The cooperation agreement between Hanhua Industry and Xunyang Bicycle Factory has been approved by the Department of Light Chemical Industry and officially entered into force.

Lin Zhenhua sent more than 20 young workers from Hanhua Industrial Company, plus more than 10 old workers borrowed from Hanhua Factory, to Xunyang and began to transform the production area of Xunyang Bicycle Factory.

The metalworking workshop and the foundry workshop do not need to be moved, but some equipment needs to be adjusted, which is not difficult. According to Lin Zhenhua's design, an assembly line will be built in the workshop, and all workers only need to sit at the station and constantly assemble the specified parts of the product from the front.

Some people have heard of the concept of assembly line, some people have not heard of it, but Lin Zhenhua knows it very well. It is not difficult to design an assembly line, it is nothing more than a conveyor belt and a set of control systems. This control system is enough to hand over to Wei Jingwen to deal with.

After Lin Zhenhua drew the rough drawings of the assembly line, he asked the technicians of the technical department to help put forward suggestions, and then refined them into processing drawings, and then sent them to the workshop of Hanhua factory for production. After all the parts were produced, the big truck from the Hanhua factory carried these parts to the Xunyang Bicycle Factory, and sent an installation team headed by Sun Changyuan to be responsible for the installation to ensure that every link was running smoothly.

Construction of small bungalows for the workers of the Hanhua factory has also begun, and there are many vacant lots in the production area, which have not been opened up into vegetable plots by poor workers under the protection of Qiu Qingyang. Qiu Qingyang set aside a large piece of vacant land for Hanhua Industrial, which was enough for them to build more than a dozen houses.

Peng Shaozhe, who is in charge of the renovation project in Xunzi, is meticulous and has a certain ability to organize and coordinate, so it is safe to hand over things to him. Peng Shaozhe's shortcomings lie in his lack of courage, and some things seem a little bookish. Lin Zhenhua then arranged for Shi Guojun and Cao Wenqiang, two young workers who had been educated youths, to Peng Shaozhe as deputies, these two brothers were famous thorns in the labor service company, and for more than a year, seeing Lin Zhenhua run the company prosperously, both of them were convinced, and now they have become Lin Zhenhua's right-hand man.

During this time, Lin Zhenhua ran back and forth between Fenghua and Xunyang, and he was so tired that everyone lost a lap.

On New Year's Day, Lin Zhenhua finally had a few days to spare, but he couldn't bear it. A letter from Xiangping Province set him on another journey.

Sitting on the train to Xiangping Province, Lin Zhenhua looked at the scribbled letter over and over again:

"Kobayashi: You haven't been in touch for a long time, I don't know how you are now.

Writing this letter to you, there is something unspeakable that I would like to ask for your help.

Since you last sent me back to Yuefeng County, I have been working at the agricultural machinery factory of Yonghe Commune, where my family is located, and have taken the position of factory director. In the past two years, the business of the agricultural machinery factory has been very bad, and the wages of the workers cannot be guaranteed. The situation has been even worse in the last six months, and all employees, including me, have not received their salaries for four months.

Now my family's income is mainly supported by my parents and your sister-in-law's farming, and I am a disabled person who can't do things in the fields. Last month, your sister-in-law felt back pain, and after going to the hospital for an examination, she said that she had a tumor on her waist and needed surgery. Now my family's economy is very difficult, and it costs about 200 yuan to operate, and it is difficult for me to make up for it, so I have to be cheeky and ask my comrades for help.

I don't know what your financial situation is now, if your financial situation allows, can you lend me 20 yuan. It's really not good, 10 yuan is fine. Of course, if you're struggling, don't be struggling.

A revolutionary salute.

Your platoon commander and comrade-in-arms: Cen Youjun, December 15, 1981"

When he first saw this letter, Lin Zhenhua's tears flowed down like beads with broken threads. In his body, there is still the memory of the original Lin Zhenhua, he remembers that Cen Youjun is his platoon commander in the army, and in the years when he was a soldier, he used to take care of him like a brother. In the self-defense counterattack, Cen Youjun threw him to the ground at a critical moment and saved his surname, while Cen Youjun himself lost a left leg because of this.

When Lin Zhenhua was in distress in Hongshan County, he had just sent Cen Youjun back to his hometown Yuefeng County, and was wounded by gangsters on the way back to Fenghua County.

Lin Zhenhua can still remember the appearance of the platoon commander, who is not tall, and his face is as honest as a peasant. Before being injured, the platoon commander ranked among the top three in the division in all kinds of firearm shooting, and was able to break four red bricks with a single palm, and was a well-known training pacesetter. Who knows, now he is so depressed that he has to write a letter cheekily to borrow 20 yuan from the soldiers under his command in the past to save the emergency.

Lin Zhenhua took the letter and went directly to Zhu Tiejun and asked him for leave to go to Xiangping Province. Zhu Tiejun had a black face at first, saying that now that the production task is busy, he Lin Zhenhua finally came back for a few days, and he has to ask for leave, what kind of system. After Lin Zhenhua handed the letter to Zhu Tiejun, Zhu Tiejun's eyes also flashed with old tears, he returned the letter to Lin Zhenhua and said, "Then you can go and do your best to help him." Salute a veteran on my behalf. ”

Lin Zhenhua went to the bank to withdraw 2,000 yuan, bought a lot of food and various things, and then bought a train ticket and went straight to Xiangping Province. Lin Zhenhua now has the privilege of buying train tickets at any time, and the employees of the railway station buy electric fans from him at the factory price, who wouldn't know Manager Xiaolin?

Lin Zhenhua followed the route of the first time, first arrived in Tanzhou, and then took a car to Yuefeng County. When passing by the Hongshan Pass in Yuyang County, he couldn't help but poke his head out of the car window to take a few more looks, and it was here that he started his journey more than two years ago. He still remembered that there was a director named Lu Zhiqiang in Hongshan here, and he didn't know what the situation was now.

Cen Youjun's home is in Yonghe Commune, Yuefeng County, and there is no direct shuttle bus. After Lin Zhenhua took a car to Yuefeng County, he took a passing tractor and came to Yonghe Commune. With the remnants of his past memories, he found the village where Cen Youjun was located and went straight to his door.

Cen Youjun's home is a common dwelling in the south, with a large hall in the middle, a patio in front, and three rooms on each side. There are two families living in this house, one is Cen Youjun's family, and the other is Cen Youjun's uncle and brother Cen Youxin's family. The two families each occupy a side of the room, and there are two tables of eight immortals in the hall, which are the places where the two families eat.

This is a very typical way of living in the south, the two families are descendants of the same grandfather, the previous generation is a brother, and this generation is an uncle and brother. Although the two families are relatives, they are completely economically read to each other, and even if they borrow an egg from each other, they must remember to return it afterwards.

The door of the house was open, and Lin Zhenhua stepped directly through the threshold and walked into the house. A young woman in the hall who was pushing a bucket to put her child to sleep looked up at him and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

The rocker is a type of crib in the south, shaped like a small wooden bathtub with a wooden shelf that can be rocked from side to side. The inside of the bucket is usually covered with a thick layer of straw and a mattress on top. In winter, it is warmer for small babies to sleep in. The bucket that the young woman was pushing was sleeping with a child of about a year old, and her little face was blushing and simple, and she looked very cute. The child was covered with a thick quilt, but the quilt was very worn, and the patches were stacked on top of each other.

Lin Zhenhua recognized that the young woman who was questioned was Cen Youjun's wife Tian Xiaolan, so he smiled and said, "It's my sister-in-law, right?" I'm Xiao Lin, a soldier of the Cen platoon leader. Do you remember me? The year before last, I sent Platoon Commander Cen back. ”

Tian Xiaolan was stunned for a moment before recognizing him, and hurriedly stood up with difficulty holding her waist, and said, "It's Xiaolin, why are you here?" The right army is still in the factory, so I will let the hairy cub call him to go. ”

After that, she shouted to her house: "Mao cub, you go to the agricultural machinery factory, call your father back, and say that Uncle Xiaolin from Jiangnan Province is here." ”

Out of the house came a child of five or six years old, dressed in a shabby padded jacket and dragging a long nose under his nose. He glanced at Lin Zhenhua first, then turned around and wanted to run out. Lin Zhenhua hurriedly shouted to stop him, took out a handful of fruit candy from his bag, and stuffed it into his hand. A smile suddenly bloomed on the face of the little kid named Mao Cub.

"Did you call your uncle?" Tian Xiaolan said to the fur cub.

"Hello uncle!" The furry cub replied obediently, and ran out with a puff of smoke. This village is not far from the commune, and when the cubs are fine, they will go to the agricultural machinery factory to find their father.

"Look at you, come here, what are you buying candy for?" Tian Xiaolan said politely to Lin Zhenhua, she looked at the little baby sleeping in the bucket, and said, "Okay, the cub is already asleep." Xiaolin, sit down for a while, and I'll go cook you a bowl of soup. ”

Cooking soup is also a local custom, in fact, it is poached eggs in sugar water, which is the etiquette of receiving distinguished guests. There are three eggs in a bowl of soup, and it is common for guests to eat two of them and leave one behind. Of course, if you don't understand the rules and eat them all, the host won't blame you.

Lin Zhenhua looked at Tian Xiaolan's difficult walk, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, your waist is not good, don't be busy, I'm not hungry." ”

Tian Xiaolan said: "It's not a matter of hunger, you came all the way and didn't cook a bowl of soup for you, and the right army will definitely scold me when you come back." ”

Lin Zhenhua had no choice but to sit down and help Tian Xiaolan continue to push the bucket, so that the cubs in the bucket could sleep a little deeper.

Tian Xiaolan arrived in the kitchen and came out after staying for a while. She ran to Cen Youxin's house, stood at the door of the house and whispered, "Sister-in-law, can you lend me an egg?" I've got only two eggs left in the house. ”

There was another young woman over there, Lin Zhenhua knew, it was Cen Youxin's wife, it seemed that her surname was Wang or Huang. When the young woman of the Wang family saw Lin Zhenhua sitting in the hall, she smiled at him, said hello, and then went to her kitchen, took out an egg, and handed it to Tian Xiaolan.

Tian Xiaolan took the egg, smiled embarrassedly at Lin Zhenhua, and said, "Xiaolin, I'm sorry, there are no eggs at home." ”

Lin Zhenhua hurriedly stood up: "Sister-in-law, there is really no need to bother, I and the platoon commander are not outsiders." ”

"That's not going to work." Tian Xiaolan said stubbornly, turned around and went back to the kitchen to make soup.

After a while, Tian Xiaolan came out with a bowl of hot sugar water egg soup, she put the soup on the table of the Eight Immortals, and said to Lin Zhenhua: "Xiaolin, you eat slowly, I'll go to the field to pick some vegetables, if the cub wakes up, you can help me shake him." ”

Lin Zhenhua knew that he couldn't stop Tian Xiaolan, the customs of the countryside, there were guests at home, and he always had to cook something good. Tian Xiaolan is so busy, which is a normal performance.

Lin Zhenhua sat down, picked up the bowl and just wanted to eat, when he saw the hairy cub running back out of breath, and shouted loudly when he entered the door. Lin Zhenhua said: "Mao cub, your mother went to the field to pick vegetables, didn't you call your father?" ”

"My dad said he was going to the market to buy some meat first." Mao cub replied, staring directly at Lin Zhenhua's bowl with his eyes.

Lin Zhenhua's heart moved and asked, "Mao cub, do you want to eat eggs?" ”

The furry cub hesitated and said, "My mother will scold me." ”

"No, my uncle asked you to eat, and my mother won't scold." Lin Zhenhua said, he picked up the cub, put it on the stool, and then handed him the chopsticks and said, "You can eat." ”

Mao Cub looked at Lin Zhenhua and then at the egg, as if he was engaged in an ideological struggle. Finally, the scruple of being scolded finally gave way to the greed for the egg, and he quickly took an egg and stuffed it into his mouth so that he could not squirm.

"Eat slowly, if you can eat, I'll give it all to you." Lin Zhenhua said.

The cub didn't even use two minutes before he finished eating three eggs and drank all the sugar soup. At the same time, he and Lin Zhenhua also formed a deep friendship, because no adult would ever give him three eggs to eat at once, and he could only enjoy the remaining egg of the guests at a time. Moreover, even such opportunities often come once in a month or two.

"Cub, do you know your uncle?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"I don't know." The furry cub shook his head.

Lin Zhenhua said: "The last time I came, you were only 3 years old, and I hugged you." ”

Mao Cub had no memory of this at all, he just looked at the bag that Lin Zhenhua was carrying curiously, guessing what kind of things would be inside.

Lin Zhenhua looked at the cub and smiled lovingly. He opened his backpack, took out a pack of biscuits, handed it to the cub, and said, "Take it, don't eat it all at once." ”

The furry cub put his hands behind his back and said, "My mother won't let me take other people's things." ”

"Uncle is none other than that."

A voice came from outside the door, Lin Zhenhua turned his head to look, and saw a one-legged man standing at the door with a cane, looking at him with a smile.

"Platoon Commander Cen!" Lin Zhenhua hurriedly walked over, and when he walked in front of the man, he stood upright and saluted the man with a standard military salute.

(To be continued)