We have a rest today. Li Chu and Ding Qiunan both got up early in the morning. They have already agreed that they will go to the trust store to buy furniture today.
Ding Qiunan has always used this kind of old-fashioned furniture at home, and Ding Qiunan also agreed to replace it with this kind of furniture in the yard.
Li Chu specifically asked Shang Fu Lao Er to accompany them.
Although he knew wood, he didn't know much about carpentry. He asked the rich man to help him check the workmanship of the furniture.
The three of them basically went around the trust stores in Sijiucheng. They picked out rosewood and rosewood furniture and looked at the furniture made of wood. In one day, they bought all the furniture except the bed. The rich man is indeed doing carpentry work.
Yes, I know a lot about these things.
Li Chu and Ding Qiunan discussed it and planned to make a heated kang at home. The winter in Sijiu City was still very cold. Although the house was equipped with heating, it was more comfortable to sleep on the kang at night.
I told the rich man my plan and asked him to go back and talk to his brother and take some time to go over and give him a plate of kang. It happened that the key to the yard over there was still with them.
The rich man happily agreed. Although it was a small job, it was better than being idle at home.
In the past two years, there have been far fewer people looking for work from them. Everyone is running out of food. Who has the spare money to clean up the house? If there is any problem, they can just deal with it themselves.
The rich man did not eat dinner with Li Chu and the others. He was responsible for bringing back the purchased furniture and placing it in good order.
The young couple came home after eating out. As soon as they got home, the girl lay down on the sofa and didn't want to move. She was almost exhausted from running all day.
Li Chu poured a glass of water, sat down next to his wife, put her legs on his lap, and began to massage the girl.
Ding Qiunan closed her eyes and lay there enjoying her husband's massage.
After a while, he opened his eyes again and asked: "Li Chu, aren't you tired after running for a day? You don't need to massage me."
"You're not tired. I think it's okay. Just lie down and don't worry about anything else."
Ding Qiunan chuckled, sat up, hugged Li Chu's neck, kissed him, and then lay down again.
Not long after, he heard the girl's calm breathing. Li Chu looked up and saw that she was asleep. He carefully put her legs on the sofa and went upstairs to get her a pillow.
After coming down, I carefully carried the girl down a little and let her head rest on the pillow. The armrest of the sofa was a bit high and my neck couldn't bear it when I slept on it.
Also, move the fan a little further away. It's not good if it's too close and blows for a long time.
After covering her with some clothes, Li Chu walked into the study and continued to do his own thing.
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Friday, September 15, 1961
eleven o'clock noon
Li Chu stood at the door of the ministry and looked at the office building in front of him. He had just walked out of it.
Just now, in the conference room on the third floor, Li Chu solemnly took the oath to join the organization in front of all members of the organization, following a senior official of the committee.
From today on, he is a glorious reserve organization member.
In other words, from today on, his life will begin to write a new chapter.
Humming a little tune, I got on my bicycle and rode to the hospital in a good mood.
As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the hospital, he saw the third uncle, Yan Bugui, pacing back and forth at the entrance of the hospital with his head lowered.
Li Chu rode up to him and shouted, "Third uncle, what are you doing?"
Yan Bugui raised his head and saw that it was Li Chu and said quickly: "Oh, Xiao Chu, I'm just waiting for you here. Can you go back now? Something happened to the Jia family."
Li Chu's heart skipped a beat. Something happened to the Jia family? It couldn't be Jia Dongxu, right?
"Third uncle, what happened to the Jia family?"
Yan Bugui lowered his voice and said, "It was Jia Dongxu who had an accident. Not long after he got to work in the morning, people from the factory came over to inform him that there had been an accident, and he died on the spot."
Li Chu felt that his heart was beating hard. There had been such a big change in the yard, so why did something happen to him?
"What's going on? Weren't you fine when you went to work in the morning?"
Yan Bugui added: "I don't know the details. I only found out about it just after I returned. Lao Liu and Damao took people from the factory and went directly to his hometown to find someone to dig the grave."
After a pause, he continued: "Lao Yi and Zhu Zhu came back to attach the coffin to the coffin bought by the factory, and there were a few other people who escorted the coffin back to his hometown."
Li Chu felt a little strange and asked: "Is it so fast? Shouldn't it be parked for three days?"
"Alas, Dongxu is a young man with an old man on top, so he can't park it at home."
Is there such a custom?
"Let's go then, third uncle. Let's go back and take a look now. I'll take you on my bike."
After all, they are all in the same courtyard. If something like this happens, you have to show up.
Returning to the yard, Li Chu found the girl's bicycle parked in front of the house, but no one was seen at home. It should be at Jia's house.
He put the car away and went to the middle courtyard with the third uncle.
Everyone in the courtyard is now at Jia's house, and Li Chu can't even get in at the door.
It was the eldest mother holding her son who saw the two of them, and then helped to greet Li Chu and the third uncle to go in.
Ding Qiunan heard the noise outside in the inner room, came out and saw Li Chu, and quickly asked him to go in and see Qin Huairu first.
After all, this woman is now pregnant. She fainted immediately after hearing the news in the morning. As soon as she woke up, the girl was afraid that something would happen to her again.
Li Chu checked his pulse. It was not a big problem, but he was a little irritated. He would lean on the quilt and cry without making a sound.
Xiao Dang, who was just over two years old, cuddled up next to her and looked at the people in the room blankly. It was obvious that at such a young age, she didn't know what was going on.
Seeing that Qin Huairu had no major problems, Li Chu did not continue to stay in the back room. Ding Qiunan and several women from the courtyard stayed with her in the back room.
Aunt Jia held a photo of Jia Dongxu and sat blankly by the kang. The old lady in the backyard sat next to her and kept saying some comforting words to her.
Li Chu looked at it and sighed secretly. Aunt Jia's life was too bad. Her husband died a few years ago. The family's life has just gotten a little better this year. Now that her son is gone, her temperament has changed since then.
It's also normal.
Li Chu didn't stay in the house for long, the third uncle and the aunt came out after him.
Seeing that the eldest mother was a little tired holding her child, Li Chu reached out and picked up her son.
The first uncle's son is named Yi Ping'an. He is seven months old. He looks very cute and looks very cute. He doesn't even cry or fuss when Li Chu holds him in his arms.
The eldest mother saw that her child was obedient in Li Chu's arms, so she entered Jia's house again.
Li Chu carried the child to the gate of the courtyard. He really didn't like the depressing atmosphere in the courtyard.
Yan Bugui moved two small stools from home, and the two of them sat at the door of the courtyard and chatted without saying a word. The child stared at him in his arms and looked around.
Yan Bugui only found out about this when he came back from the first two classes in the morning.
The other men in the courtyard all worked in the factory, and they went to Jia Dongxu's hometown to help out from the factory.
The reason why he ran over to find Li Chu was because he really couldn't stay alone in the courtyard.