Er Maitai was also called Er Maitai at the construction site. Few people remembered his name. Sometimes even a young boy named Lin Chaoyang had to think about it before he could remember it.
He ran to the project door and immediately saw Lin Chaoyang chatting with the security guard.
"Morning sun!"
Ermatai yelled from a long way away and ran over like a moving hill. When he approached Lin Chaoyang, he slowed down again, feeling a sense of cowardice in the countryside.
Lin Chaoyang stopped chatting with the security guard, took a few steps forward, and hugged Ermatai.
"It's all sweat!" Ermatai said.
"fine."
Reunited after a long absence, Lin Chaoyang patted him firmly on the back before letting him go.
"Chaoyang, why are you here?" Ermatai asked with an excited expression.
"I'm having a meeting and stopped by to see you."
When Lin Chaoyang answered the question, he looked at Ermitai carefully and said, "What a guy! He's stronger than before, and he's got a lot of tendons!"
"Hey! You've been doing hard work all day. How many days will you stay here?"
"Everything here has been done. I'll stay for a day or two and then leave."
"So urgent?"
After not seeing each other for several years, the two naturally had a lot to say. After chatting for a while, Ermatai said to Lin Chaoyang: "You wait for me, I will go to the project department to ask for leave!"
After he finished speaking, he rushed to the project department not far away and came to the project department office. There happened to be a meeting here, and all the five red hats of the project department were there.
The Guomao Building is a key project in SZ City and the tallest building in the country under construction. The company responsible for the construction is the First Company of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau.
China Construction Third Engineering Bureau attaches great importance to the construction of the tallest building in the country. It specially appointed deputy director Li Chuanfang as the on-site commander. It also specially sent four cadres from the bureau who were knowledgeable in technology and management to form the construction site leadership team.
Ermatai is now the monitor of the second carpentry class. If you want to take leave, you have to contact the project department.
At this time, he was so excited that he didn't care about the many leaders present. When he entered the door, he said to Zhang Guidong, who was in charge of the construction: "Mr. Zhang, I want to take two days off."
"Didn't you see that there was a meeting going on?" Zhang Guidong scolded Ermitai. Seeing that everyone else was looking at him, he pulled Ermitai out of the office.
"Are you sick? Or is there something urgent at home?"
"No, my childhood friend came to see me. I asked for leave to go for a walk with him and do some shopping."
"Fa Xiao is here, why don't you treat him to a meal tonight? The construction site is in a hurry and will be topped out in September. What kind of leave are you asking for now?"
Zhang Guidong is not unkind. As the tallest building in China under construction, the Guomao Building has a very tight construction period. China Construction Third Engineering Bureau can be said to have put in all its efforts for this project.
At its peak, it took three days to build one floor, breaking the construction record of high-rise buildings in my country, and was even reported by Xinhua News Agency.
During this year, not to mention the project workers, even the managers did not have the opportunity to take a day off. If they fell ill, they had to work even though they were sick.
"That won't work. We haven't seen each other for several years." Ermitai said, squinting.
Zhang Guidong said with a headache: "You kid, don't mess with me. I've had a stomachache for several days and haven't been to the hospital."
"You have a chronic disease, it doesn't matter whether you look at it or not."
Zhang Guidong felt his stomach began to hurt again. He glared at Ermatai with anger on his face.
Ermatai is a reckless person, but after working for so many years, he has developed some emotional intelligence.
Seeing the angry look on Zhang Guidong's face, he raised the banner.
"Do you know who I'm kidding for?"
"Who is it? The big one, or the third one?" Zhang Guidong glanced sideways at the second one.
Ermatai ignored his sarcasm and raised her neck, "Xu Lingjun, do you know?"
Hearing the words "Xu Lingjun", Zhang Guidong involuntarily twisted his neck. His first reaction was not shock, but suspicion.
"Xu Lingjun, are you the one who made him a child? You just opened your mouth to do it!"
"If you don't believe me, I will take you to the door. He is standing outside."
Ermatai pulled Zhang Guidong to the door like a little chicken, "Let go! I still have to attend a meeting. Do you still have some organization and discipline?"
"I told you that you didn't believe it, and I told you to go and see it but you didn't," Ermatai complained.
Communicating with such a reckless person, Zhang Guidong felt that all his strength was on the cotton, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense to him, "Go! Go!"
Finally asking for leave, Ermatai happily held Zhang Guidong's hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I'll treat you to a drink later!"
After saying that, he couldn't wait to rush into the work shed, intending to change into some decent clothes. The work clothes on his body were full of sweat and dust, and they were too shabby.
"Xu Lingjun?" Zhang Guidong looked at his back, shook his sore hand, and shook his head.
Lin Chaoyang waited at the door for almost twenty minutes before he saw Ermatai running out pushing a bicycle. He excitedly said to Lin Chaoyang: "Let's go! I'll treat you to dinner!"
The two of them left the construction site as they spoke.
Nowadays, Luohu has not yet developed. Renmin South Road in front of the Guomao Building has just been repaired. However, when you look up from this road, there are loess roads everywhere. The traffic is not convenient. There are not many cars on the road. People ride the most.
bike.
Along the road there is a scene of large-scale development in full swing. The construction sites are full of busy figures, and the roar of machines is mixed with loud slogans.
Pedestrians were walking in a hurry, and the voices coming from chatting were mixed with dialects from all over the world.
Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Lin Chaoyang felt a kind of confidence and hope that time has not waited for us, and a sense of ability and courage to fight hard. Such an enterprising atmosphere is difficult to experience in Yanjing.
Ermatai was riding a bicycle in front, constantly introducing Lin Chaoyang to the situation in Luohu.
He came to Shenzhen relatively early. It has been more than four years since 1980. Even the infrastructure soldiers scattered on various construction sites in Shenzhen were not as early as he was.
Lin Chaoyang held Ermatai's waist and felt something hard, and asked: "What else is in your waist?"
"Iron chain."
"You use this thing as a belt?"
"It's not a belt for self-defense. It's messy here. It's easy to run into bad people when you go out."
Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but ask: "How dare anyone mess with your physique?"
"A tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves!"
Judging from Er Maitai's tone, he must have suffered a loss in this matter. Lin Chaoyang wanted to get to the bottom of it, but he refused to talk and changed the topic to Lin Chaoyang.
As they talked all the way, Lin Chaoyang noticed that the surroundings were getting more and more eccentric, and he couldn't help but ask: "You guys are not going to sell me, are you?"
"How much would it be worth if I sold it to you? You'll know when the time comes."
Ermatai was so concerned that he rode all the way for more than 20 minutes. The bicycle finally stopped at the old woolen mill in Huangbeiling.
Ermatai exchanged a few words with the old man at the door, and after a while, a young and beautiful lesbian came out of the factory.
The lesbian is not tall, only 1.6 meters tall. Standing next to Ermatai, she has a feeling of Beauty and the Beast. This picture is both contradictory and harmonious.
"I sent this to Xiao Lin Chaoyang."
"This...this is my partner Luo Huifang."
When Er Maitai introduced Luo Huifang, his face was twisted, which made Lin Chaoyang want to punch him.
After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang joked: "You're a good boy, you found such a beautiful girl."
His teasing made both Ermatai and Luo Huifang blush. They stood at the gate of the factory and chatted for a while. Ermatai asked Luo Huifang to ask for leave and go out to eat together.
Panxi Restaurant is located near Luohu Port. It is the first restaurant after arriving in Shenzhen from Xiangjiang. Many Hong Kong businessmen have their first meal here when they come to Shenzhen.
Nowadays, there are not many high-end restaurants in Shenzhen, and Panxi Restaurant is considered relatively high-end.
Ermatai and Lin Chaoyang hadn't seen each other for several years, and their enthusiasm pulled him here.
"There's no need to come to such a nice place."
When he arrived at the door of the hotel, Lin Chaoyang didn't want to go in, but Ermatai forced him in.
"You finally came to Shenzhen, I have to treat you to a nice meal."
Ermatai pushed Lin Chaoyang down on his seat, and then called the waiter to order.
"My current salary is pretty good, and I can afford to treat you to a meal here."
Ermaitai mentioned in his letter before that his salary has increased a lot in the past two years, earning eighty or ninety yuan a month, which is considered a high salary even in Shenzhen.
Once it comes, make peace with it.
Lin Chaoyang didn't worry about the treat anymore. He could just settle the bill secretly later.
While the two were talking, Luo Huifang kept secretly looking at Lin Chaoyang. Seeing that she kept looking like this, Lin Chaoyang asked, "Why do you always look at me like this?"
Luo Huifang lowered her head in embarrassment, and Ermatai took the initiative and said: "I always told her that you are my childhood friend and a great writer. She didn't believe it at first, but then she started to doubt it after she told her too much. This time we met in person.
, you have to prove it to me."
Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "I only have documents, but there is no document that can prove that I am Xu Lingjun!"
As he spoke, he took out his work permit from his bag and showed it to Luo Huifang. When she saw the words "Yenjing University" on it, she waved her hand quickly, "No, no, no."
Lin Chaoyang took back his work permit and chatted with them about home affairs.
Ermitai has been in Shenzhen for more than four years and has worked on the construction site for more than four years. He is physically strong and works hard. Now he has become the carpentry squad leader, so his income is much higher than before.
Luo Huifang's family is from Shenzhen. She joined the old woolen mill before finishing junior high school.
But now that the old woolen mill is going bankrupt, her monthly salary is more than 20 yuan. It is said that there are already Hong Kong businessmen inspecting the old woolen mill and planning to acquire the factory buildings and equipment there. The workers will definitely have to stay when the time comes.
If Hong Kong companies take over, maybe things will get better.
As for the encounter between the two, it originated from a cliché hero saving a beauty.
In 1982, "Shaolin Temple" was released and became a hit across the country. Ermatai went to watch the movie with his coworkers after get off work in the evening.
On the way back from watching the movie, I met Luo Huifang, who was blocked by some gangsters. Ermitai ran over and acted bravely, and saved her, but he was also slightly injured. Then the two of them came together naturally.
"So you two have been together for more than two years, when do you plan to get married?"
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Luo Huifang blushed a little, and Ermatai also said shyly: "You have to have a house to get married, so why don't you save money?"
Ermatai earns 80 or 90 yuan a month and has little consumption except eating. In the past few years, most of his money was sent back home.
After falling in love with Luo Huifang, she only sent 20 yuan to her family every month, leaving herself with more than 50 yuan. In the past two years, she had saved more than 1,000 yuan.
If they really get married, their family can contribute more than a thousand yuan, which adds up to about three thousand yuan.
"Afang's family wants us to buy a building. Afang's father said that he can give us 3,000 yuan. But the building is too expensive now, selling for 300 to 400 yuan per square meter. Even if we include all the money, we
That means you can buy twenty square meters.
I want to save money for another two years and at least buy a house big enough for a family of three."
Shenzhen is a window for reform. The first commercial housing community was born in 1980. In the following years, many real estates were developed here one after another.
Expensive residential areas can reach 1,000 yuan per square meter. A house that Ermitai said costs three to four hundred yuan per square meter is considered cheap.
Lin Chaoyang shook his head after listening to his words, "You are wrong in thinking this. The speed at which you save money cannot match the soaring speed of housing prices."
Ermatai retorted: "I feel like housing prices in Shenzhen haven't increased much in the past two years, right?"
Chapter completed!