After Lin Tianchi chatted with Yang Dong about going to invite Ma Ruikang to dinner, he felt that it was not appropriate for him to go empty-handed, so he went to the supermarket outside the construction site to buy two Chinese and prepared them as souvenirs, and when he was checking out, a quality inspector on the construction site also came to buy something, and said hello to Lin Tianchi with a smile: "Buy cigarettes, Mr. Lin!"

"Ah, what do you want to buy, I'll give you a piece!" Lin Tianchi grinned.

"No, I'll just buy two bottles of water!" When the quality inspector heard Lin Tianchi's words, his heart warmed, and then he continued: "Mr. Lin, Zhao Lei asked the project manager at the construction site to pout today, have you heard?"

"No, what's the matter?" Lin Tianchi heard this, and immediately became interested.

"Haha, I don't know the specifics, but I heard a worker say that Zhao Lei went to give a gift to the project manager, and people were thrown out, because of this, Zhao Lei scolded at the door for a long time. Because Lin Tianchi is a sleek person and can get along well with anyone, the quality inspector did not hide his response.

"Is there anything else?" Lin Tianchi was stunned.

"It's not good, I heard that this new project manager is very shaft, and the oil and salt don't enter, I guess we won't have a good time in the future!" the quality inspector pouted.

"Haha, no matter who is in charge, aren't we all doing the same job! Take this cigarette for you to smoke!" Lin Tianchi groaned for a few seconds and put one of the pieces on the counter.

"Oh, that's embarrassing!" the inspector faked a smile.

"It's okay, when you spot check our side, you can be a little looser, and you will have everything!" Lin Tianchi finished the account with a smile, put the remaining piece of China back in his office, and went to Ma Ruikang's office empty-handed.

"Manager Ma, hello, my name is Lin Tianchi, and I am mainly responsible for the project on Yang Dong's side. Lin Tianchi entered the door and introduced himself.

"You sit down first, I'll make a schedule, let's talk later!" At this moment, Ma Ruikang was sitting behind his desk, writing a useless duty schedule one by one.

"Okay, you get busy first!" Lin Tianchi looked at Ma Ruikang's attitude, and also rolled his eyes slightly, some understood why Zhao Lei was so annoying him, at this moment, it seems that this Ma Ruikang really doesn't know anything about interpersonal communication, when others enter the door, he can't even tell the difference, and he doesn't even have a word of greeting, this kind of person is really not suitable for business.

A few minutes later, Ma Ruikang finished writing the duty schedule on this side of the construction site, and looked up at Lin Tianchi: "Do you have something to do here?"

"It's not a big deal, isn't it that we're about to start construction, I have to get to know you! By the way, before I came, Yang Dong had already booked a hotel, and I wanted to invite you to have a meal at noon, so we can get acquainted with each other!

"Forget about eating, the group has rules that you can't accept banquets from subordinates, you don't know!" Ma Ruikang replied without hesitation.

"Subordinate?" Lin Tianchi was stunned when he heard this: "Manager Ma, haven't you figured out the situation, on the second phase of the Shengjing Mansion construction site, Yang Dong is a shareholder! Although you are the project manager assigned by the group, it seems that you can't control Yang Dong, so we invite you to dinner, just want to make friends with you, that's all!"

"The situation on the second phase of the construction site, I have already done my homework before taking office! Yang Dong is a shareholder, but his equity book is very clear, he only cooperates with the group to carry out the construction, has the right to dividends, but has no decision-making power, so on the second phase of the construction site, you and Zhao Lei have to obey my dispatch!" Ma Ruikang responded with righteous words.

"I ......" Lin Tianchi was also stunned when he saw Ma Ruikang being so serious.

"As the saying goes, people have short hands and soft mouths, this meal, I still don't eat well! I have received your wishes!" Ma Ruikang paused, looked at Lin Tianchi and continued to ask, "Do you have anything else?"

"Ah, then when will our construction site officially start?" Lin Tianchi diverted the topic.

"I just asked the engineer to look at the drawings together, now the cushion and foundation of the construction site have been done, the next step is to erect the outer frame, today the construction site has just started, the personnel are not even, so first rest for a day, a mobilization meeting in the afternoon, and then early tomorrow morning, officially launched!" Ma Ruikang responded in a clear manner.

"Manager Ma, a meal shouldn't be considered a bribe, or you can give face, if you don't go, I won't be able to explain to Mr. Yang. Lin Tianchi continued to insist.

"Forget it! After eating this meal, I can't account for my trust in the group!" Ma Ruikang replied.

"Okay, then you can get busy first!" Lin Tianchi squeezed out a smile, turned to leave, and returned directly to the office.

"How is it, have you made an appointment?" Yang Dong, who was sending WeChat messages to Su Ai, looked up and asked when he saw Lin Tianchi enter the door.

"About a fart, this morning, Ma Ruikang rolled me and Zhao Lei away!" Lin Tianchi sat on the chair obviously angry: "Fuck! An intern sent by the group is dragged like a twenty-five or eighty-thousand, that shelf is bigger than that of an official, and in ancient times, it must be a personal eunuch next to the emperor!"

"Why are you so angry?" Yang Dong couldn't help laughing when he saw that Lin Tianchi, who had always been sleek, was angry.

"I told him to have a meal with him at noon, and he told me that it was a bribe! Do you say this person has a brain disease?" Lin Tianchi looked at Yang Dong and asked.

"Did he really say that?" Yang Dong was slightly stunned.

"Don't mention him to me!" Lin Tianchi waved his hand, looking irritable.

......

With the gradual availability of personnel on the construction site, various construction equipment has also begun to be built, and truckloads of building materials have begun to be sent in an endless stream, a scene in full swing.

At about eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Dong received a call from Chang Kuan to invite guests to dinner, and before leaving, he went to the canteen first and found the master chef who cooked.

"Mr. Yang, is there something wrong?" After being called out by Yang Dong, the master took the cigarette and asked.

"It's nothing, you keep the money. Yang Dong smiled slightly and handed over 20,000 yuan in cash: "The construction team on my side is all found by dragging friends, and they can't treat others badly, so please add a supper to them every night, all the expenses are mine, and you can buy cigarettes and smoke the rest of the money!"

"Oh, that's embarrassing!" the master's eyes lit up.

"It's okay, I use you to work, and I can't trouble you in vain!" Yang Dong glanced at the overcrowded canteen and asked casually, "How is the food at our construction site?"

"The food on the construction site is just like that! It's all the same, but after all, the strength of our group is there, at least it can ensure that there is meat at the meal, don't you see that the project managers are eating at my place!" The master pointed to Ma Ruikang, who was holding steamed buns in the canteen and bowing his head to drink cabbage soup.

"He's the project manager?" Yang Dong glanced at Ma Ruikang through the window.

"I've been cooking on the construction site for more than ten years, and it's the first time I've seen such a big leader come to eat in the canteen! I'm going to open a small stove for him, and he doesn't need it yet! I guess it's also the new official who has taken office with three fires!" Although the master didn't say it explicitly, he obviously felt that Ma Ruikang was too capable of pretending.

"Hehe, then I have to worry about this matter for you!" Yang Dong grinned, didn't say anything, and turned to leave.

......

After about half an hour, when the workers finished lunch, the master of the canteen also called the two helpers to start pouring the leftovers into the swill bucket, and Ma Ruikang, who was just about to leave, saw this scene and stepped forward to greet him: "Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Pour the leftovers, what's wrong, Manager Ma?" the master put down the work in his hand and asked politely.

"Such a good dish, just throw it away?" Ma Ruikang asked distressedly.

"Yes, our group has a rule, and it is not allowed to leave leftovers for the next meal, for fear of causing food safety problems.

"So, you go find a plastic bag, fill me with this dish, and this dish, and get a few steamed buns!" Ma Ruikang said, pointing to the two dishes that had not been touched much.

"Manager Ma, do you have a dog at home?" asked the master curiously.

"What kind of dog! I'll keep it for myself at night!"

"If you eat it yourself, then I can just cook it for you in the evening! There's fresh mutton in the freezer, I'll stew it for you in the evening!" said the master patting his ass.

"No, that's good! When I was in college, I only spent a hundred yuan a month on food, and a bottle of fermented bean curd could be eaten for a week, which is much better!" Ma Ruikang waved his hand and refused.

......

A few minutes later, Marrikang went out with a meal packed in a plastic bag, got on a bending beam motorcycle that was almost scrapped but had all the formalities, and left the construction site with a helmet.

"Master, I've been working on the construction site for several years, and this is the first time I've seen a manager eating leftovers, this person is a bit interesting!" An apprentice who helped the cook looked at Ma Ruikang's back and smiled at the master.

"Phew, what's the matter, pretending to be a criminal!" The master slanted a glance at the back of Ma Ruikang who disappeared at the door of the construction site: "He is the whole scene for the big leaders of the group to see, they are doing the project, they can get a handful of oil on their hands wherever they pass, how can there be any clean people!"

“......”

In this materialistic and money-oriented society, Ma Ruikang is like an outlier who is out of step with the times, wanting to stick to his heart and live a righteous life.

But his self-righteous persistence and persistence seem to be no different from a fool in the eyes of everyone, and he will not be admired and understood at all except by being ostracized.

And in today's society, is this kind of righteousness full of edges and corners that would rather bend than bend is really desirable?

......

After leaving the construction site, Ma Ruikang did not return to his residence, but went to the door of a high-end community in the city, made a phone call, and waited on a bench on the side of the road.

"Brother, why are you here?" About ten minutes later, a young man who looked a little similar to Ma Ruikang, but had dark skin and was very sturdy, walked out of the community with a safety rope for aerial work, this young man is called Ma Ruilin, Ma Ruikang's younger brother, he is not as good as Ma Ruikang, because his education is not high, so he has been working as an air conditioning installer for many years.

"Hehe, I thought that the place where you worked today is not far from my construction site, so I came to see you and brought you some food by the way!" Ma Ruikang gestured at the plastic bag in his hand: "Take it in the canteen of the construction site, eat it!"

"It's a cold day, what are you running around! I'll just eat a boxed lunch at noon!" Although Ma Ruilin said so, he still took the things in Ma Ruikang's hand, spread the plastic bag on the bench, squatted on the side of the road and ate lunch.

"The lunch box is very expensive, and it is not healthy, you should eat as little as possible, come! Drink some water!" Ma Ruikang unscrewed the lid of the cup and handed over the hot water in the thermos cup.