Chapter 209 Fifteen Stitches

He Yuan was assembling a simple version of a swing. The frame was welded from scrap iron, the bearings were removed from a scrap machine tool, the chair was an elm board that he had specially polished at a machinery factory, and the rope of the swing was made of three strands of ramie rope.

During assembly, he passed four hemp ropes through the holes of the seat and secured them with a modified fisherman's knot. The tighter the knot is, the less likely it will damage the rope fibers.

He Yuan set the seat height from the ground to 45 centimeters. Finally, he tied an anti-slip knot 20 centimeters below the seat to serve as a footrest.

Xiaoyu squatted on the side, her hands resting on her knees, watching her uncle making the swing, her mouth slightly open, staring blankly until the prototype appeared in front of her, then she asked: "Uncle, how many people can sit on the swing?"

"A family of four is fine."

"Wow!"

Xiaoyu was surprised.

He Yuxiang asked He Yuan: "What are you and my aunt doing in the suburbs? There are only mountains over there, it's very boring."

Xiaoyu turned her head and looked at her brother disapprovingly: "I want to go play, I like mountains."

He Yuxiang sighed helplessly.

Oh well.

Tomorrow is the last day of October, which happens to be Xiaoyu’s birthday. Let’s go since she likes mountains.

The three of them take turns celebrating their birthdays and have a great time.

He Yuxiang thought for a moment and asked, "Should we call Maomao?"

It’s boring for Xiaoyu to play with him, but it’s very interesting to play with Maomao.

Xiaoyu hesitated: "I'll go ask my aunt."

Chen Qing directly asked the two siblings to ask Maomao's family: "Tell them clearly that it's boring in the mountains. If they are willing to come, we will meet at the supply and marketing cooperative station at 8 o'clock tomorrow."

"good!"

Xiaoyu ran outside.

He Yuxiang hurried to catch up.

Tian Mengya looked at Xiaoyu running quickly and said, "Your Xiaoyu is so lively."

"Yeah, it's so cute!"

Chen Qing raised his head and chest with pride.

Tian Mengya: "Yes, like the child you raised."

She paused and then said, "Will Talia be with you when you go hiking tomorrow?"

"If Maomao is willing to come, there's a good chance that Talia will come."

"Oh." Tian Mengya didn't look at her to answer, and was still chewing sugarcane with relish. She said angrily: "You didn't even call me!!!"

Obviously, she and Chen Qing knew each other first, and although their relationship was bad in the early stage, isn't it getting better and better now? As a result, every time Chen Qing is with Talia, he gets closer to Talia. Why?

Chen Qing quickly said, "Comrade Tian Mengya, would you be willing to do me the honor of coming over?"

"Hmph, I don't want to." Tian Mengya crossed her arms and turned her head away proudly.

Chen Qing sat closer to her: "Go ahead, go ahead, I beg you, okay?"

Tian Mengya's mouth curled up wildly: "Well, you asked me to do this!"

"Yes, I beg you." Seeing that she was happy, Chen Qing asked again, "You really don't want to eat sugarcane? I grabbed five sugarcanes this morning. I'm almost a master at selecting sugarcane. The sugarcane I selected is really sweet."

Tian Mengya: “No.”

Sugarcane hurts my cheeks when I bite it.

Chen Qing: "Okay then."

She nibbled it herself.

Her cheek also hurt a little.

But it’s really sweet!

Sugarcane is not very cheap, and her money is really constantly being spent. Today she did the math and found that after deducting the living expenses, her savings exceeded 80 yuan. After not having a side job for a long time, she was already satisfied to have so much savings.

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Xiaoyu ran to the small western-style building to find Maomao and asked them if they wanted to go and play.

Mao Jianguo: “No!”

He was determined not to see Chen Qing in the short term.

As a member of the meeting yesterday, the organization called him to go see Zhao Guangrong, so he took a day off.

Zhao Guangrong was lying on the hospital bed with seven stitches on the right forehead and eight stitches on the left forehead, a total of fifteen stitches!

His cheeks were bruised and swollen, and it was a shocking sight.

Maomao quickly said, "Yes! I want to go!"

Mao Jianguo: "If you scream again, I will beat you to death."

The brat had no idea how scary Chen Qing was. A woman who dared to chop open a grown man's head in public was so terrifying!

His wife Talia also likes to fight, but only with him, and most of the time it’s just for fun between husband and wife. But Chen Qing is different, she is too fierce.

He can fight and scold, and is proficient in both civil and military affairs.

I can't afford to offend you at all.

He was already annoying Chen Qing, what if Chen Qing beat him up?

Maomao was unwilling: "I want to go, I want to go, I want to go!"

Talia said, "Go!"

Maomao cheered and wanted to pull Xiaoyu to his room to play.

Xiaoyu refused: "Uncle He Yuan is making a swing for my aunt, do you want to come to my house and take a look?"

Maomao was so surprised that his jaw dropped to the ground: "Can you have a swing at home?"

Xiaoyu raised her fair and pink little face, "Yes~"

Maomao: "Then I want to go and see it!"

He took Xiaoyu's hand and ran out quickly.

He Yuxiang said to Talia: "Auntie, let's meet at the supply and marketing cooperative station at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Then please take care of Maomao tonight."

"Um."

He Yuxiang nodded.

Turn around and leave quickly.

Mao Jianguo was distraught: "I told you, Chen Qing is very scary. You didn't see such a shocking scene yesterday, so you don't know how terrifying it is."

"I also regret that I didn't see such a wonderful scene and didn't applaud her from the sidelines."

"ah?"

"So what if Zhao Guangrong only had 15 stitches? How many years did the six of them, mother and daughter, endure the cold? Can you understand the efforts of a woman who takes care of five children while working hard to get a model worker award in a workshop full of men? You can't. Do you know how crowded their living conditions were, how much they were deprived of the benefits they deserved, and how much they went hungry? You don't know."

Talia was so angry that she pushed him off of her.

Mao Jianguo hurried over and said, "Isn't the Women's Federation of our machinery factory doing a good job?"

"Director Lin is just one person." Talia thought of the scene when she visited the family of six that day, her voice choked slightly. "They are orphans and widows. If they dare to complain, Director Lin can help them for a while, but they will definitely be targeted by Zhao Guangrong and lose their jobs. She is willing to give up her status as a model worker, to some extent, to protect her job."

Mao Jianguo was silent for a while.

But it seems to be the case.

Talia: "According to what you told me about yesterday, Chen Qing is helping them completely. The six of them, mother and daughter, have completely shined in front of everyone. She will regain her status as a model worker and own a brand new house. She doesn't need to be afraid of being targeted by her superiors because of the precedent of Zhao Guangrong. Even if they are angry, they will be wary of Chen Qing. The anger of a group of leaders after losing their houses is also directed at Chen Qing."

"She is the one who went to the workshop."

"She's the only one who's really hurt."

Mao Jianguo was speechless.

After a long while, he said, "I was wrong."