The brick factory contracted by Cheng Shaojie is the brick factory in Linshui Village, which was previously contracted by Dong Youguang, a villager in this village, and now it is subcontracted to Cheng Shaojie for some reason. The brick factory is very close to Cheng Shaojie's house, under a large slope in front of the courtyard gate, across the road along the river and the Yuxi River, standing in front of the courtyard gate, you can see the brick kiln in the brick factory and a large piece of bare soil layer that has been excavated out of a big pit, because it is sandwiched between the clear stream of the Yuxi River in the west and the tree-lined Linshui Village in the east, this bare land is very eye-catching.

Cheng Shaojie was arguing loudly with Zhu Yuguo, the person in charge of the brick factory, outside the courtyard gate. I listened to it in the courtyard for a while, and understood that Zhu Yuguo meant that the kiln of the brick factory should be repaired, otherwise it would be prone to accidents, but because of the high cost, Cheng Shaojie was very reluctant, and Zhu Yuguo insisted that it must be repaired. The two couldn't talk together for a long time, Cheng Shaojie put on a boss's style and said in a tough tone: "When the brick factory was in the hands of Dong Youguang, it was in normal production, and it wouldn't work if it wasn't repaired in my hands, did you deliberately find trouble for me?" If you don't want to do it, just leave."

Zhu Yuguo is not tall and speaks with a strong Sichuan accent, his two eyes are very round, when he doesn't talk to you, both eyes seem to be glaring at you, and he looks like a person with a temper at a glance, at this time, he was provoked by Cheng Shaojie's few words, and stretched his neck to Cheng Shaojie and yelled: "If you don't do it, you won't do it, I told Dong Youguang a long time ago that if this brick kiln is not repaired, something will happen if something happens, and when something happens or someone dies, it's too late for you to cry." Dong Youguang, that bastard, would have used all the money he earned to gamble, if it weren't for being close to him, I would have quit a long time ago. Besides, if it weren't for the fact that the brick kiln had to be repaired this year, and we wouldn't work if we didn't repair it, he Dong Youguang really couldn't come up with the money, would he be willing to transfer the factory to you? In previous years, they all started to work, but you see that the workers have not yet been recruited! ”

Seeing the two standing there in a stalemate and not giving in to each other, I walked over and looked at Zhu Yuguo and said in an unquestionable tone: "You will start recruiting workers to repair the brick kiln tomorrow, the maintenance must ensure the quality, pay attention to the safety of the work, the life of the worker is also the life, we will not risk the life of others to save a few dollars, I see that you are also a bloody man, you do these things well, we will not treat you badly, and we don't want to treat the workers who work."

Zhu Yuguo was stunned and looked at me, Cheng Shaojie, who suddenly killed Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Shaojie turned his eyes to me and stared at me for a while, then turned his head to Zhu Yuguo and said, "Then that's it, you find someone to start working tomorrow."

I didn't expect Cheng Shaojie to be so indifferent in front of people, and the eyes of others naturally obeyed me, especially in front of the people who worked for him. Zhu Yuguo looked at me with some surprise, and then looked at Cheng Shaojie, he wanted to say something but didn't say anything, his eyes looked at Cheng Shaojie, but he said to me: "Okay, I'll find someone to start working tomorrow", after saying this, he looked at us, we didn't know what to say, Zhu Yuguo was stunned and turned around and walked out of the yard.

Seeing Zhu Yuguo leaving, I said to Cheng Shaojie: "Tomorrow, you will go to the brick factory to have a look and verify how much it costs to repair and start construction in the early stage?" You can go to Yu Xinhui to get how much money you need, and all the funds in and out of the brick factory will be from Yu Xinhui in the future."

Cheng Shaojie looked at me sideways and said, "You can do whatever you want, I don't plan to leave you at all in this brick factory, but aren't you against me contracting the brick factory?" ”

"Now that you've contracted the brick factory, what are you talking about? In the past two years, several places in the county have been requisitioning land for development, and the county is going to build a civil servant community, and there are many places where bricks are used, so do it well, and the brick factory should be very profitable."

Cheng Shaojie smiled: "You also know this? I see that you don't care about anything but your job and your children, and you can rest assured that the brick factory will definitely make money."

I glanced at him and said: "I don't care about these things because I don't want to care, but I'm not stupid, what's so strange about things that can be figured out with a little brain" Speaking of this, I looked at Cheng Shaojie suspiciously and asked: "People with a little brain know that the brick factory makes money, so why did Dong Youguang subcontract the brick factory to you?" ”

Cheng Shaojie's eyes swept over my face, looked at the vegetable field in front of the house, and said: "Didn't Zhu Yuguo say just now, Dong Youguang lost all his money because of gambling, and he had no money to repair the brick kiln, so he couldn't start the work, so he transferred the brick kiln to me."

I disdainfully said: "Pornography, drugs, and gambling are harmful things, not only to themselves but also to their families, and those who are stained with these vices are incorrigible people", and stared at Cheng Shaojie and said: "I can tell you, I don't allow these things to enter my house, so stay away from these things, and stay away from people with these hobbies, do you hear!" ”

Cheng Shaojie was a little dissatisfied, and said with a hint of anger in his eyes: "I know, how can you talk to me in this tone, I am not a prisoner."

I didn't care about Cheng Shaojie's feelings, I raised my face slightly and looked at the vegetable field in front of me and said coldly: "I have words first, whether you like to listen to it or not, this is a matter of principle, you better keep it in mind."

Cheng Shaojie glared at me angrily and said, "Do you police talk to anyone like this?" This is our family, not the Public Security Bureau! ”

I turned my head and looked at him without evasion, and said coldly: "The country has national laws, and the family has family rules, since I have married into this family, since you are willing to marry me, some of the rules of this family must be determined by me, I will sue you now, if anyone in this family does something illegal, not only will I not intercede, but I will deal with it at the top, so you had better do it yourself."

"Everyone in our family is law-abiding citizens, no one does anything illegal, and there is no need to intercede with you," Cheng Shaojie yelled angrily.

"Good! You'd better do what you say," I said without the slightest hint of backing down.

Seeing Cheng Shaojie roaring, I didn't care anymore and stood there with my arms crossed and looked into the distance, I didn't feel at ease about Cheng Shaojie, he was too smart, too self-righteous, and there was an unruly arrogance in his bones, for example, this brick factory, I already controlled his economic lifeline, and it still came out, and he still came here if he didn't want him to find something.

I know that when we quarreled in the hospital, his parents were in the room, and Li Haoyu and Cheng Jiahui were also there, and I also told them this. I have to set the rules at the beginning, although I am a wicked person now, it will save a lot of things in the future.

Soon after the brick factory started, we went back to Linshui Village, after dinner, I said to Cheng Shaojie to go to the brick factory to see, because the distance is not very far, we walked over, it took more than half an hour to walk to the brick factory when it was dusk ten ten, I saw more than 20 workers squatting in front of a row of simple workshops to eat, I went over to look at his food, they ate rice, the dish was only one boiled Chinese cabbage, there was not much oil star in it.

I asked Zhu Yuguo, who came to accompany us: "Why is the food of the workers so poor, is the food managed by the factory?" ”

Zhu Yuguo said: "They are in charge of the food, and they make their own decisions about the quality of the food, and these workers will not bring much money with them when they come to work here from their hometowns, so they have only been working for a few days, and it is not yet time to pay their wages." Their food expenses are borrowed from the factory first, and they are reluctant to spend money so they eat poorly, but it doesn't matter, they are used to it, and they will improve their food when they are paid."

I turned around and looked at the brick factory, and said to Zhu Yuguo before leaving: "You go and sell ten catties of meat to the workers, and let Boss Cheng pay the money.

Zhu Yuguo looked at Cheng Shaojie, Cheng Shaojie smiled and said very angrily: "Okay, she has the final say in our family, and buy a few bottles of wine for the brothers, so that everyone can be happy and cheer up." Cheng Shaojie's crispness and neatness make me not disgusted with his flattery.

Zhu Yuguo said to Cheng Shaojie with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll do it tomorrow, and you will bring your sister-in-law to drink with you tomorrow."

Cheng Shaojie looked at me, and I smiled: "I don't have time tomorrow, let your boss Cheng accompany you, it's okay to drink, be appropriate, don't cause any trouble."

Zhu Yuguo said repeatedly: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I promise not to let them drink too much."

On the way home, Cheng Shaojie said: "You are very generous and kind to the workers, and anyone who meets a boss like you will like it."

"They are all upright people who earn food by their own strength, and my kindness to them is not a condescending reward, but a respect for them from the heart, and it is right to be kind to them, isn't it?"

Cheng Shaojie bent down and picked up a stone in the middle of the road and threw it into the grass on the side of the road, laughed and said, "I see that you are more kind to those workers than to our families."

I stopped and looked at him and said, "I'm very kind to your parents and sister, because they do the same to me. I don't have any discord with you, it's just that I'm not as kind as you want, of course, there are times when I am unkind to you and Cheng Yanling, but there are also reasons for everything. I'd rather be a villain first and then a gentleman, and say ugly things in front, but I don't want more intolerable things to happen in the future. In some cases, keeping a distance from certain people just doesn't want to turn against each other in the future over trivial things, so as to leave room for each other to get along in the future. I did this for the good of the people and without malice."

Cheng Shaojie walked silently to the side for a while and said: "I don't understand what you said, but if you can treat Cheng Jiahui well, you won't be a narrow-minded woman if you treat those workers well."

I didn't want to explain more for a while, I just walked silently. My way of thinking about problems and doing things is always different from them, and it is very tiring to have to explain everything.

It was already twilight, there were no high-rise buildings, no traffic and people, the wind was blowing unobstructed from Nanshan, and the weeds were growing arbitrarily on the roadside. Even if it is like a stranger, but with this person with me, I am always at ease along the way, and I don't feel that the road is far away and it is dark