After counting the goods, Chen Lishu first remitted money to Li Yuanchao, and then called to inform him before returning to school.
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"Xingye, go quickly and see, Brother Sun is arguing with someone." Zhang Tiezhu, seeing that the situation was not right, hurried to call Gu Xingye.
Gu Xingye had just directed the brick-hauling truck to unload the bricks in the designated position. Upon hearing Zhang Tiezhu's words, he quickly went over and saw that there were two more people wearing hard hats on his side.
Gu Xingye instinctively frowned. He recognized the two people; they were technicians from the Provincial Construction Engineering department.
"Why do you two have time to come over? Have a cigarette." Gu Xingye smiled and offered the cigarette in his hand, but was coldly refused by the other party: "We don't smoke."
Feeling his warm face being slapped by a cold butt, Gu Xingye gave an embarrassed smile, turned, put the cigarette in his own mouth, and lit it with a match. "Everyone, please calm down. Brother Sun, what's going on, you tell us first." Seeing Sun Daguo's ashen face, Gu Xingye asked.
"They are too f***ing bullying. I've calibrated my spirit level so many times, and the wall is built perfectly. They insist our wall has problems and want us to demolish and redo it." This matter had already been discussed once before, and the two sides could not agree. However, it involved engineering quality, and the other party had technicians speaking, so in the end, they had to follow the arrangement and demolish the wall. The重點 was that to catch up with the construction period, this wall must be completed before the end of the month. If it were to be torn down and redone, everyone would have to work overtime. Now, seeing that the wall had already risen by half a person's height, the other party had come to pick a fight again.
Gu Xingye also sensed that the other party was deliberately targeting him. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Brother Sun, are you sure there's no problem?"
"I may not have as many instruments and theories as these two technicians, but I've been doing this for half my life. It's no exaggeration to say that I can tell if a wall is straight at a glance. Besides, the spirit level is here. This thing can't fool people, can it?"
"What can a spirit level explain? What era is this? Our company uses imported instruments. It detects that your wall is not straight. Let me ask you, can you be responsible if there are quality issues?" one technician said disdainfully.
"Exactly. If you mumble and mumble to us, and we don't redo it now, when the floors are built, there will be quality accidents, and everyone will be caught off guard. We are also doing this out of consideration for you, and you're still unhappy? Can this job still be done? If not, get lost."
Sun Daguo and the others were instantly furious. They stepped forward as if to fight: "You punk who hasn't even grown all his hair, let me tell you, I'm not earning your money. Although the job was taken from you, you shouldn't torment people like this."
"We torment people? You are nothing but a bunch of country bumpkins who only have brute strength. You're just earning this money. If your own skills are not good enough, you expect us to say something nice?"
Gu Xingye's expression changed slightly upon hearing the words of the two technicians. In another situation, he would have no hesitation in throwing a punch to teach them a lesson. However, Chen Lishu had entrusted this job to him, which was a sign of her trust. Especially since he was now managing over a dozen people, he couldn't mess up this job. Suppressing his anger, he forced a smile and said to the two technicians and Sun Daguo and the others, "Everyone, please calm down. What the two gentlemen say is right, it's our skill that's not good enough. Uhm, I'll talk to your foreman later and borrow your instrument to learn from it. If it's confirmed to be our problem, we definitely won't need you to say anything. After all, it concerns engineering quality, and we can't bear such a huge responsibility."
Seeing that he said this, the other party didn't continue: "Everyone is rushing for the construction period. If you are going to demolish it, do it as soon as possible." With that, they left with their tools.
"Xingye, this wall has been built so high. We already had to demolish it once. If we have to demolish it again, we definitely won't be able to complete the schedule by the end of the month." Sun Daguo also knew the seriousness of the matter. Seeing that the people had left, he complained, "It's already higher than my waist. Why didn't they say something earlier? Isn't this deliberate harassment?"
"Everyone, don't worry. Since we have no problems, I'll go and talk to their foreman later and put in a good word, and it should be fine." Seeing him speak up, Sun Daguo and the others didn't say anything more. Since the work couldn't continue, if they really had to demolish it, they would have to work twice as hard in the end.
Gu Xingye stood in place for a while, then walked towards Foreman Li's side.
"Why do you have time to come over, little Gu?" Foreman Li greeted him with a smile, but inwardly, he looked down on this group of rural engineering teams. A bunch of country bumpkins who had nothing but strength, no discernment. Working under him, they hadn't even offered a token of appreciation. He heard from his subordinates that these people earned quite a lot of money. If they wanted to work smoothly, and didn't want to spend any money, then they could only sweat and exert effort. Who knew that the first time he had made his intentions quite clear, these idiots were so honest and didn't think in any other direction, preferring to demolish the wall rather than come to him. Since that was the case, he had to pressure them again. Seeing that the wall was already quite high, he sent people over again. This time, he had finally managed to lure out the main person.
"Brother Li, if you're going to talk about work matters, there's no need to say anything more. I'm just doing my job. We're all working, especially in engineering, where there's no room for error." Foreman Li directly blocked his words.
Gu Xingye nodded: "I understand what you're saying, Brother Li. I would never ask you to do something difficult. It's just that the time is about right, and it's time for dinner. Eating at the cafeteria for too long makes one want a change. I just wonder if you have time to grace us with your presence."
Foreman Li thought to himself that he had finally gotten the hint, and the smile on his face became more sincere: "What grace or no grace? There's a good restaurant nearby. You might not know, since you're from out of town. Wait for me to tell them, and I'll take you there."
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Before the weekend break, Chen Lishu and Zhao Qiuyue went to the grocery store to buy some ingredients for making mooncakes. With the Mid-Autumn Festival just a few days away, they used to just buy a couple of mooncakes to mark the occasion. This year, Chen Lishu wanted to make some herself. Besides eating them at home, she could also share some with Wang Aixiang and Dazhu. Peanuts, sesame seeds, and white sugar were essential. Although Chen Lishu didn't particularly like the red and green threads, she saw that Gu Xingdong didn't mention disliking them when he ate mooncakes in the past, so she bought a little. There wasn't much flour left at home, so the two bought twenty jin, ten jin for the city and the remaining ten jin were taken back to the military family housing area.
The Wang brothers, who had been staring with wide eyes and stiff necks for a week, saw her return with Rui Rui and immediately rushed out of the house. "Your Aunt Gu just got back. Don't you two little rascals think I don't know what you're up to? Hurry up and get back home."