Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1707 Liaison Officer

As Wang Guodong brought up the topic, the room fell silent and no one knew what to say.

The machinery factory had already achieved an "independent" status with what it had done previously, but who would have thought that the other party would use the "righteousness" of earthquake relief to break the impasse and take this opportunity to interfere in the affairs of the machinery factory again.

But they just can't do anything about it.

It’s really hard to guard against.

Feeling the oppression in the conference room, Yang Xiaotao took out a cigarette, ready to relieve the pressure and relax his mind.

But before he could put it in his mouth, Liu Huaimin on the side reached out and took it.

Yang Xiaotao could only take out one more cigarette, and then Liang Zuoxin on the other side took the cigarette box as well.

Then the cigarette box was passed around the house.

呲呲
The sound of flint rubbing against each other was heard, and the yellow flame quickly burned the tobacco in the rolling paper, and a circle of smoke then came out of his mouth.

Everyone around the table was lighting cigarettes, and no one knew who got the cigarette box in the end.

"Director Bai, you smoke too."

Zhou Shenghong suddenly spoke with a smile, holding the cigarette next to his ear, looking very free and easy.

After hearing this, everyone looked at Bai Jingshu.

Bai Jingshu was holding a cigarette in his hand, but he looked much more elegant than Zhou Shenghong. He did not seem embarrassed when everyone looked at him.

"Why, are you allowed to smoke but I am not allowed to?"

Zhou Shenghong quickly smiled and apologized, "That's not the case. I was just curious. I didn't expect you smoke too."

"I used to smoke ladies' cigarettes, which have a strong smell and are usually hard to smoke."

Bai Jingshu took the cigarette in his hand and took a look at it, then looked at Yang Xiaotao, "Boss Yang, it's a bit out of place for you to smoke with your status as a group of heroes, at least you have to drink Harden."

Yang Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, "There's nothing I can do. Look at these old smokers. If I took them out, they would be gone long ago. Who can stand their consuming?"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone around him immediately retorted, "Xiao Tao, that's not right. When it comes to smoking, who is better than you? You always have cigarettes on you. You always have them whenever you want."

"Uncle Xu, I just have a lot of cigarettes on me, but that doesn't mean I smoke a lot."

"I can testify to this. Xiao Tao is not wrong."

Wang Guodong immediately stepped forward to help Yang Xiaotao out, "Because he only smokes two or three cigarettes out of a pack."

"Yes, but Mr. Yang smokes too much."

Zhou Shenghong added, "You always have cigarettes in your pocket. I envy you so much."

"What are you envious of? You're a factory director, but you can't even afford to smoke?"

Ding Xiangjun joked, and Zhou Shenghong sighed, "I can afford it, but my family is very strict."

As soon as the words fell, everyone laughed.

"It's a pity that Lao Yang is not here, otherwise he would definitely sympathize with you."

"That's right, Lao Yang also has bronchitis. You don't know that during the Chinese New Year, Lao Yang only had one pack of cigarettes a week, and could only smoke three cigarettes a day. At that time, he followed us around every day, and suddenly the cigarettes on the table were gone."

Yang Xiaotao added a sentence at the end, immediately leading the topic to Yang Youning, while Chen Gong talked about Yang Youning's embarrassing moments.

Anyway, this guy is not here.

After the atmosphere in the conference room eased and calmed down again, Liu Huaimin looked at everyone seriously.

"Since this matter cannot be refused, then cooperate well and don't let anyone catch you with any handle."

Everyone nodded, reaching a consensus.

Yang Xiaotao crushed the cigarette butt, raised his head and looked up, "Actually, could it be that we are overthinking this?"

"The supervision team is nothing more than a supervisor, just like the eunuchs sent down by the ancient emperors, who were sent out to fight in the war to serve as liaisons and keep an eye on things."

"There is no such position in our machinery factory."

"So, the people from the supervision team are here, at best, just liaison officers."

Liaison officer?
Xu Yuanshan and others looked at Yang Xiaotao. Hearing him say this, he really sounded like a liaison officer.

Alley entrance.

Yang Xiaotao drove the car slowly to a stop.

Looking up at the sky, only a small part of the forehead is left of the big red round face, and the rest is blocked by the courtyard not far away.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Xiaotao walked into the yard carrying a piece of pork.

The work at the pharmaceutical factory kept him busy until most of the night, so he spent the night at the chemical factory.

I had to see Yang Youning off in the morning, so I got up early and managed to see him off.

I originally planned to take some time to rest after lunch, but I was called to a meeting again, and it turned out to be a bad meeting.

After the meeting was over, another meeting was convened to discuss things. When the meeting was over, it was time to get off work.

Yang Xiaotao didn't want to work overtime, so he drove back, prepared to eat something and rest early.

Tomorrow, I don’t know what will happen.

Carrying the pork, he walked towards the courtyard.

After passing through the Chuihua Gate, Yang Xiaotao was stunned.

"This house collapsed?"

After taking two steps, Yang Xiaotao approached the big locust tree and looked at the collapsed house.

"Xiao Tao!"

Wang Dashan saw Yang Xiaotao come forward and say, "The Xu family in the backyard also arrived during this earthquake."

"The wall of this idiot Zhu's house was not repaired last time, so it collapsed now."

As he spoke, there was a sarcastic smile on his face.

Last time, cracks appeared on the walls of several houses in the courtyard, but they all repaired them carefully. Not only did they replace the broken bricks in the cracks, they also poured cement to make the repairs solid.

But Sha Zhu not only delayed the repair time, but also only did superficial work. It looked like the repair had been done, but no cement was poured at all, and the cracks inside still existed.

In this situation, it would be strange if he didn't fall.

Yang Xiaotao nodded. When Sha Zhu was fooling people like this, Yang Xiaotao had guessed that this day would come.

I just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly, ten years ahead of schedule.

"Uncle Dashan, come over for a drink later?"

Yang Xiaotao held up the pork and Wang Dashan took a look. It weighed at least one pound.

The meat was fat and lean, and based on his understanding of Yang Xiaotao, it must be pork belly.

"Yes, I'll bring some wine over later."

Yang Xiaotao looked at the collapsed house again and then walked home.

Ran Qiuye and Miaomiao were still in Yangjiazhuang. Yang Xiaotao had wanted to go back to the village last night to check on them, but he was too busy to do so. Fortunately, the telephone line was connected this afternoon, so Yang Xiaotao called to ask about the situation.

Overall, the impact of this earthquake on Yangjiazhuang was slightly greater than the first one, but fortunately there were no casualties.

However, Yang Dazhuang said over the phone that he wanted to donate supplies, and every household in the village took out their stored grain and wanted to use the machinery factory to send it to the disaster area.

Yang Xiaotao was not in a hurry to agree to this.

Let's wait and see how the situation develops.

As for Duanwu and his two siblings, he felt relieved that Ran's mother was helping to take care of them.

After returning home, Yang Xiaotao started cooking.

A mother's house.

Yi Zhonghai was sitting at the head of the bed while an old lady was packing things beside him.

I saw some commonly used clothes being washed, folded and placed in a bundle, and finally the bundle was tied tightly and placed aside.

"Lao Yi, take a look and see if there's anything else you want to take with you. I'll prepare it for you."

After the aunt finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai remained silent.

The weather is getting warmer and spring ploughing has begun in the countryside. He is also going to report to Caojiagou.

"You don't need to bring much. Once this busy period is over, you can come back."

After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he thought of something and glanced at the aunt, "Don't we have two boxes of cigarettes at home? Put them in there. I'll need them when the time comes."

The old lady nodded and went to look for it. The two boxes of cigarettes were given to her by Yi Zhonghai's apprentice when he came to see her during the Chinese New Year.

"Zhu Zi, Huai Ru, come here."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Sha Zhu who was busy cooking and Qin Huairu who was working on the sewing machine next to him, and called out twice.

"Uncle, I didn't see he was busy."

Sha Zhu was stir-frying with a spatula, and when he heard Yi Zhonghai's words, he didn't move at all.

Qin Huairu stopped the needle and walked over. "Uncle, what can I do for you?"

Yi Zhonghai stared at Qin Huairu again and again. The other party boldly let him look, and even unconsciously puffed out her chest, convinced that he was powerless.

Under Qin Huairu's gaze, Yi Zhonghai lowered his head helplessly, picked up the jar and drank a sip of cold water.

Cough
“I think it’s not a good idea for you to do this.”

Yi Zhonghai talked about serious matters with a serious look on his face.

"What's wrong?"

Sha Zhu asked after hearing this, and Qin Huairu also frowned.

"I mean, it's not good for you to use your house to earn subsidies from the street office."

"Why not? The house is ours and it was indeed collapsed by the earthquake. Since there is a policy in place, we did nothing wrong."

Sha Zhu was explaining it from the side, and Qin Huairu nodded secretly after listening.

Seeing the two's reactions, Yi Zhonghai didn't know how to persuade them.

But deep down in his heart, he always felt that this kind of thing was a crooked way of doing things. He didn't believe it before, but now, he has some faith in fate.

The more evil things you do, the more retributions you will receive.

"I'm just advising you that once or twice is enough. We are not fools. Don't let others break the window paper. Then it will be difficult to end it."

Yi Zhonghai tried to persuade them again, hoping that the two would stop while they were ahead.

Sha Zhu was busy cooking and pretended not to know.

Qin Huairu lowered her head and said nothing.

Last time, Qin Jingru received a subsidy of 50 yuan for her house, which was higher than Sha Zhu’s original salary.

Although they only got ten dollars in the end, it was still a rare gain.

What's more, this time, the collapse of their house was more serious, so it must have been at least sixty.

With this money, if we rebuild it, we will have a large portion left.

Then, continue
Seeing the expressions of the two men, Yi Zhonghai said no more.

At dinner time, Yang Xiaotao indeed made braised pork, but the old Taoist was very satisfied with the meal and he complained less about his work at the steel plant.

When Sha Zhu smelled the meaty aroma coming from the Yang family, his mouth felt sour.

"Your work is average, not even as good as half of my hand."

Although he said this, he knew in his heart that Yang Xiaotao could easily buy a pound of pork, but could their family afford it?

"You still have to make money."

The next day, Yang Xiaotao came to the machinery factory and processed documents in the office while waiting for news.

At around ten o'clock, Liu Huaimin's voice came from outside the door, and Yang Xiaotao got up and walked into the office.

"I just received a call from above saying that the supervision team is on the way and asked us to be ready to welcome them."

Yang Xiaotao sneered, "We welcome them? How much face do they have?"

Liu Huaimin turned the pen in his hand and looked at Yang Xiaotao, "What do you think?"

Yang Xiaotao leaned back in his chair. "Since you know you can't pee in the same pot, why bother?"

"Let's just do business in a fair and just manner and follow the rules."

"What kind of rules and regulations are these? At the meeting yesterday, they said that difficulties should be eliminated and priority should be given to guaranteeing the safety of the people. Don't be so angry now."

Yang Xiaotao crossed his legs and said, "Of course I know this."

"So, I plan to let Guo Liang go to greet them on behalf of the machinery factory."

Guo Liang used to work in the rolling mill, doing assessment work. Later he went to the machinery factory and was promoted to director.

He is responsible for receiving tasks assigned by superiors.

"He's just a liaison officer. Compared to our machinery factory, he's only a director. We can't condescend to lower our status."

"Otherwise, bad habits will form and this team leader or that team leader will dare to come to the machinery factory and step on you."

Liu Huaimin nodded silently after hearing this.

They are not the steel rolling mill of the past, but the Red Star Manufacturing Plant directly under the headquarters.

The status is incomparable.

Moreover, if these people are praised to the same level as himself, how can Xu Yuanshan and others face it?

This will restrict the branch factory's capabilities.

They both thought it through and waited in the office.

As for other factory leaders, Liu Huaimin also notified them to stay at their posts.