The people at the brick kiln recognized Lu Chaoli at a glance and stopped what they were doing to say hello.

Lu Chaoli signed a large deal with their brick kiln to expand the pig factory. Now he is a big customer of their brick kiln. The workers who saw him that day recognized him at a glance.

Lu Chaoli explained: "I have something to discuss with the factory director."

"The factory director is in the office. It's very hot outside. Come in quickly!"

The workers working in the brick kiln were sweating profusely and their faces were shiny from the sun, but they had simple smiles on their faces, and they were still very enthusiastic even if they were panting in the heat.

Lu Chaoli went to the factory director's office yesterday and learned that the factory director was in the office now. He took Jiang Li towards the office.

"Knock-"

When he arrived at the office door, Lu Chaoli knocked on the door, and the factory director, who was sitting at his desk settling accounts, answered without raising his head.

"Come in."

Lu Chaoli pushed open the door, and cool air came out of the room instantly, dissipating the heat for him and Jiang Li.

Jiang Li's eyes lit up: "Air conditioning?"

Lu Chaoli turned to look at her and said with a smile, "Come on, let's go in."

Lu Chaoli stepped forward and opened the door curtain for Jiang Li, letting her go in first.

"Director."

Lu Chaoli said hello to the factory director who was sitting at his desk. Hearing Lu Chaoli's voice, the factory manager raised his head.

"Xiao Lu? Come on, please come in!"

The factory director sat up from his chair and looked at Lu Chaoli at the door with a smile. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Jiang Li beside him, and then waved at the two of them.

"Come on, come on, comrades, come and sit down!"

The factory director pointed to the sofa beside him, and then poured a cup of tea for Jiang Li and Lu Chaoli.

Since there are many customers who usually come to the brick kiln to discuss business with the factory director, the factory director specially ordered several sofas and coffee tables to be placed in the office to facilitate conversations with customers.

Lu Chaoli and Jiang Li walked to the sofa and sat down. The cool air from the air conditioner instantly dispelled the dryness in their bodies.

"Come, you two comrades drink water first, and I'll cut a watermelon for you to eat!"

"No, no, no need to trouble the factory director. I came to the factory director to confirm the quantity of the batch of bricks and take a rest."

Lu Chaoli was sincere and directly said that they came here to enjoy the air conditioning.

The factory director laughed when he heard this: "From now on, when you come to town at noon and there is no place to rest, come to my place. I am warm in winter and cool in summer, so I can rest as long as I like!"

As he spoke, he took out an iced watermelon from the refrigerator, cut it twice with a fruit knife and placed it in front of Lu Chaoli and Jiang Li.

"Try it, the iced watermelon is so cold!"

The factory director was afraid that they would be polite, so he quickly took two pieces of watermelon and handed them to them.

Lu Chaoli knew that the factory director was enthusiastic, so he didn't shirk it anymore. He took the watermelon from his hand and handed it to Jiang Li.

The factory director also sat down on the sofa, picked up a piece of watermelon and ate it while talking to Lu Chaoli about the batch of bricks.

"I just asked someone to count the batch of bricks. The batch of bricks that was just fired totaled 2,136 pieces. Xiao Lu, check to see if there are enough. If not, I will ask the brick kiln to work overtime. I will focus on your batch first. Burn it out.”

"More than two thousand yuan?"

Lu Chaoli roughly estimated the number of bricks needed based on the size of the plot they measured, and finally shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not enough, at least double it."

The factory director's eyes widened and he sat up straight in an instant: "Four thousand, Xiaolu needs four thousand bricks?" Lu Chaoli nodded seriously: "Yes, I plan to use the existing two thousand bricks tomorrow." The factory manager has to worry about the remaining two thousand bricks, and I will transport them after they are burned."

The factory director nodded quickly, not even bothering to eat the watermelon in his hand.

"Don't worry, Comrade Xiao Lu, don't worry, I will let the brick kiln burn your batch of bricks first!"

This is a big deal!

Two thousand bricks are enough, but Comrade Xiao Lu unexpectedly wanted to buy four thousand bricks!

The factory director, who had received such a large order for the first time, was so excited that he wished he could go to the brick kiln in person and follow the workers to bake bricks!

Lu Chaoli nodded: "Then when the bricks are shipped tomorrow, I will pay for the more than two thousand bricks. Can the factory director lower the price a little further?"

When they arrived, Lu Chaoli mentioned the price of bricks again.

It would be better if the price can be lowered. If not, the current price is much cheaper than the prices of the other two brick kilns.

The factory director smiled: "Since Xiao Lu wants to buy four thousand bricks in one breath, how about I lower it a little further for you and give you one point and nine for each brick?"

"Then let's make an agreement! When my family builds a new house, I will come to the factory director to buy bricks!"

"Hahaha, okay, I'll be waiting for you anytime!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the price of the brick finally dropped from 1.95 cents to 1.9 cents.

"Comrade Xiao Lu, don't stop. Keep eating. Eat watermelon to quench your thirst. I'm going to calculate how much these two thousand bricks cost in total!"

The factory director pointed at the watermelon in front of the two of them, stood up excitedly and walked towards the desk beside him.

Jiang Li had finished eating the watermelon in her hand, and there was some watermelon juice on the corner of her mouth. Lu Chaoli saw it and pulled the paper from the table and handed it to her. He then took the watermelon rind and seeds from her hand and threw them to the table next to him. garbage can.

He did all this for Jiang Li as he should and took good care of her.

"Do you still want to eat?"

Lu Chaoli took another piece of watermelon from the table and handed it to Jiang Li. Jiang Li waved her hand: "I won't eat it."

"Then let's cool down here first. When the sun goes down, we can go to the town to buy rice, noodles, grain and oil."

Jiang Li nodded, took off her hat, and picked out the broken hair stuck to her forehead.

Lu Chaoli looked at her with a smile. As long as he stayed with her, even if he did nothing, it was an extremely pleasing thing.

"v zero v zero vvv zero——"

The sound of a calculator came from the front. The director pressed his fingers on the calculator twice and found that the calculator was malfunctioning.

"Hey, why doesn't it work at this time?"

The factory director clicked on the calculator twice more and threw it aside after confirming that the calculator was out of power.

"Tell me about this. The power is out at this time. Comrade Xiao Lu, wait a moment. I will do the math right now."

As he spoke, the factory director took out a pen and paper, listed the number of bricks and the money required for each brick on the paper, and lowered his head to count.

The factory director is usually used to using a calculator to calculate accounts, but now it is really difficult to do the calculations verbally, and he makes mistakes halfway through the calculations.

There was only half a piece of paper left for him to scratch. Just as he threw the pen aside and went to look for the battery in the drawer, Jiang Li spoke.

"The total is forty dollars, fifty-eight cents and four."

After Jiang Li said that, the factory director also found the battery in the drawer. He put a new battery in the calculator and pressed his fingers on the calculator a few times. The calculated number was exactly what Jiang Li said.

"Hey, Xiao Lu, I didn't expect your wife to be a cultural person!"


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