Chapter 428: No Time to Explain, Get in the Car!

"What did you think!"

Yu Min was about to bite his teeth into pieces, wishing he could shoot everyone in this room right now.

"Let's go intercept the train!"

Zhong the eldest didn't want his second brother to be scolded, so he suggested, "If we chase now, we can still catch up."

"Hehe, hehehehe."

Yu Min was left with only helplessness and a smile as dead as ashes.

"That's a train, that's a special train; how do we intercept it?"

Yu Min slumped on the bed, saying weakly, "It's been over half an hour since it departed; it's long past the Steel City territory."

"Then use connections to stop it at the station ahead."

"Find who? What connection? What reason?"

Yu Min held his head with both hands and said in a low voice, "Even if it's stopped, what do we say? The train is full of goods from the Jingcheng Xidan Market Procurement Service Department, and the procedures were handled by the Steel Plant—who dares to intercept it?"

"I'll go to the train station."

Fortunately, there was someone sensible here; Old Liu thought of the man carrying the suitcase and decided to go to the train station to find those two people.

Yu Min raised his head; only now did he recall all the things that were wrong when they were seeing them off.

What "reluctant to part," what "earnest and responsible"—it was those two bastards who were running away!

"How did they leave?"

"Car... they left by car..."

"What!"

Yu Min glared at Old Liu and asked, "You let them leave by car?"

Old Liu looked at Zhong the eldest; that car was driven by Zhong the eldest, and it wasn't him who allowed it.

Zhong the eldest gritted his teeth and said, "Who would have thought those two insignificant people would run away."

Zhong the second argued, "They came back and said they were going to get their luggage; my brother wanted to send them, but they said no need, so my brother..."

"Your mother's egg!"

Yu Min opened his mouth to curse, but was stopped by Old Liu.

"Let's chase them quickly; I don't think they dare to drive that car out of the city; they must still be taking the train."

"Go!"

Yu Min gritted his teeth, struggling to stand up, and said in a gloomy voice, "If we catch those two, we can always find clues."

As they spoke, the few didn't dare to delay any longer; under the astonished gaze of the reception house staff, they ran downstairs again, jumped into the jeep at the door, and rushed to the train station.

It was too late; the train had been gone for over half an hour, and Da Qiangzi and Da Chun'er had left even earlier.

Getting off the platform at the Steel Plant, Da Qiangzi ran for his life, pulling Da Chun'er.

Da Chun'er really thought Brother Qiang's earnest and responsible temper had flared up again.

"Brother Qiang, we can't see them anymore; no need to pretend~"

"Pretend your grandmother's leg, run!"

Da Chun'er didn't know what had happened and could only follow Da Qiangzi's instructions.

By the time they reached the reception house, Da Qiangzi was also trying to stay calm, using the upstairs matter as an excuse, showing a willingness to move the luggage back to watch the official seal.

Da Qiangzi was very good at talking; he used the language of social people, saying they were all partners, so the Zhong brothers agreed.

Getting into the car, Da Qiangzi didn't dare to drive fast at first, stepping on the gas pedal lightly, just afraid those people would see something wrong.

After leaving the gate, Da Chun'er held the seat, feeling that Brother Qiang was treating the car like a plane.

Arriving at the train station, Da Qiangzi threw the car in front of the station and ran into the station with Da Chun.

"Brother Qiang, the reception house is over there."

Da Chun'er thought Brother Qiang had gone crazy, pulling Da Qiangzi and pointing in the direction.

"I know, run quickly."

Da Qiangzi now only hated that his parents hadn't given him two more legs; he pushed aside the passengers blocking the way and rushed into a ticket gate that was checking tickets.

"Hey! Where is your ticket!"

"Seeing someone off, seeing someone off."

Da Qiangzi didn't dare to look back, giving the ticket checker a hurried back as he took Da Chun'er in.

Da Chun'er's brain was about to explode; he had been running since he came out of the reception house carrying the box.

Running to the platform to send them off on the train, then being pulled back by Da Qiangzi, running back to the reception house, and then running to the train station.

His own luggage was still left at the reception house, so why was he pulled by Da Qiangzi onto the train to Bingcheng again?

Watching as he was pulled onto the train by Da Qiangzi, Da Chun'er asked, "Brother Qiang, where are we going? Didn't Manager Man tell us to watch the official seal? I haven't even packed my luggage!"

"No time to explain, get in the car!"

There were many passengers today; the two squeezed onto the train, and before they could stand firm, the train departed.

Neither of them had tickets, so they could only squeeze into the connection between the carriages.

Once the train started moving, Da Qiangzi finally felt relieved, only feeling that he had no strength left in his whole body, and sat on the ground with a thud.

"Brother Qiang!"

Da Chun'er saw that Da Qiangzi wasn't right and hurriedly went to support him, but saw that Brother Qiang, who had always been strong, was now tearful.

"Brother Qiang, what's wrong with you?"

Da Chun'er hugged Da Qiangzi and asked with wide eyes, "Brother Qiang, don't cry; if something is wrong, just say it!"

Da Qiangzi, who had escaped death, covered his face and cried "woo woo woo."

"We almost died here~"

"What?!"

There were many people in the carriage, so Da Qiangzi didn't dare to speak loudly, so Da Chun'er hadn't heard clearly.

"We almost got killed by that bastard!"

Da Qiangzi gritted his teeth, tears swirling in his eyes, grabbed Da Chun'er's collar to his face, and whispered, "That swindler ran away and left us behind."

"Ah! Then..."

Da Chun'er looked at Da Qiangzi dumbfounded, not knowing how this could happen.

"That can't be, didn't we agree..."

Seeing Da Qiangzi's appearance, Da Chun'er also squatted down and whispered, "He hasn't finished swindling yet; that deposit hasn't been swindled out yet."

"You're stupid!"

Da Qiangzi gritted his teeth and said, "They are all in cahoots!"

"Impossible!"

Da Chun'er shook his head and denied firmly, "Absolutely impossible, there's also Wu Fengxian at the reception house!"

Da Qiangzi now looked at Da Chun'er as if he were looking at an idiot.

"Did you see the person in the room?"

"I saw her!"

Da Chun'er nodded and said, "I clearly heard her shout for me to go into the room to move the luggage, and I also saw her lying on the bed."

"Lying down in broad daylight, my ass!"

Da Qiangzi had an expression of being defeated by his innocence, saying, "That was just a cover!"

"That's not right!"

Da Chun'er scratched his head and said, "But there was someone guarding outside the room, and I clearly heard her voice; how did she escape?"

"Think about it yourself!"

Da Qiangzi pushed Da Chun'er away, stood up, and looked at the route map at the carriage door.

"We'll get off at the next station and transfer to the train back to Jicheng."

Da Qiangzi knew they didn't have tickets and couldn't withstand the conductor's inspection, so they could only get off at the nearest station and then transfer.

Da Chun'er was still thinking about it until they were about to get off.

"Brother Qiang, how did Wu Fengxian run away?"

"Who exactly came up with this idea?"

"Who else could it be?"

Wen San'er looked at Zhou Ya, who was frowning and asking him, and replied, "Except for that wicked little brat, who else could make the plan so detailed?"

"I was scared into a sweat."

Lou Xiaoe, sitting on the side, also gave a bitter smile.

"I spent too long entangled with the accountant upstairs; by the time I went back, I couldn't make it in time."

Lou Xiaoe looked at Wen San'er beside her gratefully and said, "Thanks to Third Uncle for letting Da Chun'er follow; otherwise, something would have almost gone wrong."

Wen San'er was also lingering in fear; according to the plan, Lou Xiaoe should have hidden in the box and followed Zhou Ya down.

"It counts as your good luck; if it had been Da Qiangzi, it would have been exposed."

Seeing Zhou Ya hand the box to Da Qiangzi, Wen San'er knew something was wrong; that box was too heavy, it must have been gold.

So when they were on the platform, he dawdled and dawdled, not saying goodbye for a long time, not letting Yu Min and the others leave.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and everything went well.

"So are we really going to the frontier?"

Zhou Ya touched her son, who was leaning against the window looking outside, and asked Wen San'er.

"No."

Wen San'er shook his head and said, "This train will hook up two more carriages at the Jingcheng Rolling Mill, and then we'll get off and go home."

"Mom, are we going to Grandpa's house?"

Hearing the words "Jingcheng" and "go home," Fu Zhidong turned his little head and looked at his mother.

"Are we going to see Dad?"

"No, Grandpa and Dad are no longer in Jingcheng."

Zhou Ya comforted her son with a smile, "Zhidong, be sensible, be good."

Lou Xiaoe looked at the mother and son opposite and said, "Come to my place; my place is spacious."

After finishing with Zhou Ya, she said to the child who was a bit sad, "Come home with Auntie; Auntie has delicious food at home."

"No."

Zhou Ya lowered her eyes and gently pulled her son's little hand.

"He was the one who called us over, so I'll wait for him at the Rolling Mill."

Wen San'er blinked, knowing this was another "beauty."

"He has arrangements; he asked you to wait for him at the Rolling Mill reception house, and the room has already been prepared."

"Hmm."

Zhou Ya nodded, knowing he had already arranged it.

Otherwise, why would she have said before that Li Xuewu and Fu Haibo were alike? Same meticulous thinking, same strong desire for control.

Being able to make a plan to this extent, it was impossible not to have follow-up arrangements.

Not to mention Lou Xiaoe's invitation, even if Gu Ning came, Zhou Ya wouldn't leave the Rolling Mill and would definitely act according to his wishes.

Staying in Steel City, she still had a home.

Going to Jingcheng, she would be duckweed.

"I still don't know what your names are."

Responding to Wen San'er, Zhou Ya composed her emotions, looked at Wen San'er and Lou Xiaoe sitting together, and asked, "You don't really have names like 'No Risk' and 'Main Street', do you?"

"Hahahahaha~"

Hearing Zhou Ya's words, the gloom in Wen San'er and Lou Xiaoe's hearts dissipated quite a bit.

Wen San'er introduced himself with a smile, "My name is Wen Hanze, third in line, everyone calls me Wen San'er, and I'm a childhood friend of Xuewu."

"My name is Lou Xiaoe."

Lou Xiaoe only said her name.

Zhou Ya had just heard Lou Xiaoe call Wen San'er "Third Uncle," so she asked, "Are you two relatives?"

"Hahaha~"

Wen San'er waved his hand with a smile and said, "No, to be precise, my nephew is a childhood friend of Xuewu, and we all play together, so we called him Third Uncle."

"Oh, oh."

Zhou Ya nodded slightly and said with a smile, "Then I'll call you Third Uncle in the future too."

"Hahaha, no need, no need, call me whatever."

Seeing that Zhou Ya was older than himself, and besides, this woman's temperament didn't look ordinary, how could Wen San'er be embarrassed to let her call him uncle?

But Zhou Ya didn't care about this, smiling and pinching her son's little hand, teaching him, "Call him Third Great-Uncle."

"Third Great-Uncle!"

Fu Zhidong was obedient; whatever his mother told him to call him, he called him.

"Hey~"

How could Wen San'er let the child's words fall to the ground? He took it in one breath and then exchanged polite words with Zhou Ya.

Lou Xiaoe rolled her eyes when she heard the conversation between the two.

She knew this woman wasn't simple, calling him Third Uncle~ Hmph!

Zhou Ya let her son finish calling Wen San'er, then let him call Lou Xiaoe.

"Call her Auntie."

"Auntie~"

"Auntie~"

"Call her whatever."

Lou Xiaoe just liked children; although she was like that with Zhou Ya, she was very fond of Fu Zhidong.

She stretched out her hand and picked up Fu Zhidong, placing him on her lap.

"Call me Little Auntie from now on."

"Little Auntie~"

"Hey~"

Lou Xiaoe's eyelids jumped when she heard the child call her Auntie; she had been called that a lot when she was little, and she didn't like it.

Zhou Ya watched Lou Xiaoe teasing her son and smiled, asking Wen San'er, "Are the two people who came with you alright? Are they your people too?"

"No, they aren't my people."

Wen San'er smiled and said, "I borrowed them; they were the backup plan arranged by Xuewu, used to take the blame, but I think those two are quite clever, so they should be fine."

(Da Qiangzi looked at the "clever" Da Chun'er: "I'll thank your mother's ancestors, Man Dejie!")

Hearing Wen San'er describe those two like that, Zhou Ya also covered her mouth and smiled.

Seeing the scenery outside the window flashing by, Zhou Ya couldn't help but feel regret.

"Sigh, I wonder what will happen to our house."

"The house has been sealed!"

"Sealed?"

Yu Min stood at the gate of Zhou Ya's house on Guanshan Road in disbelief, watching a team of people searching inside the house, some of whom were preparing to put up seal strips.

"Yes."

Xu Ning, wearing the same style of security uniform as the Rolling Mill, stood at the gate watching the people in the yard work.

"The owner of this house is a family member of a criminal, and we are handling this case."

Yu Min gritted his teeth and asked, "But hasn't she been living here all along?"

Xu Ning took Yu Min's cigarette and said casually, "Yeah, told her the case hasn't been cleared up, so she can't leave; the Security Section is looking for them."

Borrowing Yu Min's fire to light his cigarette, Xu Ning looked at him and asked, "What? Asking about this, do you know them?"

"No, don't know them."

Yu Min waved his hand gloomily and said with a dry laugh, "I pass by here often; it looks quite sudden."

"It is quite sudden."

Xu Ning took a puff of his cigarette, narrowed his eyes, and said, "We tracked them to the factory's reception house; the service staff said they saw them this morning, and it seemed like a group of people sent them off."

"Well, you guys get busy; I have to go to work quickly."

Yu Min was startled by Xu Ning's words and hurriedly greased his feet.

He couldn't stay here anymore; don't let Fu Haibo get himself involved while investigating.

Watching the speeding jeep leave, Xu Ning narrowed his eyes and exhaled a puff of smoke.

He didn't know why Li Xuewu had him seal this villa after Zhou Ya left.

Of course, there were many things he didn't know; just doing as he was told was enough.

Arriving in Steel City, Xu Ning could finally fly like a bird; with the training tone and development goals already set by Li Xuewu of the Rolling Mill, he just needed to copy them.

The current Security Division could be considered the face of the Steel Plant; before and after the New Year, they had sent many people back to Jingcheng for review and had also raided many people's homes.

Why else would they be so skilled when sealing Zhou Ya's house?

However, raiding Zhou Ya's house was different from others; all furniture was left untouched, and only clothing was searched out and packed into boxes.

The audit of the seal strips was stuck in Xu Ning's hands; they could be sealed or opened at any time.

After moving the packed "evidence" to the car, Xu Ning took people to lock the door and left.

These packed "evidences" would be sent to the Jingcheng Rolling Mill Security Division for review.

Jingcheng, Rolling Mill.

"This report doesn't look much like Vice Factory Director Li's handwriting~"

Secretary Yang Yuansong smiled and placed the telegram report in his hand on the table; he was an old hand at documents, and he knew the writing style of the factory's cadres at a glance.

"Hahaha."

Factory Director Yang Fengshan knew what the secretary meant and smiled as he distributed cigarettes to the few people at the conference table.

"Vice Factory Director Li is still concerned about the factory's development while in the frontier; everyone has seen the content of the telegram, so let's talk about your thoughts."

Nie Chenglin took the cigarette thrown by the factory director, knowing this wasn't a cigarette, but a brick—throwing a brick to attract jade.

"I'm in charge of production and technology, so I'll say a few words here."

This telegram did indeed contain content related to production and technology, so everyone listened carefully when Nie Chenglin spoke.

"First, let's talk about technology."

Nie Chenglin took a puff of his cigarette, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "The production and manufacturing of any machinery is not a simple matter, just like the fire-fighting equipment we just discussed."

It turned out that the meeting just now wasn't just talking about the frontier; it was also talking about Li Xuewu sealing the Design Section a few days ago.

"Design costs, manufacturing costs, usage and maintenance costs, and professional technical breakthrough costs are all difficult problems."

"Then let's talk about production."

Nie Chenglin looked at the several factory leaders present and said, "All factories have planned tasks; a factory cannot be built from nothing just with a report."

After finishing his speech, Nie Chenglin pushed the telegram report in front of him forward, and everyone could see that he didn't support it.

This undoubtedly poured a basin of cold water on the discussion that hadn't heated up yet.

With the vice factory director in charge of production and design not agreeing, other leaders also frowned, flipping through the reports in their hands without saying a word.

Yang Yuansong looked at Nie Chenglin and then looked at the other vice factory directors, but none of them had any intention of speaking at this moment.

Yang Fengshan was smoking, his eyes also observing the team members present.

The conference room was quiet for a moment.

"Let me state my opinion."

The one who broke the silence was Deputy Party Secretary Gu Weijie; seeing her about to speak, Yang Yuansong's brow tightened instantly.

Gu Weijie had just criticized the Security Division at the meeting for lack of responsibility, and the progress of the merger with the Armed Forces Department was slow, with a sentiment of shirking responsibility.

Now, anyone with eyes at the meeting knew that this report was nominally submitted by Li Huai De, but the thinking and writing were definitely Li Xuewu's.

If the vice factory director in charge didn't agree with this report, and the executive deputy secretary had opinions, there really was no need for discussion.

"I read the report very carefully; the joint enterprise in the report has the intention of including the textile mill in the scope of cooperation."

Gu Weijie tapped the report in front of her lightly and looked at Nie Chenglin, asking, "The textile machinery is sitting right there in the textile mill; what design costs and breakthrough costs are there?"

This sentence shocked everyone; no one expected Gu Weijie to open fire on Nie Chenglin, and to speak so harshly.

Everyone was waiting for Gu Weijie to criticize Li Xuewu's opinions to pieces, but they didn't expect the reversal to come so quickly.

Nie Chenglin was also a bit stunned; the cigarette in his hand dropped ash without him even knowing.

"Joint enterprise, integrating surplus resources—if you can't build a fire truck because there's no reference, that's one thing, but can the textile mill stop you from looking at the machines? Can't you even copy the parts?"

Gu Weijie didn't say this directly to Nie Chenglin, but instead said it to Yang Fengshan, but Nie Chenglin, sitting on the side, had a face the color of a pig's liver.

"Cough, cough."

Yang Yuansong picked up his teacup and took a sip, taking the opportunity to cough twice to remind Gu Weijie to pay attention to unity.

Gu Weijie glanced at the secretary and then continued, "Then let's talk about production; everyone knows that starting a business is difficult, but if we don't start, where will the industry come from? Our enterprises didn't just fall from the sky, did they?"

Yang Fengshan narrowed his eyes and listened to Gu Weijie's words; these words were both criticizing Nie Chenglin and saying them to him, because the pen was in his hands.

This Gu Weijie was different from the other newly arrived leaders; she didn't have that stage of biding her time, but directly carried out work with great vigor.

Previously discussing the merger of the Security Division and the Armed Forces Department, neither Yang Fengshan nor the secretary felt Li Xuewu did anything wrong.

On the contrary, they were very gratified; they were very happy to see Li Xuewu able to handle problems in such a subtle way.

Because Li Xuewu's previous style of work had left them with too rigid an impression.

How could someone eager to get promoted pull a leader a layer away from their position, not even letting them retire, directly causing their family to be broken and dead.

Being able to see Li Xuewu's "grown-up" side, the side that handled things maturely, they all felt very satisfied.

But this Gu Weijie wasn't satisfied; she had to urge and force Li Xuewu to be tough—wasn't this like letting the Monkey King out from under Wuzhi Mountain early?

Being active and enthusiastic in work is good, but some people shouldn't be made too active, like Li Xuewu.

If he's too active, everyone present might flip over early and not be able to enjoy their old age.

"Hmm, I don't see any problem with what Deputy Secretary Gu said."

Yang Fengshan put down the cigarette in his hand and looked at the few people at the table, saying, "Isn't a team meeting just for brainstorming? Collective wisdom is the most advanced decision."

Smoothing out the conflict, Yang Fengshan continued, "Everyone, state your opinions; you can talk about things even if you aren't in charge of them."

"Today is just us closing the door and talking about our own family matters; there are no outsiders, and those enterprises don't even know about this yet; we are just the ones getting hot-headed first, hehe."

"Hahaha~"

Hearing the factory director speak, Nie Chenglin's complexion improved a bit, and others also laughed along with the joke for a while.

"Speaking of this joint enterprise, I'm going to raise both hands in favor."

The newly arrived vice factory director Jing Yunong was the first to clearly express support for this plan.

"Not to mention how much profit this joint enterprise can create, and not to mention how big this joint enterprise can be or how much achievement it can make."

Jing Yunong said with a bitter smile, "Just the sentence about resource integration in the report solved a huge problem for me!"

"Deputy Secretary Gu knows that personnel work is difficult to do."

Jing Yunong pointed at Gu Weijie before talking about her own problems, because Gu Weijie was also a leader in charge of personnel work.

"The age structure of factory workers is becoming younger; few retire, and many apply for positions; workers are queuing up to take over."

As she spoke, her hand swept across everyone at the table, "Who doesn't have three or four children now? That's a conservative estimate; how can positions be taken over?"

"They are all good young men and women who graduated from middle school, and they are just hanging around at home."

Jing Yunong's words were the truth, and everyone nodded silently.

"So when I saw the suggestion in the report about solving the employment problem of factory workers' children, I knew this report was written with heart, and the intention was very upright!"

She was in charge of the Personnel Division, so naturally, she spoke this way, but no one present dared to oppose it.

Who doesn't have children? Who doesn't have relatives? Which factory worker doesn't want to arrange for their children to enter the factory?

If anyone opposed this at the meeting, and it got out tomorrow, they wouldn't have to worry about the windows in their house being intact.

"I'll make a guarantee here."

Jing Yunong looked at Yang Fengshan and the secretary and said, "The Finance Division will prioritize the budget and support this open-source plan even if it's tight; the Personnel Division guarantees to do a good job in adjustment and allocation; the Service Division will definitely do a good job in service support; my speech is over."

Gu Weijie nodded in agreement, "The Party Committee Organization Department and the Propaganda Section will also do a good job in corresponding work; the interests of factory workers are always important."

This was a big cake; Gu Weijie could see it, and Jing Yunong wasn't stupid either; usually, she didn't say much, but once she made a move, it hit the vital point.

"Hmm, does anyone else have opinions or suggestions?"

Yang Fengshan nodded, indicating he understood their opinions, and then asked others.

Actually, what else was there to ask? The ones with relevant business here were Li Huai De and Nie Chenglin; Jing Yunong and Gu Weijie were just grabbing the cake.

Xue Zhifu was the Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission; he couldn't just investigate two people to liven things up.

Deng Zhiwang knew his ranking was low and didn't have any departments he could show off.

However, this was an opportunity for him.

The construction of the new joint enterprise needed the Engineering Section to check, and the terminal also needed the Sales Section to make breakthroughs.

It could be said that this joint enterprise allowed everyone present to taste the sweetness; no one would oppose such interests unless it conflicted with their own.

Nie Chenglin looked at everyone's expressions and knew his opinion wouldn't hold.

This time, Li Huai De's executive position would probably be implemented.

He didn't admit that his ability was inferior to Li Huai De's, but he admitted that his luck was inferior to Li Huai De's.

Looking at the report in his hand, Nie Chenglin thought, if he also had a division chief under him whose business ability and handling level were so damn good, he would dare to fight Li Huai De head-on!

Not a failure of battle, but destiny.

"Alright, let me state my opinion."

Seeing that no one was speaking, Yang Fengshan smiled and said to the secretary, "When I finished reading this report for the first time, I really felt like I was old."

"Hahahahaha."

Everyone thought of the meaning here and laughed.

Secretary Yang Yuansong nodded and smiled, "Young cadres are always the vanguard and assault team for the organization to forge ahead."

"Indeed, daring to innovate, daring to think, daring to do—the construction of our factory's young cadre team is at the forefront of our peers."

Yang Fengshan said with emotion, "Especially a group of excellent young cadres who dare to carry the red flag, strive for advancement, and never admit defeat, making us old comrades sitting here feel a surge of hot blood and impulse, wanting to witness the future with them."

"Factory Director, you are the red flag bearer for young cadres in the Rolling Mill! Hahaha~"

Gu Weijie praised Yang Fengshan with a smile, and then she herself laughed.

Yang Fengshan waved his hand and smiled, "If you don't admit you're old, you can't; look at this report—I couldn't have written it when I was young."

The leaders at the conference table laughed; who could have had this vision and writing ability when they were young?

"Regarding this joint factory setup, my opinion is that we can take it one step at a time."

Yang Fengshan made a big circle before putting the words on the main topic.

"Our factory will take the first step, try to see if this road can be walked, and let other units see how this step of ours goes."

Yang Fengshan explained his words and said with a smile, "Joint factory setup is not uncommon, but there aren't many that are done well."

As he spoke, he tapped the report on the table.

"Since the flag bearer of the young cadres has the confidence to start a business, I also have the confidence to work with everyone to blaze a trail for our Red Star Rolling Mill and lay a foundation for a hundred years."

"I agree."

"I agree."

The decision at the meeting quickly spread within the Rolling Mill, and whether it was the workers in the factory or the cadres, they all became interested in this new topic.

Those with children at home were happy that there was hope for work.

Those with cadres at home were happy that there was hope for progress.

Those with wives at home were happy that there was hope for having a few more children.

"Hey, have you heard?"

Zhang Songying saw Qin Huairu coming out of the office and whispered, "It seems the factory is going to establish a third industry, and it's with other enterprises."

"Don't know, haven't heard."

Qin Huairu looked at the time; it was almost time to get off work, so she asked the few waiters at the front desk, "Who is on night shift today?"

"Me, Director Qin, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Hu, like this, there's a train arriving from Steel City tonight; a leader's relative is coming to Jingcheng to visit relatives and will stay here temporarily; no need to register, just arrange this room for them."

Qin Huairu handed the key to the third floor to Xiao Hu as she spoke and instructed, "It's a mother and son, the child is very young; in the evening, ask Master Yang to prepare an extra meal and keep it warm; when they arrive, you serve it to them, thank you for your hard work."

"Don't worry, Director Qin, leave it to me."

Once Xiao Hu heard it was a leader's relative, how could she not know what was going on?

Everyone was eager to do this kind of work; how could they feel it was hard work?

Qin Huairu didn't know who it was; this was notified by Yu Li in a phone call at noon.

If she hadn't asked twice, she wouldn't have dared to confirm it was Yu Li calling to arrange such a thing.

No need to think, if it wasn't Li Xuewu's "relative," it was some "relative" he was close to.

As for the one with a child, she didn't care about that; she was also bringing up children, and she was bringing up three children.

After giving instructions, she followed Zhang Songying upstairs for the final patrol before getting off work.

"Whose relative? So caring."

Zhang Songying followed Qin Huairu upstairs, checking the duty log in the corridor, and asked the question in her heart.

If it was arranging another room, she wouldn't have cared, but wasn't that room reserved for someone special?

"No need to ask, it's the person you're thinking about day and night~"

"Go to hell, you're the one thinking day and night~"

Zhang Songying scolded and kicked Qin Huairu lightly, laughing and saying, "You're so close to the water, why haven't you gotten the moon first?"

"What moon, what moon~"

Qin Huairu laughed and pinched Zhang Songying's butt, saying, "How can you be so shameless, saying everything."

"There's no one here."

Zhang Songying laughed and poked Qin Huairu, then whispered, "Is this relative a proper relative?"

"I don't know if the relative is proper, but I think you're quite improper."

The two chatted and laughed as they checked floor by floor, and by the time they finished, it was time to get off work.

Zhang Songying pulled back to the initial question and said, "Establishing a joint enterprise requires recruiting workers; you can keep an eye out for your sister."

"Useless."

Qin Huairu sighed; just now Zhang Songying also said that this enterprise was also proposed by Li Xuewu.

Even if it wasn't supervised by Li Xuewu, she wouldn't dare to handle this matter without Li Xuewu's consent.

Qin Jingru was still at home recovering from illness, and her pressure this month was even greater.

If she stayed for a longer time, and really had more contact with Seeing Sha Zhu, maybe they could get along.

"Split up."

Seeing Sha Zhu said with an indifferent expression, "Can't get along with a village girl."

"Yo yo yo~ you're really puffing up now."

Liu Lan curled her lips and said to Seeing Sha Zhu, "If you ask me, you're destined to be a bachelor; you can't reach the good ones, and you don't want the bad ones."

"Hey! I just don't want to settle~"

Seeing Sha Zhu scooped out the vegetables from the big spoon and said with a smile, "Isn't your situation a lesson? Didn't you also divorce after settling?"

"Go to your egg, why are you folding your own situation onto me?"

Liu Lan was so angry she hit Seeing Sha Zhu and said, "This lesson isn't for you; even if it's a lesson, I still have a child, but you should be careful about having no descendants."

"Crow's mouth!"

Seeing Sha Zhu glared at Liu Lan and said, "Watch me find you a good one, young, beautiful, and educated."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Liu Lan clicked her tongue and sized Seeing Sha Zhu up, saying, "Clean yourself up first before talking; you're so messy, who would want to get close to you!"

"What's wrong with how I look!"

Seeing Sha Zhu handed the pot to Ma Hua, looked at Liu Lan, and asked, "Hey~ I say Liu Lan, your mouth has become more and more vicious since you became a cadre; are you deliberately looking for trouble with me today?"

"I'm just here to comfort you, care about you, and you don't appreciate kindness~"

Liu Lan glanced at Seeing Sha Zhu, and seeing everyone looking over, she turned and went out.

"Hey, Master, is this Section Chief Liu interested in you?"

"Go, go, go~"

Seeing Sha Zhu pushed Ma Hua, pointed at the pot in his hand, and said, "Hurry up and wash the pot; there's one more dish."

"Got it~"

Ma Hua knew his master didn't like hearing this, so he shrank his neck and went to the sink to wash the pot.

The surrounding workers also knew Seeing Sha Zhu's temper; they couldn't talk about gossip in front of him, so they each looked at each other and went back to their work.

And Seeing Sha Zhu frowned as he looked toward the back kitchen door with the spoon in his hand.

Even his silly apprentice could see it, so how could he not?

What medicine did this Liu Lan take wrong, coming straight for him?

It wasn't taking the wrong medicine, but not taking medicine at all.

Both working at the reception house, Liu Lan had also heard about Seeing Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu's sister, so how could she not be thinking about it in her heart.

At first, she really didn't think in that direction; it was the joke from last time that started it.

Last time Liu Lan came to allocate materials and happened to meet Seeing Sha Zhu complaining, so she joked about whether the two of them should settle.

Seeing Sha Zhu didn't think much of it at the time, but Liu Lan, who returned to the reception house, thought about it.

Although this Seeing Sha Zhu had a stinky temper, he was indeed not a bad person, and he was much stronger than her ex-husband.

Furthermore, the two had known each other for so many years working together, so they understood each other; it was better than finding someone she didn't know.

As for who she was with, Liu Lan didn't really care.

Seeing Sha Zhu also knew why she was with Li Huai De; anyway, they weren't little girls anymore, so who could be that serious.

She was a section chief now, and Seeing Sha Zhu was a squad leader; both were working in the cafeteria—could this life be any worse?

Not to mention she only had one child now, even if she had three or four more with Seeing Sha Zhu, they could afford to raise them.

Why else would they say women can't leave men; although she had just divorced her ex-husband, life still had to go on.

It wouldn't last long raising a child alone, and as for Li Huai De, he was a wolf.

If Seeing Sha Zhu had someone at this moment, that would be one thing, or if he was constantly with someone, she wouldn't dare to have this idea.

Just like the gossip between Qin Huairu from the workshop and Seeing Sha Zhu, but now looking at Qin Huairu, she wouldn't look down on Seeing Sha Zhu at all, and the two were still the same, which proved there was nothing before.

Seeing Sha Zhu hit a wall one after another, so Liu Lan thought about taking advantage of Li Huai De's absence; if the two could really get along, then she would break it off with Li Huai De.

After all, Li Huai De wouldn't dare to say anything about this kind of relationship, and he wouldn't dare to give her trouble later; he would mostly have to take care of her.

Today, taking advantage of the time before getting off work, Liu Lan came to the cafeteria to flirt with Seeing Sha Zhu.

But the two had a temper of fighting as soon as they met, turning a good encounter into a cockfight.

Once off work, Seeing Sha Zhu put away his apron, carried his hands behind his back, and walked home with his lunch box.

It wasn't that he couldn't afford a car, nor that he couldn't buy one.

At that time, there were cheap assembled cars for sale in the West Courtyard, and Old Biaozi asked him if he wanted one, but he shook his head and said he wouldn't ride one, walking was comfortable.

It took more than half an hour to walk from the Rolling Mill to Nanluoguxiang, but Seeing Sha Zhu deliberately took a long way today, walking along the moat for a while.

Nothing else, he just felt stuffy and chaotic in his heart.

It's said that when a person is unhappy, everything they encounter is unhappy.

When the Second Ring Road was being repaired, it was decided above that the city walls of the Four Nine Cities limited the city's development, so the surrounding city walls would be demolished one by one.

It wasn't moved in the winter because construction was difficult, but now that the weather had warmed up, the construction team started to dismantle the city wall bricks and dig out the clay inside.

A few years ago, when there was a famine, the surrounding common people had already opened up vegetable plots on the city walls, and the copper walls and iron barriers that used to resist foreign enemies had long become worn-out shoes.

It was said that the moat outside would also be renovated; such a rotten mud pit affected the city's image.

Seeing Sha Zhu was sighing at the river when he heard a "boom" from afar!

"Pa!" ===== CHAPTER 429 =====