Li Fang didn't stay at home for too long, because there were still some things in the city a year ago, and he had to deal with them before going home for the New Year.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Li Fang met the third master fiddling with his bicycle at the gate of the courtyard.

A few days ago, Silly Zhu felt that the three masters lied to him and didn't introduce him to Teacher Ran, plus Qin Huairu added oil and vinegar to the side, and Silly Zhu sold the three masters' bicycles to the car repair shop.

The three masters were in a hurry, after all, this old man picked the door, but he regarded this car as his treasure.

Fortunately, an uncle bought a bicycle wheel and gave it to him, so he was happy again, and since then, he has been even more concerned about his bicycle.

Li put it in his room and rested for a while, and then went to his house according to the address given by Chang Youkuan.

A few days ago, he made an appointment with Chang Youlen to buy some New Year's goods, and the reason why he was looking for Lao Chang was because his wife worked in the supply and marketing cooperative.

In addition to the New Year's goods, Li Fang also asked people to leave him some fabrics for processing.

After all, at home, he himself has work clothes to wear. Those small clothes were in tatters, and they were all big ones and small ones, and even keeping warm was a problem.

The fourth Qin Xiaohe, he still wears the open crotch pants he used to wear when he was a child.

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"Hello sister-in-law. I'm Li Fang, Brother Chang's colleague. Lao Chang's house was also in the small courtyard of the alley, and as soon as Li Fang knocked on the door, a young woman appeared in front of him.

The woman has a round face and almond eyes, looks very festive, and looks like a husband and wife.

"Come, come in, I always told me, everything is ready for you." The woman looked at Li Fang with a smile, this young man was fair-looking, kind and polite, and he was very good at first sight.

Li Fang looked at no one in the house, he was a little hesitant, after all, this Lao Chang didn't live in a single courtyard, Lao Chang was not at home, and he was a young man who entered someone's house, what was the matter.

He was afraid that other neighbors would see it and misunderstand.

After all, gossip is the most annoying, even in this simple era.

Fortunately, the woman also saw his thoughts, and Sister-in-law Chang smiled and said, "I went to buy tofu and will be back soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, Lao Chang came back with his pocket.

"This little tofu has been queuing for more than an hour." Lao Chang carried the tofu and sighed helplessly at his wife.

The characteristic of this era is queuing, and you have to queue up to buy everything, which is caused by the scarcity of materials.

He approached, saw Li Fang, and greeted him with a smile: "Li Fang is here, come into the house." ”

Li let out a sigh and then entered the house.

Sister-in-law Chang cleaned up the house very cleanly, this house is much more spacious and tidy than Li Fang's own nest, which is worthy of being a dual-income family.

"Sister-in-law, don't be busy, by the way, why didn't you see your two nephews." Li Fang took Sister-in-law's tea and asked curiously.

Nowadays, people generally get married early, don't look at Lao Chang is only twenty-six years old this year, and he has two sons, two children, the eldest is seven years old, and the younger is five years old.

Sister-in-law Chang sat on the chair, knocking melon seeds, and chatted: "I sent him to his grandfather's house, you and Brother Chang are busy with work, how can I have time to take care of these two skin boys." ”

"By the way, Comrade Li, do you have a partner?" Sister-in-law Chang asked gossipingly.

These female comrades who work in supply and marketing cooperatives usually like to be matchmakers, especially high-quality young men like Li Fang, who have a job, which is even more sought-after.

"Li Fangcai is sixteen, don't ask around." Lao Chang pushed his wife's arm.

Li Fang smiled embarrassedly.

Sister-in-law Chang just mentioned it casually, and when she saw that Li Fang didn't mean it, she gave up.

Li Fang sat down for a while, and then came out of Lao Chang's house.

When he got home, Li Fang found that in addition to the cloth and melon seeds and peanuts he bought with his own money, there was also a bag of red, green and green fruit candy stuffed into the bag.

He immediately understood that this was added by Lao Chang and his family, and Lao Chang knew that he had younger brothers and sisters at home, so he stuffed a bag of sugar.

Li was relieved to be warm.

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When the year came, the sound of firecrackers sounded everywhere, and Li Fang also bought firecrackers, and he also wanted to be lively.

As soon as the firecrackers were set off, he found two small figures dangling at the gate of the courtyard.

He fixed his eyes and saw that it was Qin Huairu's two daughters, Huaihua and Xiaodang.

Children like firecrackers, and they have no extra money at home, so they can only pick up the remaining squibs that have not sounded after others.

Seeing this, Li Fang went back to the house, and when he returned to the house, the two little girls quickly ran over to pick up firecrackers and play.

In the afternoon, Li let go to the rolling mill, and today Li Huaide gave the people in the logistics department a year-end summary meeting, and he also had to go.

The crowd sat in the small hall, and Li Fang found a secluded corner and sat down.

Everyone took a notebook to record, and he was not idle, so he took out a pen and wrote and drew in the notebook.

Li Huaide spoke at length, and Li Fang's ears were about to grind their cocoons, but fortunately, Li Huaide seemed to be in a hurry to do something today, and ended the meeting in a hurry.

Li Fang found that the section chief Wu Bing and the deputy section chief Shen Xiaoyi, who have always been dedicated, did not come today.

Out of the auditorium, he leaned over to Lao Chang and asked in a low voice, "What about our section chief and deputy section chief, why didn't you see them?" ”

Lao Chang also wondered, he had worked for so many years, and it was the first time he had seen Wu Bing absent from such an occasion.

"Maybe it's an important task." Guessed.

Li Fang left the rolling mill full of doubts.

Before he had gone far, he saw Li Huaide riding the little jeep out of the gate of the rolling mill.

On the co-pilot, sitting was Wu Bing, the chief of the procurement section who did not show up at the meeting.

It's really a strange thing, Li Fang couldn't help but sigh, he didn't know what these people were doing.

When I returned to the courtyard, I saw the stick terrier and the stupid pillar muttering to the two of them, looking at the smile on the stupid pillar's face, Li Fang knew that the stick terrier was exchanging that Teacher Ran, and looking for the stupid pillar to ask for benefits.

To say that this stupid pillar also wants his daughter-in-law to think about it, and he is willing to pay money, just to meet Teacher Ran, and the stick terrier is right in his arms.

The stick terrier got paid, and happily took his two sisters to buy firecrackers to play, leaving Silly Zhu in the kitchen waiting to meet Teacher Ran when the time came.

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As soon as he finished dinner, Li Fang heard someone knocking on the door, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Xu Damao with a happy face.

"What's the matter, Brother Da Mao, is this good news?" Li Fang said with a smile.

Xu Damao nodded hurriedly, and what Li Fang helped him write, although it was not reported in the factory newspaper, it was taken by the leader, and the leader also specially asked Xu Damao to make a personal speech at the summary meeting of their department.

So this time, everyone knows that there is a film projectionist named Xu Damao, who works hard and is praised by the leaders, and Xu Damao's popularity is rising, which gives Xu Damao a lot of confidence.

"Brother, I, maybe after the New Year, I can rise again." Xu Damao looked forward to the cadre establishment, and his eyes were green.

Li Fang looked at Xu Damao's good expectations, and was embarrassed to hit him.

Li Fang feels that the reason why Xu Damao has not been promoted for so many years is not because he has not had enough education, it may be because of Lou Xiao'e's special family background, and secondly, because Xu Damao has become a cadre, who will show movies.

However, showing movies is also a technology, whether Xu Damao is willing to teach it to others, this is not something he can manage.

Xu Damao handed a bag of mountain goods in his hand to Li Fang: "Brother, thank you, when you are free after the New Year, my brother will invite you to have a good meal." ”

Li Fang didn't say anything polite to him, and took it with a smile.

This hazelnut chestnut or something must have been stuffed to him by the villagers when Xu Damao went to the countryside to show a movie, this heavy big bag is enough to eat for a long time.

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