Chapter 351
Ji Wanmei asked A-Qiang, "A-Qiang, how many days do you plan to stay in Pingquan? When are you going back to Pingdong?"
A-Qiang glanced at Chun-Yan beside him and said, "The project has been busy lately, so I probably have to go back tonight. I've been away for several days now. All of us brothers came down for a feast today, and only Brother Lei is at the company. We need to go back early to help him out."
"Yes, that's true. You need to focus on the project now."
The Pingdong City Development Zone project is expected to take two years to complete, and at the current pace, we really can't afford to slack off at all.
Ji Wanmei whispered in Zhu Shuangyan's ear, "I'll get you something later. Have Aqiang take it back for me and give it to Lei Tingjun."
Zhu Shuangyan glanced at Ji Wanmei in surprise, as if she wanted to ask something, but then said nothing and just nodded: "Okay, leave it to me."
After finishing her meal, Ji Wanmei sat for a short while before taking a tricycle home.
Ji Xingguo is at work today, he went to the factory, he's not home.
Ji Wanmei ran back to her room, found paper and pen on her desk, and began writing a letter to Lei Tingjun.
After writing the letter, Ji Wanmei put it in an envelope. Then she thought, since Aqiang and the others were driving back anyway, it would be convenient for them to bring some things. Maybe she could bring him something else too.
But what should I bring him?
Lei Tingjun is a man who is not picky about food and will eat whatever is given to him; he is also not particular about his clothes and often wears faded T-shirts and work pants; he is also very frugal and casual in his life, and sometimes he can just sleep in his car for a night.
Ji Wanmei thought and thought, but couldn't come up with anything suitable.
Let's bring him some food. There's not enough time to make it right now, and in this July weather, a lot of things will turn sour and spoil if left out for half a day, so they're not easy to bring.
Ji Wanmei sat at her desk, troubled.
Suddenly, her gaze fell on the cassette radio she often listened to on the bedside table.
This radio was bought for her by Lei Tingjun back then.
When they first confirmed their relationship, he bought a cassette tape of Teresa Teng's "Sweet Honey," and he rode his bicycle with her on the back seat to watch the sunset by a lake in the suburbs.
Ji Wanmei picked up the cassette radio, put in the Teresa Teng tape, tuned it to the "Sweet Honey" playback port, then closed it. She found a bag, put the letter she had just written into it, and sealed it with tape.
After doing all this, Ji Wanmei went out and took another car to A-Qiang's house.
Ah Qiang and the others won't leave until tonight; it's too hot in the afternoon because of the strong sun.
So, taking advantage of the rare gathering time this afternoon, A-Qiang invited his friends and brothers to play cards together in the yard.
When men play cards together, they inevitably smoke and drink.
Ah-Qiang reminded them beforehand that those who would be driving back later were not allowed to drink alcohol. Playing cards was fine, but drinking was absolutely forbidden.
Everyone has been following Lei Tingjun for so long, they all know the rules set by Boss Lei.
So everyone had a clear division of labor: those who drove could sit at the table and play cards, while those who didn't drive could drink and play drinking games on the side.
When Ji Wanmei arrived, Zhu Shuangyu was helping with the cleaning. This girl was really capable; she was good at everything, inside and out.
Seeing that several familiar faces were at the place where A-Qiang and his friends were playing cards, Ji Wanmei didn't go over. Instead, she handed the item to Zhu Shuangyan and said, "When A-Qiang and his friends leave, give this to them and have them take it back for me. Don't open the contents; you have to hand it over to Lei Tingjun personally."
"Okay, I will definitely pass on the message for you, so don't worry." Zhu Shuangyan carefully accepted the item.
Ji Wanmei then went back reassured.
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In the afternoon, besides the two tables of people who were still playing cards at A-Qiang's house, a group of aunties also stayed, sitting under the eaves of A-Qiang's house sewing shoe soles and chatting.
Zhu Shuangyan didn't want to participate in either event.
She originally planned to take her younger sister home first, as she was going to have an interview at the personnel department of Dongfang Factory in a couple of days, and there were quite a few things she needed to prepare.
But Ah Qiang was busy entertaining his brothers, and these aunties and uncles were all gossipy and loved to ask about all sorts of gossip, so Zhu Shuangyan didn't really like this atmosphere.
In addition, Ji Wanmei handed her two more items, asking her to give them to A-Qiang to take back to Pingdong.
So, Zhu Shuangyan took her younger sister upstairs to watch TV.
Although the TV was newly purchased, the antenna was already installed on the roof.
Shuangyan, the younger sister, had never seen a big color TV before. She was very excited and kept asking her older sister curiously, "Sister, are the people on TV real?"
"Of course it's true. The people on TV are all real people. They were filmed with a video camera and then transmitted to our TVs via closed-circuit television and antenna."
"How did that spread? It's amazing, like magic!"
Zhu Shuangyan tapped her younger sister on the head and said, "That's why you need to study hard and read books. You can learn all this knowledge through reading. Maybe our second sister can become a scientist someday!"
Shuangyan nodded earnestly: "Yes, sister, I will definitely study hard."
Since they were on the topic, Zhu Shuangyan sat down and spoke to her younger sister, "Second sister, our family used to be poor, and our parents couldn't afford to send both of us to university. Now that I'm about to start working, I can earn money, so you can focus on your studies and do whatever you can. I'll support your education from now on!"
"I want to be like Sister Ji Wanmei and get into the best university!" Shuangyan said, clenching her little fist.
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