Tian Yumei is a native of Tieling City, Ninghai Province, and her parents are both workers. After graduating from high school, she didn't find a suitable job, so she went out to work as a temporary worker for a while, and she couldn't do it for long after changing places, either dirty or tired, and she didn't have the patience, so she had to go home and stay. It's okay to stay at home, but she likes to dress up, and often goes out to buy some cosmetics, trendy clothes, shoes, and comes back, and makes a show every day. Her parents were afraid that she would study badly, so they had to let her come to her eldest son-in-law's factory to do something.

When I saw Hu Youmin for the first time, I was attracted by this big boy from the countryside. Although he was wearing a white-washed yellow T-shirt, a pair of very old army green pants, and a pair of worn liberation shoes on his feet, he was so handsome that every girl was jealous, his bright eyes revealed a hint of melancholy and cangsang, and his whole body exuded a sunny atmosphere, and the gentle smile on the corner of his mouth gave people the feeling of a spring breeze.

Clear eyes, black and white eyes are clean and pure, and not a single speck of dust has fallen. He has a face that seems to be finely sculpted, and a large and straight figure. His voice with a southern accent is mesmerizing and as melodious as singing. His dark hair was softly sheened by the golden sunlight of the early morning, and his slightly darkened skin glowed with a healthy sheen.

When the warehouse was handed over, Tian Yumei was a little distracted. Her heart was like a soft lake in the heart of a finger tapped, rippling in circles. Although there were classmates chasing her in junior high school, until she graduated from high school, there was no one who made her tempted. Her heart was like a deer, pounding, looking like a lover of her first love, and she walked away with shame, leaning on the door and looking back.

There were a lot of things during the time when I first went to the office, and the girl's support and Hu Youmin was a poor boy in the countryside, so he was a little hesitant in his heart, so he never went to find Hu Youmin. But in the past week or so, Hu Youmin did not come to her, and said that he wanted him to ask himself if he didn't understand, why didn't he come? He would do it? I heard that he had just graduated from high school, so it was impossible for him to be a warehouse keeper.

In the past few days, Tian Yumei's mind is full of Hu Youmin's figure, she is already optimistic and spicy, and with the beginning of her love, she doesn't care about any support, rich or poor. With my sister's charm, I can't get you hairy boy? If you don't come to me, my sister will look for you! Tian Yumei, who couldn't sit still, had to take the initiative to find Hu Youmin.

Northeast women, dare to hate and love. Tian Yumei began to find some excuses to go to the warehouse, and later became familiar with it, no need to find excuses, as long as she was free, she went to him, deliberately asked him to help a little, fetch some water, move some things or something, and sometimes asked him to accompany her to go for a walk after work and go shopping.

Slowly, the workers saw that something was wrong, and they made jokes about them, intentionally or unintentionally. Tian Yumei didn't admit it, nor did she deny it, she still came to him generously, Hu Youmin said how could it be possible, but he was a little proud in his heart.

Hu Youmin was nervous about his relationship with Tian Yumei, and subconsciously longed for her every time he came, and every time he was with her, he felt very happy and excited, but he felt that he was not worthy of her, and he was afraid that others would laugh at him. That kind of torture of gains and losses makes people crazy, he said to himself: Let it go, don't humiliate yourself, another voice in his heart said: cowardice, even the girl you like dare not love, is it still a man?

He thought about it for a long time, and decided to go to work in the workshop, learn some skills, make more money, and mix up his personal appearance as soon as possible! Instead of thinking nonsense, it is better to change the current embarrassment in a down-to-earth manner and narrow the gap between Hetian Yumei. As soon as he went to work the next day, Hu Youmin went to find the factory director, and after hearing his intentions, Liu Hongyang was a little surprised, more appreciative, not greedy for the comfort of working in the warehouse, and could take the initiative to ask to work in the workshop, this kid has ideas!

The factory director called Lao Tian, the director of the workshop, and told him about the situation, and wanted Lao Tian to take him, but Lao Tian was also happy: "I haven't brought an apprentice for many years, for the sake of the factory director, I will accept you as an apprentice." Hu Youmin immediately stood up and bowed to Lao Tian: "Good master!" Lao Tian laughed, "Okay! Liu Hongyang said to him with a smile: "My father-in-law just got laid off, I want him to replace you, and when he comes, you will go down to the workshop, you will still sleep in the warehouse in the future, and my father-in-law will sleep in my house." Hu Youmin said yes again and again, and then resigned.

The factory director's father-in-law came on the third day, and Tian Yumei accompanied her father to the warehouse to hand over. After the handover, he was about to go to the workshop to report to Lao Tian, and Tian Yumei followed: "After arriving at the workshop, you must have work in your eyes, pay attention to safety, ask more questions if you don't understand, don't be brutal." He looked at her and was a little moved in his heart: "Well, I remember, you can go back." ”

In the workshop office, Lao Tian was looking at the drawings, and when he saw him come in, he signaled him to wait for a while, and after waiting for about five or six minutes, Lao Tian was busy and asked him what he wanted to do? He said respectfully: "Master, I don't know what to do, let me do what you think I am suitable for." Lao Tian thought for a while and threw him a copy of "Mechanical Drawing": "Take the time to look at this, go to the bookstore on Sunday to buy a copy of the "Hardware Manual" to see, no matter what you learn, this is the foundation, now you go to the workshop, where you want people to help." ”

Hu Youmin put away the book and came to the workshop, and saw Xiao Lizi drawing money on an iron plate, so he leaned over to help, and Xiao Lizi chatted with him while working: "Why did you think of working in the workshop?"

"I'm bored in the warehouse and want to learn some technology from you. ”

"There's something to learn about this thing, if you get it, it's a life of working for others for the rest of your life. ”

"It's supposed to be the life of someone else's work!" Hu Youmin laughed self-deprecatingly.

Hu Youmin will help people lift the iron plate, and help people cut the board, and before he has time to take a breath, he runs to help people with the steel frame. He doesn't have a specific type of work, and he is much more tired than having a position, but he never complains, and he is happier than anyone else. After getting off work, I read "Mechanical Drawing" and "Hardware Manual", and asked Lao Tian the next day if I didn't understand, and in more than a month, he could basically understand the drawings and draw some simple drawings.

Lao Tian was surprised by his diligence and intelligence, so he didn't let him do chores, and asked him to do some stakeout, calculate the bill of materials and other similar technician work. Hu Youmin worked harder, and after doing the work assigned by the master, he used all the time and opportunities to learn the techniques of various types of work, and figured out the distribution of personnel and time between each process.

During this time, Hu Youmin was happily busy, and Tian Yumei didn't come to disturb him, just watching him turn black, he was a little distressed, but his thin figure when he first came became stronger. After Tian Yumei paid his salary, she invited him to go out for a good meal. She couldn't understand how he was so provincial, and several times she saw him hiding in the warehouse eating instant noodles, saying that he always had an excuse, why was he too lazy to go out to eat, and he didn't have time to read, she knew that he wanted to save money.

When he came to the workshop, Hu Youmin was calculating a blanking list, and saw her coming: "The leader has come to inspect the work?" "What kind of leader am I?" Tian Yumei pouted and said, Hu Youmin smiled and said: "Beauty is more leadership than the leader, let's say, what are the instructions?"

Hu Youmin touched his head embarrassedly: "You see I'm so busy, I forgot about such a big thing, the beauty has the final say, it can be done anytime." "Just tonight, go to Chaoyang Hotel, don't think of sending me away at the night food stall." Without waiting for him to answer, he turned and left.

Chaoyang Hotel is a slightly better restaurant nearby, even if two people save some food, don't think of 30 or 40 yuan, Hu Youmin smiled bitterly, where is this aunt and grandmother? This month's salary was 150 yuan, Lao Tian said that he had raised his salary, and he thought that he could send 100 yuan back this month, and he left 50 yuan for his pocket money, and it seemed that he had to go to waste.

The two walked along the street, not far from the Chaoyang Hotel, ten minutes away. When she went to the restaurant to order, Tian Yumei only ordered a braised pork, a steamed fish, and a green vegetable, and when she ate, she pushed the braised pork in front of Hu Youmin and said that it was for him. Pick the thinner braised pork into her bowl, she ate two pieces and said that she was too tired, and sandwiched the rest into his bowl, this braised pork is very delicious, the fat is not greasy, where will the lean meat be greasy? Hu Youmin ate very fragrantly, and he was also very full, and when he checked out, it was only 26 yuan, and Tian Yumei rushed to pay for it.

Sundays are generally not at work, during which Hu Youmin went to the third grandfather's house once to report on his work and life, and most of the rest of the Sundays were with Tian Yumei. Sometimes I go out with Xiao Lizi or Meng Youwei, go fishing, go hiking, go to the park. Sometimes they also nest in their homes to watch videos, sing karaoke, and drink, Northeast people can especially drink, generally there are seven or eight taels, beer is like drinking water, and you can't get drunk at all. They don't pay attention to the dishes when they drink, peanuts, braised edamame, and braised chicken racks are all appetizers.

The first time I drank with them, I almost got drunk, but fortunately, they don't like to persuade people to drink, they can drink as much as they can, and they won't change their ways to persuade you to drink. He drank more with them, and Hu Youmin's alcohol consumption continued to rise, from two or three taels at the beginning to five or six taels now. Northeast people are born to talk and blow, especially at the wine table, they can drink from morning to night, and they can brag while drinking, and they are not drunk.

There is still a month to go before the Spring Festival, and there is not much work in the factory, and there is not much to do in such a cold weather. Tanglin has a long winter, with snow and ice beginning to fall in November, and it is not until April of the following year that the ice begins to warm and melt.

Hu Youmin took the time to go to the master's Lao Tian's house, he wanted to ask the master's daughter Tian Xiaoyu to borrow some high school textbooks, and when he knocked on the master's door, the master's family was preparing to have dinner. When the master saw him, he blamed him for not buying so many things, and at the same time told his lover to fry a few snacks, saying that the two of them should have a few drinks.

Tian Xiaoyu is two years older than him and is a sophomore at Ninghai University, studying marketing. Although the school is in the city, she only comes back on weekends, Hu Youmin will tell the will, Lao Tian took him to Tian Xiaoyu's room, pointed to a bookcase and said, "Her books are all in it, you can find it yourself." ”

Waiting for Hu Youmin to find a good book, Lao Tian beckoned him to sit at the dining table, took out a bottle of Xifeng wine that he had treasured for several years, and drank it from cup to cup. Two glasses of wine, Lao Tian's words began to increase, saying that his past experience, intentional, but also lost, from Lao Tian's words, Hu Youmin understood that his master was also a person who was once full of passion and fighting spirit, and wanted to do a career, but life was unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, he worked in the city electric furnace factory for almost 20 years, only to mix a production section chief, after the failure of the deputy factory director, he chose to leave, leaving the factory that exhausted his youth and was declining, with unwillingness, disappointment and nostalgia.

My wife fried a chili fried meat, knowing that he was a southerner and liked to eat spicy food, she specially fried it for him, as well as a plate of fried pig ears, a plate of pickled radish strips, and a pot of peanuts. Lao Tian said a little unnaturally, Hu Youmin comforted: "Master, it is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to succeed, and there are no regrets if you work hard." ”