It was the early morning of the next day when they returned to Shanghai. Song Yuanchao took Ying Caixia back to the alley, and happened to meet Zhang Jianguo at the entrance of the alley who was about to go to work.

Zhang Jianguo was very happy to see Song Yuanchao coming back. He pulled him to talk for a while and said that he must come home for dinner tonight. At the same time, he looked at Ying Caixia who came back with Song Yuanchao with doubtful eyes.

Song Yuanchao gave him a brief introduction to Ying Caixia's situation. He just said that this was his comrade from the educated youth when he went to the countryside. He came to Shanghai to stay for a few days because of his family and would leave after the Chinese New Year.

In this regard, Zhang Jianguo didn't say much. He smiled and nodded and said hello to Ying Caixia. Since work time was approaching, Zhang Jianguo had to rush to the work unit so he didn't talk much.

I first went to meet the Zhang family's aunt, chatted with the old man for a while, introduced Ying Caixia, left some of the gifts I brought back, and took her back to Building 23.

After entering the building, Song Yuanchao pointed to several places in the building and talked to Ying Caixia, gave a general introduction to the situation downstairs, divided the gifts he brought with the neighbors, and took her directly after saying a few greetings.

The three-story pavilion where Qin Zhengguo lived before.

Taking out the key and opening the door, Song Yuanchao greeted Ying Caixia to come in.

After Song Yuanchao left, the family has been entrusted to the Zhang family to take care of it. Zhang Jianguo and the others would help clean it every week, so even though they were away from home for half a year, both the house where they lived and the three-story pavilion were kept clean.

After putting down his luggage, Song Yuanchao walked to the dormer window and opened it first. Although the room had been cleaned, it had not been occupied for several months, so there was a certain smell in the room.

Opening the window to let in the wind, Song Yuanchao turned to face Caixia and said: "This is the three-story pavilion of my house. Zhengguo lived here before when he came here. There are basic furniture in the house, including bedding, pillows, etc., all stored in boxes.

It's clean and can be used after taking it out to dry, but the space is a bit small..."

"This place is nice, it looks great!" Compared with the Ying family's mansion, the three-story pavilion is naturally very small, but Ying Caixia doesn't care. She thinks that the conditions were much worse than this in the northwest, and she is different.

Are you coming?

Moreover, Song Yuanchao's home is a typical Shikumen building, which is very different from the style of the Ying family mansion. She has never lived in such a house, especially when she sees the tiger window, that is, there is a small platform on the roof outside.

It was okay to go up. She went up to take a look with great interest, and she was even more satisfied with it.

"You know what? Standing on it and looking out, it suddenly reminded me of the movie "Road Angel"." Ying Caixia was very happy. She left Jinling. Her mood was not high at first, but as the train moved towards

As Shanghai sailed away, Ying Caixia gradually relaxed and her expression became more smiley. The cheerful Ying Caixia that Song Yuanchao was familiar with finally returned.

Song Yuanchao smiled and immediately hummed a song: "To the ends of the earth and to the ends of the earth, I am looking for my soulmate..."

As soon as he sang one sentence, Song Yuanchao stopped because the lyrics at the end of the song were a little inappropriate to sing now. It wouldn't matter if Lin Yan was here, but it was Ying Caixia who was standing in front of him now.

Ying Caixia immediately became happy when she saw him scratching his head and looking confused. She held her stomach and laughed without hesitation.

When Song Yuanchao saw her falling down laughing, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at first, and even his old face couldn't help but blush. But soon he started laughing along with Ying Caixia, and until the end he leaned forward and backward in laughter, and the two of them laughed in the small room.

The small three-story pavilion echoed.

After riding the train all night, Ying Caixia must be very tired. After chatting for a while, Song Yuanchao asked her to tidy up the room and rest first before going downstairs.

Returning to his room, Song Yuanchao put his luggage and everything else away, then went downstairs and went directly to the public telephone room next to the alley.

After finding a phone that could make long-distance calls, Song Yuanchao hung up the phone at Lin Yan's house. The phone rang twice before he was picked up, and then Lin Yan's voice came from the phone.

"Swallow, it's me."

"Yuanchao, is it you? Are you home?" Lin Yan said with joy. Maybe she had already calculated the time to wait at home for Song Yuanchao's call.

"Well, I just got home. I have something to tell you..." Song Yuanchao briefly explained Ying Caixia's situation on the phone, and told Lin Yan that he had taken Ying Caixia out of Jinling and was now living there temporarily.

His three-story pavilion.

Qin Zhengguo and the others will arrive in a few days. After Qin Zhengguo arrives, Song Yuanchao will explain to him the arrangements for Ying Caixia. After the New Year, Ying Caixia will go to Yangcheng with Qin Zhengguo and the others.

After listening to Song Yuanchao's story, Lin Yan felt very sympathetic to Ying Caixia's experience on the phone. At the same time, she complained that Ying Caixia did not tell them earlier. If they had known earlier, Ying Caixia would not have suffered for more than half a year.

.

Lin Yan agreed with Song Yuanchao's decision to take her away. However, Lin Yan objected to the arrangement for Ying Caixia to go to Yangcheng. In her opinion, Song Yuanchao should bring Ying Caixia to Yanjing after the Chinese New Year, so that the two of them would be better off.

Friends can be reunited, and it is more convenient to arrange Ying Caixia's work and residence here in Yanjing.

Song Yuanchao explained a few words about this and told Lin Yan that he had given Ying Caixia three choices, but Ying Caixia finally chose to go to Yangcheng. After hearing this answer, Lin Yan could only sigh on the phone to express respect for Ying Caixia.

decision.

The call lasted for twenty minutes, until the aunt in the phone room urged Song Yuanchao to reluctantly say goodbye to Lin Yan and hang up the phone.

After paying the phone bill, Song Yuanchao thought for a moment and went home, rolled out his bicycle, picked up his things, got on the bike and went to the factory.

Half an hour later, Song Yuanchao arrived at the factory. As soon as he pushed the cart through the door, he heard someone calling him.

"Director Song! Why is it you? When did you come back?"

When he looked up, he saw that he was a worker in the factory. Song Yuanchao smiled and greeted him: "I just came back. How are you? Are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay. The few months just after you left were not so good. But a while ago, the factory got a lot of orders for fake collars. Now look, isn't it getting busy again?" The other party said with a smile.

He said, there were a lot of things piled at his feet, big and big rolls. Judging from the shape, they should be the newly arrived fabrics.

Song Yuanchao nodded and asked if Factory Director Ma and Li Daqi were there. The other party said that they were both there. Factory Manager Ma was in the office, and Director Li was in the workshop now. He said that he would take Song Yuanchao there.

In response to this, Song Yuanchao waved his hands and said with a smile that this factory was his natal family, and he was originally a member of the factory. If he needed help, he should let them continue their work. He would go to the workshop first to take a look.

Watching Song Yuanchao walking towards the workshop, the worker called on his colleagues to continue working. At this time, a new young worker who didn't know Song Yuanchao couldn't help but ask who this person was.

"This is Director Song Yuanchao, our former workshop director, and Director Ma's apprentice. By the way, the current Director Li was following him back then, do you understand?" The worker explained cheerfully, and the young worker nodded repeatedly.

, but curiously asked: "Then why haven't I seen him? He is no longer in the factory? Has he been transferred?"

"Why are you transferring me? Director Song is a college student now, or a college student at Capital University! Director Song is very capable."

"College student? Or from Beijing Normal University? So powerful?" Upon hearing what the worker said, the young worker's eyes immediately went straight, and he looked dumbfounded.

"Of course. I got admitted to the university last year and I heard that my scores were still very high. You kid, study hard and don't idle around all day long. If you can learn even half of what Director Song is capable of, your parents will be very happy."

He patted the young worker on the shoulder, and the worker smiled and joked with him. The two chatted with their hands free, picked up a roll of fabric, and walked to the warehouse with shouts.

Entering the workshop, he was greeted by a burst of noisy machinery. Song Yuanchao looked around and saw that the layout of the entire workshop had been adjusted a lot compared to before he left. Except for the printing workshop that he had set up before he left, it was still the same as before. The other half of the workshop was still the same.

There are rows of sewing machines now. There is a worker busy in front of each sewing machine. There is a partition not far from the sewing machine. Behind the partition are cutting and ironing stations. There are also many people busy there.

commonplace.

"Yuanchao, why are you here? I thought you wouldn't be back until tomorrow."

Just as Song Yuanchao was looking at the workshop, Li Daqi had already seen him, surprise appeared on his face and he walked quickly towards Song Yuanchao.

"I just got home, so I couldn't wait to come over and have a look." Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi hugged each other warmly, patted each other on the back, and said with a smile after they separated.

The two good friends had been separated for nearly half a year. Although they had been talking on the phone during this period, Li Daqi was very happy when Song Yuanchao stood in front of him.

"Has the interior of the workshop been adjusted? It looks good this way." Song Yuanchao looked at the workshop and said with a smile.

"The products we make now are different from those before. We have almost lost all the orders for labor protection supplies. Now we are too busy with the fake collar work, so all the remaining orders have been stopped. I discussed it with my master and decided to

The interior of the workshop has been reorganized. The equipment used to make shoes and other equipment has been temporarily cleared out, leaving room for sewing machines. In addition, you see, the cutting and ironing stations have also been partitioned. This not only looks fresh, but also improves efficiency.

higher."

"It's done well." Song Yuanchao nodded. After Li Daqi's arrangement, the current workshop looks much cleaner than the original one, and it is also easier to produce and manage.

"Come on, it's too noisy here. Let's go out and talk." Li Daqi looked around and reached into his pocket. Song Yuanchao knew that this kid must be addicted to cigarettes again, so he immediately laughed: "Wait a minute, I brought something.

You can ask someone to help distribute it to everyone."

With that said, Song Yuanchao handed a bag in his hand to Li Daqi. Li Daqi took it and opened it and saw that it was full of Yanjing specialty fruit peels. Good guy, there must be several big bags.

"so much?"

"Nonsense, if you don't bring enough, you won't get enough points."

"Haha." Li Daqi laughed, turned around, looked at it, and shouted into the distance: "Xiao Qi! Xiao Qi!"

Hearing the sound, Xiao Qi, who was busy at work, looked back and saw Li Daqi waving to him, and wasn't Song Yuanchao standing next to Li Daqi?

He hurriedly came over in two steps. When he arrived, he said in surprise: "Director Song, why are you here? When did you come back?"

"I just got back today." Song Yuanchao explained, and then pointed to the bag in Li Daqi's hand: "I brought some local specialties for everyone, and helped arrange for them to be distributed to everyone. By the way, remember to distribute them after get off work. Just distribute them when you are not at work.

It’s something to eat, and it will be troublesome if it gets on the product.”
Chapter completed!