Volume 1 Chapter 0070: Hammer
Before setting out to return to Wenchangwei, Nan Yi received a telegram with only two words on it - reply.
After dialing the number with difficulty, Xian Yaodong's voice came from the other end: "Ke Hongxing's parents are here, they want to see you."
"Are they still in the team?"
"No, he's staying at a guesthouse in the city."
"What are their names?"
"Ke Hongxing's father is Ke Jianzhen, and his mother is Sun Muxi. They seem to have a special smell."
"What's that smell?"
"In the past, you could tell by looking at the smell of the young masters and young ladies from wealthy families that they had read the books of sages."
"Nonsense, haven't you read Ke Hongxing's file?" Nan Yi spat, and then said, "Come back soon."
Nan Yi had always felt that there was a connection between Ke Jianzhen and Ke Hongxing. Both of them had the surname Ke and were from Shanghai. Now it seemed to be true.
When Nan Yi returned to Wenchangwei, he met Ke Jianzhen and Sun Muxi and developed a liking for them.
The two men were so upright that Nan Yi saw profound thoughts, independent thinking, and the proud and upright spirit of the serious literati of the Republic of China.
"Mr. Nan, thank you for taking care of my daughter's funeral. I am very grateful." Ke Jianzhen bent down and bowed 75 degrees to Nan Yi.
Nan Yi did not offer support out of false courtesy. He could afford the bow and had to accept it, otherwise Ke Jianzhen would feel uncomfortable.
After Ke Jianzhen finished his greetings, Nan Yi said, "Mr. Ke, please just call me Comrade Nan, or call me by my first name. I don't deserve your title of Mr. Although Ke Liya and I haven't known each other for a long time, we are acquaintances. It is my duty to help her with her affairs.
Please sit here for a while. I will go get some tea. I am usually in the capital, and there is no one here. I am sorry to have to boil some water for you."
"No need to bother, Mu Xi and I are not thirsty."
"Whether you are thirsty or not, you have to drink something. Otherwise, I will be neglecting you and violating the etiquette of hospitality. Wait a moment."
Nan Yi said this and walked towards the kitchen.
First, he poured a little water into the pot, boiled it, rinsed it, and then added half a pot of water. When the water boiled, Nan Yi scooped a little into the thermos, shook it, rinsed it, and repeated it twice before filling the thermos.
Holding the thermos in one hand and the handles of three teacups in the other, he walked to the eight-immortals table, put down the teacups and thermos, and took out a can of tea from a shelf in the corner.
Add tea leaves, pour out , and wait for the second brew before Nan Yi put the teacup next to Ke Jianzhen and Sun Muxi.
"Please, tea. It's Phoenix Dancong. It shouldn't be brewed this way. My humble abode is poor, so please bear with me."
Ke Jianzhen picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put it down again, "Good tea! I haven't had such good tea in years."
"That's good. I am just a Dong Shi, trying to be sophisticated but I don't really understand tea."
"Comrade Nan is being modest. You can tell a person's character by looking at his house. You have kept this house in perfect order. It is dignified yet lively."
“Thank you.”
After that, the three of them didn't talk about any substantive topics. After staying in the cowshed for too long, Ke Jianzhen and the other man felt a little numb.
After a polite chat for nearly an hour, Ke Jianzhen and the other man said goodbye and left.
Nan Yi did not try to persuade him to stay, let alone mention the antiques. It was not the right time to talk about this. If he talked about it now, it would seem like he was trying to repay a favor.
Moreover, it also seems that you don't pay enough attention to others.
After the New Year, Nan Yi plans to pay a visit to the Ke family and give them adequate gifts.
After the two left, Nan Yi went to find Ge Cuizhu, registered with her, and asked the reclamation team's tractor to help him pull two trucks of yellow mud.
When the reclamation brigade's tractors were not needed for plowing or hauling goods, anyone in the brigade who wanted to use them could come and borrow them. All they had to do was register with Ge Cuizhu and pay the diesel fee.
Nan Yi did not go to find the tractor driver. Instead, he went to the warehouse built by the reclamation team in the fields and found a very domineering Z-type car key under the driver's seat.
With a few clicks, he fiddled with the steering wheel, shifted the gear lever to neutral, and pulled the throttle handle to the starting position.
Walk to the front of the car, insert the car key into the keyhole [crankshaft], press the decompression handle with your left hand, hold the key handle with your right hand and start turning the key, slowly increase the speed of rotation. As the speed increases, quickly release the decompression handle with your left hand and continue to turn the key until a rattling sound is heard.
Nan Yi pulled the key out of the keyhole, checked whether the oil pressure indicator valve was raised, listened to the sound of the diesel engine for a while, and checked whether the exhaust was normal.
Everything was normal, so Nan Yi stood next to the tractor and smoked, letting the diesel engine run for a while and waiting for the water temperature to rise to 40-60 degrees.
After finishing a cigarette, the water temperature is about the same.
Nan Yi sat in the driving seat, without holding the steering handle, he fiddled with the steering wheel [handrail] left and right until he could not move it anymore. Then he pulled the gear lever, shifted the gear to first gear, pulled the clutch, and engaged it.
The tractor rolled forward with a rumbling sound.
He first drove to the armory, took out his gun, got a magazine, hung the gun around his neck, and then drove the tractor towards the barbed wire.
There is a small earthen slope next to the barbed wire. This earthen slope is made of yellow mud. Nan Yi came here to pull the yellow mud.
The tractor shook violently. If the people hadn't been holding the handrails, they might have flown away.
The shock absorption function of the hand tractor is almost equal to zero. If you happen to be holding your urine, the urine will also shake out.
With a creak, the tractor stopped beside the slope. Nan Yi got off the vehicle and wanted to climb to a higher place to see if there were any escapees nearby. However, a border guard happened to be walking towards this side.
"Nan Yi."
"Wei Zong, is it your turn to patrol today?"
Chen Weizong came from the Guiyu Chen family, the largest family in Guangdong Province, and his hometown was Jieshi Town under Haiyu.
"Yes, it's my turn now. What small things are you transporting? Drive the tractor here too." Chen Weizong walked up to Nan Yi, patted the tractor's trailer and asked.
"I came here to carry the yellow mud. I plan to make a floor at the entrance of the yard so that I can put down drying mats to dry things."
"Do you need help?"
"No, you're still on duty. Come over to my place someday when you have a day off. I'll make you something delicious."
"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll continue my patrol."
"good."
Looking at Chen Weizong's back, he muttered to himself, "Da Zong Weihan, with long hair." What was Chen Weizong's father's name, Chen Zong?
Holding a shovel, he stood on the slope and dug for a while, then threw the excavated yellow mud into the truck bed.
Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta. A truckload of dirt was transported back, and then another truckload of dirt was dug.
With a shovel on his shoulder, he went to the school construction site to get some quicklime and some sand. With a shovel on his shoulder, he ran to the kitchen and put one third of glutinous rice in an iron pot. He cooked and stirred the mixture, and finally made a pot of glutinous rice paste.
After getting everything ready, Nan Yi came to the yellow mud pile and transformed himself into a chef, adding slaked lime, sand and glutinous rice paste into it.
Use a wide hoe to stir the yellow mud first, then slice it into pieces, stir it again, and slice it again. Repeat this several times until it is stirred evenly.
Nan Yi spread the yellow mud evenly on the ground he wanted to level, put away the other things, walked back to the yard, moved a low stool , and took the laundry mallet from the sink...
