After eating, Captain Yang and the others left together.

Chen Fan handed over the money to the security for the cement and steel bars, and waited for the delivery to his door. This is also the convenience of safe delivery, otherwise, let alone home delivery, even if you take the initiative to pull the door, there may not be goods.

Deliver goods? Impossible!

When they left, Chen Fan closed the door and went to sleep. Longevity starts with a nap.

After a good night's sleep and getting up, Yang Ju and the three of them had already gone to work, Chen Fan stretched out and walked out of the door, and walked to the door of Jiang Lili's room, where she was holding the sample magazine and reading it with relish.

Chen Fan stood at the door blocking the light, she reacted immediately, raised her head suddenly, and when she found out that it was Chen Fan, she gently patted her chest, "It's silent, it scared me." ”

Chen Fan smiled, "This thing is just a pastime, don't spend too much time, have time to read more textbooks, it will definitely be useful in the future." ”

Jiang Lili put the magazine on her lap and grinned, "I know, I just took advantage of their absence, I just took advantage of their absence, I took advantage of their absence, I just took advantage of their absence, and when they came back, I would hide the books and study them seriously." ”

After a pause, she raised her head again and asked, "By the way, didn't you say that I should copy the second part for you?" When will it be brought to me? ”

Chen Fan leaned against the door frame, looked at her and smiled, "Don't rush first, wait until you recover from your injuries." ”

He then explained, "The first article was published in three issues, and even if the second article was adopted, it would be three months later. ”

He pinched his fingers and counted, "It's the August issue, it's still early, don't worry." ”

This article has a total of more than 38,000 words, and a 16-page magazine can hold up to 2,000 to 2,500 words in one page, and a single issue prints more than 10,000 words, almost 5 to 6 pages. So it is divided into three issues, which is already the result of extreme compression.

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Jiang Lili thought for a while and said, "I said in the morning that I would write more than 10 short stories, and that one story is 3 months, and there are only 4 stories a year, are you going to write four or five years?" ”

Chen Fan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "You're young." Not to mention four or five years, as long as I can publish it continuously for a year or two, the publisher will definitely recommend that I release a single book, and I can't wait that long. ”

If he is in a hurry, he can also switch to a literary newspaper after becoming famous, even if it is a weekly newspaper, the time will be increased by 4 times at once, and he can publish all of them in a year.

It's a pity that he is not in a hurry, but he is also deliberately delaying time.

He is now waiting for when the manuscript fee will be restored and the writers' association will be resumed. When the time comes, code words to make money, join the writers' association to get benefits, isn't it fragrant? !

Looking at Chen Fan, who was full of confidence, Jiang Lili smiled, "Okay, then I'll wait for you to publish your own monograph." ”

Chen Fan smiled and said, "You can't wait, you have to help me copy it." ”

Jiang Lili wrinkled her nose, "Got it." ”

Chen Fan waved his hand, "You continue to read, I'll go do something." ”

After saying that, she turned around and left, Jiang Lili tilted her body curiously and looked at the door, thinking to herself what new ideas he had?

……

Chen Fan rolled up his sleeves as he walked, and after a while, he came to the pile of wood piled up outside the backyard wall.

Here is the firewood he cut when he cleaned the homestead and cultivated the herb garden, most of which was used up when he burned the kiln, and the rest was some relatively thick trunks that he deliberately left, the thickest ones could be the thickness of thighs, and the thin ones were also the thickness of arms, although they were a little short, but with good planning, they could also create a little furniture for daily use, so they accumulated it, and also made a simple grass shed to shelter from the rain.

Chen Fan pulled in the shed for a while, and then carried a large bundle of wood into the backyard door.

Walked to the open space in the front yard and threw the wood to the ground, making a loud noise.

Jiang Lili heard the movement, thought for a while, first hid the magazine under her clothes in the cabinet, and then walked out step by step with a cane.

She stood at the door, saw Chen Fan coming out of the room with carpentry tools, and asked curiously, "What are you going to do?" ”

Chen Fan turned his head to look at her and said with a smile, "Make a saddle." ”

"Huh?"

Jiang Lili's eyes widened suddenly, "Saddle? Can you do a saddle? ”

Chen Fan smiled, "You just can't look at it." ”

Then I went to the utility room, moved out the carpentry table I had built before, and then officially started.

Instead of making a saddle, I made a wooden frame that resembled a parallel bar clothesstick.

Jiang Lili looked at him curiously, "This is a saddle?" ”

Chen Fan raised his head and smiled, "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, this is a saddle frame, which is specially used to place the saddle, and it can also be used to shape the saddle when making the saddle." ”

After a pause, he added, "Either go in and sit and read, or pull up a chair and sit down, don't you want to get better quickly?" ”

Jiang Lili let out an "oh", shrugged her nose, turned around and moved a chair to the door, and didn't go out, just sat in the threshold, stopped talking, and quietly watched Chen Fan busy.

didn't hear her voice, Chen Fan turned his head to look, and when he saw Jiang Lili looking at him, he couldn't help but smile, and then continued to work with his head down.

Other people's saddles are almost carved from a single piece of wood into a saddle bone, or two large pieces of wood are spliced together. The saddle bones made by Chen Fan are spliced with pieces of wood, and the shape of each piece of wood has subtle differences.

This is his own design of the saddle by referring to the shape of the English saddle and the American western saddle, combined with the structure of the old-fashioned war horse saddle of the brigade headquarters, and the emphasis is on a lightness due to the use of hollow technology.

Of course, it is also very wood-saving, which is very suitable for poor people like Chen Fan who do not have high-grade wood.

The middle of the saddle is slightly concave, and there will be a certain curvature at the front and back, and then the ends are convex to facilitate the ride and fixation. Chen Fan took out the design drawings drawn in the morning, and corrected them little by little according to the actual situation, and in the blink of an eye, more than an hour passed, and a saddle bone with a mortise and tenon structure was announced.

At this time, it can not be used, and the wood needs to go through a certain process to remove the internal moisture in order to be more durable. In particular, this kind of hollow structure saddle tests the durability of wood even more, so naturally you can't be in a hurry.

Moreover, the sheepskin promised safely has not yet been delivered, and he will have to wait for the sheepskin to be delivered before proceeding to the next step.

Seeing Chen Fan holding a strange-shaped wooden frame and starting to pack up the scattered tools again, Jiang Lili asked curiously, "Is the saddle ready?" ”

Chen Fan turned his head and smiled, "It's still early." ”

As he spoke, he lifted the wooden frame, "This is just a saddle bone, put it for a few days, and then wait for Brother An to send the sheepskin before you can do the following procedures." ”

He took the carpenter's tools back to the utility room, put the saddle bones on the pottery drying rack, and then returned to his room, took out the crocodile skin that had been cut into two pieces, put it on the carpenter's table, and said while looking down to measure it, "Brother An said to exchange one sheepskin for two crocodile belts, and I will make the belts for him first." ”

Drawing a few skins with his hands and feet, Chen Fan's heart suddenly moved, turned his head to look at Jiang Lili, and smiled slightly.

Jiang Lili couldn't help but be a little strange when she saw his smile, "What's wrong?" ”

Chen Fan lowered his head and was busy again, "It's nothing, see if you are obedient and sit well." ”

Jiang Lili pouted, and couldn't help grinning.

Chen Fan took the sharp blade and made several cuts on the crocodile skin, and after a while, he cut out four wide skins and four narrow skins.

A belt should use two leathers, one wide and one narrow, the narrow one as the belt core, which can strengthen the firm strength, and the wide one as the belt surface, wrap the belt core after folding, and then sew the two belts together. After the leveling process, the belt buckle is attached, and the buttonhole can be used.

If you want to be more convenient, you can also cut a piece of leather one centimeter wide and four or five centimeters long, fold it in half and sew it together, and put it on the belt as a buckle, which is a complete belt.

Four belts, naturally, are four belts.

Two for security, and two for ,...... Chen Fan suddenly thought, it seems that the forging skill that has just been activated has a place to use?!

……

After cutting the belt, Chen Fan put the things away.

Jiang Lili was strange again, and asked puzzledly, "Why didn't you do it again?" ”

Chen Fan turned to look at her, "Because it's already past 3 o'clock, I still have one thing to do." ”

Jiang Lili shook her head, "You're so busy today, you're going to make a saddle and a belt, what's the matter?" ”

Chen Fan simply walked over to her, looked at her and smiled, "You forgot?" ”

Jiang Lili's eyes rolled slightly, blinked and said, "What forgot?" ”

Chen Fan looked at her angrily, "If I publish, what do you want?" ”

Hearing this, Jiang Lili finally reacted, and her eyes instantly lit up, "Cake!" ”

Chen Fan pointed at her, "That's right." ”

Jiang Lili suddenly smiled from ear to ear, and stood up with a cane, "But, there's no milk?" ”

Chen Fan went to the side to wash his hands first, and said at the same time, "The buffalo of Team 7 happened to give birth to calves, I have already agreed with Captain Ye, leave me two catties of milk, and I will go to Team 7 to get it later." ”

Immediately walked to the kitchen, took out a few clay pots and got busy, Jiang Lili hurriedly rushed over and stood at the door to peek.

After a while of preparation, he came out of the kitchen again, looked helplessly at Jiang Lili standing at the door, and did not speak.

Jiang Lili smiled, "I'll go back and sit." ”

Chen Fan put his fingers in his mouth and whistled, and the little mare in the backyard stable immediately raised his head and neighed, then pushed open the wooden fence and ran out of the stable, and then bit the wooden fence to close, leaving the foal and the two lambs inside and looking at it, but it turned a blind eye and turned around and trotted outside.

Chen Fan followed behind Jiang Lili and watched her enter the room before saying, "I'll go out now, be careful at home, don't run around." ”

Jiang Lili immediately nodded obediently, and raised her right hand, "Promise Mr. Li, definitely not." ”

Chen Fan pointed at her, shook his head helplessly, and then went back to his room.

When he came out again, he slung a cloth bag on his shoulder and flew on the horse. The little mare neighed, opened her hooves and ran.

He didn't go to work at the brigade headquarters, nor did he go to the 7th team to buy milk, but rode his horse to the town.

When I got to town, I slowed down and trotted to the vet station.

As usual, he rode directly to the backyard, but before he could get in, a window was pushed open, and Stationmaster Zhou craned his head and shouted, "Here." ”

Chen Fan was startled, turned over and dismounted, and asked as he walked, "Why are you so free today and didn't treat the animals in the backyard?" ”

Stationmaster Zhou said through the window, "It's not that you Lujiawan veterinarians have a lot of veterinarians, and you also take the initiative to go to the clinic, the livestock of this Nanhu Commune are about to be covered by you, of course I will be idle here." ”

Chen Fan didn't go in, walked directly to the window, handed him a cigarette, and took out a lighter that was safely sent to him and lit it.

Stationmaster Zhou took a puff of his cigarette and frowned, "Talking through the window, it's like visiting a prison, you still come in." ”

Then looked at the lighter in Chen Fan's hand, "This thing is quite advanced, where did it come from?" ”

Chen Fan shook the lighter and said with a smile, "It was sent by the security cadres who were squatting in our team." ”

Stationmaster Zhou suddenly said, "Safety is it, he used to be a young man in Lujiawan, and now he is in the commune, and he is also the number one person, I heard that he is expected to be promoted to the director of the tax department next year, but I didn't expect you to have a good relationship with him." ”

Chen Fan put away the lighter, "I didn't think about it so much, I just thought that his character was very good." ”

Stationmaster Zhou pursed his lips and gave him a thumbs up, "You can speak." ”

Then his face turned pale, "I asked you to come in and talk, why don't you move." ”

Chen Fan shook his head, "Say a few words and leave, and don't go in." ”

He took out two industrial vouchers from his pocket and handed them over, "Here, return your industrial vouchers." ”

Stationmaster Zhou received it in his hand, put it in his trouser pocket without looking at it, and smiled at Chen Fan, "Manuscript fee? ”

Chen Fan's face stiffened slightly, and he pretended to be surprised, "I know everything." ”

Stationmaster Zhou smiled, "Hey, where did the postman go, and what else did he not know?" ”

He held a cigarette in his hand and grinned, "Yes, Comrade Xiao Chen, not only is he a good veterinarian, but he can also write articles." That's "Jiangnan Literature and Art", I've lived in Nanhu for decades, and I've never heard of anyone publishing on it.

First the prefectural committee daily, and then Jiangnan literature and art, you can be regarded as giving us a long face for Nanhu. ”

Chen Fan laughed and said, "It's not that exaggerated, that is, the magazine changed back to its name and resumed its original route, and there were few manuscripts that could be used, so I picked up the cheap." ”

Stationmaster Zhou deliberately made a blank face, "Hmph, why don't you see others picking up cheap?" ”

Chen Fan raised his hands, "Don't praise me anymore, or I'll float." ”

Then Zhengse said, "Don't delay your time, I still have some things, let's go." ”

When Stationmaster Zhou saw that he refused to come in, he knew that he had something to do, so he didn't keep it, waved his hand and smiled, "Okay, then you go and get busy with yours, and come back and sit when you have time." ”

Chen Fan smiled and waved his hand, "You don't need to say this, I must come back often, otherwise where will I buy the goods?!" ”

Lu Jiawan said that there were 13 veterinarians, but only he and the other two had veterinary licenses and could buy medical supplies at the veterinary station, while Yang Zhijun and Li Zhengqun were busy cooperating with Captain Ye to buy seedlings from other production teams because they were shouldering the heavy responsibility of treating diseases and saving livestock, so the task of purchasing goods at the veterinary station fell to Chen Fan.

Naturally, he won't shirk such a trivial matter, and he can also go out shopping in a bright way, so why not do it.

Hearing Chen Fan's words, Stationmaster Zhou suddenly smiled dumbly, and then waved his hand, "If you buy goods, then it's best to come less." ”

The more you buy, the more sick animals you have, and of course he wants to buy as little as possible.

Chen Fan smiled, jumped on the horse, and rode out of the veterinary station.

Turn left at the door, and soon arrive at the sales department of the supply and marketing cooperatives near the intersection.

Dismounted and entered the store, without waiting for him to speak, Wang Xiaoling walked to the counter and shouted at him, "I saw you riding over just now to buy meat to celebrate, right?" ”

Chen Fan strode into the store and said with a smile, "Sister Ling, what did you say, what am I celebrating?" ”

Wang Xiaoling's eyes widened, "The article has been published, I can inquire clearly, "Jiangnan Literature and Art" is the best literary magazine in our Jiangnan Province, and it is very famous in the whole country. ”

Chen Fan suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, that postman comrade, shouldn't he really notify everyone in the commune?

He shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Don't laugh at me, just write a few words, what's there to celebrate." ”

Without waiting for Wang Xiaoling to speak, he quickly changed the topic, "Sister Ling, are there rivets for sale here?" ”

Wang Xiaoling originally wanted to tease a few words, but when she saw him talking about business, she dispelled her mind, and then said, "Rivets have to be bought at the special electronic parts store, but Nanhu Commune doesn't have them, so you have to go to the county." ”

Chen Fan was suddenly shocked, "Huh? Do you have to go to the county to buy a rivet, and you have to go to the electronic parts store? ”

Wang Xiaoling nodded, "Yes, you want to repair the circuit board, the rivet is used to fix the circuit board, of course, you have to go to the electronic parts store." ”

Chen Fan's eyes are dizzy, rivets and circuit boards?

What a mess?!

(End of chapter)