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Chapter 757: Junshan's Dad's Leg is Broken!

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With Li Long's words, Factory Director Du was also reassured. To be honest, although Li Long didn't have a high degree, after chatting a few times, he found that this young man's brain was still very active, and his grasp of the future development of agriculture was very clear.

So Factory Director Du believed that he could design better agricultural machinery.

Coming out from Factory Director Du, Li Long drove the jeep and rushed to Section Chief Ma Aihong's place.

Ma Aihong heard the knocking on the door, and this time he came to open the door himself.

Seeing Li Long, he was not surprised, and said with a smile:

"I guessed you should come too, Little Li. This is to attend Junshan's wedding, right? I remember according to seniority, you are his uncle?"

"Right, right, right," Li Long carried the meat into the courtyard, saying as he walked, "Junshan is my cousin's son, calling me uncle. This time he is getting married, my cousin can't come, so we must have people coming over from our side...

Section Chief, this is the beef and mutton I raised in the pen, slaughtered two days ago, just brought you some meat. I won't come over before the New Year, this is considered paying you a New Year's visit in advance."

"You are paying a New Year's visit early enough." Ma Aihong didn't decline, smiled and took the meat, feeling it was very heavy, and handed it to his wife.

Ma Aihong's wife looked at the meat and was sincerely happy in her heart—in the middle of winter, if these meats were calculated and used, they could be eaten until the New Year.

"Sit, I'll pour you water." Ma Aihong asked with a smile, "Did you come by yourself, or are there others?"

"My father and mother, and my eldest brother. Junshan's dad can't come, so we relatives must come to support the scene, right."

"Right, right, right." Ma Aihong handed a glass of water to Li Long and said, "With your support, Junshan will have confidence."

"Section Chief, how is he working in the company?" Li Long, as an "elder", naturally had to ask about Li Junshan's basic situation.

"Junshan is a good young man," Ma Aihong gave a positive response, "Willing to work, steady, and gets along very well with his workmates. He is also quite eager to learn, has good technology under his hands, and now, he is considered a technical backbone."

"That's good." Listening to the evaluation given by Ma Aihong, Li Long was relieved. Li Junshan had stood firm in the Construction Installation Company, and in the future, he would work steadily, and his life would be better than most people in this era.

According to Li Long's memory of his previous life, the Construction Installation Company developed quite steadily. Even in the wave of layoffs more than a decade later, most of the people here were not affected much at the time, worked normally until retirement, and received retirement wages.

After all, the urban development in the Northwest is different from that in the Northeast and the interior, so in areas where other places are relatively saturated, this place is still in a weak position and still needs development.

Of course, the information Li Long got in his previous life was also limited, and he didn't know much about many industries, so he didn't intend to break into industries too far away, just be a farmer steadily, contract some land at the appropriate time, and then hand it over to the cooperative in the future to eat dividends, how good.

Ma Aihong not only talked about Li Junshan's situation, but also about Li Anguo and Yang Yongqiang.

Li Anguo was also good in the Construction Installation Company. After all, he was a married person, steady, and eager to learn. Now there was no problem with technology, everyone elected him as a group leader, his salary was raised by half a level, and according to Ma Aihong, it would be no problem to be a squad leader later.

As for further later, it would probably be like this.

After all, it is quite difficult for workers to become cadres according to the current mechanism.

Yang Yongqiang's temperament was a bit jumpy. Although he was also learning in terms of technology, his foundation was a bit poor. Now he was considered to have just reached the passing line of a big worker. If he wanted to go further, it depended on how he worked hard.

"Little Yang is still quite smart, but his temperament is not steady enough, and it is not easy to settle down and work hard." Ma Aihong sighed, "Most of our local young men have such problems, a bit high-minded. But as long as they recognize the road, the upper limit of development will be very high."

Li Long nodded. Ma Aihong's analysis was indeed correct. Yang Yongqiang was indeed quite smart. If his brain was used in the right place and he was willing to use it, then he would definitely have a higher upper limit than Li Junshan later.

He felt that maybe he was a bit lazy, but there was no way.

At this time, it depended on the individual.

Li Long thought for a while and said:

"Section Chief, my second brother, Junshan, and Yongqiang, the three of them were sent by me. We are our own family, so don't say anything outside. If they do something wrong, you should criticize them. I believe they can understand your painstaking efforts.

We are far apart, and I can't come often, so the three of them, please take care of them."

"Hey, Little Li, don't worry about this. My Old Ma, if nothing else, at least I recognize this feeling. After work starts, I will take care of them. If there is anything, if there is any news, I will tell them."

Li Long had a relationship with Ma Aihong through Li Xiangqian, and this Little Li came over to send things from time to time, so Ma Aihong felt that this young man was good, and if he could really get him under his hands, he would definitely be able to work.

It's just that people have their own ambitions, there is no way, but with this human feeling, Ma Aihong doesn't mind taking care of those three people within an appropriate range.

As for dividing the distance, Ma Aihong is not stupid, can he not know?

Li Long didn't stay long at Ma Aihong's place, and left when the children were out of school.

Ma Aihong's wife also said to let Li Long stay for dinner, but Li Long said there were family members over there, so he wouldn't go. He also knew that Ma Aihong would attend the wedding tomorrow, so he said see you tomorrow.

After Li Long left, Ma Aihong's wife sighed while putting dishes on the table:

"This young man is so good! He looks upright, can speak, look at the meat he sent, so good... If he wasn't married, it would be so good, I still thought about introducing my niece to him."

"Don't think about it, don't look at him as a farmer, but he has already driven a jeep—our company manager can't drive this little car." Ma Aihong shook his head, "Your niece is still a temporary worker now, forget it..."

When he said this, he saw his wife's face become unkind, and hurriedly greeted the child:

"Okay, eat, eat. After eating, hurry up and do your homework, tomorrow is Sunday, Dad will take you to eat the banquet!"

Hearing that there was a banquet tomorrow, the child cheered up all of a sudden. The wife originally wanted to get angry, but it was turned away. Let's criticize the daughter first, what kind of style is this yelling?

Ma Aihong breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he fooled it.

When Li Long drove the jeep to Li Anguo's house, he found that Li Junshan and Yang Yongqiang were both there.

"Xiao Long Shu," Junshan greeted with a smile, "Waiting for you for a while."

"Long Ge." Yang Yongqiang also greeted with a smile.

Li Long nodded, then looked at Li Junshan who was still wearing work clothes, and joked:

"Tomorrow you will be a groom, why are you still wearing such old clothes, didn't you change into new ones?"

"Isn't the banquet held tomorrow?" Li Junshan said a bit cautiously, "Afraid of getting dirty and hard to wash..."

"Hmm, that's right." Li Long nodded, "Are you ready? Is there anything else that needs help?"

"No, no, everything is arranged. Our company has a trade union, and some workmates. By the way, Yongqiang has also been busy for several days running around for Junshan, and things are done." Li Junshan said.

"That's fine, if there is anything, just say it." Li Long didn't enter the inner room, just talked outside, mainly because it was too small inside, and it felt too crowded, "You are getting married soon, you will be a person with a family in the future, live steadily."

Although Li Long was a few years younger than Li Junshan, he married early, and secondly, he was an elder, so Li Junshan naturally only had to answer.

Besides, Li Junshan had always admired this uncle of his, and he could listen to his words very seriously.

Li Long still wanted to say some words to Yang Yongqiang. What Ma Aihong said touched him a lot, but after looking at Yang Yongqiang, he felt it was better not to say it. Tomorrow is a happy day, saying this now makes people unhappy.

"Xiao Long Shu, thank you for your beef." Li Junshan said again, "Tomorrow I can add a dish to the banquet."

"You two keep it to eat." Li Long smiled, "Go see your new home tomorrow."

"Fine. Go over after the banquet tomorrow." Li Junshan also wanted his relatives here to see his new home.

Li Long agreed. Li Junshan looked at the sun that had already set, and said to Li Long:

"Xiao Long Shu, then I'll go back first."

"Long Ge, I'm leaving too. I have to go back to help Junshan." Yang Yongqiang said.

"Fine, you guys go ahead, if you need anything, go to the guesthouse to find us." Li Long said.

After Li Junshan and Yang Yongqiang left, Li Long looked at the courtyard, touched his chin and thought for a while. Seeing Li Anguo checking the schoolbags for Xueping and Li Xue Qin who had just returned, he dragged him out and whispered in the courtyard:

"Second brother, I think you should change to a bigger courtyard?"

"Change? Change to where? It's quite good to live here, not far from the unit, and it's enough for our family of four..."

After finishing speaking, Li Anguo felt something was wrong and smiled apologetically:

"It's just that there is no place for you to live when you come, this is troublesome..." "So my meaning is, you change to a bigger courtyard. Buy it nearby, and it's close to the unit and school. If you don't have enough money, take it from me first—our brothers don't talk about whether to return or not, anyway, you have to live comfortably."

Li Anguo hesitated.

Didn't he want to live in a big house? Of course he wanted to. Wasn't it because he didn't have the economic conditions?

The younger brother had money, he knew this when he first came to Northern Xinjiang. After all, he took the four of them to earn so much money, so he must have more money himself.

Plus the tossing in these few years, if he wanted to buy a courtyard, it should be very easy.

The price of better courtyards in Kuitun has also risen. Li Anguo had seen a bigger courtyard nearby. The house needed one more room, the space was also large, the courtyard was not like the one where Section Chief Ma lived, which could only put things and not plant vegetables, and the location was also good.

Such a courtyard cost more than a thousand.

There was another one that was a house, no courtyard. A row of three bungalows also cost more than six hundred yuan.

There were many people coming here to work, and the original housing itself was small, so the prices all went up.

"Actually, I also saved some money, thinking about changing places in a few years—" Li Anguo said, "Little Long, this matter... can I discuss it with your sister-in-law?"

"Fine. I have to come over in a week, and then I'll come to the agricultural machinery factory to pull things. At that time, I'll come over to see again. If you need it, I'll leave you a thousand yuan, enough to buy a courtyard."

There was no need to say where the eldest brother lived. Although it was a bit old, the place was enough. Plus the eldest brother had a tractor at home, and the life in the future would definitely be better than ordinary people.

!

The courtyard where Sister Li Xia lived was even bigger, not much worse than the one in the Fourth Team. The brother-in-law was a worker in the food factory, anyway, it was no problem for the family to eat meat often.

Shicheng and Ma County were close, and he could help out from time to time.

It was just that this second brother was far away, and there was no way to run over often.

But as his brother, Li Long wanted to change their living environment, so at least they would live better.

There was also one main point. Li Long vaguely remembered that the north side of KT city had been developing, and buying a bigger courtyard, when the land was requisitioned, the subsidy would be much more, which could be considered as directly giving the second brother a sum of expected savings.

Of course, such things still need to be said in advance. He seemed to remember that some people here saved money for a lifetime, and two years before the land was about to be requisitioned, they sold the courtyard at a low price, and then went to the newly developed building to buy a set of buildings.

Who could have thought that two years later, the land was requisitioned, and that set of courtyards could be exchanged for two sets of buildings!

Chen Li Rong called Li Anguo to serve the bowl, and dinner was ready.

Dinner was noodles, with meat cut inside, and the taste was quite fragrant.

Li Qing Xia and Du Chunfang ate less at night, which was half a bowl. Li Jianguo and Li Long had large appetites, and one bowl was not enough.

Chen Li Rong made a lot, there was not enough space in the house, so Li Long ate noodles outside.

Don't say, it was quite cold outside, the noodles were quite hot, and it had a unique flavor.

Li Anguo was also outside with him, picking a pair of chopsticks of cut salted leeks on the noodles, stirring and mixing them, the taste was very good.

After dinner, Li Long and the others drove the jeep back to the guesthouse. Halfway through, Du Chunfang said:

"The second one's room is so small, it feels suffocating to stay."

"That's because you are used to staying in the eldest's courtyard. Do you think everyone has such a big mansion?"

"Then Little Long's courtyard is big..." Du Chunfang said unconvinced.

"Can that be the same?" Li Qing Xia laughed angrily, "How many courtyards of that style are there in the whole county? Let alone the whole county, how many are there in the whole Northern Xinjiang?

You just say the second one's room is a bit small, but this courtyard, isn't it the same as our hometown? You have only been in Northern Xinjiang for a few years and you look down on that courtyard..."

"Isn't it because I feel his conditions should be better?" Du Chunfang rarely came out, rarely evaluated the situation of several children, and continued, "He is a worker, and it is said that his wife will soon enter the factory. As a result, this place where he lives, among the four, he is the worst."

There was no way to say this point.

"That's nothing, just let the second brother buy a big courtyard." Li Long said with a smile, "It's not that he can't buy it, and it's not that he doesn't have money?"

When he said this, the others didn't speak for a while.

Li Jianguo was the first to react, he smiled and said:

"Right, just let the second one buy a new courtyard. It's really not good to live in that room, the two children don't have their own place, I see that they have to wait for everyone to finish eating to study..."

He had already decided to support his second brother with a sum of money.

Li Qing Xia also had such an idea.

The living money in Li Qing Xia's hands was more than Li Jianguo's. He didn't worry about food and drink in the Fourth Team, and the money he saved, except for donating some money when he went back to engage in genealogy, the rest was still there.

When spring comes next year, Li Qing Xia thought that he could still earn a lot, so why keep the money?

Parents are biased in this regard, most of them are about the same as Li Qing Xia, whichever child lives poorly, then subsidize some, this is considered normal.

He thought that after Li Junshan's wedding banquet was finished, when he left, he would see the second one and quietly stuff some money, so that the second one could buy a decent house and be decent in the future.

The three people had ideas about this matter, but they didn't say it.

Returning to the guesthouse, it was already dark. Li Long locked the jeep, the four entered the room, washed and slept separately.

Waking up early the next day, they had breakfast in the guesthouse, and at eleven o'clock, Li Long drove the people to Li Anguo's house.

They planned to go to the factory's cafeteria with Li Anguo's family of four.

Li Qing Xia and the others came over as the groom's relatives. Li Junshan had discussed it with the bride's side, so there was no need for the families of both sides to meet, because it was just as a representative.

The master of ceremonies was the chairman of the trade union of the Construction Installation Company. When Li Long and the others arrived at the cafeteria, the two newcomers were already welcoming at the door.

Ma Aihong, as the general manager, arranged the seats for people. Li Long whispered to him that Factory Director Du was also coming. Ma Aihong was naturally happy and said he would arrange him at the main table.

Factory Director Du came half an hour before the banquet started. What surprised Li Long a little was that he also knew the trade union chairman. He could come, and the trade union chairman was also quite surprised—this trade union chairman was surnamed Liu. Chairman Liu chatted with Factory Director Du for a few words, knowing that he was invited by the groom's side, so he looked at Li Junshan with a different eye again.

Some of the bride's guests also knew Factory Director Du, and now, they also looked at Li Junshan with admiration.

What surprised Li Long a little was that the first item of the wedding was a speech by the groom's elder.

Li Jianguo looked at his father, he thought that if his father couldn't do it, then he would go up.

Unexpectedly, Li Qing Xia was duty-bound, and stood up after Chairman Liu of the trade union finished speaking.

The whole venue slowly quieted down, and when the dolls were quite excited, the parents also whispered to them not to speak.

The bride's family knew that this was Li Junshan's grandfather-generation figure, from the countryside, and all wanted to hear what this person said.

To be honest, there were still a few people who wanted to watch the joke.

"Dear relatives and friends, hello everyone!" Li Qing Xia was not timid at all at this time. Anyway, he had traveled north and south when he was young, and later he was also the patriarch, who had spoken in front of hundreds of people in the whole clan, afraid of this?

"Welcome everyone to attend the wedding of Junshan and Huang Ling. Junshan's dad broke his leg and couldn't come,..."

The Li family was shocked!

What does it mean?

Li Junshan was also a bit stunned, did his own father really break his leg? Didn't send a telegram or say this?

He looked at Li Long.

Li Long shook his head slightly, and he knew that this was his third grandfather talking nonsense.

Fine, giving his father such a reputation, at least it was considered a reasonable reason.

"... Secondly, it is also hoped that the two newcomers will live a good life in the future, give birth to a big fat boy as soon as possible, and also work hard to contribute to the four modernizations..." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 758 =====

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