Chapter 52: Repair Why is your anger getting worse?
The person was recommended by Liu Daniu. When he heard that he was sent back, Liu Daniu was worried about Qi Fang.
And then, not even a day later, Xu Wenli came to him and asked for someone else. "What do you think the town machine repair shop is thinking about every day? They've given up such a good craft."
"So Xiao Qi really worked in the town's machine repair factory?" Liu Daniu had only heard about it and was not very sure.
"How can you have his skills without having done it yourself?" Xu Wenli recounted how Qi Fang had repaired the machine tool and the small trumpet he had inspected today. "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but even if I tied my two apprentices together, we still couldn't match him alone."
He couldn't say this to his apprentice, so he could only complain to Liu Daniu, "You have to lend me the person. Do you think your young forest cultivation is in need of people like me?"
Liu Daniu was amused by him. "I didn't say I wouldn't lend it to you." After a pause, he brought up the matter of the training quota again. "Maybe it was the same person who did it back then."
Xu Wenli frowned upon hearing this. "Is this going to stop? Being a chainsaw operator in our forest farm doesn't bother him in any way."
"I think Xiao Qi is feeling really suffocated," Liu Daniu said. "He was like this when he lived with me before. He never said a word and just kept looking for work to do."
Xu Wenli thought about it. Qi Fang seemed to have been busy looking for work today. "I think it's better for him not to go to the training. Why would he cut down such good seedlings?"
After saying this, he sighed again, "It's a pity that our forest farm only has so many machines. The small repair shop is already full of people. Otherwise, I would have brought him to the small repair shop no matter what."
"We'll see." Liu Daniu had no other options. "We've added four tractors and two chainsaws this year. Maybe we'll still be short of manpower once logging starts."
It's a pity for Qi Fang to be a sawyer since he has this skill. Moreover, even if he wants to do it now, there is someone in the town who will stop him.
However, it was still very easy to second someone from within the forest farm. After leaving Liu Daniu's house, Xu Wenli went to inform Qi Fang.
The family had just finished dinner and the second old lady was washing dishes in the main room. Upon hearing this, she couldn't help but look at Qi Fang. She didn't expect that her grandson-in-law would act so quickly.
After the man left, Yan Xue also smiled and asked the man: "Then I don't need to bring you lunch these few days."
"It's just temporary." Qi Fang helped his brother-in-law with his homework, his expression relatively calm.
He is not Yu Yongzhi, and he cannot go to a small repair shop whenever he wants. He can only show off his skills and let people see what he can do.
After all, he had tried to keep a low profile before, and he didn't even want to borrow the equipment of the small repair shop to help Liu Weiguo repair a small clock. Not many people in the forest farm knew that he could do these things.
However, before the news of Qi Fang being temporarily seconded to the small repair factory spread, the news that his training quota was taken away had already spread in the forest farm.
On the day when the family team resumed the cultivation of young forests, Guo Changan, who usually arrived on time about twenty minutes after dinner to leave them enough time, came to Yan Xue's house half an hour early in the morning.
Yan Xue had just finished eating and was getting a straw hat from the warehouse to use as sun protection when going up the mountain. Seeing him so early, she immediately guessed that he might have something to do.
As expected, Guo Changan opened his mouth and said, "I have a classmate in town. His father is the secretary of the food factory. He knows a lot of people. If you can use him, I can help you connect with him."
I didn't expect that he had such connections without making any noise. If this can be handled well, the quota issue may indeed be resolved.
What was even more unexpected was that he was willing to contact his former classmates for the sake of Yan Xue and Qi Fang. After all, since he was injured, he almost didn't want to go out.
Yan Xue smiled, warm and bright. "Can you wait here? I'll go in and ask Qi Fang."
"Yeah." Guo Changan nodded and stood in the yard, leaning against the wall.
Qi Fang heard what Yan Xue conveyed, but he was not very moved.
He is not a man who likes to go back and forth. Once he makes a decision, it must be after careful consideration.
But he still went out to thank Guo Changan and said that he had already prepared a response.
"As long as you have an idea," Guo Changan said without further questioning. He leaned against the wall and walked towards the backyard. "I'll go check on the logs I inoculated yesterday."
He has been walking by himself at Yan Xue's house these days. He doesn't know if it's because he has gained more practice or is more familiar with it, but it is no longer as difficult as it was at the beginning.
Yan Xue thought about it, then simply moved a stool and followed him. "That's perfect, I have something to tell you too."
"You say." Guo Changan stopped walking back.
"Let's sit down and talk." Yan Xue put the stool where he usually sat before, and waited with a smile.
After Guo Changan sat down, she said, "There aren't many fungus strains left. Qi Fang finished drilling the logs ahead of time. You, Grandma, and Jigang can finish the remaining work today."
Guo Changan hummed, "I'll cover the wood with straw mats for you to use first, and you can move it when you come back."
He had difficulty moving his hands and feet, the second old lady had bound feet, and Yan Jigang was just a child, so they really couldn't do the job of moving wood.
But this was not what Yan Xue wanted to say. "I wanted to ask if you are willing to continue to come and help me?"
She looked back at the logs in the shed. "These logs need to be watered every day when the weather is fine, and moved out to dry every three days. When the fungus is ripe, it needs to be picked and dried. We definitely can't handle it with so few people in our family. Qi Fang and I still have to go to work."
Everything else is easy to deal with, but if the ripe wood ear mushrooms are not picked in time, they will rot on the wood. Guo Changan grew up in a forest farm, so he must know this.
Sure enough, he nodded without much hesitation after hearing this, "Okay, call me anytime if you need anything."
"Then I'll pay you as a temporary worker with light physical labor."
Yan Xue's words made him frown, "No need, I'm free at home too."
"That's not what I meant." Yan Xue's eyes curved. "You've recovered so quickly, maybe the forest farm will assign you some work. If that happens, I'll have to compete with the forest farm for you. If I don't pay you, how can I bother you so much?"
But the job the forest farm assigned him was just to check on the hangar. Who would really expect a disabled person like him to do anything...
Guo Changan was a strong-willed person. Whenever he thought about having to rely on the charity and mercy of the forest farm to make a living instead of relying on himself, he couldn't help but purse his lips.
Yan Xue also knew this, so she wanted to hire him. "Besides, you've done a good job in breeding the original seed. I'd like to continue looking for you next year, but I don't know if you're willing."
In fact, Yan Xue wanted to hire someone, but couldn't find anyone anywhere, so she came to him. Wasn't it because she wanted to help him?
But Yan Xue has a certain ability that makes it impossible for people to refuse her kindness, and her kindness is genuine.
Guo Changan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "You're telling me everything, aren't you afraid that I'll learn how to grow it myself?"
"That would be even better. It would be great if the whole forest farm started growing wood ear mushrooms." Yan Xue laughed. "Then I wouldn't have to work so hard to grow wood ear mushrooms. I could just sell the mushroom seeds."
Seeing Guo Changan's surprise, she smiled even more broadly. "Some businesses don't stop me from making money just because someone else does it. These ways of making money are also invented by people. I can grow fungus and cultivate fungus. If others learn how to cultivate fungus, I can also sell the materials used to cultivate fungus."
There was a light in her eyes that could illuminate anyone's heart. "Isn't there a saying that goes, 'God won't let a sparrow starve to death'? I have brains and hands, so I'm not afraid of not having food to eat."
Yes, he also has brains and hands. If his hands don't work well, the worst that can happen is that he can use his brain more. At least he won't have to rely on others' pity to make a living.
Guo Changan raised his eyes and said, "You don't need to pay as a temporary worker with light physical labor. Just follow the instructions for the strains before and give me one dollar a day."
After a pause, he added, this time with an even more determined tone, "When my hands and feet are more flexible and I can do more, you can increase my salary."
"Well, when Qi Fang and I are not at home, please take care of my brother and my grandmother."
When Yan Xue returned home, she wanted to pay Guo Changan the money she had earned over the past few days, but Guo Changan refused to take it, saying that they had agreed to pay her back for the past few days and that they would talk about the rest later.
After Yan Xue went up the mountain with the family team, Jin Baozhi found her privately and asked her if she needed money.
The Guo family is not well-informed, but when something happens, it is real. Yan Xue felt relieved and repeated to Jin Baozhi what she had said to Guo Changan in the morning.
After hearing the news, others were not so kind, especially Li Shuwu's wife, who had been criticized by Yan Xue and Qi Fang before.
She even smiled at Yan Xue and said, "Some people just don't have good manners. They talk about others every day, and now it's their own fault." She completely forgot how she cried before.
So Yan Xue reminded her, "Are you talking about yourself?" and then asked, "Is your house finished?"
Li Shuwu's wife was choked at the time. She didn't know why she always kept talking badly to Yan Xue when she had never gotten any advantage from her before.
When she got home that night, she couldn't help but tell her husband about this. "Her Qi Fang has already got a place in the training. What's there to be proud of?"
Li Shuwu was not as rude as her, and he was not very energetic. "Your man's chainsaw hand has been taken off."
The incident at the time was somewhat related to Li Shuwu's wife. She said that the family had no money and asked Li Shuwu to get more. After hearing this, she didn't say anything.
But now the family is not only broke, but also owes money to others. After a while, she couldn't help herself and asked, "Isn't Qi Fang's position available? Can we think of a way to get you in again?"
"You're dreaming. Not to mention that it's only been a few months, even if it's been a few years, do you have the money to use connections?"
Li Shuwu's wife was silent again. She didn't feel anything before, but now that Li Shuwu is no longer a chainsaw operator and their family has suffered a flood, she knows what it feels like to be short of money.
She didn't say anything, and Li Shuwu was too lazy to say anything either. He took a break and then got up to continue working on the house.
It’s not enough to just build a house, there’s a lot to do later. Their house is just a rough one now, and they don’t know when they can move in.
Who knew that as soon as he went out, he ran into Zhang Dawei from next door carrying a sewing machine and walking out, but it seemed that he was not going to Xu Wenli's house.
His wife was quick to respond, "What's wrong? The sewing machine was damaged by the water. Don't you want it anymore? I don't want you to give it to our family."
Even though he knew that Li Shuwu's wife had a bad mouth, Zhang Dawei was still speechless. "No, I'll go find Xiao Qi to fix it."
"If something breaks down, why would you go to him instead of Director Xu?" Li Shuwu's wife curled her lips when she heard that.
"Isn't he seconded to the small repair shop? He repairs all the small speakers in the factory. Director Xu hasn't been available these two days, so I'll ask him to give it a try."
Zhang Dawei left after he finished speaking, leaving Li Shuwu's wife stunned. "Yan Xue's Qi Fang was transferred to the small repair factory?"
Wasn't he an assistant to the sawman? How did he become a repairman?
and……
"Zhang Dawei needs him to repair his sewing machine. Shouldn't he pay?"
Zhang Dawei, Qi Fang and Yan Xue were not familiar with each other, so when he came to Qi Fang to repair something, of course he had to pay.
As soon as he entered the door, he explained to Qi Fang, "I asked Director Xu to repair it once before. If it wasn't replaced, it would cost three cents. If it was replaced, I don't know."
Qi Fang didn't have any replacement parts here, so he had to go to town to buy some. "Let's take a look first."
The sewing machine that the Zhang family moved in is a Feiren brand, manufactured by Shanghai Sewing Machine Factory No. 1. It should be very durable and something of this era can be used for decades without any problems.
But no matter how good a thing is, or how carefully it is maintained, it cannot withstand a flood. Qi Fang stepped on the pedal twice and found that the sewing machine was running with obvious sluggishness, so he removed the pedal first.
Once it was taken apart, it was found that there was indeed dirty water inside. Qi Fang wiped it clean, applied some engine oil, put it back together, and continued to dismantle other parts.
After disassembling the entire sewing machine, only the needle head was dull due to long-term use and needed to be replaced. Qi Fang asked Zhang Dawei's wife, "Does your sewing machine cause the fabric to wrinkle?"
Zhang Dawei's wife nodded and said, "Yes, it's been a while. I have to press hard. The baseline is still a little floating when I run."
Qi Fang said nothing. He went to the second old lady's room and borrowed a few pieces of cloth from her. "Try it. Is it still floating now?"
The Feiren brand sewing machine is famous for its ability to sew thin fabrics but not thick ones. Due to its small size and light force, it can be operated with one foot while standing. Many half-grown children are not tall enough, so they use this brand when they first start learning to use a sewing machine.
Zhang Dawei's wife didn't even look for a stool, she just stood up and tried it out. "It really doesn't float anymore, and it feels smoother to use than before."
"The core spring inside was loose, so I tightened it." Qi Fang said.
What else is there to say? Zhang Dawei and his wife immediately gave the money and said, "If we want to replace the needle, do we go to the town and buy it ourselves?"
"I'll go," Qi Fang said, "I'm going to town in a couple of days."
After the family team is done, Yan Xue will definitely take him to the town to get some Chinese medicine.
Yan Xue said that Qi Fang is in better health than him and will have no problem living to be eighty or ninety years old. He can't possibly not even live to be eighty or ninety years old, right?
Qi Fang put away his tools expressionlessly. Then, thinking of something, he looked up and asked Zhang Dawei, "Is the new 50-ton tractor good to use?"
Previously, there were two tractor drivers in Jinchuan Forest Farm, one was Liang Qimao and the other was Zhang Dawei.
Zhang Dawei happened to be on the same work team as Qi Fang, so when Qi Fang asked, he answered, "It's better than the old RT-12. Didn't we just have a flood recently? The roads were all muddy and there were debris flows. Xiao Liang and I were there to push them down. It's powerful and doesn't use much fuel."
Qi Fang listened and said nothing more. After everyone left, Yan Xue lowered her voice and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the tractor?"
Qi Fang handed her the thirty cents without hiding anything, "It uses the technology that our teacher researched before, but it's not very mature yet."
"Not quite mature?" Yan Xue felt that since Qi Fang had the core technology, it was probably more than just immature. "How dare they bring it out like this? Didn't they try it out for a while first?"
New products typically undergo a lengthy testing phase from research and development to market, lasting anywhere from two to three years to five to six, or even seven to eight. For example, artificially cultivated black fungus was reportedly successfully grown in the laboratory in the 1950s, but until Yan Xue's visit, it hadn't been put into practical use.
How many years has it been since Teacher Qi Fang passed away?
Less than three years.
Even if they started research and development in the chaos at that time, it was too fast to apply it directly to logging this year.
As expected, Qi Fang's lips curled up coldly, "How can he have the time? If he really experiments for five or six years, the opportunity will be gone."
"What about the logging this winter?" Yan Xue always felt that Wu Xingde was so eager for quick success and instant benefits that something might go wrong.
Qi Fang had already calmed down. "I'll remind Uncle Xu to repair those two RT-12s as well."
With the four new JET-50s, who cares about the two RT-12s? They've been sitting in the back of the hangar collecting dust.
During this flood, several 50-ton timber skidders were driven to higher ground early, leaving only two RT-12s completely submerged in the floodwaters.
When Qi Fang mentioned that he wanted to repair the two RT-12s as well, Xu Wenli didn't say anything before one of his apprentices started laughing. "Why would you repair that? What's wrong? Haven't you repaired enough these days?"
Although Qi Fang was seconded here to ease their burden and they were happy to have some free time, if Qi Fang showed off too much, he would be too much of a presence and become annoying.
Besides, they are already exhausted after repairing this round of machines. Who would be willing to spend that much time repairing two RT-12s that are destined to be useless?
This one was just joking, but the other one was really fed up and said directly, "If you want to fix it, do it yourself. I can borrow you for two more days."
This means that Qi Fang doesn't want to go back to the mountain to cultivate young forests, and is deliberately looking for work here where there is no work.
Qi Fang just looked at them, his expression unchanged. "It's okay if you don't repair it. I'm just worried that the new product might be unstable, so I'd like to keep it in reserve..."
"You're overthinking it," the other party interrupted him. "Other forest farms have been using it for years and haven't seen any problems."
But the other forest farms' 50 lumber trucks didn't use the latest hydrostatic technology...
Once a person has emotions in his heart, he will not listen to anything else. Qi Fang simply lowered his eyes and stopped arguing.
Xu Wenli, however, noticed that his two disciples were speaking rather harshly and glared at them. "Xiao Qi also means well. If you find it tiring, let me do the work."
Now no one said anything. No matter how unwilling they were to do it, they couldn't really do nothing and push everything onto their master Xu Wenli.
Qi Fang didn't know whether the two RT-12s at the back were repaired or not. The ill-fated second round of young forest cultivation had finally ended, and his secondment had also ended. He was promoted by Yan Xue to the town to continue prescribing Chinese medicine.
The doctor was quite impressed with them. Seeing that it was the good-looking young man again, he took his pulse and asked, "Why is your internal heat getting worse?"
Qi Fang said nothing, but turned around and glanced at Yan Xue silently.
Yan Xue pretended not to notice. "Maybe there have been too many things going on recently. There was a big flood in our area, and the house was flooded."
She refused to admit that this had anything to do with her. They had been married for almost half a year, and she hadn't seen him get angry in the previous few months.
When the doctor heard her, he asked, "Your place is flooded too? The rain was heavy this year, and several places are flooded."
He withdrew his hand from Qi Fang's wrist and said, "Let's use the same prescription as before. I'll give you some medicine to reduce your fever."
Qi Fang withdrew his gaze and asked the doctor, "Do you think I can live to be 80 or 90 years old with my health condition?"
This time it was Yan Xue's turn to look at him, but he lowered his peach blossom eyes and pretended not to see.
Only the doctor was puzzled by the question, "Your illness is not serious, it will be fine after some treatment, it won't affect your life expectancy."
"Yeah." Qi Fang responded, turned around and looked at Yan Xue again.
Just watch it. Anyway, Yan Xue said that to stimulate him to take good care of his body. So she simply asked the doctor with a smile: "Adding medicine to reduce fever, it must be bitter, right?"
The doctor was writing a prescription and didn't even look up when he heard this. "The medicine for reducing fever must be bitter. What's the matter? Is he afraid of bitter medicine?"
"No." Qi Fang denied it very quickly and firmly, and this time he finally didn't look at Yan Xue again.
As he was walking out with the opened medicine bag, he lowered his eyes for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
Yan Jigang was much more direct. He pulled Yan Xue and asked quietly, "When will I stop taking...medicine?"
"Wait until you don't have nightmares at night." Yan Xue touched his head.
Although Yan Jigang has gotten much better, he is still awakened by nightmares every two or three nights. This is why she didn't rush to let him go back to sleep with the second old lady.
Last time, there were a lot of things to do and they didn't have much time. This time, the Chinese medicine could be obtained quickly, so they discussed and decided to buy a watermelon and go to Shan Qiufang's house to visit.
On the way there, Yan Xue was still talking to the second old lady. She had come twice before and didn't meet anyone. But this time, before she even reached Shan Qiufang's house, she heard Shan Qiufang's quick and crisp voice.
This is really true. Yan Xue was standing outside and felt a little amused and helpless.
Seeing Yan Xue and the others, Shan Qiufang also exclaimed, "Ouch!" "I'm finally home this time. I don't know why those two times before were such coincidences."
Then he looked at the second old lady, a little hesitant to recognize her, "This..."
"My grandma." Yan Xue smiled and helped the old lady in, and introduced her, "This is Aunt Qiufang from my great aunt's family."
"I saw him a few times when I was a child." The second old lady smiled, "I didn't expect you to be in your thirties already." She thanked Shan Qiufang again, "Thank you for worrying about our Xiaoxue."
Shan Qiufang was embarrassed by what she said and waved her hands, "I don't dare to take that responsibility. I messed up this matter."
"It's good that it's split," the second old lady laughed, "If it weren't split, I wouldn't have met such a good child like Xiao Qi."
If Shan Qiufang had some reservations about Qi Fang before, it was mainly because he was good-looking and treated Yan Xue well. But this time, when she saw that he had also brought the second old lady with him, she was truly satisfied with him.
After they went in and sat down, the second old lady asked about Qi Fang again, "I heard he's a good kid. Didn't you ask your mother to introduce him to someone else?"
"Why not? After all, we were the ones who messed up. His aunt said she wasn't in a hurry and wouldn't watch it for the time being. I don't know if she really didn't want to watch it or just didn't want to watch it with me."
At that moment, Yan Xue felt Qi Fang looking at her, quietly, as if with substance. Only after she kicked him imperceptibly did he look away and said goodbye to Shan Qiufang, "I have something else to do. I have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
The forest farm was hit by a flood, and many people's belongings were soaked. If Zhang Dawei thought of looking for Qi Fangxiu, then naturally others would think of it as well.
These days, he was on loan at a small repair shop during the day, and people often came to him to fix things at noon and in the evening. He made about five or six yuan just from the repair fees. However, he was still short of spare parts for a lot of things, not just the needles for Zhang Dawei's sewing machine. This time, he came to town and planned to buy all the spare parts at once.
The only problem is the semiconductor radio in Secretary Lang's house. One of the transistors is broken, and it may not be available for purchase at the supply and marketing cooperative in town.
Radio parts are difficult to buy, let alone in town. When he was in college, he had to spend several days and travel to several places to get a complete set.
At that time, I kept an eye on department stores, franchise stores and material markets all day long. As soon as I heard that there were materials needed to assemble a radio, I would rush to line up. If I went too late, I might not be able to buy it.
When I went to the supply and marketing cooperative and asked, I found out that they really didn't have any transistors. A few of them had been imported before, but they were bought up as soon as they arrived.
However, in addition to the transistors, the speakers, capacitors and even magnetic rods inside the semiconductor radio are all available, and there are more than one, all of which are new.
Secretary Lang originally said that if they could buy it, they would repair it, and if they couldn't, then forget it. Qi Fang looked at the parts, then at his watch, but turned and walked towards the long-distance bus station.
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