"By the way, do you have anything to do with my dad today? He went to the village entrance to play chess with me."
Li Xiucheng asked.
Li Donghai seemed to have come to his senses immediately and said, "My uncle told my dad that we are both coming back this year, and he said we were going to pay homage to grandma and celebrate the New Year together as a family."
"Then my dad asked me to come and see my uncle when I come back."
"Oh, so that's what happened. Then sit down for a while. I think my dad will be back soon."
Li Xiucheng thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he had never been in the same frame as Li Donghai in the past few years, not even worshiping ancestors together.
No wonder I couldn't think of him at this time, it made sense.
"Hey, Donghai, you are still in the army, right?"
Li Xiucheng first checked whether there was any discrepancy between Li Donghai's current situation and his memory.
"Well, that's right. I was promoted to platoon leader this year. I specially saved my leave to come back during the Chinese New Year to spend time with my parents and share the good news with them."
"Not bad! Donghai, you are already a platoon leader, why do you want to be a platoon leader at such a young age?"
"Hehe! Well, it's an exceptional promotion. I'm the youngest platoon leader in our area."
Li Donghai smiled sheepishly.
"That's really good. Donghai seems to be doing well in the army!"
"Actually, it's not bad. I just stayed a few years longer than others."
After some small talk, Li Xiucheng confirmed that Li Donghai's experience was no different from his memory.
After thinking about the point where things happened, Li Xiucheng suddenly realized that he should remind Donghai about his father's cerebral hemorrhage.
"Donghai, how is your uncle's health lately?"
"Very good, where is uncle?"
"Last time, I heard a doctor friend of mine say that we still need to check our body more often and go for a physical examination once a year. Some diseases are not visible internally, and by the time they occur, it will be too late."
"I'm thinking about taking my parents back to Xingrong after the New Year and giving their second uncle a physical check-up. My second uncle is getting older, so you should pay attention."
"Really?"
People in that era didn't have much awareness of physical examinations and took precautions. Most people only went to the hospital when they had symptoms.
Especially for people in small places, for minor illnesses or disasters, the first thing they consider is not to go to the hospital to register, but to treat them with various folk remedies.
It’s always until I’m hopeless that I remember that there is still a profession of doctor in this world.
This is how Li Xiucheng's father died.
But it’s not surprising that people did this at that time. The main reason was that the economic level was too low and they didn’t dare to go to the hospital.
"Well, any disease in the brain or internal organs requires going to the hospital."
Li Donghai nodded in understanding, but suddenly felt that he had been in the army for so many years and had spent too little time with his parents.
If his parents really developed the kind of disease Li Xiucheng mentioned, there would be no one around him who could help.
Having said this, the idea of retiring from the military came to Li Donghai's mind for the first time.
While chatting, Li’s father and mother came back, as well as Xiaomeng and Duoduo.
Seeing Li Donghai, everyone greeted him warmly.
"Hey, Donghai is back! He's grown taller and energetic. He really looks like a soldier."
Mother Li was holding a handful of vegetables in her hands and her eyes were shining as she looked at her energetic nephew.
"Grandma, who is this uncle?"
"This is your second grandfather's son, your uncle Donghai."
Duoduo liked Li Donghai very much and kept playing with him.
There was laughter and laughter in the small courtyard. Li Donghai, who had been in the army, had not yet married and had children. Duoduo's cuteness and the warmth of his family made Li Donghai's heart a little more excited about returning from the army.
They are a family, and they are close in age. During the New Year, the two families have frequent visits, which makes the relationship between Li Donghai and Li Xiucheng become increasingly close.
Li Xiucheng didn't want to influence Li Donghai at this moment, but he just needed to further improve the relationship and wait until Li Donghai retired from the army and returned to Wuhu.
With Li Donghai and Luo Denghua, it will be much easier to develop real estate in Wuhu in the future.
The work at the stone factory was finished, and Hu Changan and Zhao Zhiyuan often came over to pay New Year's greetings. Lu Pingnan returned to Tao County, and a lively and warm New Year was spent like this.
Just the day before Li Donghai left home, the second uncle of the Li family in his memory suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.
Li Xiucheng drove his second uncle to the county hospital. After several hours of frantic resuscitation, he was barely out of danger.
The doctor said that he couldn't be cured here and had to be sent to Wuhu City Hospital, where there was an expert in treating this disease.
Li Donghai was deeply saddened and made up his mind to retire from the army and change his career, and applied to go to Wuhu.
Li Donghai returned to the army to complete the formalities.
During the period of going through the procedures, Li Xiucheng paid for his second uncle's medical expenses and rented a room next to the hospital for his second aunt who took care of his second uncle. Li Donghai was very grateful and said that he would repay Li Xiucheng's kindness when he came back.
Li Xiucheng took his family back to Xingrong, preparing to take over matters related to the machinery factory.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Machinery Factory officially started work. At the New Year's Summary Meeting, Director Wang of the Machinery Factory solemnly announced in front of all employees the news of the restructuring of the Machinery Factory. The Machinery Factory was about to be taken over by the Zhao Group in Danan Province. A handover ceremony will be held next Monday.
There was an uproar below, and everyone was in danger.
Although the rumors had spread before, the official announcement still shocked everyone.
"Look, look, I'll say my surname is Zhao."
"What kind of thing is this? What will we do with so many people in the machinery factory in the future?"
"The Zhao Group is rich, so maybe it would be a good thing to let them manage it!"
"That's not certain. Private companies are not as easy to work with as state-owned companies. My brother is tired in a private company and his salary is not high."
"It's easy to say, there are so many people in the machinery factory, how many people are doing it for free, then it would be the worst if they lay off employees!"
"Hey, have you heard who is in charge of us?"
"I heard that she is the daughter of the Zhao Group. She is young and beautiful. Some people have seen her eating with Mayor Li."
"Yes, yes, I heard that too. She came to Xingrong several times last year, probably just to inspect our factory."
"But is such a young girl in charge of a machinery factory? What if everyone doesn't accept it?"
"This is not something we worry about. Anyway, as long as the money is distributed, we can live day by day without us having to worry about it."
…..
Factory Director Wang was speaking at length on the stage, and the audience was chatting with each other. Everyone was waiting for the "new emperor to arrive" with their own thoughts.
The capable and hard-working backbones are waiting for the machinery factory to have their own stage to perform after the restructuring.
Machinery factory bugs like Zhou Jianjun were worried all day long, so they secretly raised a sum of money to give as gifts when the new leader arrived.
Some old fritters who are just living a day-to-day life are worried about whether there will be layoffs while continuing to live a day-to-day life.
