60s Splendid Life

It was already noon when they returned to the town. Yu Jun drove his father and a few nephews to the state-run restaurant in the town for lunch. Several nephews ate the big plate of steamed buns happily, and each of them made their bellies round.

After dinner, my uncle asked them where they were going in the afternoon and whether they wanted to stay in his unit for a few days.Lu Jin told his uncle that he was going to the cement factory in the county to buy cement, and asked his uncle if he had time in the afternoon, and if he could go with him.

It happened that Yu Jun had nothing important to do in the afternoon, so he agreed, "It's no problem, I'll take you there by car." It's rare that the eldest nephew needs help from his uncle, so he must accompany the eldest nephew for a trip that's it.

The nephew and uncle agreed to go buy cement together in the afternoon, and Lu Jin asked his grandfather, "Grandpa, do you want to go with us, or stay here in the town and wait for us to come back? We should be back in the afternoon."

"It's okay for us to follow, we'll just wait here in the town for you to come back." Yu Wenchang felt that it was okay for them to follow, and it would be troublesome to bring a group of children, so he didn't want to follow.

"Sister, what about you? Do you want to wait here with grandpa for brother's return?" Lu Jin also wanted to seek advice from the children in their family.

"Let's stay here with uncle." Lu Qinglian is a sensible girl, so naturally she won't follow her to cause trouble for her brother and uncle, besides, her younger brother is used to taking a nap at noon, so they also slept in the car when they followed her. It would be more comfortable to find a bed for my brothers to lie back on.

Chenchen looked at his brother eagerly, he wanted to go with him, but seeing that his grandfather and sister refused to go, he couldn't say yes.Little Bao'er was already yawning after she was full, her sister held her younger brother in her arms, stroking his back with each hand.

Only Eggy was a little uneasy, looking at her grandpa and then at her elder brother.

"You wait here for us to come back. We'll be back after half a day." Lu Jin could feel that the kid didn't feel safe outside, touched Eggy's head, told him that they would be back soon, and asked him to follow his grandfather and sisters Wait here for his return.

After getting in the car, Lu Jin asked his grandfather, "Grandpa, do you want to go back to Grandma Shen's place, or to Uncle's?"

"Go to your uncle's place." Compared to going to other people's homes, Yu Wenchang still prefers to go to his own place. For him, the dormitory of his son's work unit is his own place. No matter how spacious the Shen family's house is, it is also someone else's home. , will make him feel uncomfortable.

They drove their grandfather and a few children to his uncle's dormitory. When they left, Lu Jin didn't forget to tell the little guys to take a nap and not disturb others, leaving his grandfather and a few children behind. At his uncle's work unit, he followed his uncle into the car and drove out.

Lu Jin has been here a few times in the county seat, but every time he just passed by and actually visited this place.However, compared to him, his uncle was obviously more familiar with the county seat. When he arrived at the county seat, he asked someone to find out which direction the cement factory was heading to, and the two of them drove over here.

The cement factory was built in the outskirts, and it took more than ten kilometers to drive from the county seat. Fortunately, they drove here today, otherwise they would have to break two legs if they wanted to walk.A main road leads directly to the gate of the cement factory. They saw this place at a glance from the car, and when they saw the sign hanging on it, Lu Jin knew they had found the right place.

The car stopped outside the gate of the cement factory, and the two got out of the car.

"There is an old man there, let me help you ask who they bought the cement from here."

When the two got out of the car, they saw an old man sitting at the gate. Yu Jun raised his foot and walked towards the old man. He greeted the old man and asked, "Master, who is in charge of your factory here?" , we want to buy cement, but I don’t know who to buy it from.”

"Oh, I'll go and ask for you, you wait here."

The old man at the gate was quite friendly when he saw the man in military uniform. He heard that someone wanted to buy cement, so he ran in with two legs that did not match his age to help find someone. After a while, the old man took A man who looked like a leader in a white shirt and black trousers came out.

The man was tall and thin, with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. He held out his hand to Yu Jun and said that his surname was Liang and he was the person in charge of the factory.

"Hello, Manager Liang. My name is Yu Jun." Yu Jun also reached out his hand, shook hands with the other party, glanced at his nephew, and introduced him to Manager Liang: "This is my nephew Lu Jin, the new factory of their commune." The director of the factory is in charge of building the factory, we want to come to you to buy cement, I wonder if your factory needs any procedures to buy cement?"

"Hello, I'm Lu Jin." Lu Jin stretched out his hand in a timely manner.

Manager Liang shook hands with Lu Jin, and said with a smile, "Being the director of the factory at such a young age is truly terrifying."

After the two shook hands, Manager Liang asked again, "Do you have a note from your commune?"

"Yes." Lu Jin replied.

"Then come in and talk with me." Manager Liang recognized the license plate of the car parked at the door. It is not a car that anyone can drive, so he politely invited the nephew and uncle to his office for a chat. went.

After sitting down in Manager Liang's office, Lu Jin took the note from their commune and bought the cement from the cement factory very smoothly. The other party also promised him that he could give [-]% of the deposit first, and the rest of the money will be paid. At the end of the year, it will be transferred to the account of their unit.

Lu Jin knew that the other party gave him convenience for his uncle's face, but it was a good thing for them to save a large amount of cement money, and he could use the remaining money to buy machines. It is a large sum of money, and he is afraid that he will not be able to owe the money, so he needs to keep a little more money.Now he can buy what he wants without spending so much money, and he is still very happy.

There is a car here at the cement factory, but it has not come back after driving out today. The manager Liang also promised to help them send the cement to their village for free, so that they can save another transportation fee.

After completing the formalities, Lu Jin left an address for the other party, and the other party promised that someone would send the cement to them as soon as tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

"Thank you. When our factory's products come out, I will be the first to send them to Manager Liang for you to try."

"Okay, I wish you all the best."

After shaking hands with the other party and saying goodbye, Lu Jin and his uncle went out to the cement factory, got into the car they parked outside, and went back the way they used to travel.

Back in the county, they also found a factory that can produce glass bottles. The address was still what he asked for from Brother Hou. In the past, he asked for the bottles from Brother Hou to help him buy them, but in the future, the bottles needed by their factory The quantity is large, and it will be used for a long time. They must come to the factory to negotiate a long-term cooperation.

Before he came, he asked Qi Yu to help him design the size and pattern of the bottle, and drew the blueprints, so he brought the blueprints with him this time.

Lu Jin found out that bringing his uncle here today is really bringing the right person. With his uncle here, no one would underestimate him because of his young age. He followed his uncle all the way to see the factory. The person in charge, and negotiated a price with the other party, and the two parties also signed a long-term cooperation agreement.

The price the factory gave them was even cheaper than the bottle he bought from Brother Monkey before. Even though a dime is not much, but they need a large amount, and it will cost a lot of money in the long run.

Here at the glass factory, they only paid a deposit, and the rest of the payment will be paid when the goods are received.But after going out for such a trip today, Lu Jin found that the little money in his pocket had gone to nearly a thousand. Sure enough, money is too impatient to spend!

***

It was dark by the time they got back to town.

Fortunately, their grandfather didn't wait for them to come back to eat, and took a few children to the cafeteria for dinner early.

When their nephews and uncles came back, the unit cafeteria was out of food, and the chef in the cafeteria had washed the cutting boards. It was his uncle who gave the cafeteria master two yuan and asked the cafeteria master to cook two dishes and one meal for them. Cooked a bowl of noodles.The nephew and uncle were hungry so late, they sat down with the bowls and chopsticks and devoured the meal, and the stomachs were filled when they finished eating the vegetables and noodles on the table.

Originally, Lu Jin planned to go back to the village today, but it was already so late, they had to stay at his uncle's unit for one night, and then went back tomorrow morning.

"Brother, I went to play with someone tonight, and I made three shots." Lu Haochen, who had been staying in their uncle's dormitory, saw that his brother and uncle came back together, so he went to play with someone tonight Tell his brother about it.

"Oh, it's so powerful. Can my sister and Eggy fight?" Lu Jin pulled up a chair and sat down, and picked up a toddler who was leaning on the edge of the bed and hugged him on his lap , bowed his head and kissed the child's face.

"I called my sister to come, but my sister didn't come to play with us, and neither did Eggy." Lu Haochen said.

Hearing her younger brother and elder brother talking about her, Lu Qinglian was laughing but didn't speak.

The timid Eggy was afraid of people, so he watched his brother run off to play with strangers, but he didn't dare to go, so he stuck to his sister and stood by and watched for a long time.

"Brother, I want to go down." Little Bao'er, who is two years older, doesn't like being hugged anymore, especially now that he is walking more and more steadily, he likes to walk here and nowhere with his two feet .In the words of adults, walking with his feet makes him feel at ease and joyful. He likes to walk.

"My brother didn't hug you today, so why not let him hug you?" Lu Jin asked sadly.In fact, he was afraid that the child would walk too much, and wanted the child to rest.

"...Okay, brother, if you hug me again, you will let me go." Little Bao'er couldn't see her brother being sad, so she reluctantly agreed.

Lu Jin: Sure enough, the child is getting older, so you have to ask his permission if you want to hug him.

They lived in their uncle's dormitory at night, and they didn't bother to run around anymore.It happened that their uncle's dormitory had bunk beds, so when they went to bed at night, their grandfather took Xiao Bao'er to live in the lower bunk of his house, the older sister slept in the grandfather's room, and she slept alone on the upper bunk.Lu Jin took Xiaodandan to live in his uncle's dormitory. The two of them slept in the lower bunk, and his uncle slept in the upper bunk.

But Lu Jin found out that his uncle went out at night and didn't come back until very late at night.

As for where his uncle is going, he probably guessed it, of course he won't tell them about his grandfather.

The next morning, after having breakfast in the cafeteria of their uncle's unit, their uncle drove them back to the countryside.

Fortunately, they came back that day, because at noon that day, the driver sent by the cement factory brought them cement to the village.There was no place to put the sent cement, so Lu Jin borrowed an old empty house from someone in the village, put the cement in, and spread a layer of tarpaulin on it to prevent the roof from leaking and damage the cement.

It happened that the time when the master came to pull the cement was at noon, and Lu Jin took the master to the tofu shop at the entrance of their village to have lunch before sending him away.