After the beginning of winter, the weather in Xijing is warm for three days and cold for four days, and the temperature drops even lower every time a strong wind blows.

Early in the morning, Xinlan's mother went to buy food and did not let the old man go together. She knows that the old man is most afraid of the cold, and every time it is this season, he will wear thicker than others, and even more lazy in bed, sit at the head of the bed with a quilt, read books, read newspapers, and watch TV to survive the winter. The old man's body has always been a concern for women. Originally, when I knew him young, my body was thin, and I didn't know how to pay attention to my work, and I unconsciously accumulated a disease, and when I was old, my resistance was not good, and I didn't resist the wind or cold, and I suffered a lot of sins, which made the old woman very distressed. The weather is still a little cold, she is holding a small aluminum pot in one hand, and the other hand is shrunk in her sleeve, I don't know whether it is the coolness of the aluminum pot or the reason why her hands are tired, she changes her hands from time to time, so she went to the nearby place to hit the tofu brain, and walked back home with both hands.

The old man was in bed, half-asleep and half-awake, and when the old woman got up, he woke up completely at the slightest movement. Hearing the sound of the woman going out, he guessed that she must have gone to buy breakfast, and would come back and forth after a while, so he got up without further delay. Speaking of the reason for not delaying, it is actually because after the old couple gave the phone contact information here to the girl yesterday, the old man was worried that she had been to the factory, and he was afraid that if there was a feedback call here in the future, he was ready to wait for the phone at the gate of the yard during the working hours of the unit. He knew that it was cloudy late in winter, and it would be more than eight o'clock when he came back to buy and eat early, and he was already at work at this time, so he didn't dare to delay.

Sure enough, before the old man finished washing his face, the old woman came back with a small pot. Seeing that the old man was busy, the old woman went to prepare the meal, and after waiting for the old man to come out, the two sat down to eat. During the meal, the old man thought of what he had to do for a while, so he said: "After eating in a while, you are busy at home, I will go down to the gate post first and sit and wait, and see if the call will come." ”

"You eat slowly, where will you be happy!? Today is Monday, my daughter only went back from here yesterday, and she went to do business this morning, and she got the phone as soon as possible in the afternoon or cloudy, and she won't come in the morning. Besides, how can the matter of asking people to do things be so fast, maybe the two of us will have to fight a protracted battle in Changzhuang! The old woman was afraid that he would not have the heart to eat, so she comforted him.

"Well, that's what you said, it seems that I'm in a hurry!" The old man nodded in thought, paused and said slowly: "My daughter came back this time, we didn't help anything, seeing that this was an opportunity, I thought about doing something for my daughter!" Otherwise, I always feel like I owe my daughter something! ”

Hearing the old man say this, the woman smiled: "For so many years, I have never felt that you have paid so much attention to the affairs of children, this is the first time!" ”

The old man said: "No, the children are fine, I don't need to care about them so much, besides, they are all married and have a business, and we are all so old, we can't manage it if we want to." It's just that now our girl is so far away from us, alas! I'm so worried I won't see them move back in my lifetime! I wonder if I'm really thinking about it this time? The old man seemed to have changed his mood as he spoke, but then he adjusted and said, "Alas! Don't talk about it, hurry up and eat, and I'll go squatting after eating! ”

Hearing the old man say this, the old woman knew that he had made up her mind, so she did not persuade him again, but waited for him to finish eating, then went to get a teacup for him, and watched him take the book and eyes, and the two of them went downstairs together to the gate of the family courtyard. Entering the house, the doorkeeper was two elderly women, seeing both of them, they were busy greeting, and one of them said, "Sister-in-law, what is this Teacher Li for?" Holding a teacup and carrying a book, wouldn't it be a return to the old job? ”

The old woman said: "There is something at home for my daughter, I will call me in the next two days, you Teacher Li, he doesn't want to trouble you running back and forth, so he wants to come and wait." ”

When the woman heard this, she hurriedly said: "What's the trouble here, running two steps is considered exercise!" However, since Mr. Li is here, let's rest here for a while, I'm tired! Go back again. As she spoke, she came over to help Teacher Li.

Teacher Li smiled and sat down on the chair, and the old woman went over to help put the teacup on the table, watched him slowly take his eyes, opened the book, and said, "Then you can watch here, I'll go back and clean up." ”

The old man waved his hand, and when he acquiesced, his attention began to turn to the book.

Director Fan sat in the car and went back, thinking about Xinlan's return. When I arrived at the factory, I already paid attention to it. He did not go back to his office, but first came directly to the labor and management department of the factory, and asked the clerk to find the original files of Xinlan's family in the countryside from the archives room, and confirmed that it was correct, and then came to the factory office again, and said to Director Niu: "You inform the chief of the labor and management department and the chief of the administrative welfare department, Section Chief Li, to go to the small conference room at half past ten to have a meeting." After speaking, he turned around and returned to his office, and while sitting on the chair, he took out the note that Xinlan gave yesterday from his jacket pocket, then picked up the phone, wanted to call the switchboard, and dialed the door guard of Xinlan's father according to the address written on the note.

The call was answered by the woman at the door, and as soon as she heard the call, she said, "Wait a minute." Then he turned around directly, and gestured with the phone to point to Mr. Li, who was watching him answer the phone intently.

The old man turned pale in an instant. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, took the phone in the past, held his hands on his cheeks, and shook off the phone in his hands with his excited hands, and said, "Hello, I am Xinlan's father, please speak!" ”

"Hello! Please inform Li Xinlan that she will come to the factory to go through the procedures for relocation when she is free. A clear voice came from the phone.

"Okay! Good! Thank you! Thank you! Then Mr. Li didn't know what to say, anyway, when he put down the phone and packed up his things and walked back, he was so excited that he felt his legs tremble.

When I arrived at home, the old woman was busy in a mess. Seeing the old man come back with something, he didn't care too much, but just said, "Can't sit still!" I told you that you don't have to go so early, but you don't listen, it's not in vain! Afternoon bar! When it was time to go to work in the afternoon, I went to keep an eye on it. ”

The old man's heart was still excited, and when he heard the woman say this, he couldn't help but be proud of his choice and persistence, and his face was suddenly filled with a beautiful smile. The old woman noticed his abnormality, but she couldn't guess why the old man was so happy, so she asked, "What good things have you met outside?" So happy! ”

The old man listened to her tone, felt that she didn't think about the phone, and wanted to tease her, but felt that this was a serious matter and had no time to delay, so he had to hurry up and tell Xinlan, so he put down the teacup and book in his hand, went over to stop the busy woman and said, "Let's go!" What are you busy with! The call has come, let's hurry up to my daughter, don't delay! ”

The old woman felt that the old man was not joking, and although she was still puzzled, she was not sure whether what he said was true or false, so she stopped what she was doing and walked out.

The two went downstairs, the woman was still a little hesitant, so hesitant to walk to the door, she suddenly had a flash, ran to the door to ask the woman on duty, and only after confirming that there was indeed a call in, did she believe that it was true.