Chapter 51 When will Laba Jigang return?
Going to a small repair shop means going back to your old job.
Although the small repair shop is not as good as the Chengshui Machine Repair Shop, and is far inferior to the research institute, Qi Fang would rather be a chainsaw operator than not let his teacher's things go unprotected.
Yan Xue couldn't hide her surprise, but Qi Fang had thought it over carefully.
So what if you keep a low profile as much as possible?
He had been hiding in this mountain valley like a stray dog for several years, but didn't Wu Xingde still come looking for him?
Not only did they come looking for him, but after he clearly stated that he didn't have it, they stole it from his house while he was away...
Qi Fang shifted his grip on Yan Xue's fingers to gently caressing her cheek. "Everything's lost, and I don't react at all. Isn't that arousing suspicion?"
But when he was mentioned in the original book, it clearly said that he had been a lumberjack for more than ten years until the reform and opening up.
Yan Xue was puzzled. The next second, someone gently touched her long eyelashes with a fingertip. "After all, I have a family now."
Wu Xingde didn't say a word that made sense, but he was right about one thing: he was not alone now, he still had Yan Xue, and he couldn't really let Yan Xue follow him and suffer poverty and hardship for the rest of her life.
Yan Xue works so hard to live her life, she probably doesn't want to see others taking advantage of her while she is like a coward who only knows how to endure and keep a low profile.
Moreover, the logging teams go into the mountains every year when the snow falls, and can only come down in March or April of the following year. They have to stay in the mountains for nearly half a year and have no way to go home.
Qi Fang couldn't help but touch the fan-like eyelashes again, "It will also prevent some people from having a higher salary than me in the future."
Yan Xue felt a little tickled by him and quickly backed away. Hearing these obviously pointed words, she felt powerless to complain, "My salary is higher than yours now."
Qi Fang paused, and looked over with his peach blossom eyes, as if he didn't quite believe what he heard.
Yan Xue pointed out the fact, "He is more than a year older than you and has more years of service than you."
Qi Fang's expression paused again, "You know it quite clearly."
"Aunt Qiufang told me that." Yan Xue smiled, her eyebrows curved, and the crescent moon in the sky immediately became the moon in her eyes. "She also said that he is very capable. In the past, his aunt's family relied on him to collect the land."
It was a pity that she had mistaken Qi Fang for Qi Fang before, and even suspected that the other aunt was not good to him, which damaged Aunt Qi's reputation.
Qi Fang listened, his eyes growing darker and darker. After a while, he said, "Why does Aunt Qiufang tell you everything?"
Of course, that was what Aunt Qi said to Shan Qiufang, so that people wouldn't think her nephew was such a bad person.
Yan Xue simply raised her face and looked at the man with a smile, "Aunt Qiufang also said that he has a very good physique. He doesn't feel tired no matter how much work he does. He has no illness or disaster. There will be no problem for him to live to 80 or 90 years old."
The first two sentences were Shan Qiufang's original words, and the latter ones were purely her own personal opinions.
This man made himself sick and died young in the original book. This man had a problem but didn't treat it properly!
Yan Xue poked the other man's waist and was about to say a few more words when the man suddenly grabbed her chin and lifted it up, blocking her mouth.
This kiss was a little eager and a little punishing, and he started by sucking hard on her lips.
Yan Xue couldn't help but inhale, and the other party immediately took advantage of the opportunity and blocked her speech with his lips and tongue.
Yan Xue was not even as tall as the man's chin, so she didn't feel anything when they were kissing her while lying on the kang. But this time when they were standing, she immediately felt a little tired.
Yan Xue tilted her face upwards, her waist was lifted up by someone, and only her toes were touching the ground. She felt very uncomfortable and soon began to slide down.
Qi Fang felt uncomfortable lowering his head, especially when he wanted to hold the back of Yan Xue's head and deepen the kiss.
So the kiss didn't last too long, and they had to separate because of the awkward posture.
Yan Xue touched her lips with the back of her hand, "Why are you so strong? Don't make my lips swollen..."
Before he could finish his words, someone grabbed his waist and lifted him up.
The man pecked her hard on the lips and said, "Let's change places." Then he carried her away.
The sudden departure from the ground had made Yan Xue hold on to the man's shoulders tightly. This time, Yan Xue became even more nervous and subconsciously raised her legs to wrap around the man's waist.
Qi Fang's steps obviously paused, and because they were so close, Yan Xue could even hear him take a deep breath.
Next, he quickened his pace significantly and freed one hand to support Yan Xue's leg.
Yan Xue had no idea where he was going and held him tightly, "If you can't, put me down. I can walk by myself."
"Who said no?" Although the distance was not very far, the man breathed slightly.
Soon the two stopped at a place. Before they even put down their bodies, the man had already raised one hand to press the back of Yan Xue's head and kissed her again.
Yan Xue subconsciously looked for a place to rest and touched something that was still shaking. It was a wooden stake that men usually used to support firewood.
She couldn't stand steadily at all, so she could only try to hold the man's shoulders, and then be treated as a dessert that was delivered to her door and tasted more deeply and thoroughly.
The night wind is cool, but in this silent darkness, there is a place that is hotter than the midday sun.
After a while, a soft and gentle voice was heard amidst the chirping of crickets, "Loosen up a bit, you're hurting me."
Then came the messy breathing and the man's slightly hoarse voice, "When will Jigang go back?"
It seems that Qi Fang is the only one in the family who cares most about when Yan Jigang will return.
After all, who would have thought that they have been married for almost half a year and still haven't consummated their marriage?
Moreover, in those days, houses were small and there were few rooms, so the whole family slept on one kang, but it didn't prevent children from being born one after another.
So when he woke up the next day, Yan Jigang always felt that his brother-in-law looked at him strangely.
Say you don’t like it?
Impossible. His brother-in-law is so nice to him. He asked his sister to pick him up and made little hands/wooden warehouses for him.
But if I say I like him, my brother-in-law's pretty eyes are a little too deep. When he looks at me quietly, it's hard to understand.
After breakfast in the morning, my brother-in-law finally couldn't help but said, "What else do you want?"
Unexpectedly, his brother-in-law kept looking at him, wanting to ask this. Yan Jigang was stunned, and then very sensibly said that he lacked nothing and wanted nothing.
He is just too sensible. His brother-in-law looked at this sensible child for a while and said, "This is possible."
Sure enough, his brother-in-law still liked him. Yan Jigang thought hard for a while, "This, this is really not true."
I don’t know how these two people connected the joke so many years later. Yan Xue couldn’t help laughing when she was listening to it.
Seeing that the man wanted to ask more questions, she pinched his waist and said, "Don't bully my brother."
She didn't move her hand at all. Instead, the man grabbed her hand, held it in his palm and squeezed it, then let go with a calm voice, "I didn't."
Didn't he try to bribe Jigang again and make room for him, the reserve driver who wanted to hit the road?
Yan Xue didn't believe it, but their simple and sensible child Yan Jigang obviously believed it.
Little Yan Jigang was completely unaware of his brother-in-law's good intentions, schemes, and ulterior motives, and he even tried hard to prove it to him, "Sister, brother-in-law didn't do that. He was so, so good to me!"
Afraid that Yan Xue wouldn't believe it, he looked at her with a pair of big eyes, trying hard to send: "Believe it quickly, believe it quickly, if you don't believe me, just look at my serious eyes!"
Yan Xue was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and glared at Qi Fang, "You're not even as sensible as a child."
Qi Fang didn't comment, raised his hand and touched his brother-in-law's head, "If you want anything in the future, tell your brother-in-law."
Yan Jigang nodded vigorously. After he left, he ran to secretly pull Yan Xue and emphasized, "Sister, brother-in-law really didn't bully me."
"I see, you're such a stickler."
Yan Xue pinched his cheek and couldn't help sighing, "I wish you could speak as fluently as you talk in your sleep."
Yan Jigang's face turned red when he heard this, and he quickly went out to help with the work.
Qi Fang had already decided to move to a small repair shop, so he was no longer in a hurry about the training quota for chainsaw operators. He just continued to do what he had to do.
But they weren't anxious. Someone else was anxious for them. Liu Weiguo didn't know where he'd heard about it, but he ran over in the scorching sun. "Is this true?"
"Really." Qi Fang did not hide it, but he did not stop his hands and continued to drill holes in the wood with the hand drill.
Liu Weiguo was anxious for him when he saw his unmoved expression. "So you're just going to let it go? Who is this person who is so wicked?"
Seeing that he still didn't react much, she lowered her voice again, "Hasn't the new roster been reported yet? How about you look for someone else? If that doesn't work, I still have an old ginseng at home."
This is something a true friend would say. After all, good ginseng is hard to come by even with money. Everyone can guess that the Liu family has something good, but everyone also knows that the reason they don't sell it is because they don't need the money and plan to keep it for something else.
Qi Fang looked at Liu Weiguo seriously and said, "Thanks, but I can't use it yet."
When Liu Weiguo heard this, he asked, "Do you already have an idea?"
Qi Fang didn't say yes or no to the matter that hadn't been done yet. Instead, he asked, "When are you going to get married?"
Because they had to carry out the second round of young forest cultivation and the wedding date had not been set yet, the Liu family did not rush to build a house. Unexpectedly, they escaped the disaster.
Otherwise, whether it is a new house that has not been occupied yet or a house that is half-built and is flooded, it is very annoying.
Hearing Qi Fang's question, Liu Weiguo smiled and said, "I don't know yet. My mother plans to go to her house and ask her after the house is completely cleaned up."
"Tell me and Yan Xue when it's decided."
"Of course. We agreed to let the child recognize Yan Xue as his godmother."
Liu Weiguo has a very good memory. He still remembers what he said casually on the mountain.
He just didn't notice that when he mentioned the child, Qi Fang clearly glanced at him.
He even helped Qi Fang move the drilled logs. "What are you doing?" He winked at Qi Fang and said, "Didn't you tell me that this year would be the second year to have three children? So what? Am I finally getting the job as an uncle?"
"Are you anxious?" Qi Fang looked at him quietly again.
"Didn't you say it would be available this year? Half of the year is already over, can you make it?"
"If you want to call, I can have it now."
Qi Fang's words first stunned Liu Weiguo for a moment, and then he almost jumped up, "Oh my god! Qi Fang, you're taking advantage of me!"
After drilling a lot of logs for Yan Xue and the others in one breath, Qi Fang went into the house, washed his hands, and went to the small repair shop.
As soon as he entered, he saw a bustling business inside. A recent flood had left the tractors untouched, but the other machinery was completely submerged. The water had receded recently, and the machinery needed repairs. This small repair shop was the only one in the entire forest farm, and Xu Wenli was so busy he was practically running around.
When he saw Qi Fang, Xu Wenli thought he was here to borrow the machine tool again. "The machine may not be usable. I haven't had time to check it out yet."
He has been busy repairing generators and some equipment at the site these two days, and has not had time to take care of the small repair shop.
Qi Fang seemed to pause when he heard this, but he didn't say he was leaving. Instead, he asked, "Can I take a look?"
Xu Wenli was also the one who took apprentices. Qi Fang was a man of few words, but he worked efficiently and learned things quickly. He always felt it was a pity that he could not enter the small repair factory.
So when Qi Fang said this, he didn't think Qi Fang was causing trouble for others. "Then you can take a look at it. It may not work."
Qi Fang thanked the other party and did not rush to change into protective clothing when he went in. He first powered on the machine and tried it out.
As soon as he turned on the power, it didn't work. There was no disappointment on his face. He went out to borrow some tools and came back to dismantle the machine.
By the time Xu Wenli noticed, the parts had already been spread all over the floor. It looked messy, but there was actually order within the chaos.
Qi Fang was concentrating on one spot. When he saw him coming, he raised his eyes and asked, "Can I use the welding machine for a bit?"
Xu Wenli looked over and saw that some of the welded metal parts were cracked.
However, he had only seen Qi Fang loading and unloading things and grinding parts before, but had never seen him use electric welding. Xu Wenli thought about it and simply nodded, "Okay, you can use it."
But he didn't leave. He found a set of protective gear for Qi Fang, put on one himself, and watched from the side.
It was obvious that he was still unsure, but Qi Fang didn't care. He put on the mask and started welding.
The first time he came to grind parts, Xu Wenli said that he had steady hands. He did have the ability to quickly eliminate distracting thoughts when doing something, and he had strong control over his hands and ten fingers.
If something needs to be ground three-quarters, he will never grind it more than that, and the same goes for welding. As a result, the places he welded are surprisingly smooth, unlike some people who would leave very prominent marks.
"Your level is comparable to that of some experienced masters."
Xu Wenli looked over it again and again and asked Qi Fang, "You really haven't worked in the town machine repair shop?"
Qi Fang never answered before, but this time he responded, "I have."
Xu Wenli was stunned. "I thought you didn't just learn a little from others." He was puzzled again. "Then why did you end up working as a lumberjack in the forest farm?"
Qi Fang had already started putting the cleaned parts back one by one. Hearing this, his voice remained calm, "I was demoted in 1966."
Xu Wenli understood immediately, "These guys are just messing around. Isn't it a waste to transfer someone with such good skills to a logging team?"
Qi Fang said nothing. He installed the parts one by one, oiled them, checked them and turned on the power.
This time the machine tool started up smoothly. Xu Wenli looked at the young man in front of him and felt more and more sorry.
Just as he was about to say something else, someone came over and said, "Uncle Xu, Director Yu asked me to ask you when the speaker can be repaired. It's been several days."
"Why didn't you mention that I've urged you several times?" Xu Wenli grumbled. "I'm already so busy with all this, how could I care about Xiao Loudspeaker?"
The forest farm had 200 to 300 households, and while the living quarters weren't scattered, they weren't crowded either. A single loudspeaker at the headquarters wasn't enough to get the message across. Therefore, in addition to the headquarters, each household had a small loudspeaker connected to the main station by a wire, creating a wired broadcast.
This thing is very convenient to use, whether it is for broadcasting notifications, news or playing songs to enrich everyone's spare time, but it is troublesome to maintain, especially after a flood.
Xu Wenli felt it was troublesome that the small repair shop had no work, not to mention that the small repair shop was already extremely busy.
The visitor also knew, "I am just following the orders from above. I have to do whatever they tell me to do."
"Just go back and tell him that I'm too busy here." Xu Wenli sent the man away, and when he turned around, he remembered that Qi Fang was still there.
Qi Fang had already taken off his protective suit. He looked in the direction the person had disappeared and asked, "Is there an urgent need to use the radio?"
"It's not necessarily urgent," Xu Wenli said, "but this matter is under the supervision of the site manager. He will definitely push us to get it done as soon as possible. Don't you think about how busy the small repair shop is..."
At this point, he suddenly paused and looked at Qi Fang carefully, "Xiao Qi, are you in a hurry for that thing?"
Qi Fang didn't have anything, but he still said, "It's not urgent. What's wrong?"
"If you're not in a hurry, help me deal with Director Yu."
Although it was a bit abrupt, it was not the first time that Qi Fang came to borrow equipment, and the two of them had some friendship.
As expected, when Xu Wenli spoke, Qi Fang didn't show any reaction. He just asked, "Do you want to repair the speaker?"
"Yes, otherwise he would have to send someone to urge me eight times a day."
Xu Wenli was clearly getting really annoyed. "Just consider it a favor and deal with it for now. Once I'm done with my work, I'll be able to spare some time."
As he spoke, he glanced at Qi Fang with a smile, "If you can even repair a machine tool, then repairing a small speaker is definitely no problem for you."
He knew Qi Fang's strength. Director Yu looked at the person he brought with him and frowned, "How did you get him here?"
The reason why Xu Wenli brought people here personally was because he was afraid of this. "Don't look down on Xiao Qi. He is from the town machine repair factory. He is much more capable than the people in our small repair factory. He just helped me repair a machine tool."
Seeing that Director Yu still didn't believe him, he simply said, "If you don't need him, I'll take him back. I'm just too busy right now. But let me be clear, your job will have to wait at least five or six days until I finish repairing the generator."
The daylily was already cold, and Director Yu had no choice but to let Qi Fang try it first.
But he was still worried, so he found someone to follow Qi Fang. He said that he was helping Qi Fang get things, but in fact, he was just watching Qi Fang. If Qi Fang couldn't fix it, he would immediately replace him.
So on a hot day, Yu Yongzhi was lying at home fanning himself when he saw Qi Fang coming in wearing a short-sleeved shirt, followed by a familiar face holding a toolbox in his hand.
He was stunned at the time, "Why are you coming to my house?"
Qi Fang frowned when he saw that he was not wearing any clothes again. "Check the speaker."
"Why are you here to repair the small speaker? You're not from a small repair shop."
Yu Yongzhi still didn't understand, but Qi Fang ignored him and took down the small loudspeaker hanging on the wall.
Yu Yongzhi could only ask the familiar face, "What's going on?"
How could a familiar face say directly, "This was recommended by Director Xu. The small repair shop is really too busy."
"I can't ask him to come even if I'm too busy. What if the repair breaks down?"
If it's broken, then don't let him fix it. Anyway, in order to easily identify whose loudspeaker is not working, the forest farm has been playing the radio. The familiar faces and the ones Qi Fang went to before are all fine, so he doesn't know whether Qi Fang can fix it.
As he spoke, Qi Fang had already disassembled the small speaker, checked it, and went to the toolbox to get a new diaphragm.
This thing is the core component of electroacoustic conversion, usually made of paper or cloth, and is also the part most likely to be damaged after the speaker gets wet.
After replacing the diaphragm, Qi Fang reinstalled the speaker, hung it back on the wall, and connected the wires to the forest farm's main station.
Swish——
Yu Yongzhi and the person sent by Director Yu to follow Qi Fang all looked over, waiting to see if Qi Fang could fix it.
Then the melodious song "The East is Red" came from the small loudspeaker.
Although there is some distortion, which radio speaker in this era does not have distortion?
So Qi Fang really knows how to repair it?
Qi Fang had already put away his tools while he was dazed. He glanced at the man who followed him and said, "Next one."
The man hurried to catch up, and Yu Yongzhi, perhaps because it was too hot and his brain was not working well, actually followed him as well.
I went to three stores before I found one where the radio was not working.
This time Qi Fang took it down, but didn't replace anything and put it back the same way.
"So did he fix it, or didn't he?"
Yu Yongzhi couldn't help but ask the familiar face.
How could a familiar face know that if he knew, this job would not have been Qi Fang's turn, but he would have done it himself long ago.
So the two of them looked over again, and found that the speaker didn't work this time.
For some reason, Yu Yongzhi actually breathed a sigh of relief, "I said..."
Before he finished speaking, Qi Fang unplugged the small speaker again, found a new one from the toolbox and plugged it in, but it still didn't work.
Yu Yongzhi's words came to an abrupt end as if someone had strangled him.
Qi Fang ignored him and unplugged the new one. The old one didn't connect either. "Make a note of it. It should be a problem with the wire."
It would be difficult for him to change the line since he didn't bring so many things with him.
The familiar face also knew it, and it was obvious that he came prepared, so he immediately took out a pen and paper to write it down.
Qi Fang took a quick look, put the things back into the box, and simply carried it himself, "Next one."
Yu Yongzhi didn't know what had caught him, but he actually followed him again. It wasn't until Qi Fang finished inspecting several streets in front and behind that he rubbed his arms and said, "Oh my god, I'm sunburned!"
The man following Qi Fang was not much better, although he was just helping to carry things and take names.
On the other hand, Qi Fang, although he was hot and sweating, remained calm and his expression did not change at all.
So much so that when Qi Fang looked at his watch and said he wanted to go back to the small repair shop, he was still a little slow to react.
He thought this man was some kind of machine that could work until nightfall and he couldn't see him anymore.
Xu Wenli was so busy that he almost forgot about Qi Fang. It took him two seconds to remember to repair the small speaker.
"How many houses have been inspected?" he asked Qi Fang.
Just as Qi Fang's man began to think, Qi Fang said calmly, "There are 74 households in the southeast area of the forest farm. 42 of them have no problems. 21 have had their diaphragms replaced, 5 have had their coils replaced... and 9 more need to have their wiring replaced, including Zhang Dawei's and Wang Lizhi's..."
There was so much and so much complicated information. I don’t know how he managed to remember it while repairing it, and even say it all in one breath.
The familiar face paused before handing Xu Wenli a list of several companies whose lines needed repaired.
Xu Wenli took a look and found that there were indeed 9 companies, with the same names. He just had to go to their houses and change them.
He had been working in this small repair shop for ten years, and he had never seen anyone work so efficiently. He couldn't help but look at Qi Fang, pondering for a long time, "Is the second round of young forest cultivation about to begin again?"
Before Qi Fang could answer, he said, "I'll talk to your team leader and ask him to borrow you for a few days."
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