Chapter 71 Chapter 71 (Update)

The short Spring Festival holiday passed by in a flash, and Shen Shaoyuan had to start working again. He had to ride his bike to and from the commune and the village every day in the wind and rain. It was very hard.

Fortunately, Shen Moer had to go to the commune after the beginning of the year. The ninth workshop did not start work so soon, but Shen Moer and Geng Liming had agreed to open a one-year art class in the commune middle school to select painting seedlings. So basically she had to go to work in the commune when the commune middle school started.

The commune arranged housing for the three management levels of the ninth workshop in the family courtyard. They were all small suites with two bedrooms and a living room. The workshop director Mao Jianxin and the deputy director Jin Caifei had already moved in. Shen Moer took the key and did not even go to see it herself, and directly handed the key to Shen Shaoyuan.

While Shen Shaoyuan was at work, he asked someone to help clean the house.

There were many apprentices in the kiln factory. The wages were not high, so they would take some odd jobs privately, usually in the name of helping colleagues. In fact, those who knew how to do it knew how to do it. For example, cleaning the house was considered an easy job. Shen Shaoyuan paid a lot, and the people made the money easily and were very happy. It was also a happy ending.

Shen Shaoyuan was really not good at doing these things, but after the beginning of the year, their publicity department was also busy, so he used the excuse that everyone at home was busy to find people to do the work.

Others also understood. Although Shen Shaoyuan had only been in the kiln factory for a short time, he had been promoted from a temporary worker to a regular worker and then to a deputy section chief, just like riding a rocket, because he was really busy. Basically, he was responsible for all the work of the publicity department. The other two, section chief Xu Weiguo and clerk Ding Lixin, could only help him.

Since Shen Shaoyuan came, their factory's publicity work had been praised by the superior authorities many times. Many units found various excuses to borrow people, and many wanted to poach people, so the kiln factory leaders hurriedly promoted him, mainly to keep him.

Shen Shaoyuan is not a taciturn person. He is quite talkative and often shows off his daughter to others. Therefore, the people in the kiln factory know that although he has only one daughter, she is also very capable. When she was a teacher, she brought two little kids to win the second prize in the province, and they were the only ones in the city to win the second prize. Later, they also got in touch with the embroidery factory in the provincial capital. For her embroidery skills, they directly built a workshop in their commune, which is even more amazing. Look, Shen Shaoyuan hasn't even had a room yet, but the commune has already allocated a room for his daughter. Everyone is envious and naturally thinks that the daughter is so amazing, she must be busy all the time!

As for Shen Shaoyuan's son-in-law, it is said that he is also very capable and is doing some crop yield increase experiment. He must have a lot of things to do in the early spring.

So Shen Shaoyuan asked someone to help clean the house. No one thought it was strange. Some people even asked for help. However, Shen Shaoyuan did not bother others and found an apprentice to clean the house.

After the house was cleaned, Shen Shaoyuan began to bring things to the commune from time to time. They were scheduled to move on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, but they could bring some small things before that.

That day, Shen Shaoyuan was rushing home from work, riding his bicycle very fast. When he was about to reach the entrance of the village, a person suddenly appeared on the side of the road. He was about to hit him. Shen Shaoyuan immediately pulled the brakes and stepped on the ground at the same time. With a pause, he stopped the bicycle just in front of the person.

Shen Shaoyuan frowned and looked at the person. It was a woman in her forties. She was obviously not young, but she had two braids and wore a bright red cotton jacket. If you didn't look at her face, she looked like a young girl of seventeen or eighteen. The woman had a decent appearance, especially her eyes, which were big and watery. When she looked at people, she looked a little pitiful.

It was a stranger, but there was an inexplicable familiarity between her eyebrows and eyes. Shen Shaoyuan thought about it and understood.

Zhou Chuntao.

This person's appearance was quite different from what Shen Laoqi remembered. Perhaps Shen Laoqi had not seen Zhou Chuntao since she got married. In his memory, Zhou Chuntao was still a 17 or 18-year-old girl, so Shen Shaoyuan really didn't remember her at first.

"Shaoyuan."

Zhou Chuntao looked at Shen Shaoyuan affectionately.

Shen Shaoyuan frowned. How should I put it? People in Yangliu Brigade usually called Shen Laoqi, Laoqi, or Seventh Brother, Seventh Uncle, or Seventh Grandpa according to their seniority. This was the first time Shen Shaoyuan heard someone calling his name in the village. It was a bit awkward.

Shen Shaoyuan said coldly: "Sister Zhou, you should be more careful when you walk. If I hadn't reacted in time, I would have bumped into you. Fortunately, I braked in time and didn't hit you, and my bicycle wasn't damaged. Otherwise, it would be troublesome."

Zhou Chuntao choked. She was a few months older than Shen Laoqi, but Shen Laoqi couldn't just call her Sister Zhou. It sounded like she was that old.

But now was not the time to argue. She looked sad and looked at Shen Shaoyuan delicately: "Shaoyuan, we grew up together, so we can be considered childhood sweethearts. Although we haven't been in touch for various reasons, in my heart, our feelings will not change no matter how much time passes. These years, I often think of every little thing we did back then. We collected firewood together, worked together, we..."

Shen Shaoyuan interrupted her: "Sister Zhou, it's getting late, and my daughter is waiting for me to go back for dinner. You don't have to try to make friends with me. After all, we didn't collide, and my bike wasn't damaged. Don't worry, I definitely won't ask you for compensation."

Zhou Chuntao was choked again.

Damn it, who is going to compensate you for your bicycle, your second-hand broken bicycle!

She twitched her lips, and the tender expression on her face almost couldn't be maintained. After calming down with great difficulty, her voice was choked with sobs: "Shao Yuan, I know that you must have been blaming me all these years, blaming me for not responding to you at the beginning. In fact, although you didn't say anything at the time, I knew it in my heart. I was very moved by your silent care and protection for me. But you also know that my parents, hey, they should have passed away, I I shouldn’t say anything about them anymore, but, but because they despised the poor and loved the rich, I lost a very good person. In fact, I have been somewhat resentful of them in my heart all these years. However, they are my parents after all, and I have always respected and obeyed them. Besides, I was young at that time and did not dare to disobey them, so…”

Shen Shaoyuan glanced at the handlebars of the bicycle that were held by Zhou Chuntao, and thought to himself, isn’t it just acting? Am I, Shen Shaoyuan, afraid of you?

He suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "Sister Zhou, I know that you were deeply in love with Wang Daniu back then, but unfortunately you were separated by your parents. But I didn't expect that you still miss him after so many years. Come to think of it, you two are quite destined to be together. His wife ran away two years ago, and your husband died last year. Now you are both single again. You told me all this today because you want me to help you get together, right? You are right. We grew up together since childhood, and I should help you with this. It's okay, don't worry, I will talk to Daniu tomorrow. It's not good for a woman like you to take the initiative in this kind of thing. I will talk to him and let him take the initiative."

Zhou Chuntao: "???"

Damn, what the hell are you talking about? !

Who would like Wang Daniu? His mother was so poor that she was broke. His wife ran away because she couldn't make ends meet and left three children to him. He was a poor family who had to borrow food and money from the production team every year. Who could have a destiny with him?!

Zhou Chuntao was about to collapse.

She felt that she knew Shen Shaoyuan very well. He was honest since he was a child and didn't know how to refuse. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been fooled by his two brothers even though his father had planned for him and left him two big houses with blue bricks and tiles.

In addition, she knew that Shen Shaoyuan had liked her before, so before stopping Shen Shaoyuan today, Zhou Chuntao was very confident and felt that it was easy to coax Shen Shaoyuan.

Zhou Chuntao even thought about showing her affection first to keep him hanging, and then waiting for Shen Shaoyuan to ask her to marry him. At that time, she would definitely not agree immediately, and she must discuss the conditions with him.

I heard that his daughter got a room in the commune, so the two rooms in Yangliu Brigade should be reserved for her daughter Xu Qi. Xu Qi is a boy, and he will be able to set up his own family in the future. She didn't ask for the room in the commune, which was already polite.

Also, his daughter should arrange a job for Xu Wei. Isn't his daughter the deputy director of the ninth workshop? Wouldn't it be too much to arrange a small team leader for Xu Wei? Such a good position must be arranged for a family member, so that the family member can help her with all their heart and soul, right? Otherwise, she is a little girl, and she suddenly becomes a leader, how can she control people?

Oh, right, let his daughter also arrange a job for herself. Such a big workshop must have logistics, such as those departments that control money and things, so it is even more necessary to arrange for family members to help look after it.

Her Xu Qi is still young now, but when she grows up, she can take over his daughter's job. By then, she might be able to be not only deputy director, but also director or factory manager.

Zhou Chuntao had beautiful thoughts, and she had imagined the next ten or twenty years. How could she have thought that she would be stuck at the first step, which was the most reliable?

She was stunned, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether Shen Shaoyuan was speaking the truth or just angrily.

After thinking about it, Zhou Chuntao still felt that Shen Shaoyuan must have done it on purpose, he must have said it angrily, he just blamed her for not choosing him, so now he deliberately mentioned Wang Daniu, that jerk, to annoy her.

Yes, that must be the case.

Zhou Chuntao once again prepared herself mentally, trying to mobilize the stiff muscles on her face and put on a tearful expression: "Shaoyuan, I know you are angry with me--"

"Dad, who is this?"

A voice suddenly rang out.

Zhou Chuntao had been brewing for a long time, but the emotions that she had finally managed to build up were interrupted again.

Shen Moer came over and glanced at Zhou Chuntao. When she saw Zhou Chuntao's appearance clearly, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and then said with a confused look: "What are you doing? Dad, did you hit this aunt? Why is she holding on to the handlebar of your bicycle?"

Shen Shaoyuan looked helpless and said: "It's not that we hit her, but we almost did. Don't worry, our bicycles are not damaged, so I didn't ask this sister Zhou to compensate. She held on to the handlebar of my bicycle because, hey, she and your uncle Daniu have been childhood sweethearts and are in love with each other, so she wanted to find me to match them up. This is a small matter. Don't worry, sister Zhou, I will do my best. So you really don't need to... "You are holding on to my bicycle. You should believe in my character."

Zhou Chuntao felt like a dog biting a hedgehog and had nowhere to bite. She argued, "No, Shaoyuan, don't say angry words. I am not going to be with Wang Daniu. I have nothing to do with him. I am with you..."

Shen Moer's eyes flashed, she pursed her lips, walked over and patted Zhou Chuntao's hand, interrupted her and said, "Auntie, don't worry. You see, my father has said that he will do his best. You can rest assured. My father has no time. I am still in the team. I can help. We are waiting for my father to have dinner at home, so I won't talk to you more."

Zhou Chuntao's arm was numb when she was patted by her, and she let go of her hand involuntarily.

Shen Shaoyuan took the opportunity to ride on the bike and left in a flash.

Shen Moer slowly let go of Zhou Chuntao and said with a smile: "Aunt Zhou, don't worry, this matter is up to us father and daughter."

Zhou Chuntao finally came to her senses and grabbed Shen Moer: "No, Moer, your father misunderstood, there is nothing between me and Wang Daniu, I am..."

Shen Moer smiled harmlessly: "Aunt Zhou, since there is nothing between you and Uncle Daniu, then don't show up in front of my father in the future, otherwise, I will definitely ask Uncle Daniu, since you are childhood sweethearts and have a lot in love, why don't you try to renew your relationship?"

"Goodbye, Aunt Zhou."

Shen Moer said and went home.

Zhou Chuntao was left standing there, her face was pale and blue, if she didn't react to what the father and daughter meant at this time, she would be really stupid.

At the beginning, she was too sure of Shen Shaoyuan's friendship with her, so she never considered Shen Shaoyuan's unwillingness. Now she came to her senses and thought, damn, Shen Shaoyuan was talking about Wang Daniu on purpose!

Shen Moer's last few words were naked threats, meaning that from now on, don't show up in front of Shen Shaoyuan, otherwise they will find a way to make her and Wang Daniu a pair.

This black-hearted girl.