Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 88 087 Dongfeng (two in one)

A letter of certification is a special certificate when communications are underdeveloped. It is endorsed by the unit and proves that the claims or content stated in the letter are true and stamped.

Each unit uses different paper and styles for certification letters.The Hujialou branch unit has fewer people and is more casual, which proves that it was Zheng's handwriting on the letter paper.

Content: Comrade Tang Zhitong from our unit has requested to register his marriage, which is hereby certified.Signed and stamped.

"Congratulations, the lovers are finally getting married. Do you want to have a wedding? Let me know if you need anything, and we will help you." Zheng Jian handed the opened letter of certification to Tang Zhitong, his attitude as easy-going as ever.

"Thank you Zheng Suo. We plan to keep everything simple and have no plans to hold a wedding. The elders on both sides understand and support it." Tang Zhitong took the letter of certification and pretended.

"It's good to be simple, it saves trouble. But you have to tell everyone when you get the certificate. If you can't ask for a wedding wine, you can still eat a piece of wedding candy." Zheng Jian nodded to express his understanding. His superiors had advocated simplicity in the past few years. In addition, In this year's situation, the ration is barely enough to fill the stomach, and it is really not suitable for making a big splash.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be wedding candies." In fact, candies are not easy to buy, but there is still stock in Tang Zhitong's space. They are just snacks now, and they will be hard currency next year...

Wang Jingwen also acted very quickly. After getting the certificate from the work unit, she made another phone call and made an appointment to pick up the stove.

The eldest sister in the same office also came from this age group. She understood Wang Jingwen's mood very well and readily agreed to help her take over the work, allowing Wang Jingwen to worry about her own affairs.

Wang Jingwen knew that Tang Zhitong had been busy cleaning up the house and yard at home in recent afternoons. He picked up the stove and chimney and rushed directly to the East Flower Market Street.

Tang Zhitong finished the second round of delivery early and was disappointed. He went to the Transportation Electrical Equipment Sales Department and bought wires, lamp holders, pull-offs, and a roll of black tape. He was going to turn on the electricity when he returned home.

Tang Zhitong bought five light bulbs, all of them with high wattage, but the small ones were out of stock.

After a while, it will be difficult to buy large-wattage light bulbs.Restrictions on the purchase of light bulbs will be the norm, and "old for new" will even be implemented. Residents must prove that they really need to replace the light bulbs with broken light bulbs in their homes before they can buy them...

When Wang Jingwen came to Tang's house with ease, Tang Zhitong was walking.

"Euclidean, come help, Jingwen has bought the stove." The two girls have already started school, and Zhang Guifang is making lunch. When she hears the noise, she puts the pot aside and is the first to come out to help.

"Auntie, no need, I can do it myself." Wang Jingwen stood up the car and began to untie the rope.

"Let me do it, be careful not to hit your feet." After hearing this, Tang Zhitong came out of the side room and clicked his tongue when he looked at the stove and chimney Wang Jingwen bought.

Miss Xiao Wang is really well-connected and really willing to spend money.

The Model [-] civilian dual-purpose stove was just developed and finalized last fall. It was published in the newspaper. It is economical and durable. It can burn briquettes, briquettes, coal blocks, honeycomb briquettes, and bituminous coal. It is not picky. It costs more than seven yuan a piece. Because of its impressive output, demand exceeds supply.

The chimney is more high-end, enamel!Take care of it and use it, it will probably be used until heating becomes more popular...

Tang Zhitong carried the stove, Xiao Wang held the chimney, and Zhang Guifang helped take the two crutches, put them in the wing and went back to the house to cook. The two girls were coming home from school for dinner soon, so they had to hurry up.

"Isn't the chimney beautiful? I fell in love with it at first sight." Xiao Wang pointed at the chimney proudly, waiting for Tang Zhitong's compliment.

"Beautiful, you are very discerning." Tang Zhitong said naturally. Although it is a bit extravagant, classmate Xiao Wang is a well-established and confident person. How can he buy a few chimneys for only 50 yuan a month?
"I've already asked. This one doesn't rust. It'll be clean with just one wipe. It's easy to take care of. I'll go back and screw on a few wires. It dries things slowly now. After washing clothes, towels, socks, etc., you can hang them on them. They'll dry quickly. No need to worry. It will affect the wear the next day." Wang Jingwen happily explained to Tang Zhitong, showing that she had carefully considered it.

"Not bad, my wife is really thoughtful." Tang Zhitong nodded in praise.

"Hehe, let's put it up and bake it on the stove. I wanted to buy some charcoal today, but when I asked, it was too expensive, so I didn't buy it." Wang Jingwen picked up the chimney and studied how to install it. She had seen it when she was a child but didn't. She has done it before, but she hasn’t used it since she was older. It was her first time to operate it by herself, so she was not familiar with it.

"Leave me alone." Tang Zhitong took the initiative to take over the job.

The two masters, He and He, were very considerate and had already left a smoke passage on the wall. There was no need to open a skylight to burn the stove, which was more conducive to thermal insulation and waterproofing.

Tang Zhitong is indeed very satisfied with the two masters. They have a good eye for work and can do it well.

On the day Wang Jingwen came to the house with gifts, the two masters built a chicken coop with a door that afternoon.

There is a shortage of meat and food, but there is no shortage of weasels. If there is no chicken coop, it would not be surprising at all if two chickens were stolen at night.

"Sister-in-law, brother, it's time to eat." As soon as the two of them finished turning on the stove, Fengzhen was ordered to come over and call them for lunch.

"Let's go and eat first." Tang Zhitong clapped his hands and signaled to call it a day.

Fengzhen was sensible and changed the water in the basin for her brother and sister-in-law when she returned home.

There are two staple foods for lunch, steamed buns and steamed buns. The steamed buns were added temporarily by Zhang Guifang when she saw Wang Jingwen coming.

"Daughter, I didn't know that you came here today and didn't steam rice. You can just eat steamed buns to make it a meal." Zhang Guifang said slightly apologetically.

"Auntie, I'm not that squeamish and I'm not picky about food. You don't have to cook it specially for me. I eat the same food as at home now and in the future." Wang Jingwen replied with a smile, picked up the steamed bun in his hand, broke it into two, and handed it to The two sisters-in-law took a steamed bun to eat.

"Try to see if you can get used to it. If you don't, tell me." Tang Zhitong felt very comfortable watching Wang Jingwen's behavior. He ate the steamed buns, but his wife still felt distressed. This is not a contradiction.

The flour ration has not gone back up, accounting for only about 30% of the total ration. The remaining ration can only be purchased from coarse grains or machine-made rice. Coarse grains include corn flour, millet flour, sorghum, etc. Machine-made rice is more expensive, but the taste is average, so the Tang family is very Eat less.

"It's quite delicious, better than the ones made in our workplace canteen." Wang Jingwen took a bite. It was soft and slightly sweet, without the rough and hard texture of common steamed buns.

"Hot noodle steamed buns, mixed with millet noodles and flour. If you can get used to it, we will do this in the future." Any newlyweds who get married face many problems. The first hurdle is the food barrier. Can they eat it? It’s important to go together.

Fortunately, Zhang Guifang was good at steaming steamed buns and Tang Zhitong was good at making pickles. Wang Jingwen ate this simple meal with gusto.

After lunch, the two continued to clean up the room, lit the stove, continued wiring, and finally succeeded in lighting the light bulb before dark.

"Tomorrow I will pull some more fabric to make curtains and door curtains." Wang Jingwen looked at the bright interior. The space was independent, but she couldn't do anything. She could see everything from the outside in...

After the two of them finished their work, they sat by the stove to figure out the day to receive the certificate. Wang Jingwen even suggested that after receiving the certificate, ask a few close friends to come and sit together every day, and the ceremony would be considered a success.

Tang Zhitong is very supportive of this. Wang Jingwen is such an outstanding person, and there will definitely be many people who remember him in their hearts. It is a good thing to make it public to prevent others from blindly remembering it.He also admitted that he would think of the dishes himself and would never let Xiao Wang lose face.The two decided who to invite, and wrote the invitation together and sent it away when Tang Zhitong went to work tomorrow.

As they chatted, they talked about what they still lacked in their little home. They made a note of whatever came to mind, and they didn’t buy it right away. They waited for their salary to be paid and then started to purchase it slowly according to their priorities...

After dinner, it was Tang Zhitong who sent Wang Jingwen home as usual. There seemed to be more people at the bridge and on the street corner.

Not afraid of [-], but afraid of the worst, Tang Zhitong did not dare to lead Wang Jingwen into the alley again. Anyway, there were only a few days left, so he could endure it any longer.

The two biked along the main road, specifically taking Wangfujing Street, where the lights were bright and there were many people.

Tang Zhitong sent Wang Jingwen to the door of the unit without going up, but asked her not to go out at night.

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The stove in the wing room works day and night. Before going to work on Thursday, Tang Zhitong went to the wing room to check and found that the wall was almost dry, so he asked Zhang Guifang to wait for the sun to come out and take out the quilt from the bottom of the box to dry in the sun before setting up a bed today.

According to Zhang Guifang's wishes, such a big thing must be done on a good day, but the half-immortals have disappeared for many years, and the surviving ones don't know where they are hiding, so the matter was abandoned.

After the first delivery, Tang Zhitong first called Mr. Zhang and made an appointment with him to come to install the furniture in the afternoon. Then he called classmate Xiao Wang and asked her if she was free this afternoon. He needed to refer to her opinion for placing the furniture in the small nest.

Xiao Wang happily agreed. After looking forward to it for so long, the day is finally getting closer...

Mr. Zhang works very carefully. The wood is all wrapped in felt cloth and shipped. Even if you look at it from the outside, you can't tell what material it is.

After the first truck arrived, five people were left, two masters were responsible for installation, two apprentices were responsible for transporting, and the others returned to the lumber factory to continue loading and transporting the truck.

Due to the high density of red sandalwood, the wooden parts are much heavier than other wood materials. Seeing the two apprentices working carefully and sweating from exhaustion, Tang Zhitong did not hesitate and stepped forward to join hands with Gong Zhang.

It wasn’t until I started using it that I realized how heavy this thing is!Tang Zhitong had the idea of ​​using space for transportation, but there were too many people on site. He would wait until the next move to use it. Then he would wave his hand to "collect" and wave his hand again to "release" when he got to his new home. Tsk tsk, the main purpose is safety, convenience and speed!
Apprentices work hard and do the most tiring work. They can only learn skills after being approved by the master, and finally pass the assessment to become a full-time worker. This process usually takes three years.

In fact, before the first half of last year, the superiors treated apprentices very favorably, and it only took one year for apprentices to become regular workers.

However, human nature is difficult to understand. Inertia grows in the bones. Over time, they will think that this is what they should do. Many apprentices start to cheat and mess around.

This situation of not cherishing the opportunity made the regular workers very dissatisfied and the superiors also had a headache. They finally decided to extend the working hours of apprentices. Apprentices must complete three years before they can become full-time employees. Even if they perform particularly well, they must complete two years before they can become a full-time apprentice. Level worker.

Xiao Wang was not familiar with the whole process of moving, so Tang Zhitong was reluctant and asked her to just give advice.

In fact, the two of them had basically decided on which furniture to put in which position when they were still in love, but Tang Zhitong still asked Xiao Wang for his opinion: Is it okay to put the bed like this?Would you like to put the cabinet here?Is it convenient for you to put the bookshelf and desk here? …

In fact, Wang Jingwen doesn't care where the furniture is placed, but she likes the sense of participation and the feeling of being valued and respected by Tang Zhitong.

"All the furniture has been carefully polished and waxed. What do you think of the texture?" Zhang Gong picked up a small wooden piece and handed it to Tang Zhitong.

"It's impeccable, it's so beautiful!" Tang Zhitong simply couldn't put it down. The texture was clear, the panel was smooth and shiny, and there wasn't a single burr.

Compared with raw wood, the waxed finished product is darker in color. The recognition of red sandalwood has been ingrained in the DNA of Chinese people for hundreds of years. Even if you don’t understand the material, as long as you see red sandalwood, you will know that it is a good thing.

"After using it for a long time, the color of the furniture will become darker. If you want to renovate it, you can contact me. I will polish it with emery cloth and apply wax again to make sure it is as good as new." Zhang Gong is not an inexperienced young man. Last time Tang Zhitong's "a little immature idea" helped him a lot, and it was big enough to help him go further. He didn't think that Tang Zhitong just said it casually, but there were some things that didn't need to be revealed.It is enough to repay a favor in return.

"Thank you for your trouble." Tang Zhitong was very satisfied. After the red sandalwood was waxed, the smell was much weaker. As for the renovation mentioned by Zhang Gong, Tang Zhitong had not considered it. Using six or seven years of cladding slurry just happened to be less conspicuous.

Four square pieces of furniture were hauled piecemeal four times from the lumber factory.

"Let's put it in the main room, we don't eat here." When placing the Eight Immortals table and dining table, Wang Jingwen put forward a different opinion.

Tang Zhitong was all right, but Zhang Guifang disagreed, shaking her head like a rattle: "No, no, no, let's keep using the old ones here. Qiao Guigui's will be wasted here."

"Mom, let's put it in the main room. Let's use it together. The Eight Immortals table has been replaced and it's broken into pieces. My sister has to put a book on it to do her homework." Tang Zhitong also advised.

"No. Your furniture is all in sets. It would be a pity to take it apart. If you put it here, I will be happy just looking at it." At any rate, Zhang Guifang disagreed.

"Mr. Zhang, do you have ready tables and chairs in the lumber factory?" Seeing her mother-in-law's resolute attitude, Wang Jingwen asked for help and asked Mr. Zhang for the first time.

"Yes." Zhang Gong did not participate in the Tang family's family affairs and just watched. After hearing Wang Jingwen's inquiry, he gave a positive reply.

"Brother Eucalyptus, let's buy a new one and replace the one in the main house?" Wang Jingwen asked Tang Zhitong directly for his opinion without asking the price.

"No way, Jingwen, there's no reason to ask you to pay anymore." Before Tang Zhitong could speak, Zhang Guifang quickly stopped her.

"Auntie, why should you continue to use tattered furniture instead of us? If others find out, they will think that we are unfilial." Wang Jingwen's attitude was also very firm. In order to change the set of tables and chairs, she even moved out of Dayi.

"Mom, let's just settle it. It doesn't cost much, right?" Tang Zhitong smoothed things over in the middle, and the latter question was directed to Mr. Zhang.

"A Eight Immortals table, a dining table, and six chairs, a total of 38 yuan." Zhang Gong was skilled in business and immediately gave the price.

"Okay, it's settled. I'll settle the settlement together later." Tang Zhitong made the final decision.

The furniture customized by Tang Zhitong, plus the temporary orders, took four trips to the lumber factory to complete.

On the last trip, there were many more small things, such as photo frames, paperweights, ashtrays, auspicious ornaments, and even two desk lamps and a bedside floor lamp.

"The idea you came up with last time was of great help to us. It not only improved the turnover efficiency, but also reduced the labor intensity of the workers and masters. Everyone spontaneously thanked you. They were all put together by the masters in the factory using some useless scraps. Don't dislike it." Mr. Zhang pointed to a pile of small objects and expressed his gratitude to Tang Zhitong on behalf of the factory.

"Alas, the masters are too polite. I accept this offer and will give you wedding candies later." Tang Zhitong collected the items neatly and neatly. Jinsunnan's small items were so beautiful and tight, but he had no intention of letting the factory give them to him. If you suffer a loss here, bring more candy with you when you go to check out later to share points with everyone.

　Tomorrow I will write about marriage, I look forward to your support
　　
　
(End of this chapter)