Reborn in 1977

The phonograph was placed in the corner next to the living room sofa. You could operate it while sitting on the sofa. When not in use, the large copper horn could also serve as a decoration, looking very impressive.

Opposite the sofa, in the middle of a row of windows against the wall, was placed the old-fashioned radio. Above the radio on the wall was a brand-new 555 brand wall clock that Chen Fan had bought from the commune's supply and marketing cooperative.

(That's it)

The "tick-tock" sound of the wall clock never stopped, and it would chime every hour on the hour, striking once at one o'clock, twice at two o'clock, and so on, with the same working principle as the grandfather clock that the brigade had given Chen Fan before.

As for that mechanical grandfather clock, Chen Fan also dug it out, reinstalled the bell-ringing parts that had been removed before, and placed it on the desk in the study on the second floor.

Back then, it was to hide his ability to repair machines, so as not to be treated like an old ox, that he hid the repaired grandfather clock.

Now, naturally, there was no need. He had now become an "oxherd." As long as he brought out a few people, not only could life be better, but the days could also be easier.

With music playing from the phonograph, Chen Fan walked to the coffee table, picked up the bundle of cloth, and walked towards the tea table.

This tea table was 1.2 meters wide and about 2 meters long. Although it was a bit smaller than the cutting table, it was barely enough.

Pulling out a section of the cloth and spreading it on the tea table, Chen Fan frowned slightly, carefully observing the color difference on it.

If it hadn't been dyed badly, this would definitely have been a top-quality material, but now it could only be used as a second-class product.

After a moment, he continued to pull the fabric outwards until he had seen the entire piece of cloth.

Jiang Lili stood aside, looking at the fabric for a while, then looking at him, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Chen Fan looked up at her and smiled, "Doing clothing design."

"Clothing design?"

Jiang Lili looked puzzled, "Just a piece of cloth, how can you design it?"

This era also had clothing design, especially in the clothing factories in big cities, there were also specialized designers. Although they weren't called by this name, they were doing the work of clothing design.

Some of them imitated clothing styles through foreign magazine photos, and some combined various elements to improve existing clothing.

Those knee-length floral dresses, lotus leaf collars, double-breasted buttons, improved liberation caps, as well as the patterns on sweaters, the imperceptible waist cinching, and the slight narrowing of the trouser legs, all reflected the sense of design in clothing.

In these design senses, there was a collision between aesthetics and the times.

(Clothing in the mid-to-late 1970s)

It was just that those were designs for styles and patterns. Now there was only a piece of cloth, how was Chen Fan going to design it?

Looking at Jiang Lili, Chen Fan pointed to the color patches on the cloth with different shades and smiled, "Look here,"

Then he pointed to another place, "Look here again, aren't the colors very similar?"

Jiang Lili looked left and right, and a look of realization appeared on her face, "You mean, piecing together the same or similar colors, so that you can make a piece of clothing of the same color?"

Chen Fan first nodded and then shook his head, and smiled, "You guessed half right, well, it's not clear to explain to you now, you'll know when I make one. You first help me get the scissors and tape measure over here."

Jiang Lili puffed out her cheeks and turned to trot to the tool cabinet, took out a large pair of scissors and a tape measure from it, and quickly ran back.

Chen Fan had already pulled the cloth back to the beginning, took the scissors from Jiang Lili's hand, and began to cut the cloth with a "snip, snip" sound.

Jiang Lili widened her eyes, "Just cut it like this?"

No need to draw a picture, no need to measure the size?

Chen Fan looked at her and said with a smile, "I'm confident, but don't you dare learn from me."

With his current spirit and intelligence, he could quickly remember the color difference and quantity of this cloth, and at the same time reassemble it in his mind, and then consider what kind of clothes to design according to the number of these different colored cloth pieces.

Seeing him so confident, Jiang Lili couldn't help but wrinkle her nose slightly, "You're just saying I'm stupid."

Chen Fan turned to look at her and laughed, "Not bad, not bad, you can joke now."

Jiang Lili pouted again, but in less than two seconds, she couldn't help but laugh.

Chen Fan moved very quickly, a pair of scissors danced on the cloth, and with the continuous clicking sound, the entire piece of cloth was broken down into pieces of different sizes, and then thrown to the ground according to different colors.

After a while, the 54-foot cloth was completely decomposed.

Jiang Lili looked at the pile of cloth, "What do we do next?"

Chen Fan picked up two pieces of cloth, spread them on the tea table and put them together, turned to look at Jiang Lili, "Next, we have to sew these pieces of cloth together."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned slightly, glanced out the window, and said to Jiang Lili, "Someone's coming, go turn off the phonograph."

Jiang Lili turned around and ran, quickly removed the stylus, and stuffed the record into the cabinet below, all in one go.

Chen Fan was stunned, this agility is not much different from mine!

The music stopped, and Jiang Lili breathed a sigh of relief, turned and walked to the window, looked around a few times, "Didn't see anyone?"

Chen Fan whistled, and the peregrine falcon immediately flew down from the branch, landed on the floor of the veranda, and then flew onto the windowsill.

Jiang Lili immediately smiled, reached out and touched it, "So you are doing sentry duty."

The peregrine falcon turned its neck, "Chirp chirp."

Chen Fan whistled again, and the peregrine falcon immediately spread its wings and flew out.

When Jiang Lili's gaze followed the peregrine falcon to look, she saw a person walking up the slope below, it was Captain Yang.

Chen Fan also saw him from the window, and turned to greet him.

Captain Yang strode over, saw Chen Fan, immediately raised his right hand and waved, grinning and laughing, "Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations."

Then he saw Jiang Lili also turning out from the gate, and his face suddenly stiffened slightly.

Faced with this scene, was it a little inappropriate for him to say this?

Chen Fan took out a cigarette and handed it over, and asked puzzledly, "What good news? Could it be that the water pipes are back?"

A month ago, Secretary Yang and Captain Zhang ran to the commune to submit an application to Secretary Qian for building a small water tower.

Since Lujiawan could get a diesel engine on their own, Secretary Qian was also happy to support it. He not only agreed to the requirements of the Lujiawan Production Team, but also helped contact a second-hand water pump. As for the water pipes, he gave a written approval to purchase them in the county, and also approved a sum of funds to effectively reduce Lujiawan's economic burden.

Despite this, Secretary Yang and the others still emptied their family savings, begged everywhere, and tried every means to raise enough money to buy water pipes and water pumps. Yesterday, Zhang Wenliang and Ye Shubao went to the county to buy water pipes and water pumps.

Captain Yang came to report the good news at this time, could it be that the things were brought back?

But this shouldn't be to report the good news to me.

He was wondering in his heart, but on the surface he didn't stop at all, inviting Captain Yang into the house.

At the same time, he said to Jiang Lili, "Xiao Jiang, make two more dishes tonight."

Meaning to keep Captain Yang for a drink.

Jiang Lili quickly nodded, "Oh, I'll go now."

Saying that, she was about to run out.

Captain Yang lit a cigarette, grinned and smiled, "Hey, hey, Xiao Jiang, cook more rice later, Company Commander Zhang is also coming over."

Jiang Lili still said nothing, "Oh."

But she was thinking in her heart, what day is it today, why are they all coming?

Just as she took a few steps forward, she heard Captain Yang say, "The water pipes and water pumps have been brought back, but this is a great happy event for the production team, it doesn't count as your personal happy event."

Hearing this, she couldn't help but slow down.

Captain Yang continued, "Just now, the postman specially sent a package to the production team. Guess what's inside?"

Chen Fan frowned slightly, raised his head and looked at the sky, a package? Good news?

His eyes moved slightly, and he said with a happy face, "The 'First Aid Manual' is published?"

It's a package and it's good news, besides this book, there shouldn't be anything else, right?!

Captain Yang immediately nodded and laughed, "That's right, the 'First Aid Manual' has been officially published. After Company Commander Zhang received the package, he saw that it was sent by the Prefectural Health Department, guessed it was a book, and immediately called me. He will be here soon."

When Jiang Lili heard this result, she couldn't help but smile, and her steps became lighter unconsciously, running down the slope with a hop and a skip.

As soon as she ran down the slope, she saw Zhang Wenliang riding over, she quickly stopped and stood on the side of the road to say hello, "Hello, Company Commander Zhang."

Since going to the Prefectural Committee last time, Zhang Wenliang always felt that the relationship between Chen Fan and her was not as distant as it seemed on the surface.

Of course, it's not necessarily a relationship. There are still 3 people living in the yard, and they are in the same room as her. If there is really any problem, they couldn't not have noticed it.

The biggest possibility is that Chen Fan and this Xiao Jiang have become friends, but they are embarrassed to make it public because of Xiao Jiang's identity.

Thinking about it carefully, this possibility is still very high. After all, they lived together in the yard for a month before. It's impossible to say that there was no communication between them. Now this is more in line with common sense.

With a judgment in his heart, Zhang Wenliang's attitude towards Jiang Lili also changed accordingly.

Seeing Jiang Lili greeting him, he smiled kindly, "Xiao Jiang, is Teacher Chen up there?"

Suddenly being treated so gently, Jiang Lili was a little flattered, and quickly nodded, pointing above and said, "Teacher Chen is in the living room, Captain Yang also came over just now."

When speaking, her eyes couldn't help but glance at the basket on the horse's back, thinking, the book that Xiao Fan published should be in the basket.

Zhang Wenliang was just being polite to her, just to show his attitude, so he didn't say too much. He dismounted while laughing, "Oh, Captain Yang is here too."

First he tied the horse to the shed next to the wall of the educated youth courtyard, which Chen Fan had built before to shelter the building materials from the wind and rain, then he took out a square package and a large oil can from the basket, and carried them up.

Jiang Lili waited for him to walk away before turning around and entering the back door of the educated youth courtyard.