Chapter 2982
Standing Up for My Wife
Chapter 2982 Standing Up for My Wife
in the office.
As soon as Ran Qiuye returned, Cuiping rushed over and asked anxiously, "What did he want with you?"
"It's definitely not good news, so don't fall for it."
Don't let Cui Ping's seemingly carefree demeanor fool you; she's more cunning than Ran Qiuye and Feng Nan combined.
The other party contacting them at this time definitely has ulterior motives, and considering recent events, they might be asking for their help.
You can guess this without even asking.
Feng Nan also stood up, looking anxious.
This situation is a mess for anyone who gets involved.
Ran Qiuye walked to the table and sat down. Then, looking at the two of them, she said calmly, "We need to help solve the problem of five hundred spots."
"What? Qiuye, you, you didn't agree, did you?"
"Akiba, this is no joke."
After Ran Qiuye finished speaking, both of them exclaimed in surprise.
Cuiping, in particular, blushed deeply, asking, "Did he force you?"
"Damn it, do you really think we're weak women who can be bullied?"
"I'll kick him to death."
As she was about to leave, Ran Qiuye hurriedly said, "Sister Cuiping, I haven't finished speaking yet."
Cuiping stood at the door, still looking angry.
Feng Nan gratefully stepped forward and pulled Cui Ping back, and then the two waited for Ran Qiuye to explain.
Upon seeing this, Ran Qiuye revealed the conditions the other party had agreed to.
"Bullshit, do we need his permission?"
"We weren't under his jurisdiction to begin with, we..."
"Sister Cuiping!"
Before Cuiping could finish speaking, Feng Nan said from the side, "Sister Cuiping, I think Qiuye was right to agree."
"Xiao Nanzi, you too."
"Sister Cuiping, didn't you understand?"
Feng Nan pulled Cui Ping to sit down, then said earnestly, "We understand what you're saying, and we know we'll get it right and sort it out sooner or later."
"But this will take time."
"And as you can see now, there are problems everywhere that need to be dealt with quickly."
"We can't waste time on these trivial matters that have no issues. It not only delays our work but also drains our energy."
Cuiping understood what the two meant, and then walked to a chair and sat down.
"I just think these guys are just too, too, too awful."
Ran Qiuye poured a glass of warm water from an enamel mug and walked up to Cuiping. "Drink some water, let's think of a solution."
Cuiping rolled her eyes after taking it, "What's the point of thinking of a solution? Just let your man come up with one."
"What are we three still thinking about? Let's go, let's hurry up and go home."
As Cuiping was about to leave, Ran Qiuye and Feng Nan exchanged a glance and immediately felt that what Cuiping said made sense.
I should go home and ask my husband what he thinks about this.
Five hundred people is not a small number.
Nine parts.
Yang Xiaotao was looking at the documents Cheng Bing handed over, so much so that he didn't notice that everyone else in the room had left.
This is the plan for the natural gas pipeline from Tarim to the Loess Plateau region.
According to the opinion given by Xie Jiarong and his survey team, all gas pipelines need to be buried underground to avoid wind and sand erosion and to prevent malicious damage.
This naturally includes human intervention, or certain animals.
However, burying so many pipes underground cannot be done by manpower alone.
If this were on the North China Plain, finding so many people would be much easier.
However, in the Tarim Basin, where the population is already sparse, even if all the farm workers were brought here, supplying them with materials would still be a problem.
Therefore, only a portion of the personnel could be transferred to assist, while the main force for excavation could only be machines.
So Cheng Bing submitted the problem; the plan required a thousand excavators.
"Another thousand? Are they just obsessed with this number?"
Yang Xiaotao looked at the numbers on the document, shook his head and smiled, then put down the document and picked up the phone.
Nine departments and one branch factory.
As usual, Sun Guo would take a walk around the factory near the end of his workday to check on the workshop, security, and whether anyone was taking food home from the canteen.
His experience at the steel rolling mill always reminded him that he had to do some things personally in order to prevent accidents from happening.
Especially in the workshop and canteen, he was truly "once bitten, twice shy."
Fortunately, the branch factory has improved a lot over the years thanks to his reforms, and all the bad habits from before have been corrected.
If he really couldn't handle them, he wouldn't hesitate to take action. He knew that trying to smooth things over would only embolden them and ultimately hurt him, so he sent away all those who were unruly.
They either go to local factories or are sent directly to the Northwest.
Anyway, the Northwest Red Star Manufacturing Plant is also part of the Ninth Department, and I can't refuse to go there for normal work transfers.
Unless you don't want to do it anymore.
And that's perfect.
So ever since the factory was built in the Northwest, all those troublemakers, slackers, and unambitious people in the Ninth Department have been on edge.
After all, if you go to the Northwest, not only will it be difficult to see your family, but the environment there is also not as good as that of Beijing.
The clean internal environment of the Ninth Department over the years is largely thanks to the construction of the factory in the Northwest.
Sun Guo also thought to himself that Yang Xiaotao's decision to have the factory built in the Northwest was the right one.
Just as I was about to head out for my routine business, the phone on my desk rang.
Sun Guo answered the phone.
"Hello, this is Factory No. 1, Department 9!"
"Uncle Sun, I knew you were still in the office."
Upon hearing the sound, Sun Guo immediately burst into laughter.
That "uncle" made him feel really good.
Nowadays, there aren't many people Yang Xiaotao can call "uncle".
However, while Yang Xiaotao could address him that way, he couldn't accept it to put on airs. The gap between them was even greater than it had been back at the steel mill, so how could he dare to accept it?
"Haha, Director Yang, why did you suddenly decide to call me at this time?"
Sun Guo sat back in his chair and spoke happily, but he knew in his heart that something must have happened.
Moreover, judging from the way the other party addressed him, it must be a good thing.
"I just wanted to ask you out for a drink, how about it? Want to go?"
As soon as Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Sun Guoli nodded, "Then we definitely have to do it."
"By the way, who else?"
"You can order whatever you want, it's on me."
Yang Xiaotao said boldly, "Let's meet at our usual spot."
"Okay, I'll call someone. See you at the usual place."
After saying that, Sun Guo hung up the phone, then thought for a moment and picked up the phone to make a call.
After a while, Sun Guo finished his phone call and then went out.
This time, however, instead of wandering around the factory, he rode his bicycle straight out the gate.
As they exited the gate, the security guard was somewhat puzzled. His factory manager used to come home very late, so why was he home so early today?
Sun Guo rode his bicycle along the road and then came to a small tavern near the headquarters.
This is where Yang Youning, Chen Gong, and their friends often gather for meals. Back when they were at the steel mill, whenever they wanted to improve their meals, they would ask someone to treat them, and then they would come here to eat.
The tavern is a joint public-private enterprise, and thanks to the people from the Ninth Department taking care of the business over the years, it has been doing quite well.
As soon as Sun Guogang put down the car, a man came out from the door. Who else could it be but Chen Gong?
"I said you're a bit late."
Chen Gong smiled, while Sun Guo shook his head, "You can just go out. I have to ride my bike over here. How fast can I get here?"
Hearing this, Chen Gong continued to laugh, "Then why don't you transfer back?" Sun Guo rolled his eyes, "Come on, I'm perfectly comfortable in my own little corner of the world, why would I come back to work for you?"
Chen Gong stepped forward and put his arm around Sun Guo, saying, "Let me tell you, it's your honor to work for me."
"Pull it down."
As they spoke, the two went inside. Yang Xiaotao, Wang Guodong, and Xu Yuanshan were already seated inside.
The two walked in, and Yang Xiaotao and the other two got up, creating another lively scene.
"I've ordered, the food will be served shortly."
"Let's have some cold dishes first."
Yang Youning walked in, carrying a plate of peanuts and a plate of pickled cucumbers.
Once Yang Youning was seated, Sun Guo smiled and said, "I knew you guys wouldn't leave, and sure enough, you were all here when I called."
Yang Youning said irritably, "Stop talking. Why are you making a phone call about this? You might as well come to headquarters and give a shout."
Sun Guo shook his head, "That won't do. Director Yang said I should call someone."
"I was thinking of calling you guys, and if no one answered, I could save the call, but you were all here. What a blunder!"
Hearing this, Xu Yuanshan laughed and said, "Don't worry, I haven't left the office before dark recently."
"So busy?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Gong picked up his teacup and said, "You think asking me to come back to help is a joke?"
"We're so busy we wish we could split someone in two and use them like that."
"Hurry back and help."
Sun Guo continued to roll his eyes. If he were really to come back, what else would there be to say?
Yang Xiaotao had already greeted him on the phone.
Moreover, the current branch factory is undertaking a considerable number of production tasks, and in terms of importance, his position as factory director is no less than that of the head of headquarters.
"You're just spouting nonsense."
Sun Guocai didn't believe this guy who never spoke the truth.
At this moment, Yang Xiaotao spoke up, "It's been quite a while since we've gotten together. Let's take a break from our busy schedules and have a drink together."
"We'll be busy from now on, and we won't be able to get together again until the Chinese New Year."
Hearing Yang Xiaotao say this, Sun Guo became even more certain that something was definitely going to happen this time.
A sense of joy welled up inside me; it was good to have something to do.
They then started talking about their recent situations. Normally they wouldn't talk about work unless they were drunk and couldn't control themselves.
The Kung Fu Tavern waiter began serving the dishes.
Since they were all acquaintances, the waiter knew their tastes, and soon the table was filled with six dishes, all of which were quite large.
Yang Xiaotao took out the drinks he had brought, and everyone filled their glasses.
"Come, have a drink first."
Yang Youning raised his glass, and everyone laughed and clinked glasses.
It's always like this; this guy, who's both bad at drinking and addicted, can't last more than a few drinks before collapsing on the table.
Cheers, let's eat.
Yang Xiaotao then brought up the topic of the West-East Gas Pipeline project.
"Uncle Sun, your factory needs to participate in this West-East Gas Pipeline project."
In short, Sun Guo happily put down his chopsticks and said without any hesitation, "Oh my, I've been waiting for this day for months."
Hearing this, everyone else laughed, and then Yang Xiaotao continued, "What we're going to do this time is use an excavator."
"In the Northwest, there are deserts and Gobi, and natural gas pipelines need to be buried deep. The area is sparsely populated and there isn't much labor available, so excavators are needed to assist. Our factory is responsible for producing excavators, so this task fell to us."
"Right now, they need a thousand excavators, as well as supporting facilities, fuel, and the corresponding drivers."
"The personnel issue will be addressed by the machine repair shop, and the headquarters will also send drivers to help."
"But regarding excavators, whether they were produced in the past or are being produced now, we need to gather the required number as soon as possible."
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Sun Guo picked up his wine glass and filled everyone's glasses, then raised his glass and said, "It's just a thousand units, I guarantee I'll complete the mission."
After saying that, he turned to Yang Xiaotao and said, "Director Yang, on behalf of the First Branch Factory, thank you."
Yang Xiaotao raised his glass and clinked it with the other person's. Yang Youning, not wanting to miss out on the fun, said, "One glass won't do. At least three. Hurry up, we're counting."
Sun Guo didn't hesitate and drank it right away.
Instantly, the atmosphere at the dinner table was electric.
In the middle of the night, Yang Xiaotao and Xu Yuanshan once again carried Yang Youning back home, but this time they took him to the headquarters dormitory instead of home.
Sending him back at this hour, still reeking of alcohol, will probably cause a family conflict.
"Old Yang, he knows he can't drink, but he's still the loudest one."
"Even three of Lao Sun's drinkers couldn't match his capacity."
Xu Yuanshan muttered to himself, and Yang Xiaotao laughed along, "This is how you judge a person's character when they drink. Old Yang is getting more and more insightful."
Xu Yuanshan nodded, "How could he not understand? Could he have imagined this status and life when he was the director of the steel rolling mill?"
"I can't even imagine it!"
Yang Xiaotao added something, and then the two of them laughed.
Because of their current position, something neither of them dared to dream of before.
After dropping off Yang Youning, Yang Xiaotao took a car back to the courtyard house.
The same familiar road, the same familiar door.
Back home, Ran Qiuye didn't rest. After helping Yang Xiaotao undress, she brought him water to wash his feet, behaving like a perfect wife, which made Yang Xiaotao feel a little embarrassed.
Then the two of them rested.
This time, Ran Qiuye was unusually uninhibited, which made Yang Xiaotao somewhat unable to cope.
Then, during his post-coital moment, Yang Xiaotao finally understood why his wife had done it!
"What is it? It's a small problem."
Yang Xiaotao put his arm around his wife's shoulder, his masculine thoughts running wild, or rather, the feeling that a man at this moment would satisfy all of a woman's needs.
That's the power of pillow talk.
Then, Ran Qiuye nestled comfortably in Yang Xiaotao's arms, and the two of them, feeling relaxed, fell into a sweet sleep.
The next day, Ran Qiuye got up as usual, cooked, and went to work.
Yang Xiaotao also led the old Taoist priest Ye to the headquarters.
In the morning, after finishing his work, Yang Xiaotao remembered what Ran Qiuye had said and picked up the phone to call Old Chen.
"Boss, it's me, Xiao Tao."
Old Chen's voice came through, "I recognized it."
"Speak, what's the matter this time?"
Judging from Mr. Chen's voice, he must have been having some trouble at work lately.
Yang Xiaotao quickly said, "Well, we urgently need surveyors right now, but it's been almost a week and they still haven't arrived."
"We need to send excavators to the Northwest. How can we dig if we don't have enough people?"
"Boss, you'd better urge them on."
Old Chen was silent for a moment, then finally said directly, "Just tell me what you're up to, kid. Don't beat around the bush. I don't have time for all that nonsense."
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaotao immediately laughed and said, "Well, boss, I heard that they've been working on this for so long and they only have about a hundred people. What good is that?"
“I think we should select a group of high school students and let them do internships while they study. This way, they can be mentored by their teachers, which will not only cultivate talent but also solve practical problems.”
"Look."
"What do you mean, 'I'm looking at your head'? You're the head of the natural gas project, why are you telling me all this?"
"Don't bother me with these trivial matters anymore!"
After that, hang up the phone.
Yang Xiaotao shrugged, hung up the phone, and achieved his goal.
"Xiao'e, get the car ready, we're going to the Education Bureau."
Lou Xiao'e got up and went out immediately without hesitation.
Liu Lixue, who was standing to the side, naturally knew what Yang Xiaotao was going to do.
Men supporting their wives is perfectly normal.
(End of this chapter)