Lying on the bed in the dormitory, I couldn't sleep in the dark with my eyes open. Gao Jun is a male surname I trust, and the sense of security he brought to me has disappeared with his departure, and I began to worry about going to work tomorrow. I decided to go to the mechanic class tomorrow to see if there is anyone to play cards in a pile, if there is, I will stay there at noon, so that I will not have much time to spend alone with Planner Liu, but what about the working hours? Besides, is it better to pretend that it is okay to meet Planner Liu or ignore him? Perhaps, he is really looking for someone to help him practice dancing, is he too careful? I couldn't think of a clue, I fell asleep in a daze, and when I woke up, it was already dawn, I touched the watch from the side of the pillow and looked at it, it was not half past five, and the other three people in the dormitory were still asleep, quietly. I got out of bed lightly, opened my closet, pulled a pair of scissors out of it, and quietly went back to bed to cover the mosquito net. I sat on the bed against the wall, and in the brighter and brighter light, I trimmed my nails like jagged teeth, and after cutting it, I felt that it was too obvious, and then cut it a little shorter, and I felt more comfortable after cutting.

After going to work, I was busy for a while as usual, and when I was done, I poured myself a glass of water and sat on a chair to rest. Today is the weekend, when I go to work in the morning, I bring my bag, and after work in the afternoon, I go directly to the station to take the bus home, and I don't have to go back to the dormitory. The last time I went home, my mom asked me to bring two pounds of wool, and she said she was going to knit a sweater for the guards. After graduating from high school, the guard has been doing odd jobs, and later, a boss took a fancy to him and used him very much, and the boss had other businesses in the Northeast and sent him over to take care of him. My mom said, "How cold it is in the Northeast!" "Tell me to buy pure wool, and say weave it to be warm. Two catties of wool bulged and filled a big bag.

In the morning, Planner Liu did not come. After eating from the cafeteria at noon, I went straight to the mechanic class, locked the door, and no one. Maybe it's a long lunch break, so let's go home.

I'm wandering around the factory. Sneak to the propaganda board, stand and look at the honor list inside, this is the "May Day" Labor Day, the top ten labor experts selected by the factory, there are already some words, no one reads. I'm idle anyway, watching one by one. The only person I know here is my master. The master in the photo is sitting precariously wearing a big red flower, looking unnatural. Below the photo is my master's name: Liu Changsen. On one side of the photo is written the deeds of my master, in the installation and commissioning of the syringe import equipment of the branch, my master not only diligently forgot to sleep and eat, but also boldly innovated, changed the original settings of the equipment, simplified unnecessary procedures, so as to increase the yield rate per minute by 30% under the premise of ensuring quality, a year down, the contribution to the factory is a huge and amazing number.

I looked at the photo of the master in the glass window, and I was secretly glad that there was such a Labor Day, which could give many workers like my master the opportunity to show their faces, they did the dirtiest and most tiring work, but the bonus they received was far less than Liu Jihua and others who sat in the office drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard someone behind me shouting my name. Looking back, it was Liu Jihua, who shouted and waved his hand and asked me to pass.

I watched him from afar, standing still. Seeing this, Liu Jihua had no choice but to run over, ran to him and said, "Looking for you everywhere!" Today's rehearsal has been moved to noon, and you have to rehearse, have you forgotten? ”

My mind flickered and remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, and I was stunned for a moment. Liu Jihua said: "Hurry! It's all here! ”

I ran upstairs after Liu Jihua in a panic, and ran to the door of the material warehouse on the second floor, Liu Jihua turned around and reminded me: "You don't change your clothes?" ”

Only then did I notice that Liu Jihua was wearing a white shirt and black trousers, and the white clothes and black skirts that were issued yesterday were forgotten in the dormitory. Liu Ji saw that I was silent and asked me, "Didn't take it?" ”

I nodded.

Liu Jihua frowned, and then said, "Forget it, let's change into your own clothes first." After speaking, Liu planned to go upstairs first.

I hurried into the material warehouse to change out of my work clothes and put on my own clothes, which were the red silk dress that Jianjun bought for me that day.

As soon as I entered the staircase door on the third floor, I saw that the hall was already full of people, dancing, watching the excitement. Chairman Liu of the trade union was standing in front of the team to give a lecture, and when he saw me, his face immediately turned green.

I found the youth group and quietly stood in, Gao Jun stood in front of me, looked me up and down: "Wait for Grandma Liu to clean you up!" ”

The music sounded, the youth group came first, the branch leader sat on the chair on the side to watch, between black and white, I was like a stranger, Chairman Liu's face was about to pull to the ground, from yesterday to today, I was about to her off.

The next Wednesday night there will be an official competition, and the two groups will each dance once, and then the deputy factory of the branch will give a word of encouragement and spur and leave, replaced by the black-faced chairman of the trade union, Liu.

"Today's rehearsal is relatively successful, after practicing for more than half a month, the kung fu is not in vain, our factory held a ballroom dance competition for the first time, I hope our branch can get a good result, I think our girls and guys have this strength." Chairman Liu first affirmed the results, and then changed the conversation: "In the past half a month of rehearsal, most comrades have been able to take it seriously, except for a few comrades. Chairman Liu paused, several people in the youth group lowered their heads, and Chairman Liu continued: "At a young age, this and that, which one of the middle-aged people in the middle-aged group is okay?" Yes? Who's okay? It's okay to hide in the dormitory and not come to rehearsals, what kind of ideological consciousness is this! ”

Gao Jun whispered on the side: "This is talking about you." ”

I whispered back to him, "Get out!" ”

"Zheng Nan, you have to talk about it here!" Chairman Liu unceremoniously pointed me out.

"Come on, come on, come here and let everyone see, what are you wearing? It's a group dance, do you have a bit of a collective idea of dressing like this? If you have any opinions about the rehearsal, you can mention it, and participate in it voluntarily! Who do you have to ask for? Without whom, our branch won't be able to dance ballroom dance! Until now, I haven't found anyone with that much energy! ”

I buried my head lower. Suddenly, Liu Jihua's voice came from the crowd: "Chairman Liu, Zheng Nan's performance costume is with me, I forgot to give it to her yesterday, I'll give it to her later." ”

Chairman Liu hit a stink bomb like a machine gun, stuck, stopped for a while, and then slapped his palm a few times with his hand, as if to wake up the sleeping person: "Cheer up!" No one is allowed to drop the chain at a critical time! Do you hear that? ”

No one in the crowd responded, and Chairman Liu asked loudly again: "Did you hear that?" ”

Gao Jun responded loudly, "No—"

The crowd erupted in laughter.

The summer was long, and when I got home, it was not yet dark, and my mother cooked the meal. The grapes planted in the yard were already lush and covered with wooden shelves, and under the wooden frames, Brother Wei Min built a table with cement and bricks, and my mother served the rice on top and covered it with a veil.

After dinner, my mother lit mosquito coils, turned on the lights in the yard, and asked me to wrap yarn under the lamps with her. The label of the wool was marked with 100% wool, but my mother still pulled off a small section, burned it with a match, and twisted the ashes into powder to see it, so I was relieved.

"People are not as kind as they used to be."

One by one, two handfuls of wool, my mother asked me to support her, and she came to wrap it. I slowly moved my arms from side to side to the rhythm of my mother's winding.

"Build an army or just go on a business trip?" My mom asked me.

"Hmm."

"Tell him to eat out on time, the last time I came, I saw that his face was not very good, and he was not energetic."

"Oh."

I suddenly wanted to ask my mother, "Mom, was my dad on a business trip at that time?" ”

"Out! Why not? Sometimes when I go out to handle cases, I don't have any letters for months. When I gave birth to you, your father was not there, I ate at night, I felt a stomachache, and I knew that I was about to give birth, so I walked to the health center by myself, and as soon as I went out of the door, I couldn't leave, and the amniotic water broke. It happened that a half-sized son of the neighbor's family was playing at the door, so I told him to go to the health center to call the doctor, and when he arrived at the health center, the doctor went home for dinner, and no one at home watched the child, so he carried a small box and came with his own child. My mother laughed, and then said, "Just the two of us, her daughter still has to sleep, sleep, she delivered me a baby, I patted her daughter, you gave birth, and her daughter fell asleep." ”

"You don't blame my dad?"

"Except for your father who retired me, I really didn't complain about him."

"Aren't you afraid of an accident or something?"

"Alas, it is certain that people will die or live in this life, and it is useless to be afraid, you see me, I have been in the pile of guns for so many years, and I am not alive and well now?"

“……”

My mother wrapped one or two into a fluffy ball, put it into a bamboo basket at her feet, and leaned over to pick up a handful of thread to find the thread.

"Mom, I want to change jobs."

"Why? Isn't it nice to look at the warehouse? ”

“…… I learned fitter, and I don't need it now, didn't I learn it in vain? I want to go back to mechanical. ”

"Oh, that's right." My mother nodded yes, and said: "You and Jianjun have more than a year to get married at most, and if you get married, you should have children, and when you get pregnant, you can't do the job of mechanic, and you have to go to the leader to adjust." ”

My mom found the thread and put it on my wrist to prop it up, and she grabbed the thread and started to wrap it.

"Do you think it's good for you to go to the leader like this? Will the leader think that you are picky? ”

“……”

"It's not bad this year, if you really want to learn some business, it's not too late to have a baby."

“…… The leader of the material library is very annoying. ”

"You do your job, what do you hate to do?"