After breakfast, Nannan tidied herself up carefully.
Chen Jinnian handed her school bag and lunch box and told her: "Put on your mask, don't talk to me when you go to school, and take off your mask when you get to the classroom..."
Nannan raised her eyes to look at her brother and moved her schoolbag proudly.
This is Chen Jinnian’s military satchel that he doesn’t use anymore. It has a bright red five-pointed star on it, which is the brightest logo of this era.
When the children in the courtyard gathered together, they were led by Yan Jiedi, the old daughter of the third uncle's family, and walked out of the courtyard hand in hand to go to school.
Chen Jinnian helped Li Xianwen get on the hand bicycle, put the tool box under the seat, then pushed his bicycle out of the warehouse, and he and Li Xianwen walked out of the alley before they parted ways.
Wearing women's work clothes, riding six-layer new 28 bars, she joined the huge army of bicycles.
He was carried all the way out of Dongzhimen, turned into Chaci Hutong in Erli Village, and mingled with the workers of the steel rolling mill, accessories factory and casting factory. He greeted the familiar workers and rode towards the steel rolling mill involuntarily.
The Third Steel Rolling Mill has just been restructured, and the brand name on the door has not been changed yet. It still bears the name of Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.
In front of the factory gate, the army of bicycles acted in unison - they got off the bicycle, pushed the bicycle into the gate, took two steps, raised their legs to get on the bicycle, and moved forward.
After Chen Jingnian got out of the car, he pushed the car to the side.
"Horror, you little bastard came early enough. Your godfather and your fifth uncle almost tortured me to death for doing this. They were afraid that you wouldn't be able to find the door when you reported today."
A middle-aged man with a Chinese character face waved at Chen Jingnian. He was wearing blue work clothes. The collar, cuffs and pockets had been washed and turned white and silky. He had a high-pitched voice and the smell of dirt in his mouth.
Everyone who was entering the factory looked at Chen Jingnian.
"Uncle Liu, you came all the way to pick me up."
Chen Jingnian couldn't help but laugh when he saw this person, took off his mask and moved closer.
"It must be done. Did you see that there is a sedan chair with eight carriages behind the house?"
The Northeastern dialect mixed in the loud voice of the middle-aged man with a Chinese character made the lesbians next to him couldn't help laughing, and their smiling eyes looked at Chen Jingnian.
Chen Jingnian also laughed. The man he called Liu Shu'er was also his father's comrade-in-arms. His surname was Li and his name was Mancang. His hometown was Jilin in Northeast China. He was an artilleryman when he was a soldier, and one of his fingers got stuck while loading a cannonball.
Got disabled.
Li Mancang and Chen Jingnian's father, Chen Jingsheng, Zhao Changshun, and Li Xianwen, were brothers who kowtowed their heads to the ground. They were the youngest and sixth among the brothers.
Li Mancang and Chen Jingnian lived in the same city in their previous lives, but in different counties.
It was from Li Mancang's words that Chen Jingnian learned that in this world, his home county had been replaced by another county he had never heard of.
In order to confirm the matter of his hometown, Chen Jinnian pestered Li Mancang a lot and almost wiped out Li Mancang's background.
Because the county where Li Mancang's family lives not only has a strange place name, but also has a special geographical environment. It is also notoriously poor in the country. The land is barren, the cultivated land is pitiful, and the salt-alkali desertification is extremely severe. Such a strange place is simply impossible.
It has the same name.
After confirming this information, Chen Jingnian almost became depressed and didn't say anything for more than half a year.
"Why are you laughing? Just go indoors and stay there. I will take you to report in later."
Li Mancang waved his right hand, which was missing a piece of his index finger, and sent Chen Jinnian away like a fly.
Li Mancang's family has eleven brothers and sisters. If he hadn't been a soldier, he would have probably starved to death.
When he was discharged from the army, Li Mancang cruelly became his son-in-law, and even his son took his father-in-law's surname.
"It's your order."
Chen Jinnian quickly pushed the car through the gate, locked the car in the carport, and got into the guard room.
He took out the big box that Li Xianwen gave him and spread it around the people in the room.
Over the years, he has reimbursed his parents' medical expenses, collected wages, and hung out in front of these people.
Most of them are familiar to each other, and some of them can be called by their last name, so there is no special address. Everyone is called uncle or brother according to their age.
There are quite a few people in the room, some of whom are on the night shift waiting to take over, and some who are on the day shift. Many people here also know Chen Jingnian and know the situation at his home.
In this era, it is the most normal thing for parents to die and children to drop out of school to take over the family. Everyone picked up the cigarette without asking any further questions. They chatted for a few words and then picked up the previous topic.
Chen Jingnian stood in the ventilated area at the door, looking at Li Mancang who was saluting the factory leaders outside. The square old face was serious at the moment, and he was completely different from his usual humorous and carefree look.
"The shift leader will sign the book and get off work. We will load materials from the north entrance this morning, and two people will come to the front door for support later."
When the work bell rang, Li Mancang walked into the guard room and said a few words before leading Chen Jingnian out from the guard room and towards the office building.
"Bring your letter of introduction and street identification."
Li Mancang strode in front, and Chen Jinnian followed closely.
Seeing the two pages of paper that Chen Jingnian took out from his jacket pocket, Li Mancang continued: "It's time to go to work, you are an adult. Don't rush forward when something happens, speak less and listen more, leave half of the words on your lips, and accept it."
Come to me if you feel wronged. Also, come earlier in the future, go to my place to clean up, mop the floor, and even mop the corridor. Don’t be afraid of being tired. Talking about desserts when you meet someone is like fooling your godmother and you.
Like an aunt, opportunity, sometimes it’s just a word from someone’s mouth..."
"I understand, Uncle Six."
Chen Jingnian knew that these were words from the bottom of his heart. It was Li Mancang who really cared about him and was afraid that he would suffer because he was young and careless.
"Okay, don't pretend to be cute here with me. You little brat has a good idea. If you weren't afraid that your godfather and your fifth uncle would kill me, I wouldn't care about you."
Li Mancang wanted to keep a straight face but didn't keep it straight. His face turned red and his tone became unkind.
"You are afraid of my godfather because you respect him as the boss, but you must not be afraid of my fifth uncle. Your birthdays are only one day apart!"
Chen Jingnian was not used to Li Mancang speaking seriously. He looked around and saw that there was no one else around, so he started to lie, "I remember when I was a child, you told me that you care about me the most. How can people change after a long time?
, especially after my aunt gives birth to a puppy, you won’t let me ride on your neck.”
"ha……"
Li Mancang snorted, and in a blink of an eye he caught sight of the sneaky Chen Jingnian, and reached out to knock him, "You ungrateful little brat, when the dog was born, you were able to have sex with me, and you still sat on your neck, and you still care about you! I can't live with you.
Say, just go ahead and jump into trouble, it was because of you that we and your fifth uncle were so embarrassed..."
Just as Chen Jinnian was about to ask, he heard the sound of footsteps and quickly fell half a step behind, following Li Mancang.
"Director Li, let's go to a meeting!"
Li Mancang's face straightened, he stood at attention, and greeted a handsome man who walked out of the small building.
"Ah, Fugui, I'm going to the city to hold a production meeting. See you later."
After Factory Manager Li stood still, he waved his hand with a smile on his face before getting into the waiting jeep.
"Deputy Director Li?"
There is a deputy director named Li in the steel rolling mill. Chen Jingnian was very impressed by this villain in the TV series, but when he met him in real life, he could not feel the greed and lust of this man at all. Instead, he gave people a very strong impression.
He has a bookish and approachable feeling.
It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance.
"What's wrong with you? Remember to call me Director Li when we meet in the future. Chew that word to pieces and swallow it."
Li Mancang was so angry that he hit Chen Jingnian on the head again.
"Haven't we seen this a few times?"
"How many times have you not met? How many times do you want to meet? The deputy director in charge of the logistics of a factory with 8,000 people, and the bureau-level cadres registered in the ministry. Those are the ones you, the boy, can meet whenever you want."
Li Mancang led Chen Jingnian into the office building while beating him.
After entering the building, the two of them stopped talking.
Li Mancang led Chen Jingnian up to the third floor and went to the Labor Department to submit a letter of introduction and street certificate.
A female clerk named Feng asked Chen Jingnian to fill out two forms of materials, put the materials into a brown paper bag, and put them in the iron cabinet. Chen Jingnian was registered at the steel rolling mill.
"Thank you, Sister Feng. I'm really sorry to trouble you."
Chen Jinnian said a few polite words and followed Li Mancang out of the Labor Affairs Department and went to the security office downstairs.
"Section Chief, this is the weapons arsenal."
Passing by a large, tightly sealed iron gate, Chen Jinnian asked curiously.
"Section Chief? Don't argue with me about that useless thing. You didn't see the big words on the door."
After walking into the security office and arriving at his one-third of an acre of land, Li Mancang showed his true colors and continued with a tight nose and eyes: "Little thief, don't worry about touching the gun! Your godfather
You and your fifth uncle told me that you used your bow to hit a thief who was thirty or forty meters away, and you hit him on the head. Why don't you go to heaven? Now you're going to fetch water for me after you kill him."
"Look, what you said is within thirty or forty meters, not far away."
Chen Jingnian held four thermos bottles in both hands and walked out after speaking.
"Little bastard, thirty or forty meters away, within thirty or forty meters, if I had this accuracy, I could let Li Xianwen dominate me with military merit..."
Li Mancang's curses resounded in the room, and Chen Jingnian in the corridor could hear them clearly.
Regarding military exploits, that was something these fathers would talk about when they were drinking. When the original owner was a child, he would listen to them chatting together. These two words were inseparable from the words of these fathers.
As a soldier, what matters most is military merit.
It's normal for these old guys to crawl out from the pile of dead people. They have many scars on their bodies and a few missing parts.
After drinking too much, no one can be submissive to anyone. Compared with the scars on his body, no one can compare with Li Xianwen. Compared with military achievements, no one can compare with Li Xianwen. But you can't be subdued if you can't compare with him, so as long as you see him, he will say a lot of sarcastic words, but
I was really envious in my heart.
I jolted to the boiler room. The boiler, which was as tall as a person, was connected to a huge iron can. An arc door was welded outside the can, and layers of fine steel bars were welded inside. This was for the workers who brought food.
Steamer for steaming and reheating rice.
He turned on the water valve and filled four pots of boiling water. On the way back, smelling the delicious smell of rice, Chen Jingnian remembered that he had forgotten his lunch box, not even the water tank.
Make tea, mop the floor, and mop the corridor.
"There is soap in the drawer. I will take a sip of tea and I will take you to the warehouse to get labor protection supplies. After lunch, you will go home and come to work tomorrow. Now go wash your hands and come back and give me these lists.
Filled out."
Li Mancang nodded with great satisfaction, because Chen Jingnian worked meticulously, like twisting the mop dry without any water dripping down. This chapter has been completed!