My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 61 Desalination Plant
After returning home from get off work, Xu Dong smelled chicken excrement as soon as he entered the yard. It was useless to open more skylights. This was the price of raising chickens at home.

"Husband, you are back."

Yang Lina was throwing vegetable leaves into the chicken coop, and Hua Hua was sitting by the side staring at her, as if she was thinking something.

"Well, Uncle Zuo brought all the chickens?"

"It was delivered after ten o'clock in the morning. I wanted to keep him for lunch, but I didn't." Yang Lina replied.

Xu Dong walked over to take a look at the chicken coop. He felt that it was more sophisticated than Mark's dog house, and then praised: "This chicken coop is well designed, where did Dad learn it?"

"Do you still need to ask? Of course, I went to school with a short video." Yang Lina replied with a smile.

The whole family knows that Dad Xu likes to watch short videos when he has something to do.

"Dad really didn't talk about his craftsmanship. I knew earlier that I should have opened a woodworking shop for him."

"Take it down, the woodworking shop can make some money, and our shop can make money now." Yang Lina said with a smile.

"How much money do you make?"

Xu Dong was slightly surprised. He hadn't been to the store for two or three months, and he knew almost nothing about the situation there.

Yang Lina glanced at the kitchen and whispered, "Last month, there was a sudden transfer of 50 yuan on my mother's bank card. This money must have been made by my father."

"How did you find out?" Xu Dong asked curiously.

"This morning, Mom asked me to help set the alarm on my mobile phone. I accidentally turned to the transfer text message. Husband, tell me, did my parents hide it from us on purpose?"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Yang Lina's tone.

"Uh..." Xu Dong had a headache, so he could only comfort him: "You think too much, my parents are the most partial to our family, how could they hide it from the two of us, I guess they want to give us a surprise!"

"You said, do parents want to secretly subsidize eldest brother and eldest sister?" Yang Lina is not stupid.

Xu Dong waved his hand indifferently, "Mom and dad, they can subsidize if they want. Anyway, the money is earned by my dad. They can spend it on anyone they want."

Yang Lina pinched Xu Dong's arm hard and complained, "Just be generous!"

"Okay, our department is going to Tianjin for a trip tomorrow, you can help me prepare two sets of clothes." Xu Dong quickly changed the topic.

"How many days?" Yang Lina was really distracted.

"Come back on Sunday afternoon."

"The weather is so hot, why travel well!" Yang Lina complained.

"The leader has spoken. It's impossible not to go. You don't want me to be isolated by my colleagues, right?"

"Okay, I didn't tell you not to go."

……

Early on Saturday morning, Xu Dong drove a big Ben to the north gate of the company.

This time, he didn't bring many "luxury" ingredients, just some vegetables grown in his vegetable garden, which were fresh and delicious.

After all, this was a team building activity organized by Section Chief Li, and he couldn't and didn't want to steal the limelight from his boss.

What's more, he didn't want to make the same mistakes again, not long after the snack storm.

In addition to the ingredients, Xu Dong also brought two bottles of wine.

This is very in line with his rich personality, and there is still a lot of stock in the market for wine, so it is not too conspicuous.

"Is everyone here?" Section Chief Li shouted loudly at the door of the North Gate.

"A total of 12 people are here." Xiang Xin counted the number of people and reported.

The security department originally had 13 employees, but some time ago, Lao Zhang retired early, so now there are only 12 people left.

"Okay, let's go right away, I'll lead the way, you all follow my car." Chief Li instructed.

This tour, a total of 4 cars and 12 people, the journey officially started.

It takes about two hours to drive from Yanjing to Jinmen. At ten o'clock, the sea in the distance is faintly visible.

On the viaduct, Xiang Xin suddenly pointed to a construction site outside the window and exclaimed, "Look, why are there so many hanging towers here?"

Xu Dong actually discovered it long ago. If he guessed correctly, these factories under construction should be desalination plants.

Yanjing has a population of 2000 million, and Jinmen has a population of almost 1500 million. If you add the surrounding counties and cities, this area has a population of more than 6000 million.

With such a large population, the daily water consumption is staggering. It is no wonder that Jinmen started to build a desalination plant early.

"Is there another new district up there?" a male colleague guessed.

The former Rong'an New District, because of the numerous hanging towers, became popular on the Internet, which was very impressive.

"I haven't heard of it. If a new district is established, it should be a big news. Besides, in this difficult situation, how can there be spare money for development?"

"It's close to the sea, could it be developing a scenic spot?"

Xu Dong said directly: "Don't guess, it's not a new area, nor is it a scenic area. In my opinion, this should be a super factory under construction."

"Factory, how is it possible, this construction site can't see the end at a glance, how big is this factory? Xiao Xu, are you sure?" Someone questioned.

Xu Dong pointed forward: "Did you see that row of big chimneys?"

"I see, is there something wrong?" Xiang Xin wondered.

"Only factories have such dense chimneys, understand now?"

"No wonder, I don't know what factory it is, but it is so large?" a male colleague asked curiously.

Xu Dong once again incarnates a little science expert:
"Look at the large pools by the sea. This should be a desalination plant. Those pools are used to filter the debris in the seawater."

Everyone suddenly realized, Xiang Xin even gave a thumbs up: "Brother Xu, you know a lot!"

Xu Dong said modestly: "Alas, these are not advanced knowledge, they are all in high school textbooks, but you have forgotten them."

"Xiao Xu may be right. Think about it, now that the drought is so severe, the country definitely needs to build a new desalination plant, but I didn't expect the scale to be so scary." A male colleague echoed.

"It's scary, it means that the current situation is not optimistic. This drought may not be over by next year, even the next year, the next year..." Gao Yuemei worried.

These words suddenly made the atmosphere in the car dignified. No one could imagine what would happen in the future if the drought continued.
Only Xu Dong knew it, but he couldn't and didn't want to say it, and it wouldn't help to say it.

Seeing that everyone's faces were a little heavy, Xiang Xin quickly came out to interrupt:

"Brother Xu, how long will it take to arrive?"

Xu Dong glanced at the navigation map and replied, "It's almost there after you get off the viaduct. It will take about ten minutes."

"Sister Gao, did you bring a swimsuit?"

Gao Yuemei spat, "I'm so old, what swimsuits are I wearing, and my whole body is full of fat, it makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it."

"Whoever stipulates that older people can't wear swimsuits, we finally come to the beach and don't go to the sea for a swim, that's a big loss." Xiang Xin advised.

Gao Yuemei was unmoved, she didn't want to be the protagonist of gossip in the mouths of her male colleagues.

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