I looked further upstream. About five or six hundred meters up, the river suddenly turned sharply to the right. From this, it was inferred that the upstream water flow was suddenly blocked at the sharp turn, causing the flow rate to drop rapidly, causing a large amount of sand and stones carried from the upstream to quickly settle at the turn. Over the years, it formed the river bank on the left side of the riverbed. There was no boundary between the riverbank and the river on the right. The rainy season had long passed, and the water flow in the river was not large. The deepest part of the river was no more than one meter. One could clearly see the stones of different sizes at the bottom of the river. In fact, this river bank was also a riverbed, so there was no embankment built on this section of the river bank. The river bank naturally rose along with the terrain and connected to the hillside. At the foot of the hillside was a natural village. There were more than ten farmhouses scattered along the higher slope of the mountain. In front of these houses, there was a small path that extended to the bridgehead where we parked. This path could be considered a river embankment. Below the path were some farmlands that had been dug out from the high ground of the river bank. The river bank and the width of the riverbed made the entire section of the river course look like a bulging section due to intestinal obstruction. When the bulging section reached the bridge hole, it was suddenly constricted like a bag. It was estimated that during the rainy season every year, the river bank and the farmlands on the river bank would be submerged under the river. Judging from the bulldozers and trucks working there, they were going to raise the river bank. To raise such a low riverbank to a height that was higher than the flood all year round, the amount of earthworks required would not be small. Besides, choosing this place to build a market did not seem like an auspicious place. Using this river bank was probably a last resort. It was almost impossible to find an idle flat land in this four-sided mountain. However, when I saw this construction site, I was still secretly happy. After all, this was a real project. It was clearly a real estate project.
The people at the construction site probably saw us standing on the bridge and waved at us from afar. "They saw us. It's Sha and the others.”Hua said excitedly. When I heard Hua say that it was our people who waved, I raised my hand and waved at them. Immediately, three people ran towards the bridgehead. When I was a few dozen meters away, I saw that the one running in front was the retired soldier, Xiao Qiu. Behind him was a young man I didn't know. The one at the back was the tall and fat Sha. Seeing that he really couldn't run, he ran two steps and then walked two steps. The three of them ran up to us one after another. Perhaps they had been outside for a long time and were especially happy to see someone in the company. Sha panted as he said excitedly to President Hua," Yesterday afternoon, we received a call from you saying that you were coming here. We were all very excited and looked forward to your arrival. Today, we kept looking at the bridge at the construction site, afraid that you would cross the bridge without seeing us.”"How can I? I know you will be waiting at the construction site. So I called the car to stop as soon as I got on the bridge.”Hua said excitedly. "President Hua, you're here to stay for a few days before leaving, right?”Sha asked. "I'll go back tomorrow morning. President Niu will stay here." Hua replied. Sha turned to me and said," Welcome, President Niu. I almost know about your situation. President Hua kept talking about you on the phone.”I quickly reached out and held Sha's hand tightly. Sha also held my hand tightly. From the strength of the handshake, I felt that Sha was a kind person. While I was talking to Sha, Hua also turned to the young man I didn't know." How is it, Lil Tang? Are you used to it here?" "Thank you, President Hua. However, life was still tough.”the one called Lil Tang replied. "Hang in there. When this project earns money, everything will be fine.”Hua encouraged Lil Tang, and Lil Tang nodded. Perhaps because Xiao Qiu had only been in the company for a short time, Hua did not have a deep impression of Xiao Qiu. For a moment, he could not call out Xiao Qiu's name. He only nodded at Xiao Qiu and did not ask further. Xiao Qiu stood there awkwardly. After some small talk, President Hua got into the car first and called Sha." Call Lil Tang and the others to have dinner together."”Sha didn't hear the word " they " and thought that only Lil Tang would go with them. He said to Lil Tang," Lil Tang, come with us for dinner." "Little Qiu, you should solve your own problem of eating tonight." Little Qiu's face turned red as he turned around and left. Hua Yi saw that Xiao Qiu was about to leave and asked Sha," Why did he leave? Get in the car!" "I thought only Lil Tang would follow.”Sha called Xiao Qiu back. However, Xiao Qiu went down the bridge and headed to the construction site without looking back. Sha said to me," Xiao Qiu might be angry.”Hua said," Oh, Xiao Qiu, I didn't remember just now, so I didn't call him. He got angry. Was he usually this bad-tempered?”"Not usually. Perhaps he had been waiting for you all day, but you didn't say anything to him when you came. He might really be angry. People who have been soldiers are serious." said Sand, trying to smooth things over. I asked Sha," If this place isn't far from the restaurant, let President Hua's car leave first. I'll go with you and ask Xiao Qiu to walk over. I can also ask about the situation here."”Sha replied," Not far, not far. After crossing the bridge and walking for 500 to 600 meters, it was the hotel.”President Hua nodded in the car and said," That's fine too. Call Xiao Qiu over quickly." After dinner, we still have something to discuss with the partners here.”
Xiao Qiu didn't go far. He walked away in a fit of pique. In fact, he really wanted to eat with everyone. I asked Sha what he thought of Xiao Qiu. Sha said,"He's a motivated person who wants to be respected. He used to be a squad leader in the army and has a certain level of work ability. He is more capable than a university student who has just graduated. He is also competitive and likes to show his face. I have some things that I can't show up for here and I ask him to fight with the partners. He even settled them. His weakness was that he was a little narrow-minded and could not bear to be wronged. He was like a child and needed to be coaxed more.”After talking about Xiao Qiu, I asked about the current situation at the construction site. Sha said,"The project contracts have been signed separately. The contract requires the contractor to pay 30% first. We will pay after 30%. However, the number of subcontracts has already exceeded 30%. The contractor refused to pay any more. He came to our partners and asked for the project funds. The partners said that they should not look for them if they wanted the project funds. They wanted them to come to us directly. I had no choice but to call President Hua. President Hua kept saying not to worry, the money would be transferred.”Sha suddenly asked me,"What's your relationship with the chairman? President Hua said on the phone that you're also a director of the company.”I was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer Sha. Hua never told me his intentions in this regard. Since he told Sha that I was a director of the company, he must have some intentions. I couldn't deny it casually. Seeing that I didn't say anything, Sha tactfully stopped this topic and didn't ask any more questions.
When he reached the construction site, he saw Xiao Qiu sitting on a pile of stones and wiping his tears. Sha went up to him and called out," Xiao Qiu, the boss specially came to ask you to eat with him. President Hua is waiting there. Let's go." Xiao Qiu said angrily," I'm not going. You were going to call me, so why did you come to me?”I went up to help Sha and said," I'm here to ask you to go with me. Don't be angry. Let's go."”Xiao Qiu complained as he wiped his tears." Old Sha, the secretary, will remember me. I won't be able to get a share of the meal…" I bent down and pulled Xiao Qiu up." Alright, stop being childish." Old Sha was just praising you for being capable. Now you're blaming him." He didn't continue to be stubborn and stood up with my help. Sha also joked with him," Little Qiu, you're too petty. You're so angry over such a small matter.”"All of you are going to eat, but I'm not going alone. If I didn't call you, would you be angry?”Little Qiu's words were reasonable. People needed face, and trees needed bark. Face was very important. Moreover, Little Qiu was once a squad leader in the army. How could he be humiliated here?
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