After seeing the postman off, Xu Jianguo returned to the house with the information and letters.
After opening the envelope, Xu Jianguo took out the letter inside and started reading. The content of the letter was very short, mainly talking about two things.
First, the superiors have agreed to let Xu Jianguo join the Compilation and Translation Bureau and become its non-staff translator.
Second, tell Xu Jianguo that this information is urgent and hope that he can complete the translation before mid-November.
Xu Liangguo put away the letter and materials, and then began to prepare lunch.
After he and Funiu finished their meal, Xu Jianguo began to install the stove. He first cleared out the sealed hole on the wall near the window. This hole was where the chimney pipe led to the outside.
After doing all this, Xu Jianguo began to assemble the chimney. The chimney he bought this time included several straight iron tubes and two elbows. After finding a good position, he fixed them, mixed some yellow mud and sealed the gaps around the holes in the wall with mud. Then he placed the stove in the previously planned position and finally connected the chimney.
Looking at the busy Xu Jianguo, Funiu and Xiaohei were not to be outdone and kept running around him. I don’t know if these two little guys were trying to make their presence felt.
When he arrived in the yard, Xu Jianguo cleaned up the shed where miscellaneous items were stored and piled more than 100 kilograms of coal in it.
Taking some coal and dry branches into the house, Xu Jianguo started to light the stove.
The new stove was good and lit up quickly. After adding some coal, the fire in the stove gradually became stronger and the room became warmer.
"Haha, it's so hot!" Funiu said to Xu Jianguo.
Xu Jianguo smiled and carried Funiu to the kang, took off her thick clothes, and let her play on the kang in light clothes.
He took out a few sweet potatoes from the space and washed them with water, then took out the iron drawer at the bottom of the stove used to collect ash, placed the sweet potatoes in it, and put the iron drawer back.
After doing all this, Xu Jianguo began to tell stories to Funniu to coax her to take a nap. After the little girl fell asleep, he took out the information and started the translation work.
"Introduction to Architecture", second edition, 1958, written by Professor Kenny Framton of Columbia University, USA.
Taking out paper and pen from the space, Xu Jianguo began the long and boring translation work.
At this time, at Li Hai's house, Li Jinhu sat on the kang, looking a little depressed and said, "Dad, it's been more than ten days, why hasn't the commune dealt with Xu Jianguo and Li Mancang?"
"How would I know? What did the president say to you after you gave your report that day?"
"He said he would investigate carefully, and if the situation is true, he would definitely deal with it seriously!"
"Then there shouldn't be any movement for such a long time!" Li Hai said with a frown.
"Dad, the president came here a few days ago with people from the county agricultural bureau. I heard that they wanted to do some tests or something. Do you think it could be related to this?" Li Jinhu said.
"If that's what you said, then the matter is clear. The president brought people from the County Agricultural Bureau here, probably to look for evidence. This evidence should be that test. It may take some time to get the results. The president is probably waiting for the results before he can impose any punishment."
"I understand, Dad, you are still the best!" Li Jinhu gave Li Hai a thumbs up and said.
At Xu Jianguo's house, Funiu slept for more than two hours before waking up. Because there was a stove in the room, the little girl slept particularly soundly this time.
"Haha, it's so warm!" Funiu said to Xu Jianguo who was sitting at the desk writing.
"Awake?" Xu Jianguo stood up and walked to the kang, rubbed the little girl's slightly wet hair and said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Funiu nodded, hugged Xu Jianguo's neck and yawned.
"Brother made some delicious food for you. Do you want to try it?" Xu Jianguo said as he looked at the lazy little girl in his arms.
When Funiu heard that there was something delicious, she immediately became excited and said quickly, "Haha, what's delicious?"
Xu Jianguo put Funiu on the kang and let her sit down, then folded the bedding and went to the main room to get a large bowl.
He pulled out the iron drawer that collected the ashes, used chopsticks to dig out a few sweet potatoes buried in the ashes, and put them into the bowl.
Funiu looked at the few sweet potatoes in the bowl in front of her, which were not garbage at all, then looked up at Xu Jianguo and said, "Haha, what is this?"
"This is called roasted sweet potato. You can eat it after I peel it."
Xu Jianguo reached out and took a long sweet potato from the bowl. The scorching heat made him grimace. He kept tossing the sweet potato back and forth between his hands and blowing air into it with his mouth.
With just a gentle snap, he broke the roasted sweet potato into two halves, revealing the orange-yellow sweet potato flesh inside, followed by a hint of sweet aroma.
Funiu's eyes widened instantly, and her little tongue unconsciously licked the corner of her mouth.
Xu Jianguo continued to repeat the action of pouring from his left hand to his right hand, blowing air from his mouth, peeling off the burnt sweet potato skin bit by bit. When two-thirds of the skin was peeled off, Xu Jianguo placed it in front of the little girl and said, "Eat it, be careful, it's still a little hot."
Funiu nodded vigorously, took the still warm roasted sweet potato with both hands, puffed up her cheeks, blew on it like Xu Jianguo, and then tried to take a small bite.
Suddenly, the soft and glutinous texture filled her mouth, and the sweet taste melted on the tip of her tongue. A full sense of happiness instantly surrounded the little girl, and she unconsciously narrowed her eyes into crescent shapes.
"Haha, roasted sweet potatoes are so delicious!" Funiu said happily after a moment.
"If you like it, I will cook it for you often in the future." Xu Jianguo said with a smile.
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