Chapter 159: This hatred must be repaid

A few minutes later, the middle-aged man came out of the office with the certificate and said to Li Long with a smile:

"Comrade Xiao Li, this is a misunderstanding. I just talked to Section Chief Li Xiangqian on the phone. He verified your identity. You are indeed carrying out a procurement task. This matter, fortunately, there is no loss. Everyone is not acquainted without fighting, right?"

Li Long untied the bag containing the radios, checked it carefully, and said to the middle-aged man:

"Hmm, it's indeed not damaged. If this were damaged, I couldn't afford to pay for it."

When he said this, the middle-aged man was a bit embarrassed. After returning the certificate to Li Long, he turned his head and said to the young man:

"Xiao Deng, what are you still stunned for? Hurry up and apologize to Xiao Li! You can't be so reckless in doing things in the future, you have to ask clearly first!"

The young man's face turned red. Just now he was thinking about how to properly discipline Li Long, but now he didn't expect it to be reversed directly, and he had to apologize to Li Long!

Since he entered the Anti-Speculation Office, he had never apologized to anyone; it was always others begging him!

But looking at the leader's gaze that was almost eating people, Xiao Deng knew he had to bow his head. He had to look at Li Long reluctantly and said "I'm sorry" in a low voice.

Li Long nodded and said:

"Alright, you're also doing it for work."

He could also see that this was already the young man's limit. There was no need to force people into a corner, and besides, the culprit wasn't him.

"Xiao Li, your awareness is high. No wonder Section Chief Li has been praising you. By the way, this comrade is from your village, right? He also reported you out of a sense of protection for our socialist public economic property, so this is also a misunderstanding. You all know each other, so let's just let it go, how about that?"

"Alright," Li Long said with a smile, "I can understand. Er Mao, let's just let this matter pass."

Li Long spoke to him with such a smile, but Gu Ermao was terrified instead. But what could he say at this moment?

The middle-aged man said seriously to Gu Ermao:

"Comrade Er Mao, Xiao Li is magnanimous, why don't you hurry up and say something?"

He didn't want to chill Gu Ermao's heart, otherwise, if this matter spread, who else would report to him?

As for whether Li Long would really find trouble with Gu Ermao afterward, that wasn't his business. As long as the matter was handled beautifully in this courtyard, it was over.

Gu Ermao didn't dare to look into Li Long's eyes and said in a low voice:

"Thank you... Brother Long."

He unconsciously brought out Tao Daqiang's address for Li Long.

He didn't dare not to. Being able to make the leader of the Anti-Speculation Office speak in such a friendly manner showed that Li Long was really very powerful.

Why was he so pig-headed to report him?

Now it's good, he'll have to live in fear in the future.

No, he must find his master in the afternoon and ask if there's any way to solve it.

"Alright, Comrade Xiao Long, Section Chief Li Xiangqian said, after you finish your business here, go to the supply and marketing cooperative. He has something to tell you before you go into the mountains."

Li Long said:

"Then leader, I'm leaving."

"Go ahead, go get busy. It's all for the revolutionary work, I appreciate your character of not complaining."

With Xiao Hu's help, Li Long tied up the radios, said goodbye to the middle-aged man, went out of the courtyard, rode his bike, and went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Alright, everyone disperse. Ask a few more questions when checking the situation in the future, don't cause unnecessary trouble. Although it's all for the revolutionary work, it's not good to cause too much trouble."

He said to Gu Ermao again:

"Comrade Er Mao, don't have any thoughts. What you did is right, it's just that Li Long is an exception. In the future, when you encounter such things, I hope you can report them actively and enthusiastically. This time it was Xiao Deng who didn't handle the matter well, it's not your fault."

Gu Ermao didn't feel moved when he heard this, but had dozens of "mmp" he wanted to say in his heart. Clearly, when I reported it, you said I didn't need to show my face, just point it out in the dark. You didn't handle the matter well, and as a result, you leaked me out. If Li Long finds trouble with me in the future, can I find you to solve it?

But facing the leader, he had nothing to say, and walked out of the flat courtyard in silence, thinking of a way.

Li Long came to the supply and marketing cooperative and said a word to the guard. The guard knew him, so he let him in.

Li Long parked his bike at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative's flat house, locked the bike door, and walked in.

Li Xiangqian sat at the desk, looked at him entering with a smile, and said:

"Come, Xiao Li, sit. Tell me, what's the situation?"

Li Long helplessly told the situation. Actually, he was a bit confused. He was doing his own business wholeheartedly, who did he offend? Is this Gu Ermao unable to see others living well?

"So that's it..." What he heard from Li Long's mouth was about the same as what he heard from the leader of the "Anti-Speculation Office." Li Xiangqian had seen countless people and soon understood what was going on.

He asked Li Long:

"Then what do you plan to do?"

"Finish the business in the mountains first, and then find a way to settle the account," Li Long answered very naturally, "This kind of thing cannot be tolerated. If you tolerate him, he will inevitably push further." There was a sentence he didn't say: breaking his leg was no problem. In the village, even if this matter went to heaven, he was the one in the right.

"Right." Li Xiangqian supported Li Long's idea, "Then how do you think you can make him hurt the most?"

"Naturally, it's to make him unable to be a driver apprentice," Li Long blurted out, "What he is most proud of now is his identity as a driver apprentice. I will find a way to expose his incident this time in the transportation company. I think not many people will like someone who reports others, right?"

Li Long didn't hide anything from Li Xiangqian, which made Li Xiangqian very satisfied. He didn't persuade Li Long to be magnanimous or anything. Being magnanimous to such people was no different from Dongguo Mr. being benevolent to the wolf. After hearing Li Long's idea, Li Xiangqian said with a smile:

"Why so complicated?"

He picked up the phone on the table, shook it a few times, and said to the operator:

"Connect me to the transportation company."

After the phone was connected, Li Xiangqian said in a loud voice:

"Is that Old Hong? It's me, Li Xiangqian!"

Li Long could hear the same loud but impatient voice on the other side:

"Who can't hear it's Old Li? Say it, what's the matter?"

"Why, can't I call you if there's nothing?" "Speak if you have something to say, fart if you have something to say! I don't have time to chat with you, the transportation task this spring is heavy!" The other side should have a fiery temper.

"Alright then, I'll tell you a small matter. Your transportation company has an apprentice named Gu Ermao..."

"How the hell would I know? I have dozens of drivers under my hand, and so many apprentices... Gu Ermao? Are you talking about the one from Hongqi Commune?"

"Hmm, that's the one." Li Xiangqian knew Li Long was from Hongqi Commune, so he nodded and said, "This guy is no good, you should fire him."

"Why? I can't fire someone just because of your farting words, right? No matter what, there must be a reason, right?"

"Damn it, he went to the Anti-Speculation Office today to report one of my procurement officers for speculation and profiteering—the problem is that this person is still his fellow villager, from the same village, and they used to have a good relationship. You say, can such a person be kept?"

"So that's it, then he's indeed a bastard. I really don't dare to keep such a bad guy. In case one day he pokes the matter of my drivers up, then even if there's nothing, there will be something—alright, alright, is there anything else?"

"Nothing else."

"Calling for such a small matter, alright, hanging up, let's drink when we're free!"

After speaking, the other party hung up first.

Li Xiangqian put down the phone and said to Li Long with a smile:

!.

"Alright, that's it for this matter. You don't need to worry about this guy anymore, just go to the mountains to handle your business with peace of mind, and then go supervise those *taibazi* for me, that's the key point!"

"Then Section Chief, rest assured, after I go into the mountains, I will definitely watch those *taibazi* well. I definitely won't accept those with unqualified quality!"

"Good."

Li Long came out from Li Xiangqian's place and kept sighing in his heart.

A matter that he needed to spend effort to plan and implement was easily solved by Li Xiangqian with a phone call. The other party didn't ask for anything, just let him complete the *taibazi* task well.

It's really good to have power.

But Li Long just thought about it. He didn't have that ability, and he knew he couldn't play in that circle, so he should just live his own little life obediently.

Riding his bike toward the mountains, Li Long decided that after the winter quarters matter was settled, he would run to the *taibazi* weaving place every day and watch the quality.

People helped him a lot, and he couldn't act as if nothing happened, right?

Of course, Gu Ermao's matter couldn't be solved so easily. Being unable to be an apprentice just made him lose his future, but he would still be jumping around in the team, and who knows when he would make trouble again!

When I return to the team... Hmph!

Gu Ermao returned to the transportation company in the afternoon. His master didn't go out with the car. Gu Ermao had already learned some rules, carried a bucket to wash the car, and while washing, thought about Li Long's possible revenge.

He thought, at worst, he wouldn't return to the team. If he didn't return to the team, what could Li Long do? After a period of time, this matter might subside.

As for his reputation in the team, after Tao Daqiang beat him, Gu Ermao had no thoughts about his reputation and let himself go completely.

He actually knew that as long as he survived the apprentice stage and became a formal driver, his reputation would improve. Everyone would only see that he had become a person eating commodity grain and receiving a salary, and they would definitely envy him.

Although Wu Shufen stopped ignoring him because of that "get lost," he thought that when he became a formal driver, there would be many girls who wanted to marry him!

Although Gu Ermao was slippery and mixed, he had a deep understanding of this society now. After all, he had been with his master for a while, and he had seen and heard a lot.

Just as he was washing the car hard, his master walked over and asked with a dark face:

"Er Mao, I heard you reported someone from your village?"

"Master, how did you know?" Gu Ermao was a bit surprised. Did the matter spread so fast? Was his master's intelligence information so well-informed?

"Just tell me if it's true or not?"

"Yes. I saw him buying and transporting things in big and small bags, and I knew he wasn't doing anything good," Gu Ermao said with indignation, "He bought so much flour, radios, and shoes, isn't that reselling for money... Isn't that speculation and profiteering, digging the socialist wall!"

Gu Ermao naturally also had some complaints about the inaction of the people in the Anti-Speculation Office, but he didn't dare to say it. Those people were cadres, and they couldn't deal with Li Long who had a background, but dealing with him was very easy.

"Then get lost!" His master heard him admit it and said unhappily, "I heard you reported someone from your own village? You're really something! Even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its nest, but you're good, you reported your own fellow villager. Who will dare to work with you in the future?"

"Get lost? Where should I go?" Gu Ermao hadn't figured it out yet and was a bit confused, "Master, are you letting me hide for a while?"

Looking at Gu Ermao, who was usually quite shrewd but silly at this time, his master was so angry he wanted to laugh:

"You still want to hide? The leader said, you don't need to be an apprentice anymore, you're fired! Get lost, it means you leave here, you're no longer a person of the transportation company! As for where to go, go wherever you want!"

After speaking, he waved his hand and turned to leave.

Although he felt a bit regretful, after all, Gu Ermao's tribute during this period was quite timely, and his work was quite capable. However, he didn't dare to keep such a person by his side. In case one day he targeted his own handle and sold him out, wouldn't that be a big trouble?

Besides, driver apprentices were too easy to find now. There were a lot of people carrying gifts wanting to squeeze in to be this apprentice.

He remembered that the neighbor's second son didn't have a job, and he hinted last time, should he hint again?

Gu Ermao stood there blankly, not even feeling the towel falling to the ground—he was fired just like that?

Wasn't it just reporting someone who engaged in speculation and profiteering? How could it be so serious?

Soon, Gu Ermao realized the seriousness of the problem!

He couldn't be a city person, couldn't eat commodity grain, and couldn't become a driver!

In the end, all that awaited him was returning to the team.

Wouldn't people laugh him to death then?

If the people in the team knew he was fired because he reported Li Long, what would happen?

"No! I can't leave! I can't be fired!" Gu Ermao didn't accept such a result. He immediately went to find his master, but his master ignored him at all. He went to find the leaders of the transportation company, and the leaders threw away the things he brought directly, and the words they threw at him made him ashamed:

"Who knows if you sent me things here, and went to the county to report me for bribery there? I don't dare to accept your things!"

When Gu Ermao returned to his relative's house in a daze, it was already dark.

"Er Mao is back?" Gu Ermao's aunt asked him, "Did you go out with the car today? Is the work going smoothly?"

Gu Ermao grinned, with a crying tone:

"Aunt, I was fired..."

"What?" Gu Ermao's aunt was startled, "Don't talk nonsense, how can you be fired? What did you do? Don't joke, this apprentice job of yours cost a lot of money to get..."

Gu Ermao now understood Li Long's mood when he was fired.

But who could he blame?

The next day, Gu Ermao returned to the team, and the news that he was fired by the transportation company spread. Everyone was guessing the reason for being fired, and it wasn't certain, until someone called the team in the evening, and Xu Chengjun's wife Ma Hongmei spread the news.

It turned out that Gu Ermao reported Li Long, but Li Long had a strong background, Li Long was fine, and Gu Ermao's leader felt his character was not good, so he fired him.

That evening, Li Jianguo returned from measuring the feed land allocated to the team. After hearing Lu's eldest sister-in-law talk about this, he was so angry that he carried a stick and went to the Gu family!

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