In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 596 Argument!

"Hehe, Comrade Yang, who says you can't set up recruitment booths outside the grain depot? We're not bothering you at all." Yu Dawei, with an air of nonchalance, reached out and pushed Yang Jianjun aside, then pointed to the gate and said, "Take a good look. This road in front of the grain depot is so wide. We set up our booth in front of the grove of trees."

“It doesn’t affect your passage or delay your business, so why can’t you set up your stall? I’m completely convinced by what you’re saying.” Yu Dawei crossed his arms and glanced sideways at Yang Jianjun.

"You, you..." Yang Jianjun was so angry that he couldn't utter a word for a long time. Finally catching his breath, he glared at Yu Dawei and the others with resentment. "Fine! You're not moving out, are you? Just wait, someone will make you leave!"

Seeing that he couldn't do anything about these people, Yang Jianjun turned around and went to the grain depot office. He then called the town leaders, explaining that the nature of the matter was extremely serious—it was a public abduction!

Just ten minutes later, after Lao Yang hung up the phone, he slumped into his chair, staring blankly at the red phone on the table.

The leader actually turned around and scolded him, and even supported Yu Dawei and the others? Why? Yang Jianjun was completely baffled.

He asked himself why he had worked so hard for the grain depot and lost sleep over his brothers every night, yet all he received in return was indifference from his superiors.

Was it really because I made too many demands on Dajia? But both factories said they had money!

While Yang Jianjun was reflecting on his actions, a bustling scene was already underway at the entrance of the grain depot.

As more and more people came to work, almost everyone who saw Yu Dawei and his group would come over to ask about the recruitment, and then take the application form. Except for a few people who were on leave or those who were on temporary assignments, most people at the grain depot took the application form.

This surprised Yu Dawei and his two companions. If things continued at this pace, their recruitment would probably be completed in less than three days.

Of course, taking the application form and filling it out only means that these people have the idea of ​​going to work, but whether they can actually bear to give up their current job at the grain depot is still hard to say.

"Do you think Old Yang has run out of ideas since he hasn't come out for so long?" The people outside had mostly left. Boss Liang sat on a stool, unscrewing his thermos as he joked with the two people next to him.

"Who cares? Since he's so heartless, don't blame us for being ruthless too." Duan Dahai was marking some completed application forms with a carbon pen, making a simple analysis of the person based on their education, age, home address, and work experience.

"Hehe, this old guy definitely won't just sit here and wait to die. He can't get anyone from the leadership, so he'll probably have to find a way from the employees." Yu Dawei sat inside the tent. The wind was strong, occasionally blowing a corner of the canvas tent, making his calves feel a little uncomfortable.

Yu Dawei underestimated the temperature of minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius. He planned to go back in the afternoon to set up a stove and some steel pipes to fix the corners of the canvas shed.

Yu Dawei's unintentional remark turned out to be spot on. After realizing that he couldn't rely on the leadership, Yang Jianjun gathered all the workers in the conference room for a meeting and made it clear that the grain depot was still operating and was not going to close down at any time as rumored outside.

I also hope that no one will write any application forms. If anyone is found to have any contact with Yu Dawei or others outside, they will be given a major demerit immediately.

Everyone outwardly agreed readily, but they all knew perfectly well what was going on with the grain depot after so long without pay. Anyone with a little common sense could figure out the real situation.

Some people, before even finishing their workday at noon, took advantage of Yang Jianjun's inattention and ran over to Yu Dawei and his group, handing over their application forms to Yu Dawei and his friends.

Others secretly handed the application forms to the three men during their lunch break, and then kindly explained Yang Jianjun's regulations, which could be considered a way of returning the favor.

However, no matter what Yang Jianjun did, Yu Dawei and his group remained calm and collected, not taking Yang Jianjun seriously at all. Their actions were a blatant scheme. Whether you liked it or not, even if they couldn't recruit enough workers in three days, Yu Dawei and his group would no longer help the grain depot with temporary workers.

As for where the more than one hundred people at the grain depot will find a way to make a living, that's not something Yu Dawei and his group should worry about.

Therefore, the three of them were almost certain that Yang Jianjun was even more anxious than they were. He now only had two choices: either obediently admit his mistake, or Yu Dawei might be more magnanimous and take the initiative to bring more workers to the factory.

Otherwise, they could wait until the last day and come to Yu Dawei and the other two to renegotiate with them. However, by then, Yu Dawei, Duan Dahai, and the other two might not be in the mood for that.

The three still hoped that Lao Yang could see the situation clearly and not let his saintly heart get the better of him. He should consider everyone in the grain depot, because he couldn't possibly take care of them all!

By noon, some workers indeed didn't dare to take their application forms to the recruitment area. Some, knowing the stakes involved, didn't even dare to reach for the application forms.

Yu Dawei didn't care about any of that. Around noon, he first drove back to the factory, got some food from there, and then took a few useless steel pipes and wires.

The three of them first re-secured the canvas tent, fixing it with wire on all three sides and then weighing it down with a lot of bricks. Only after they could no longer feel the cold wind did the three of them sit down in the tent to eat.

"By the way, Dawei, not long after you left, several leaders from the town came here," Duan Dawei said while eating.

"How so?" Yu Dawei asked curiously.

“The leaders went to discuss it with Yang Jianjun, but the result was not very satisfactory. The leaders repeated the conditions that Yang Jianjun had mentioned a couple of days ago to us, and we definitely did not agree to them,” Duan Dahai said.

"Exactly! Only a fool would agree to that. He knows perfectly well how his grain depot went wrong." Boss Liang took a bite of rice and couldn't help but chime in.

"Anyway, we've already explained our actual situation very clearly. After three days, the three of us will have completed our mission. Whether the grain depot survives or dies will have nothing to do with us," Duan Dahai added.

Yu Dawei nodded in agreement: "That makes sense. If I can't poach Accountant Yang, I won't put all my eggs in one basket. I can always find an accountant from the county to work at the factory first."

Once the three of them made up their minds, they completely relaxed, treating the recruitment process as a camping trip.

Yu Dawei left directly in the afternoon. After returning to Fanfan Repair Shop, he began to study the hearth. The hearth is actually very simple in structure. Although he had never used one in his previous life, he had seen it occasionally while watching videos. It has a container at the bottom, and there are no strict requirements, whether it is made of iron or pottery, as long as it can hold charcoal.

Then you put a wire mesh on top, and put cups, teapots, and other things on it. Of course, you can also put some food on the wire mesh, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, oranges, chestnuts, etc.

After Yu Dawei had a rough idea of ​​the shape of the hearth in his mind, he began to make preparations. First, he looked for earthenware jars or basins. The factory didn't have these, but Old Man Yang next door had them!
His wife loves growing flowers and has many terracotta pots, some of which have been used and some that are sitting unused in a corner.

Especially those broken and useless items, which were piled up like garbage, no one knows what the old lady was trying to do, but she just couldn't bear to throw them away.

Yu Dawei was particularly impressed by this. After he found Old Yang's wife and explained his purpose, the old lady seemed to have found a kindred spirit and pulled Yu Dawei toward the place where the flower pots were.

"These flowerpots, I found them all over the village. Some of them look nice, and even though they're broken, I can't bear to throw them away. Take any you like, don't be shy." The old lady had a bad back and was hunched over, so she swayed from side to side as she walked, as if that was the only way she could feel more comfortable.

"I'll just take one. I'll bring you two nice flowerpots when I go to the city later." Yu Dawei didn't want the old lady to suffer a loss, so he promised her something first.

"Oh dear, what's the point of wasting money! You're so concerned about a broken flowerpot. When your cook, Mr. Ji, makes something delicious, he always remembers to save some for us old folks. What's that flowerpot? You can take them all without a care." The old lady refused righteously and began to rummage through the various ceramic jars in the corner.

The old man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Yang, got along very well, probably because they met while buying sheep. He would occasionally come over to Mr. Yang's place for drinks, and sometimes he would bring some of the good dishes he cooked for lunch to Mr. and Mrs. Yang.

Originally, Old Yang's youngest son also raised sheep with him, but at noon, his wife went to work, and the youngest son also went out to do some odd jobs, leaving only the old couple.

Old Ji had spoken to Yu Dawei about this matter, it seems it was about a year ago.

Yu Dawei didn't pay much attention at the time, but he didn't expect that this friendship would develop like this. No wonder Yu Dawei felt that when Old Man Yang sold him sheep, he always picked the best and fattest ones.

The relationship has really taken off, which is great. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative, after all.

"Come on! Xiaoyu, what do you think of this?" The old lady pulled out a flowerpot from the corner. It was about the size of an enamel basin and about 20 centimeters deep.

Yu Dawei took a liking to it at first sight, thanked the old lady profusely, and then took the basin away.

With the ceramic basin ready, Yu Dawei went directly to a scrap metal recycling station and found a square piece of wire mesh about one meter in size. He then cut a circle out of it with scissors and placed it on top of the ceramic basin, which fit perfectly.

Finally, there's charcoal and tea-drinking utensils.

Yu Dawei went to his small room in the factory and took some of the white tea he had gotten from Xiao Bai years ago. Since there wasn't much left, he didn't take more. The rest was a can of Jin Jun Mei black tea that he took out from the cabinet.

This tea was stolen from my second uncle's office. Although there is a special tea table in my second uncle's office, he hardly drinks tea when there are no guests. The cabinets in the entire office are piled with tea leaves.

Yu Dawei was doing a good deed by helping his second uncle digest some food, so it wouldn't take up space.

Besides tea, Yu Dawei also bought sweet potatoes, charcoal, oranges, and a ceramic teapot. Yu Dawei didn't have one, but someone else did! He drove directly to Boss Liang's company and took a dusty set of ceramic teaware from the office.

I also grabbed a kettle that was about six inches in size.

After finishing all that, Yu Dawei returned to the entrance of the grain depot. Under the curious gazes of Duan Dahai and Boss Liang, Yu Dawei began to light charcoal, set up the teapot, and boil water...

The three of them changed their positions, from sitting at the table to sitting around the stove, looking at the sweet potatoes and potatoes roasting on it. Boss Liang, who had already eaten, was a little hungry again.

"This is going to drive Old Yang crazy, hahaha." Boss Liang was getting happier and happier as he thought about it. He couldn't help but reach out and touch the potato. It was very hot, but not cooked.

"It'll take a while to roast, don't rush." ​​Yu Dawei sat down after finishing his work, glanced at the grain depot and smiled, "It won't be long before I can't sit still anymore."

"Why? Is it just because we installed a stove?" Boss Liang asked, puzzled.

“No.” Yu Dawei shook his head. “It’s because the leaders have connections. The workers aren’t stupid. How could they not see that we haven’t reached an agreement with Yang Jianjun? Someone must be getting anxious right now.”

Just as the three were talking, someone in the office raised a question in front of Yang Jianjun.

"Old Yang, tell us the truth, are you not planning to let us leave? Are you just letting me stay here so you can maintain your high and mighty authority?" The speaker was the captain of the second team, responsible for collecting grain in the direction of Minquan Village in Luhe.

He usually has a fiery temper, and seeing that Yang Jianjun had not reached an agreement with Yu Dawei, he became a little anxious.

He actually wanted to work under Yu Dawei. He had learned car repair when he was young, and although his skills had become rusty after many years, he could still become a mechanic if he started over.

Especially after hearing that the repairmen at Yu Dawei's place only make a pittance a month, he really couldn't sit still. He originally planned to secretly send the application form to Boss Yu at noon today, but Liu Liguo, that troublemaker, actually reported him!

As a result, Yang Jianjun took the application form from his hand. Now he really couldn't sit still. After thinking it over, he realized that the grain depot was about to go under anyway, so he didn't have to put up with Yang Jianjun's attitude anymore!
He's standing right in front of Yang Jianjun today, determined to get an explanation!

"Zhao Hu! How dare you talk like that! Old Yang has been losing sleep over our affairs, and taking your application form was for everyone's sake!" Liu Liguo, seeing that Zhao Hu was trying to cause trouble, was the first to stand up and defend Old Yang's authority.

(End of this chapter)