As night fell, the workers at Qingshan Food Factory in Lianhua Brigade also finished their shifts.
But instead of going home immediately as usual, they had dinner at the factory and then went to the nursing home next door together.
When the workers arrived at the nursing home, they discovered that all the elderly and children from the village had come over.
On stage, Director Lin began announcing the program once everyone had arrived.
"Thank you all for coming to our nursing home's welcome party today. I'd like to introduce the core members of the nursing home, who are..."
The elderly people sitting in the front row were surprised that Lin Yu would introduce them on stage, and they all felt a little shy.
But Lin Yu continued, "Let's applaud them."
The audience burst into applause, and occasionally the voices of children could be heard.
The elderly people were very happy to hear this.
Then Lin Yu added, "The courtyard of the nursing home will be where our factory holds events from now on. We'll be showing a movie here next weekend!"
This news caused the entire audience to erupt in excitement.
That's a movie! During holidays, some brigades would hire people to show movies, and sometimes they had to travel long distances to see them.
Now you can see it right at your doorstep.
People were overjoyed and cheered, "What movie are they showing?"
Lin Yu had no idea that she only found the movie screening because of Lu Yunfeng, and she just watched whatever they showed.
As soon as he finished speaking, someone below said to him, "Why are you being so picky?"
"That's right, that's right, it's good enough that we have something to look at, factory manager, we're not picky!"
The atmosphere on and off the field was lively, and the elderly people felt a vitality they hadn't experienced in a long time.
They thought it was over, but little did they know there was more to come.
"Next, please welcome Comrades Lin Jing and Lin Yi to give us a poetry recitation. Let's give them a round of applause."
Amidst enthusiastic applause, Lin Yi and Lin Jing, also known as Er Niu, walked onto the stage together.
They were wearing junior high school uniforms, their youthful faces radiating vitality.
The two of them had been reading newspapers to the villagers since elementary school, and they showed no signs of nervousness in front of the people below.
Lin Yi was very lively. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, he introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, grandpas and grandmas, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters. I am Lin Yi from the first year of junior high school at Qingshan Middle School."
Erniu smiled and said, "I am Lin Jing, a second-year student at Qingshan Middle School."
Lin Yi said on the spur of the moment, "Today is the first day that the grandparents have moved into the nursing home. I hope you will be happy and healthy here in the future."
The adults in the audience all liked the two clever and cute children very much and applauded.
After they finished clapping, Erniu said, "Next, my brother and I will recite a poem for everyone."
The two recited in standard Mandarin, adding gestures unique to this era, with Erniu reading with particular intonation.
Whether the audience understood or not, they all thought the two of them were clever and quick-witted.
The elderly residents of the nursing home were all smiles.
The children all said that this was a program arranged to welcome them.
After the two children finished their recitation, they said goodbye to the audience and left the room.
The group was still eager for more and wanted them to perform a little longer.
Lin Yu then went on stage: "Next up is a chorus performed by our female workers."
A dozen or so female workers from the food factory stood on it.
Everyone was a little nervous, standing on the stage trembling.
Lin Yu said with a smile, "Let's give them a round of applause to encourage them."
The workers in the audience cheered the loudest: "Sing well, don't embarrass our food factory."
The women on stage immediately protested: "What are you talking about? How could we possibly be shameful?"
"That's right, sisters, let's sing it for them."
This provocation ignited the women's competitive spirit.
The good thing is that they are no longer nervous, but the bad thing is that they are too excited and several of them lost their voices when they sang with all their might.
Lin Yu led the way in praising the female workers: "They are all our good comrades. Their enthusiasm is truly overwhelming."
Then everyone sat in the courtyard eating and chatting.
It wasn't until eight or nine o'clock that they finally dispersed and went home.
Lin Shan had already arranged bathwater for the elderly, and told them to wash up and go to sleep.
When Grandpa Liu lay down in his new quilt, he exclaimed that he was so happy with his life.
Even if it's just a dream, it's worth it.
......
The elderly people settled down in the nursing home.
Food factory workers are also enjoying increasingly rich leisure activities.
They show movies every week in the courtyard of the neighboring nursing home; anyone who wants to watch can go there.
Workers with extra free time signed up to be volunteers and go to the nursing home every week to help take care of the elderly.
In fact, most elderly people are capable of taking care of themselves; what they need is companionship.
The volunteers were there to chat and laugh with them.
It must be said that people in this era are very simple and honest, and there are quite a few who are willing to volunteer without pay.
Lin Yu still needs to make a schedule to arrange them properly.
At Lin Yu's suggestion, the primary school will also regularly hold activities to respect and care for the elderly.
The teacher led the elementary school students to a nursing home to perform for the elderly.
Even if some are young and their performances are a mess, the older folks can still shower them with praise.
The elderly would also save their share of snacks for the children.
Therefore, the thing that primary school students look forward to most every week is being able to go to the nursing home to play with their grandparents.
The elderly and children gradually became each other's playmates.
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Lin Shan was unaware of any of this. After seeing the elderly settle down in the nursing home, he set off to Haicheng.
At this point, more than two months had passed since Lin Yu returned from Haicheng.
After the Qingshan Commune approved the application, Lin Yu submitted it to Luoping in Haicheng.
After waiting for some more days, we finally received news of the success.
On this trip, in addition to Lin Shan, Lin Yu also brought along Grandpa Lin and Grandma Lin.
They plan to recruit the remaining sales clerks in Haicheng, as promised there.
The condition for opening this specialty store is that it must provide several jobs for the local area.
As for the goods, they will be transported by Lin Yuan and Li Lanhua in a large truck.
They set off earlier than Lin Yu and the other three, and should be halfway there by now.
Lin Aiguo was among those who saw him off.
Grandpa Lin said with a smile, "Who would have thought that one day my son would deliver a car to me?"
Grandma Lin nodded happily: "That's right, son, how about your parents go to Haicheng to take a look first, and we'll tell you when we get back."
Lin Aiguo had never been to Haicheng, but the old couple had gone there first.
The elderly couple from the Lin family felt as refreshed as if they had drunk soda, and they didn't feel the slightest bit reluctant to part with their son and grandson.
However, Grandma Lin still instructed, "Keep a close eye on the children at home. If they come back and not a single hair of them is missing, I will look for you."
What else could Lin Aiguo do? This was his own mother, so he could only agree: "Father, Mother, don't worry, I will take good care of the family."
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