all the way

On the way back, Liu Xia kept thinking about the familiar figure on the platform, but he didn't tell Liu Chuan.

It had nothing to do with trust or intimacy, Liu Xia did this only because Liu Ling had specifically confessed to him, and he didn't want anyone else in the family to know that he was estranged from Chen Zhenbei.

Liu Xia still remembers Liu Changqing and Sun Chang'e's attitude towards each of Liu Chuan's letters, which was addressed to Liu Kui alone when he was young. Even when I saw those letters folded individually to look like a frog or a boat, I would joke a few words in relief, saying that the child has finally grown up and has little things and secrets that can only be told to his peers.

Sun Chang'e also sighed to Liu Changqing with a look of disappointment on purpose when Liu Kui put away a letter folded into the shape of small trousers alone: ​​"Oh, I'm so old, I don't want to tell us anything about my son's worries." I think it's old feudalism who dislikes us and can't keep up."

Liu Kui held up the trousers in front of Sun Chang'e as a joke: "Mom, why don't you take a look?"

Sun Chang'e smiled and slapped Liu Kui on the back: "You silly grandson, you know I'm just joking. If you really tell me to watch it, I'll see who will dare to talk to you in the future."

Liu Xia remembered that the eldest brother took the letter from the third brother and ran away laughing. He went to read it in the cave where he lived.

This made Liu Xia form a subconscious cognition since he was a child: true family affection and trust do not require each other to present their bodies and minds naked to each other without reservation, but understanding and consideration, giving each other a moderate amount of space, Let the other party keep their privacy calmly, instead of feeling guilty and uneasy about it.

Liu Ling is already 25. It is normal for him to have his own thoughts on work and relationship. As his dearest family member, it is normal to care and worry about him. Just because a resonant family member shares or shares his secrets alone doesn't mean he doesn't trust or alienate the rest of the family.

Liu Xia has no doubts that everyone else in the family thinks so, and of course the third brother also thinks the same.

It was almost midnight when they returned to Rongze, and Liu Chuan decided to stay at Liu Xia's place.

Liu Xia was so cold that his whole body was icy cold. As soon as he got into the bed, the cat wrapped himself around him. Liu Xia hugged the little guy who was warm like a small stove, but his mind kept wandering about that familiar figure.

Only the master bedroom was warmer, so Liu Chuan slept with Liu Xia and the others, and he was also very cold. Seeing that the cat behaved like that, he retreated under the bed with all his strength, and asked Liu Xia to curl his feet up and put him on him. It was warm between the legs, and Liu Chuan was jealous, so he put his hand on Mao'er's buttocks: "It's also warm for third uncle."

The cat squeaked like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, and rolled over from Liu Xia's body to the other side of him, determined not to touch Liu Chuan, and not to take advantage of him.

The next night, there were only Liu Xia and Mao'er in the house. It was past ten o'clock, and it had been almost an hour lying in bed. Liu Xia still couldn't sleep with his eyes open: "My dear cat, what do you think will make you sleep?" Your Fifth Uncle has been angry with Uncle Chen for more than half a year? I think that Uncle Zhenbei, who I thought was playing a high-ranking boy in front of him, seems a little unlikely now."

The cat asked, "Why?"

"Yesterday, when I was seeing off your Fifth Uncle, I saw a person on the platform, who looked very much like your Uncle Chen. I only saw him once, but there were too many people. When I looked again, I couldn't find him, but I think That's him.

Think about it, dear cat, let alone taking the train back and forth, what would it be like to stand in a queue at the train station?A few years ago, your fifth uncle’s round-trip ticket was bought by your uncle Chen in advance. This year, it must be because of your fifth uncle’s quarrel with them. Your uncle Chen can’t buy a sleeper for your fifth uncle, but he is worried about him. I was worried that I couldn't buy a ticket or suffer on the round trip, so I secretly ran over to follow him.

If that's the case, do you think Uncle Chen might put on some high-ranking image in front of your Fifth Uncle? "

Mao'er shook his head: "Even if it wasn't what you guessed, I don't think it's possible for Uncle Chen to show anything to my Fifth Uncle.

Uncle, think about it, Uncle Wu is so good, handsome and capable, if Uncle Zhenbei really put on high-ranking airs with Uncle Wu, it must have been when he first met him. After becoming such a good friend, how could it be possible to put on airs again? Think about it, who would put on airs with his best friend?Unless it turned out that he didn't regard Uncle Wu as a good friend from the bottom of his heart. "

Liu Xia felt that Mao'er's thinking was very reasonable, and their family were not fools. They could tell whether Chen Zhenbei admired and liked Liu Ling from the bottom of his heart.

But if this is the case, why is Fifth Brother so alienated from Chen Zhenbei?

Based on Chen Zhenbei's care for Liu Ling before, with their family's temper, and Liu Ling's personality, even if Chen Zhenbei really committed an unintentional mistake in front of him, it is impossible for Liu Ling to act like he is now. Such an attitude towards him.

Liu Xia's worry about Liu Ling eased a lot after receiving Liu Ling's letter.

Liu Ling's letter arrived half a month later. Compared with earlier, this letter is not too long, but compared to his letters in the past half a year, it is much better. In the end, he said in a very calm tone that he and Chen Zhenbei had reconciled.

Regardless of whether it was the deliberate relaxation shown to reassure Liu Xia, or the fact that Liu Ling's situation or mood has improved, Liu Ling was finally able to start discussing the people and things around him again, which made Liu Xia feel happy, even if he and Chen Zhen Bei's relationship hasn't really improved. As long as Liu Ling doesn't feel depressed about losing that friendship, Liu Xia thinks it's all good for now.

Liu Xia likes Chen Zhenbei very much, and cherishes the friendship between him, Fifth Brother, and himself, but compared with the life of Fifth Brother Liu Ling, Chen Zhenbei is much less important.

However, Liu Xia had a feeling that even if he didn't see Chen Zhenbei on the platform that day, Liu Xia always felt that the friendship between Fifth Brother and Chen Zhenbei couldn't end so easily, let alone now It seems that Chen Zhenbei is still trying his best to save this friendship.

Liu Xia was almost certain that the person he saw was Chen Zhenbei. This conclusion made him feel a lot of comfort. From the bottom of his heart, Liu Xia felt relieved that Chen Zhenbei was by Liu Ling's side.

Relaxed, Liu Xia devoted himself to work with fuller enthusiasm. In mid-March, he received 30% of the project payment from Sang Deshan, and according to Ma Qianli's guidance, the few people in the team were sent to work immediately. wages paid.

The workers are five hundred, Wu Xiaolin seven hundred, Zheng Chaoyang, according to Ma Qianli, one thousand.

The money is all packed in envelopes in advance, and no one knows how much others got. This is Mao Jianyong’s suggestion in a letter to Liu Xia. No matter how convinced Zheng Chaoyang was, seeing that Zheng Chaoyang, who worked as much as them, was paid twice as much as him, would feel uncomfortable, and a good thing turned into a bad thing.

But when they feel that the rewards they have received have exceeded their expectations and are very happy, they can't figure out how much others have received, which will help them reflect on themselves and improve themselves.

Mao Jianyong specially instructed: When sending red envelopes, you must be very happy and show your gratitude on your face, so that everyone feels that you are very satisfied with his work, and he may get the most red envelopes.

This is Liu Xia's true feeling, so Liu Xia has no difficulty in doing it.

Only Zheng Chaoyang knew how much the other people had received, but he didn't know how much the entire project was.

Liu Xia’s wages for these people are considered very generous. According to the bonus system in the team, in the same project, the bonus of the construction team members is 60.00% or [-]% of that of the technicians. The person in charge has the final say.

In other words, when Liu Xia can get a bonus of 600 yuan a month, Zheng Chaoyang can get a bonus of 100 yuan at most, plus their salary of more than [-] yuan. It's already very, very high.

These people followed Liu Xia to work with all their strength for nine days, and another five days in spare time, and got 500 yuan, which is indeed a lot.

Chu Fenghe and his construction team's big workers rarely earn more than 50 yuan after working for a month, and [-] yuan for small workers is a normal income.

Liu Xia consulted Ma Qianli about the market again, and decided to give Chu Fenghe a commission according to the rules.

He invited Chu Fenghe to the private room of the Jingdu Hotel, and after taking out the money, Chu Fenghe blushed and almost stood up and walked away: "Don't embarrass me, Liu Xia, you are helping me with this matter, aren't you?" I'll help you, and you give me money, what's the deal!"

Liu Xia said: "I asked, this is the rule, the general commission is 15% to 20%, I will give you 20.00%, but I don't want money for those two buildings, but I can't ask others Individuals work for nothing, and I will give them their wages from your commission."

After saying these words, Liu Xia felt extremely relieved. This was his first business, and it was time to establish rules. No matter how embarrassed he felt, he had to bite the bullet.

Chu Fenghe pushed the small bag containing the money to Liu Xia: "Liu Xia, I can't ask for a cent of this money. Sang Deshan has already promised to give me coal at the lowest price, so I directly transferred the business to someone else. That man has a way to send coal to the power plant, and he can sell as much coal as he wants. He originally bought coal from Nanchen at a reasonable price. Not only is the price high, but the road is too far away. Two more cars can be ordered every day.

He has already paid me a transfer fee of 600 yuan for one year, and he will give me another four years after coal production starts. "

Liu Xia stuffed the small bag into Chu Fenghe's big cotton-padded jacket with his arms open: "One yard is one yard, that's you talking about business with Sang Deshan. Don't worry about it, you introduced me to business, which is what you deserve."

Chu Fenghe sat down, took out the small bag and looked at it for a long time before saying: "Liu Xia, I won't say anything today, we have a long life in the future, just wait and see."

Liu Xia knew what Chu Fenghe was thinking, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhongfenghe, I'll wait for you to become prosperous in the future, so I can take good care of you."

Sending out several thousand at once, it must be a lie to say that Liu Xia doesn't care about it, but no matter how much he loves the money, he can't be ignorant. If you are greedy for this thing, you must not start it.

Liu Xia got the first batch of project funds by himself, which was not as much as Chu Fenghe's commission, but the latter 70.00% was all his own.

Is it your own?When Liu Xia thought of the money in units of tens of thousands, he always felt that it was not real.

He didn't give the money to Mao'er, mainly because he was thinking about whether he should give Ma Qianli some money or give some gifts. He was afraid that the money would hurt the little guy if it got into Mao'er's hands and then went out.

It's useless to discuss this matter with Liu Chuan, except for the consideration of quality and reputation, Liu Chuan has no experience in doing business.

Liu Xia wrote to Mao Jianyong to ask for advice, Mao Jianyong replied quickly, because he was sure Liu Xia couldn't reach him, so he was very simple and rude. The first sentence he came up was:

Seven children:

You silly two hundred and five, you didn't give your captain a commission first?Do I still need to teach this?Is your brain, which has always been a first-class scholarship, full of shit now?

……

Liu Xia accepted the letter through gritted teeth, and sat on the edge of the bed to count.

How much?Mao Jianyong is an idiot who doesn't even provide a specific indicator. People in the team dare not ask, and other people who know him don't know about this market!

The day after Liu Xia received Mao Jianyong's letter and went to the construction site with such a tangled mood, when they were having lunch, Ma Qianli drove there like a lone ranger.

Liu Xia followed Ma Qianli with a noodle bowl in his hand, watching him review his work area without hesitation.

Wu Xiaolin was very nervous. When Ma Qianli took the guy and sat under the tree to smoke, and when Liu Xia came to deliver the bowl, he hurriedly asked Liu Xia: "What if the horse team finds something wrong?"

Liu Xia looked at him in disbelief and asked, "The problem? In my project?"

Wu Xiaolin grinned: "People in the team say you are diligent and humble, but in fact, I know that there is no one who is more proud than you."

Liu Xia threw the bowl to Wu Xiaolin: "We are proud but not complacent, so we are still a good comrade who is diligent and motivated. After washing it, Master Yi took over your shift last week and said that the pimple on the edge of the bowl has dried up. I can't pick it off."

Wu Xiaolin put the bowl into the basin and muttered: "I have to hurry up and become a real technician. Cooking and washing dishes is really not for men."

Wu Xiaolin gave Ma Qianli another big bowl of instant noodles, and Ma Qianli watched Liu Xia and the others work while eating.

Liu Xia felt guilty because he squeezed time out of his unit's homework to do private work a while ago, so recently he has been working with one person for three people. Today he still runs some by himself and draws sketches. They also used their abilities to the extreme.

Ma Qianli finished his meal and was about to go to a work area on the other side of the national highway. Liu Xia sent him to the car. Ma Qianli patted Liu Xia on the shoulder very happily: "Not bad, keep it up."

Liu Xia chuckled, and then asked very guiltyly: "Captain, are you at home tonight? I have something to do with you."

Ma Qianli rolled his eyes to look around, and then looked at Liu Xia: "Let me try to guess, right? Do you want to—give me money? The commission of the Sandaohe project?"

Liu Xia was dumbfounded: "You, you..."

Ma Qianli opened the car door: "I didn't introduce the project to you. What kind of commission will you give me? It's reasonable to give it to your fellow countrymen and friends." He pointed to Zheng Chaoyang and the others who were working on the brazing. Over there: "If you do this well, you've lived up to the painstaking efforts of me, a captain who cheats on public affairs and helps you to allow you to do private work and give you advice."

Liu Xia hurriedly said: "Don't worry, if it's not that the project is too small and difficult, I promise to make a demonstration project for you."

Ma Qianli laughed: "Okay, I will remember your words, next time I will give you a big, difficult and important one, and you can make a demonstration project for me."

He got into the driver's cab and opened the car window: "Xiao Liu, maybe in a few days you really have to find me to give you a commission." After saying this, before Liu Xia could react, he drove away.

Liu Xia looked at the yellow dust and smoke rolled up by the broken jeep that had been obscured by mud and dust, and jumped for joy. Does this mean that he will soon earn a lot of extra money?