Yao Youjun opened his mouth, wanting to say that he really didn't need your help to bring anything, but thinking of his brother-in-law's usual sharp temper, he swallowed what he wanted to say and asked instead.
"How long will it take?"
"Four or five months if everything goes well, and five or six months if things don't go well?"
“Not necessarily…”
"What? Is it taking that long? Why isn't it going well?"
Chu Tian straightened up helplessly and looked at Yao Youjun. "Do you think long-distance driving is that easy? Doesn't the car have problems all the time? When it breaks down, if there's no place to go, don't you have to fix it yourself? Won't repairing the car be a waste of time?"
"Also, we don't get to rest on the road? We can't keep going for 24 hours, right?"
"oh···"
Yao Youjun also felt that the question he asked was quite stupid, and his expression was a little embarrassed at the moment.
Chu Tian laughed, "Okay, during the few months I'm away from home, if you have nothing to do, come over to my house more often..."
Yao Youjun nodded and assured, "Brother-in-law, don't worry. I'll come over to check on you when I'm off duty."
Chu Tian nodded, "It doesn't have to be that frequent, just come and see me once every ten days or half a month."
Yao Youjun agreed "OK" but was thinking in his heart that ten days or half a month would not be enough. He was only on duty every five days anyway, so he could come over every night when he was not on duty. It was not winter yet anyway, and it got dark late at night. He got off work at 7:30, so he could ride his bike here and arrive at around 8:00, and then go back at around 10:00 in the evening.
Inside the house, Liu Jiali looked at the pieces of rabbit skin Yao Xiujuan had given her, blinked, and said, "Sister, why don't you keep the rabbit skin? Didn't you say you won't allow us to keep rabbits at home anymore?"
Yao Xiujuan smiled gently at her and said, "Your brother-in-law said that if we raise rabbits in a centralized manner, we can still get a share of rabbit skins every year. Even if we can't get as many as before, we can still exchange them with the team members."
Liu Jiali nodded in understanding, "Oh, that's not bad."
Then she smiled and said, "My mother used the rabbit fur you gave us last year to make me a pair of sleeves (I think they're called hand sleeves in Northeast China). She also installed one on the handlebars of our friendly soldiers' bicycles. In winter, we use them to go to and from get off work. They're really warm, even warmer than cotton sleeves!"
Yao Xiujuan smiled when she heard this, "Auntie will find a way, I never thought of it."
Liu Jiali blinked, "Didn't my elder sister do it for my elder brother-in-law?"
Yao Xiujuan shook her head honestly, "No, your brother-in-law wears gloves every day, so I never thought about it."
"But you reminded me. I was planning to make a rabbit fur vest for your brother-in-law and two pairs of insoles for him to wear."
After she finished speaking, Yao Xiujuan took out the rabbit skin that she had just put away in the closet.
Liu Jiali thought for a moment and said, "Sister, I'll help you with the cutting."
Yao Xiujuan smiled and nodded, "Okay."
In fact, Yao Xiujuan has made quite a few clothes in the past few years, but her skills have not improved much, especially her talent for tailoring has not been ignited. On the contrary, Liu Jiali, who had never made clothes since childhood, often made clothes for Yao Youjun after getting married. Although her skills are not as good as Yao Xiuli and Chu Lifang, they are much better than Yao Xiujuan.
"Brother Tian..."
After work in the evening, when Chu Tian and Yao Youjun were about to go home, they heard someone calling him. When they turned around, they saw Sun Weiguo running towards them.
"Weiguo?"
"Brother Weiguo..."
Sun Weiguo ran up to the two of them and asked, "Are our friendly troops here?"
Yao Youjun smiled and nodded, "Well, after taking a break, I came to see my eldest sister and brother-in-law."
After hearing this, Sun Weiguo said "hmm" and then fell silent.
Although Yao Youjun was simple-minded, he wasn't stupid. How could he not understand at that moment? Sun Weiguo was looking for his brother-in-law to talk about something, so he smiled and greeted him.
"Brother-in-law, before we left this afternoon, I heard Grandma Chu say that she wanted to clean up the granary after work today so that she could put in new grain. I'll go back and help her."
Chu Tian nodded and said, "Go ahead."
After he left, he looked at Sun Weiguo and raised his eyebrows, "Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Sun Weiguo smiled foolishly, "Hey, Brother Tian, how did you know I had something to talk to you about?"
Chu Tian looked at him as if he were a fool. "How do you think I know that? You looked so conflicted after you finished speaking. Even my brother-in-law could see it, so how could I not see it?"
"Stop wasting time, I have to hurry home."
Sun Weiguo scratched his head, thought for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "Brother Tian, doesn't Xu Fei work at the grain station? I met him when I was delivering goods before the busy farming season. He said the grain station is short of temporary workers to carry grain. What do you think I..."
Chu Tian frowned, "Do you want to be a temporary worker?"
Sun Weiguo muttered foolishly, "I want to be a regular employee, but I can't..."
Chu Tian looked at Sun Weiguo and said casually, "If you want to go, go ahead. Why are you looking for me? I don't know anyone else in the grain station except Xu Fei."
Sun Weiguo looked frustrated, "But my father won't let me go..."
"Why?"
Chu Tian felt very surprised. According to what he knew about Captain Sun, he was eager for his children and grandchildren to go to work and be willing to do anything. Why would he not let them do that?
Sun Weiguo sat down on the ground, picking at the grass roots with his hands. After a while, he sighed, "My father thinks this temporary worker at the grain station is not a good job. He only gets thirteen yuan a month and nothing else..."
"The most important thing is that this temporary job is really just a temporary job. It only lasts three months, from September to the end of November..."
“There is no possibility of becoming a regular employee…”
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, then looked at Sun Weiguo with a half-smile, "Then why did you ask me to do that? To ask me to persuade the captain to let you go?"
Sun Weiguo was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I want to ask Brother Tian, is it really bad to work there?"
"Don't you already have the answer yourself? Why are you asking me?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Weiguo said "Huh?" stupidly, indicating that he didn't understand.
Chu Tian smiled helplessly, "If you think being a temporary worker at the grain station is a good job, even if Captain Sun objects, you will still go there firmly instead of asking me what I think."
Sun Weiguo nodded slowly. "I was really happy when I first heard the news, but now I'm a little hesitant after hearing my father's objection..."
After a pause, Sun Weiguo raised his head and looked at Chu Tian who was standing there. "Brother Tian, although I don't plan to do this temporary job anymore, I still want to hear your opinion."
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