"Are you coming back?" Luan Feng asked as soon as Wan Feng walked out the door.
"I'm not coming back. I'll go back to my grandma's house after I finish my work."
"Will you come tonight?"
"Aren't you going to your sister's house tomorrow? You don't have to go to the county town. I won't come over tonight. You can go to your grandma's house tomorrow morning and wait for me to go to school."
Luan Feng retracted his head slightly disappointed.
Wan Feng went home and rode his bike to Shutun.
Xu Bin still guarded the bookstall loyally, and when he saw Wan Feng coming, he took out the money he had saved.
Wan Feng hadn't been to Shutun for more than ten days, and Xu Bin had saved up four or five yuan in cash.
Wan Feng did not charge any money but just roughly estimated the amount of glass shards he had accumulated, which was probably only about two or three hundred kilograms.
Xu Meilin came running over happily, her face looking like a spotted dog's butt.
"Where's your new dress?"
"It's dirty. Mom washed it and hung it somewhere." Xu Meilin stretched out her orchid finger and pointed towards the yard.
Sure enough, her skirt was fluttering in the wind on the clothesline.
"Where's your mother?"
"Inside the house."
Wan Feng took Xu Meilin's hand and walked into her house. Her mother was washing vegetables in the house, apparently preparing dinner.
Wan Feng came mainly to find some work for Xu Bin's mother. Luan Feng was now going out to work, so Wan Feng had no reason not to think about Xu Bin's home.
If Luan Feng had not become a variable, Xu Meilin would have been his future wife. Although he couldn't marry her now, Wan Feng felt that he still had the responsibility to help her family live a better life.
Among the tasks of embroidery, buttonhole punching and button sewing, buttonhole punching and button sewing are a group of tasks, while the other two are separate tasks.
Making buttonholes is a rather troublesome job because of the limited space required.
Although this job is rather troublesome, it does not require much technical skills. Just make sure you don't make mistakes in the positions when drilling holes and sewing buttons. The most important thing is that this job is quite common, and almost every piece of clothing and pants has buttonholes, while overlocking is not commonly used. Luan Feng usually uses fire to save time and money.
You can earn one cent for making a buttonhole. A piece of clothing usually has five buttonholes, so making a piece of clothing can earn you five cents.
A normal housewife doesn't need to get up early and stay up late to buttonhole ten or eight pieces of clothing, and there is no pressure at all.
Of course Xu Bin's mother was more than happy to do so. After a short consideration, she decided to take the job of making buttonholes. If she could make ten pieces, she would earn fifty cents, which was a considerable income.
The task of picking up the goods back and forth naturally fell to Xu Bin.
"You know Luan Feng too. I was the one who asked you to get the work for your mother."
Xu Bin nodded.
"This bookstall is now yours. Of course, I'll still charge you for the books, but I'll give you this pile of glass stubble for free. From now on, just ask your dad to find a car to take it to the Cuitun Wire Drawing Factory. Wait for me to talk to Song Yuancheng."
Shu Wanfeng, a man of nearly eighty years, took six yuan from Xu Bin and gave two yuan to Xu Meilin. The girl was so happy that she almost flew up, showing off like she was holding a red flag. It was the first time in her life that she had such a large amount of money.
Wan Feng felt that being able to bring happiness to others was his greatest happiness. In his previous life, although he had an optimistic personality, he was not happy. Neither his life nor his family provided the soil for his happiness to thrive.
He is reborn this time. No matter what his fate will be in this life, the least he wants to do is to be happy. Not only should he be happy, but he should also make those around him happy with him.
Happiness is highly contagious. Wan Feng didn't have time to observe whether others were infected or not, but Luan Feng was definitely infected.
This can be seen from her rosy face as she stood under the big willow tree in front of her grandfather's house.
She wore her fake sportswear on the upper body, light gray pants on the lower body, and a pair of black cloth shoes on her feet. She was graceful and gave people a stunning feeling.
Wan Feng was so distracted that he almost bumped into the wall of Lao Li's house.
"Does this outfit look good on me?" Luan Feng asked lovingly.
"Damn it, didn't you see I almost hit my head against the wall? You're asking even though you already know the answer."
Although the words were crude, Luan Feng loved listening to them and even smiled with her eyes curved.
"I brought your clothes, do you want to wear them now?" This refers to the jacket.
"Wait until you get to your sister's house before wearing it. If I wear this now, I'll probably become a monkey being watched by others."
"No monkeys allowed." Luan Feng shouted.
"That's not fair. You can't stop others from being monkeys just because your nickname is Erhou. You're not from the same family as them."
Luan Feng giggled and jumped into the back seat of the car.
"I think you've gained weight again. I'm afraid you weigh about 180 pounds now, right?"
"You're talking nonsense again. I only weigh 102 kilograms now."
"Oh, you're 102 pounds skinny. I guess the big parts have changed. I like things that are a little fuller."
"You rascal!"
After turning east onto the village road leading to Shutun, Wan Feng also sped up slightly.
"Have you arranged everything at home?" The two of them might not be back until the afternoon, and Wan Feng was worried that Jiang Min couldn't handle it alone.
"What arrangements are there? Sister Min can handle it herself."
This was a heartless answer, and Wan Feng could only shake his head helplessly.
"I spread the word about your plans last afternoon and evening. Several girls from the valleys and the mountains took some work right away. That boy named Xu Bin from Shutun came too. You asked him to take the buttonhole work."
Luan Feng and Xu Bin both sold popsicles during the sports meet, so they naturally knew each other.
"Did you give it to him?"
"There are only six left, and I gave them all to him. I told him he had to return them before dark tonight."
The two of them walked and talked, and unknowingly they left the territory of Jiangwei Brigade and entered the territory of Huanghui Brigade, and came to the fork in the road leading to the southeast and northeast.
Going northeast will lead to Wangjiazhuang, while going southeast will lead to Huangjialing.
Wan Feng wanted to know the detailed address of Luan Feng's sister's house so that he could choose which route to take.
"Where does your sister live in Black Lagoon? How many times have you been there?"
"Xia Sun's family, I went there once last year. Do you know that place?"
Of course I know. In his previous life, Wan Feng had been to this place many times when he was pulling bricks with a truck. About five miles southeast of Sunjia is a place called Shanglou in Heijiao Commune.
This is the southeasternmost part of Heijiao Commune. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 broke out nearby a hundred years ago. There is also a memorial plaque for Lin Yongsheng in the area.
Wan Feng took a deep breath. That place was not close. Back then, it was a remote place far away from the emperor, so the people there were very wild. For many years afterwards, almost all the gangsters in the Black Reef Commune came from this area.
How could Luan Feng's sister marry into such a place?
If it weren't for the fact that they now live a richer life than in other places by fishing, Wan Feng would have suspected whether there would be pirates here.
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