"Brother, you don't know. Yes, you really don't know. If I didn't join this circle, I don't know why Uncle Wu's little finger is missing."
Zhao Jianjun drank the rest of the wine and poured himself another cup without being persuaded by others.
"Jianjun, it's the last cup, drink it and then go back."
Chen Huiling brought her daughter out from the kitchen and pinched Zhao Jianjun's ears.
"Don't drink, don't drink. Aren't you happy to go home and see your brother and sister today?"
Zhao Jianjun stood up unsteadily and put up his hands in a decent manner. He said with a big tongue: "Brother, I have to thank you for your brother-in-law. The school I go to is far away, and I rely on you to protect your sister.
In the third grade of elementary school, you fight with the sixth grader just because of your sister, and in the first grade of junior high school, you fight against the high school student..."
"Brother-in-law, you have said this and thanked me."
Chen Jinnian stood up, took out the set of women's work clothes from the drawer of the chest of drawers and handed it to Chen Huiling.
"Axe, what are you doing?"
Chen Huiling's almond-shaped eyes stood up and she said in a deep voice.
"Sister, I changed it for you. I feel happy when you wear it."
Chen Jinnian put the clothes into his sister's hands. The hands, as slender as his, were covered with calluses, and eight of the ten fingers were wrapped with tape.
It's because of too much work that the nails and flesh are separated.
"Okay, sister, I'll take it. It's just this one time, it won't work next time."
Chen Huiling saw her brother's eyes turning red and immediately responded.
Like Nannan, she was afraid that Chen Jingnian's mood swings would hurt his body.
But what they didn't know was that this Chen Jingnian was no longer the same Chen Jingnian, and the circles under his eyes were as red as they wanted.
"No, when my brother gets rich, you still have to ask for it. If you don't, it won't be a loss."
Chen Jinnian helped his sister pack her clothes, mainly because she was afraid that Chen Huiling would find what was in her pockets.
Nannan had just been pulled by her elder sister to ask her some private questions about girls, and she had to recite two classical Chinese essays to her elder sister before she could pass the exam. Now she was shaking her sparrow legs. After hearing this, she immediately said: "Brother, sister doesn't want it, I want it."
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"With big eyes and a small belly, I can't eat two dates."
Chen Jinnian and Chen Huiling simultaneously talked about the words that their mother, Li Yulan, used to tease their daughters when she was still alive. After speaking, the siblings looked at each other and smiled.
"I'm going back to the palace, my dearest lady."
Zhao Jianjun had already put on his coat and was standing guard by the door.
"Axe, Nannan, your brother-in-law and I are leaving. You guys should take care of yourselves..."
Chen Huiling endured the sadness in her heart and stammered a few words of instructions before she could say no more.
Zhao Jianjun got involved with his wife and they walked out.
Chen Jingnian and Nannan sent Zhao Jianjun and his wife to the entrance of the alley, and did not return until they could no longer see their shadows.
"Brother, I won't marry when I grow up."
"We'll talk about it later when you grow up."
"Brother, if my brother-in-law bullies our sister, kick him in the ribs and hit the tip of his liver."
"Who did you learn this from?"
"Godmother, godmother said this move is very cruel and accurate. It only takes one strike to make people stop eating."
"What kind of vegetables are there? Are there any fruits? If your godmother taught you to eat the liver, you can use it against her son."
"What about kicking the front bone and stepping on the toes? My godfather didn't say what happens if I kick the front bone? Can it be broken?"
"Gan Zhe! There's still sugar cane. Are you planning to use human legs as sugar cane?"
"Is this what you're talking about?"
"Speak less dialect, she's a good bj girl, she doesn't smell like a native."
"You're still talking about me, you and Uncle Six are just like bad guys."
"Do you like listening to stand-up comedy that tastes like shit?"
"Oh my god, what else are you talking about?"
Nannan compromised and finally said one of Li Mancang's mantras.
Chen Jinnian was amused by his daughter, so he picked up his sister and ran home.
Early the next morning, Nannan woke up without even calling.
Chen Jingnian cooked a pot of large ballast porridge, steamed four steamed buns and some radish slices, made a bowl of tofu sauce, cut the remaining sparrows into pieces, and stewed a pot of eggplant and dried potato cubes.
Nannan had a delicious breakfast, and watched her brother pack a lunch box of vegetables and a steamed bun for her with eyes filled with excitement. She happily picked up her net bag and bag and went to school.
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"Before winter comes, take off a few bricks and re-plate the kang in your house."
Li Xianwen shook the car, looked at the yellowing leaves, and said.
"I took off the bricks that blocked the wall a while ago and scraped out the ash. I feel that there will be no problem this year. After next spring, I will find some mud and remove a few more mud bricks."
Chen Jingnian straightened the mask on his face and continued: "I also looked at the stove in your house. The fire is very strong."
"The kang-pan is also a craft, but it is not rated."
"Repairing cars can be considered a fitter, so I have two skills, but they are not rated."
"You went to bed last night, and you still haven't woken up from hysteria?"
"Don't believe it, Xu Damao is getting married and is cleaning up his house. He offered me two yuan to build a kang for his house, but I didn't even respond."
"Don't talk to that grandson, he's not a good person."
Li Xianwen didn't want to see Xu Damao and didn't even want to hear it.
Chen Jinnian smiled and shook his head. He held the handlebar with one hand and pushed the back of the handcart with the other hand. "You know that I am in the same department as him now."
"Ha, Li Guizi told me that he has made an agreement with Liu Movie from your publicity department for you to become your master, so that you can't compete with Xu Damao."
Li Xianwen laughed uncontrollably, looking very proud of himself.
"Hey, if you always keep your back, we men will have nothing to do with you!"
Chen Jingnian sighed, resignedly sent Li Xianwen to the car repair shop, and then rode towards the work in a hurry.
After crossing the crossing, I saw a few half-grown men sneaking along the moat towards the steel rolling mill.
A little further there is the open space outside the casting factory and parts factory, and further ahead is the yard where the scrap is placed in the steel rolling mill.
The large open space was overgrown with weeds and had piles of scrap metal.
Chen Jingnian kept this matter in mind. After rushing to the steel rolling mill, he went to the security office to clean up.
Waiting for Li Mancang to finish his morning meeting with the shift handover staff,
Chen Jingnian took out the tea leaves, poured some water on it, poured it out, brewed the catechu, refilled it with water, and placed the teapot in front of Li Mancang. Then he talked about what happened in the morning.
Li Mancang looked at the tea in the basin and felt heartbroken. He opened his mouth and cursed: "Hey, a bunch of little bastards dare to make such noises in broad daylight. Isn't this holding up lanterns in the latrine - looking for death?"
When Chen Jingnian saw Li Mancang shouting something, he stopped making any movement and asked, "Have you known about this for a long time?"
"Look, if I don't get rid of them this time, I won't call them... eh?"
Li Mancang was originally going to brag, but he almost lost his temper. He waved his hand and said impatiently: "You little brat, go ahead and do whatever you want!"
Chen Jinnian succeeded in drawing out the conversation, but in the end he didn't hear anything.
He had no choice but to take the basin to the water room to change the water, and then went to the Publicity Office to help Director Sun clean up.
When he returned to the screening group, no one was in the room yet.
I swept the house and then wiped some water on the brick floor.
After Lao Liu arrived, he sent their lunch boxes to the boiler room. When he came back, they continued to dry the film.
After two sets, Lao Liu asked him to try it out.
Chen Jingnian picked up the copy and mounted it in just a few clicks. The whole process was extremely smooth.
"Wait a minute!"
Old Liu screamed in surprise, then stood up from his chair, walked behind Chen Jingnian, and said, "Jingnian, do it again."
Chen Jingnian looked back and saw something strange about Lao Liu, so he restored the copy and made it again.
Lao Liu turned sideways and watched Chen Jinnian move his hands together, pressing the copy almost in a breath. Not only did he praise loudly: "Horror, Jingnian, you can use both hands!"
"master."
Chen Jinnian smiled calmly and turned sideways to get out of the way of the camera.
"Okay! I don't have a stopwatch here, but I can be sure that you will complete this operation within ten seconds."
As he talked, Lao Liu walked to the projector, checked the placement of the film on each component, and said with emotion: "When I finished the training class, in the film loading assessment, I ranked first in the world with a score of 11 seconds. He was first in the class, and he was one of the only top students among the more than 1,800 people in the class. Later, his speed became slower and slower, but I didn’t expect that when I got older, I would hand over a disciple who scored ten seconds.”
"Master, in what year did you graduate?"
Seeing the change in Lao Liu's attitude, Chen Jinnian immediately picked up the topic.
"At the end of the 1950s, Lao Sun from the film distribution station and I were both in the same group. We learned film screening in Nanjing and were the first batch of students to have screening certificates.
It’s been more than ten years now. I joined our factory early, and later on Lao Sun got over it and no longer had to carry hundreds of kilograms of stuff around..."
Old Liu reached out and touched the projector, his tone full of emotion.
Chen Jingnian handed over a cigarette at the right time, and Old Liu's conversation became even more intense amid the smoke.
The whole morning was spent in his memories.
Chen Jingnian took the jar, poured some boiling water, and put it in Lao Liu's hand. Listening to the first-generation projectionist describe his past glory and hardship, he finally understood how his old stomach problems and rheumatism came from.
"Let's go get some food, good fellow, I've been chatting away all morning."
When he heard the bell ringing, Lao Liu sighed belatedly.
At this time, when he looked at Chen Jingnian again, a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.
"Master, please rest while I go get the food."
Chen Jinnian filled the jar again and placed it in front of Old Liu.
"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you, Jingnian!"
"Look what you said, you are my master!"
Chen Jinnian smiled, picked up the enamel basin, walked out of the projection team, and rushed to the boiler room.
He originally wanted to go to the Security Department, but he was assigned to the Publicity Department and worked as a projectionist. Chen Jinnian had no objection to this.
He wanted to go to the security office. To put it bluntly, he was going to Li Mancang. He didn't have to ask for help, he could live a lighter life, and he could still get choked during training every year.
When he arrived at the screening group, he found that it was also a good place.
There is not much work every day. I usually play movies, play with the machine, and check the copies. Although I can't touch them, I don't have to stand guard or practice.
In comparison, this job is easier than that of the security office.
There was only one thing that made Chen Jingnian feel a little bored, and that was being in the same room as Xu Damao.
His bad impression of Xu Damao comes not only from TV series.
But after he was reborn, he discovered that this boy was just a lustful ghost. He couldn't move his legs whenever he saw a good-looking woman, and his triangular eyes were full of wretchedness.
When we met in the yard before, there was no need to say anything, just a proper greeting and that was it.
Now the two of them are in the same department and see each other every day, and they have to exchange a few words even if they don't talk to each other.
Just like yesterday at noon, when this guy came back, his face was full of anger, and he had a strange smell on his body that all married people know. It was obvious that he had not done anything good.
And what disgusted Chen Jingnian the most was that this guy had no idea how to get close to him, which made him feel unspeakable.
Fortunately, through these two days of contact, Chen Jinnian discovered that Lao Liu and Xu Damao were not the same people at all.
When the two were in the screening group, they basically didn't speak, and they didn't even say the simplest greeting. This shows that the problem between them is no longer a simple dislike of each other, but a matter of mutual dissatisfaction.
This made Chen Jingnian feel sincerely happy. He was really afraid of finding a master like Xu Damao. This chapter has been completed!