Yao Youjun, who had been silent the whole time, now said to Chu Tian with a guilty conscience, "Brother-in-law, I'm sorry, I, I can't help you..."

Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then patted his shoulder and chuckled, "If you work hard in the steel factory, it will be the greatest help to me."

Yao Youjun patted his chest and assured, "Brother-in-law, don't worry. I won't embarrass you! I will definitely be the first among this batch of apprentices to be promoted to a regular employee!"

Chu Tian laughed and just said don't put too much pressure on yourself.

Meanwhile, at the Yao family's home, Mother Yao looked at the small clothes she had made and asked, "Xiujuan's father, it's been almost twenty days since our Xiujuan gave birth, right?"

Father Yao took the last puff of his cigarette and nodded, "Well, it's been exactly twenty days today."

"Why? Why are you asking this?"

Yao's mother thought for a moment, put down the small clothes in her hand, turned sideways and looked at Yao's father seriously, "Xiujuan's father, you see, the spring plowing is over now, and the next month won't be very busy. What do you think? I say, ask my eldest brother for a few days off and go see how Xiujuan is doing?"

"Oh, and you can also go check on the friendly forces. The kid's been gone for almost two months. Aren't you worried about how he's doing lately?"

Father Yao was moved, but hesitantly asked, "You, you haven't been out many times, can you find the place?"

Seeing that Yao's father didn't deny it outright, Yao's mother immediately patted her chest and assured him, "There's a mouth right under your nose. If I can't find it, won't I ask? It's not winter now and there's no one outside. Not only are there people coming and going on the main road, but even the fields beside the road are full of people working..."

After thinking for a moment, Father Yao nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go to my eldest brother tomorrow to ask for leave for you, and by the way, I'll also write a letter of introduction..."

Yao's mother said excitedly, "Oh, don't wait until tomorrow? Go ask Big Brother for leave and a letter of introduction right now. I'll go to the regiment to catch a bus tomorrow morning..."

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Looking at Mother Yao, who was no longer able to stay and wanted to leave right away, Father Yao had no choice but to nod.

Upon hearing this, Yao's mother didn't prepare for her lunch break. She got off the kang and started rummaging through the drawers and cabinets to find clothes to wear when going out. She was going to her son-in-law's house, so she definitely couldn't wear clothes with patches on them, otherwise it would embarrass her son-in-law!

Looking at the delighted mother, Yao's father couldn't help but ask, "You, don't you worry about what I'm going to eat after you leave?"

Yao's mother said without even turning her head, "Why don't you take your rations to Big Brother's and have Dashan's wife cook your meals together every day?"

Yao's father, "..."

Early the next morning, Chu Tian packed the supplies for Sun Weiguo first and sent him off before riding his bike to take Yao Youjun back to the steel plant. Standing outside the steel plant, Chu Tian handed him a bag that he had prepared in advance.

"Didn't you say the meat sauce I made last night was delicious? My grandma asked Xiu Li to fill a jar for you, so you can scoop out a few spoonfuls and eat it with your meal."

Yao Youjun took it and scratched his head embarrassedly, "Grandma is so good to me..."

Chu Tian looked at the time on his watch and urged, "Okay, hurry in, it's less than half an hour until work."

Yao Youjun nodded, "Brother-in-law, I'm leaving..."

"Um!"

Chu Tian waved his hand and looked at Yao Youjun who was walking away. He thought to himself that Mrs. Chu was nice to you because she liked you and wanted you to be her grandson-in-law. She had a purpose...

It is said that after dinner yesterday, Old Mrs. Chu pulled him out of the yard with a mysterious look on her face. He thought something big had happened, but then he heard Old Mrs. Chu say that she had taken a fancy to Yao Youjun and wanted to introduce Chu Lifang to him, and asked him what he thought.

How? How did he know? He was just shocked when he heard it, okay?

At that time, he even asked Mrs. Chu why she fell in love with Yao Youjun? They had just met for the first time today! Could she be attracted to him just because he was an apprentice at a steel factory?

What did the old lady say? Yes, the old lady said that you can tell whether you have a good impression of someone at first sight. Generally speaking, as long as you don't dislike the person you meet at first sight, then there is a high probability that the person is not bad. If you think the other person is good at first sight, then they are really good!

He was stunned when he heard what Mrs. Chu said. He wanted to say that some people who looked good might not be suitable for the relationship.

Today was the day when the brick kiln would start delivering bricks, so Chu Tian did not delay any longer and turned around and walked back. Fortunately, when he returned to the brigade, the bricks had not been delivered yet.

Here, Captain Sun stood at the edge of the land to be reclaimed, looking at the people who came to participate in the reclamation today, and curiously asked Sun Baoguo beside him.

"Boss, what's going on? Where are the young people in our team today?"

Sun Baoguo knew the reason, and whispered in Captain Sun's ear, "Chu Tian and Chu Min found a lot of our team members last night, and they started helping build the house today..."

Just by saying this, Captain Sun understood. Although he was a little dissatisfied that these young people did not come, he did not say anything in the end.

After all, land reclamation is not like spring plowing and autumn harvest. Xinjiang reclaims wasteland every year. The harvest of the first two or three years of the reclaimed wasteland is not counted in the total harvest and can be divided equally among the team members. So whether to come or not depends on personal willingness. The reason for coming is to earn more work points and get more food in the autumn harvest. If you don't come, he can't force you to do anything...

Sun Baoguo saw that his father looked normal, turned his back and let out a sigh. He was afraid that his father was angry, but fortunately his father was sensible and was not angry.

Actually, he heard Sun Weiguo say yesterday that Chu Tian and Chu Min were going to start building a house today. When he was about to go and help, he thought about how he had earned more than ten yuan from Chu Tian and wanted to help out. However, he was worried about his father getting angry, so he didn't go and just let Sun Weiguo go...

After all, he was the team leader of the production team, unlike Sun Weiguo...

Here, Chu Tian and Chu Min were busy building a house with their team members. Chu Lifang ran over and called Chu Tian anxiously.

"Little Ten Brother, Little Ten Brother..."

Chu Min heard the noise first and hurriedly shouted to Chu Tian who was in the innermost part, "Little brother, Sister Lifang is calling you..."

Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction of Chu Min's finger. He saw Chu Lifang waving her hands frantically at him. He looked at Chu Jie in confusion, only to see Chu Jie also looking at him with a confused expression. The two of them looked at each other briefly, and then walked towards Chu Lifang at the same time.

"Lifang, what did you call me for? Is there something wrong at home?"

Chu Lifang shook her head, "No, no, Xiaoshi brother, is your mother-in-law here?"

Chu Tian paused while wiping his sweat, and was stunned for a moment, "My mother-in-law?"

Chu Lifang nodded, "Yes, it's your mother-in-law. Grandma asked me to tell you to go back quickly, saying that your mother-in-law had traveled for several hours..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Jie quickly pushed Chu Tian and said, "Little Tenth Brother, why don't you go back? I'll help you build the house!"

Chu Tian nodded, "Then I'll trouble Brother Jie..."

Then he turned and left.