the table looks very good at first glance. The solid wood table looks very strong. Li Chengye touched it with his hand. It was very smooth and his workmanship was pretty good.

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

"It's Master Xu, I guess. It was Aunt Ji from the street office who introduced me to come here to make furniture." Seeing that his face seemed a little wary and he was unhappy with trespassing, Li Chengye quickly explained with a smile.

"Ah, it turns out to be Sister Ji." As soon as he heard Aunt Ji's name, the expression on his face became more relaxed, and Li Chengye was no longer so wary.

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

"Hey, Sister Ji is too exaggerated." Master Xu was delighted by Li Chengye's words, and his attitude towards Li Chengye became better.

"Ahem, what kind of furniture do you want to make?"

"I want to make three beds, a dining table, a desk, three wardrobes, a cabinet, and preferably a few wooden boxes for stuffing things." This was all planned before coming, and Li Chengye reported everything without pausing.

"Are you sure you have to do so much?" Master Xu frowned when he heard the amount he reported. This is a lot of work, and who can be so generous nowadays?

"I'm sure I want this much. My house is still empty and there is no furniture, so I want more." Li Chengye said very definitely.

"Okay, then do you provide the wood yourself or use the wood from my side?"

"Use the wood from your side, but it will probably take a long time with so many things." Nowadays, most of the wood is collective, and the ones you own are grown at your doorstep. He couldn't go back to the village and cut down all the trees in the yard. That would be too much trouble.

"You want more, twenty days, right? I have to help you collect the wood, it's not that fast." Master Xu thought for a while, and then gave a time.

"Is it going to take so long? Can you make two beds first, and I'll take them back first?" Li Chengye was thinking about picking up the person next week. If there is no bed, where will he sleep then.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Chengye hurriedly said: "My mother and the others are coming to live here in a few days, but I don't even have a bed now, so I can't let them sleep on the floor, right?"

"Okay, look at Ji For the sake of my eldest sister, I will make the bed for you first, and you will come over next week to pull the bed, but you have to give me part of the lumber money first." Master Xu's expression changed after hearing his words, and he finally agreed to help.

"Then I'll trouble you, Master Xu. I can give you the money now. Can you see how much it will cost?"

"Hey, how can you buy something like this without asking the price?" Master Xu was serious now. I'm a little curious. There are many people who come to his place to make furniture. It's very rare to be as straightforward as the person in front of me.

"You are the person that Aunt Ji has promised, can I still not believe you?" Li Chengye smiled.

"You are so clever." Master Xu laughed. For craftsmen like them, most of their customers are introduced by acquaintances. Naturally, they dare not set random prices. Otherwise, if others find out, their reputation will be ruined. Naturally, no one else looked for him.

Li Chengye smiled and said nothing.

"Hey, by the way, you choose a style first, and I will help you make the bed earlier." Without further chatter, Master Xu quickly took out a few drawings and showed them to Li Chengye. They were all things he could do. shape.

Li Chengye didn't have any special requirements for these things and chose them based on his first impression. After selecting the style and materials, Li Chengye gave Master Xu a deposit of fifty yuan. The specific amount will be discussed later. It is not yet certain how much the materials will cost, but the labor fee is fifteen yuan.

The furniture problem was finally solved. Li Chengye thought about the empty new house, and his head ached for a while. There were so many missing things. He didn't have many tickets on hand now, and they had all been given to Li's mother before. Even if I want to buy something now, I have no choice but to wait until Mother Li comes here.

Without the ticket in hand, Li Chengye had no choice but to return to his new house. The grass in the yard had never been taken care of, and it was almost up to his knees, very deep. There happened to be nothing to do in the afternoon, so he planned to deal with the grass today.

Li Chengye bent down and started working directly. Some of the weeds here have thicker rhizomes and more developed root systems, so they need to use more force when pulling them out. This person's physical fitness is good, and there is a layer of thick calluses on his hands. It is not very tiring to pull weeds, but it is a bit rusty. The speed is very slow at the beginning, but it will get better after a while.

After the house matter was settled, Li Chengye called the village that night and told Mother Li about the matter and asked her mother to pack things in advance. He would return to the village to pick them up the next Saturday. The phone bill was relatively expensive at this time, so the two of them didn't say much and hung up after just a few words.

Time passed little by little, and in the next few days, Li Chengye would go to the new house every day after get off work. He would pull out the weeds in the yard and clean the walls and windows of the house. Wires were also brought into the house, and some needed items were slowly added.

Li Chengye was planting trees in the yard of his new house that night. He had found a place for private sales in the county these days. He went shopping again after get off work today and happened to see a persimmon tree for sale. He thought it was fruit after all, so he brought two back without taking care of them.

He has become familiar with several families around him these days. The shovel he used to dig the ground was borrowed from the uncle next door, otherwise he would have to dig the soil with his hands.

Just as Li Chengye was digging the soil, two men walked in one after the other. The two men were not polite. Seeing that the courtyard door was open, they came in directly. Li Chengye was concentrating on digging and didn't even notice the movement at the door.

The man walking in front, about 1.9 meters tall, was Zhang Jun, Li Chengye's former high school classmate and current steel factory truck driver. Seeing that Li Chengye hadn't noticed him, he quickly turned around and winked at the person behind him. The man in a public security uniform behind him nodded.

The two of them slowed down and walked slowly behind Li Chengye, the sound of their footsteps almost inaudible.

After a while, the two of them arrived behind Li Chengye. Zhang Jun stretched out his hand and was about to slap the person in front of him on the back, but was firmly grasped by a hand still stained with some mud. pinch.

"Ouch, it's me, it's me, let go quickly, let go quickly." Zhang Jun felt dazzled, and immediately felt a heartbreaking pain. He quickly grabbed Li Chengye's strong hand with his other hand, Want him to let go.

"Ha, I knew it was you, I've seen it a long time ago." Li Chengye let go of his hand, then put the shovel aside, patted it with both hands, and patted the soil off. He noticed them with his peripheral vision when the two came in, but he never made a sound.

"Hey, if you don't say anything when you see it, aren't you afraid that we will leave? And why are you using so much force?" Zhang Jun was still rubbing his wrist.

"Long time no see, Qi Peng." Li Chengye ignored him and just looked at the other person with a smile.

"Long time no see, Li Chengye." The man in the police uniform also smiled, with some nostalgia in his smile.

"How's it going? Am I loyal enough? I brought Qi Peng to the door as soon as I came back." Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Zhang Jun stopped pretending to rub his wrists and talked to him as if nothing had happened before. Started talking.

"I don't have anything here, and there's no place to sit. How did you find this place?" Li Chengye looked at the two of them helplessly. His house was still empty.

"Hey, I met that boy Wu Liren as soon as I got home. Of course he said it. I didn't expect that boy to move very quickly. Please take us into the house and have a look." Zhang Jun was not polite at all, urging Li Chengye He was about to go into the house. He had a rather bold and rough personality and showed no sign of coyness at all.

"You're welcome."

"Which of us is following whom?" Zhang Jun didn't care at all, and the three of them went directly to the house. Li Chengye took the two of them around the house, even to the back of the house. Zhang Jun had a lot of questions and started talking non-stop from the moment he entered the room. Qi Peng, on the other hand, has never spoken much, but his personality has always been like this, and Li Chengye and the others didn't think anything of it.

The three of them quickly looked at the house. Li Chengye glanced at his watch. It was already eight o'clock. He didn't even have a pot in the kitchen, so he couldn't invite anyone to eat.

"You should have eaten, right? I don't have anything yet?" Li Chengye spread his hands towards the two of them.

Zhang Jun glanced at him, "I've eaten it a long time ago, and I didn't point at you."

Qi Peng also nodded seriously, "I've eaten it." It was already past six o'clock when Zhang Jun came to see him today, and he had already eaten it at home. Already had a meal.

"By the way, when are you going to move? I'll help you then." Li Chengye quickly smiled and waved to Qi Peng, "I don't need your help. I don't have much at home. I'll just go back on Saturday

."

Peng ignored his refusal and just said: "Okay, Saturday, right? I'll drive there then."

Zhang Jun also quickly said: "That's right, let Qi Peng help you. He can borrow When I get to the car, I won't go there because I'm afraid I won't have a seat. But don't worry, I'll make sure you have a good meal at home then.

"My wife is really good at cooking." Zhang Jun smiled with a proud face, and then whispered to the two of them: "It was because of her cooking skills that I married her back."

The pride on his face could not be concealed, as if he was Tell me if I am the wisest!

"Sister-in-law's cooking skills are indeed good." Qi Peng nodded in agreement. He had a good relationship with Zhang Jun and had eaten his wife's cooking several times, and it tasted really good.

"That's right." Zhang Jun was even more proud now.

"Okay, then you go back with me on Saturday." Li Chengye did not continue to decline. After all, they are friends and cannot be too polite.

"Well, that's what brothers should be like. There's no need to be so polite. Then you come to my house for dinner on Saturday night. It's not far away. It's just a good time for my aunt and the others to come and recognize the place. The two families know each other."

That's all he said. , Li Chengye didn't refuse anymore. The weather was getting cold now, so the three of them were not particular about it. They just found a piece of bluestone and sat down, chatting about their experiences over the years. But it was mostly Zhang Jun who did the talking, and the other two would exchange words from time to time. Qi Peng did it because he didn't like to talk by nature, and Li Chengye did it because he couldn't talk about many of his experiences.

The time the three of them chatted passed very quickly, as if they were back in time 10 years ago, except that there were more than just them at that time.

The next day was Friday. After getting off work, Li Chengye went to Master Xu's house and brought two beds back. Of course, Master Xu found a car and brought them back, along with a set of tables and chairs. This table and chairs were made for another family before, but that family was not in a hurry, so they gave them to Li Chengye first.

Once the bed and table are put in place, the house will be habitable. As for the cabinets and the like, it will take some time.

Li Chengye sent the people away and returned to the room. He had already brought his things back from the dormitory today and would live here directly from now on. He tried his best to buy some food in the past few days, but he didn't buy any vegetables. He also bought a large earthenware pot that could be used for cooking.

In the kitchen, he also bought a lot of firewood and some briquettes. He also received most of the supplies for this month, including five ounces of oil and some salt and other seasonings. We can start cooking when Mother Li comes over tomorrow.>> Chapter 15At night in the county town, Lu Chengye was busy tidying up the house, while the Li family in the village, Li's mother, was also busy packing up everything in the house. In the past few days, the news that their family was going to the county seat had spread throughout the village. It simply aroused a thousand waves of excitement in the village. There were all kinds of things in the village, but most of them were envious of Li's mother for having a good son. Of course, many people came to his house to build relationships.

There are people staying at their house very late every day these days, even later today, and there are still people there until now, because tomorrow is the day when Mrs. Li and the others move, and people who have not achieved their goal naturally don't want to leave.

At this moment, Mother Li was forced to sit in the main room, with a mother and daughter in front of her. Although she wanted to dare people to go out, she still listened patiently to what they said. Who said that these mother and daughter belonged to the village chief's family? . Although she is about to move to the county seat, her household registration is still in the village. She didn't supply food, so she negotiated with the village about using money to buy centimeters, so as not to offend anyone.

Village chief's wife: "Your life is better because your son is so filial." Mother Li smiled and shook her head, "Not bad, not bad, your children are also very filial, and they are all rushing to work." The village chief's wife was proud

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She laughed and said, "Oh, how can I compare with your family? But when you go to the county seat, you will really become a city dweller."

Mother Li: "How could it be possible? My household registration is still here. I just used to take care of the children. "There are a lot of things to do!"

"There are two children, but you two are still so young, so you need to find a mother soon, right?"

"Don't worry, don't worry." Mother Li shook her head.

Mother Li was chatting carelessly with the people in front of her, but she was wondering if there was anything left unpacked.

On the other hand, the young girl saw that her mother had been talking for a long time without getting down to business, and she felt a little anxious. It was already late, and if she didn't talk, she would have no chance. She quickly pushed her legs against her mother a few times and winked at her.

The woman who was urged by her daughter was not in a hurry, but the woman in front of her was very naughty and refused to answer. She couldn't just say that we want to get married in your family. How could the woman take the initiative? Besides, if she said it directly, her daughter's reputation would be bad.

But Li Chengye is indeed a good marriage partner. Although he is divorced, he still has two sons. But I couldn't have prepared that Li Chengye was a cadre of a factory in the city, and he had even bought a house in the city. Although he had to take care of two children when he got married, he was definitely going to enjoy his life, and he could still go to the city.

There were a lot of interested people in their village, and even many young educated girls were inquiring about the Li family. Unfortunately, Li Chengye was never at home, and Li's mother was a poor person, making it difficult for people to do anything.

She also has a little girl in her family who is only eighteen years old this year and is about to get married. She has fallen in love with the boy from the Li family once she met her before. Originally, she and her man were not very satisfied because it was their second marriage after all. As soon as the news of buying a house came back, they immediately changed their minds and now thought about finalizing the matter.

"Sister Li, this matter needs to be done urgently. Those children don't understand. We adults must pay more attention to it."

"As for my daughter, she is eighteen this year. "I'm very anxious. You have watched her grow up since childhood. She has a good personality and is hard-working. We just want to find someone who knows everything about her, preferably someone like you."

Her words can be said to be her purpose. It was very direct, and we almost decided that our two families would get married.

"Mom." The girl from the Li family was a little shy and her face was already red, but she still glanced at Mother Li's expression.

"My dear daughter, you have to be anxious. I remember that there are some good young men in the village. Isn't that Hu Zi very good? As for my son, he has a son now, and I can't care about him." Mother Li's expression remained unchanged. The two people in front of them still didn't give up and said a name casually. As expected, the expressions on the mother and daughter's faces changed, and they immediately became restless. 0

"Uh, sister Li, it's getting late now, so we won't delay your rest and go back first!" The village chief's wife still felt a little guilty and couldn't stay any longer. She just found an excuse and pulled her daughter along. Gone.

"Humph, what the hell!" Seeing the people leaving, Li's mother hurriedly closed the door, but she was very unhappy with the two people in her heart. I don't know why the village chief has such a daughter-in-law and a daughter. He is really too snobbish.

This girl was about to get engaged to a young man named Hu Zi in the village. How long has it been since then? Her heart is changing so fast.

Mother Li didn't think much about it. She walked to her room. The two children inside were not sleeping yet. They were sitting on the bed reading a little book. When grandma came in, the two children immediately greeted her happily.

"Grandma, grandma, are we moving to a new house tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"Then will we all live with dad in the future?"

"Yes."

"Are there many children playing with us again? "Ah?"

"Yes."

"Can we eat meat every day?"

"No." Mother Li retracted her smile.

"Ah!" Xiaobei pouted unhappy.

As soon as Li's mother sat down, Xiaobei asked questions excitedly, one after another. At first, Li's mother answered patiently, but after hearing the next few questions, she no longer wanted to come back. Xiaoxi also looked at his brother silently, as if he didn't want to pay attention to him and only wanted to eat.

Xiaobei was a little unhappy at first because he couldn't eat meat every day, but after a while he forgot about it and became excited about going to the county seat.

Mother Li had talked with Li Cheng before and would pay more attention to Xiao Xi's situation these days. Seeing that he had not spoken and was just playing with his younger brother, she gently touched his head and said, "Xiao Xi, we are moving in tomorrow." Are you happy to live with your father?"

Xiao Xi looked at Mother Li seriously with his big eyes, "I'm very happy." His voice was bright and his eyes were clear, and there didn't seem to be any haze in them.

"That's good." The child's hair was already a little long and very soft. Mother Li touched it twice more.

Mother Li was not sure when Li Chengye and the others would come, so she got up very early. She gave away all the vegetables that could not be left in the yard and put away all the things that could be used at home. Worried that she wouldn't have time to cook today, she cooked seven or eight hard-boiled eggs early in the morning and steamed some steamed buns for lunch.

The two children also got up very early. A few days ago, Mother Li made a small schoolbag for each of them, and they also had to pack their own small things.

There were a few people who said they would come to help Li's mother move, but none of them agreed. This was a favor that was hard to owe, let alone repay.

After eight o'clock, the two children had packed up their books, toys and other things. Each of them carried a small schoolbag and stood outside the yard waiting for Li Chengye to come back. Mother Li also let them go, but she would still go there from time to time. Take a look at the door.

Li Chengye didn't let them wait any longer. At almost half past eight, a car appeared at the gate of the yard. The car made so much noise that many people in the village were attracted, especially some children, who were waiting for the car. When it stopped in front of Li Chengye's house, many children gathered around eagerly. But no one dared to get close. Although they wanted to touch, they didn't dare.

As soon as Li Chengye got out of the car, he saw two little kids carrying schoolbags. He hadn't seen them for a week. He seemed to miss them.

"Xiao Xi, Xiao Bei, dad is here to pick you up." He walked over quickly and hugged her directly.

"Dad, I miss you!" As soon as he saw him, Xiaobei rushed towards him excitedly. He didn't hesitate to express himself at all, and wrapped his little hands directly around Li Chengye's neck.

"Dad." Xiao Xi could still hold back and greeted Li Chengye as if it were normal.

At this time, Qi Peng, who had been forgotten behind, also came over. Li Chengye remembered him now and quickly said to the two children: "Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, this is your Uncle Qi, call someone quickly."

"Uncle Qi. "The two children were very obedient and immediately called for help with a smile.

"Be good." Qi Peng smiled and took out four candies from his pocket in the next second, "Xiao Xi, Xiao Bei, eat the candies."

The two children did not stretch out their hands, but looked at Li Chengye.

Li Chengye nodded quickly, put the two children down and asked them to pick them up, "Go on!"

"Thank you, Uncle Qi." The two children took the candy, but did not eat it immediately, but put it into their pockets first.

Li Chengye: "Let's go in first? Let's see if my mother has packed up."

"Okay." Qi Peng nodded, and the four of them went to the house. Outside the yard was a group of villagers who kept sighing at the car.

In the room, Mother Li had already heard the noise outside, but she was busy packing some things in the kitchen and didn't bother to pick up Li Chengye.

"Mom, I'm back." Li Chengye shouted and saw Li's mother walking out of the kitchen quickly. She must have been busy for a while, her forehead was covered with sweat, and even her clothes were wet.

"Have you had breakfast?" Mother Li raised her arm and wiped the sweat from her forehead with the sleeve on her shoulder, with a smile on her face.

"Eat, eat. By the way, this is my friend who came to move for us. His name is Qi Peng."

Qi Peng said quickly: "Hello, aunt, I am Qi Peng."

"Ouch, that's really troublesome for you. Have you come all the way to have breakfast?" Mother Li then noticed that there was someone behind her son, and felt that the name seemed familiar.

"Eat." Qi Peng nodded.

"Hey, are you our Yewazi's high school classmate? I always think I've heard your name before."

"Mom, you have a really good memory, it's him." Li Chengye smiled and patted Qi Peng on the shoulder.

"Don't you remember, my family's son was thanks to you for taking care of me at that time!" Mother Li's attitude became a little more enthusiastic.

"Ahem, that's right. Most of the pickles that Yezi brought to school at that time went into our mouths. They tasted very good." Qi Peng rarely said such a long sentence, and he seemed a little embarrassed afterwards.

"Oh, you like to eat pickles. That's just right. I still have a lot at home. You can bring more back later."

"Ahem, no thanks, right?" Qi Peng refused, but his attitude was not very firm no matter how he looked at it.

"Take it, take it, they are all homegrown vegetables. They are not valuable. You have come all the way to move us. It should be done. It should be done. Just don't think that I am not good at making pickles."

"That's fine. I'll do it ." I'll bring some back later." Qi Peng glanced at Li Chengye and didn't refuse, with a smile on his face.

"That's right, why should you be so polite?"

After saying that, she looked at Li Chengye, pointed at the pile of things in the hall and said, "I have already packed these, let's get them in the car first. I still have some things to finish in the kitchen."

Li Chengye nodded, "Okay."

After explaining, Mother Li went to the kitchen. Li Chengye greeted Qi Peng, and the two began to move the things to the car. Most of them are clothes and quilts from home, and they are not very heavy.

"You go and play for a while first. Don't follow me, so as not to bump into you." Li Chengye was carrying things outside when he suddenly found two dolls following him step by step. There were a lot of things in his arms, which blocked his view, for fear of bumping into them.

"Dad, we can also help." Xiao Xi's face was full of seriousness.

"Dad, I have enough strength." Xiaobei also said.

"Then, can you help daddy watch the car and prevent others from getting close?" Li Chengye laughed. He couldn't bear to refuse the two children, but he couldn't really let them do anything, so he found something for them at random.

"Okay, okay." The two children were full of joy when they heard this. They had already gone to get close to the big car, but just now their father was more important.

Li Chengye put the things in the trunk of the car, and then put the two children into the back seat of the car. The door was closed, leaving only the window open. After telling them not to touch the things inside, he continued Went back to the house to move things.

The two big men were very strong and soon most of the things were loaded into the car. There were still some things that couldn't fit in the trunk, so they were tied to the roof of the car. Li Chengye was already full of joy at this moment. Fortunately, Qi Peng brought a car to help today, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to move these things back.

Mother Li packed up a lot of things, including pots, pans, hoes and shovels, all indispensable things. The main reason is that many things cannot be bought with money now, and it is simply impossible to buy them again in a short time.

By the time we were almost done cleaning up, it was almost eleven o'clock noon. At this time, the Li family was already empty. Li Chengye and Qi Peng were sitting on chairs in the main room to rest. There was a bowl of water beside them. This bowl was what Li Chengye had found from the car just now.

"Yezi, let's eat something first. I cooked eggs and steamed buns in the morning. Let's finish eating before setting off." Mother Li came out of the kitchen with steamed buns and eggs wrapped in oil paper.

"Okay, I'll call Xiaoxi Xiaobei." Li Chengye responded and went out.

At this time, it was time to cook. Everyone outside the yard had left, except for some children who were still playing around the car. Fortunately, Qi Peng parked the car next to two big trees in the morning. The dense leaves blocked the sun and there was still a slight breeze, so it was not very uncomfortable to be near the car.

The two children of the Li family were lying on the car window, looking at the car very seriously. Whenever a child tried to touch the car, they would be stopped severely. However, they completed the tasks given to them by Li Chengye meticulously.

"Xiaoxi, Xiaobei, come on down. Eat something first. We'll be out later." He walked over and opened the car door, reaching out to take the two children down.

"You can only look at it, but you can't touch it." Xiao Bei was taken down first. He looked at the friends around him with a serious expression, as if he was not negotiable at all.

"Xiao Bei, can you let us sit for a while? We have never seen such a big car before?"

"Yes, yes, Xiao Bei, just for a while."

"Xiao Bei, don't you want to My little slingshot? Can I let you play with it for a while?"

"..." A group of children immediately surrounded Xiao Xi, and one of them, a six or seven-year-old boy, even handed him a beautiful little slingshot. in front of him.

As soon as Xiaobei saw the slingshot, a gleam appeared in his eyes, and his expression seemed a little hesitant. He moved his little hand and looked at Li Chengye, his eyes full of desire.

"No, this is not my car, we can't agree." Xiao Xi, who came down from behind, stood directly in front of his younger brother, holding his hand that was about to move, and blocking the people in front of him.

"Oh, Xiaoxi, just tell us!"

"Yes, yes, we won't move."

"No." Xiaoxi still shook his head, showing no intention of agreeing.

Li Chengye watched them talking and had no intention of interfering at all. After taking the person down, he went back to the house directly.

Xiaoxi and Xiaobei didn't stay outside for long. Li Chengye had just finished eating an egg when the two children came in. It was Xiaoxi who came in holding Xiaobei's hand, while Xiaobei seemed to be looking out unwillingly.

Mother Li gave each of them an egg and a steamed bun, and the two children sat and ate obediently.

Li Chengye glanced at Xiao Xi, whose face was wrinkled, and felt a little funny. It seemed that he was thinking about the slingshot.

Long before Li Chengye came back, Li's mother had already prepared the documents proving the relocation of the two children, so they didn't need to go to the village anymore. Li's mother had already said goodbye to people she had good relations with in the village, so they set off as soon as they finished eating.

There were only some tables, chairs and benches left in the old house that couldn't be taken away, so they had to be placed here. A large iron pot in the kitchen was also placed in the car by Mother Li.

After getting in the car, Li's mother and two children sat in the back seat of the car, while Li Chengye sat in the passenger seat. The car started to drive slowly. Because the road here was very narrow and not very easy to walk, the speed of the car was Very slow.

The children who had gathered around the car did not leave immediately. They followed the car all the way and did not stop until they reached the entrance of the village. When they heard the noise, many people at home came out and talked in their direction.

Mother Li leaned against the car door and looked at the scenery outside the window. She felt mixed emotions for a moment. She was about to leave the place where she had lived for more than 20 years, the place where her husband's bones were buried.>> Chapter 16
The drive back to the city was slower, but we still arrived at Li Chengye's new home an hour later.

The two children were excited all the way and were still energetic now. Mother Li was a little unaccustomed to riding in a car, so she closed her eyes all the way to rest in the car. Now that she got off the car, she was much more energetic.

Standing at the door of the yard, Mother Li's face was full of surprise and joy, "Hey, this house is much better than the one in our hometown, and it has such a big yard! Then we can order a variety of dishes."

Li Chengye smiled and opened the yard door. , "I knew you would like this big yard. There is a large space behind the house."

"Then you have really good vision." Mother Li said approvingly.

Their family of four had already entered the yard, and Qi Peng got out of the car and started to unload the things on the roof of the car. Li Chengye turned around and noticed it. He quickly said to Li's mother: "Mom, you lead the two children in the house first." Let's take a look around while Qi Peng and I move the things in."

As he said that, he handed the key to the house to Mother Li. Mother Li nodded at him, took the key and went into the house with the two children. , the two children's faces were filled with anticipation.

The things were relatively trivial, and it took the two of them nearly ten minutes to move everything into the main room. By the time they came in for the last time, Mother Li had already finished browsing the house and was packing things there.

She glanced at Li Chengye and said quickly: "Okay, just leave the rest to me. Xiao Qi, please rest for a while. Ye Zi, come with me to the kitchen."

"Here it comes." Li Chengye asked Qi Peng to do it himself Looking for a place to sit, he followed Mother Li into the kitchen.

"Hurry up and see if there is any meat for sale on the street. Whether it's pork, chicken or any other kind of meat, it's best to get some back. Otherwise, how will you cook dinner later? Ren Xiaoqi has worked so hard today, so people have to eat it. Is it a good meal?"

As she spoke, she took out a small cloth bag from her pocket and prepared to get the tickets and money for Li Chengye.

"Mom, I'm a high school classmate. If you ask us to have dinner together today, I can't refuse, so I agreed. How about we invite them to dinner tomorrow?" Li Chengye stopped him quickly. It happened to be Sunday, and he still had a free day tomorrow. .

"Oh, you moved today and asked others to treat you to dinner. Why are you so ignorant?" Mother Li was really angry with her son. What did you do?

"Well, it doesn't matter, right?"

"Heh. Okay, I still have to buy the meat. Let's go there earlier and bring some more food." Mother Li found the meat ticket and handed it to Li Chengye.

"Okay, then I'll buy meat now." Li's mother said so, and Li Chengye didn't have any objection. He just put the ticket in his pocket and went outside.

Outside, Qi Peng was playing with two children in the yard. After saying hello to them, Li Chengye went to the street.

Naturally, there was nothing for sale at this regular location. Li Chengye walked two streets and carefully turned into a small alley, which was the black market of this county. There are already a lot of people in the black market, but most of them are far away from each other, and there are not many people between them.

Li Chengye took a look and didn't find anyone selling pork. Instead, he saw someone selling chicken and fish. He went directly and bought a chicken and a three-pound fish. After calculating the number of people who wanted to eat, it should be enough.

With quick hands and feet, he put everything directly into the basket on his back, turned around and headed home. They came here today and brought some vegetables, cucumbers and the like, so we can kick them over together later.

He was very fast. When he got home, Mother Li had not finished her work. She showed Mother Li what she had bought and she nodded with satisfaction.

After that, Li Chengye also started to clean up the house. By almost three o'clock, the house was almost ready, and they could start cooking by themselves tomorrow.

Cleaning up the house was also a tiring job. When everything was done, Li's mother and Li Chengye sat down on the chairs and rested. The two children were played behind the house by Qi Peng. They got along quite well. Although Qi Peng was not very talkative, he was very patient with children and liked to listen to them.

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the rest room, "Ye Zi, are you all at home? Are you finished?"

Li Chengye quickly stood up and went out to greet Zhang Jun.

"Everything has been moved here and packed up. Why are you here at this time?"

"I came over to see if I can help. I didn't expect you guys to be really fast!" He came in with a smile and saw it at a glance. Mother Li came out behind Li Chengye.

"Hey, Auntie, I finally see you. I haven't eaten that pickle of yours in years, so you missed me..." He said and sucked his tongue, with a greedy look on his face.

"Mom, this is Zhang Jun." Seeing the confusion on Li's mother's face, he quickly introduced the two of them.

"Hey, it's you. You like pickles and you can bring more pickles later. I brought a lot of them this time." Mother Li immediately laughed when she knew the name.

"Of course, I'm not polite. I'll definitely come over in a few days." Zhang Jun has a straightforward personality and immediately agreed.

"Okay, okay."

"Yezi, since you are done with your work, why don't you go directly to my house now? I am so busy today, I must not have eaten much at noon. Let's go over and have an early meal." After saying the polite words, Zhang Jun said the purpose of coming here. .

"Okay, go ahead now. I'll call Qi Peng from the back." After Li Chengye agreed, he went straight to the back. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mother Li winking at him.

Li Chengye nodded, went to the kitchen to get the prepared dishes, and then called Qi Peng and the two children.

"Hey, what are you carrying in your hand?" Zhang Juncai had a friendly exchange with the two children for a while and then noticed a lot of things in Li Chengye's hand, and he immediately wanted to take them over to take a look.

"It's okay. These are all the vegetables I grew in my hometown. I brought them here for you all to try." Mother Li smiled and lifted the bag into her hands.

"Ouch, what kind of food should I bring? I have them all at home." Zhang Jun waved his hand and said no.

"Hey, a little green vegetables are not worth much. The main thing is that I grow them well. You must try them. Besides, it's hot now, so I can't keep them." Mother Li waved her hand, "Okay, let's go quickly. Let's go."

After saying that, she went directly outside. Zhang Jun had no choice. Since it was just vegetables, he didn't say anything else.

They drove there, and Qi Peng's car hadn't been returned yet, so they arrived at the place within ten minutes.

Zhang Jun's parents have four sons. They separated a few years ago. He bought a house by himself, and now a family of four lives by himself. However, the house is in the Tongzi Building, with two bedrooms and one living room, about 60 square meters. look. It must have been cooking soup, as they smelled a strong aroma as soon as they entered the door.

As soon as Zhang Jun entered the room, he shouted to the kitchen, "Daughter-in-law, we are back, how is your cooking?"

"It's almost ready, it's almost ready. Hey, aunt, please sit down quickly, Junzi, you can finish the meal first. " Tea, I'll start cooking right away." Zhang Jun's wife came out of the kitchen when she heard the voice. She was a very gentle girl. Upon hearing this, Zhang Jun immediately went to pour water. The cup and water had been prepared before.

"Don't sit down, don't sit down. I've brought some food here. I'll go help you." Mother Li waved her hand quickly, carrying the cloth bag and heading to the kitchen.

Zhang Jun's wife immediately stopped her and said, "Auntie, if I need your help, I can do it myself. You can also take this dish back to eat. We have it at home."

"Yes, Auntie, I'm a visitor. I need your help." Zhang Jun put away the poured tea and quickly persuaded her. He also pushed Li Chengye and asked him to help persuade her.

Li Chengye just kept silent, and he couldn't persuade him about this matter.

"Okay, I'm already hungry after a busy day. It will be faster if we work together." Li's mother directly took away the hand that stopped her and entered the kitchen. Zhang Jun's wife had no choice but to follow her in. .

After a while, there was another argument inside, and Zhang Jun quickly followed in, while Li Chengye and Qi Peng found a place to sit down by themselves.

Zhang Jun came out after a while, with helplessness on his face, "What's going on with you? Why did you bring all these things here?"

"Okay, just think that I'm borrowing your place to hold a housewarming party. , My mother was not very happy to have dinner at your house today." Li Chengye spread his hands helplessly, looking like there was nothing he could do about it.

"..." Zhang Jun was helpless.

After a while, he looked at the two children who were a little shy because they came to a strange place, and quickly smiled and said: "Come, I will take you to the two brothers' rooms to have a look. There are many interesting things in there. Not at home today."

The two children did not agree immediately. They just looked at Li Chengye and shouted, "Dad."

Li Chengye waved, "Let's go inside and play."

Then the two children followed Zhang Jun and Qi Peng. He followed behind and said, "I'll go take care of the kids for you." Then Li Chengye was left sitting outside alone. Li Chengye was also helpless. This Qi Peng liked children so much, but he refused to get married. However, it was rare for two of his own family to play with him.

Zhang Jun walked out after a while and sat directly next to Li Chengye.

"Hey, why aren't your two children here?"

"His grandparents pick them up to live with them for two days every weekend. Old people are like this. They like their grandchildren more, so they must see them every week." Zhang Jun was helpless. After his son was sent out, he just pretended to be gone. He couldn't even eat when he returned to his hometown. How could he compare with his grandson.

"That's good, you can relax a little bit."

"That's right. If they're not here, my wife and I can go watch a movie or something." Zhang Jun smiled.

"By the way, how have you been at work recently? You should be getting along well, right?" He picked up a cup of tea and asked with concern.

"It's not bad. I just went to the factory, so I don't know much about many things, and the work is relatively leisurely." Li Chengye smiled, but these days were not in vain. He had already figured out the general situation in the factory.

"Hey, are you used to being so leisurely all of a sudden?"

"It's not like you're used to it. If you have nothing to do, read more newspapers and books, and the time flies by."

"Hey, you are the only one who likes reading, and we can't. "It's a pity that the college entrance examination was cancelled." Zhang Jun said with emotion. At that time, everyone thought he could go to college, but it was a pity that the college entrance examination was cancelled.

"It's good to read more books if you have nothing to do."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. What are your plans in the future? Are you really going to work in the union all the time?" Zhang Jun doesn't think Li Chengye will be willing to stay in the union for retirement.

"Let's take a look first and then talk." Li Chengye had a lot of things on his mind, but in his current position, he couldn't do much for the time being.

"Yes, there will always be a chance."

The two people sat outside chatting, and time passed by.

The meal in the evening was very sumptuous, and the two cooks were very good at it. The group of people had full stomachs after eating, and this time it was really full of food.

Because they didn't drink, they dispersed quickly. Qi Peng sent Li Chengye and his family back and then returned to his hometown.

Li Chengye and the others were not idle the next day. Mother Li took him to plow the ground in the yard and planted seasonal vegetables. Mother Li also wanted to plant some fruit trees in the yard, but not yet. It will take more than a month to wait until the time for transplantation.

Things at home were quickly arranged. The two children's household registrations were transferred and placed in Li Chengye's name. From now on, they will also receive fifteen kilograms of food supply every month. Li Chengye could finally feel at ease.>> Chapter 17
Mother Li has adapted very well to life in the county. The yard here is relatively large, which is enough for her to work around. Li Chengye wanted to take another day off to help at home, but his mother urged him to go to work quickly.

On Monday morning, Li Chengye went to the factory after breakfast at home. When he arrived at the office, Hu Liren hadn't come yet, so he found a rag and started cleaning.

"Brother Li, are you so early?" Li Chengye had just finished wiping the table when he heard a voice. When he looked up, he saw Hu Liren walking in with a fried dough stick in his mouth.

"It's getting late. Do we have anything to do today?" Li Chengye packed up the rag and sat down in his seat.

Hu Liren finished the last bite of fried dough sticks, walked to his seat, picked up the calendar on the table and read it, "Today is Monday. By the way, there is a meeting at nine o'clock. Our union has a meeting on the last Monday of every month. We have a meeting today."

This answer was completely unexpected. "What is the meeting about? Do you need to make any preparations?"

"It's just an ordinary work meeting. Let's talk about how we did this month. What will be the focus of the work next month? The chairman usually talks about it, so we can just listen to it. "Hu Liren has held many meetings before, but he is relatively calm about this matter.

"That's right." Lu Chengye nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

The time turned and it was almost nine o'clock. The two of them took their notebooks and pens and prepared to go to the conference room on the second floor. As they passed by, they also called the people next door. Because there was a meeting today, the four people next door were all present, but they did not visit the employees' homes.

In the middle of the conference room was a rectangular table. Sister Lan's group sat on one side, while Li Chengye and Hu Liren sat opposite them. Two seats near the blackboard were reserved.

At the meeting, Li Chengye finally saw the chairman of their union again and met their vice chairman for the first time. The two chairmen's offices were on the second floor, and they walked into the conference room together at nine o'clock.

"Chairman Wan, Chairman Xu." When the two presidents entered, everyone stood up and greeted them in a very enthusiastic voice.

The two slowly walked to their seats and sat down. After that, Chairman Wan pressed down on everyone with his hands a few times and said, "Everyone, sit down. Let's start the meeting now."

Everyone sat down and their eyes fell on On Chairman Wan's body, I saw a notebook placed in front of him, with a lot of words written on it. He took out a pair of glasses and put them on, his movements were a little slow, but no one dared to rush him, they just waited patiently.

"This month is almost over. Our union has done a lot this month." It doesn't seem like that, right?

"We have solved many disputes in the factory, especially our Comrade Jiang Lan, who has solved many difficult things this month, such as..."

Everyone seemed to be listening attentively. Chairman Wan almost said that the union Some of the problems to be solved were discussed in detail, although there were only a few things to begin with.

"Although his past achievements are very outstanding, but..." He paused, his eyes roamed over the faces of everyone present, and then slowly said: "This is all in the past. , we can't miss it. We have more important work to do."

" That's right

."

Everyone present agreed.

Chairman Wan looked at Jiang Lan, "Then let's talk about the next work. The Mid-Autumn Festival will be here soon. Comrade Jiang Lan, the focus of your group's work in the next period of time is to help our comrades in the factory solve problems.

Jiang Lan nodded, "Understood." Then

he looked at Hu Liren and said, "Comrade Hu Liren, we still need to create some atmosphere during the festival. You and Comrade Li will think about it and see if you can organize some activities."

After that, Hu Liren said . In response, he looked at the book on the table and continued: "This activity has several requirements. First, the content must be positive and unite the minds of all workers. Second, workers must be more motivated to work, and their participation must be "High. Third, we have limited funds and cannot spend too much." "These are just a few requirements, which are relatively simple."

After hearing these three requirements, Hu Liren was about to cry. These requirements were not simple at all. Can't finish even one, let alone three.

"Comrade Hu Liren, you have had a lot of experience in organizing activities before, so I feel more at ease with you." Chairman Wan looked at Hu Liren trustingly, with a smile on his face, full of trust.

Hu Liren was looking at him with such eyes. He couldn't spit out the words of rejection and felt very embarrassed in his heart. The workers in their steel plant already have a heavy workload and are not interested in these activities at all. Rather than this, they hope that the factory can distribute more food or something.

In addition, with only such a small amount of activity funds, it is really difficult to arrange activities.

"Comrade Hu Liren?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Chairman Wan frowned and looked at him.

"Yes, Chairman." Hu Liren answered the matter with difficulty.

Hearing his agreement, Chairman Wan smiled with satisfaction, "Oh, that's how it should be. Don't worry, just go ahead and do it. Everyone in our union has your strong support."

The chairman of the union said so, and Hu Liren also What can I say, I can only say: "Thank you, Chairman, for considering me and being willing to entrust me with such an important task. I will try my best to do my best."

Chairman Wan was even more satisfied now, and he continued: "You guys We have a mission, and Vice Chairman Xu and I must not be idle. We will go back to the city next week to make a report and try to get some benefits for our factory."

Chairman Xu, who had been silent since he came in, also spoke up. , "This meeting is very important. The chairman and I will be here for almost a week."

Chairman Wan nodded, "That's right. You must work as usual during the week when we are away. You must not slack off just because we are away."

" Understood." Although everyone felt that there was no difference between the presence and absence of these two people, and it would not make any difference, they still showed that they listened to the words very seriously.

"Okay, the meeting is over here. Comrade Hu and Comrade Li will stay here for a moment." Chairman Wan felt that today's meeting was very successful, closed the notebook in front of him, and announced the end of the meeting.

Several people present were used to Chairman Wan's inaction. They never expected that such a few things would be brought up today, and they were extremely surprised. I didn't pay much attention to these two being left behind, I just thought that he had to explain the activities to be held.

Sister Lan quickly walked out with the three people in her group. Before she left, she glanced at Hu Liren and Li Chengye, and then left as usual.

After everyone else left, Chairman Wan smiled and said to Li Chengye: "Comrade Li, I have read your information. You went to high school and your grades were the best in our county's No. 1 Middle School at that time, right?"

Li Chengye didn't expect that. From the beginning, the topic fell on him, and he hesitated for a while before answering: "I used to study in County No. 1 Middle School, but there are too many talents in County No. 1 Middle School. I can only say that it is good, not the best. "

Chairman Xu smiled, "That's too modest."

Chairman Wan: "You are indeed very humble. I have seen your performance these days. I heard that you were not impetuous at all. I have never fallen behind in studying. I also studied in a military academy for a period of time and made many reports. The reports were very good. "

Unable to figure out the purpose of the two people's quarrel, Li Chengye could only smile at him. These things were not confidential information. They were all in the files. It was normal for them to know.

Seeing him like this, Chairman Wan knew what he was doing, and changed the topic, "I will keep you here, mainly for two things. The first is that we are going to the city on a business trip to make a report. You two can help write it. The content of the two manuscripts is about how to better build the workforce. Please work hard and write it in three days or so. Then we will be familiar with it."

"Okay," the leadership tasks have been arranged. It was not a discussion, so the two of them naturally agreed. Besides, they just wanted to write an article. The scope was so wide, there was still a lot that could be written.

"One more thing, have you read the city newspaper recently?" Chairman Wan looked a little unnatural when he said this, and seemed a little unhappy.

"Yes." There are a lot of newspapers in the guild, and they have read almost every day's newspapers. Hu Liren did it because he was very free, and Li Chengye wanted to know more about the situation of this era.

"The union in the textile factory next door has been in the limelight recently. Several articles have been published in the city newspaper. I heard that there is another article about the work of their union. The leaders above praised them for their good work." Chairman Wan said this with profound meaning. Looking at Li Chengye and Li Chengye, Sima Zhao's heart was obvious.

"This is also a good working method. Chairman, don't worry, we will definitely learn from it." Hu Liren also received what he meant and quickly expressed his stance.

"Chairman, we will add this item to the next work plan." Li Chengye himself was submitting articles to the newspaper, so he naturally agreed without any pressure. However, thinking about the articles he submitted to the provincial newspaper before, he didn't know what to do now. What is the situation.

"Okay, I know that the people in our steel factory will definitely be as good as that textile factory. Okay, then you can go back first and work hard. The factory will never treat you badly."

"Then let's leave first." Li Chengye and Hu Liren stood up and walked out of the conference room with a smile. When Li Chengye went out, he closed the door.

Hu Liren's smiling face immediately fell down as soon as he turned around, and he looked a little downcast.
>> Chapter 18
The two of them went downstairs and soon returned to the office. As soon as Hu Liren closed the door, he immediately sighed, "Oh my god, what are we going to do now? Is there any difference between this Mid-Autumn Festival and the previous Mid-Autumn Festival? Why are the requirements so different? "

I can't do this. What is this? I have no experience with this before."

He slumped on the chair and covered his face with his hands, showing strong resistance even on his fingertips. Li Chengye didn't speak, just sat down quietly, waiting for him to calm down.

"Brother Li, you must help me." Hu Liren has a calm personality. After a while, his energy recovered. He ran directly to Li Chengye and sat at his table. He didn't know what was going on. , I just feel that Li Chengye must have a solution.

"This task is not yours alone. I have a share in it." Li Chengye didn't expect that he would have a good opportunity so soon. According to Chairman Wan, the higher-ups were still very concerned about this Mid-Autumn Festival event. If he can do a good job, he will naturally get the attention of many people, and maybe he will have more opportunities to get involved in factory affairs. He is still young and really has no intention of retiring in this union. So he had no intention of shirk at all.

"Hehe, that's good, that's good. But it's just the two of us..." Although he was a little happy, Hu Liren still felt impatient.

"Don't worry. Let's work out the activity plan first. Chairman Wan will definitely help us arrange manpower." The union is more than just the two of them. If there are so many people in the factory, there must be someone to help.

"Yes, but how to organize the activities in the future? There is not much money."

"If the participation rate is high, it must be something that everyone is interested in. Organizing a movie?" What can come to Hu Liren's mind? That's all.

"This doesn't seem to be a good activity. There is no participation."

"Oh, that's right." Hu Liren sighed. Although there were many people who could go to the movie, they just watched it.

"Hey, how about we have a party?" After thinking about it, he came up with another idea.

"You can try this." Li Chengye nodded. This was his original idea. Many new ideas in this era are outdated. The activities should not be too tiring, the number of participants should be large, and the content of the activities should be positive and uplifting. There are very few people who meet these conditions.

"You think so too, but if you really want to hold a party, you have to do a lot of things. The first thing is the program." Hu Liren immediately smiled happily after receiving the approval, but then he became serious again.

"Well, the first one is the program. There must be many, and preferably all of them are positive." Li Chengye nodded.

"Hey, do we have any art troupe? How can we have so many shows?" Hu Liren sighed.

"Oh, talents are among the people. We have so many people in our factory!"

Hu Liren was a little hesitant, "Is this possible?" He was worried that not many people would be willing to participate, and he was also worried that the quality of the program would not be good.

"If you want everyone to participate, you must have something that can attract people, and this thing is honors and rewards."

"We can organize an audition, and the whole factory will choose the program, and then we can directly select the first, second, and third There are prizes for good ones, and there are also participation prizes. We can apply for some funds to buy some prizes. "No matter what activity is organized, there must be competition. Only in this way can everyone be active and the program can be completed." will be the best.

"Hey, this is good. If there is a prize, everyone's enthusiasm will definitely be much higher." Hu Liren nodded in agreement, but this reward must not be too worthless.

"At that time, we can directly let everyone in the factory vote together and let them choose their favorite program." In the past, many leaders served as judges, and the ones selected may not be everyone's favorite.

"The movement was too big, not too big. I remember that the factory was holding a commendation meeting recently. We could just move them together. When the performance is over, the commendations would start. It just so happened that the atmosphere was up. We There is also time to tally up the voting results."

"The commendation meeting is the responsibility of the factory committee." Hu Liren also thinks it's good, but it doesn't seem to be easy to grab things from the factory committee.

"We can jointly host it. There are only two of us, and we are very different. Besides, we are all from the factory and we need to help each other. When the time comes, let Chairman Wan go to the factory director and talk to them." Li Chengye thinks that their chairman should be I was stimulated by the factory next door, and I thought about it and made a big move.

"Chairman, can you agree?"

"I'll tell you if I don't. There should be no problem. I hear the factory attaches great importance to this event." Li Chengye felt that it was very feasible.

"Of course, this year is the tenth anniversary of the founding of our factory." It was only then that Hu Liren remembered that the steel factory was established around the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this year marks the tenth anniversary.

"That's it."

"Then let's discuss roughly what to do first, and then go to the two leaders for help with some problems." When it's time to seek help from the leaders, you must go. If they participate, they will naturally help. Do this as your own thing. It is also easier for them to carry out subsequent work.

Of course, it is best for this leader not to be the kind of person who cannot listen to what others say and always thinks that he is the right person. In that case, they are likely to lose their autonomy and there will be many conflicts.

However, the two presidents of their union usually don't take care of things very much, so this time it was better to let them make their own arrangements.

"Chairman and the others..." Hu Liren hesitated, always feeling that it was possible to ask the Chairman and the others to do a favor. If they did more, they would be kicked out.

"There's no rush, let's continue talking about what we just said." Li Chengye already had an idea in his mind, but he didn't say it out immediately. The activity plan hasn't been worked out yet, so it's too early to say this.

"Okay, then the program usually consists of songs, poetry recitations, and musical instrument performances."

"This form is too simple. We can have more categories. We can also create a program similar to a drama. Finally, It would be great if it could show the hard-working spirit of our workers. It would be best if the story happened to be about people around us. It would also resonate with everyone. "

" That won't work. How long does a drama last? "Hu Liren shook his head. Although the idea was very good, time did not allow it.

"It's just a drama-like format. The time is shortened to fifteen to twenty minutes, and the main events are highlighted."

"Hmm, that's good, but are we going to collect scripts? Do we have enough time?" Hu Liren touched his chin with his hand. , I think this idea is very good.

"The script doesn't have to be too complicated. We have a lot of materials around us. Haven't there been people who have been rated as typical before? We can also write it ourselves and directly use it as a performance for the union."

"Well, that's okay. Then the script is Li Brother, can you write?" Hu Liren looked at Li Chengye with clear eyes.

"Okay, I'll write the script." This was something he was good at, so he naturally didn't refuse.

"We can also do a skit or something."

"..."

The two of them became more and more excited as they talked, and ideas popped up one after another. Hu Liren, who was very unsure at the beginning, is becoming more and more confident.

However, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still almost a month and a half away, and the most important thing now is writing a manuscript for the two presidents. Because Lu Chengye is better at this, this matter was left to him.

As for Hu Liren, he was responsible for writing out the activity plan. The matter was very complicated and there were many things to consider. This was the first time that Hu Liren was so busy.

He did not make the manuscripts of the two chairmen too complicated. Building a team of workers itself was a relatively vague topic, and most of them had nice words. Mixed in a little bit of smaller suggestions, it's mainly about ideological propaganda and condensing mental strength.

Of course, I didn't use any fancy words. The main thing is that it should be consistent with the speaker's own situation. First of all, they must be able to understand it themselves, otherwise it will be difficult to explain when asked. Although everyone knows that reports are usually written by others, it would be inappropriate to show them openly.

Li Chengye wrote the two report manuscripts before getting off work, but he did not understand and handed them over to Chairman Wan and others. He planned to check them in detail the next day to avoid improper wording and get himself into trouble.

Li Chengye got off work on time. When he got home, Li's mother had already prepared the meals. After the family finished eating, Li's mother took her two children for a walk outside. There are two big banyan trees in a place not far from home. Many people nearby go there to enjoy the shade after eating. There were many children there, and Xiaoxi and Xiaobei used to play with them.

Li Chengye sat at the table in the main room and began to think up a short story about the party, about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Now is an era that pays great attention to collective interests and believes in the spirit of role models. Many people have emerged who have sacrificed their lives to save collective property. But Li Chengye wanted to write a story in which most people can see the epitome of himself. It doesn't need to be heroic or sacrifice, but what is needed is perseverance and not giving up.

The steel plant is a plant with a very heavy workload, and the smelting workshop is the most difficult one, with temperatures of more than a thousand degrees and hundreds of tons of molten iron. The work of steelworkers is not only hard, but also very dangerous. It is among the hardest positions on the front line. The temperature inside the workshop is high, there is a lot of dust, and the noise is loud. From time to time, steel falls on the body. In the summer, the temperature in the workshop can reach 50 or 60 degrees, and it is easy to get dehydrated in it for a long time.

The characters in this story are these steelworkers, and the protagonist is one of them. He does not think this job is hard work, but treats it as fun.

During his ten years of work, he wrote more than twenty notebooks, all of which contained his work experience. He understood every step of the process including the change in color of the molten steel, the length of time, and the size of the steel flowers, and also made many suggestions.

Whenever there was any difficulty, he would definitely face it and eliminate many dangers and failures.

Under his leadership, steel mill workers continued to innovate, improve their skills, and improve production efficiency a lot. Of course, the characters are fictitious, but the things are not fictitious. It is just not done by one person. This is the spirit of generations of people in the steel factory.

Lu Chengye came to this era not long ago, but he deeply admired the spirit of these people. Maybe their lives were poor, but their spirits were very rich. They had their own spiritual beliefs.

The words slowly fell on the tip of the pen, and the sky gradually became dark. Lu Chengye was already immersed in the words and had forgotten the things around him.

Mother Li had already returned home with her two children. When she saw him, she put a finger on her lips. The two children were very obedient and kept quiet.

They finished washing quietly and then returned to the room without making any noise to disturb Lu Chengye's thoughts.

By the time Lu Chengye wrote the last word on the paper, it was already deep and the surroundings were silent. He stood up and moved his body. He had been so absorbed just now that his body was extremely stiff, especially his legs, which were already a little numb.

Stamping his feet and waiting for the numbness in his body to subside, he looked at his watch and saw that it was already ten o'clock in the evening. He quickly put away the things on the table, checked the door lock, and had no time to do anything else. After washing, he went to bed.

It was only on the third day that Li Chengye checked the manuscript and handed it over to the two chairmen. He also asked Hu Liren to help find problems in advance, fearing that there was something wrong. After reading it, they all felt very satisfied and passed it directly without any suggestions for revision. After seeing the complete manuscript, they became more satisfied with Li Chengye's work ability.>> Chapter 19
Vice Chairman Xu happened to be in Chairman Wan's office when Li Chengye came over, so both manuscripts were successfully accepted. While the three of them were talking, they heard a knock on the office door.

"Haha, I don't know who this could be? It's rare for my place to be so lively!" Chairman Wan was a little surprised when he heard the knock on the door. He sometimes doesn't get disturbed by anyone for several days. Like this morning, there was actually no one to disturb him. It was very unusual to have three people come to that. However, he was just talking to himself and had no intention of letting them answer.

"Come in." He smiled mockingly, and then called out the door.

"Chairman Wan, Chairman Xu." The door was opened and Hu Liren came in. Li Chengye was not surprised at all by his arrival. They had agreed before that Li Chengye would come first and Hu Liren would come later. They were going to report to the chairman about the Mid-Autumn Festival activities.

"Sit down first. What are you doing here this time? Is it possible that you have already planned the activities for the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Chairman Wan was in a good mood. He nodded to him and waved to Hu Liren who came in. sit down.

Chairman Xu also smiled at him and nodded.

"Hey, Chairman, you are so wise." Hu Liren smiled brightly, sat next to Li Chengye, and exchanged a look with him.

"Oh, you figured it out so quickly?" Chairman Wan was really surprised now.

"So fast, the efficiency is really high! You didn't just come up with something to fool us, did you?" Chairman Xu looked at Hu Liren with some suspicion in his eyes.

"Yes, we are not that easy to fool!" Chairman Wan said as if he was joking, but his expression was very serious.

"Hey, how could it be possible? Don't you two know about it? How dare I!" Hu Liren quickly expressed his stance for fear of being thought to be a fool.

"Comrade Li and I have thought about this plan carefully and think it meets your requirements."

After speaking, he looked at Li Chengye, and for a moment everyone's eyes fell on Li Chengye. Li Chengye didn't change his expression, but nodded calmly.

Compared with Hu Liren, who has a more out-of-the-box personality, Li Chengye's calm look is still more bluffing. The suspicion on the faces of the two chairmen has finally gone away. As for the rest, we have to wait until they hear the project. .

Chairman Wan: "Then you tell me first, and we listen!"

Hu Liren immediately opened the information in his hands, "We thought carefully that since it is the Mid-Autumn Festival and it is the tenth anniversary of the founding of our factory, it is best to do some It's something that can easily stir up the atmosphere. So the gala is the most suitable event.

"As for the program, we can collect it from the whole factory. Of course, in order to encourage everyone to participate, there will be rewards for outstanding programs, and they will be divided into first, second and third prizes. . The selection of the awards can be decided by all the people attending the party..."

"The themes of the party are divided into celebrating reunion and learning from models. We can arrange some festive songs and choruses in the first part, and we can talk about some steel plants in the second part. There are typical deeds, inspiring songs, short plays, etc. We can arrange a commendation meeting later, in this..."

Hu Liren explained in detail without sparing his words. Chairman Wan and Chairman Xu also listened carefully and patiently, with thoughtful expressions on their faces, but they did not interrupt him.

"..."

"Two presidents, what do you think of our idea?" After Hu Liren finished speaking, he looked at everyone expectantly.

Chairman Xu glanced at Chairman Wan, as if he had something to say.

Chairman Wan glanced at him and said, "Old Xu, if you have anything to say, just ask first!"

"Okay, I'll ask first." As he said that, he looked at Hu Liren and Li Chengye.

"What is that short play you are talking about?"

"Hey, our Comrade Li proposed the short play, so let him explain it!" After all, it was a plan of two people, and he was able to take most of the limelight this time. , let Li Chengye do the rest.

Chairman Wan nodded, "Comrade Li, can you tell me?"

Li Chengye did not expect that he would say this. This was not what they had discussed before, but he was only slightly surprised.

"Short plays are also a form of drama, but the time will be limited to more than ten minutes, with only a few important plots..."

The two chairmen listened to his explanation with interest.

Chairman Xu: "It sounds interesting, but can we have so many performing talents?" In his opinion, those who can perform on stage are all artists.

Li Chengye: "After all, it is a party for our steel factory. The performance must be the story of the steel factory. Let us workers come on stage and it will be a direct performance. How can we perform well?"

"Hey, that's the truth. Let's I can act like a trade union president on stage." Chairman Wan agreed with his words and nodded repeatedly.

"You can give it a try, but we don't have much time left. This script can't be written right now, right?" Chairman Xu was still a little worried.

"Two chairs, Comrade Li has already written a script. Do you want to read it?" Hu Liren said quickly and quickly took out the two pieces of paper sandwiched in the information.

"Oh, it seems that you have been prepared for a long time!" Chairman Wan smiled and took the thing in his hand. He held the paper halfway up in the space and leaned slightly towards Chairman Xu. Chairman Xu also quickly moved his head closer, and the two of them looked at it together.

Seeing this, Hu Liren smiled proudly at Li Chengye. Li Chengye had just given this story to him in the morning. He had just put it in the information after reading it. Unexpectedly, he actually brought it with him. When he opened the information just now, he realized that it would come in handy right now.

The two presidents read a little slowly, and it took them almost ten minutes to finish. Hu Liren looked at them with bright eyes, but they did not speak immediately, but remained silent. Chairman Wan slowly placed the paper on the table in front of him, and gently and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on it with his hands.

"This story is very well written! There is no dramatic life and death, but it is a portrait of our workers. Yes, very good. It is amazing to persevere for ten years!" Chairman Xu said softly after a long while. He said these words as if sighing. Although he has never participated in front-line work, he has been to the steelmaking workshop and the blast furnace. The working environment is indeed very harsh, and those workers are very admirable.

"This show must be on stage. Just go ahead and do it. If you have any questions, come to us." Chairman Wan took a deep breath and then slowly spit it out. This story is indeed very good. Even if you don't perform at the party, you should still Let people in the factory see it.

"Okay." Li Chengye and Li Chengye looked at each other and understood that they had agreed to the arrangements for the Mid-Autumn Festival Party.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival Party is a good idea. Give me the information first. I will go to the factory director and others with Chairman Xu later. You can list the things that need to be prepared first." "

Yes." The two of them had only the Mid-Autumn Festival in their hands. Only after the leaders above agree to the preliminary plan can they make subsequent arrangements for the activities. Of course, the party cannot be arranged by just a few people. There are many things that need to be arranged, and it definitely requires the cooperation of various departments.

At that time, the person in charge will definitely not be the two of them. It should be the chairman and the others who will lead. As for the specific matters, it will still be up to them.

Afterwards, they chatted for a while in Chairman Wan's office, all about various ideas about the party.

When they walked out of the office, Hu Liren finally let out a slow breath, and finally relaxed his worries. This was the first time that he had to be responsible for such a big thing. You can imagine the excitement in his heart.

The two of them went directly back to their offices. As soon as they entered, Hu Liren immediately collapsed on his chair. "Oh, this is the first step. It seems that both of you are quite satisfied."

"What's to come later. You have accomplished a lot, but you are so relieved!" Li Chengye glanced at him and sat down calmly.

"Oh, it's okay. Brother Li is here, right?"

Li Chengye glanced at him and said nothing to him.

Hu Liren didn't care and continued to talk to him, and then the two of them discussed the follow-up arrangements. The first one is about publicity. The party must have sufficient programs, which requires everyone in the factory to actively participate.

The two discussed it for a while, and finally decided to give priority to using radio for publicity, and then added wall paintings, slogans, etc. to promote it in all aspects. But this requires the help of the publicity department of the factory. In the end, the chairman and others will definitely have to take action on this matter.

The two people discussed one by one and listed the problems one by one. If they could think of a solution, they would write it down. If they couldn't, they would leave it blank.

Li Chengye also attaches great importance to this event. There is very little he can do now. He studied economics under the free market when he was young. Many political conditions in this era are not very friendly to him. What I can currently use to my advantage is my literary talent and organizational skills.

But he is not very negative. Such a long time is enough for him to understand a lot of things. The current development trend of the times can be seen from many newspapers. Although the college entrance examination has been canceled for nearly nine years, talents are indispensable for the development of a country, and there are now many signs that the higher authorities want to resume the cultivation of talents.

In the past two years, many talented people have slowly returned to their positions, and the demand for cutting-edge talents is also very urgent.

This is one aspect, and another is that many factories lack competitiveness under the unified marketing policy, and their management systems and production processes are very backward, which is very detrimental to economic development. Now in many places, factories that are about to close down have seriously dragged down the finances of local governments.

However, these ideas are just his speculations and cannot be revealed, but he believes that the opportunity is not far away.>> Chapter 20
The day after the plan was submitted, Chairman Wan notified Li Chengye and the others to attend the meeting, but it was not the same conference room as last time. This conference room was larger.

They went there almost ten minutes early, but when they arrived there were already a lot of people inside, not only people from their union, but also a few people Li Chengye had never seen before, three women and two men, all of whom looked young. Very big.

Two groups of people sat opposite each other, each on his own side, and most of them were whispering.

"Why are the people from the Propaganda Department here?" Hu Liren asked himself in a low voice with confusion on his face.

Li Chengye thought that Chairman Wan said yesterday that he would go to the factory committee leader immediately, and he had some guesses in his mind. However, it was hard to say at this time, so he just pushed Hu Liren, and the two of them found a seat at random to sit down.

The meeting was announced very suddenly, and most people who came to the meeting did not know what the meeting was about. In particular, several colleagues in the Publicity Department were very surprised to come to the union for a meeting. They had never had much dealings with the union before. Because they were not familiar with each other, both parties acted as if they were not bothering each other.

Li Chengye and the others had just been doing their homework for a while when another person came in from outside. She must have been wearing leather shoes. Before they even entered the door, everyone heard a "ta-da-da" sound.

In the eyes of everyone, a woman with combed hair came in. She was wearing a blue dress and had lipstick on her lips. She looked much younger than before, and she was full of feminine charm. The change was real. It's too big.

"Sister Lan!" The people in the union were all surprised when they saw the people appearing in front of them, and one of them even exclaimed in surprise.

"What? We don't know each other?" Sister Lan curled her lips and smiled, brushing the corner of her skirt with her hand, smiling charmingly.

A group of people nodded wildly. The eldest sister who was an impressive figure before was now a charming and charming woman. The former was convincing and the latter was admirable. It was really...

the lesbians present were more concerned about her clothes. , her lipstick...

Seeing this, Sister Lan smiled even more proudly. She randomly found a seat to sit down, right next to Hu Liren.

Sister Lan smiled and nodded at them. She put her elbows on the table, her palms against her chin, and exhaled like a blue, "Hey, do you know why we are meeting today? Why are there people from the Publicity Department?"

Hu Liren was Suddenly getting so close, his face immediately turned red. He didn't dare to look at the woman next to him, and he didn't hear what she said clearly. All he could think about was "Is this really Sister Lan?" "Why are you so close to me?"

"Sister Lan is much better informed than us. She must know the reason for today's meeting

, right?" Li Chengye felt calm in his heart and asked I wasn't surprised by her sudden change. Most of the women he had seen before were dressed up, but this one was nothing more than that. However, when a woman suddenly undergoes such a major change and pays attention to her appearance, there are usually two reasons. One of them is a woman who likes her appearance, and she has an object of admiration. She had an important breakthrough at work, which required her to change her image.

Sister Yilan's character should not be for men, but for work.

"You, we are so clever!" Sister Lan chuckled, retracted her hand that was on the table, leaned back, and pressed her entire back on the back of the chair. After he said this, he said nothing more.

After a while, there was another noise outside the door, and everyone understood that several leaders were coming.

Sure enough, three people walked in after a while. The first one was Chairman Wan, followed by Chairman Xu and Director Qiu of the Publicity Department. The three of them filed in, and everyone sitting in the conference room stood up.

"Chairman Wan, Chairman Xu, Director Qiu." The greetings came one after another.

"Oh, everyone is here, right? Everyone, please sit down." Chairman Wan sat at the top, with Chairman Xu and Director Qiu on the left and right. He looked around and when he saw everyone had arrived, he smiled and pressed down with his hand.

"Yes." Everyone sat down in response. Everyone's eyes were focused on Chairman Wan's face. Many people were very curious. It must be no small matter for the trade union and the Publicity Department to hold a meeting together. They had already made a lot of guesses in their minds before, such as ideological activities, skills competitions, and commendation meetings.

Chairman Wan coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then slowly said: "We have not only people from the labor union, but also people from the Publicity Department. This is the first time that the two departments have met together. There must be a lot in everyone's minds. Do you have questions? "

Chairman Wan didn't seem to be in a hurry, had no intention of getting to the point, and was still in the mood for small talk.

"Yes, is there anything good going on, Chairman?" Everyone nodded, and one person asked Chairman Wan directly.

"Of course a good thing is a good thing, but we are all from the steel factory, so we should keep in touch and cooperate with each other, right?"

After saying this, everyone could still say "yes", but everyone could only say "yes". However, Chairman Wan never got into the topic, which made everyone more curious.

"Haha, that's good. Okay, I won't beat around the bush. This meeting is because of a very important task. Everyone knows that our steel plant has been established for ten years this year, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. , from scratch, such a large factory was built bit by bit by all our workers. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the factory is planning to hold a celebration party to celebrate these two days. "

After saying this . He paused, ready to observe everyone's reaction.

"Really?"

"The party, isn't it very lively!"

"..."

Most of the people present are relatively young, and they don't have much impression of the ten years, but as soon as they heard about the party, they were very interested. But there are nearly two thousand people, which is really a big bustle. Watching a movie is always a very happy thing, let alone a party.

They spoke in very low voices. After all, they were in a meeting, and the leader was sitting above them. After a few seconds of discussion, everyone in the conference room fell silent again.

Chairman Wan was quite satisfied with their performance. It seemed that people nowadays were quite interested in the party.

"That's right, we are going to hold a party this time, with the theme of "Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion and Learning from the Model for Ten Years." Our labor union and publicity department are responsible for preparing for this party. The party is roughly divided into two parts..."

As expected, the Mid-Autumn Festival The proposal for a party to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the steel plant has been approved by the higher authorities. Just as Li Chengye thought, the party was handed over to the labor union and the Publicity Department. For this purpose, a party preparatory group was set up, with Chairman Wan as the group leader, and the Director of the Publicity Department and Vice Chairman Xu as the deputy group leaders.

The conference room was very quiet. Everyone listened quietly to Chairman Wan's words. Chairman Wan briefly talked about the activities, including the method of soliciting programs and program rewards.

"This is the first time our factory has held such a big event, so we try to get all the workers to participate. It would be better if the workers' families can come. But now there is a problem. The auditorium of our factory can only accommodate Eight hundred people, but our factory now has nearly 2,000 workers." Suddenly, Chairman Wan changed the topic and directly talked about the problems faced by this event.

Vice Chairman Xu also looked serious, "Yes, some people can't participate. If some people don't participate, there will definitely be disagreements. Let's think about it. Is there any good place where we can hold the event?

" There was silence for a while, and everyone began to think about a suitable place. Their auditorium was built six or seven years ago. At that time, there were only a few hundred people in the factory, so the place was naturally relatively small.

After a while, a young man from the Publicity Department finally spoke, "Isn't there a large auditorium over there at the county government? It is said that it can accommodate nearly 3,000 people. Can we go there?"

"Yes, it's big enough over there. "

Yeah, the environment is pretty good." "

Well, you have to apply to the government, right?

"

Everyone started talking about the location, and soon all the advantages and disadvantages were found out. The place where their factory was located was relatively far from the county government at the beginning. It took almost an hour to walk there, and it was really troublesome to go back and forth.

Everyone was a little embarrassed for a while. Although walking for an hour is nothing to people nowadays, it is still quite troublesome. After all, everyone is very tired after work, and it must not be very difficult to run so far. good.

Li Chengye also started thinking in his mind, and suddenly he remembered that when he first came to the factory, he saw the layout of the factory area, and there seemed to be an undeveloped open space on it.

"Can we just hold an open-air party?"

Li Chengye just said this, and everyone's eyes fell on him. It's not that everyone didn't expect the open-air party, but they just felt that it was such an important party after all, and everyone didn't think about it from the beginning. Considered this.

"There is a large open space to the north of our steel plant, which is reserved for building additional factory buildings. However, it is not used for the time being, so it has been vacant. The space there is large enough to accommodate many people."

There was a silence. The two of them pouted, as if they were very disdainful of Li Chengye's proposal.

Chairman Wan: "For such a big event, maybe county and city leaders will come over. Can it be done outdoors?"

Li Chengye said with a smile: "Chairman, outdoor is actually quite suitable. We will move the stage to It is built in the middle, so everyone has a better view. In addition, it is the hottest time now, and thousands of people are crowded in the auditorium. The smell is not good, and it is very hot outside. The space is different. It's bigger and cooler, and people will definitely feel more comfortable."

Chairman Wan thought about it and felt that it was really hot with so many people crowded together.

"Besides, we don't lack steel here. We can build the stage ourselves. A bigger one is best."

"That's right. The stage in the county auditorium is very small." Everyone nodded in agreement. Their county There is no cultural center here. The auditorium is generally used for meetings and commendations, and is indeed not suitable for stage performances.

"Also, this is our steel plant's party after all. It would be inappropriate to go anywhere else."

In fact, the place Li Chengye mentioned is indeed very suitable. There is no money to develop there in a short period of time, so it has been vacant. . The factory had scattered some grass seeds and flower seeds there before, but now the environment is very good, and young men and women go there for dates from time to time.

Not only is there a lot of space there, but the terrain is flat and completely open.

Chairman Wan thought about it carefully, "From what you said, it seems to be really good."

Hu Liren also felt that Li Chengye's idea was very good at this moment, and said quickly: "That's right, since we want to run a bigger business, it's totally okay. We can invite people from nearby our factory to come and enjoy it together, and other factories can also provide some quotas. "

As long as you are a good person, you have a good face. I have to say that Hu Liren's words made everyone here feel that it is very feasible. Think about it, At that time, people in the county will definitely know about their factory.

"That's right, that's right. Our county has never held such a big party before. We can let our brother units come and learn from their experience."

"Hey, our factory will be lively by then."

"Yeah, much more It's rare..."

Everyone became lively again when they mentioned this, and they can still go out and show off.

Director Qiu of the Publicity Department, who had been silent before, frowned and interrupted them, "Wait a minute, what if it rains then?"

"Yes, this is a big problem." Chairman Wan was also a little worried now. Yes, a heavy rain can completely ruin a party.

"There's generally not much rain here in the past two months, right?" Chairman Xu recalled, with some hesitation in his words.

"According to past experience, there is indeed no rain, but we are just afraid of the worst!" Director Qiu sighed.

The atmosphere was a little dull for a while.

Chairman Wan thought carefully for a while, and suddenly slapped his hand on the table, "Let's do this. The venue will be as Comrade Li Chengye said, and the time will be the night before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Director Qiu, there should be a county official there. The contact information of the weather monitoring station?"

Director Qiu nodded.

"Okay, you can contact them seven days in advance to confirm the weather. If it really rains, then we will make preparations in advance and arrange the event to the county auditorium."

"Yes." Qiu The director nodded, this is the most appropriate method now.

"As for the auditorium, I will contact you, so you don't have to worry about it." Now I just have to make two preparations. It is best if the weather is good and they will hold it outdoors. If not, they will have to go to the county auditorium.

"Understood." Everyone had no objections to this plan.