In late August, in this season when the weather was so hot that even dragonflies were flying against the shade of trees, fearing that the sun would burn its wings, the hot letters from the people flew into the various departments of the county government like snowflakes. In a helpless situation, in order to save the pillar enterprise in the county, the county government sent a joint working group to enter the yarn mill with great fanfare and take over the company that had no leader after Lao Hou resigned. The arrival of the working group seemed to have brought hope to more than 3,000 employees in despair. At the strong request of everyone, the working group agreed to send people to the south to investigate Lao Hou's problems and recover the arrears of the goods.

People inside and outside the factory were panicked, but some people became extremely excited when they opposed the norm. Squad Leader Xu, who was originally timid with his leaders, has encouraged everyone to report the situation to the top several times. A thigh of Mao Xiaoli from the electrician squad next door also jumped up and down, ran over from time to time, pulled Squad Leader Xu secretly to the door, lying in his ear and whispered. I hate this Xiao Li, who is charming and bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, was disgusted from the heart when he saw him and Squad Leader Xu's sneaky appearance.

, try to stay away from them. Squad leader Xu saw that I was not actively involved in their affairs and asked several elementary apprentices not to make trouble with me. He talked to me in private. He kicked me out of the electrician class as soon as the old monkey came to the factory. When he talked, he drove me out of the guesthouse and deliberately made things difficult for Sister Hong, and did not arrange housing for her according to the regulations of the martyrs... It was a mess, and everything was fine. He knew it with emotion and reason, and used it to arouse my inner anger.

"It was Director Tong who asked me to move out of the guesthouse. He may not know about the Nanman Laohou." I did not take over the squad leader Xu and said lightly, "If you don't give Yin Hong a house, it's Cui Laoba who makes the bad things. The one who bullies her is the fucking Secretary Li, and it's not Laohou's business."

"Why are you talking for Lao Hou now? Who drove you out of the electrician team? How could you not Lao Hou?" Squad Leader Xu was a little anxious and sucked his two nostrils into the sky and widened his eyes.

"He...is not targeting me alone. Master Liu is from the south, so didn't he deal with it too?" I still didn't take him back and answered tepidly.

"Wu Ping, I'm really wrong about you, why isn't you peeing like this?" Squad Leader Xu raised his voice, looking angry.

"I'm now-I just want to live a stable life, and...I just help Sister Hong cure Xiaozhuang's illness. You can do whatever you want in the factory." I stood up slowly, picked up the tools and prepared to walk out the door.

"Wu Ping, you have changed a whole boy. You have a beautiful woman in your arms. You are ruined at a young age." Squad leader Xu threw a fierce sentence at me.

I have changed. After going through the years, my heart has changed tremendously. I should thank my master for teaching me to study, giving me my own thoughts, and the concentration in life. Although I may not forgive him because of Sister Hong's affairs, I will still thank him deep down.

At noon the next day, amid the clamor of squad leader Xu, I quietly left the security class and left the factory in the Jiaoyang. In order to calm Sister Hong's mood, I planned to go to the county hospital and consult Xiaozhuang for treatment.

It was only two or three kilometers from the yarn mill to the county hospital. In the scorching sun, when I arrived on a bicycle, my clothes were still soaked. After asking several people, I turned left and right, and in the last row of bungalows in the yard, I found Senior Brother Xiao Cai who was playing cards. Seeing me pushing the door in, he was a little surprised, and he hurriedly handed the card in his hand to a colleague watching the game, and enthusiastically pulled me under the rotating ceiling fan.

"Why are you free? Are you thinking about coming to find me?" Senior Brother Xiao Cai was probably having a comfortable life. After not seeing him for a few months, his original fox face had become a panda.

"There is nothing big, I just want to find a doctor to consult Xiaozhuang for treatment. Yin Hong is still worried and is reluctant to go to the province for surgery." I said to Xiao Cai helplessly.

"Didn't the doctor say that? The sooner the treatment, the better." Senior Brother Cai was a little surprised, and then sighed, "You are really concerned about this mother and son, and you are better than the child's biological father."

Senior Brother Xiao Cai took me to the clinic building in front and found the pediatric director who was taking a lunch break. This southerner with buck teeth and was a very rigid person. He came to support Huaibei after graduating from university in the 1960s. The director knew about Xiaozhuang's situation. He heard me tell him about his concerns and urged us to go to a large hospital for treatment as long as we have money. He did not answer the questions about risks, but he just said that colds and water are at risk, but if you don't take risks, you will have to be destined to live. The director asked me to tell my wife these principles that the child was young and had not yet matured, so it is better to see a doctor early than to go to the surgery as soon as possible. When he said that Sister Hong was my wife, Senior Brother Xiao Cai curled his lips at me, which made me feel a little embarrassed.

On the way out, Senior Brother Xiao Cai asked, "I heard that the county working group has entered the yarn mill?"

"The old Marquis of the Southern Barbarian suddenly resigned and said he was back to his hometown in the south." I responded casually, thinking about how to do Sister Hong's job when she went back.

"Oh... I'm still the southern barbarians are tall." Senior Brother Xiao Cai sighed with his eyes.

I stopped and asked, "Did you hear about the situation in the cotton outside?"

This question has actually been lingering in my mind, but I don’t want to worry Sister Hong, and I don’t want to discuss it with Squad Leader Xu and the others.

"Old Hou has long since wanted to do it." Senior Brother Xiao Cai's two eyes, which were originally small, squeezed into two small slits. "He has started to do it a long time ago. Now, his hometown private factory is already doing well."

"He really has his own private factory. Do you have any basis?" I widened my eyes and asked urgently.

"You know that my father was a seventh-level fitter when he retired. He was hired by Lao Hou to the south a while ago, and he was given more than 200 yuan a month." A secret smile appeared on Senior Brother Xiao Cai's fat face.

"The old monkey is so hateful. He embezzled the money and property of the yarn mill and set up his own factory. This time the working group went to the south to find out." I couldn't help but feel angry and said gritting my teeth.

"You're so naive. You think the old monkey is so stupid. He is actually more refined than the monkey." Senior Brother Cai saw me excited and curled his lips disdainfully. "Now every family in the south has opened factories, and collective private enterprises are in full swing. His factories are run in the name of his younger brother. Besides, those companies that had business relationships with us now have now re-sellers, restructuring, and bankruptcy. The parties involved have changed a few times. How do you check if you go? There are no factories and no people are there anymore. Who do you ask for investigation and who will ask for money?"

Senior Brother Xiao Cai’s voice was not loud, but every word was as thunderous as I was shocked, so I twitched all over: “So… you only found a way to get out of the yarn mill after you knew these things?”

Senior Brother Xiao Cai did not answer me: "Now... those who have power try to make money in their pockets. The lives of ordinary people are always in the hands of people. If you don't cheat, you will be able to endure hardships and poverty for the rest of your life. I already understood it when I was in the south, so I thought about it..."

Senior Brother Xiao Cai did not say anything further and sighed to the sky. We split our hands at the entrance of the hospital. The sun at noon was like a big stove, barbecuing everything on the earth and burning. I rode on the softened asphalt road, and my mind was confused. Faced with the heat waves that were rushing to the face, when I returned to the factory, I was about to faint.

In the evening of that day, there was a thunderstorm, which subsided for several days. Sister Hong and I sat in the yard and talked about the daytime events.

"You said, can you still recover the payment from the factory?" Sister Hong looked at the night sky above her head with a clear look and asked softly.

"Sister Hong - let's take Xiaozhuang to the provincial capital early. I... miss him a little." I withdrew my gaze from a distance and looked at the graceful figure of the night.

The sky is full of stars, like countless beacons floating on the river. I saw the dazzling cowherd on the right side of the Milky Way. At this time, he was looking at the Weaver Girl on the other side with affectionate feelings, looking forward to the days I had been looking forward to for a year.

"Is the July 7th coming soon?" My brain was a little erratic and I muttered softly.

"You...why did you think this came..." Sister Hong said and snuggled over and threw her Liangliang's body into my arms.

A meteor suddenly crossed the night sky, dragging its long light tail, and disappeared into the depths of the dreamy Milky Way.
Chapter completed!