In the coldest month of winter, the factory has a large space and poor heating facilities. The progress of making furniture is very slow, and the efficiency has not been improved. However, with the efforts of Yang Liufang and the workers, they were able to finish the bookshelf before the new year. After Qin Jiajun drove the truck away, he would deliver the vegetables on time, so he also knew the progress of the furniture. As soon as he saw that it was finished, he hurried back to Xizhou and took Yang Liufang and another worker to install it.
The car was driving on the frozen soil of the Loess Plateau after the snow melted in winter. It made a clicking sound from time to time. It was the tires breaking the ice. Qin Jiajun drove very slowly. After passing the oil field and onto the asphalt road, they speeded up and arrived at the high-end intellectual community where Teacher Li lived before noon. They first ate a large bowl of beef noodles at a nearby beef noodle restaurant to soothe themselves. The car was moving and the bones were shrunk together with the cold before they were ready to start installing the furniture.
Everyone unloaded the truck and carried the building at the same time. With the help of Qin Jiajun, the installation of the bookshelf on the back of the sofa in the living room was completed in about an hour. When they started to install the bookshelves in the study room, Teacher Li had already sorted out the books that needed to be placed on the sofa bookshelf and placed them one by one. The enriched bookshelf was as full as a work of art.
Taking the opportunity to pick up tools, Yang Liufang saw the bookshelves already filled with books. They were full and rich, and people who are with books have their own temperament. Yang Liufang saw a book "Fu Lei Family Letters" on the bookshelf. He thought about how he had not contacted his family since he hurriedly returned home in August. It seemed that he would not be able to go home this year. They were burdened with interest from the association, and Items piled up in furniture factory. The body cannot be placed in the hometown, and the soul cannot be placed in the foreign land. Perhaps this is the fate of all those who leave their hometown.
Yang Liufang thought that he must write a letter to his parents when he returned to the factory at night, telling them that neither he nor Brother Afu could go back. But I don’t know where to start. I can’t tell them that I borrowed a loan shark. Forget it, let's work first, and then go to the store to discuss it with Ah Fu.
At nearly five o'clock in the afternoon, all the bookshelves were installed. Teacher Li was very satisfied. After settling the expenses, he asked Qin Jiajun to go to the supply and marketing cooperative on his way back. After meeting Li Tongfu at the supply and marketing cooperative, he discussed the matter of writing letters to his family since he would not be able to go back during the Chinese New Year. Ah Fu suggested that he not talk to the old man about the meeting and only write about the project and the newly purchased store of the supply and marketing cooperative to report the good news. Don’t report worries.
After this delay, he returned to the factory very late. Yang Liufang stayed with Qin Jiajun to have dinner with him. After seeing him off, he returned to his room and wrote a long letter. This was the first time he had written a long letter since he was so old. When I wrote a letter to my parents, I forgot about my feelings when I started writing. I wrote a thousand words and didn’t know where to start. I tore several pieces of paper in my notebook before writing:
Dear Mom and Dad:
Hello everyone, how are you doing? Since the last time I went back to apply for an ID card, I haven’t contacted him for several months, and I miss him very much.
Afu and I are doing well here. The projects in the furniture factory continue, and we bought a truck to transport goods. Taking advantage of the restructuring of the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative, we contracted three counters to sell hardware tools. Since its opening, business has been good. Brother Afu and a salesperson from the original supply and marketing cooperative are standing at the counter in the store.
Mom and Dad, we don’t plan to have a holiday during the Spring Festival, and Brother Afu plans to open for business on the third day of the Lunar New Year, so this year neither of us will be able to go home with our elders to celebrate the New Year. We apologize for your understanding.
The second elder should not be reluctant to spend money at home. Now is different from before. Your son has the ability to make money and enable you to live a good life.
There are too many words to express, but I wish you good health and all the best.
Son: Alfang Afu pays homage.
After Yang Liufang finished writing, he checked it again carefully and found no typos. He finished expressing what should be expressed before going to bed.
The next day, the head of Shitou Village came to deliver water early in the morning. After he finished unloading, Yang Liufang took him to the warehouse, where a brand new dining table and four benches were quietly there.
"Brother Shitou, isn't this table good?"
"That's great. Whose client is this made for?"
"Far away, yet so close."
"mine?"
"Yes, Brother Shitou, I promised to give you a gift a long time ago, but you see that I have been busy until now to complete it. Fortunately, it will not be delayed for the New Year."
"Oh, the factory is so busy, but you still think of me, brother, thank you."
"Brother Shitou, you are so polite. You have taken good care of us in the past two years. It's just a little kindness."
"You and Ah Fu aren't going back for Spring Festival, are you?"
"Yes, our factory won't have a holiday until the 28th of the Lunar New Year, and Ah Fu's place will be closed until the 30th of the Lunar New Year. Just as I said, you can go fetch water later and help me send this letter."
"Oh, it's a small matter. If not, I'll ask your sister-in-law to prepare more dishes or something?"
"Don't go to too much trouble, Brother Shitou. Uncle Han should send a batch on New Year's Eve. You can just come and take some back then."
"Oh, I get food from you every year. I'm embarrassed."
"It's nothing, it's just convenient!"
"Is there any news from Third Brother? I haven't seen him here recently."
"It should be a holiday soon. Besides, it's so cold. After washing the sand, it will freeze."
"He should make a lot of money this year."
"Well, the whole village is rich."
"By the way, Brother Shitou, please inform our workers to collect their wages on the 26th. I will prepare red envelopes for everyone this year."
"Okay, don't delay everyone's New Year celebrations. I'm going to work first, it's not going to be easy on the road."
"Okay, go ahead. I'll start working too."
After Village Chief Shitou left, he took the workers to unload materials for a few more chairs.
This man couldn't help but say that Wang Shan came in the afternoon and brought a slaughtered sheep, saying that Yang Liufang and his second brother-in-law's family would share half of it.
"Third brother, thank you. I talked about you with Brother Shitou this morning. I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you very much."
"Oh, I've wanted to come here for a long time. It snowed a few days ago, and the Buddha (said) that he would kill the sheep in the past few days and bring them to you. Why don't I come here today?"
"The income will be good this year."
"It's good. Each family in the village can get one or two thousand yuan, and they can finally have a good year. How is your place? I think the work will continue."
"I didn't earn as fast as I spent. Not only did I just buy a car, but I also bought a few counters from the supply and marketing cooperative, and I still owe another fifty or sixty thousand."
“Everything you spend money on is a platform to make money, but you’re behind when you make money.”
"Third brother, I can lend you some good words. Sister-in-law, okay?"
"It's okay. The baby has been imported."
"Congratulations, third brother."
"Rejoice together and rejoice together."
