On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year's Eve, the Song family sat together and had a lively meal. Everyone was very considerate and did not mention Song Desheng and Tang Man.
Jiang Wanyue noticed that Song Huaizhi's mood was not right.
After the two little ones fell asleep, she pulled Song Huaizhi to sit down at the desk. She first asked about his recent studies, and then said, "Huaizhi, I know you are still thinking about your father. Mom wants to tell you that he didn't choose us. It's not my fault, nor is it your fault. It's his fault. It's not worth worrying about a person who made a mistake."
Song Huaizhi's voice was a little hoarse: "I know, he wants to be a city dweller. If we become city dwellers in the future, then will Dad..."
"Huaizhi!" Jiang Wanyue looked at him seriously, "A person who abandoned us, even if he chooses to come back in the future, we should not accept him again, because he will leave again, do you understand?"
This child looks mature, but he is actually very soft-hearted.
She was really a little worried that if Song Desheng acted pitifully in the future, Huaizhi would choose to forgive him.
Song Huaizhi nodded, not quite understanding.
In the next few days, we will buy New Year’s goods and prepare for the New Year.
Taking advantage of her free time, Jiang Wanyue took a few children to the county town to watch a movie. After the movie, they went to the department store to buy things. Each of them got a new set of clothes, a New Year gift, and a variety of snacks...
Amidst all the busyness, New Year's Eve soon arrived.
The Song family gathered together to celebrate the New Year. The four sisters-in-law and Zhou Xiugui prepared dinner together, and the children set off firecrackers in the yard. It was very lively.
"Wanyue, it is our Song family who is sorry for you!" Song Dahai raised his rice wine and said in a heavy voice, "Song Desheng is no longer my son. I have discussed with your mother-in-law and want to recognize you as my daughter. From now on, you are no longer a daughter-in-law, but a member of our Song family!"
Jiang Wanyue raised her glass with a smile: "Whether it's a daughter-in-law or a daughter, we are all a family."
Song Defa stood up and said, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about those unhappy things. Let's drink together and wish our Song family more and more prosperous in the coming year!"
The New Year's Eve meal this year was very sumptuous, with all kinds of fish and meat, which was even better than last year. Moreover, because hybrid rice was planted in advance, every household received much more rice, and the table was finally no longer filled with grain and sweet potato porridge, but solid white rice.
Jiang Wanyue knew that life had improved for every household in Xiaojing Brigade.
The tide of history rolls forward, and amid anticipation, 1976 has arrived.
It snowed on the first day of the New Year. The children, wearing thick clothes, were throwing snowballs and having snowball fights in the yard.
Jiang Wanyue prepared many New Year gifts. She took her children and rode in a truck to pay New Year's greetings to the village team leader, the commune secretary, the county secretary and leaders, as well as the factory directors from all parties involved... Relationships need to be maintained, and the New Year is the best time to maintain them.
The New Year holidays were spent visiting each other, eating, drinking and playing cards.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the factory officially started operations.
When the winter snow had not yet melted, the Xiaojing Brigade began to get busy and bustling.
Half of the employees in the two factories are from Xiaojing Brigade, and the other half are from the other nine brigades of Hongqi Commune. In the past, these brigades had fought many times over various resource issues such as water and land. Now they all work in the same factory and have basically put aside their grudges.
Jiang Wanyue called a meeting of all employees and distributed red envelopes of two yuan to each person as a start-of-work bonus.
After everything in the factory was on track, she started to do another big thing, something she had been thinking about since she came here, that is, to connect the electricity!
By the end of last year, the commune had already produced a proposal.
The budget was 560,000 yuan and it took three months.
In other words, Xiaojing Brigade will be able to use electricity by the end of April this year.
Jiang Wanyue suppressed her excitement and looked at Secretary Ji and said, "I don't think there is any problem with the proposal. Let's arrange for people to start work."
Secretary Ji nodded, called the employee in charge of this work over, and carefully explained many details.
The next day, a large truck drove into the village.
But because they were skiing and the ground was wet, the truck accidentally fell into a ditch. It took more than 20 big men to push the truck out.
Jiang Wanyue sighed.
Providing electricity is a big deal, and building roads is also a big deal.
As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, build roads first. Building roads should be put on the agenda.
However, building roads is not an easy task. The cost is much higher than that of providing electricity. It may be a bit difficult this year, so we can only wait until next year.
The truck drove to the farthest Fengshou Brigade and started to unload the electric poles. The villagers who had nothing to do came to help spontaneously...
Once the electricity is turned on and running, Jiang Wanyue no longer needs to worry about anything.
She took a truck to the provincial capital and stopped in front of the store.
In early winter last year, the store began to be demolished and rebuilt. After two months, the store was completed. It is three stories high and looks very grand.
In about half a month, the construction of the store will be completed, and the next step is decoration.
Nowadays, the concept of decoration is actually not very clear, and there are no specialized decoration units. It all depends on the homeowner to decide how to decorate the house.
Fortunately, the newly hired male salesmen were very reliable and could understand the drawings, so Jiang Wanyue was completely relieved.
She turned and went to the Friendship Store.
Holding the pass, she walked in unimpeded. She saw Lin Jin sitting at the door of the counter, eating melon seeds with Sister Bai.
Seeing her coming, Lin Jin quickly stood up and greeted her: "The factory director is here, I just boiled some water to make tea, come, have a cup to warm yourself up first."
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