Chapter 396 Unity is Strength
Zhou Chenglei knew what Jiang Xia was asking, so he said, "Yes."
"No wonder you didn't go to school." Jiang Xia said, "Isn't there a school for the deaf and dumb in our city?"
"No, there is one in Suicheng. It's a bit far away, and Aunt Fen's family environment is not good. An elderly person has been bedridden for many years and needs to take medicine and see a doctor. The whole family relies on the couple to raise chickens and farm to make money. They can't send her to Suicheng to study, and they probably don't feel at ease far away from home."
Zhou Chenglei told Jiang Xia about the situation at Aunt Fen's home.
Jiang Xia was just thinking about asking someone to help her make dried fish with He Xinghuan. She also noticed that Aunt Fen and her daughter were dressed in shabby but clean clothes, so she asked, "I'd like to ask Aunt Fen to help make dried fish. What do you think?"
"You decide. Aunt Fenn's cooking is delicious. I often went to her house for dinner when I was a kid."
Jiang Xia remembered that Zhou Chenglei had just said that this was his classmate's mother, and he specifically said that to her. It can be seen that the classmate was very important to him.
"Where are your classmates? What jobs are they doing now?"
Zhou Chenglei: "In my third year of military service, when I came back for the first time, I heard that he thought someone had fallen into the river, so he jumped in to save him, but was washed away by the fast-flowing water and died."
Jiang Xia thought his statement was a bit strange: "What do you mean by thinking someone fell into the river?"
Zhou Chenglei said in a cold tone: "Someone was shouting for help at the time, and Zhou Quan thought it was a person who fell into the river, but it turned out to be a dog."
Jiang Xia: “…”
In their third year of military service, they were classmates. Zhou Chenglei was sixteen years old when he joined the army...
Three years later, he was only nineteen years old.
"Zhou Quan has few brothers and sisters, only one sister. He is the only male in the family. At that time, he wanted to join the army with me, but his family would not let him. His grandmother was the most ruthless in trying to stop him. Later, when Zhou Quan got into trouble, the old lady couldn't stand the shock and had a stroke. Zhou Pan was born after Zhou Quan passed away. Aunt Fen and her husband wanted to have another son, but they didn't expect..."
Jiang Xia: “…”
I didn't expect it was a daughter, and I didn't expect her to be a deaf-mute child.
Zhou Chenglei didn't say anything after he finished speaking, a rare moment of silence.
He talks less when there are outsiders around, but when there are no other people around, he always likes to talk to her.
On the way, except when she was sleeping, he would always say something to her.
When two people are together, he is the one talking and she is the one listening.
Whenever he met someone or something happened that triggered his memories, he would tell her everything, bit by bit, in detail.
This time I said a little less.
There was no one on the road, so Jiang Xia moved closer to him, rested his head on his shoulder, and hugged his waist: "I feel a little sleepy. I didn't sleep well last night."
He was tall and sat upright, so Jiang Xia couldn't lean on his shoulders and could only lean on his arms.
I didn't sleep well last night, it was his fault for being too indulgent. Zhou Chenglei adjusted his sitting position so that she could lean on me more comfortably: "You sleep leaning on me."
Jiang Xia didn't want to sleep at all, so he said, "I can't sleep, how about you sing a song for me?"
As soon as she said this, Jiang Xia realized that she had never heard him sing before! His voice was so nice, so his singing must be very nice, right? Jiang Xia looked at him expectantly.
“…”
Zhou Chenglei was silent for a while, then he spoke again: "Unity is strength, unity is strength, this strength is iron, this strength is steel, harder than iron and stronger than steel..."
Jiang Xia: “…”
Want to laugh!
I dare not! This tone-deaf person!
Zhou Chenglei controlled the tractor with one hand, stretched out his long arm and hugged her, fearing that she would not be able to hold back her laughter and fall off the tractor: "Laugh if you want to!"
Anyway, he knew that he had no talent in singing and was always out of tune.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Don't laugh, it sounds good, keep singing."
Zhou Chenglei couldn't do anything with her. Since there was no one else on the road, he just tried to cheer her up.
Isn’t it said that pregnant women should be happy every day?
Zhou Chenglei sang again from the beginning: "Unity is strength..."
Along the way, he sang to her all the songs he had learned in the team.
Very good, Jiang Xia was successfully coaxed to sleep.
As they were almost in the city, Jiang Xia was awakened by the sound of a car horn.
Zhou Chenglei protected her all the way with one hand, and patted her on the back when he saw her wake up from the fright.
Jiang Xia sat up straight, a little confused: "We're here? Where are we going now?"
"First, you go deliver dried fish, then go to the publishing house to hand in the translation manuscript, then go to register the tractor and apply for a temporary permit, then go to eat, after dinner, you go home to sleep, and in the afternoon go to the mall to buy a water heater and lights."
"What temporary permit are you applying for? A tractor operating permit?"
"I've already applied for it. Don't you want to make a lot of small fish? I plan to apply for a food processing and production license. With the license, you don't need a ticket to buy oil and sesame. Otherwise, where can I find so much oil to fry the small fish when my dad brings back 5,000 kilograms of dried fish?"
"Don't you have a factory to apply for a license?" Jiang Xia had thought about getting a license a long time ago, but he had never found a factory to rent.
Factories are being built everywhere in the city, but people build them for their own use, not for rent.
She doesn't have the money to build it yet.
"It's a small workshop in the village, and the old house is the factory. Aren't we going to move to the new house soon?"
Jiang Xia: “…”
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This is all... OK! It makes sense! Zhou Chenglei picked up the kettle and gave Jiang Xia some water. She hadn't drunk any water along the way: "What we are applying for now is just a temporary license."
We now support the development of individual businesses and it is easy to obtain licenses, but most of the licenses issued are temporary.
It is the stage of crossing the river by feeling the stones.
If it is feasible, you will have a formal certificate in the future.
The two first went to the dock to hand the little fish to the Marquis, and then went to the publishing house. Zhou Chenglei also mailed a letter at a nearby post office.
Then they went to the city’s relevant department, the Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau, submitted the relevant application materials, and paid a registered capital of 100 yuan.
To avoid trouble, Jiang Xia filled in Zhou Chenglei's name in the column for person in charge and also submitted a black-and-white ID photo of him.
Zhou Chenglei’s ID photo was taken a long time ago. He looked very handsome and was wearing a uniform. People who were applying for ID couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
He also secretly glanced at Zhou Chenglei.
I filled in the wrong information several times.
Jiang Xia glanced at Zhou Chenglei and said, "I've never seen you in a uniform."
Zhou Chenglei glanced at her and said, "I'll wear it when I get home and show it to you."
After submitting the application, they came back a week later to collect the evidence. The two drove away in a tractor.
It was supposed to be a quick task, but the staff made several mistakes and it was already time to get off work.
So the tractor met Jiang's father's car on the road.
The driver recognized Jiang Xia and reminded Jiang's father.
Two cars stopped.
Jiang Xia got off the tractor, and Zhou Chenglei helped her before she got off the tractor as well.
Father Jiang got out of the car and said with a smile, "You bought a tractor? It's good to buy a tractor. It's practical."
Father Jiang praised him and asked, "Have you eaten yet? Let's go eat together."
If we meet, of course we have to have dinner together.
Zhou Chenglei let Jiang Xia sit in Jiang's father's car, and he drove the tractor behind.
It was after get off work time. The staff member was riding his bicycle home and saw Jiang's father escorting Jiang Xia into the car. He then got in and was so startled that he almost bumped into the electric pole next to him.
What's going on? What's the relationship? *In the car, Jiang's father asked Jiang Xia how he was doing recently and whether he felt unwell.
But my daughter has gained weight and become a little fatter. Every time I see her, she looks better than the last time.
Moreover, my daughter's hands are still the same as before she got married, and have not become thicker from doing farm work. It can be seen that my daughter is living a good life, better than when she was a girl at home.
Every time he saw his daughter getting better, he felt more relieved.
He had carefully selected this son-in-law and shamelessly asked his old leader to act as a matchmaker for him. He could vouch for Zhou Chenglei's character with his life. It was just fate, but things were getting better and better now.
“When will we move into the new house?”