Chapter 045 Daily Life in Summer
As summer deepens, the leaves of the trees at the pharmaceutical factory turn lush and green.
The treetops are connected to form green paths, which make walking in them feel cool and refreshing. When Wen Jiajia has nothing to do at noon, she will go to the library to borrow a book and sit here to read.
It's still the same today. Shayue can't understand it. Isn't it better to use this time to sleep?
Wen Jiajia leaned against the thick tree trunk and turned the page: "I tend to feel tired when I sleep too long."
Generally speaking, if she takes a nap for more than half an hour, her mind will become clogged. It doesn't matter if she takes a nap at home, but at work, she needs to spend a lot of time to wake up her mind, otherwise her work efficiency will be extremely low.
Sha Yue sat beside her, picking up a leaf and playing with it in her hand. She pinched the leaf stalk and tore off the leaf flesh, leaving only the leaf veins.
Wen Jiajia asked her, "Why don't you go to sleep?" Sha Yue would sleep for more than an hour at noon every day, and would be full of energy immediately after waking up. She really admired her.
Shayue was nervous: "I wonder if it will work this time."
Wen Jiajia: "Well, what's there to think about? Could it be that... you have met her before?" You would only be nervous if you liked her.
Sha Yue looked at the tree crown with her chin in her hand, blushing, "I have seen him from a distance once before."
"...And then what? You can't be attracted to me just at the first try, right?" Wen Jiajia widened her eyes and closed the book in her hand.
Sha Yue's eyes sparkled: "It's not that exaggerated, I just think he's good-looking. Yes, he's really good-looking. I heard from my mom that he has a good job now, too."
Wen Jiajia understood that it was normal to be attracted to someone just because of their appearance. She also fell in love with every guy she saw when she was watching short videos in her previous life.
But blind dates are another matter. Wen Jiajia originally just thought of going out with Shayue for fun, but now she feels the need to pay more attention to Shayue's blind date.
This girl is obviously a little trapped.
The time was about two o'clock, and they were out of the factory gate at one-fifty.
Sha Yue had been fiddling with her hair the whole way, and Wen Jiajia slapped her hand and said, "Stop touching it. I just managed to get it out."
Wen Jiajia finally understood why she didn't let her family members accompany her to the blind date. It turned out that the girl had specially prepared a new set of clothes for this blind date.
She even secretly ran to the toilet to change her clothes, and then put floral water on her body.
Wen Jiajia was extremely shocked, and seeing that she took this blind date so seriously, she rolled up her sleeves to help.
What? Hairstyling, of course.
How to improve your appearance as quickly as possible starts with your hairstyle.
Sha Yue always had her hair in a single ponytail, so Wen Jiajia pushed her onto a chair and untied her ponytail.
She was going to braid Shayue's hair into a pigtail.
Don’t underestimate the braid. It is very difficult to make it fluffy and stylish.
But who is Wen Jiajia? She is an all-round blogger. For her, making a braided chicken belly is a piece of cake. It’s very simple.
Shayue's hair was black, fluffy and shiny, and Wen Jiajia took less than five minutes to tie it into a pigtail.
She loosened the braid again. Under her hands, the braid was loose but not messy, and it modified her face shape well.
Wen Jiajia used scissors to trim her bangs, and then used a permed iron clip and slightly damp paper to perm her bangs. The conditions were simple, and the slightly curled bangs could only last for an hour at most. If she kept touching them with her hands, they would not last even for an hour.
They were about to arrive at the state-owned hotel. Sha Yue was embarrassed and asked Wen Jiajia, "Is this really okay?"
Wen Jiajia answered affirmatively: "That's great, it's so beautiful."
He patted her on the back and said, "Hold your head high and chest high. Don't avoid looking at others when you make eye contact later. Be generous."
Sha Yue took a few deep breaths and pulled Wen Jiajia towards the state-owned hotel.
"Hey, is that the guy?"
Wen Jiajia had sharp eyes and immediately noticed the person sitting at the table in the northwest corner of the hotel as soon as she entered the door.
Shayue took her hand and shook it, then nodded slightly.
The man obviously noticed the two people at the door. He quickly glanced at them, stood up and walked in front of Shayue, "Is this Comrade Shayue?"
Sha Yue smiled a smile she had just practiced: "Yes, hello, Comrade Feng."
Then he introduced Wen Jiajia: "This is my friend Wen Jiajia, she came here with me."
Feng Yu only said hello to Wen Jiajia, and then took the two of them to sit at the table. They sat facing each other and soon started chatting.
Wen Jiajia had a good first impression of this person.
I am about the same age as Shayue, and he clearly didn't know Shayue at first. But he was able to quickly recognize who Shayue was, which shows that he has a good eye.
As for Sha Yue saying that he was good-looking, Wen Jiajia thought he was just average.
He was over 1.7 meters tall, but definitely less than 1.75 meters tall. His skin was quite fair, even dazzlingly fair. He had double eyelids, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, but his face was a little wide... Looking at him,
Feng Yu seemed to notice her gaze, and Wen Jiajia immediately sat down obediently and stopped her rude behavior.
Then she discovered that Shayue was extremely shy at the door, but was quite talkative when meeting people face to face.
"Comrade Feng is working at the Chemical Research Institute now?" Sha Yue asked.
Feng Yu nodded and said, "I was assigned to the research institute in the western suburbs some time ago."
Wen Jiajia paused while holding the cup.
Ever since she became familiar with the pharmaceutical factory, Wen Jiajia has always been thinking about synthesis.
However, the supervision of drug raw materials in the workshop is too strict. Even if 1 gram is missing, the whole workshop has to be searched for, and if it is not found, the person responsible has to be identified.
The punishment may be a fine at the least and a reprimand at the most serious.
Team leader Wei also said that one year someone lost 10 grams of raw materials and was downgraded and given a serious demerit. It was not until five or six years later that the grade was slowly raised again, but the serious demerit remained on file.
No matter how much Wen Jiajia wanted to reunite, she couldn't be so unethical as to let others take responsibility for her.
So her original idea was too naive and would not work for the time being, unless she could become a researcher, then she would have the raw materials at her disposal.
But is it possible? Not at this moment.
Wen Jiajia asked in confusion: "Is it over at Que Mountain?"
Feng Yu was surprised and nodded, "Yes."
The institute is located next to two mountains, the chemical engineering is next to Que Mountain, and the geology is next to Yan Mountain. Because it is newly built, most people only know that it is in the western suburbs, but it is difficult to know which mountain it is located on.
Sha Yue: "Jia Jia, have you been there?"
Wen Jiajia shook her head: "I heard from my lover."
Wei Dai had delivered supplies to the institute before, so it was no secret, so she knew about it.
After saying this, Wen Jiajia shut up again, acting like a blind date companion who only spoke at appropriate times.
The two talked about work and then family. Sha Yue's family relationships were complicated, but Feng Yu's family relationships were simple, with only a grandfather who was over 70 years old.
Wen Jiajia thinks this kind of family is pretty good, but the people at the moment think that it is better to have a large family. Families like Feng Yu's are actually not very popular in the blind date market.
Soon, it was three o'clock.
Wen Jiajia quietly poked Shayue with her finger, reminding her to hurry up.
Director Xue might go to the office at any time. If he didn't see them, they would be reprimanded.
Sha Yue made the number "three" with her fingers under the table, and Wen Jiajia immediately realized that this girl would want to chat for another half an hour.
Okay, I'll risk my life for you.
At half past three, the sun was scorching people's heads, but Shayue covered her cheeks, which only made her face hotter.
Wen Jiajia wondered: "Why is that so?"
Sha Yue's voice was hoarse: "Don't you think he is very good-looking? He speaks in a very polite manner and he can pour water for me."
Wen Jiajia: “…” Don’t be a love-brained person.
"Be reserved, let's be reserved." Wen Jiajia patted her, "In the early stage, he takes the initiative three times, and then you can take the initiative once. If his attitude towards you is still the same as before, you can try to do it everywhere."
"Jia Jia, are you stupid? We can just chat a few more times after choosing each other and decide on the relationship. How can it be possible for you to take the initiative first and then I do?" Sha Yue said.
The moment Wen Jiajia had a heart attack, she almost forgot the characteristics of blind dates in this era.
"Well, then you have to get to know his character better first. Marriage is a very serious matter," she sighed.
Sha Yue was not someone who didn't know what was good for her. She nodded and wrote it down: "One of my classmates is his neighbor. I'll go ask him when the time comes."
Wen Jiajia finally felt relieved, at least she was not blinded by the beauty.
After four o'clock, Wen Jiajia needs to go to the data room.
The people in the library have to help dry the books in the afternoon and won't be free until four o'clock.
"What time period do you want the information?" asked Xiao Zhang from the information room. "If it's too far away, you have to look it up yourself."
Wen Jiajia was a bit of a nag: "How far is far?"
In other words, Xiao Zhang and Wen Jiajia are familiar with each other and have eaten one of Wen Jiajia's salted duck eggs, otherwise he would have rolled his eyes at her.
"Our pharmaceutical factory was established in 1952. Before that, it was a private enterprise. So if you want information before 1952, you can only go to the room and look it up yourself. I won't go there because it's so dusty."
Wen Jiajia thought for a moment and said, "Then let's start from 1952."
"Only your workshop?" Xiao Zhang opened the drawer and took out the key. "If I remember correctly, you are from Workshop 6."
Wen Jiajia: "Have Workshop 6 always been producing sulfonamide products?"
She wanted to check the development history of sulfonamide products, and then write a manuscript.
I only heard Xiao Zhang say: "I don't know, Jiajia, I am only a few years older than you, I was still breastfeeding at that time."
Wen Jiajia: “…”
"Okay, then I'll check workshop six first." She covered her head and kept silent. She was very frugal every time she spoke to Xiao Zhang.
He always chokes people with his words.
After entering the data room, Xiao Zhang asked Wen Jiajia to stay aside. After searching for a while, he found the information about the sixth workshop.
He was a bit of a germaphobe, so he didn't take it and just asked Wen Jiajia to come and move it.
"That's all. Don't touch anything else," he emphasized.
Wen Jiajia: "Don't worry, I know my limits."
She grunted as she moved the materials, which when piled together were half her height.
She will have to wait till the end of time to see this!
Wen Jiajia pulled her hair in distress. There was nothing she could do. In the end, she could only deposit some of them with Xiao Zhang and move those from 1952 to 1958 back to the office first.
She felt that she would have to spend the next month on these materials. No wonder Director Xue had only assigned her some simple tasks recently.
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The waxberry season is completely over, and it is time to drink waxberry wine.
In the hot summer, only ice can cool you down.
For some reason this year the weather is exceptionally hot. It is said that the average temperature in July is two degrees higher than the average temperature in the same period last year.
Wen Jiajia wanted to soak in the water, thinking about that popsicle all day long.
As the weather gets hotter, the popsicle factory starts operating.
The popsicle factory is close to here. Every day they transport boxes of popsicles to nearby villages to sell, and Wen Jiajia never misses a batch.
At first she could eat three a day, but unexpectedly Wei Dai found out, and from then on she could only eat one.
Just one!
Wen Jiajia didn't know how many times she had cursed the informer in her heart. It was because of the missing two popsicles that she had such a miserable summer.
Wei Dai no longer said nonsense like if you calm down you will feel cooler. He realized that his wife was really afraid of heat.
So he found some free time, went to the mountains to cut some bamboos, and made a large bamboo bed that was big enough for four people to lie on, and it was a retractable kind.
It was the end of July when the bamboo bed was completed. In this hot summer season, Wen Jiajia finally slept on a bamboo bed that could bring her some coolness.
night.
After dinner, Wei Dai took Wen Chun, Wen Xuan, and several children from the neighborhood to touch cicadas.
Wen Jiajia could only watch them leave. She had taken a shower too early and couldn't go with them.
I heard from Wei's father that Wei Dai was the leader among the children when he was young.
Wen Jiajia felt that even though he was grown up, no one else would take a group of children to catch cicadas like him.
There are not many trees in the army, and there are even fewer trees in the family compound, excluding the forest area.
So not long after they caught the cicadas, the three of them returned home. Looking at the more than ten cicadas in the bamboo basket, Wen Jiajia was silent for a moment, then took the oil can back to the cupboard.
"That's all. You can grill them and eat them yourselves. The total cost is not even enough to equal the value of my one spoonful of oil." Wen Jiajia was speechless. Why did he bring back more than ten of them?
Wei Dai didn't expect that he would fail here. He sighed, "It's all the fault of these kids. They were so noisy that they scared away all the cicadas."
"Who told you to take them with you?" Wen Jiajia snorted and scraped the remaining charcoal in the stove. "Let's roast them. There's still some charcoal. We don't have to burn more."
A few cicadas were thrown into the charcoal fire, and the family of four gathered around the stove, smelling the tempting aroma and taking a deep breath.
"Does it smell good?" Wei Dai asked.
Wen Jiajia nodded vigorously: "It smells good!"
There were exactly 12 pieces, three for each person, and we ate them while dipping them in chili powder.
"It's really memorable." Wen Jiajia sighed, "Let's go to the mountain to explore some other time."
Wei Dai laughed at her and said, "You are not afraid of mosquitoes anymore."
Wen Jiajia: "I'm afraid of mosquitoes... That's right!"
She suddenly remembered, ran to the room, opened her backpack, and took out the mosquito net.
"I bought a mosquito net today." Wen Jiajia ran out again with the mosquito net and said, "Wei Dai, come and install it."
The hotter the weather, the more mosquitoes there are.
So these days she not only has to endure the bitter summer heat, but also the bites from mosquitoes.
She felt that a large part of her temper was caused by mosquitoes. If she could isolate the mosquitoes, she might be able to sleep better.
Wei Dai took the mosquito net from her hand and flipped through it: "Three... no wait, four?"
Wen Jiajia nodded and said as a matter of course, "Yes. We have one room each, Chun'er and Xuanxuan, and they both wake up with mosquito bites on their legs every day."
Wei Dai was curious: "What about the remaining one?"
Wen Jiajia pointed to the bamboo bed in the yard, demonstrated with her hands, and asked Wei Dai: "Can you use bamboo sticks to make a frame to prop up the mosquito net, like a table cover, and then cover it on the bamboo bed, so that we can sleep in the yard at night!"
Wei Dai laughed: "You bought these four mosquito nets a long time ago, right? How could a department store let you buy four at once?"
Wen Jiajia's heart was in turmoil when she mentioned this matter, and she said unhappily, "Yes, I spent almost an hour at noon to persuade the salesperson to sell it to me, and after I bought it, I was scolded by a big boss, who said I was a female locust."
The old man also came to the department store to buy mosquito nets. Wen Jiajia wanted to buy more, but the salesperson was afraid that there wouldn't be enough, so he kept asking for an hour.
He wanted to pick a good one, so he asked the salesperson to take out each mosquito net and check whether there were any holes in them. The inspection took an hour.
In the end, the salesperson was not annoyed by Wen Jiajia, but was annoyed by the rich man.
The salesperson went through the mosquito nets that the master had checked, found four that met the specifications, and stuffed them into Wen Jiajia's pockets, which made the master so angry that he cursed while leaning on his crutches.
The salesperson couldn't escape, and neither could Wen Jiajia. However, they were both afraid that this master might fall to the ground at any time, so they didn't dare to say much in return. Wen Jiajia felt very upset.
Wei Dai said, "If you meet a master like this, just run away, and don't curse at him."
"I'm not stupid. If he falls, it's my fault."
Wen Jiajia snorted and laughed. The police station and even the Revolutionary Committee were afraid of this white-haired man.
There were still a few small bamboo sticks left at home, so Wei Dai went to the utility room and took them out. Today the moonlight was bright, so he measured them with a ruler and sawed them. The bamboo sticks were ready.
Wei Dai didn't know how he managed to fix the bamboo stick without using any nails.
Fixed bamboo frames were installed at the four corners of the bamboo bed. Wei Dai felt that it might shake, so he reinforced it.
After he finished, Wen Jiajia went over to shake it and found that it was indeed much more stable. As long as there was no strong wind, the mosquito net frame would not fall down.
The bamboo frame is installed and the mosquito net is laid out.
After the bed was laid, Wen Jiajia went in first and checked the mosquito net to see if there were any mosquitoes.
After the examination, I lay down on the bamboo bed - "It's so comfortable."
She sighed audibly.
Above my head is the vast starry sky, brilliant and mysterious. All around me is empty, and when the wind blows, it takes away all the heat from my body.
Even if you hear the buzzing of mosquitoes, you are not afraid anymore, and you don’t even think it is noisy, because you know there is a mosquito net blocking them from flying in.
Wen Jiajia could occasionally see flashes of light outside the yard. Those were the fireflies unique to the countryside on summer nights.
Because the lights under the eaves are still on, they dare not fly in. After nine o'clock, when the lights go out, they will fly into this yard, after all, there are many flowers planted in the yard.
Wei Dai went to the room to install a mosquito net.
The bed in the room has its own wooden frame, so there is no need to use bamboo sticks.
After installing the mosquito net, the mugwort was no longer needed. He swept the mugwort ashes in the two rooms and went to the yard with his pillow and quilt.
Wen Jiajia was playing with Wen Chun and Wen Xuan on the bamboo bed. She rubbed the two children's hair until it looked like a mess.
Wei Dai threw the pillow and quilt inside and said to her, "Tomorrow you will help Chun'er and Xuanxuan comb their hair."
Wen Jiajia was unwilling, but she couldn't say it directly. She just said, "They don't like me to comb my hair."
Wei Dai complained in his heart, that's because you always comb their hair without enough strength, and it hurts a lot, so the two children must be unhappy.
He always felt that his wife did it on purpose.
Wen Jiajia felt a little guilty, so she lay on the pillow and concentrated on looking at the stars again.
Such a beautiful starry sky is something you will see less and less each time. Even if you hide in the countryside in the future, the starry sky you see will not be as clear and bright as it is now.
Soon, Wei Dai also came up.
The bamboo bed is big enough and sturdy enough, and after the power goes out, the world seems to become quiet.
The pitch-black night finally swallowed up this place that still relied on lights. After a while, Wen Jiajia didn't want to stay outside anymore and poked Wei Dai: "Let's go back."
Wei Dai laughed at her: "Don't you want to sleep outside?"
Wen Jiajia: "...I don't want to think about it now. I was thinking about it wrongly. What if a weasel comes? I'm not afraid. What about the two children?"
Wei Dai thought, what good would it do if he just said he was scared.
In fact, the two children were almost asleep. They were carefree and soon fell asleep listening to the rustling of leaves and the gurgling of water. They were filled with high-quality white noise.
They were still drowsy when Wei Dai carried them to the room, and fell into deep sleep as soon as they touched the pillow.
When he went to the yard again, there was no one there.
Wei Dai chuckled, put away the mosquito net, folded up the bamboo bed, and went back into the house.
Sure enough, Wen Jiajia was already lying on the bed with her eyes closed, looking as if she had fallen asleep.
"Tomorrow is the weekend, why are you going to bed so early today?" Wei Dai leaned over and asked in her ear.
Wen Jiajia was so itchy that she kept dodging: "I'm sleepy."
She pushed Wei Dai away and changed the subject: "By the way, when I came back today, I saw that the troops seemed to be reclaiming land on the west side."
Wei Dai: "Yes, the farm is built there."
Wen Jiajia was surprised and said, "It's finally starting. It's so slow. I thought you were going to open the lid as soon as you finished speaking."
Wei Dai squeezed her hand and said, "That's pretty fast."
Wen Jiajia was not impressed by the efficiency. She sighed, "How long will it take before we can drink milk? Oh no, goat milk."
Wei Dai: "You know what, there seems to be milk as well. I heard that they raise a few cows."
There have been too many children born in the army in recent years. The hospital says that many of them are malnourished, and the logistics department needs to give more consideration to these children.
Wen Jiajia exclaimed, "This is really a big deal. They even got cows. Cow's milk tastes better than goat's milk."
In fact, the troops are very efficient. They started clearing land in July and construction in August.
Wen Jiajia has to pass by there every day on her way to and from get off work. Although it is a bit far away, she will occasionally ride her bike over to take a look.
The farm was built on the other side of the river, downwind.
The area is not very large, and currently appears to be only a little over two acres. The outline of the building could already be seen at the end of August.
There has been a big quarrel in the family compound recently over the job quota at the breeding farm. Wen Jiajia is very happy to see the excitement and wishes she could go and watch the fun every day with some melon seeds in her pocket.
Wei Dai also likes to eat melons, but it is not convenient for him to watch, so he can only ask Wen Jiajia.
"Whose family is quarreling again today?"
Wen Jiajia was heating up the food. When she saw him coming back from training, she quickly shared with him, "It was the two families on the right side of the second floor of Building 1 in the family compound. I'm not familiar with them, but they cursed very fiercely. They seemed to be related. I saw that sometimes they got too excited when they cursed, and they used dialect, which I couldn't understand."
Wei Dai understood: "The two families are not related. The two aunts came from the same village and one introduced the other. You should be talking about the Gao family and the Chen family."
Wen Jiajia actually doesn’t care whose family it is, she just likes to watch the excitement.
The family compound is actually a small society, and disputes are inevitable.
But the matter soon died down. Why? Because the superiors were coming to inspect, and the troops were on high alert.
There was no need to notify anyone, and no one dared to cause trouble at this time. Even Wen Jiajia's daily bicycle riding speed slowed down a lot.
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