Three days before the high school entrance examination, ushered in the day of delivery, the person in charge of the Township Education Commission and the principal of Hanwangchuan Middle School Wang took two teachers to the acceptance, seeing the brand-new desks and chairs neatly stacked in the warehouse, Teacher Wang was a little excited, and his eyes were red. She said that since she started teaching in Hanwangchuan, she never dared to think that her students would still be able to use such good desks and chairs, and these dolls are really in time.

This is also the first time Yang Liufang met President Wang, this educated youth from the countryside in Shanghai, because of the times, at the age of study, came to the Loess Plateau to fight the heavens and the earth, and then suffered the betrayal of her boyfriend, who is also an educated youth, and took the child to complete the university study alone. Now her thin figure is still upright, and it seems to reveal a certain stubbornness and unyieldingness. Although the temples have grown into luxury, it is still difficult to hide the gentle charm of Jiangnan women.

"Leaders, welcome everyone to our factory to accept desks and chairs, do you see whether it is a sampling survey, or a one-by-one inspection?"

"Let's sample."

"Okay, sampling."

"Yes, listen to the leader."

"Well, our factory is very confident in its products. has always used Secretary Lu's words to warn workers: no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and no matter how hard you are, you can't be miserable for children. So it's all genuine willow wood, you can sample it casually, and I will ask the workers to help you bring it up and inspect it on the spot. ”

A few people began to take random samples, and two workers skewered between hundreds of sets of tables and chairs like monkeys, and also had to prevent the paint film from knocking off. The new tables and chairs were placed separately, and the lacquer surface was shiny under the light, and the leaders moved and swayed, smelled the smell, and couldn't stop nodding. The two accompanying teachers also stood on the table and stepped on it, and then rode on the stool and shook it, not letting go at all, and were quite satisfied. Immediately continued sampling, more than 50 sets of sampling were continuously inspected, and the workers who moved tables and chairs as required were tired of changing a round before it ended.

Yang Liufang duly handed over two acceptance slips that had already been prepared, which were specially printed by his brother Li Tongfu when he went to Xizhou to find a place for advertising, which had been stamped with the company's official seal and signed with the name of Li Tongfu, a legal person. After asking the leaders of the Education Committee and President Wang to sign, keep one copy for yourself, and ask the two leaders to bring back the other copy.

At noon, everyone ate in the canteen of the factory, which was the daily working meal, but the master used a lunch box specially designed to entertain the guests, and served the meals for the four guests, and did not eat with the workers. But there are still many workers in the cafeteria who recognize Principal Wang, a rough man who usually works in the factory, and when he sees the teacher who taught him in elementary school, he will still bow his head, arrange his work clothes, and shout "Hello to Teacher Wang". Teacher Wang responded one by one.

"Mr. Wang, this is the peach and plum all over the world." The leaders of the Education Commission praised.

"The leaders have won awards, they are all good students, although I can't remember clearly, but it is indeed because of the poor conditions that it was delayed. But it's good that everyone can work in the factory now. ”

"How is it about people working here? How are you eating? ”

"Okay."

"Great."

"Eat well."

"It's good to work."

Mr. Wang was very satisfied with the workers' answers, and Mr. Wang was also very pleased. During the meal, she chatted with Yang Liufang about her son-in-law and daughter.

"Xiao Yang, I heard that you and Jiajun are friends?"

"Well, it's a brother, when I first came to Xizhou to do a small business, I didn't have money to ride, and occasionally I would catch him to start the army and caramel, so I took a section, and I got acquainted with it after coming and going."

"Oh, I see."

"Teacher Wang, Brother Qin and my sister-in-law Yanhua are all right."

"It's good, it's all good."

Because there were superior leaders, I didn't talk much in order to avoid suspicion. After eating, the master took a few clean bowls, poured boiling water for everyone, and Yang Liufang chatted with everyone for a while.

"Leaders, do you think I sent a car to the school, or did you send a car to pull it?"

"Xiao Yang, we have finished the acceptance, you can send a car, and you can come to school tomorrow. Principal Wang's intention is to let the students who take the high school entrance examination this year use the new desks and chairs during the examination. ”

"Yes, many students' family conditions are not good now, and it may be the last time they take the exam at school." Principal Wang said pessimistically.

In the afternoon, seeing off the leaders and teachers for acceptance, Yang Liufang planned to go to Xizhou to find Zhang Feng by himself, but the stone village chief, the only one in the village with a donkey cart, took Li Tongfu to the countryside. If you go to Xizhou, you have to walk five or six kilometers to the three-way intersection and wait for the car, you feel hard to think about, I don't know how I came here last year, maybe this is the fear of climbers when they look back. Since they couldn't make the trip, they had to continue working in the factory and wait for them to come back.

The next day, Yang Liufang got up and washed up, took the donkey cart that Shi Ge went to pull water, and headed for Xizhou. Walking on the road that Brother Shi led the villagers to build for the factory, looking at the willow trees on both sides that were as leafy as guards, Yang Liufang was very pleased.

"By next fall, we will be able to harvest the first willow branches."

"What are you doing with willow branches?"

"You don't know, the willow branches cut down, the thin baskets, the thick ones are pickaxes, and the strong ones are pressed branches, and they are very good, very good."

"It turns out that these willow trees were beheaded because of this."

"Yes, if you don't cut it, you'll be blown off by a sandstorm. Sometimes even the trunk is broken. ”

"Hey, Brother Shi, what did you just say about pressing branches?"

"Oh, that is, in the autumn, cut the straight-looking, good-looking ones into sections of about two meters, soak them in water, and in February and March of the following year, take them out and plant them on the ground, and they will live when they are watered, and they will be a big willow tree in a few years."

"Oh, so that's the case, so if we do this, we won't have to buy saplings in the future."

"Emon (we) can't."

"Why?"

"We don't have that much fat (water)."

"What about Wang Shan, are they okay?"

"He is facing the river, and he can dig a pond to replenish fertilizer (water) at any time."

"Well, I'll talk to him when I have time and see if I can press the branches myself."

"By the way, Brother Shi, this autumn will cut off the head, will anyone sell these branches?"

"Yes, we all go to the township market to sell, like we are far away from the township, the transportation is not convenient, we all take it home and save it, after the autumn is busy, get a table, chair, doors and windows or something."

Yang Liufang thought of Brother Shi's tables and chairs, it turned out that this is how he came, thinking of this, he also remembered that he had promised to make a set of tables and chairs for Brother Shi's family, and he forgot about it for almost a year. said casually: "Brother Shi, I'll surprise you these days." ”

As they spoke, they reached the three-way road, and their willow trees were only planted at the three-way road. Yang Liufang said goodbye to Brother Shi and told him that he didn't have to wait for him, and he took Zhang Feng's car and went back to the factory directly.

Soon, a tractor pulling bricks drove out, and Yang Liufang hitched a ride and went straight to Yantan. When I arrived at Yantan, I hurriedly went to the vegetable farmer Uncle Han's vegetable field to take a look, it was still lush, the uncle was busy grafting in the field, and he was very happy to see Yang Liufang arrive, and quickly picked tender cucumbers for him to quench his thirst.

"Suo (uncle), I went into the city to find Zhang Feng to drive to the factory to pull goods, I can't stay longer, I came to see you, I have to leave." Yang Liufang was nibbling on cucumbers while talking to his uncle.

"Eat slowly, and I don't care about this time. The neighbors all praise you for making good doors and windows, and you also want to make whole house furniture, and I take them to the factory when I go back to deliver food. ”

"Thank you so much. You can also make a list of what we need in our new house, and make it together when the time comes. ”

"Thank you. Eat another melon. ”

"Suo, I can't eat, I'll come to eat when I turn around."

After eating the two cucumbers that I devoured, I burped myself, said goodbye to my uncle, and went to catch the bus back to the city. It was already ten o'clock in the morning when I saw Zhang Feng like this. Two more cars familiar to Zhang Feng were hired, and a group of three cars returned to the factory in a majestic manner.

As soon as I arrived at the factory, I saw that one of the teachers who was in charge of acceptance yesterday was also there, and Li Tongfu was chatting and drinking tea with him, and it seemed that the two were chatting happily.

"Brother, you're back, the leaders of the Township Education Committee have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Hello, teacher, I'm sorry, I went to Xizhou to hire a car. What are your instructions? ”

"I can't talk about instructions, it's the leader's instructions, I'll convey them to see if you have any difficulties."

"Tell me."