Return to 1981 and start from breaking off the engagement

"Brother Weijun, when will work start next year?" The workers were very happy to hear the news, and one of them, Ma Zhanguo, asked curiously.

"Next year, um... after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I'll report on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month."

Yao Weijun looked around at the crowd and said.

"Okay! I'll be there early on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month!"

"Well, I'll let my family get the wheat back to green water, and I can come and start work on the [-]th!"

"..."

The workers agreed one after another and wrote down the time to start work. Only Aunt Qiuhe looked embarrassed.

Her wife has been sick in bed all year round, and she has to ask Aunt Qiuhe to do the work in the fields. The reason why she can work at Yao Weijun this winter is mainly because there is nothing in the fields in winter, but in the spring of next year, the wheat will need to be watered. If you return to Qing Shui, there is no way to stagger the time.

"Aunt Qiuhe, you don't have to worry. After the New Year, just do your work in the fields first. If you are too busy, I can arrange for someone to help you. It's no problem. When the fields are busy, you can come to work with me again. It’s okay, don’t worry, I welcome you to join us at any time!”

Yao Weijun saw Aunt Qiuhe's dilemma, and then expressed his stance gently.

"That's great. Thank you, Weijun. Thank you for taking such good care of me. Next year, as soon as my aunt finishes watering the ground, she will come to work immediately without any delay!"

Aunt Qiuhe wiped her eyes with emotion and said firmly.

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

Yao Weijun waved his hand and asked everyone. Seeing everyone shaking their heads, he continued: "Now clean up the south courtyard, and then you can all go home for the holidays.

Also, I will also settle the salary for you last year. Okay, just like before, come to the main room one by one and I will pay it to you. Sister Chuntao, you come into the room with me first. "

After Yao Weijun finished speaking, he called out to Chuntao. After the others quickly walked to the south courtyard to clean up, the two of them entered the main room together.

"Sister Chuntao, thanks to your help since I started doing business, I now solemnly express my gratitude to you. I hope you will continue to come to me next year and let's make our business bigger and stronger together!"

Yao Weijun waited for Chuntao to sit down, then said seriously, then took out a stack of unity from his work bag and handed it over.

"In addition to salary, there is also a year-end bonus. The total is 300 yuan. Sister Chuntao, please order."

"Ah! So many!" Chuntao's face was full of surprise and astonishment. She looked at the pile of brand new unity placed in front of her and couldn't believe her eyes.

"You deserve it all. Next year I will expand the scale of my business. I will rely on Sister Chuntao's support then. Take it now!"

Yao Weijun gestured with a faint smile.

"Thank you, Weijun. Thank you very much for letting me earn more money than working as a temporary worker in the county!"

Chuntao felt grateful from the bottom of her heart. She picked up the money and put it directly into her purse without counting it. She was surrounded by huge surprises and said sincerely.

"The Guardsmen have nothing else to do, so you sit down for now and I'll call the others to collect their wages!"

After she finished speaking, she stood up and planned to walk out, but was stopped by Yao Weijun.

"Don't leave in a hurry, Sister Chuntao, it's not over yet!"

"Huh? Is there anything else?" Chuntao was startled and asked subconsciously without knowing why.

"You wait for me."

After Yao Weijun finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the side room outside.

In the room, Yu Xiunan was still distributing gifts. Because of the heating, there were traces of sweat on her pretty face, which was already busy at this moment. She stood upright and wiped her white forehead.

Seeing Yao Weijun come in, Qiao smiled sweetly and said, "Weijun, the distribution is almost complete. Have you started paying wages to the workers? Now, take a few copies first, and I will send the rest to you later!"

"Thank you for your hard work, wife!" Yao Weijun picked up several bags of gifts prepared for the workers and returned to the main room.

He handed Chuntao a gift and said with a smile: "Sister Chuntao, this is the New Year gift I prepared for everyone. Everyone has a share. Now, this is yours!"

"Ah! Weijun, you are so thoughtful and so polite to us. You have already received your salary and you even gave us gifts. I...I don't even know what to say!"

Chuntao was once again pleasantly surprised by Yao Weijun's actions, and at the same time she was extremely moved. She felt a little awkward when speaking.

"Take it, Sister Chuntao, with a little thought, I hope our business will do better next year, and everyone can receive more wages and benefits!"

Yao Weijun said with a smile in an encouraging tone.

"Well! Thank you again, Guardsman, then I'll go clean the house!"

Chuntao felt very touched. After taking the gift bag, she went out happily.

After a while, Ma Zhanguo walked into the main room for the second time. As soon as he entered, he smiled expectantly.

Yao Weijun motioned him to sit down, first took out 150 yuan from his work bag, explained that it was salary and year-end bonus, and gave it to Ma Zhanguo, and then asked the latter to also carry a bag of gifts.

"Zhan Guo, work hard next year. As long as you work hard and make no mistakes, your salary and bonus from working here will definitely be great!"

"I know Brother Weijun, I know what to do, you can do it next year!"

After Ma Zhanguo finished speaking firmly, he went out with the same joy.

In this way, one by one, the workers entered the main room to receive their annual wages and received the New Year gifts carefully prepared by Yao Weijun.

In addition to the joy of getting the money, everyone was also grateful to Yao Weijun. They felt that his employer was such a good person, and they secretly determined to do a good job next year and live up to his employer's good intentions.

By the time all the workers' wages were paid, it was already past ten o'clock in the morning. At this time, the sanitation of the south courtyard was also completely cleaned, and all the tools were put away. Under the guidance of the sister-in-law, the doors of each room were locked, and the entire The south courtyard was also cleaned up.

"Weijun, let's go back first. If anything happens during the Chinese New Year, you can just contact me directly. This will save you the trouble of notifying everyone one by one. I have agreed with them that we will be on call at any time!"

Chuntao stood at the door of the house and said with a smile.

"Okay, Sister Chuntao, please walk slowly!"

Yao Weijun stood up to see them off and watched in the yard as the workers carried their gift bags and left one after another happily.

"Xiu Nan, are you tired? You rest at home. I have to go to the county today. There are some things that need to be dealt with before the end of the year. Once these are done, we can celebrate the New Year in peace."

Yao Weijun stood in the yard and helped Yu Xiunan tighten her clothes and said gently. "Well, it's cold now. If you go out on your motorcycle, I'll find you a cotton coat to wear outside."

Yu Xiunan nodded in agreement and continued: "Also, if you eat out at night, try to drink as little as possible, otherwise the family will be worried, and we won't worry about you riding a motorcycle at night."

"I know, I know what's going on, don't worry."

Yao Weijun and Yu Xiunan entered the house, simply packed their work bags, walked to the side room and pushed out the motorcycle.

Yu Xiunan took another cotton coat and put it on Yao Weijun in front of him to block the wind. After giving instructions again, he watched Yao Weijun ride out on his motorcycle.

Yao Weijun went to the county town today and had several things to deal with.

First, I made an appointment with Director Qi of the First Hospital for lunch today, and then I planned to go to Director Xiao’s place in the afternoon. As a leader who has helped him a lot, I went to meet him before the Chinese New Year to report on the progress of the greenhouse. , it is very necessary to talk about the work plan for next year.

In addition, Dou Lili's clothing processing has accumulated a lot of documents. She also had to settle the settlement with Director Hao of the clothing factory a year ago. Finally, if she has time, she will go to the county cinema to find Hou Liang and tell him that her father is hospitalized. , and at the same time warned this boy not to disturb Yu Xiubao's life and study.

After calculating this, there are a total of four things that need to be dealt with. Yao Weijun calculated the time and it should be almost enough.

He rode his motorcycle quickly, and because he had an extra layer of cotton coat in front of him to protect him from the wind, he didn't feel particularly cold. After about 40 minutes, he arrived at the entrance of the County No. [-] Hospital.

I had made an appointment with Director Qi to have dinner together at noon today, and we would meet at the county hospital.

After parking his motorcycle through the hospital gate, he walked straight to Dean Qi's office.

"Haha...Comrade Yao, you're here. I've made all the arrangements, but I'm afraid you won't be able to come if something happens!"

When Dean Qi Hong saw Yao Weijun walking in, he stood up happily and greeted him warmly.

"It's already past eleven o'clock now. Come on, let's go directly to the restaurant. I've made a reservation and my family is here too!"

He simply packed up the documents on his desk and took Yao Weijun downstairs.

"Dean Qi, since we agreed to come here today, I will never miss the appointment no matter how busy I am. Is the old man's health recovering better?"

Yao Weijun responded with the same smile and asked about Mr. Qi's physical condition.

"Well, the recovery speed is very good. I guess I can go home before the Spring Festival and celebrate the New Year. From now on, I can just keep it at home!"

Dean Qi nodded and said with a wry smile: "Actually, what I wanted was for my father to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time, but the old man refused. He felt that apart from the fracture in his leg that needed recovery, he had nothing wrong with him. He stayed in the hospital for a long time. , but I suppressed my worries, so I had no choice but to listen to him!"

Yao Weijun chatted with him and walked out of the hospital together.

Dean Qi did not wear work clothes today and was leading the way. After walking for a while, he entered a high-end restaurant.

"Comrade, the guests I am hosting for lunch today have arrived. Please arrange for the kitchen to serve the food. The sooner the better!"

After Dean Qi walked into the restaurant, he explained to the front desk clerk, took Yao Weijun to the second floor, opened the door of a private room, and said enthusiastically:

"Comrade Yao, please prepare some wine today. Thank you for saving my father, please!"

"Dean Qi, you're welcome, please!"

Yao Weijun extended his hand to return the salute and walked into the private room first.

At this time, there were already some people sitting in the private room, including men, women, old and young. After seeing Yao Weijun come in, they all stood up, with warm smiles on their faces, and insisted on inviting Yao Weijun to sit down at the main seat.

After Dean Qi came in, he closed the door of the private room and began to introduce the people present to Yao Weijun.

Yao Weijun nodded his greetings one by one. These people included Dean Qi's family, a few men in military uniforms, and even Mr. Qi's wife came and kept thanking Yao Weijun for his help.

After Dean Qi's introduction, I learned that the middle-aged men in military uniforms were all soldiers that Mr. Qi had led in the army before. They all now have official positions. One of them came here specially from a nearby county today. , I just want to thank Yao Weijun in person.

However, Mr. Qi himself did not attend today's banquet because he was still recovering in the hospital.

"Comrade Yao, on behalf of my wife, I would like to formally express my gratitude to you again. Thank you for saving his old bones. I'd like to toast you!"

Mr. Qi's wife, who had silver hair and wore glasses, looked very cultured. After Dean Qi finished the introduction, he took the lead in raising his glass to express his inner gratitude to Yao Weijun.

"You're welcome, old man. This is what I should do. You don't need to take it to heart."

Yao Weijun raised a glass of wine in return and drank the white wine in the glass.

"Haha... Eat Koucai, Comrade Yao, thanks to you this time, otherwise our old leader would be in danger. Come on, I'll toast you too to express my mood at this moment!"

One of the men in military uniform said loudly, and also took the initiative to raise his wine glass and motioned this way.

Yao Weijun responded calmly, chatting and laughing with these people openly. The atmosphere in the private room was warm, and there was no sense of unfamiliarity and restraint between them.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Yao Weijun gradually became more familiar with these people. The men in military uniforms admired Yao Weijun's performance at the dinner table and took the initiative to claim that if there were relevant matters that needed to be dealt with in the future, they could go to them in person.

Yao Weijun nodded in agreement and said some formal remarks.

The meal lasted until about two o'clock in the afternoon. During this period, Mr. Qi's wife and several female relatives left early and went to the hospital to accompany Mr. Qi.

Through their stories, Yao Weijun found out why Mr. Qi fell into a ditch by the roadside alone.

Mr. Qi had an old comrade who lived in one of the villages in Da Liu Commune. He was injured on the front line and was demobilized and returned home, thus losing contact with the army.

And when Mr. Qi and his family settled in Shuyun County, they restored contact again by chance. In this way, the two brothers would meet alone several times every year.

This time, as usual, Mr. Qi relied on his good health and insisted on riding his bicycle to meet his old comrades for a drink. As a result, he accidentally fell halfway. If Yao Weijun hadn't happened to pass by and rescued him, the consequences would have been really disastrous.

"Brother Yao, I'm at the county power supply station now, and I think I can still chat with you, haha... I'll see you more when we have time in the future!"

After finishing speaking, one of the men in military uniform looked at his watch, stood up, looked around everyone, and said with an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, everyone, there is a meeting in the institute that I need to chair this afternoon, I'm afraid I have to go first!"

After saying that, he shook hands with Yao Weijun tightly, took the military coat from the hanger next to him, put it on and went out.

As soon as he left, the other people couldn't sit still anymore and stood up to say goodbye to Yao Weijun.

Because these people all hold important positions, and there are currently no holidays in various units, it is not easy to delay for too long. (End of chapter)