"Nephew, well done!"
As soon as he saw Lin Yi, He Dawang's face revealed a bright smile.
At the factory's commendation meeting at noon today, He Dawang kept telling his colleagues that the person on top was his nephew.
Even though he was not related by blood, He Dawang had long treated Lin Yi as his nephew. He had no children, so he was naturally happy to see Lin Yi being related by blood.
"Hehe, Uncle Dawang, let's go.”
"Alright, let's go and buy something first. There's not much food at home.”
He Dawang nodded and pushed the cart out of the arena with Lin Yi.
"Captain He, it's time to get off work."
"Lin Yi, good job!"
On the way out of the steel mill, whenever He Da Wang saw a familiar face, he would stand straight and smile proudly.
These acquaintances also knew what was going on. They happily greeted He Dawang and then praised Lin Yi.
Lin Yi didn't feel shy or embarrassed. Everyone could provide him with more than ten Emotional Value points.
Lin Yi also remembered the names of those who looked happy on the surface but were cursing or even unhappy in their hearts.
There was a small notebook in Lin Yi's heart that recorded the names of the people who scolded him.
It had to be Xu Damao, the stick, the second uncle, the damn old woman, and so on.
None of these people could escape!
"Hey, Liang Lade, wait a minute!”
When they were about to leave the steel mill, He Da Wang suddenly saw a female worker. He quickly walked two steps and called out to that person.
Liang Lade!
This name sounded familiar!
Lin Yi followed He Dawang's gaze and saw a female worker with short hair. She was wearing a dark blue uniform.
After hearing He Da Wang's call, he stopped and turned around.
"It's Big Brother Dawang."
Lin Yi: "???"
Big Brother Dawang!
I call him Uncle Big Wang, you call him Brother Big Wang! Aren't you taking advantage of me!
"Haha, big sister, it's time to get off work.”
He Dawang pushed the cart and walked to Liang Ladi with a smile.
"Yeah, I'm rushing back to cook for the children.”
Liang Ladi looked at Lin Yi with her big round eyes.
Liang Ladie, who was about 27 years old, was already the mother of four children. The youngest child was only two years old. However, Liang Ladie's parents were gone, and her parents-in-law were long gone. It was not easy to raise four children alone.
Although Liang Ladi was a level five fitter, her salary had just been raised. The quota for the four children was small, but the children's appetite was not small, which caused her family to live an extremely difficult life.
In addition, Liang Lade was good-looking, so there were many people who wanted to take advantage of her.
However, at this time, Liang Ladie took care of the children alone. She worked hard in the factory and raised the four children. She did not rely on anyone. She was suffering, but she loved herself very much.
This kind of spirit made many of the elders in the venue give her a thumbs up.
"Big Brother Dawang, this is?"
Liang Ladi sized up Lin Yi. What was the relationship between such a handsome young man and He Dawang?
"This is my nephew, Lin Yi.”
"Oh, he's our factory's hero model. Didn't the West Factory hold a commendation ceremony for him this afternoon?”
Liang Ladi immediately knew who Lin Yi was. She smiled and revealed Lin Yi's identity.
"That's right, it's him. We're going back for a drink today.”
Liang Ladi's heart skipped a beat.
"You two are going back for a drink. So what if you see me? Why did you stop me?”
He Dawang explained with a smile when he saw Liang Ladie's confused expression.
"Look, Ladi. Lin Yi is now the head of the publicity department, and he's still wearing a green military uniform. Those who don't know better might think that he's from our security department. Don't you know how to make clothes? Help Lin Yi get a new set of clothes. I'll pay for the cloth ticket and craftsmanship fees.”
"Is that so? Sure. When it's night, Brother Dawang, bring Lin Yi to my house. I'll take Lin Yi's size.”
When Liang Lade heard that there was a business opportunity, a happy smile appeared on her face.
As a woman, other than working in the factory, she could also make some extra money by repairing and making clothes for others.
A new set of clothes that required ten days to half a month to complete could be exchanged for three to five catties of food stamps. This was already a big business.
Most of the time, it was mending work. At most, she could exchange it for two or three steamed buns. However, this was not bad. It could let her child eat a full meal.
No mother would be willing to watch her child cry cry out of hunger, crying until her throat was hoarse, but she had no way to take out any food.
It was fine for the adults to go hungry, but they couldn't bear to let their children go hungry.
"Okay, then I'll bring Lin Yi over tonight. We'll be leaving first. We still have to go to the market to buy vegetables.”
"Okay, slow down."
"Ah."
After the small talk, He Dawang and Lin Yi pushed the cart out of the steel mill gate and rode to the market to buy vegetables.
At this moment, there were basically no fresh vegetables in the market, but the vegetables were cheap.
It was only a 20-minute ride from the Steel Factory Road Market.
On the road, Lin Yi asked He Dawang curiously.
"Uncle Dawang, are you very familiar with Liang Ladie?”
He Dawang had a wife, and the relationship between the couple was also very good. Logically speaking, He Dawang and Liang Ladi should not have any interactions!
"We're all neighbors, so of course we're familiar with each other. It's not easy for a widow like Liang Ladie to take care of four children. Your aunt often helps her take care of the children.”
He Da Wang said with a smile.
In fact, which woman didn't know how to sew and mend? He Dawang and his wife saw that it was not easy for Liang Ladie to take care of the children alone. The four children were so pitiful, so they thought of a way to help Liang Ladie.
"Don't look at how young Liang Ladie is. She's good at making clothes. You're big and good-looking. Let Liang Ladie take your measurements tonight.”
"I'll listen to you, Uncle Dawang.”
When they
arrived at the market, there weren't many people who came to buy vegetables. He Dawang brought Lin Yi to buy a chicken. He wanted to buy some pork, but at six in the afternoon, the pork was sold out. There wasn't even any pork offal.
In the 1960s, pork was an absolute luxury due to the lack of raw materials. Nowadays, people liked to buy lean meat when they ate meat. But in those days, fat was more popular than lean meat.
Moreover, there were very few pigs. If they wanted to buy pork, they had to queue up at the market before dawn.
Under normal circumstances, the pork sellers would come out very late. They would prepare the pork ordered by each unit in advance before it was the turn of ordinary people to buy the meat.
The pork liver and pork ribs had to be reserved for the hospital and kindergarten. The best tenderloin, pork trotters, and pork trotters were all ordered from a large factory in the department canteen.
Ordinary people would only buy ordinary meat, offal, and pork bones.
One catty of meat ticket could buy three catties of vermicelli, and it was only 20 to 30 cents per catty. 50 cents could buy a pair of pork bones.
One had to know how poor people were in this era. A pair of pork bones was divided into three portions.
First, the pork on the pig's bones would be cut off, and then the bones would be used to make soup. Some vegetable leaves and rice would be added to the soup.
After that, people would eat meat again. When the pig bones were cooked, even the bone marrow inside the bones would be sucked clean by everyone.
It was enough to show how difficult life was at that time.
However, Lin Yi didn't feel anything at all. He could casually get 1 Emotional Value and eat a full meal of meat.
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(To be continued)
PS: Please send me flowers, please send me review votes, please send me a message!] It was not easy back then. They spent money according to their share, unlike now, where a meal started at 20 yuan.
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