My 1979

Fu Xia stayed like this for two days in a row before leaving. Li He gave Fu Xia a suggestion, "Those old craftsmen with real skills. Those skills require time to accumulate, and they are not just learned for three or three years." If you can master it in five years, you must keep it. Do you think that you will be the only furniture factory in the future? If their salary is a few yuan higher than yours, they can poach people away, and you will have no room. Go cry."

Fu Xia carried her bag and said carelessly, "I know, I'm not a fool. If I really don't understand, I'll listen to you and go find a book to read."

Li He said too much but it was a waste of words. He went out and looked at the donkey riding upside down at the door.

Then he asked the two young men squatting on the threshold, "Is this how you rode here?"

Both young men were in their 20s and were wearing white shirts. They were covered with sweat and their shirts were stuck to their bodies. The other young man seemed to be hostile to Li He. Only the other young man said, "Yeah, I rode for more than five years." hours."

Li He was extremely hot, "Why don't you take a break and wait until the weather cools down before leaving?"

The two young men glanced at Fu Xia, and Fu Xia said, "Let's go, or we won't be able to get home in the dark."

Fu Xia put on her straw hat and jumped into the car. However, the iron sheet of the car was so hot from the sun that she almost burned her hands.

I guess it would be boiled even if you put an egg in it.

The three of them were not afraid of the heat, so they left at noon.

Li He thought that the skinny monkey was coming back soon, so he went to the post office to send a telegram to call the street lawyer over.

Shouhou's wife gave birth to a daughter. Shouhou was extremely happy. As a father, he couldn't see his daughter. You can imagine how he felt. He wanted to come back impatiently and sent a telegram to Li He to ask for his opinion.

Li He smiled bitterly, but he didn't stop Shouhou from coming back.

Not afraid of the heat anymore, I took off my shoes directly and went to the post office. I sent two telegrams in succession, one of which was to Slender Monkey. Love will never come back. The other letter was to the street lawyer, telling him to bring the information and come over quickly.

After leaving the post office, it was still too hot. There were tea stalls outside the door. He ordered a big bowl of tea and drank a bowl under the shade of a tree before he had a chance to breathe.

He Fang came back with a lot of bags and looked at Li He, "It's strange that you actually put on clean clothes when I wasn't here."

Li He said, "Fu Xia came back yesterday."

"No wonder." He Fang escaped from everything and went to take a bath.

Li He made him a bowl of egg noodles and said, "Let's eat it first. I'll see your skills tonight."

He Fang drank some cold water first, then picked up the bowl and ate, "Your noodles have been cooked to pieces and are not chewy."

"There is a gas station nearby. I went to buy a gas tank in the afternoon. There is a smell when cooking on a kerosene stove." At this time, there were still a few people using gas tanks for cooking in the city, and most of them were kerosene stoves or coal stoves. Or burning a wood stove, when cooking dinner in the evening, the smell of kerosene in the air is not pleasant.

"You're so naive. Just tell me your address and I'll go. You're so careless."

"One can of gas is not light, so you might as well forget it," Li He thought for a while and continued, "Old Zhao, his wife, and children have all been picked up. You see, why don't you cook and we call them Have a meal.”

Zhao Yongqi has been bringing his wife and children for more than a month, and he even asked Li He to have a home-cooked meal.

When Li He responded to the invitation, he originally thought about inviting them to a restaurant, but when he thought about it, he felt that it would be too insincere to do so in a hotel. It would be better to cook them at home and get acquainted with them.

But his cooking skills really couldn't pass the test, so he still had to wait for He Fang to come back. Besides, He Fang and Lao Zhao were also classmates, so it would be unethical not to wait for He Fang to come back.

Li He didn't call anyone else, only Zhao Yongqi's family.

The eldest son is also fifteen or sixteen years old, and the daughter is also twelve years old. The two children are no longer as timid as they were when they first arrived.

Li He asked Lao Zhao, "Your wife and children are on the hot bed. They are very comfortable."

Zhao Yongqi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Lao Zhao's wife was a neat person, and she was dissatisfied that Lao Zhao had forgotten his roots after working as a city dweller for just a few days, "I've told you so many times not to throw away the celery leaves, but you just didn't listen. Just make the buns when you earn a few bucks. It's like living a good life! During the famine, we didn't even have to eat the bark of the trees. To have such good vegetable leaves, our ancestors have accumulated great virtues! Now that life is better, don't forget to be frugal."

He Fang was cooking in the kitchen, and the eldest sister was also busy helping He Fang with the cooking. "Girl, don't do so much. It's a waste of cooking and food. It's weird if you don't waste your family. Life is good now, but that doesn't mean it's a waste. For the better in the future, save as much as you can. The cabbage leaves our family ate a few days ago were picked up by me from the vegetable market. The same goes for those selling vegetables. There are only a few bug holes in the bright white vegetables. Whose vegetables have no bug holes? , just after washing, they threw it away and ruined it in the garbage dump. What a pity. I said I wanted it, and they hurriedly gave it to me. Look, I don’t spend a penny, and we can have a meal. Let’s live our lives. You have to live like this. This money is all saved from between the teeth. If you don’t save and spend money lavishly, you just don’t know how to live.”

He Fang smiled and said, "Sister, you are absolutely right. I just watched the fish seller throw away the fish offal, which was a pity. It will be delicious when I come back to make soup."

The two seemed to have found a common language and were chatting very enthusiastically.

Li He took two apples and said to the two serious children sitting on the chairs, "Why don't you go play in the yard? There is a pond with fish in it. Why should I be so restrained?"

The two children were a little excited and glanced at Zhao Yongqi.

"Let's go play." Zhao Yongqi waved his hands and said, then sighed, "These two children are controlled too strictly by their mother. Even though my mother-in-law has not read much, she still has the same principles. I can't even say anything to her. I understand why. A few days ago, someone gave me this gift and she threw it away. What do you think she said? This is forcing men to make mistakes."

After Zhao Yongqi finished speaking, he burst into laughter again.

Li He made Zhao Yongqi a cup of tea and said with a smile, "You are doing well. Someone has come through your back door."

Zhao Yongqi took a sip of tea and shook his head, "If you go through my back door, I will follow you. They want to go through the boss' back door through me. This is a good life for you. You can live in such a big house and go to work easily. , it couldn’t be more beautiful.”

Li He said, "Isn't the house you bought pretty good? Why do you envy me? I envy you, you have a bright future."

With Li He's encouragement, Zhao Yongqi bought a small house just last year. When his wife came here, she was very happy. She cleaned it spotlessly and wished she could clean every crack in the bricks.

"Don't do this, you just lack the ambition. Everyone has their own ambitions anyway, and I won't force you." Zhao Yongqi didn't understand Li He. He was obviously smart and capable, but he had to hide it. Tucked in.