Chen Jingnian came back from the backyard, went straight out of the courtyard gate, and went to pick up Li Xianwen at the entrance of the alley.
"Your sister and your brother-in-law took our daughter to your godmother's place and said they would take her to a movie that night."
Li Xianwen said while packing his tools...
"Going to the park again, flying kites again, what a guy! Finally, we can watch a movie. This little guy is really spending the weekend, but it's a bit annoying."
"Who dares!"
Li Xianwen shouted, and Chen Jinnian laughed a few words to avoid being choked.
The two of them returned to the courtyard talking and laughing. Chen Jingnian happened to see Yan Bugui coming out of the house, so he greeted: "Third uncle, third uncle."
"Axe, what's wrong?"
Yan Bugui somehow got dust all over his face, and a lot of dust piled up a winding mountain range under his eyes.
"Third uncle, I trapped two more rabbits this afternoon. I don't want to bother the second master with anything. You see..."
After Chen Jinnian finished speaking with a smile, he stretched out two fingers and said, "Can you help me tidy up again?"
"I got two more."
Yan Bugui's eyes were so wide that he almost dropped his glasses. He imitated Chen Jingnian and stretched out two fingers in disbelief, shouting: "Okay! Axe, you have hairy palms - you are a veteran."
"It's a coincidence, it's just a coincidence. Who would have thought that this rabbit would be so infatuated! He's still waiting for me at the same place as last time!"
Chen Jinnian retracted his fingers and giggled twice.
"Then we follow the old rules?"
Yan Bugui tilted his head and asked with a smile.
"Okay, it's the same old rules."
Chen Jinnian nodded, turned around and took out the two rabbits from the warehouse.
"Scare! Are they all alive?"
Yan Bugui stretched out his hand to take it. Seeing that the rabbit was still struggling, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"My hand is injured, I'm trying to learn from others."
Chen Jinnian cupped his hand and received a look of "Okay" from Yan Bugui.
From returning home with a full load, to being noisy, and finally, everything is silent again.
...
Chen Jingnian returned home, took off his old clothes, washed his hands carefully, and then went inside to cook.
Nannan was not at home, so Chen Jinnian brought the food to the main room and ate with Li Xianwen.
When Chen Huiling and Chen Jingnian were young, Li Xianwen was always afraid that his face would scare the children, so he would not eat with them easily.
Now that my daughter is not afraid anymore, Chen Huiling and Zhao Jianjun have also moved back, and Chen Jinnian plans to eat together in the future.
After the two of them finished eating, Chen Jinnian finished clearing the dishes and heard Yan Bugui calling him outside.
After going out, he saw Yan Bugui waiting with two rabbits. Chen Jinnian quickly stepped forward to thank him. The two started talking about the rabbits, and then chatted for a few more words.
Without saying a few words, he talked about Jia Dongxu.
Yan Bugui said that the doctors at the hospital would not let Jia Dongxu be discharged.
Because his eyes were still inflamed, the doctor suggested hospitalization.
But the little money Jia Dongxu's family saved was simply not enough to cover the cost of medical treatment.
Moreover, he also asked for leave, and one day's salary would be deducted for every day he was delayed. That's why Jia Dongxu insisted on leaving the hospital and asked the doctor to prescribe medicine, and he was going to take medicine while working and recuperating.
Chen Jingnian was speechless after hearing this. Putting aside his character, Jia Dongxu was an ordinary common man. Like later generations, common people now cannot afford to get sick.
The two sighed together before going home.
"If you have anything, don't get sick; if you don't have anything, don't have money!"
Chen Jingnian said goodbye to Yan Bugui, muttering this old saying, and returned to the house with two rabbits.
At this point, the rabbit family is finally reunited on the kitchen beam, but it's not quite perfect.
...
Early the next morning, Chen Jinnian saw Jia Dongxu stumbling on his way to work.
"Brother Jia, get in the car and I'll take you for a ride."
Chen Jinnian frowned, but finally couldn't turn a blind eye. He suppressed the disgust in his heart, rode to Jia Dongxu's side and said.
"ah!"
Jia Dongxu's right eye is covered with gauze, and the left side of his face is covered with many pitted wounds, and he has no energy to speak.
"Come up."
Chen Jinnian didn't say anything more, but forked the car.
"Thank you, Axe!"
Jia Dongxu held on to the car seat and said after sitting firmly.
"It's no big deal!"
After Chen Jingnian waited for Jia Xudong to sit down, he pedaled hard and drove Jia Dongxu to the steel rolling mill.
...
In the morning, Chen Jingnian went to the boiler room to shovel some coal and came back to raise the stove.
Liu Guanggeng put the lunch box he brought on a stool aside, went out to get a pot of water, and sat on the stove.
As the fire became more and more intense, the iron chimney near the stove began to turn red, and the room became warmer.
Chen Jingnian told the chef that he planned to buy some pig trotters to stew in the workplace tomorrow.
"Clean it up at home and cook it in the workplace, but don't put any seasonings in the workplace so that the smell can be reduced."
Liu Guanggeng thought for a while, then agreed, and then said with a smile: "I happen to have a big casserole at home, I will bring it to you one day."
"That's great, Master! I'll add some soybeans and kelp when the time comes. It's nutritious and delicious, haha!"
When Chen Jingnian thought about the pig paws he was about to gnaw, he became excited and said with a smile on his face.
"Look at how lazy you are!"
Liu Guanggeng was warming himself by the stove with a smile on his face.
After lunch, Xu Shengqiang and Zhao Baozhong came to see Chen Jingnian again. At this time, Liu Guanggeng was already lying on the bench near the stove.
The three of them came out of the screening group. Xu Shengqiang said: "Our section chief didn't go to play cards today and is writing materials."
"Let's go to the guard room to find Guokui. I saw him standing guard this morning. He must have changed his shift!"
Chen Jinnian raised his hand and led his two friends to the guard room.
A stove was also set up in the guard room, and a large aluminum kettle was placed on the stove, emitting steam.
"...with Jia Dongxu's eyes like that, can he work?"
"I heard from Zhao Yuanchao from their team that he took leave two days ago and was slightly injured."
"No, it seems that he died while playing with a gunpowder gun. My brother-in-law was fishing by the river on Sunday and happened to see..."
When Chen Jinnian and others came in, the people in the guard room were talking about Jia Dongxu.
Moreover, they knew more about Jia Dongxu's injury than Chen Jingnian.
Because few people lived in buildings at this time, everyone lived in small bungalows.
House after house, house after house, whatever food your family is cooking today, the one at the back window will smell it before you do.
And without TV or mobile phones, people's only entertainment was to get together after meals to chat and spank.
Many workers in the steel rolling mill live in row houses in Chaci Hutong. If something happens to a family, half of the factory will know about it in less than a night.
For example, if a couple were quarreling over something, many people would know about it before the next night, even more detailed information than the quarreling couple.
Chen Jinnian and the other three sat down in front of Guokui, chatting while listening to Wang Zhijun and others who were playing cards in the utility room talking about how Jia Dongxu was injured.
At this time, Wang Tianzuo, who had just gone to the toilet, rushed back, opened the door and shouted: "Something happened! Something big happened!"
Wang Zhijun's face tightened, he rushed out of the utility room, grabbed Wang Tianzuo's arm, and shouted: "What's wrong!"
"Something happened to Jia Dongxu in the hot-rolling workshop. Doctor Zhang is going to call the hospital for an ambulance. He is on his way to the factory now."
Wang Tianzuo was panting and grimacing, holding on to the door frame and shouted. This chapter has been completed!