Chapter 45: There are wolves outside
When Chen Xiang and Wang Yan arrived at the factory, it was already late, it was a summer night, and the sun, which had lost its majesty, had already set down, and in its place, the bright moon hung high in the sky.
Neither of them had the intention of admiring the moon at night, parked the car, and went straight to the only duty room with the lights on. The duty room is in the same row as the dormitory, the one closest to the factory gate, Chen Xiang's father is watching TV, and the child is sleeping in his bed. Wang Yan suddenly felt that it was really nice to have an old man. Originally, I was opposed to him coming to Beijing, but now I think about it, fortunately, Chen Xiang's father came to help, otherwise, there are so many things in the factory, how can they take care of the children by themselves.
"There is still food in the pot, and it is on the plate, so I am afraid that it will not taste good if it is cold, so I will cover it in hot water." Seeing Chen Xiang and Wang Yan coming in, Chen Xiang's father said.
"Well, the child didn't wake up." Wang Yan asked.
"When I woke up, I fell asleep again. Go and eat well, take the children away, and I'll rest. Chen Xiang's father said.
Wang Yan glanced at the white hair tufted on Chen Xiang's father's head, and a different feeling welled up in her heart, and said, "Well, you are also tired for a day, and after we finish eating, we will take Xiaomu away." ”
The two went to the kitchen to eat, the kitchen is a simple big room with whitewashed white on four walls, a large round table with a few broken stools, the pot stove is the stove type used in the countryside in the past, tired for a day, Chen Xiang didn't want to move, sat on the stool and watched Wang Yan serve him rice and stew.
During the meal, Chen Xiang said: "You quickly plan the company's website and make the brochure, so that I can run the business." We can't wait, we have to take the initiative, now the network is very important. “
Wang Yan pulled off a piece of steamed bun with her hand, stuffed it into her mouth, took a bite and said, "Well, I have collected a few websites from the Internet and consulted them one by one. There is a company that can do it for 2800 yuan, I gave them the plan, and they said that it can be done in a month. I asked them to come over in the next two days to sign the contract. ”
"Well, that's about the same price. How's the album connected? “
"It's changed, you can take a look after eating, if it's okay, I'll confirm it with someone tomorrow, and I can print it." Wang Yan unhurriedly took a bite of the dish, put it in his mouth, chewed and said.
"Well, I'll take a look at the computer when you turn on the computer." Chen Xiang scooped a mouthful of tomato and egg soup with a spoon, put it in his mouth, swallowed him into his stomach, chewed the remaining tomatoes in his mouth, and said, "By the way, yesterday the third brother said that his sister-in-law was coming over." ”
Wang Yan felt strange when she heard it, the third sister-in-law had been at home with two children, why did she suddenly think of coming to Beijing. Glancing up at Chen Xiang, he asked, "Then who cares about their family going to school?" ”
"I also asked, and the third brother said that An An is in high school, and the school can live on campus and come back on weekends. Come back on the weekend and let her go to her grandma's for dinner. Chen Xiang said.
"What about Bebe?" Bei Bei is the second daughter of Chen Xiang's third brother.
The third brother said that Bei Bei had not yet gone to kindergarten, and the third sister-in-law wanted to bring him over. It's good to come over, so that she doesn't have to quarrel with her grandmother at home. Chen Xiang said, "Bei Bei doesn't have to worry about going to kindergarten, but there are many kindergartens in the West Village." ”
"Why did the third sister-in-law suddenly want Beijing? It's not that I think you're opening a factory, I'm afraid that Chen Feng and them will get rid of us. That's not good! Wang Yan took a sip of soup, rolled her eyes and looked at Chen Xiang and said.
"That's not going to happen, what is our current situation, the third brother won't fail to tell her." Chen Xiang said this, and he also wondered in his heart that maybe the third sister-in-law was really afraid that Chen Feng was too close to him, after all, he was in a group of brothers and sisters, and he could be regarded as a good mix.
"I'm done eating, you go back and clean up, I'll take Xiaomu to our house and let her grandfather rest early." Chen Xiang pushed the bowl and said.
"Hmm." Wang Yan agreed, still thinking about his third sister-in-law coming to Beijing.
Wang Yan and Chen Xiang, the third sister-in-law, have never had much relationship. Before, I always heard Chen Xiang's parents call and say how this sister-in-law was not good at home. However, in the few times she has been in contact with this sister-in-law, she feels that this sister-in-law is still sophisticated. One time, she went to Chen Xiang's house to buy An An a new set of clothes for the New Year, and the third sister-in-law asked An An to send a skewer bought from the street on the same day, which was a gift to her. The second time was when she was pregnant with her second child, Xiaomu. The third sister-in-law knew that she wanted to eat soybean oil, so she specially asked the third brother to bring her two barrels of soybean oil, which was grown in her own field, and the fried vegetable water was yellow and clear.
No matter what others say, this person judges the good or bad by the attitude of others towards him, in Wang Yan's memory, the third sister-in-law is reasonable in doing things, she has never been like Chen Feng and them, always wanting to get cheap. Therefore, she has a better impression of this third sister-in-law who has never had a deep friendship than Chen Feng and the two of them.
Wang Yan also finished eating, she put the dishes and chopsticks into the pool, left Chen Xiang's father Ming'er to wash, cleaned the table, and carried two pots of boiling water to the house. poured water into the face plate and foot basin respectively, and called Chen Xiang to come over and wash their faces and feet together, and the two went to read the album together.
Since opening the factory, the two of them seem to have no private life. Aside from sleeping, almost all of the time is spent talking about work-related things. Sometimes, while Wang Yan was breastfeeding her children, she also listened to Chen Xiang talk about the work in the workshop.
The trivia of the factory is not only about work and orders, but also about many external factors that they have not thought of. The next day, Chen Xiang was looking at the drawings in the office when there was a loud noise outside. Chen Xiang saw that a big car was parked in the yard, and the three people who got out of the car were shouting to ask who discharged the sewage in the ditch next to the factory and wanted to be fined. At that time, Wang Yan was breastfeeding her child in the dormitory, and she did not come out.
"What's the matter?" Chen Xiang asked.
"Ding Yi! Tell him he's going to pay the health bill. Annual payment of 3,000 yuan, monthly payment of 500 yuan. A man with sharp-beaked monkey gills and about fifty years of age said.
"Also, if there is sewage in the ditch next to you, you will be fined 5,000!" Another uniformed village cadre with an obscene expression said.
Ding Yi was the one who originally rented the factory, and Chen Xiang subleased it from him. When renting a house, Ding Yi explained to Chen Xiang that the cadres in this village, regardless of their official positions, are all 'white bone spirits' who eat people and do not spit out bones, and if they knew, they would definitely take the opportunity to extort money.
"Boss Ding is on a business trip, so I'm in charge of keeping an eye on it. I'll call Boss Ding and ask him to come over and pay the sanitation bill, is it to the village?" Chen Xiang was moved and said quietly.
"Well, let you Boss Ding go to the village finance department to find Director Wang. Pay it in three days. Tell him that if you discharge sewage again, you will be fined. The man with the monkey's cheeks said.
"Well, good. Your surname, I'll tell Boss Ding when I go back, he knows well. Chen Xiang nodded and replied with a smile.
"My surname is Wang, and if you say it, he will know." The man with the monkey's cheeks said.
"Okay, got it. I'll talk to my boss about it. ”
"Hurry up." Someone got in the car and left.
Chen Xiang hurriedly called Ding Yi and told him what had just happened. Ding Yi said: "These grandsons just want to benefit, the one surnamed Wang is the head in charge of the rented factory in this village, you go back and buy him two Chinese, just send them away." The health fee has increased compared to last year, and there is no way, you can pay it on an annual basis. ”
"Is that for me to pay, or are you going to pay, Brother Ding?"
"You go, I'll go, it's not two cigarettes that will solve the problem. When I went back, I called the man surnamed Wang again and told him that I was going on a business trip again, and asked him not to take people to make trouble. Ding Yi's tone is sophisticated, and it seems that he has the characteristics of the "white bone spirits" of the model.
"Okay, got it. I'll buy two cigarettes and send them back. Brother Ding, you can say hello for you. ”
"Hey, okay. Hung up. ”
"Hmm."
After Chen Xiang hung up the phone, he was very annoyed, he himself didn't smoke, and he didn't know how to socialize, but he didn't expect that he was dedicated to production, but he just rented a venue, and he hadn't made any money yet, and he had already attracted those vampires.
Chen Xiang entered the room and briefly told Wang Yan about the situation just now, and Wang Yan also heard it clearly. Chen Xiang said: "After you feed the child's milk, go to the supermarket to get two Chinese, go back and inquire where the surnamed Wang lives, and send the cigarettes." ”
"I've never done that. What if these people get old in the future? How can we have so much money to feed them? ”
"Let's get past the present. The strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, and Ding Yiyuan is also a powerful character, so he doesn't have to send things to the dogs in the village. If you stay here, you can't help it, and it should be better when the relationship is familiar. Chen Xiang comforted Wang Yan.
Wang Yan inquired about the director surnamed Wang, who was in charge of foreign factories, and each factory had to send him a lot of things every year, after knowing that Director Wang's residence, Wang Yan bought two Chinese and sent cigarettes to others, the surname Wang had never seen Wang Yan, and Wang Yan said that Boss Ding asked him to come, and Director Wang listened to it, and did not say a kind word, and accepted the cigarette as a matter of course.
After delivering the cigarettes, Wang Yan went to the village to pay the property fee. During the whole afternoon, Wang Yan failed to do anything practical, and almost all of her efforts were spent on "delivering cigarettes".
Forget it, the next day, the third sister-in-law came, and Chen Xiang was afraid of a storm. There was no mention of letting her come to the factory to help. Wang Yan Although she didn't mention it, Wang Yan felt that her sister-in-law was at odds with Chen Feng, and sooner or later something would happen.
Chen Xiang always felt that this factory was really not as simple as pure production, but also had to deal with the wolves waiting for meat outside, and also had to deal with a bunch of troublesome relationships accumulated in the family over the years.