After the Chinese New Year, all the local workers went home on vacation, and there were more than a dozen employees left in Haishi, including the two masters in the canteen.

Shi Tao helped the chef of the canteen to purchase meat and vegetables in advance, and bought fireworks, drinks and lanterns, and lantern couplets in the town's supermarket. These are all prepared for the Chinese New Year.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, under Shi Tao's Zhang Luo, more than a dozen workers who stayed in the factory cleaned the entire factory, including the office building, dormitory area and canteen, from the inside out. It's the New Year, and the New Year should have a new atmosphere.

Then everyone hung up pairs of big red lanterns at the east and west entrances and in front of the office building. Pull the wire to power it up, and you can make it light up at night, wishing you a prosperous future in the coming year.

The two gates of the company, as well as the places where there are doors in other workshops, are all pasted with big red spring couplets and huge blessing characters. These are posted in accordance with the traditional customs of the Chinese New Year in the sea market, and in this way to congratulate the New Year.

In the evening, firecrackers were placed in front of the office building and at the two gates, and they were lit.

The sound of crackling firecrackers resounded in the sky, and bright red confetti burst all over the ground. Gray smoke filled the air for a long time, gradually dissipating on the mountainside. More than a dozen people are creating a New Year's atmosphere for this new factory.

Although they are in a foreign land, everyone also arranges their lives on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve according to the customs of their hometown.

Strive to create a homely atmosphere here, so that the workers here feel at home in the factory, and will not be overly homesick in this festival celebrated by the whole country.

Lunch was much more hearty than usual, but that wasn't the point. The point is that in the evening, all the employees stationed in the factory have a dinner party to enjoy the first sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the western province.

On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the factory was particularly lively, and the remaining dozen or so people set up four tables for every four people in the staff cafeteria.

Although there are not many samples of dishes, there are still chicken and fish elbow meat, and the average bottle of wine per person is not enough.

It's the New Year, who doesn't want to go home when you're away from your relatives, and what if you're drunk?

Looking at the workers who were drinking happily, raising a glass to celebrate the New Year, drinking and eating meat in large gulps, it really has a bit of the taste of Liangshan Juyi.

Shi Tao was also homesick. He first thought of his parents who were far away, and they should also be having a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at this time! Thinking of this, Shi Tao walked out of the cafeteria and called his parents.

It was my brother who answered the phone, because the landline phone was installed at my brother's house.

My brother and his parents don't have mobile phones yet, so if their parents want to listen to the phone, Shi Tao has to contact his parents in advance to wait at his brother's house.

Afraid of trouble, my mother said that there is nothing special, don't call casually, that will make my sister-in-law unhappy.

Shi Tao greeted his brother and sister-in-law together, and asked his parents for a happy New Year.

Shi Tao remembered Shang Mei. This fashion beauty should be in her mother's house, or at home alone.

Thinking of this poor woman, Shi Tao inevitably felt a little heartache, and Shang Mei never called him.

Shi Tao called her when he decided not to go home for the New Year, and Shang Mei just complained about some things that ordinary women would complain about, so she didn't say anything anymore, and she didn't even care about Shi Tao.

Shi Tao hesitated for a moment and sent a happy New Year text message.

Shi Tao also remembered Yang Qiong. He was thinking that Yang Qiong should also be at home now, spending the New Year night with her husband!

Does she think of me? Does she know that I'm missing the Iraqi people now?

After Shi Tao came to the Western Province, he never contacted Yang Qiong again, and that faint longing seemed to be about to disappear.

On this festive night, there were bursts of firecrackers outside, but Shi Tao didn't feel much joy and festivity, what he felt most was an inexplicable sourness.

He also remembered Chen Qian. Chen Qian is not married yet, now she should not be in Qin Feng's house, she should return to her parents' side, back to the ravine she has been unwilling to go back for a long time. Will she think of me today?

Someone was shouting for Shi Tao to go back and drink. Shi Tao was embarrassed to sweep everyone's excitement outside alone, so he returned to the canteen and drank with all the workers until he was full.

Before returning to the dormitory, the workers helped the two canteen masters clean up the mess.

Shi Tao distributed the unfinished wine to the dormitory, as long as the dormitory where people stayed was given a bottle in each dormitory, let them keep it and drink it slowly, there are still a few days left during the Spring Festival holiday.

Shi Tao took people to take peanuts, melon seeds and sugar, and distributed them to each dormitory, which can be regarded as creating a small family atmosphere for the festival.

All the workers praised Shi Tao and praised him for his thoughtfulness, and Shi Tao hurriedly thanked him, saying that these are all as they should be.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone ate dumplings in the cafeteria, and then went to their own entertainment.

In the past few days of vacation when there is no procurement task, Shi Tao has been very lazy. He gets up late every day, except for eating and sleeping, and he seems to want to make up for all the sleep he has missed during this time.

Someone told him to play cards and drink, but he turned it down. Shi Tao can't play cards, it's okay to drink once or twice, and people say that Shi Tao is not close to people now.

So Shi Tao had to reluctantly go once in a while, toast with his co-workers, and dilute the pain of homesickness or lovesickness.

Relaxed and idle times always pass quickly. After the Spring Festival holiday, Zhen Youcai and a group of people rushed back to the company and started new construction non-stop.

Not long after, Hu You came to the factory with a large number of Haishi workers. Hu You served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the preparation and command department of the Westward Migration Company.

Shi Tao cooperated with the previous workers to prepare dormitories and bedding for the newcomers, and quickly settled the workers.

The entry of local workers into the factory has been completed. At the beginning of the construction of the factory, there were a lot of registrations, and now as long as you notify the factory to work, some of the teachers who came first have trained them.

To Shi Tao's surprise, a young man named Nanping came from Haishi to take over Shi Tao's work.

Shi Tao was not here to be in charge of supply, he was only in charge of supply, but now that someone has replaced him, Shi Tao was transferred to the company office.

It turned out that the fat guy in charge of the office didn't want to come back when he got home. After the Spring Festival, Shi Tao officially started his office work.

One day, Shi Tao went to the security department in Shanbei City to get a document and found that it was February 14, which is the so-called Valentine's Day.

He suddenly thought that he should buy something for Chen Qian, and after thinking about it, it would be better to ask her opinion, so as not to buy it back Chen Qian didn't like it.

When Shi Tao called Chen Qian, he learned that Chen Qian was in Shannan County, and she didn't come to work today.

"I want to give you a gift and wish you a happy holiday. Shi Tao said to Chen Qian on the phone.

"Why did you give me a gift? What holiday?" Chen Qian was a little surprised, not understanding why Shi Tao said this.

"Today is our holiday, so I'm going to give a gift. Shi Tao said affectionately.

"Ah, you really have a heart! It's okay to have this mind, there's no need to really buy it. Chen Qian remembered that today was Valentine's Day, and she was also very happy.

"No, I have to express my heart with deeds. You say what you like, I'll buy it for you. Shi Tao insisted on giving gifts.

"Well, if you really want to buy it for me, you can buy me something to eat. I'm a greedy person, and it's not suitable to buy other things, you say. Chen Qian suggested.

"You're right, what do you want to eat?" Shi Tao asked.

"You can see and buy it yourself. I'm so embarrassed to give you some!" Chen Qian laughed on the phone.

"Oh well. Hey, I'll buy it now, and you'll be able to receive it after noon. Remember to give me a call when you receive it. Shi Tao suddenly had an idea.

"How could it be so fast?" Chen Qian didn't believe Shi Tao's words.

"You don't have to worry about this, just wait for the phone to ring!" Shi Tao's tone was very sure, he seemed to think that Chen Qian would like the gift he was about to buy.

After hanging up the phone, Shi Tao went to the stall in the bazaar, bought five big grapefruits, asked the boss for a woven bag, packed it and sealed it, and carried it to the station.

There happened to be a bus bound for Shannan County to depart, so I put the grapefruit on the car, and asked the driver to call the phone number written on the woven bag after arriving at the station.

After Shi Tao prepaid the freight, he went to the security department to pick up the documents.

It was already noon when Shi Tao returned to the factory, and after eating, he planned to lie in bed and take a nap for a while.

The phone rang at the stall where he seemed to be sleeping, and Chen Qian's unusually happy voice came from the phone.

"Oops, I received your gift. You know how surprised I was when I received the gift, what a surprise! I didn't think you bought me grapefruit, and it was such a big bag. ”

"If you like it so much, eat more. ”

"It's too many! I use a bicycle to carry it, and it's so hard that I can't tie it up, so I have to help tie it up. ”

"You big beauty, you have someone to help you everywhere. ”

"You don't know how envious the eyes of the people who got out of the car were when I walked back. Seeing this, I feel very happy! Oh, you really have a heart, and you really move me. Say thank you, it's a bit of an outreach. Don't say thank you, I don't even want to go. ”

"It's good if you're happy. ”

"Of course I'm happy, I'm very happy, I'm so happy! How many days do I have to eat these grapefruits? I can't even afford to buy them myself. You're so good to me, I can't help but miss you. I know you have no regrets in this life!"

"Just a few grapefruits, do you feel so emotional? You must know that so many grapefruits can buy you, I bought you a long time ago, I bought you a lot. ”

Shi Tao also felt very comfortable with Chen Qian's feelings.

"That's different, today is Valentine's Day, you have the heart to buy these things, it means that you have always had mine in your heart, and this is what moved me. Buying the right thing for the right person at the right time is the performance of a caring person, which really makes me feel unspeakably moved. ”

"To achieve such an effect, these grapefruits are worth it. ”

"Of course it's worth it, you know, it's still my birthday, I can't be happy. ”

"Yes, then I wish the old birthday star a happy Valentine's Day, and I wish the old lady a happy birthday. ”

"What a nasty greeting!"

Chen Qian seemed to have endless words, and she didn't want to put down the phone. His whisper finally made Chen Qian hang up the phone and go home to transport her grapefruit.

Shi Tao was a little sleepy, he was very happy to hear Chen Qian, he was also very relaxed, so he closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.