Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

Chapter 321: Dung Cart Blocking the Door

The two of them were angrily going to the guesthouse to find Long Xu.

As soon as they reached the gate, they were greeted by a large iron lock.

The door of the guesthouse was not open at all, so they couldn't go in to see what was going on.

"It must be that guy surnamed Long who did this. He cut off our water and electricity just to force us to move out!"

Xia Ming was furious.

Without water or electricity, he could only give customers dry haircuts and couldn't even wash their hair.

"That guy is so cunning! With what he did, we can't make any cakes anymore. He's just trying to destroy our livelihood!"

"No, we can't just give in like this. At worst, we can fetch water from somewhere else. I don't believe he can hide from us forever and never open this door!" Xia Mingdao.

"Ah... this is all I can do for now."

The two had no choice but to leave.

Little did he know that Long Xu was in the office upstairs, standing at the window and looking down at him.

He was the one who locked the main door. After locking the door, Long Xu returned to the office upstairs through the back door of the back yard.

"Let's see how long you can hold on~!"

Long Xu turned back to his desk, picked up the phone and dialed a number.

An hour later, a blue sewage truck slowly drove to the front of the building and stopped exactly two meters away from the door of the pastry shop.

After getting off the car, the two workers opened a sewage manhole cover and built a temporary fence next to the manhole cover.

The foul smell was carried everywhere by the wind and could make people fall down even from more than ten meters away.

“This stinks!”

"Hurry up... hurry up, they're pumping manure over there, let's go around it."

"Not buying mung bean cakes anymore?"

"Why buy this? Any cake will smell like shit once it smells like shit. Let's go buy it somewhere else."

On the street, pedestrians who were originally walking towards this side were suddenly so irritated by the pungent stench that they all hid away.

Even customers who were originally planning to come and buy things were scared away and went elsewhere to buy their things.

After setting up the fence, the two workers locked the car door and then left together. They had no intention of continuing to work and soon disappeared without a trace.

"What's that smell? It's so stinky."

The smell drifted into the shop, forcing the shop assistants inside to come out and check, holding their noses.

"Why is the sewage truck parked there?"

Xia Ming carried two buckets of water and staggered across the intersection.

As soon as I turned the corner, I smelled a terrible stench.

When I looked up, I saw a blue sewage truck parked not far from the door of my shop. There was no one in front of the truck. It was the source of the stench.

Xia Ming hurriedly took two steps and carried the water he had finally brought back into the house, then hurried out to check the condition of the manure cart.

It’s not uncommon for manure trucks to come here to do work before.

But this is the first time that someone disappears in the middle of a job, as happened today.

Xia Ming covered his nose with one hand and walked around the manure cart but didn't see any workers.

"Master Xia."

The owner of the pastry shop also ran out of the shop at this time. Seeing Xia Ming, he hurriedly said: "I've looked everywhere, but there's no one! This manure truck just came by, and no one paid attention. As a result, the two workers left halfway through. How can we do business if it stinks so badly?"

Xia Ming also had a gloomy look on his face, and couldn't help but look up at the upstairs.

"Master Xia, you don't think that this sewage truck was also ordered by that guy named Long, right?"

"What if it is?" Xia Ming asked in a low voice.

"He's such a scoundrel. He can come up with such a dirty trick!" The pastry shop owner was very angry.

"Ah...I underestimated him. I was afraid he had even more vicious tricks up his sleeve."

At the corner of the street, in a restaurant, the two sewage workers who had just left were sitting in a private room, drinking wine happily, with a table full of delicious food on the table.

"Brothers, I've reserved this room for the whole day. You can eat and drink as much as you want. If you feel tired, you can sleep here. For dinner, please feel free to order whatever you want. Here are also two packs of cigarettes. Feel free to smoke."

Long Xu took out two ginseng cigarettes from his armpit and immediately gave them to the two of them.

"How can you say that?"

"Alright, since you, Manager Long, think highly of us, we won't be polite. Don't worry about what you want to do. Starting tomorrow, that septic tank truck will be stationed there. I guarantee it won't move even a centimeter."

Hearing this, Long Xu chuckled, "That's great! As long as the car is parked there for a day, you two can use this box as you please. Food and drinks will be on my account. After this is over, I'll have an extra gift! I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

"Manager Long is so generous!"

"We two brothers offer a toast to Manager Long!"

Long Xu didn't mind the smell of the two men at all. He picked up his wine glass and clinked it with each of them, then drank it all in one gulp.

"Come on...eat some food."

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The next morning, Li Youcai took a bus to Taihe City.

Under the guidance of Wang Qiang, they went to the design institute and saw the preliminary draft of the design.

After two days, this first draft became more complete.

After listening to the designer’s introduction, Li Youcai also thought that the design was pretty good.

"Well, I have two more requests."

"The first one is the stairwell. The stairs on the school side can be used to enter and exit from the mall. The stairs on the other side should not lead to the first floor. Another stairwell should be built on the outside of the second floor to completely separate it from the mall."

"Secondly, the main entrance has been redesigned, the rain shield has been enlarged, and two Roman columns have been built."

"This isn't difficult. I can just make some modifications based on the original."

The designer quickly understood what Li Youcai meant and made a note of it in his notebook.

Seeing that Li Youcai was also very satisfied with the design, the marketing manager smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you have also seen the design draft. If you are satisfied, then the next step is to produce the construction drawings and make a budget. Our design institute can also contact the construction team."

I have also finished reading the design draft.

Naturally, they had to talk about money at the end. Wang Qiang had already agreed on the design fee with them before, so there was no need to discuss it again at this moment.

"If we can finalize it, we can move forward with the work. As for the design fee, what do you think..."

Li Youcai smiled and said, "Money is no problem. We will settle the project payment according to the progress of the construction period according to the rules. I can pay half of your fees first, and the balance will be settled in full after the final acceptance."

"Okay, let's do as Mr. Li says. As for the project supervisor, please rest assured, Mr. Li, our supervisor will absolutely do his job conscientiously."

The marketing manager was also very happy to see Li Youcai so happy.

"Then it's settled. Once your construction drawings are ready, I'll have someone send you the money right away."

"Okay, we'll do it as soon as possible."