all the way

On the day of housing selection on July [-]th, almost all the people who did not go out to work in the unit arrived. At eight o'clock, Luo Shuiwang, a senior engineer from the first department, was the first to choose.

The family building where Ma Qianli and the others live now was eligible for Luo Shuiwang at the beginning, but at that time he took the initiative to give up the house to others because his family members did not come with him. Today, he chose the best and most reasonable, and the largest Set on the third floor.

Next, everyone’s choice, without any surprises, the hydrology team’s current senior employees with high professional titles can afford the rent, so no one gave up being recognized as the best because of money and gave up second best.

Liu Xia closed the door and cried poorly in his own home, but today, he still chose the house that he and the cat liked the most - the largest area - 129 square meters, the most reasonable design - the two bedrooms and the living room all face the sun first floor.

Mao'er came to choose a room with him today, and watched Fu Dong write "East—Zhongmen Cave—East First Floor" behind Liu Xia's name. .

The new building has four types of units and four areas, the largest is 129 square meters, followed by 118 square meters, 98 square meters, and the smallest is 87 square meters.

The price of the 129-square-meter first floor that Liu Xia and Maoer are looking for is 9675 yuan, which is 75% of the price of the third and fourth floors with the same area.

The third and fourth floors are generally recognized as the best floors, 100 yuan per square meter, the second floor is 90% of the third and fourth floors, the fifth floor is 80%, and the sixth floor is the cheapest, all of which are 50% of the best floors.

When buying a house in Rongze, people have a basic understanding in their hearts. If it is a four-story building, the top floor is the worst, followed by the first floor.

The top floor is not favored because it is cold in winter and hot in summer, and it is so high that it is too troublesome to climb up and down every day, but these are not the most important. The most fatal flaws of the top floor are the roof seepage, white walls, After a few rains, the plaster layer on the corners of the wall began to peel off, which looked particularly disturbing.

The first floor has many disadvantages, the first is dampness, the second is poor lighting, and the third is actually the main reason why the first floor is the most unpopular floor, it is dirty.

There is no need to explain the first point, and the second point is also easy to understand. Now that there are many tall buildings, the taller buildings will definitely block the sun. If the distance between buildings is not wide enough, the first floor will definitely be the most affected;

The third is dirty, and there are two reasons. The first is because Rongze is located along the Yellow River, the wind and sand are relatively strong, and the room is prone to dust, especially on the first floor;

The most intolerable thing on the first floor is: if the people upstairs lack public morality and throw things into the sewer, the sewer on the first floor will be clogged, causing sewage and feces to flow, how disgusting it is.

The second and third floors are the best, neither high nor low, nor humid, and there is no sewer blockage, so the second and third floors are almost the exclusive floors of leaders.

For the current six-story building, everyone made a deferred reasoning according to conventional thinking. The third and fourth floors in the middle are the best, followed by the second and fifth floors, and the first and top floors are the worst.

Therefore, although the unit has promised to maintain the house for life, the sixth floor still offers a very favorable price.

But even so, if possible, people are still reluctant to choose the first floor and the top floor.

But Liu Xia thinks differently from others, what he likes is - the down-to-earth on the first floor.

Liu Xia and Mao'er grew up in the mountains, and they had yearned for living in a high-rise building. But after living in it, they realized that living in a high-rise building is so uncomfortable. Not to mention the cold winter and hot summer, there is always something that is packed in a box. feeling of suffocation.

The first floor is connected to the land, and they feel transparent, which is a special feeling they have had because they have been dependent on the land since birth, which cannot be described in words. Because of this, they feel that other minor problems can be ignored.

On the first floor of the new family building of the hydrology team, there is a door in the middle of the balcony on the south side, so you can go outside directly. Although there is no separate courtyard outside, there is an open space more than 20 meters wide in front. The south side of the open space is to separate the family members. There is a piece of poplar trees in the building and work area. Further south of the poplar forest is a basketball court surrounded by tung trees and poplar trees and several flower beds with rose flowers. The scenery is very good. Liu Xia just wanted to put it outside. Zhang Shi's table is eating and writing, and I feel that it is much better than upstairs with walls on all sides.

As for whether it is dirty or clean, he feels that it has a lot to do with the surrounding environment, but the decisive factor is the people who live there, lazy and lazy people, and they can be spoiled if they live in Buckingham Palace. For a new house, the big deal is to wipe it twice a day in the future, and you will be exhausted, so how can you ruin the house like a pigsty.

As for the sewer problem, Liu Xia felt that a solution would definitely be found.

There is another reason why Liu Xia likes this house. The master bedroom of this house is very large.

Cats don’t like to sleep by themselves, and cats especially like big beds that allow him to roll around and play around at will, so if Liu Xia buys a new house, he will definitely need a bigger bed, preferably similar to the current bed In this case, they need a relatively spacious bedroom, and only this house meets Liu Xia's requirements.

And Liu Chuan was also encouraging Liu Xia: "Just pay for the one you like the most, don't worry about the money, and you can always get it together."

The person who reported the 98-square-meter set opposite Liu Xia was Sun Lianchao, an old engineer who Liu Xia had just worked with. The brigade was transferred here, so the ranking is relatively low, and I am not qualified to choose the best floor.

The house selection activity, which was originally planned to take a whole day, actually ended in less than three hours.

Everyone who is qualified to buy a house has a plan in mind in advance, and the order of house selection is clearly stipulated in advance. We all live in a compound, and we have communicated with each other in advance, knowing that the people in front of us will generally choose Which one, I will choose the best of the remaining houses according to the situation, so there is no dispute.

Luckily for Liu Xia, the layouts of these two buildings are relatively reasonable. If someone would give up the floor advantage for the layout, he might not be able to choose the one he and Mao'er like best.

After choosing the house, the two returned home happily, but they didn't dare to go to a restaurant to celebrate by having a happy event like before. They will have to save money in the future.

If two people go to a restaurant, they don’t need food, and only eat two bowls of stewed noodles, which costs one yuan and four yuan; but at home, they do their own calculations, two people eat noodles, usually only about [-] cents, rice and fried meat Vegetables are a little more than one piece, and the meat is much more than the meat in the stewed noodles.

The two ate noodles with eggs and tomatoes, and discussed how to write a letter to Chen Zhenbei to delay giving him the money for the camera. Maoer said: "Can't we return the camera to Uncle Zhenbei? We have used it a few times. Pay him some money, fifty, or eighty? We can save more than 500, uncle, do you think it’s okay?"

Liu Xia shook his head: "That's too fussy, no matter what it is, as long as it goes out of the store, it's second-hand, and it can't be sold at a high price. Besides, Uncle Zhenbei sold the camera so cheaply to Let's, let's give it back to him now, how embarrassing he must be!"

The cat thinks about it, thinks so, and continues to think of a way: "Why don't you sell it to someone else? There is also a bicycle. We bought it for less than a year, and I like to ride it. It's almost like a new one. When we bought it It’s almost three hundred, and if it sells for two hundred now, someone will want it, right?”

Liu Xia put down the bowls and chopsticks, solemnly grabbed Mao'er's face and said to him: "Since you bought it back, they are all our family's things, and our family is absolutely not allowed to live by pawning things, and what's more, pawning things Can it solve the problem? There are more than 9000 in total. Are you going to buy all our things?

Well, dear cat, don't worry about it, my uncle can definitely think of a way. "

Mao'er looked at the sweating Liu Xia and said, "It wasn't hot last time, so I forgot the air conditioner, and now you are so hot, if we forgot the refrigerator and bought an air conditioner."

Liu Xia said: "You should be thankful that we didn't buy an air conditioner, or we would have to dismantle it and reinstall it when we moved into a new house. Again, you don't need to worry about it, my uncle will definitely solve the money problem."

Liu Xia was very hard-spoken in front of Mao'er. In fact, he had no idea at all. He calculated that he could receive another month's salary and bonus immediately, according to the principle of bonus payment that Ma Qianli said and his own one month's salary. For the work he did, Liu Xia estimated that his bonus should not be less than 500 yuan, plus the salary would be [-] yuan. In this case, he would still be [-] yuan short on August [-]st.

Five hundred, where can I get it?

Borrowing money is something Liu Xia is absolutely unwilling to do. Ever since he was a little older, his family has basically never been in debt, and the feeling that he has to pay back the debt immediately after earning some money is unbearable.

If he really wants to borrow money, Liu Xia is only willing to borrow money from his own brothers, but now the brothers have no money, Liu Yu may have some, but Sun Yufang is pregnant, and Liu Yu will need the money soon, he You can't talk to Liu Yu.

The third brother Liu Chuan subsidizes the family for many years, so it is impossible to have much money, especially in the past year, he went out to study again, only salary, no bonus, Liu Yun and Liu Lei are going to kindergarten soon, it is said that a The monthly cost is several dozens, and the money has to be paid for half a year at a time. The third brother is already doing well without borrowing money.

As for the fifth brother Liu Ling, Liu Xia didn't want him to know about buying a house at all.

Liu Ling is already 24 years old, and she has to save some money for love and marriage. When Liu Hai left, Liu Ling gave all the money to Liu Hai. Liu Hai has only been here for four months now. Liu Ling He can't save much money in his hand, if he knows that Liu Xia is short of several thousand yuan to buy a house, and he only has a negligible few hundred yuan in his hand, he will definitely have to borrow money for Liu Xia.

Liu Xia didn't want Fifth Brother to borrow money, no matter who it was.

He knows Liu Ling's character too well. If it's because of Liu Ling himself, Liu Ling probably won't be able to open his mouth to borrow money from others if he starves to death. He will go to borrow money for him. Liu Xia feels that no matter who in the family opens his mouth to borrow money from others, he may feel very uncomfortable, but he can accept it in the end. Only the fifth brother Liu Ling, Liu Xia is absolutely unwilling.

However, Liu Xia felt that it was acceptable for Liu Ling to defend himself against Chen Zhenbei's debts.

It was agreed to give Chen Zhenbei the money for the camera ten days later, but he didn't give any reason, and just made an excuse not to give it with a letter. Liu Xia felt that he was very disreputable.

If he finds another suitable excuse and asks Liu Ling to give Chen Zhenbei the money for himself first, this can be considered.

It shouldn't be too embarrassing for Liu Ling to make it clear to Chen Zhenbei in person that the 600 yuan should be paid off in two or three installments.

Although he still had to spend Brother Wu's money, it was much more reassuring than owed money to outsiders. Brother Zhenbei was really nice and generous, but he was different from his own family after all.

It was decided in this way, and I told Fifth Brother that I want to buy an air conditioner. It is a very credible reason, and it will not make Fifth Brother worry about borrowing a lot of money, which is the most suitable.

In order to ensure that the cat gets enough sleep every day, Liu Xia now takes a nap with him every day, but today, the two of them lay there unable to sleep. The cat is already big now, and patting and coaxing him is useless. He looks like Worse than Liu Xia.

The two struggled until after two o'clock, and Liu Xia was just about to fall asleep in a daze, when he heard Fu Dong shouting loudly: "Notice: A plenary meeting will be held in the auditorium at three o'clock. All personnel must attend on time. If you are late, you will pay 20 yuan in cash on the spot." RMB 50, if you miss the meeting, pay [-] RMB, everyone heard clearly!"

Liu Xia got up quickly, but pressed the cat not to move: "Continue to lie down, lie down until you fall asleep, when you have enough sleep, get up and practice calligraphy."

The cat turned half a circle around its back, put its legs up against the wall, and blinked at Liu Xia.

Liu Xia yelled: "Good cat." He went to the bathroom to wash his face.

When the cat is alone, it can fall asleep in any weird position.

The atmosphere of the meeting was unprecedentedly serious, and Ma Qianli reported the news to them with a solemn expression: the county, which is the school where Maoer is currently attending, has not yet handed over the two three-story teaching buildings that are ready to be put into use when the school starts at the end of August. There was a problem in the heavy rain a few days ago. Both buildings had severe inclinations and very obvious cracks visible to the naked eye. One of the buildings was a through crack from the first floor to the third floor. The crack width was the widest Nearly ten centimeters; there is also a family building that has not yet been closed, and it also began to tilt yesterday.

The leaders of the county and the construction company of Rongze County, which undertook the construction of these houses, may have thought that there was some way to remedy it at first, and they had been trying to hide the facts, but now the cracks in the buildings are getting bigger and bigger, and it is impossible to hide the truth. Well, the person who was in charge of the project from the construction company suddenly disappeared and no one can be found, and the construction workers also left the mess there and left.

The leaders of the county found the construction company, but all the leaders of the construction company avoided seeing them.

The family building in the county is also a fund-raising building. The teachers who raised the funds have paid 4000 yuan each in advance. Now, the teachers have heard about this incident, and there is a lot of trouble. Yesterday morning, several old teachers went to Rongze The county government filed a complaint, and this incident was revealed.

Today, the government office took the lead and asked the leaders of the construction company and the leaders of the county to talk about the matter together. As a result, the two sides began to argue. The county said that the construction company seriously cut corners. Change the type and material of some building materials, otherwise you will have to lose money.

But Ma Qianli’s point is not here. His point is: this time the construction company revealed the kickback, which everyone has tacitly kept secret, because they really couldn’t find a third party who could shirk their responsibility:

Several buildings in the county, from engineering survey to building construction, construction company single-handedly.

"If the construction company did not use their own surveying team this time, but the surveying and mapping data of the hydrological team, what would happen?" Ma Qianli asked, then leaned on the back of the chair, quietly watching the following .

Liu Xia felt that there was a flame burning in Ma Qianli's seemingly calm eyes.

Sure enough, Ma Qianli stared at the bottom for a full 3 minutes, then suddenly got up, threw a stack of things on his desk off the rostrum, and said with a sneer, "Look at it all, if the county We did this survey and mapping, and we happened to send a few people who made this survey report, so what kind of situation might we be facing now?"

No one picked up the report that was thrown on the ground. Liu Xia sat near the front, and opened a few pages of the report that was thrown on the ground. Liu Xia boasted that his eyesight was at least [-], so he could clearly see the part of the drawing. , he felt that there was nothing wrong with it. Of course, it was indeed a little far from Liu Xia's drawing standards for himself.

Ma Qianli sat down and continued with a sneer: "Perhaps you will say that your report is very good, the format is standardized, the writing is clear, there are no mistakes in all kinds of original data and calculated data, and the pictures are drawn in a random way..."

The gloom in his eyes increased a little. He glanced at everyone, slowed down his speech, and said almost word for word: "But you didn't expect that I have been to your construction site, did you? Just based on the homework you left on the site Traces, can you get the data on the report?"

Liu Xia's heart moved, he probably knew who made this report.

Wan Jianye, who went out to work with Zheng Chaoyang in the past few days, came back every night. He mentioned to Liu Xia that one day they stopped work early due to equipment failure. Fang Chunming's partner was Wei Genyi, captain of the third construction team.

Their two teams are currently working on the same project, which is the preliminary survey and mapping of a county-level road from Rongze to Nanchen County. Because the weather is about to fall, the team does not want the employees to work under high temperature, so they send The two teams are working against the deadline and want to finish the project before the hottest dog days of the year arrive.

Wan Jianye said that when their team leader and veteran engineer Bu Ming saw Fang Chunming's work, he privately expressed concern. Even a more experienced worker like Wan Jianye felt that they were too perfunctory.

But they both work in the same unit and have the same status. No one took the initiative to report their actions to the leader. No one expected that Ma Qianli would drive around the construction site alone to spot check their work traces.

The huge auditorium was silent, Ma Qianli stood up, and said lightly to the following: "Who thinks the rules of the third team are too much to bear? In a word, it is easy to resign or stay with me without pay, but if you want to play a rogue here , sit and wait to die, I advise you to rest your mind as soon as possible!" After finishing speaking, he walked away.

When Ma Qianli was gone, the people below began to whisper.

Secretary Yang Hong knocked on the microphone and presided over the next procedure. He announced: "Starting tomorrow, the surveying and mapping team led by Comrade Fang Chunming will temporarily suspend work, the surveying and mapping team will be disbanded, and the construction personnel of the team will temporarily stop working. When will they resume work? The unit will be notified separately.

During the suspension of work, bonuses and various job subsidies will be suspended, and only the basic salary stipulated by the state will be paid. Comrade Chu Yuan from the Finance Department should remember this clearly.

Next, Comrade Bu Ming will be fully responsible for the preliminary survey and mapping project of the Rongze County-Nanchen County highway line. The front-line construction site experience activities of the administrative logistics department will be carried out normally. A comrade followed Comrade Bu Ming's surveying and mapping team to the construction site to experience, and the specific personnel were designated by the heads of each department. "

Sitting there, Liu Xia looked at Fang Chunming out of the corner of his eye, feeling that he was worthless.

Fang Chunming's professional ability is not bad, but his personality is too soft. Liu Xia can imagine that he is held hostage by Wei Genyi's words. He knows that such opportunistic homework is wrong, but in order not to offend Wei Genyi and his subordinates, he still listens to him. Reduce the embarrassment of many necessary links when performing operations.

But Liu Xia didn't sympathize with Fang Chunming.

Liu Xia still remembers what Huang Youguang once said to him: "People who get themselves into trouble because of other people's mistakes are almost all because of vanity and cowardice. Remember, vanity is the prelude to self-inflicted humiliation, and cowardice has nothing to do with kindness."

What Huang Youguang said was when Liu Xia went to say his final farewell to him after graduation. He warned Liu Xia that if he encounters interference from human factors in professional issues, he needs to maintain a correct attitude when he goes to work.

Huang Youguang studied in the United States for five years, and the biggest advantage he learned from Americans is that he clearly distinguishes between work and human relationships.

Liu Xia secretly warned himself, take Fang Chunming as a warning, stick to his bottom line in the professional field, and never be influenced by anyone.

Liu Xia came home and asked Mao'er about the cracks in their new school building on the day they returned to school. Mao'er shook his head: "I don't know, I went late, and the teacher started sending notices as soon as I entered the classroom, and then I wanted to go back sooner." I went to get Brother Xiaorui's notice and certificate and came back with Wang Hui, I didn't pay attention."

Liu Xia said: "You really don't know what's going on outside the window, and you only read the books of sages, so you don't know about such a big thing.

I listened to what our captain said, if the building wasn't too crooked, and there was a big crack that couldn't be repaired, your school would still want to hide such a danger and let you move in next semester to attend classes!If something goes wrong when you are in class, what do you think will happen? "

The cat said: "Damn, it's so wicked. Our principal looked honest and kind when he spoke to us. It turned out to be a donkey dung!"

Liu Xia said: "It's possible, so you see, you have to be honest, donkey dung and no matter how it slips out, sooner or later it will show its true face."

Mao'er touched his face: "I'm the five-good little handsome guy you named yourself. I'm definitely charred on the outside, tender on the inside, and beautiful on the inside. It's crispy and delicious and lingers around for three days. I will definitely not be that kind of person."

Liu Xia pinched the little guy's face, which already showed the outline of a handsome boy: "Well, I have made progress in learning idioms, and I don't need it if it is tender and crispy on the outside, and my uncle didn't plan to roast you, as long as you don't eat it." It’s enough to grow into a small straw bag with a shiny outside and a hairy inside.”

Liu Xia, who pretended to be at ease in front of the cat, as if everything was under control, received his June salary and bonus of 790 yuan two days later, which was only more than 30 yuan less than the previous three months. bonuses and a team leader subsidy of [-] yuan.

Although he had heard Ma Qianli's explanation, Liu Xia still couldn't believe that he could receive so much bonus this month.

Chu Yuan seemed to have read his mind, and said, "Brother, you do the work of two people by yourself, and the captain feels that you are in the wrong!"

Liu Xia slapped the envelope containing the money, and left the finance department with a smile.

Now, he only needs 300 yuan to make up enough money for the first installment, but where can he raise the [-] yuan?

He heard from Chu Yuan that more than 20 people paid the money in the afternoon after choosing the house. In the past two days, Liu Xia saw seven or eight people who went to the finance department to pay the money. He estimated that they haven't paid yet. Money, maybe he is the only one.

When Liu Xia was scratching his head anxiously, Liu Chuan came.