Li Suhua's plan to take care of her daughter-in-law failed in the end.
As soon as the Lantern Festival was over on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei boarded the return train.
Before leaving, Li Suhua gave many instructions and asked Zhou Bingyi to take good care of Hao Dongmei and go to the educated youth spots more often when he had nothing to do.
Never let Hao Dongmei do heavy work such as chopping wood and boiling water. You must be careful and careful.
Of course, she also didn't forget to tell Hao Dongmei that the weather in Heilongjiang Province was particularly cold. On this day, the village was not bad. As soon as she left the village, there was ice everywhere.
If Hao Dongmei wants to visit Zhou Bingyi at the Corps, she must wait for Zhou Bingyi to pick her up and cannot go there alone.
In fact, even without Li Suhua's instructions, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei would have been extremely careful.
After all, the life conceived in Hao Dongmei's belly is the fruit of their love, so one cannot be too careful.
On this day, a heavy snow suddenly fell in Jichun City. The snow came very unexpectedly and made people completely unprepared.
In just one night, the snow outside was more than a foot thick.
Optical film.
The Zhou family's house is a self-built house with a brick and wood structure and layers of blue tiles on the roof. It snowed too much last night, although the snow stopped temporarily.
But the sky is still overcast.
In order to prevent the snow from being too thick and damaging the roof, the snow on the roof must be cleared.
Looking at his young son who was busy on the roof, Li Suhua suddenly sighed.
"well."
The heavy snow in the sky made her worry about her son and daughter-in-law who were far away in Heilongjiang Province. It snowed so much here, let alone Bingyi.
With such a heavy snowfall, I wonder if Dongmei has made any preparations in advance?
If the road is blocked by heavy snow, will Dongmei be hungry?
Pregnant women must ensure adequate nutrition. If the nutrition is insufficient, it will not be good for the child in the belly.
Glancing towards the north, Li Suhua's face was full of worry.
Not long after, Li Jie finished clearing the snow on the roof, turned his head and looked down, and saw Li Suhua looking worried, and he immediately understood what she was worried about.
"Mom, it's done."
"Help me hold the ladder up, and I'll come down right now."
"oh."
Hearing this, Li Suhua immediately came to his senses, stepped forward, and firmly grasped the ladder leaning against the eaves.
"Bingkun, do you think it's snowing heavily over your eldest brother's side?"
As he spoke, Li Suhua's mouth steamed up.
It's really cold today.
Li Suhua shivered involuntarily. She was wearing a lot of clothes, including a large flowered jacket and a cotton vest inside.
Inside, she wore two sweaters, one thick and one thin.
In addition, there is a piece of cotton underwear that is close-fitting.
After wearing so many clothes, she still felt a chill. It was so cold in Jichun, and it would be even colder in Bingyi.
"Don't worry, I'll go to the heavy trust factory later and look through the newspaper to find out."
The earliest meteorological department can be traced back to 1949, when the Meteorological Bureau of the Military Commission was established to serve national defense.
In 1956, the Chairman instructed the meteorological department to inform the people about the weather frequently. Since then, the Central Meteorological Observatory has provided weather forecast services to the people for the first time through radio and newspapers.
However, at that time, weather forecast services were only available in the capital area.
Over the past ten years, weather forecasts have gradually spread to local areas. Except for some remote areas that do not have weather stations, most cities have meteorological departments.
"Okay, come down quickly. We'll go there later."
Li Suhua rubbed her chest: "I feel a little uneasy. Your sister-in-law is still pregnant. Such heavy snow is too scary."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Li Jie smiled and agreed. Originally, he was going to the heavy trust factory.
After climbing down the ladder to the roof, Li Jie patted the snow on his body and went out.
He didn't ride a bike today. There was too much snow outside. Now, unlike in later generations, there are special snow clearing vehicles every time it snows.
Nowadays, snow removal relies on manual labor. Except for some main roads, no one has cleared the snow on other roads yet.
About half an hour later, Li Jie arrived at the heavy trust factory in the wind and snow.
Although the sky was overcast when we walked, the snow never fell. Halfway through, the snow suddenly started falling.
"Xiao Zhou, are you here to see Director Cai again?"
Seeing Li Jie coming, the guard at the door greeted him familiarly.
"Um."
Li Jie smiled and nodded, deftly letting go of a cigarette.
"Uncle Qin, let's go first. Let's talk later."
"Go ahead."
Uncle Qin waved his hand with a smile. He did not light the cigarette that Li Jie gave him, but put it into his cigarette case.
This cigarette is expensive, so keep it and distribute it to others later.
After a while, Li Jie came to the door of Cai Xiaoguang's office in a familiar manner. The door was open and he looked inside. Cai Xiaoguang was looking down at the documents.
Seeing that no one was inside, Li Jie knocked on the door casually, and then stepped directly into the office.
Seeing Li Jie covered with snowflakes, Cai Xiaoguang was stunned for a moment, then joked with a smile.
"Your style is quite unique, isn't it?"
Li Jie shrugged: "Who knows that I have a hard life, unlike you, who sits in the office every day, just say something when you need something, and a bunch of people will run errands for you."
"You."
Cai Xiaoguang smiled and shook his head, got up and walked to the door, picked up a thermos bottle and made Li Jie a cup of hot tea.
"Come, drink some hot tea and warm yourself up."
In the cold winter, scalding hot tea is not for drinking, but for warming hands. Li Jie held the tea cup and sat down directly.
"How did that happen?"
As soon as he sat down, Li Jie directly explained his intention.
He came here today mainly for the exhibition quota of the Canton Fair.
The Canton Fair has a long history. The earliest one can be traced back to 1957. It is held once every year in spring and autumn.
Even during these ten years, the Canton Fair has never been suspended.
The reason why it is not suspended is also very simple, because the Canton Fair is one of the most important sources of foreign exchange in the country, accounting for almost half of the foreign exchange quota.
These days, the quota of foreign exchange is extremely scarce. Naturally, a foreign exchange earning window of the size of the Canton Fair will not and cannot be suspended.
All provinces and cities across the country have indicators for participation in the exhibition, and the details are reported by the commerce departments of each province.
Cai Xiaoguang's father is the head of the Provincial Department of Commerce. Without his help, it would be absolutely impossible for a newly established rural collective enterprise to participate in the Canton Fair.
Even with his help, it may not be possible to successfully participate in the exhibition.
After all, everyone is short of foreign exchange, and no company will give up the opportunity to earn foreign exchange.
Earning foreign exchange is not just a simple economic issue, but also a major political task.