Li Jie didn't go to Chunyan's full moon party. He didn't mean not to go, but he was really busy.
The scale of Qingshan Furniture Factory is no less than that of the large furniture factories in the city. As the factory gets bigger, things will naturally increase.
Nowadays, despite Li Jie's training, Zhao Hongxing and the others have not grown up yet. If they let go, they will inevitably be in a hurry.
In addition, it is a good thing that he does not attend, after all, he and Chunyan had some disputes before.
In a blink of an eye, the New Year is coming.
In order to welcome the Lunar New Year, Li Jie specially gave the entire factory ten days of annual leave. Except for the necessary personnel on duty, everyone else took the leave.
Of course, that includes him.
Regarding this vacation, a little story happened during the holiday.
Unlike the statutory holidays of later generations, there was no concept of statutory holidays in the 1960s and 1970s.
Nowadays, what is advocated is to revolutionize the Spring Festival. Don’t go home during the Spring Festival, actively participate in productive labor, and turn winter leisure into winter busyness.
At the same time, some past Spring Festival customs, such as setting off firecrackers, burning incense and worshiping Buddha, are also prohibited.
Finally, eating and drinking too much is not recommended.
In this year when holidays are generally not given, Qingshan Furniture Factory took ten days off in one go, which can be said to be unique.
Not only the elders of the factory, but also the higher-level agencies also paid attention, and they all advised that the holiday should not be given like this.
Although the factory's profits are good and there is no shortage of time during the Spring Festival, such behavior is obviously inappropriate.
But Li Jie did not accept their proposal.
The vast majority of employees at Qingshan Furniture Factory are educated youths who went to the countryside. The earliest batch of employees went to the countryside in 1969, and they were the same batch as Li Jie.
From 1969 to 1976, for seven years, despite the existence of family leave, many people still did not go home to celebrate the Spring Festival due to various reasons.
They are also an indispensable part of why Qingshan Furniture Factory is what it is today.
Most of these educated youths graduated from junior high school, and a smaller half graduated from high school. In the 1960s and 1970s, junior high school and high school graduates could definitely be regarded as highly educated.
After several searches across the province, the average educational level of employees at Qingshan Furniture Factory is also among the best.
Without this group of high-quality talents, Qingshan Furniture Factory may still develop well, but its development will never be as fast as it is now.
Li Jie knew very well that taking a public holiday would involve taking certain risks, but he still did it.
On the one hand, it is because everyone is really tired. Since 1967, the revolutionary and militant Spring Festival activities have not stopped.
After working hard for so long, there is a general feeling of burnout in society today.
On the other hand, the timing this year is also very good. If it had been done in previous years, Li Jie would definitely not have done this.
Even if he wasn't afraid, he wouldn't do it.
Just because you're not afraid doesn't mean you don't mind the trouble.
In the early morning of this day, Li Suhua came to the door of the back room early and knocked on the door.
"Bingkun, go to the station to pick up your eldest brother and sister-in-law later. It's a rare trip for the two of them. They probably brought a lot of things with them, and there is a child around, so it will definitely be inconvenient."
The last time Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei came back was the last time. The cycle of their return home was measured in years.
This time, they came back not only for the New Year, but also for something more important.
The Zhou family and the Hao family want to meet formally.
There was no chance before, but now that Hao Dongmei's parents have been rehabilitated, they are in-laws, so they have to meet and get to know each other no matter what.
Otherwise, we would not recognize each other when we walked back on the road. Isn’t this a joke?
"Okay, come here and wait until I finish changing the diaper."
"Ah? Lan Lan peed again?"
The child's name is Zhou Lanlan, and the name was given by Li Suhua. Li Suhua had already decided on the name for a long time. She had already thought of the name when Zheng Juan came to visit her.
After the child was born, Li Jie had no objection to the name.
This is what the old man wants, so just let her go. Anyway, the name is not bad.
"right."
In the room, Li Jie gently pinched his daughter's little face.
"You girl, why are you so capable of wetting the bed? I'll call you the platoon leader from now on."
Lan Lan was only a few months old now, so she didn't know what Li Jie meant. She just thought her father was playing with her, and she burst into laughter.
Her hands and feet were not idle either, and Roududu's arms were waving in the air, as if she was overjoyed.
"Ha ha."
A child's smile is healing. Seeing Lan Lan's innocent smile, Li Jie also burst out laughing.
Just at this time, Li Suhua walked in from outside the house. Seeing Li Jie smirking at the child, she couldn't help but smile and shake her head.
"You kid, what are you doing with this Silly Le?"
Li Jie smiled and raised the diaper on his hand: "Mom, I'm laughing. If your eldest granddaughter keeps doing this, we won't have enough diapers at home."
“There are so many clothes at home!”
Li Suhua rolled her eyes at her younger son: "Lanlan can use as much as she wants."
With that said, Li Suhua leaned down in front of the child and asked cheerfully.
"Do you think so, Lan Lan?"
"We don't have much else at home, and we definitely have enough diapers. Your dad is stupid at work."
After saying that, Li Suhua turned her head and glanced at her youngest son. As a result, she saw her youngest son holding a diaper in his hand and standing there blankly, as if he was thinking about something.
Seeing this scene, Li Suhua was stunned and couldn't help but sigh.
This kid doesn't forget to think about work even when he's at home.
Just as Li Suhua guessed, Li Jie was indeed thinking about work, but it was not his current job in a furniture factory.
But the future.
Just now, Li Jie suddenly thought of a business.
Diapers!
Even though the diaper only has a small piece, the market for this business is definitely not small.
Although Procter & Gamble introduced a disposable diaper that was highly absorbent and comfortable to wear as early as 1956, and was named "one of the 100 greatest inventions of the 20th century" by Time magazine in 1961.
But there are still some differences between today's diapers and the diapers that will be known to everyone in later generations.
It was not until 1980 that Chinese Tang Xinyuan, the father of space suits, added a polymer absorber to the space suit and invented a diaper with a water absorption capacity of up to 1,400 ml.
This move was to solve the problem of urination in space, and later entered the civilian market, which led to the emergence of diapers in later generations.
Li Jie once read relevant papers when he was looking for materials. This kind of polymer absorber is actually a polymer resin.
The production process of polymer resin is not difficult. The only difficulty is that the raw materials are subsidiary products of the petrochemical industry.
There is currently no dedicated production and procurement organization in China. To be precise, there are no finished products available for purchase in the world.
If the Qingshan factory wants to enter the diaper market in the future, it must be prepared for its own research and development and processing.