Chapter 4 Chapter 4 There's Another Person to See

Behind the weeds taller than a person was the brigade's collective cornfield, and next to it were two rows of firewood piles.

The unbearable sound came from the second pile of firewood in the middle.

Wang Nian's hearing was better than Liu Chunhua's. She knew what was happening in front of her just by hearing a few tail notes.

His face immediately changed and he pulled Liu Chunhua, trying to retreat back into the cave.

We are all from the same team. If I run into an acquaintance, I will see him/her again. It’s so embarrassing just thinking about it.

"Wait!" Liu Chunhua twisted her body and was unwilling to leave. She even pulled Wang Nian forward two steps: "Listen to the sound."

Isn’t this man the target of their trip, Xie Hua?

As for the woman...it was not Xie Hua's girlfriend Jiang Yan, but Zhou Shanxiu, the daughter of the village chief of the neighboring village.

Both of them looked strange, and looked towards the haystack through the man-high weeds.

Zhou Shanxiu was fixing her hair. Xie Hua, who had not had time to put on his clothes, sat on the side of the haystack with his head resting on his chest.

"I heard that you were going on a blind date?"

From Wang Nian's point of view, Xie Hua has nothing to do with handsome guy, especially his pair of green bean-sized eyes, which reveal a cunning look no matter how you look at them.

The only thing that makes her better than the gay men in the village is her hairstyle and clothes.

It was because of their status as educated youth that the naive girls in the brigade would fantasize about marrying intellectuals, and naturally beautify other conditions.

The original body was one of those who was deceived by that skin.

Zhou Shanxiu straightened her clothes and untied her messy braid and re-braided it. Upon hearing this, she glared at Xie Hua and said, "You're so happy about me going on a blind date!"

This sentence sounds more like a coquettish rebuke than a rebuke.

"You know my situation. If you follow me, neither of us will be able to return to the city."

Zhou Shanxiu sneered and nodded in agreement.

"You and Jiang Yan are dating just to go back to the city. Others may not know this, but I do. Jiang Yan's father is not an ordinary person."

"I understand. By the way...who are you going to have a blind date with?"

Zhou Shanxiu raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "He is a senior engineer from Factory 431. He is a native of the capital."

Wang Nian could clearly see the smug expression, as if he was talking about a commodity with a clear price tag.

"What's that person's name? How about I ask someone to find out more about him for you?"

"Do you really need to ask? Who in Factory 431 doesn't know Shi Xiangming..."

Shi Xiangming?

Isn’t he the blind date that the old lady was talking about?

Zhou Shanxiu seemed to be particularly optimistic about this blind date and spoke a lot of good things about Shi Xiangming.

Not only are the conditions good, she also revealed that she had seen the man's appearance with her own eyes and he was very handsome.

At the end, Zhou Shanxiu seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly reminded Xie Hua sternly not to come to her unless necessary in the future, otherwise the introducer might hear rumors and ruin her business.

Xie Hua couldn't ask for more!

He stood up and rubbed Zhou Shanxiu's head and smacked his lips: "Then I wish you a happy marriage and a son soon!"

After saying that, he picked up his watch from the ground and put it on calmly. It was only when he took a closer look that he suddenly realized that it was already past dinner time.

"I have to get back to the Youth League Center as soon as possible. It will be troublesome if Captain Xiao comes looking for me later."

Xie Hua left in a hurry. Zhou Shanxiu tidied himself up slowly, spat at the receding figure, and cursed in a cold voice, "You piece of shit!" Then he swayed his back and dived into the cornfield.

The two waited for a while, until the only sound around them was the rustling of the wind, and then they emerged from the weeds.

"Bah!" Liu Chunhua spat in the direction where Xie Hua left: "What a pair of bastards."

Wang Nian looked in the direction Zhou Shanxiu left, seeming thoughtful.

She was actually curious about Shi Xiangming.

At the same time... I also want to see how beautiful this person Zhou Shanxiu praised as being as beautiful as a flower is.

***

Changshenggou, living area of ​​Factory 431.

"Why are you dawdling? If you go too late there won't be any seats left."

"Mom, I want a soda."

"Hurry up, hurry up, the loudspeakers are ringing."

Groups of people poured into the living area, bringing their elderly and children with them, making it very lively.

Wu Ying anxiously poked his head towards the gate, and finally saw Huang Qiuhong coming from the opposite direction among the crowd.

"Director Huang."

Wu Ying stood on tiptoe and waved her hands vigorously.

"I'm so sorry." Huang Qiuhong squeezed out of the crowd with great effort and quickly shook Wu Ying's hand with an apologetic look on her face: "Today, the cultural troupe from above came to perform a condolence show. We received a temporary notice and were busy until now."

"We didn't have to wait long."

In fact, they had been waiting for almost an hour.

Turning around, Wang Nian was still there. He had run to a bulletin board far away to practice Mandarin in front of various slogans.

"Let's go buy some soda to cool off. It's... too hot today."

Early summer has just arrived, and Vinci seems to have stepped into midsummer. He is sweating profusely even before he sees the sun in the early morning.

Huang Qiuhong was a passionate person by nature, and no matter how Wu Ying refused, she insisted on taking the two of them to the food department to rest for a while.

Nearly 20,000 employees and their families live in the living quarters of Factory 431, with cement roads extending to every corner.

Wang Nian remembered that the living quarters of Factory 431 were still under construction in full swing when he traveled through time, and they even made their own cement and bricks.

Wang Heping often lamented that there were too many talented people in the 431 factory, and they built a "city" in the ravines.

Today, as he personally walked on the cement road paved by countless people, Wang Nian felt the same emotion in his heart.

The living area of ​​Factory 431 is built in the middle of a valley between three mountains. Some buildings are also built on the northern mountainside and mountaintop. Looking around, you can see countless buildings rising one after another.

The interconnected cement roads lead to every corner, and rows of trees are planted on the roadside.

"This is our factory's guesthouse. In front is the hotel. We receive leaders and hold wedding ceremonies there..."

Huang Qiuhong introduced the buildings that the people saw as they passed by.

Supply and marketing cooperatives, factory shops, hospitals, canteens, bathhouses, cinemas, schools...

Everything that is available in the commune is available here, and even things that are not available in the commune are available in factories.

For example, there are employee clubs, kindergartens, and even star-studded stadiums and small parks, which are recreational facilities that are unimaginable in rural areas.

Even though he had a modern soul, these facilities still dazzled Wang Nian.

All the facilities make the entire 431 factory a "small society" where birth, aging, illness and death can all take place in the living area.

Of course, the largest number of these are family buildings.

"Rest here for a while and then we'll go see the family building."

It took fifteen minutes to walk from the front door to the food department. Huang Qiuhong asked the two of them to take a rest on the bench at the door.

"No wonder all the unmarried women in the commune consider it an honor to marry into the 431 Factory. Today I have finally opened my eyes!"

The factory had been built for several years, but Wu Ying and Wang Nian had never been there. She couldn't bear to spend 50 cents on a movie ticket.

"The factory is better built than the county town?" Wang Nian, who had never been to the county town, couldn't help but wonder: "What is the county town like?"

"The roads in the county are much worse than this." Wu Ying said truthfully, and pointed to a place not far away: "Do you see that car? There are no cars like that in the county."

Wang Nian turned around and saw a green jeep parked not far away, waiting for the crowd to pass before starting to move forward.

The car is tall and the two white headlights on the front are very eye-catching.

The car drove past, and the profiles of two people flashed by. The young man in the back seat tilted his head to look out the window, and Wang Nian withdrew his gaze at this moment.

"It must be the leader of the factory." Wu Ying guessed again.

"Here, have some soda."

A few minutes later, Huang Qiuhong came out of the business department holding three bottles of soda and handed one to each of the two people.

The orange soda has a saccharin taste, but it is icy and cool and very thirst-quenching.

Wang Nian took two sips and suddenly asked, "Does Director Huang know Comrade Zhou Shanxiu?"

"I don't know her!" Huang Qiuhong was surprised. Wu Ying also asked in confusion: "Are you talking about Zhou Daneng's eldest daughter?"

Wang Nian nodded and continued, "Comrade Zhou Shanxiu is also going to have a blind date with Comrade Shi Xiangming. I heard it will be today."

At the scene of the affair that day, Zhou Shanxiu clearly revealed the time of the blind date, and also specifically reminded Xie Hua to pretend not to know him if they met on the road.

At that time, Wu Ying had not yet asked anyone to deliver a letter to Huang Qiuhong, and the specific date for the meeting had not been determined.

It was not until Wang Nian received the news to go to the man’s factory to check the situation that she realized it was the same day.

"There's more!" Huang Qiuhong stood up anxiously and put the soda she had just taken two sips of on the table. "I want to see who wants to snatch my matchmaking cloth."

Wang Nian was pulled to stand up before he even finished his soda. He no longer had the energy to introduce the factory's situation and led his people to the family area.

Along the way, Huang Qiuhong still took the time to explain Shi Xiangming's current situation to Wang Nian.

"Comrade Shi has just been transferred here not long ago, so he is still living in a single dormitory, but don't worry..."

Shi Xiangming was single when he arrived, and his two children were temporarily left in the care of his grandparents.

I originally thought that I would bring my children here once I settled down, and the factory would arrange housing for them. However, I didn't expect that I would be so busy as soon as I arrived. I was loaned out to the county tractor factory for two months on business trip just when I had some free time.

"I'll tell you something in secret..." Huang Qiuhong grabbed Wang Nian's arm and whispered as they walked to a building that looked like it had just been built a few days ago: "Comrade Shi will have a share in this staff building."

You can't see what's inside from the outside, but just looking at the washed stone walls you can tell that it's much better than the red brick buildings.

Wang Nian didn't think too much, but when he turned around, his attention was attracted by another figure.

"Isn't that Zhou Shanxiu?" Wu Ying obviously also saw the people walking towards the dormitory building.

Huang Qiuhong's eyebrows jumped and she hurriedly looked over.

Upon seeing this, his face instantly darkened, his lips moved several times, and he must have cursed the leader many times in his heart.

"Zhou Tong's wife, Wang Wenfang!"

"Does Director Huang know him?"

"It's a long story..."

The conflict between Huang Qiuhong and Wang Wenfang can be traced back to before they moved to Changshengpo. Now is not the time to talk about those long-standing grudges in detail.

Seeing a few people walking into the dormitory building chatting and laughing, I could only say helplessly: "Let's go to my house and rest first."

She had to understand the situation first. If Shi Xiangming and Zhou Shanxiu fell in love with each other, Huang Qiuhong, the introducer, would be in big trouble.