Chapter 562: It's time to go out to sea again

Evening.

It's about to get dark.

The supervisor responsible for the villa construction arrived; having learned that Wu An had gone to the construction site in the afternoon and missed him when he returned to the office, he hurried back and immediately came to report the situation.

Seeing the supervisor come running, Wu An had him sit down and offered him a cup of tea.

"Little Wu Chief, the construction site is going smoothly."

"Really? If there are any difficulties, you must speak up."

"No, no."

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. Come, come, have a cup of tea to relax."

Seeing the supervisor nervous, Wu An filled his tea cup.

"Thank you, Little Wu Chief."

The supervisor hastily picked up his tea cup, appearing somewhat nervous and even a bit overwhelmed by the favor.

"The project is going smoothly, with no difficulties; equipment construction and such, the villagers are all cooperative, and nobody is causing trouble."

Wu An nodded.

Nowadays, few in the village dare to oppose him; even Shen Nan can only secretly trip him up.

Moreover, openly speaking, the procedures needed to build the villa make it impossible for anyone to hinder him.

Don't think that because he spends little time in the village and doesn't constantly watch the villa construction, he still basically grasps the situation.

Lao Jiang's intelligence needs no explanation; after wining and dining him a few times, those village drunks have all been put in place.

These drunks spend their days drinking and wandering the village, doing nothing useful, appearing worthless.

Actually, that's not the case.

Even trash, if placed properly, can turn waste into treasure, let alone people.

Nowadays, any stir in the village, these drunks will turn around and give him a heads‑up.

He is not stingy either.

If the information is even slightly useful, meeting him inevitably involves a pack of cigarettes and two bottles of baijiu.

Knowing there are benefits, these ne'er‑do‑wells often loiter around the villa construction site when they have nothing else to do.

At first, this even caused the supervisor to misunderstand, so they hurried to report the situation to Wu An.

Later, these drunks were just wandering about and caused no trouble, so the supervisor stopped paying attention.

After chatting for a while, the supervisor left.

The supervisor lives in the village, having rented several courtyards together with the workers; the rent for one courtyard is only a few hundred yuan a month.

After the supervisor left, Mei Yueqin came over and said, "Don't worry, I go to the construction site every day to keep an eye on things for you."

Wu An thanked her, but didn't say that there was no need for his sister‑in‑law to worry.

Not letting his sister‑in‑law worry, from his perspective that is being good to her.

Actually.

His sister‑in‑law might not actually be happy about it.

His sister‑in‑law is used to managing the household; if he did nothing but eat, drink, and enjoy life every day, she would feel uncomfortable instead.

For his sister‑in‑law, not having to worry about livelihood and just staying busy at home is already quite comfortable.

Now that conditions at home are good, Mei Yueqin isn't pretending to endure hardship; she hasn't gone out to sea with the main crew for a while.

Li Juan is the same.

One reason is lack of time; another is that there's no need to struggle so hard to supplement the household income anymore.

Evening.

Wu An had nothing else to do, so he personally prepared dinner and invited Lao Meng to come over for drinks.

Lao Meng came over with liquor and said, "What occasion is today? You've made it so grand."

Wu An said, "My father has officially been appointed village chief today."

Lao Meng blinked and said, "Oh, so it's today."

"That calls for a proper celebration."

Evening.

A Qing and Aunt Juan also came.

They waited left and right, but it was Wu Yingwei who hadn't returned in time.

Wu An had originally planned to call.

Mei Yueqin said, "Father went to the town for a meeting and hasn't returned yet; he's surely still in the meeting, so don't call to urge him."

Wu An could only give up on that idea.

Only after the food had gone cold did Wu Yingwei return by bicycle.

Wu An greeted, "Dad, anything wrong?"

Wu Yingwei shook his head and said, "The meeting ran a bit late, making everyone wait anxiously."

Wu An said, "It's fine; we just chatted and didn't feel restless."

Lao Meng came over and said, "Chief, please look after us more in the future."

"Uncle, from now on we'll rely on you to look out for us."

"Later we'll have a few more drinks."

"Sure."

Wu Yingwei smiled and nodded; Wu An could see that his father's complexion was not good.

After downing a few cups of liquor.

He only inquired.

Wu Yingwei said: "Nothing much, just that Wu Yingjin also came today; from now on he will be our village's deputy director."

I'm somewhat surprised.

Before, there was no news at all.

Wu An blinked: "The town has no objection?"

Family knows family matters; their family and Wu Yingjin don't get along.

But to outsiders, their two families aren't even five degrees of mourning apart, yet one is village chief and the other deputy chief— isn't that 'covering the sky with one hand'?

Wu Yingwei said: "The old village chief recommended him, saying it's recommending the virtuous without avoiding relatives."

Only a family can cooperate better, jointly leading Xixi Village to prosperity.

Leader Qi gave the final approval.

Of course, we still need to go through the procedure.

Though they say that, it's basically a settled matter.

Lao Meng frowned: "What is the old village chief doing? He clearly knows that Wu Yingwei and Wu Yingjin don't get along; isn't this just putting a stumbling block in the way?"

Wu An smiled: "Maybe it's a stepping stone."

A Qing's eyes lit up: "Brother, how are you planning to handle it?"

Wu An said impatiently: "Don't keep thinking about messing around all day."

We don't have any grudge against Wu Yingjin either.

I believe Father can definitely handle the work matters.

A Qing gave an "oh" and said no more.

Wu Yingwei smiled and nodded.

Wu An accompanied Wu Yingwei in taking a sip of wine, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Old Village Chief Shen suddenly arranged for Wu Yingjin to be deputy director; likely Shen Nan is pulling strings behind the scenes.

Probably what Lao Meng said is right—it's just to drag Father's leg.

Let's wait and see.

If Wu Yingjin does his job well, after all we're both surnamed Wu, he won't need to play tricks.

If he's clueless, being deputy director won't be easy either.

The next day Wu Yingwei still had to work, so he didn't drink more; after tidying up, each went back to rest.

Wu An and Lao Jiang chatted on the phone for a while about Wu Yingjin becoming deputy director.

They didn't talk long.

Seeing Gu Anran's message, he hung up with Lao Jiang and started a video call with Gu Anran.

They chatted until almost twelve when Lao Fu Tou suddenly called.

"Lao Fu, what's up?"

"Yongning went to check the dock today; although there are still waves, our boat should be able to go out to sea?"

"Are you sure?"

"No big problem."

Wu An thought: Lao Fu Tou is definitely trustworthy, he said: "Alright, it's already late; we'll rest well tonight and meet at the dock at eight tomorrow morning."

"Alright, I'll follow you; then I'll notify everyone."

"Okay."

Wu An hung up, returned the video call to Gu Anran, and told her about tomorrow's plan to go out to sea.

Gu Anran looked surprised, reluctant: "This is too sudden, isn't it?"

Wu An smiled: "Going out to sea is like that; when the weather's good, you have to seize it."

The last outing to sea earned so much money that everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized.