My Courtyard Refuge

The Butterfly Effect

The condition of the twins recovered completely within two days. Before Xu Dong could breathe a sigh of relief, he himself caught a cold.

It is not clear whether he was infected by the precious girls or outside, but he has a fever.

Getting the flu is bad, but not entirely bad.

No, Xu Dong is holding the sick note, and he is ready to ask for sick leave.

“Boom boom boom…”

“Come in.”

When Section Chief Li saw that it was Xu Dong, he immediately frowned and said, “Why are you here, aren’t you also here to ask for leave?”

“Uncle Li, I don’t want to, but I can’t help it. The flu comes as soon as it is said, and I can’t prevent it.” Xu Dong sighed.

“Nonsense, you’re so young, why don’t you ask for leave, go back to work quickly.” Section Chief Li waved his hand.

Xu Dong was a little surprised: “No, Uncle Li, I have a cold, how can I still work? It would be bad if it is passed on to others.”

“Our security department, besides you and me, how many people do you have left?” Section Chief Li said angrily.

Last week, seeing the situation was not right, Xiang Xin simply took a long vacation. She is pregnant and has privileges, so no one has anything to say.

Then, one after another, the five old comrades, including Uncle Chen, Lao Fang, Lao Liu and Sister Feng, all fell ill one after another, and had to ask for sick leave.

Including Gao Yuemei and Lao Zhu who had already resigned, and Lao Jin who had been transferred away, there were only four people left in the security department, which was really stretched.

Thinking of this, Xu Dong could only complain: “Uncle Li, Sister Gao, Uncle Zhu and Lao Jin have been away for so long, why doesn’t Corey add new people?”

“Don’t think about it, their places have been taken back by the head office. The number of people in our department must be controlled within eight people in the future, and there are two more people now!”

“Why?” Xu Dong said unconvinced.

“Why?” Chief Li sneered and said:

“Ask those young engineers who are working hard day and night on the frontline construction site, do you think they are really so impartial?”

The power company has taken on many large projects in the past year.

Although the higher authorities have given many regular workers places, they still can’t keep up with the expansion speed, and in the end they can only lose weight by themselves.

Less important departments like the Security Section are the key targets for “slimming down”.

Fortunately, there are many elderly employees in the security department, and there are several old comrades who are about to retire. The company is still very humane, and they are willing to wait for another two or three years.

“Well, I didn’t say that.” Xu Dong made fun of himself.

“Don’t be discouraged, no matter how many people there are in our security department, the section chief is still the section chief, the weight has not changed.” Section Chief Li encouraged in time.

“Uncle Li, I understand.”

Xu Dong naturally understood, and he was of course happy to be able to be a section chief.

“It’s okay, go out and work. I’ll leave the north and south gates to you. Work hard and make sure there are no mistakes.” Section Chief Li instructed.

“I’ll be more careful.” Xu Dong agreed with a nod.

“I almost forgot. Tomorrow is the weekend. Don’t take a break. Come to the company and help me take care of it. Your aunt will have a maternity checkup on the weekend.”

“No problem, how is Auntie recently?”

“It’s okay, I hired a nanny, your aunt is staying at home all day now, not going anywhere, so don’t worry too much for now.” Section Chief Li replied.

“Uncle Li, you should be more careful here!” Xu Dong reminded.

“Don’t worry, the two of us started to live apart last week. I’m living in a hotel outside now, and I don’t usually have close contact.”

“Then what about the prenatal checkup tomorrow? The hospital is the hardest hit area.”

Section Chief Li has already made up his mind: “I bought a protective suit for your aunt, and the doctor said it’s okay.”

“That’s a good idea!”

…

For the next period of time, Xu Dong kept going to and from get off work step by step. Because of the lack of manpower, the security department not only had fewer holidays, but also had a lot more work tasks than before.

On March 28, old Liu, who had been ill at home, received bad news. The old comrade still failed to survive due to complications.

On April 1st, the day of April Fool’s Day, a piece of heavy news suddenly came out, which temporarily dispelled the haze brought about by the pandemic.

From now on, the metropolitan area will expand again.

The scope covers Jinmen, Tangshan, Langfang, Lion City and Rong’an New District.

After this round of eastward expansion, her area exceeded 50,000 square kilometers in one fell swoop, reaching an astonishing 57,600 square kilometers.

It is almost equivalent to the area of ​​half of Minzhou.

At the same time as he saw the news, Xu Dong’s phone rang immediately, and it turned out that it was from his elder sister.

“Dongzi, have you seen the news?” Xu Ting asked excitedly.

“I see, didn’t I say it earlier, this is a certainty, absolutely impossible to change.” Xu Dong looked calm and indifferent.

“Oh, sister, I really want to thank you. Do you know that just now, the housing prices in our community have tripled, which is simply too much.Scary. ”

“The house is for living in. No matter how much it goes up, it has nothing to do with your family. Why are you so excited?” Xu Dong joked.

Xu Ting didn’t take it seriously: “Haha, our family is also a multi-millionaire, and there are only two of them. No matter how bad Lin Lin and Xiao Xu are in the future, they will still be worth tens of millions no matter what.”

“Sister, you don’t want to think like this. Lingling’s academic performance is so good, so don’t delay the child.” Xu Dong reminded in real time.

“You don’t need to say, you should take good care of Keke and Lele. I heard from my younger siblings that you have indulged them two and spoiled them very much.” Xu Ting complained.

Xu Dong rubbed his temples, and teased himself: “Oh, the two children are with me, and they don’t have much learning talent. It’s me who delays them.”

“You can just talk poorly. I won’t talk to you anymore. I want to report good news to my mother.”

After Xu Ting finished speaking, she hung up the phone.

Immediately afterwards, brother-in-law Ma Jie also called Xu Dong.

“Hey, brother-in-law, I saw the news.”

“Dongzi, brother-in-law doesn’t even know what to say, you’ve done our family a great favor this time.”

Listening to the voice, the brother-in-law was even more excited than the elder sister. It was not difficult for Xu Dong to understand. After all, a man needs to support a family, and the pressure is much greater than that of the other half.

“Brother-in-law, we are all a family, so we really don’t need to see outsiders like this. Speaking of which, I don’t have much credit for it. The key is that you two are courageous.”

“Well, it’s your sister who has the courage. At the beginning, she said she wanted to move, but I was actually against it. Fortunately, your sister is the one who decides our family.” Ma Jie said happily.

“Uh, is my sister so strong?” Xu Dong asked curiously.

At least in his previous life, he really didn’t see how powerful the old lady was.

Ma Jie smiled wryly and said: “It was okay before, we both discussed and dealt with anything at home.

But since you reminded us to stockpile food, your sister has become more and more powerful, but fortunately her choices are all correct. ”

Xu Dong finally understood where the problem was.

In the final analysis, it was because of him. This was the first time he clearly felt what the butterfly effect was.