Chapter 309

Three days later, Li Xiangqian sent a big truck to pull away the five thousand reed bundles that had been made—it took three trips.

The people sent by the supply and marketing cooperative counted on the spot, issued tickets, and paid.

Li Xiangqian didn't come, Li Long guessed that there might be other things. Now it is different from the future, there is actually not so much need to avoid suspicion in doing these things.

Five thousand reed bundles settled one thousand yuan for Li Long, the person in charge of inspection was very satisfied, he said with a smile:

"Comrade Xiao Li, it seems that you really have experience in this area, and you are also very responsible. For these reed bundles, I have collected them all over the northern border, your quality can at least rank in the top three! Not bad, not bad, there will be such work later, I will definitely recommend you to do it!"

Li Long was also very happy, he heard it when he said this, this person is not only active in the county, but very likely running all over the northern border, being able to get his approval, then there is a high probability that the work later will still be his own.

After the reed bundles in the courtyard were pulled away, there were still a lot of wool reed bundles left, fortunately, Han Benzhong and the others moved fast, and the pulled reed leaves were quickly cleaned outside the horse station, and the stacking here was also very careful to avoid fire.

The weather was getting cold, Li Long heard that when they went to the reed lake to harvest reeds, there was a thin layer of ice on the water surface of the reed lake in the morning, so he asked the young men to pull two people to follow him to set up the stoves in the two rooms.

Originally there was no chimney in the room, Li Long directed the young men to dig, make, build a fire wall inside, install the stove, and set up the chimney. At least every day when they came back from harvesting reeds, they could roast their shoes by the stove, ensuring that the shoes were dry when they got up to work the next day.

Li Long doing this was really welcomed by these people. After all, no one wanted to wear wet shoes the day before and still wear them cold the next day. Setting a stove of charcoal at night, at least they could soak their feet in hot water before going to bed, and be comfortable for a night.

Li Long's progress here was smooth, but Hu Lao Er was uncomfortable there.

"Your five thousand reed bundles are of poor quality!" The same inspector, who was kind to Li Long, changed his face when he arrived at Hu Lao Er's.

He actually wanted to give the other party a step down, after all, this was the field of the deputy director's relative, and face still had to be given.

Helplessly, the quality of these reed bundles was really average, at least three out of ten could be extracted below the good product, and if not careful, two unqualified ones could be encountered.

If this was taken out to hand in the task, wouldn't he be scolded to death by his superiors?

"Comrade Chen, don't be angry, you tell me where it's not good, we will change it, okay? You can extract the unqualified ones... come, come, come, smoke a cigarette..."

"You dare to smoke here? Aren't you afraid of lighting the reed bundles?" Inspector Chen Zhenming's face sank, "I will definitely extract the unqualified ones, otherwise, if I hand them in, let alone me, our county supply and marketing cooperative can't hand in the task! Your five thousand reed bundles must be removed at least one thousand... sigh, spot check is not enough, must be checked one by one!"

Hu Lao Er's face turned green directly. If this had to be checked one by one, he actually knew clearly that some of the reed bundles were made by his own relatives, and the quality was really not very good.

Originally thought to muddle through, now it's good...

Chen Zhenming was more and more shocked as he looked. These reed bundles, the ones placed on the outermost side were all good, but checking inside, the length was not enough, the reed hair was not chopped clean, the number of reeds was not enough, the iron wire was only tied in two ways...

It's simply bizarre! Problems that had never been encountered before were all encountered now, and he also extracted more than a dozen reed bundles made of old reeds, and there were worm holes on the reeds!

Finally, Chen Zhenming pulled more than three thousand qualified reeds and left with a gloomy face. Before leaving, he suppressed his anger and said to Hu Lao Er:

"If you still want to do this job well, it's best to go to Li Long's side to see what the quality of the reed bundles he collects is like. If you go on like this, I'm worried that you won't be able to complete the task when the time comes."

"Thank you, Leader Chen, for your concern!" Hu Lao Er accompanied with a smile.

"I'm concerned? I'm worried that the task won't be completed, and we will be deducted money here!" Chen Zhenming felt that there was no way to communicate. He took the truck to the township, found Wang Tiancheng, told the story, and finally reminded Wang Tiancheng:

"If you still want to finish this job safely and get the money steadily, it's best to go to the village to watch, otherwise, everyone will be unlucky in the end, and that board will hit you!"

Wang Tiancheng didn't expect that Hu Lao Er could also cause problems with such a simple job. He hurriedly guaranteed to Chen Zhenming:

"I will go to the village to watch today, Technician Chen, don't worry, I guarantee that the task will be completed before the time comes!"

He was different from Hu Lao Er. Although he had a deputy director brother-in-law, he was not so high-profile, and he knew that Chen Zhenming represented not only the county supply and marketing cooperative, so he put his posture very low.

"That's good. Li Long's five thousand reed bundles were pulled away the day before yesterday, and it is estimated that the next batch of five thousand, he can finish in less than ten days. I will go to see you after I finish pulling his five thousand, I hope your quality can be improved by then."

"How is the quality on his side?" Wang Tiancheng asked curiously.

Chen Zhenming looked at Wang Tiancheng deeply and said:

"Their five thousand reed bundles, not a single one is unqualified... you, there are more than one thousand unqualified. This is the gap!"

Wang Tiancheng's face turned red at that time, out of anger.

Does this Hu Lao Er not want to do it?

After Chen Zhenming left, Wang Tiancheng saw that it was not early, so he planned to go to the village the next day to watch those reed bundles himself.

Originally, he didn't think Li Long had any connection, but what Chen Zhenming said made his face unable to hang. A young man did better than him, where should he put his face?

He didn't expect that that evening, Hu Lao Er's people and the people Li Long brought would have a conflict.

After Chen Zhenming left, Hu Lao Er called his younger brother Hu Ma Lao San and scolded him:

"What are you doing? Look, these extracted reed bundles, most of them are made by you and collected by you! These more than one thousand, that's more than one hundred yuan! Redo it, how to redo it? Still using old reeds to make up the number, I think you are really blinded by lard!"

Hu Ma Lao San was naturally dissatisfied, he shouted:

"What's wrong with that? Just return it to whoever handed it in?"

"These reed bundles have already been mixed together, how to return them?" Hu Lao Er slapped him on the head, "Do you think those people are easy to bully? At that time, I let you replace it for a while, and what you collected for me is such a thing? You go harvest reeds quickly, and for these unqualified ones, you make them up for me!"

The last sentence, Hu Lao Er was almost roaring.

Of course, he knew that it was impossible for Hu Ma Lao San to make up for more than one thousand reed bundles, and he still needed to throw the pot to those who harvested reed bundles.

Relying on his memory, Hu Ma Lao San found Tao Dayong and some others, wanting to return the reed bundles to them:

"The technician from the county said that the reed bundles you handed in are unqualified and need to be harvested again. Let me tell you a few, look, this reed bundle number is not enough, there are eight or nine, the reed stems are not thick enough, too thin, different from wool reeds..."

"You didn't say that when you collected it, who knows if this is what we handed in?" Tao Dayong was the first to refuse, "If you had said it directly at that time, then I would take it back, no problem. Now that you bring the reed bundles, how do I know if I made it?"

Tao Dayong was righteous, anyway, the number had been recorded, want to let yourself rework, no way!

"Tao Dayong, don't shout here! Don't think I don't know, you handed the qualified reed bundles to Li Long, and the remaining unqualified ones to me... Believe it or not, if you don't redo it, I won't pay you!" Hu Ma Lao San was already a bit annoyed by Chen Zhenming, and now he was being poked by Tao Dayong, his fire was very big.

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He unified the payment for harvesting reed bundles and handing in reed bundles here, and now only registered the number and gave a receipt, so he was fearless and wanted to threaten Tao Dayong by not paying.

Tao Dayong was not afraid of him, and said with a gloomy face:

"Not paying? Try not paying? If you don't pay, I'll smash your family's pot! I'll say it clearly, I just handed some to Li Long, so what? People give fifteen cents for a reed bundle, you only give ten cents, and you still want good reed bundles, do you think your butt is white? It's fine to talk properly, but like you, I tell you, I won't hand it to you later, and don't say you won't pay when the time comes, if you don't pay, see if you can stay in the team!"

After speaking, Tao Dayong ignored Hu Lao Er and turned away.

Several other people also watched the excitement and dispersed with laughter.

Hu Lao Er was trembling with anger, but didn't know what he could do.

How did these people become so awesome one by one? Tao Dayong, who was scared to be cowardly by a bluff, actually became so rigid?

That's what he said, but he still had to think of a way. However, before his way was thought of, Hu Ma Lao San caused trouble for him again.

"You said, you beat their people?" Hu Lao Er was in the courtyard, listening to his younger brother Hu Ma Lao San proudly saying that he took people to beat those who harvested reeds for Li Long and the others, his brain was about to explode!

"Yes!" Hu Ma Lao San still felt that he had done a very majestic thing, and said proudly there, "Who let them go early and occupy that piece of dry land in the reed lake! The reeds in that piece grow high, and you don't have to go into the water to harvest, damn it, that reed lake belongs to our team, I went over to tell them, they didn't let, I just happened to be with others, and then went up and gave that young man a slap..."

"They also have several people, didn't they beat you?" Hu Lao Er didn't know that his younger brother actually had such a reckless side, and asked.

"That young man took a sickle and wanted to fight me, his father stopped him, we occupied that piece of land, and they ran into the mud. You didn't see that scene at that time—it's a pity, second brother, you weren't there... Today we harvested forty or fifty reed bundles, and it's no problem to tie more than a hundred reed bundles. Didn't you tell me to make up for it? I'll make up for it now! Hahaha, so relieved!"

Hu Ma Lao San didn't explain clearly, he not only occupied that piece of land suitable for harvesting reeds but also occupied the ten or so reed bundles that Han Benzhong and the others had made but hadn't tied.

And at this time, Li Long was in the old horse station, listening to Han Benzhong talking about this matter with a gloomy face.

Others' faces were not good, Han Da Chun was the one who was beaten.

"Xiao Long, this matter... let's just forget it. We came here to earn money, we don't want to cause trouble, you have been settling accounts on time these days, we feel that maybe those people are jealous, this is nothing, after all, what that person said is not wrong, this is your team's..."

Actually, Han Benzhong and the others didn't say anything when they came back. It was Li Long who saw that when they were eating in the evening, the few people who were originally lively were all depressed, so he asked a question. He asked Han Da Chun, but he didn't expect that as soon as Han Da Chun raised his head, Li Long saw the slap mark on his face.

Hu Ma Lao San's slap was ruthless enough, and the mark didn't disappear for a long time.

After Li Long pursued the question, he knew what had happened.

"Forget it? How can we forget it?" Li Long put down the bowl and said, "Han Da Chun, let's go, let's go to the Hu family to ask for an explanation. He can't be like this... We don't bully people, but we can't let people bully us!" (End of chapter)