The 1970s: Military Family Beauty

Except for Squad Leader Fu, the other soldiers in the kitchen squad did not take Jiang Furong seriously as a mechanic. They thought that this was a trick played by Squad Leader Fu to pursue girls, and they always laughed secretly beside him.

Jiang Furong was too lazy to explain further.

As long as you do your job well, those who have eyes will believe you.

Jiang Furong would not let her men idle while she was working. At this moment, she habitually took out two pliers and asked those soldiers who were winking at each other to dismantle the old bicycle:

"Those of you who don't cook, please do me a favor and remove all the screws that can be removed. Remember to sort them out. The parts that are not rusted will be needed later."

No one picked up the tool.

Jiang Furong looked up: "No?"

"We should go knead the dough and cook, so we won't bother you here." Several soldiers simply ran into the cafeteria one after another.

Squad Leader Fu cursed at their backs, "I see your hands are rusty and can't move!"

Jiang Furong smiled: "That's right."

Those who don't want to work either have rusty hands or rusty brains.

Squad Leader Fu was a little embarrassed: "These guys have been doing this for a long time, and they are all so slick."

Jiang Furong didn't care: "It's nothing, I can do all these things myself, I just can't stand watching others sitting around doing nothing. If you need something later, go and do it, I'll take my time here."

Squad Leader Fu just wanted to see how Jiang Furong turned his cart into a three-wheeled vehicle with a load capacity of half a ton.

"I don't have anything to do today, so I'm here to help you. I've already assigned them to do the other things."

"Then you remove the screws from the bike and I'll calculate the distance between the axles."

Jiang Furong handed the pliers to Team Leader Fu without hesitation, and took the carpenter's ruler she had just found and measured it on the cart, and even drew a sketch to mark the dimensions.

After two or three hours of work, the two worn-out bicycles had been dismantled into pieces, and the wheels of the modified tricycle had also been removed, leaving only the frame.

"Almost there," Jiang Furong clapped her hands, stood up, and stomped her feet hard.

After squatting for a whole morning, my feet are numb.

Squad Leader Fu looked at the scattered parts, completely clueless. "Can we start assembling now?"

Jiang Furong shook her head: "We still need spare parts. You have to go find them."

She showed her notes to Squad Leader Fu: "I need two one-meter-long water pipes, some wood, and some motor oil."

Squad Leader Fu rubbed the back of his head. "You can ask the repair shop for some engine oil, and the processing plant for wood. What kind of water pipe do you want?"

"It's the kind of water pipe that connects to the heating pipe."

"Oh, so that's it. I'll go ask. They installed the radiator last time, and this water pipe might be in the warehouse."

"I've written down the length of the water pipe and the size of the wood here. Just look for it according to what's written here. Make a check mark when you find one."

"What if we can't find them today?"

"It doesn't matter if you can't find them all. Look here, there are still a few parts that need to be processed according to the dimensions I gave you."

"Oh, then I'll go ask. I don't know who can do this."

"It's okay. I know a carpenter. I'll go ask him first. Even if I find one, I can't make it today. You won't be able to use this tricycle for two days."

"No problem. The last time Wei Heng modified my tricycle, it took him more than a week."

Speaking of Wei Heng, Jiang Furong remembered something: "Which company is Squad Leader Wei from? He bought me a ticket last time, and I haven't thanked him yet."

Squad Leader Fu laughed and said, "Wei Heng isn't from our division. He's studying at the Engineering Corps School in the provincial capital. Didn't he tell you?"

Jiang Furong shook her head: "He was in a hurry to leave, so I didn't ask."

"You don't even know who to write the letter of praise to, right?" Squad Leader Fu joked, "You can write me a letter of praise. Didn't I have a part in sending you to the county seat?"

Jiang Furong agreed generously: "Okay, then I'll write one."

Squad Leader Fu quickly refused: "I'm just kidding, don't write it, please don't write it. I picked you up that day just for fun, please don't write it, or they'll laugh their heads off."

Jiang Furong asked, "Does Captain Wei live in our compound?"

Squad Leader Fu hummed casually and asked, "Do you really want to thank him?"

Jiang Furong said, "I have to thank him! He bought the ticket for me so I didn't have to queue up, and he even took the time to take me to the train station. If I had queued up to buy the ticket myself and then asked for directions to the train station, I don't know how long it would have taken me to get there and back."

Only those who have experienced it personally can fully understand the feeling of being away from home and having no one to turn to for help.

Squad Leader Fu nodded in understanding. "It's quite troublesome to go on a long trip. When Wei Heng comes back from vacation, I'll go to your house and let you know."

"Okay, it's settled." Jiang Furong realized that Captain Fu didn't want to talk about Wei Heng anymore, so she tactfully stopped asking and continued talking about other things. "I have to go home and buy some pork from the service center to make wontons. I'll come back after lunch. Is 1:30 okay?"

Squad Leader Fu pointed to the cafeteria and said, "The service center is out of food at this time. It just so happens that the cafeteria is open for lunch. I'll go get you some food. I've been busy all morning, and I can't let you go on an empty stomach."

Jiang Furong thought about it. The food in the cafeteria was said to be of good quality, so she decided to give it a try. "Okay, thank you."

Squad Leader Fu hurried into the cafeteria and quickly came out, holding two lunch boxes in his hands: "They beat it for me, just a little bit."

Jiang Furong took the lunch box. Wow, it was so heavy. She thought to herself, this is not just a little bit. She thanked him politely again before leaving.

On the way home, Jiang Furong made a detour to see if Lu Xiaochuan was still working as a carpenter there.

Lu Xiaochuan has good craftsmanship and is a very honest person.

When Jiang Furong saw the wood shavings piled in front of the house, she knew that Lu Xiaochuan had not finished his work yet, so she went home to have lunch without any worries.

When I got home and opened the lunch box, there was a box of hand-rolled noodles and a box of cabbage, pork and tofu stew.

Jiang Xiaocui smiled knowingly: "It's great to have food provided while working."

Jiang Furong was also happy: "I didn't expect to get so much."

Jiang Xiaocui said: "In the village, car repair is done by men, and this little money may not even be enough to feed them."

"I'll have steamed buns. Auntie, please heat up the noodles and vegetables so that grandma can have something good." Jiang Furong felt relieved when she saw the pork in the dish. "You've been here for so long, and grandma hasn't eaten any meat."

"There's so much, how can one person finish it? I'll just boil some water and cook the vegetables and noodles together, and we can all eat. Call your mother to get up and eat too." Jiang Xiaocui said as she lit the fire to boil water.

Jiang Furong helped bring in firewood.

Jiang Xiaocui whispered, "Furong, someone came to our house this morning. Zhaohui said it was Yu Caixia. I listened to you and used a kitchen knife to open the door. I didn't let her in and told her you were going to the department to find someone to fix the door. She saw the wooden board on the door and left without saying anything."