"What is this?" Wu Lei saw with the help of dim light that it was an envelope.

"It's compensation for you. Cheng Chuifan said.

"What compensation do you give me? I don't want any compensation. ”

"I made a bet with Lu Hai and them, you witnessed it. They sent 10,000 dollars. ”

"That's also compensation for Lin Yan," Wu Lei returned the envelope to Cheng Chuifan, "I can't ask for it." ”

Wu Lei returned the envelope without any hesitation, which shocked Cheng Chuifan. How much courage does it take for a person who mixes in society to refuse the money he gets?

Even the teachers in Jiangcun Middle School may not be able to do this. Five thousand dollars in an envelope with a thickness that is easy to perceive.

"You misunderstood this," Cheng Chuifan explained, "When I negotiated a bet with Lu Hai, I thought of asking them to compensate Lin Yan and you, but you are ostensibly in their team, and I can't mention the damage you suffered." ”

"What hurt have I suffered? Teacher Cheng, don't explain, I won't ask for this money. It's all for Lin Yan. She is a victim. ”

"You misunderstand this, Brother Wu, if Lin Yan's compensation is concerned, I won't ask them for 10,000, the reason why I want 10,000 is to consider the compensation for you. Besides, Lin Yan has not been substantially harmed, right, if I give her 10,000 yuan, she will not take it all. Even if she takes it all, she'll definitely thank you for half of it. You have to take this into account. ”

"Teacher Cheng, I haven't read much, so I can't speak, but I know that I can't take any of this money. ”

"Look, you still have a relationship with me. For Lin Yan, if you are kicked by Lu Hai and beaten by Lu Hai, you should be compensated. You're not going to let me give half of it back to Lu Hai, are you?"

"How is that possible? These two Xiamen M guys, they should shed a layer of skin, and the money will be returned?"

"So you take it. Cheng Chuifan put the envelope back in Wu Lei's palm.

"In that case, I will take ten tickets, and give the rest to Lin Yan. If you say anything, I won't take any of it. ”

"Okay. Brother Wu, you are really hard. What I admire is a tough person. I recognize you as a brother. Cheng Chuifan grabbed Wu Lei's hand in his hand.

"Do you recognize me, people like me are brothers?" Wu Lei said in disbelief.

"What kind of person like you? Angkor, you are older than me, I call you Angkor, and just from what you just said, there are many people who have jobs and education who cannot compare to you. ”

"Teacher Cheng, no, no, Brother Cheng, this is too impossible. Wu Lei responded very hard to the strength of Cheng Chuifan's hand. "I never dreamed that I would become Brother Cheng's brother!"

……

It's late May, late spring.

The first batch of bricks in Jiangcun Brick and Tile Factory was successfully fired. On the flat ground near the tall chimney, rows of red wall tiles are stacked.

On this day, in the middle of the morning, Shi Bin, who had returned from Xiamen, brought Yu Yong, acting secretary of Jiangcun Township and head of the township, to "inspect" him, accompanied by Xu Jinshan, deputy head of the township, and Li Qiu. Jiang Shunyi, Jiang Xiaocai, Jiang Xiaoquan, Lu Hai, and Huang Zonglong followed behind these people. Lu Hai was already able to show his face, but the scratches on his face were still extremely obvious if you looked closely, and Huang Zonglong had already healed.

Shi Bin grabbed the bricks in his hand and looked at them again and again. Yu Yong was also clutching a brick in his hand, but he was obviously just scratching it.

Some of the famous farmers working in the neighborhood looked this way.

"Brother Shi, you won't be dissatisfied, right?" Yan Dongsheng said, "This first batch of goods is completely controlled by me personally, and the color and hardness are up to standard." ”

"Dongsheng," Shi Bin put down the bricks in his hand, "Of course I know that you personally took care of it, and there is really no problem with the color, but you say that the hardness is up to standard, it's far-fetched." ”

"The hardness of this brick is not up to standard?" Yan Dongsheng raised the decibels, "Township Chief Yu, Deputy Township Chief Xu, Deputy Township Chief Li, you may not be clear about sitting in the office, but Brother Cai, Brother Quan, and Old Man Jiang, you have seen bricks." Do you compare the bricks fired in your small kiln factory with this hardness?"

The three township chiefs were quite surprised, and they didn't know why Shi Bin was picking thorns in his bones. Although they don't know much about bricks, they have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run, and they all know that this brick is a high-quality product.

Jiang Xiaocai and Jiang Xiaoquan each picked up a brick, looked at it very seriously, and knocked on another brick.

"How is it, does this hardness have anything to say?" Yan Dongsheng asked.

"No words. Jiang Xiaoquan said.

"Mr. Shi, this brick is much harder than the bricks from our kiln factory. Jiang Xiaocai said.

"You two are redundant comparisons," Jiang Shunyi said, "Do you still need to hold it in your hands? It's definitely better than the bricks from our small kiln factory." ”

"Everyone, I didn't say that the hardness of this brick is not as good as the bricks in the small kiln factory," Shi Bin coughed dryly and said, "The three township chiefs, Dongsheng and Mr. Jiang, everyone has ignored a point. Who are we going to supply the bricks that we produce? I'm going out to run a business with all the builders of high-rise buildings. Because everyone knows that the bricks produced by such a large brick and tile factory as ours cannot be sold in our local area, and must be sold to the outside world. It is to sell as much as possible to big cities, which are all high-rise buildings with seven or eight floors or more than a dozen floors. The hardness requirements of such high-rise buildings are different. ”

Yu Yong said: "It turns out that Mr. Shi has already thought of the sales channel. We are also worried that in a kiln factory as big as yours, a batch of bricks is enough for us to use for half a year, and the bricks produced will be unsalable. It seems that we have no need to worry. ”

Xu Jinshan and Township Chief Li nodded one after another.

"Township Chief Yu can think like this, it's for my Shi Bin's sake. Shi Bin said.

"It's just, Mr. Shi, is there anything special here? What's the difference between seven and eight floors and one or two floors when we build one or two floors?" Jiang Xiaoquan asked puzzled.

"Brother Xiaoquan, you don't know, of course you don't know," Shi Bin said, "There are a lot of things to pay attention to in architecture. For the quality requirements of bricks, high-rise buildings and low-rise buildings are different. Especially for the kind of brick-concrete structure house, the hardness of the bricks is in the first place. ”

"What is a brick-concrete structure?" Xu Jinshan interjected.

"Oh, I forgot to explain this to you," Shi Bin said, "There are two kinds of structures in house construction, one is a brick-concrete structure and the other is a frame structure. The frame structure refers to the whole house is first built with reinforced concrete, and the walls are built after the pillars and flat roofs of each layer are built, while the brick-concrete structure is built with bricks layer by layer, a layer of walls is built, a layer of flat tops is poured, and then the walls of the second layer are built, and the second layer of flat roofs is poured. It has no reinforced columns. ”