"Bingkun, I've already taken care of learning the craft."
Not long after, Cai Xiaoguang took the initiative to bring up official matters. Upon hearing this, Sun Wenhua immediately pricked up his ears.
Whether the factory can be built or not is directly related to whether Xiaoqingshan Village can have enough to eat in the future.
Therefore, he immediately got into high spirits.
"Qianhua Furniture Factory, you know, right?"
"The greetings have already been made over there. As long as you are ready, you can receive them at any time."
Most of the furniture in the 1960s and 1970s was made by carpenters, and there were not many truly large-scale furniture factories.
But Jichun City is a provincial capital after all, so it is relatively easy to find a suitable location.
What's more, Cai Xiaoguang's father said hello in person, and he was only teaching apprentices, so the furniture factory did not have to pay the apprentices' wages.
All in all, if it were done by people from Xiaoqingshan Village, there would be almost no way to complete this matter.
But if it were done by Cai's father, it would only be a phone call away.
"Brother Xiaoguang, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Li Jie sincerely thanked Cai Xiaoguang. Qianhua Furniture Factory is well-known and it is indeed a good choice to learn crafts there.
In addition, the furniture factory is not very far from the optical printing machine. If you ride a bicycle, you can get there in about half an hour.
When he comes to Jichun City, it will be very convenient to go back and forth.
Regarding the fact that he entered a factory to learn a craft, Cai Xiaoguang was an educated youth, and Li Jie did not deliberately hide it.
Because, there is no need!
"Leader, thank you, thank you!"
On the other side, Sun Wenhua suddenly stood up and bowed to Cai Xiaoguang. He didn't know what to call him, but he would definitely call him 'leader'.
"Uncle, please don't do this."
Upon seeing this, Cai Xiaoguang stood up quickly and supported Sun Wenhua.
At first, he just wanted to help a group of Zhou Rong's younger brothers, but later because of his father's instructions, he couldn't help but spend a little more time.
From the beginning to the end, he no longer cared whether Xiaoqingshan Village accepted his love or not.
It doesn't matter to him where Xiao Qingshan Village is. If it weren't for the letter from 'Bingkun', he wouldn't even know the name of Xiao Qingshan Village.
"Uncle Wenhua, don't be polite to my brother-in-law."
Li Jie smiled and waved his hands, deliberately showing an indifferent look.
As soon as these words came out, the reactions of the two people at the scene were completely different.
When Cai Xiaoguang heard this, his eyes were full of surprise. The word "brother-in-law" was very short and ordinary, but it made him feel happy.
Sun Wenhua on the side was shocked.
Is this young-looking leader the brother-in-law of ‘Bingkun’?
real or fake?
How come ‘Bingkun’ never said that?
Doesn't his sister still live at home?
Why did there suddenly appear to be a brother-in-law?
"Ha ha."
Cai Xiaoguang laughed and patted Li Jie on the shoulder.
"I take your words seriously!"
"Then you have to ask my sister."
Li Jie took a step back slightly and teased.
As soon as Li Jie mentioned Zhou Rong, Cai Xiaoguang suddenly lost his previous free and easy attitude.
He hasn't put it on the agenda to pursue Zhou Rong yet.
At least I don’t have time these days, because I have to be busy with work, and at the same time I have to help ‘Bingkun’, or I should say, help myself with running a factory.
Neither of these two things is easy, and Cai Xiaoguang doesn't have the ability to clone himself. It can be foreseen that he will definitely be very busy in the future.
Of course, no matter how busy he is, he will still find time to accompany Zhou Rong, but he will not leave too much time.
"Okay, I'll ask your sister later."
Cai Xiaoguang wrote lightly and ignored this topic and mentioned it instead.
"By the way, you said in your letter before that Xiaoqingshan Village will send a total of twenty apprentices there, five of them are well-educated, and the others are novices who have never learned anything, right?"
"right."
Li Jie put away the smile on his face and nodded vigorously.
"That's the number."
Among the five well-educated people, one was a carpenter, and the other four were the carpenter's two sons and the carpenter's apprentices.
Of the remaining fifteen, half are educated youths and half are young people from the village.
Carpentry is actually a highly professional craft. Just the four basic skills of "scraping, chopping, chiseling, and stabbing" will take several years.
In the past, it took three years to become an apprentice, five years to learn half the time, and seven years to become a master.
However, carpenters in furniture factories are different from traditional carpenters. Traditional carpenters have a lot to learn.
Whoever builds a house needs to hire a carpenter. Basically, one master is responsible for it. It is impossible to hire several carpenters to build different things separately.
Therefore, traditional carpenters create many types of things, ranging from sofas and beds to benches.
As for carpenters in furniture factories, they don’t need to learn that much. It’s like an assembly line. Everyone only needs to learn what they are responsible for.
If you really learn from beginning to end, Xiaoqingshan Village can't afford to wait and tell you, and other furniture factories may not be willing either.
The study period is half a year.
After half a year, the inexperienced apprentices are almost getting started, and the few experienced carpenters have probably mastered the essentials.
At that time, even if I went back, I would still have a way to start a furniture factory.
As for those apprentices who have just started, they can just learn while working.
Anyway, there is a master carpenter here, so I don’t have to worry about no one to teach me.
"It's almost the Chinese New Year. Forget it this year, let's set the time to enter the factory at the beginning of next year. You can discuss the specific date when you go back."
Cai Xiaoguang nodded slightly and decided on the matter directly.
"Then tell me again, and we will communicate with Qianhua Furniture Factory at that time."
When Li Jie heard this, he glanced at Sun Wenhua next to him, and when he saw the other person nodded, he just agreed.
"Okay, let's make it next year."
The Chinese New Year will be here in less than half a month, so it's really not a good time to enter the factory.
At this point, the matter was settled. After talking about the official business, Li Jie started talking about personal matters.
"Brother Xiaoguang, are you free tonight?"
Cai Xiaoguang was stunned for a moment. His father was concerned about setting up the factory, so he should go back and report it in the evening.
But in a second thought, he seemed to have guessed something, and then immediately changed his mind.
"available."
"That's good, come to my house for dinner tonight."
"Okay, I'll be there on time."
Cai Xiaoguang agreed immediately, and it was exactly what he thought.
At this moment, he was already thinking about whether he should bring something with him at night.
It's a bit awkward to arrive empty-handed.
Suddenly, he remembered the bottles of wine his father had hidden.
How about bringing a bottle?
After all, it’s not easy for ‘Bingkun’ to come back.
One bottle seems not enough?
Or, two bottles?
As for the reward, Cai Xiaoguang had long forgotten about it.
The person to report to is his father, and he hasn’t moved out yet. When can’t he report?