As New Year's Day passed, the Spring Festival was not far away. Old monkey and his group decided to make chemical fiber cotton, so they took people to the south to inspect. The production situation in the factory was not good, and everyone's minds became scattered.

Early that morning, I came to work on a hard road. Before I could even sit firmly at the security class, Senior Brother Xiao Cai walked in. He had a small face and a beard, and he looked very haggard.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked a little strangely.

"It's nothing, I'll ask you something." Senior Brother Xiao Cai called me out of the door and pulled me into the big workshop. "I heard that you went to have Li Qin's wedding banquet a few days ago?"

I said "um" and was thinking about how to explain it. Senior Brother Xiao Cai didn't seem to care, but continued to stare at me and asked, "Are you going with Yin Hong?"

"Yes..." I nodded affirmatively.

"Are you really in love?" A look of inexplicable expression appeared in Senior Brother Xiao Cai's eyes.

"How to say...even if it's right." I felt a little upset in my heart, and I didn't quite understand what he meant, "Do you think we are not suitable? She is older than me, has children, and just..."

"No..." Senior Brother Xiao Cai shook his head and hurriedly interrupted me, "I don't think it's inappropriate, I envy you so much. You went to Li Qin's wedding and it is said that all the people were suppressed. Such a fairy-like beauty can like you. It's really that your Wu family's ancestors are experiencing smoke."

Senior Brother Xiao Cai’s words made me feel a little proud. This was the first sincere praise I heard after being with Sister Hong: “Actually, you know in your heart that I like Yin Hong. It’s really not easy to be together now, and I feel very happy now.”

"Ah... It's a pity..." Senior Brother Xiao Cai looked at me and sighed, "There are so few kind and infatuated women like Yin Hong."

"Don't be discouraged. Without Li Qin, there are so many female workers in our yarn mill. You can find a good one, absolutely no worse than her." I comforted Senior Brother Xiao Cai.

Senior Brother Xiao Cai smiled awkwardly: "I can't say whether I can find the good ones or not. Your brother has never been in vain in his life."

When we returned to the security class, the class leader Xu had already arrived and was assigned to the morning work. Senior Brother Xiao Cai and I were in the same group, and we brought two apprentices to add lubricant to the debugged machine maintenance and preparing to welcome the production of chemical fiber cotton. I was a little excited and kept whistling. Senior Brother Xiao Cai was influenced by me and his mood gradually improved. When it was almost time for lunch, a new elementary apprentice came to me. He was a bunch of apprentices brought by Mao Xiao Li.

"Master Wu..." the primary school apprentice shouted timidly, "Master Li asked me to tell you, saying that your father came to attack his hometown and was waiting for you at the entrance of the living area."

The words of the primary school apprentice surprised me. My father has not come for a long time. I took his monthly salary on my behalf. I prepared to go back and hand it over to him during the Chinese New Year. Now the Chinese New Year is coming soon, why did he suddenly come by himself? Did something happen to his family? I was muttering in my heart.

I answered and knew, and finished the work at hand quickly, said to Senior Brother Xiao Cai, and hurried out of the workshop. When I arrived at the factory gate, before I crossed the road, I saw my father visiting this place with a anxious look on his face.

"You have something to ask me for?" I trotted across the road and came to my father's face.

"How come you can't ask for a while?" Dad complained in a low voice.

"I'm asking for leave." I replied to him angrily.

"Let's go back to the dormitory and say go." Dad pushed the big "Golden Deer" and turned his head to walk towards the yard.

"If you have something, tell me, I'm still on duty." I couldn't help but feel angry, I wonder what he was selling in the gourd.

"What do you mean here? You are not afraid of embarrassment. I still want this old face." Dad said sternly with a gloomy face.

"Shameful? Who is losing?" I was confused, not knowing what he was doing again.

"Who are you losing? You don't know yet!" Dad saw people coming and going around him from time to time, and he held back halfway.

He pushed the car up and walked stubbornly in front of me. I had no choice but to follow him back. The two of them were speechless all the way and arrived at the door of the guesthouse. My father pulled out the car with a "click" and signaled me to open the hospital door. I reluctantly took out the key and unscrewed the hidden lock on the small iron door.

When we stepped into the yard one by one, Sister Hong on the small building probably heard the movement and opened the door with a creak. Because she was resting today, she wore a house-made cotton clothes and pants, and her black hair simply tied a bun behind her head. When she bent down in the corridor and saw that her father was still standing beside me, she couldn't help but say "Oh" and two red hair flew out of her fair cheeks.

"Master Wu, are you here?" Sister Hong lifted the messy hair on her forehead, instinctively covered her clothes, and called out shyly downstairs.

My father was not surprised, but just frowned and said "um". I winked at Sister Hong, followed her helplessly, turned around and walked towards the backyard.

As soon as my father stepped into the distribution room, he quickly covered the door, looked at me with his eyes blankly, and spoke coldly as if he was interrogating a prisoner, "Do you... tell me?"

"What did you say?" I realized the purpose of his arrival and asked in a pretentious manner.

It has been a long time since I lived in the distribution room. Sister Hong and I used it as our usual kitchen. My father walked around the messy pots, pans and spoons, but couldn't find a place to sit.

"What's wrong with you and Yin Hong? Why is she living here again?"

"What's wrong with her living here?" My father's harsh expression made me feel extremely uncomfortable. It seems that he should know everything about Sister Hong and I.

"You kid, you don't run away while the sun is shining, and you have to walk on the single-plank bridge. You don't want to introduce your partner to you, but... do you know what you are doing? Yin Hong is a military marriage. You are committing a crime when you destroy the military marriage. You dare to go out for a wedding banquet together. It's really embarrassing!" Dad's tone changed a little.

"What military marriage? Her men have all died. They are orphans and widows. Do you understand the law? Besides, we are fellow villagers, why are we going to have a wedding banquet together? Take care of each other. What's wrong with it?"

"You... you are still stubborn. You annoyed your Uncle Cui. You are so ungrateful. If it weren't for him, you could have taken over and become an electrician? What is her Yin Hong? Who doesn't know about the people in the factory? Is it reasonable for you to have a 'breaking shoe' with her?"

"Dad..." I could no longer bear it and finally roared, "My succession is allowed by the policy. You can scold me, but you can't say that Yin Hong. You have been working in the cotton mill for half your life. You patted your conscience and said, "What is his surname Cui? Don't you know in your heart and really don't know anything."

My roaring sounds shocked my father. Looking at my extremely sad and angry and distorted face, a hint of confusion flashed in my father's eyes. I gritted my teeth and continued to say word by word: "'Broken shoes'? You also say that Yin Hong is 'Broken shoes'? A woman who was bullied and insulted was 'Broken shoes'! What is it that Mr. Cui has been tragically ill in our sponge mill for so many years? You ask me to call him "Uncle Cui" one by one all day long. You don't argue right or wrong, and you don't know whether it's good or bad. If I take over, can he do it without national policies!"

My father was blushed by my arrogance and didn't know how to answer for a moment. His lips moved for a while, but he couldn't say anything again.

"Who told you about this? Is it my own surnamed Cui, or our senior squad leader Xu Changjiu, or just a poke at Mao Xiaoli?" I continued to ask angrily.

"What are you saying? Your squad leader is Xu Changjiu. Are you not in the electrician team?" Dad grabbed my words and asked in surprise.

"Yes, when Cui Laoba asked me to go to the electrician class, he wanted me to help him do bad things. Now that the old monkey has come on stage, he doesn't take Cui Laoba's trick, I'm taken back to the security class again. Our fate is not up to me, don't you understand?" I didn't want to talk to my father anymore, so I opened the door with a "bang" and turned around and walked out.

Dad hesitated for a moment, but still chased me out, shouting with pain behind me: "Daping, why are you so disobeying? You Cui..., this old Cui is not easy to mess with. You are not his opponent at all. Don't look at him now. If you don't listen to me, you will suffer a loss in the future..."

"Dad, I want to go my own way. I don't want to live like you anymore. I don't believe that he, the old Cui, can really ruin my life." I stopped, turned my face and said seriously to my father.

We followed us to the front yard, and my father raised his face and looked up. Sister Hong was still standing in the corridor on the second floor, calling out with a sad look: "Uncle..."
Chapter completed!