Reborn in 1977

Chapter 59: Just a Code Name

Chen Fan took off his green military uniform, changed into the homespun clothes that had just been delivered, and then put on a cotton-padded coat, immediately feeling much more relaxed.

Most importantly, wearing this kind of homespun clothing to work, no one would say anything, and even he himself wouldn't feel bad about it.

Chen Fan looked at the cotton shoes that Jiang Lili had sent, sat down to try them on, and found they were a little big, but not too much; adding an insole and wearing socks should make them fit perfectly.

Hey, how did this girl know his shoe size?

He took off the cotton shoes, put on the cloth shoes that Captain Yang had given him again, and put the cotton shoes back into the closet.

Then, with the letter of introduction, he picked up his wooden stick and first walked to the door of Jiang Lili's room, clearing his throat twice, "Ahem, ahem."

Jiang Lili glanced back, pouted, and lowered her head without saying a word.

Chen Fan leaned against the doorframe, looked at her with a smile, and said, "Did you specially make those cotton shoes to send to me?"

Jiang Lili said without looking up, "Once it snows in a few days, those single cloth shoes won't hold up; I just happen to have some scrap cotton, not enough to make clothes, so I made you a pair of shoes."

The day before yesterday, she saw Chen Fan sitting alone and crying (actually, he was being熏 by the ginger in his foot bath), and seeing him staring at those broken cotton shoes, she thought he was lamenting his fate, thinking of his family who were somewhere unknown, and couldn't help but feel sorry for him.

In addition, the weather was getting colder and colder, and single shoes really couldn't last through the winter, so she made him a pair of cotton shoes.

But she didn't expect Vice-Captain Xiao to send him a pair of big-toe leather shoes, which made her feel a little redundant.

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Thank you, but the shoes are a little small, a bit tight on the feet."

"Ah?"

Jiang Lili raised her head, stood up, walked over, and asked in surprise, "Too small? I specially made them a little bigger."

Chen Fan looked curious, "Do you know my shoe size?"

Jiang Lili's eyes were a little nervous, "I made them according to the size of your cloth shoes.

Since you have to wear socks in winter, I made them a circle bigger; being a little bigger doesn't matter, because cotton shoes are very thick and will wrap around your feet, but how can they still be small?"

If they were too big, you could add two pairs of insoles, but if they are too small, what can you do?

Chen Fan suddenly realized, "Oh, so that's how it is."

Then he nodded, "I remembered wrong, they're not small, they're just a little big, it would be perfect if I had a pair of insoles."

When Jiang Lili heard this, her face suddenly stiffened, and then she became exasperated, "Hmph, you're a bad person."

Then she turned around, returned to her chair, sat down heavily, and didn't want to talk in anger.

Chen Fan chuckled, "Don't be angry, a prime minister's belly can hold a boat.

You're a big woman, how can you be so petty with a little man like me?"

Jiang Lili burst out laughing, then tried hard to keep a straight face, but couldn't hold it in, and finally could only laugh, "How can you be like this?"

Chen Fan said seriously, "Mr. Li said, men and women are equal, women can hold up half the sky, you can't always say big man and little woman, you can also talk about big woman and little man."

Jiang Lili glared at him with a smile on her face, "You rascal."

After a pause, she said, "You're obviously only 16 years old, but you lied to me that you were 18, and you still call me Little Jiang."

Chen Fan's face was full of righteousness, "I'm fully 16 going on 17, 18 in the lunar calendar, I didn't lie."

Jiang Lili didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You're just arguing, I already told you I was born in '59."

Chen Fan continued to argue, "The year has no necessary relationship with age, it's just a beautiful misunderstanding."

Seeing that Jiang Lili was still holding back and not speaking, he looked like he was going all out, "Then how about this, from now on you call me Little Chen, and I'll call you Sister Jiang, is that okay?"

Jiang Lili felt a little dizzy, "What Sister Jiang, people will think it's Hongyan."

Then she pouted, "I don't dare to call you Little Chen, now everyone in the team calls you Master Chen, if I call you Little Chen, wouldn't that make me look like I'm making a mistake?"

Chen Fan followed up, "Then you can also call me Master Chen, the same treatment as the captain."

Jiang Lili couldn't help it again, and kept giggling.

After laughing for a while, she walked over, looked at the sky, and said softly, "Okay, okay, I forgive you, it's not early now, you hurry over there, otherwise if you delay the time, you'll have to come back in the dark."

Chen Fan looked at her with a smile and said, "Then you're not angry?"

Jiang Lili shook her head with a smile, "I'm not angry anymore."

Chen Fan, "Then let's unify our thinking, from now on you still call me Chen Fan, what do I call you?"

Jiang Lili thought for a while, "Just call me by my name."

Then she smiled and said, "Anyway, a name is just a code name, it's the same no matter what you call it."

Chen Fan nodded in agreement, "I agree with that, anyway, a name is just a code name, then I'll still call you Little Jiang."

Jiang Lili's face was speechless.

Chen Fan waved his hand, "Goodbye, Little Jiang, see you tonight."

Before Jiang Lili could speak, he dragged his dog-beating stick and fled.

Looking at Chen Fan's back, the smile on Jiang Lili's face couldn't stop.

After a while, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, a few traces of sadness flashed in her eyes, she gently bit her lip, lowered her head and turned back to her room.

… …

Chen Fan walked towards the 8th team with his dog-beating stick as a crutch.

This time he didn't take the main road of the production team, but the embankment.

Yesterday, the people from the 7th team sent him back from the river embankment, and only then did he know that the residential villages of the Lujiawan Production Team were all built along the river embankment.

If it was a team on the same side, taking the river embankment was the closest way, but that "main road" was rarely used, and it was only used when going to the commune.

So after getting on the river embankment, Chen Fan found that not only pedestrians liked to walk on the river embankment, but even the power lines were laid along the river embankment.

Standing on the river embankment, you could see groups of commune members busily working in the distance.

About five or six people were responsible for a location.

After determining the location, they would first dig a big pit, stand the utility pole upright, and then clamp it with three or four one-meter-high pieces of wood to prevent it from tilting.

Then they would nail it tight with claw nails with pointed ends.

To prevent accidents, they would also wrap a few circles of iron wire or bamboo strips.

Only after confirming that it was stable would they fill and compact the deep pit.

This is how a utility pole was erected.

But now they were just burying the poles, and the tops were bare, with nothing on them.

They had to wait for people from the power supply station and the post and telecommunications office to come and pull the wires and debug them before they could get electricity and communication, and the loudspeaker could be used.

Chen Fan walked along the way, and when he passed by, some people waved to him to say hello.

He didn't recognize them, but that didn't stop him from waving and exchanging greetings, shouting as he walked along the river embankment.

"Ah, going to the 8th team to teach how to kill turtles."

"Okay, I'll come find you guys to play when I'm done."

"Slaughtering pigs? Okay, okay, if I have time, I'll definitely come to eat pig-slaughtering dishes."

"Thank you, thank you, I have to hurry to the 8th team, talk to you later, goodbye!"

Walking and shouting like this all the way, he finally arrived at his destination.

Then he spent half a day busying himself in the 8th and 9th teams respectively.

Until he was sent back by the people from the 9th team in the evening, the task of teaching how to make soft-shelled turtles was completed.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!!!