Chapter 207
early morning.
Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing led the two little ones to the commune, and Zhao Yi carried ten kilograms of pork sent by his father-in-law Zhang Fusheng.
As soon as I arrived at the commune, I met Zhao Yan and Chen Yan.
"Are you busy so early in the morning?"
Zhang Jing joked with a smile.
"Aunt, uncle."
When the two little ones saw Zhao Yan and Chen Yan, they immediately shouted happily. After getting along with each other for half a year, they had already become familiar with Zhao Yan.
"Brother, sister-in-law, and our eldest daughter Baoxuan, are you back from Wangou Village? The head of the family, hurry up and make breakfast for Brother Yi and the others."
Zhao Yan greeted him and then shouted to Chen Yan who was grinning foolishly at the side.
"Don't worry, we've already eaten in Zhangjia Village, and now we're here to catch the bus back to the district, and we came to see you on the way."
Zhang Jing waved her hand and said.
"That won't work."
Zhao Yan hurriedly pulled everyone into the house.
There are two rows of bookshelves in the room, and a row of fixed wooden boards on each side of the wall, about fifty to sixty centimeters above the ground. There are small stools all around, and there is a lit stove in the room at just the right temperature.
The bookshelf is filled with picture books, and they are classified according to the words written on them.
As you enter the door, there is a sewing machine at the window. The window is installed with glass, which provides good lighting. Next to it is a work table for cutting clothes.
At this time, there were already young people sitting in the house reading picture books.
"These are customers who are waiting to get their clothes and are reading comic books to kill time."
Zhao Yan explained that she was afraid that Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing would think that it was the relatives in the family who gave out red envelopes randomly, knowing that her cousin and his wife liked to give red envelopes when they met.
"It's well-run and looks good."
Zhao Yi looked at the layout of the room and nodded in admiration.
"Isn't this the advice you gave to Brother Yan?"
Zhao Yan smiled.
After reluctantly eating a boiled egg in sugar water each and chatting for a while, Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing got up to say goodbye. When they left, Zhang Jing and Zhao Yan quarreled for a while. Zhang Jing forced a red envelope into Zhao Yan's mouth when Zhao Yan wasn't paying attention and then ran towards Zhao Yi with a smile.
Giving red envelopes now is like fighting a war. Both sides will refuse for a long time before accepting it.
"I see she's fully booked for this month."
Zhang Jing looked at Zhao Yi and smiled. Knowing that Zhao Yan was stable, Zhang Jing felt relieved.
"Good skills, polite words, and fair prices are all in everyone's heart."
Zhao Yi nodded and said.
Zhao Yan is the only one around here who makes clothes for people, and her craftsmanship is no worse than those bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, and the price is just right and not expensive. Who doesn't want to use a sewing machine to sew? Zhao Yan will even process the leftover fabric into insoles for people for free at night. It would be strange if someone like her doesn't do well in business.
We are just starting out now, and business will be better in the future.
Alter trouser legs, mend seams, and process clothes.
"The most important thing I taught her at the factory was not to quarrel with others. If she couldn't stand it, she should just ignore them. Even if they were on bad terms and someone came to her asking for help, she would help them if she could, and not make enemies with them.
She is at an age when she is proud and arrogant. She may not fully understand these things, but it will be good when she understands them in the future. ”
Zhang Jing said as she recalled the days when she taught Zhao Yan in the factory.
"I think they can live a good life. They are both smart people. You don't need to worry too much about them."
Zhao Yi smiled.
Chen Yan was able to judge the situation and knew that his parents would not care too much about him, so he paved the way for himself in advance. Zhao Yan was able to concentrate on learning the craft from Zhang Jing and did not leave until Zhang Jing said she had become a master. Neither of them was stupid.
From time to time, Chen Yan would buy two bottles of wine and give a pound or two of meat to Zhao Yi, which showed that he understood the ways of the world.
At this time, Zhao Yan was busy processing shirts for people.
They had to start working right after the Chinese New Year. After knowing that clothes could be made here for only 60 cents a set, many people from Wangou Village came to place orders. Zhang Jing recorded many people's names in her little notebook.
Each piece of cloth also had a name written on it.
"When are you guys going to deliver the things?"
Zhao Yan looked at Chen Yan and asked.
"It's the sixth day of the New Year. I have to go to Xiongjia Village on the fifth day to prepare and go there early in the morning on the sixth day. My brother-in-law and his family will go back on the fifth day to clean the restaurant."
Chen Yan said without thinking that these things were decided when they had dinner in the district.
There will be a wedding banquet on the eighth day of the New Year, and Chen Yan has arranged everything that needs to be prepared when he returned to Xiongjia Village.
At this time, both Xiongjia Village and the hunter village in Qixingao received orders, one from Chen Yan and the other from Zhao Laowu. Now, all the kids in the village are wearing new rubber-soled shoes and new clothes, and many of them have gone to school.
Everyone stepped into the ankle-deep snow.
Although they had never been into the mountains at the beginning of the year, in order to complete the orders, everyone still chose to go into the mountains to hunt.
Wearing thick fur coats and leather boots, carrying hunting rifles and dry food, they walked carefully on the snow. It was very dangerous to go into the mountains on a snowy day. A single step on empty air could result in falling into a trap or falling far away. The danger of injury is greater than the danger posed by animals, so the only way to avoid stepping on empty space is to follow the animal's footprints.
Along the way, they could occasionally see squirrels on the branches, as well as hungry rabbits that came out to look for food, but these were not the target of their trip. Only larger prey could complete the orders they had received.
In order to find bigger prey, everyone had to move on and go deeper into the mountains, where there were few people and this was the winter habitat for most animals.
One advantage of hunting in the snow is that you can track traces of animal activity, but this is not necessarily the case. A heavy snowfall will cover up all traces of animal activity.
It would take one or two days to reach the destination. In order not to waste time, everyone went into the mountains early in the morning on New Year's Day.
Zhao Yi, who had just returned to the area in the afternoon, didn't know about these things.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the wedding banquet, I also told Zhao Laowu that if it really doesn't work, I can just ask those families in the village who have meat to buy some at a higher price.
"Master, let's not cook dinner tonight. Let's go to my cousin's house to eat. We can also visit grandpa and grandma while we're at it."
Zhang Jing said as soon as she returned to the yard.
"OK."
Zhao Yi nodded.
After three days of rest, Zhao Yi will have to go back to the repair shop to work tomorrow, while Zhang Jing and the others will not start work until the sixth day of the New Year.
When I arrived at my cousin Li Baoguo's home in Gongyuan Hutong, I found the door closed and it seemed that no one was at home.
"Comrade Zhao, you are here to look for Comrade Li, right? He left in a hurry with his family on his 28th, saying that something happened at home. I helped him lock the door."
A neighbor came out to explain.
"Did my cousin say what it was?"
Zhao Yi asked.
"There was no explanation. The person who came said that the old lady might not be able to make it. That's all I heard."
The neighbor thought about it carefully and said.
"Thank you, comrade."
After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Jing and had to go back to Shanyang County.
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