Chapter 57: Direct Point

Li Jiandong sighed and said, "Old Yan, I'm exhausted after a long day. Can you please be more direct in your words? Stop beating around the bush."

"Okay, okay, let me be more direct."

Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "Old Li, what I mean is, can you help Jiefang find a job?"

"I heard that you were a small leader in the construction of the dam this time. It shouldn't be difficult to arrange a worker, right?"

"Jiefang is young and strong, and he can do any dirty or strenuous work. Can you also transfer Jiecheng to be the leader of the transport team that builds the hydroelectric power station? He is your apprentice after all."
As the general manager of the hydropower station and the liaison between the street and the steel rolling mill, it is not difficult for Li Jiandong to arrange a few people.

Hearing this, he agreed: "That's it. Okay, I'll let you know when I've made the contact."

"Thank you, Lao Li."

Yan Bugui thanked him repeatedly and felt very happy to earn two extra salaries.

The news that Li Jiandong could help arrange jobs soon spread, and residents of the courtyard came to him one after another to ask for work.

"Lao Li, my Xiaoguang doesn't have a job yet. Can you help him find one? He can do any kind of job, preferably one that makes more money."

"Lao Li, can I come to your construction site to cook? The pay doesn't have to be high, just give me whatever you think is appropriate."

"Uncle, my son Xiangyang has grown up and wants to follow you to train. Do you think it is possible to arrange a position for him?"

"Old Li, please help my family make some arrangements as well."

Although the tavern provided several jobs for Courtyard 40, there were still many people sitting idle at home.

Jobs were only given to the most needy families, and although the work in the tavern was easy, the pay was not high.

It’s different if you go to the construction site.

Although working on a construction site is tiring, you can earn more money.

What’s more, some large construction sites provide meals, so eating out means saving a meal for your family.

Li Jiandong accepted everyone who came.

The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. Since he has this convenient condition, Li Jiandong will not pretend to be noble.

Of course, the prerequisite is to know everyone in the yard well.

Li Jiandong doesn't need those sneaky people, otherwise they will bring shame to himself and the compound when they go out.

"Everyone, don't be in a hurry. Come one by one and I'll count them for you. As for children under 16, don't join in the fun."

Li Jiandong picked up paper and pen and started counting directly in the courtyard.

At Yi Zhonghai's house, Li Huilan looked at the lively residents outside and whispered to Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi, how about I give it a try?"

Yi Zhonghai's already bad expression suddenly became even gloomier.

Pointing at Li Huilan, he said, "If you don't want to live with me, just go ahead and try."

Li Huilan said aggrievedly: "If you don't allow me to go, then don't allow me to go. Why are you saying these things? Don't I just want to relieve some pressure for you?"

Yi Zhonghai received the salary of a level 3 fitter for most of half a year.

This salary is already a very good income for an average family.

But it was not enough for Yi Zhonghai. Most of the money for his wife Li Huilan's medicine in a month was spent. If they hadn't had some savings before, they might not even have enough to eat now.

Yi Zhonghai gnashed his teeth and said, "My pressure has never come from the level 3 fitter, but from Li Jiandong. Just wait and see, a fitter wants to build a hydroelectric power station. When something goes wrong, let's see how he will explain it."

After writing the list, the residents left.

Li Jiandong called Liu Haizhong: "Lao Liu, come here for a moment."

Liu Haizhong came to ask for a job for his second son Liu Guangtian. Liu Guangtian was only 14 years old this year, and Li Jiandong would not hire such a young worker.

Although there is no such thing as child labor now, children are not physically strong enough to do heavy work.

Moreover, Liu Guangtian’s personality is not pleasing. He is not good at studying, fights with others all day long, and lies when he comes home.

How could Li Jiandong possibly employ such a person?

When Liu Haizhong saw Li Jiandong stopping him, he thought that he wanted to agree privately to let Liu Guangtian go to work.

Feeling happy, he walked over and said, "Lao Li, I knew you were just pretending to show it to everyone.

We are both elders from the same courtyard, how could you not help me with such a small matter, right?"

Li Jiandong was speechless:

"Old Liu, you misunderstood. I didn't keep you here to tell you privately to let Guang Tian come to the hydropower station. I said that we would not accept children under the age of 16, so I will definitely treat everyone equally."

"Then what else do you want me to do?" Liu Haizhong asked.

Li Jiandong said: "I kept you here because I wanted you to contact Guangqi.

The construction of the hydropower station is a good internship opportunity.

If he gets involved, he might gain much more than studying in school.”

"Moreover, my boss gave me full responsibility, but he didn't give me any suitable subordinates. I am the only one in charge. If I want to build a hydropower station, I will die of exhaustion."

Although Li Jiandong already has the ability to independently design a hydropower station, he cannot do so much work by himself, and he cannot even supervise it.

So we must first find a leadership team.

Yan Jiecheng wants to be the captain of the transport team, no problem.

Although Yan Jiecheng's driving skills and emotional intelligence are average, he is obedient and sensible and actively reports problems, which is enough for a transport squad leader.

In addition, bricklayers, welders, electricians, etc. can also be recruited directly from the steel rolling mill.

However, for engineering design and supervision, you have to find people yourself.

Li Jiandong can see Liu Guangqi's growth through the apprentice system.

Now he is still unable to complete most of the homework independently.

However, as long as he is allowed to participate in the project and Li Jiandong guides him for a period of time, I believe he is more than qualified to be a supervisor.

The most important thing is that as Liu Guangqi grows, Li Jiandong will also become stronger. This is the most important thing.

"All right. I'll send him a telegram tomorrow morning."

Liu Haizhong agreed immediately. His son had been away from home for more than a month, and he missed Liu Guangqi a little.

After returning home, Li Jiandong began to design the hydropower station without sleep or food.

The geological survey and water quality testing have been completed in the early stages.

The site for the hydropower station has also been determined. The flow rate of the Grand Canal is slow and the water level increase during the flood season is not exaggerated, so the design is relatively simple.

It took Li Jiandong several days to design the overall framework. He then asked the accountant of the steel mill to help calculate some quotations, and then applied for funds to start construction.

The first thing to do is to build a road directly to the river, and then build prefabricated houses for the workers to live in.

Once the diversion project begins, it cannot be stopped. It will require more than ten hours of work a day, just as Li Jiandong had imagined.

"Master, I'm here."

That day, Li Jiandong walked out of the wooden house and when he looked up, he saw a man and a woman walking towards him.

"Guangqi, when did you come back?"

Li Jiandong strode forward.

In just less than two months, Liu Guangqi became much more cheerful, probably because without the pressure of bangs, he seemed more confident.

He smiled and said to Li Jiandong: "Master, we just came from the train station and haven't returned home yet."

Then he took the measurement and introduced the girl next to him.

"This is Zhou Rong, my classmate. Zhou Rong, this is my master Li Jiandong."

"Hello, Master Li, my name is Zhou Rong."

The girl was pretty and spoke very politely, but her Mandarin had a hint of Northeastern accent.

However, she doesn't seem as wild as the legendary old women from Northeast China.

Liu Guangqi added: "Master, Zhou Rong's father is also an eighth-level worker, but he is a tunnel builder."

"Oh, Hello."

Li Jiandong nodded to Zhou Rong, and then said to Liu Guangqi: "I have been very busy recently. It's just right that you are back. Go home and say hello to your parents later.

Tell them that you will stay at the construction site these days and will not go back. Mo Zhua will come in to familiarize himself with the business and help me share some of the pressure. "

Liu Guangqi took Zhou Rong home.

Li Jiandong prepared to continue going to the construction site.

Suddenly, he turned around to look at Zhou Rong and their holding hands.

He shouted to Liu Guangqi: "Guangqi, wait a moment, I will go back with you."

He walked to the wooden house, got on his scooter and nodded to Liu Guangqi.

Liu Guangqi pulled Zhou Rong into the car, and he sat behind Li Jiandong.

Ten minutes later.

Li Jiandong stopped the car and took the two of them into the compound.

It was still early and the people in the compound had not yet gone to work.

Yan Bugui saw Li Jiandong coming back with Liu Guangqi and a girl, and asked curiously.

"Old Li, Guangqi, when did you come back, and who is this girl?"

With Yan Bugui's intelligence, he could easily see that the girl had a special relationship with Liu Guangqi.

Liu Guangqi stopped holding Zhou Rong's hand after getting in the car. He greeted Yan Bugui and said, "Uncle, this is my classmate Zhou Rong. She has never been to Beicheng. Let's come and take a look."

"Oh, just classmates?"

Yan Bugui smiled evilly.

Li Jiandong called out from the front: "Guangqi, let's go, go see your parents first, they are waiting for me at the construction site."

Liu Guangqi agreed and said to Yan Bugui: "Uncle, you are busy. I will go to see my parents first."

When the people from the Intermediate Court saw Li Jiandong and Liu Guangqi coming back, they all took the initiative to say hello.

Qin Huairu also came out holding her son.

"Brother Jiandong, why are you free to come back today? Do you want to rest?"

Li Jiandong hugged the child and kissed him, with a silly smile on his face like a father.
"How can I have time to rest? I just brought Guangqi back and I have to rush back immediately. My son seems to have gained weight again. Look at his chubby little face."

Li Jiandong kissed his son hard on the face several more times. He really couldn't love him enough.

When Qin Huairu heard that he was about to leave, a trace of heartache flashed across her eyes.

I haven't been home for more than a week, and I've become tanned and thinner.

Although she had been delivering meals to Li Jiandong every day, the meal times on the construction site were not stable. She had gone there several times but had not even seen Li Jiandong. She just watched him directing from a distance.

"Huai Ru, report to the kids. I have to go to the backyard first. I will leave directly later. I will not go back to the house. I will come back to see you in a couple of days when I have some free time."

Li Jiandong returned the child to Qin Huairu, then pinched his son's little face again, and then walked to the backyard with satisfaction.

At this time, Liu Haizhong had finished his breakfast and was preparing to go to work at the steel mill.

Seeing Li Jiandong bringing Liu Guangqi back, Liu Haizhong's eyes lit up immediately.
"Guangqi, my good son, when did you come back?"

"Dad, I just came back. I happened to meet my master at his construction site, so we came back to see you."

"Good, that's good, I'm glad you're back."

Liu Haizhong was excited and grabbed Liu Guangqi's arm and looked him up and down.

At this time, the second aunt also heard the sound and ran out of the house. When she saw that it was really her son who came back, tears immediately rolled down her cheeks.

She ran over and hugged him, calling out, "Guangqi, my son, mommy misses you so much."

When Liu Guangqi saw his parents, his nose also felt a little sore.

After a while, he said, "Mom and Dad, let me introduce you. This is my classmate Zhou Rong. She is from the Northeast and has never been to North City. Master asked me to come back, so I brought her here to see it."

Liu Guangqi thought he acted very calmly, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Zhou Rong gave it all away.

Zhou Rong was also a little nervous. She nodded to Liu Haizhong and Hu Guiying and said, "Hello, uncle and aunt."

"Yeah, good."

The second aunt had not yet recovered from the joy of seeing her son and thought that this was just her son's classmate.

Liu Haizhong suddenly became alert.

He took Liu Guangqi's hand and said, "Guangqi, come with me."

Liu Guangqi was pulled into the house by Liu Haizhong. As soon as the door was closed, Liu Haizhong's face darkened.

"Guangqi, tell me, what is your relationship with that girl outside?"

"We're just classmates, but I kind of like her."

Liu Guangqi still felt a little insecure in front of Liu Haisheng.

However, the fact that he dared to say that he liked someone a little showed that he had grown up.

Liu Haizhong suddenly raised his voice and yelled,
"A little bit? Do you know why your mother and I paid for your college education?

You finally got into university, it only takes a few years, but you didn't study hard and fell in love with other girls.

Are you worthy of me and your mother's cultivation of you?

I'm telling you, Guangqi, you need to break off this relationship right now and let the girl go back to where she came from. Do you hear me?"

Liu Haizhong's voice was so loud that Li Jiandong and Zhou Rong outside could hear it clearly.

Zhou Rong's face turned pale in an instant, and her whole body was shaking.

A big hand was placed on her shoulder. She looked up and saw Li Jiandong smiling and nodding at her.

"Don't be nervous, it's okay."

The reason why Li Jiandong followed back was that he guessed that Liu Haizhong would have this kind of reaction.

His interference in Liu Guangqi's affairs reached the point of not caring about anything, and it was impossible for him to ignore things like their love affairs.

Liu Guangqi had a girlfriend without her consent.

This is totally unacceptable to Liu Haizhong.

As for delaying studies or any other reasons, they are just excuses.

He just wanted to show his authority in front of Liu Guangqi.

A fierce quarrel broke out in the room, and love gave Liu Guangqi the strength to resist Liu Haizhong.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open from the inside and Liu Guangqi ran out with red eyes.

He said to Li Jiandong, "Master, I'll wait for you outside." Then he took Zhou Rong outside.

Everyone in the yard came out to watch the fun, and when they saw Liu Guangqi quarreling with Liu Haizhong as soon as he came back, they couldn't help but point fingers at the side.

Liu Haizhong was so angry that he ran out and shouted at Liu Guangqi's back,

"You rebellious son, if you have the guts, leave and never come back. Just treat me as if I don't have a son like you."
"Lao Liu, what are you doing? Your son just came back, why did you make him leave in anger?"

When the second aunt saw her son was angry and left as soon as he came back, she immediately became anxious, but Liu Haizhong pushed her away and almost fell to the ground. He pointed at her and yelled:
"Shut up! It's all because of you that you spoiled the child. Now he doesn't even listen to me as his father. You, as his mother, have a lot of responsibility."

Seeing that Liu Haizhong was so angry, Li Jiandong knew that going up to him to persuade him at this time would be just looking for trouble.

Moreover, Liu Haizhong doesn't think he did anything wrong at all. It would be a fuss to argue with people who have different values.

"Mrs. Liu, please persuade him more. I'm here with Guangqi."

Li Jiandong left this sentence and turned to walk outside.

Liu Guangqi did not wait by the boy's side, but ran out of the alley.

After Li Jiandong rode out, he saw Liu Guangqi explaining things to Zhou Rong at the entrance of the alley. He rode his bike to their side and said, "Guangqi, I support you."

These four simple words made Liu Guangqi and Zhou Rong no longer depressed.

"Master, I..."

Liu Guangqi cried with joy and didn't know what to say.

Li Jiandong sighed and said, "I understand that this is not your fault, it's your father who controls you too much.

This time you brought your girlfriend back without his consent, which made your father feel that you were out of his control.

He is not used to this feeling, that is why he is so angry. "

Zhou Rong nodded: "Master Li, I understand."

Li Jiandong didn't think that Zhou Rong and Liu Guangqi could understand.

But, as long as they are willing to understand, that's enough.

He patted the seat and said, "Let's go. The construction site still has us. Go back and work hard. When your father calms down, I will find a chance to bring you to apologize to him."

Liu Haizhong's problem is his own. It will take time for him to figure it out. Li Jiandong doesn't have the time to waste on him.

After returning to the construction site, Liu Guangqi turned his grief and anger into strength, and followed Li Jiandong all the time, working hard to absorb knowledge.

With his focused study, Li Jiandong's water conservancy professional level broke through again and reached level 8.

This level may not seem high, but it is already an ordinary expert level. Even if you participate in the construction of a large hydropower station, you are qualified to become a member of the engineering leadership team.

After his professional level was upgraded, Li Jiandong could clearly feel that his work became a lot easier.

Especially those tasks that require the brain, the work that seemed complicated and tedious before can now be easily solved.

At this time, the preliminary work such as roads, water, electricity, and site leveling had been completed. Ten days later, the cofferdam was closed and the water diversion and interception work also went smoothly.

The next step is to ensure the construction of the dam with all our strength and strive to build the main dam before the snow falls.

Otherwise, when the weather drops below zero degrees, pouring cement will affect its strength, which will cause safety hazards.

As long as the main body of the dam is completed, there is no need to rush the welding and construction of the power plant.

And just when Li Jiandong was working day and night with his people to build a power station.

But someone was doing something tricky in the courtyard.

"Old Liu, you said your Guangqi was such a good kid, but he became so rebellious after just a few days with Li Jiandong. I don't believe that Li Jiandong didn't instigate this."

In the backyard of Liu Haizhong's house, Yi Zhonghai spoke to Liu Haizhong earnestly.

Before, he was suppressed by Li Jiandong to the point where he could hardly breathe.

Normally, I don’t even have the courage to say hello to people in the yard.

Now, Li Jiandong is busy with the hydropower station and has not returned to the courtyard for more than half a month.

Yi Zhonghai felt that this was a good opportunity, and he could take control of the Siheyuan during this period of time.

And his first target was Liu Haizhong.

Yi Zhonghai simply looked down upon this idiot.

However, it must be said that Liu Haizhong, a level 6 blacksmith, is still very influential in the backyard.

In addition, Liu Guangqi ran away from home some time ago, which was definitely the best opportunity to persuade him to defect.

At this moment, Liu Haizhong's expression was gloomy. More than half a month had passed since Liu Guangqi had a falling out with him last time.

Liu Haizhong originally thought that he would come back to apologize after one night at most, but who knew that he would never come back after that.

Although, Liu Haizhong did not think that Li Jiandong instigated this incident.

However, Liu Guangqi did live in Li Jiandong's construction site, and Li Jiandong did not persuade him to come back and apologize to him. This is not what a good guy should do at all.

"Yi Zhonghai, you don't need to sow discord here. I will talk to Li Jiandong about Guangqi's matter when he comes back. You should put your little thoughts aside."

Liu Haizhong is indeed a fool, but he is not a fool.

Yi Zhonghai pretended to be helpless and said:
"Old Liu, what could possibly be my ulterior motive? I'm doing this for your own good. Think about it, before Li Jiandong became the boss, we had the best relationship in the hospital.

At that time, I thought that you would be the boss and I would be the second boss, assisting you in your work.

As a result, Li Jiandong got there before us. It’s all our fault for not being united.”

Yi Zhonghai sighed as he spoke, as if he really regretted it.

Most of the time, Liu Haizhong is not stupid, and is actually a little smart.

But once it comes to being an official, his IQ is very random.

"Old Yi, do you really think I should be the uncle?"

Liu Haizhong asked seriously.

Yi Zhonghai answered without hesitation:

"Of course. Although I was a level 7 fitter at the time, you were a level 6 blacksmith, one level lower than me."

"But being a boss is not like making parts. What does it have to do with the high level of work? You are warm-hearted and responsible. I always think that I am not as good as you as a boss.

I was appointed as the temporary boss and got a little carried away. If I had known I wouldn’t be the temporary boss at that time, I would have given it to you.”

Liu Haizhong slapped his thigh and said, "Old Yi, what you said makes sense. The problem lies in the temporary uncle who came up at that time.

Even though you have a higher job level than me, you are not as popular as I am. Otherwise, Li Jiandong would not have easily instigated others to overthrow you. "

"Alas, it's too late to say these things now. Li Jiandong is a very capable and capable boss. Even if you are more suitable to be a boss than him, you have already lost the opportunity. You don't have the chance to get everyone's support anymore."

Yi Zhonghai played hard to get and used provocation to stimulate Liu Haizhong.

(End of this chapter)