1979 The Life of Idle Fish

Chapter 609
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"Oops! Mr. Luo, you are too polite. The people below are too arbitrary in this matter. This is a mistake in my work. I didn't think of you to give me a call. I'm really sorry!..."

"...Oh, well, Mr. Liu, why don't you worry about this? Let's have a casual meal together someday when you have time."

"Well, I'll invite you another day when I have time."

The two people hung up the phone in a very friendly and polite atmosphere.

After getting up early in the morning, having breakfast, and looking at the time to go to work, Luo Tao had a phone call with Bureau Liu who was responsible for tracking down tax evasion.

The two had dealt with each other a lot before, and they had a bit of a tacit understanding with each other.

As expected, Lao Zhang’s breakfast shop is just a matter of words.

Luo Tao told Bureau Liu that he didn't even stumble and took the problem directly on himself. Look at his behavior.

It’s rare to see a good leader like this who even invites Luo Tao to dinner.

As soon as the call with Director Liu ended, Luo Tao quickly called Lao Zhang, who had been waiting at home, and told him not to worry. He had already said hello and just waited for the group to solve the problem again.

After handling this matter, the courtyard once again returned to peace. Apart from Luo Tao listening to reports from several companies from time to time, the only people left to pay attention to were Hou Ming and others who went to the disaster area.

Since they arrived in Menglang and other places, they would report to Luo Tao about their current work every other day.

Through them, Luo Tao truly understood the difficulties in the disaster area, and also understood what role Xichang should play in the future reconstruction work of Menglang counties.

He repeatedly told them to pay attention to safety and take care of their own health, and asked them to say hello and express respect to the six heroes who had previously arrived at the front line of earthquake relief if they saw them.

They are a group of unknown people, the burden-bearers of this era, who do not seek fame or fortune.They went to the front line, but with their passion for this country, they rushed forward regardless of their own safety.

What they do is worthy of emulation and respect by others.

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In mid-December, Hou Ming and others returned to Beijing.

"The four of you have the most say in this matter. I think it's better for you to discuss it and finally make a written document for me to see."

Luo Tao did not plan to directly take charge of how to assist the reconstruction of Menglang and other places, but planned to leave this matter to a few of them who had done on-the-spot investigations.

Only the investigation has the right to speak.

After listening to their summary report, Luo Tao believed that they would handle this matter in a good way.

Two days later, they did live up to Luo Tao's trust in them and drew up a project to aid the construction of Menlang and other places in Xichang.

The aid projects mainly focus on three aspects, one is hospitals, the other is schools, and the fourth is Xichang Cailanzi.

They have already done the specific work of aiding the construction in great detail, and now they need Luo Tao, the helmsman, to finalize the number.

Taking the documents Hou Ming brought, he read them carefully for more than ten minutes. Looking at the strings of black numbers on the white paper, Luo Tao truly felt how cruel the disaster was.

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More than [-] schools have been affected, some of which have become piles of construction debris.

Looking at this official statistics, people are shocked and have a clear understanding of the disaster.

Menglang, Yongshou, Mianning, and Jinji were the most severely affected, with not a single high-rise building remaining in the four counties.The fruits of decades of hard work built by the people of the four counties were destroyed in one fell swoop.

Faced with such a situation, Luo Tao also felt very uncomfortable. Even those 996 who were scolded later would be touched in their hearts when they saw such a scene, thus stimulating the only remaining kindness in their hearts.

"First help rebuild hospitals and schools in the four areas most severely affected by the earthquake. We will first decide on [-] schools and [-] hospitals, and then we will do what we can."

Helping rebuild thousands of schools and hospitals at once. This project is really big, and Luo Tao really can't bear it. The most important point is that Xichang doesn't have such a large financial capacity now.

It's good to do good deeds, but you should also set standards for yourself based on your own conditions, and don't care too much about other things.

Because there is no standard for doing charity. As long as you do it sincerely, you will get a good deed.

"Then which domestic construction company should we cooperate with?"

"Let's just take China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited. The work they do is guaranteed. The most important thing is that they have people who endorse them, and they are relatively easy to talk to on some issues. This will save us the trouble of having to worry about trivial matters in the future."

CSCEC is a Chinese state-owned construction company founded in 1982. It is now a leading enterprise in the domestic construction field.

In this post-disaster reconstruction work, Xichang really needs to cooperate with such a reputable and guaranteed large company to make people feel at ease.

After explaining these things, he let them go about their business first, while he himself was lazy for a while.

Now that the Winter Solstice is approaching, the Orchid Garden has already begun to move, busy with preparations for the Winter Solstice Hall.

Luo Tao still cares about this matter. He has been a man for two lifetimes, but now he likes these things, and those popular songs in society!You'll get it after listening to it once, but you won't be interested if you listen to it again.

It looks sunny today, but when the cold wind blows on me, guess what?His whole body immediately started to tremble and tremble.

Early morning, including morning and evening, is not a good time to go out. If you want to go out and have fun, you can only go out for a while at noon when the sun is shining.

The street looked very desolate. The passers-by were all wrapped in thick cotton clothes, breathing in the heat, walking or walking in twos and threes, heading south or north.

When I left the courtyard, everything I saw was gray, the blue-gray courtyard walls, the black-gray alleys, the white-gray high-rise buildings... At this moment, all the gray came to my face.

This is the most violent attack on the fragile human eyesight.

Within a few minutes, Luo Tao was defeated by the gray sea of ​​winter in the capital. He had no choice but to lower his head, close his body, wrap himself in a military coat, and walk step by step towards the Orchid Garden.

Ten minutes later, I was breathing heavily, and a mist with the smell of miscellaneous sauce appeared in front of my eyes, and I knocked on the door of Orchid Garden.

"coming!"

When Luo Tao entered the door, he first looked up and down at Lao Zhangtou. After not seeing him for a few days, he had changed.

"Why are you so slow? Did you do something unspeakable without telling me?" He shook the coat on his shoulders first, then walked in, teasing the old man who was closing the door.

In the past two years, Lao Zhangtou has been doing some tricks in Lanyuan without Luo Tao's knowledge. First, he tricked his precious son into learning carpentry with him, and later tricked his own students into doing odd jobs for him.I heard that they also collaborated with Mr. Wang Shixiang and wrote a book on mortise and tenon structure.He doesn't know a lot of Chinese characters, but he writes a book. How can he explain this?

Since it has not been officially written into a book and is still under revision, Luo Tao only heard about its name but did not see its bibliography.

Anyway, in Luo Tao's opinion, this matter was all a big bargain for Lao Zhang, not to mention how many words he knew and the quality of the book, just because he could collaborate with Mr. Wang on a book about traditional mortise and tenon joints. The book on structure, how to get the history of carpentry from now on, must also include his name Zhang Chengyuan.

I have to say that Lao Zhangtou's life is really good. Ever since I met him, Luo Tao, he has been lying flat and at ease. He has nothing to do on weekdays. He studies wood crafting techniques. When he is tired, he goes to Zhengyangmen. Have a drink and hang out.

He can be said to have lived the rest of his life thoroughly.

"Hey! Am I that kind of person?" He was very proud and washed himself first, and then said arrogantly: "What do you want to do today?"

He bent over slightly, put his hands into each other's left and right sleeves, and the feathers of the felt hat on his head were ruffled, like a nest of roosters about to fight.

Luo Tao didn't like him either. "What's the matter? I can't come here because it's okay?" He quickly walked into the main hall.

"Master Jin is not at home?"

He also followed Luo Tao's footsteps and arrived at the door of the main hall, but he had not yet entered.Luo Tao's foot that had just stepped in stepped out again, and the two of them met each other.

I hurriedly dodged and missed the past, afraid that I would bump into him.

Lao Zhangtou didn't take it seriously at all. He pouted in the direction of the wing, and Luo Tao understood.

I went to the wing and said hello to Mr. Jin first.

Sitting around the stove, drinking tea, and taking advantage of the fact that both of them were there, I talked about the hiring thing I had told them before.

"Your wife has already told us about this. I personally don't think it's necessary. We are both in good health now. We can eat and sleep without any problems.

In addition, the Zhang family girl and Yang Qi's boy would stay for a while from time to time, and Shenzhi would also come to stay for two days every weekend. If anything happened in the garden, they would take care of it.

I think this is very good, there is no need to hire anyone. "Master Jin deserves to be from a wealthy family. He thinks clearly and knows how to measure things.

Unlike Mr. Zhang, who is not shy and has no shame, as long as there is something good, he will accept everything without any hesitation.

The old man, Zhang, who was smashing cigarettes on the side, said: "Brother Jin, I think we should hire someone in our garden."

"Don't rush to refute what I say. What I mean is that the two of us don't need to take care of it, but the flowers and plants in this garden need someone to take care of it. Can we two brothers take care of this with our old arms and legs?" "

He pointed at the flowers and plants in the greenhouse next door, "On weekdays, you are still busy visiting Professor Wangfujing's group of apprentices, and I am a person who can't stay still. Once the two of us leave, there will be nothing in this garden. No one left?
If it weren't for Tao Zi's reputation in the capital. "

This old boss always talks about things, why would he put a hat on other people's heads? Besides, wearing a hat is quite tiring.

How come our dignified businessman looks like a gangster?

Old Boss Zhang ignored Luo Tao's glance, "Besides, it's a good thing that the current bunch of Buddhas don't recognize those furniture and antiques..."

After what he said, it really seemed like that.

Holding the purple clay pot, Mr. Jin lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand what Lao Zhang said, so I'll have to worry about you two more."

"As long as you agree, let Zhu Lin do the work after the New Year."

We have been talking about hiring someone for several months, but we still haven't found the right one yet. The main reason is that Zhu Lin is too picky. The following conditions must be met when selecting someone.

[-]. Gender female.

20. The age must be between 35 and [-] years old.

[-]. You must be able to do laundry and cooking.

[-]. The education level should preferably be junior high school, and the minimum should be literate and able to read newspapers.

Among these four items, there is an important note (it is best to speak Mandarin).

Since Sister He and Ermei came to the family, the whole family was originally from the capital, but now they all speak with a little bit of Yuzhou flavor.

Especially the two little guys, they are young and fast at elementary school, and from time to time the words "center" and "control" will come out of their mouths.

Those who didn't know thought their family was from Yuzhou.

Zhu Lin deeply understood the charm of this local dialect, so this time he especially emphasized this point when choosing to hire people.

Let’s count this as five!The first article alone removed nearly one-half of the country's population.

The age of the second article, which again brushes off two-thirds in one-half.

It's not difficult to do laundry and build a house. There are not many people in Half the Sky who can't do it. Even those rich ladies know how to cook.

This is the limitation of the times, which allows women to learn many life skills, and at the same time, it also breeds machismo in men.

The most important thing is academic qualifications. Is this a thing in the 21st century?Of course not. In an era when a bachelor's degree is everywhere and a junior college degree is worse than stealing, the academic class of junior high school students is at the bottom of all walks of life.

Among ten people, a brick can kill eleven of them, and the extra one is a graduate student.

But it is completely different in this era. In some remote areas, junior high school students are equivalent to intellectuals.

They can teach, practice medicine, and pursue official careers.

From this we can see how important the nine-year compulsory education is to the education of our country, and these are all real achievements made on the road of opening up the wisdom of the people.

Unlike the "peaceful" country that someone often praises, their education is free, and even the tuition for college is very low. If you just listen to it, you will feel that this is too much.

But for such a beautiful thing, people with intelligence just can’t help but think more about it.

After 70 years, looking back, they are still walking their own path of illiteracy.

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