The Liu family was bustling with activity because Liu Gang had returned.
Guihua burst into tears when she saw her son come back.
"Son, why are you back? How long does the army give you for vacation?"
"I'll be back for three months." This vacation happened to have no formal work arranged for me, and it was specially approved by Chief Jin.
"Three months! How can the army provide such a long vacation?
Home leave isn't that long.
Don't let the army no longer want you."
"It's okay, Mom. You don't have to worry about this."
"I told Xiaofang not to let you come back.
You are back in the army now, so work hard there.
Our family is counting on you."
Liu Gang smiled and said, "This mom really doesn't know what's going on at home."
Fortunately, she was so confused that she was not allowed to be the head of the family.
"There are so many people in our family, besides me, Xiaofang also has three younger brothers.
Mom, our mushroom business is doing pretty well, and they're counting on me anyway."
When Guihua saw her son come back, she went to the kitchen to find Liu Ying and asked her to cook a few more dishes.
Liu Ying quickly agreed.
Liu Gang greeted everyone in his family, and along with Guihua, he saw Liu Ying busy in the kitchen, and he greeted Liu Ying.
We are all from the same village. Although we are not familiar with each other, we must have met before.
After saying hello, he went to Liu Jian's room.
Liu Jian and Wang Fang were reviewing their homework in the room.
They are all doing their homework, and they are doing it very seriously.
Liu Xiangdong had returned from the fields, and now all the household chores were his responsibility. Since he couldn't do much, he asked his second and third brothers to help with the rice harvest. Fortunately, there wasn't much work to do in the fields besides the rice stubble. Plowing wouldn't be until the beginning of next spring.
There was a motorcycle parked in the yard, but there was no sign of Liu Qiang.
"Where's Liu Qiang?"
Liu Xiangdong said, "Brother, my second brother has gone to his second sister-in-law's house. Please help him marry his second sister-in-law back home, so that he won't have to eat his second sister-in-law's rice every day."
Liu Gang was unhappy. "With so many things going on at home, won't your second brother help out?"
"He helped me. During the last rice harvest, I went to my second sister-in-law's house to call him.
If you need anything, call him and he will come back."
Liu Gang originally thought that Liu Qiang would be able to help a little after he left, but he didn't expect that he would not be at home at all.
Wang Fang explained, "My second brother still delivers goods every day as usual. He's the one who goes to the city. Let me take you to see our new mushroom factory."
After saying that, Wang Fang stood up and wanted to take him out.
Liu Gang didn't say anything either.
Liu Qiang was somewhat disappointed. Xiaofang was so pregnant, and he was busy with his love life.
The two walked out of the house, and Liu Gang supported Xiaofang, "Your belly is so big, let me support you."
Liu Gang is much taller than Xiaofang. "No need. It will be tiring for you to support me."
Liu Gang withdrew his hand.
In a blink of an eye, the little woman's hand was on his arm, "I'll just hold your arm."
The corners of Liu Gang's mouth immediately curled up.
The tension between his brows also relaxed a little.
His back straightened up a bit.
The woman noticed the subtle changes in the man and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
"It wasn't the second brother who took care of building the house, but the third brother who helped?"
"Yes, it was all Liu Jian's help. I drew the blueprints for him, and he found the workers and bought the supplies. Uncle Da Niu from the village also came to help.
Fortunately, I had experience building a house last time, so it was not difficult this time.
Xiaoxia can also help a lot."
Wang Fang said it lightly, but how could it not be difficult? There were so many things to take care of every day.
Liu Gang still felt quite guilty.
"You have such a big belly, and you are still busy."
"It's okay. It won't do me any harm to move more."
With such a big belly, it’s tiring even to sit.
The two of them soon arrived at the mushroom factory.
There was still a scorch mark in the yard.
Because the yard is paved with bricks, the burnt black bricks are very conspicuous.
"What's going on?"
Obviously, Liu Gang had already rushed back before receiving Wang Fang's letter.
"After our mushroom building was completed last time, someone sabotaged it and burned some of our wooden frames.
Fortunately, the wooden frame can be made quickly. Now Uncle Danniu comes to help with the work.
There is wood readily available at home.”
Liu Gang didn't expect that someone would come to make trouble when he was not at home.
"I'll find a military dog tomorrow. Someone needs to guard the house here."
"Yes. There are two male workers here, and three younger brothers. They were originally arranged into shifts, with each person working one night."
Liu Gang thought it was a good idea.
"Then why don't you find someone who specializes in night watch to be on night duty?"
Wang Fang explained, "I don't let them work for free. I pay them an extra 50 cents for each night they watch. That's an extra 3 yuan a month."
The salary is still 15 yuan a month. With an extra 3 yuan, it will be 18 yuan.
They are all happy.
This means an extra 15 yuan per month. One more person also means an extra 15 yuan.
The workers definitely hope to get more money.
If anyone doesn't want to keep watch, then don't take the fifty cents; others will be more willing."
That being said, everyone would definitely be happy if they could earn money while sleeping.
Who would complain about having too much money? Wang Fang introduced the concept of overtime pay.
The more you work, the more you earn.
Everyone in the factory knew each other. Liu Gang's return reassured everyone. The factory employed mostly older men and women, all relatively calm and composed, and all older than Liu Gang.
"Gangzi, you're not leaving now that you're back, are you?"
Liu Gang was still wearing a military short-sleeved shirt and army green pants.
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