Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

Seeing Huang Juan so surprised, Li Youjie felt particularly good.

In the past, when he was with Huang Juan, he always felt inferior.

My family is too poor.

In comparison, Huang Juan's family conditions are much better.

My father was the production team leader. He was the kind of person who only gave orders but did not do any work. All the members of the team had to curry favor with him.

Huang Juan is the youngest in their family.

Very favored.

Dress better than others and eat better than others.

Compared with her, Li Youjie felt like a toad.

Huang Juan didn't dare to tell her family about their relationship, so every time he came to see Huang Juan, he had to do it secretly.

This often makes Li Youjie feel anxious and worried.

This is also the reason why, whenever he hears about a way to make money, he always wants to do it.

He wanted to make money and make himself worthy of Huang Juan.

"Juan, when are you going to tell your family about us?" Li Youjie asked.

"Let's wait a little longer. My second brother hasn't gotten married yet, and I can't get ahead of him."

In the countryside, if the older brother is not married and his younger brothers and sisters get married first, the older brother will seem useless, and his younger brothers and sisters will seem too anxious, which will easily lead to gossip.

Thinking of this, Huang Juan's originally smiling face also showed a sad expression.

"Didn't I tell you before that my second brother's girlfriend was a former educated youth from our area, who returned to the city last year?"

"Yes, I know." Li Youjie nodded.

Huang Juan continued, "Her family is from Teng County. She was assigned to work at the Xinhua Bookstore a while ago. She had originally said she would get married after the Chinese New Year, but now it seems that may not be the case."

"What's wrong? Is she going to regret it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Youjie also became anxious. If his second uncle could not get married, Huang Juan would have to wait forever. How long would it take for him to finish this wait?

"It's almost like going back on their word. Their family means their daughter can't marry into our production team. If she wants to get married, my second brother has to go to Teng County and find a job and live there from now on."

"Isn't this embarrassing?"

"Who says it's not true? My dad is so anxious about this that he has blisters on his mouth. My second brother has also become listless and doesn't speak all day."

Huang Juan was also overwhelmed when talking about the bad things in her family.

Originally, their family was considered a relatively good family in the brigade, but now the whole family is frowning all day long.

"Let's not talk about these bad things for now. The more we talk about them, the angrier we'll get."

Huang Juan took another bite of the ice cream, then held it up and handed it to Li Youjie, asking him to take a bite as well.

"Is it delicious?" Huang Juan squinted her eyes and looked at Li Youjie with a smile.

"Yeah, it's delicious." Li Yiji nodded in response.

"You bit me where I bit you a while ago."

Huang Juan's face was slightly red, but she still looked playful.

With just one sentence, the teasing Li Youjie's face turned red.

Seeing Li Youjie blushing and looking embarrassed, Huang Juan suppressed her snort and said, "Idiot."

"I'll get the bucket, and you help me carry the ice cream into the yard."

"Won't it be discovered?"

Li Youjie was a little worried. Every time he came here before, he never entered the yard and was worried about being seen by Huang Juan's family.

"I'm so mad at you. Just let it go. How are you going to get a wife in the future if you're such a coward?" Huang Juan stomped her feet in anger when she saw Li Youjie being so timid.

Falling in love lowers one's intelligence, and this is the case with Li Youjie at the moment.

He didn't even understand such an obvious hint.

"Okay, don't go in either." Huang Juan pouted, picked up the bucket and returned to her yard.

Li Youjie was holding a carrying pole and looking at Huang Juan in the yard. He didn't know whether to go in or not.

Wasn't it fine just now?

Why are you suddenly angry?

Li Youjie was puzzled.

Women are such complicated creatures.

After waiting for a while, Huang Juan took out the bucket and put it on the ground.

"You should go home soon. I want to go back to eat." After saying that, Huang Juan turned and left.

Li Yiji returned home carrying the empty bucket.

I couldn't figure out why Huang Juan suddenly became unhappy.

After breakfast the next day.

Li Youcai and Li Youjie pulled a cart, took a trowel, and went to the county town together.

I bought some sand, cement and red bricks, and built six stoves directly on the wall in the factory. I used iron buckets as exhaust ducts and connected them directly to the outside of the window.

I bought six big black pots and put them on the stove, and that was it.

Looking at the six stoves he built, Li Youcai was still very satisfied.

Square and straight.

Li Youcai cleverly used the several large pits on the ground as ash pits for the stove and as air inlets for the stove.

When cleaning the furnace, it will be much more convenient to have these stove pits.

After pressing it with his fingers and feeling that the cement had solidified, Li Youcai wanted to light a fire to test the airtightness of the stove.

"Youjie, go to the yard and bring back some hay."

I shouted but there was no response.

Li Youcai turned around and found Li Youjie sitting on the red brick in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"Youjie!" Li Youcai raised his voice and shouted again.

"Ah? What are you doing?" Li Youjie came back to his senses.

"Go outside and bring back some hay. I'll try to light it." Li Youcai said again.

"Oh, I know."

Now Li Youjie heard it clearly, put on gloves, and went to the courtyard outside.

Li Youcai collected some water in an enamel basin and poured it into the big iron pot.

After a while, Li Youjie came back with a large bundle of hay.

Li Youcai used a wooden stick to push the hay into the furnace, took out a match, and slowly slid it to light the hay.

Whoosh...

The hay burned very quickly, and all kinds of weeds burned with crackling sounds.

The thick smoke was discharged outside through the chimney.

The ashes from the burning grass fell into the stove pit.

"It's okay, not much smoke."

Li Youcai said this and went to try several other stoves.

There was only one problem, the airtightness was poor, and smoke came out through the gaps in the stove wall.

Li Youcai took a trowel and applied another layer of cement.

The next thing they need to do is clean the factory thoroughly and then they can start producing ice cream.

Taking off his work gloves, Li Youcai came to Li Youjie and looked at his younger brother. He felt that he was not normal today.

Not as active as usual, looking a little listless.

"You've been absent-minded all day. What's wrong? Are you worried about something?"

Li Youjie started thinking about Huang Juan's family affairs since he returned home yesterday, but he couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time.

"Brother, I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I feel like you're the only one who can help me with this."

"What's the matter?" Li Youcai was a little curious.

"It's about me and Huang Juan." Li Youjie moved two red bricks to the ground and said, "Sit down. I'll explain it to you slowly."