Chen Dajiang looked at me in surprise and said, "Boss, you are not going to tell me that you are in charge of developing our projects here, are you?"
"No, I just want to ask you."
"Oh, that's no problem. I know about this, but there's no point in it." Chen Dajiang curled his lips and shook his head.
"What's going on? The environment and conditions here are so bad, isn't it good for development?"
"Of course development is good, but what do you think it says? Let's move to a county farther away from the city. Although we are in the urban-rural fringe area, we still have a registered residence in the city after all! And most of the people living here
They are all old people, who wants to move?"
After Chen Dajiang finished speaking, he suddenly frowned and took a breath and said, "No, I think I have seen the person who was with you just now. He is the government official who came to make the announcement last time."
Chen Dajiang seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said in surprise: "Boss, you are not really fooled into taking this project, are you? Don't take it! Otherwise you won't know how you will die by then."
"is it so serious?"
Chen Dajiang sneered and said: "It's more serious than what I said. We have a family here that we can't offend. They said that if anyone dares to touch a brick here, their arms and legs will be removed. They didn't scare you, so you have nothing to do with it."
Don’t ever wade into this muddy water.”
I nodded and stopped talking about it.
Chen Dajiang said to me enthusiastically: "Boss, you are here. Come to my house and sit for a while."
"Don't bother me?"
"Why are you bothering me? I'm alone at home."
I nodded and said, "That's okay."
I followed Chen Dajiang through several narrow alleys and came to a private house. Chen Dajiang pointed at the shabby little house in front of me and said to me: "Boss, we're here."
"Is this your home?"
This really surprised me. It was more like a pigsty than a house.
Really, I'm not exaggerating.
The house in front of me looks like it could be blown down by the wind, just like a self-built house in the 1960s and 1970s.
Chen Dajiang chuckled and said: "It's a little broken, but at least it can be lived in, so you don't have to rent a house outside."
That's true, although this is a suburb, it's not far from the city, and it only takes less than an hour's drive back and forth.
While I was talking to Chen Dajiang, a female voice suddenly came from the room: "Brother, are you back?"
Then I saw a young girl running out of the house.
The girl is wearing a pink sweatshirt, a pair of tight jeans, and a pair of white shoes. She looks very youthful.
"Why are you back?" Chen Dajiang looked at the girl in front of him and asked in surprise.
The girl replied with a smile: "School is on holiday today, Friday. I thought I would come back to help you clean up if I had nothing to do."
After the girl finished speaking, she looked at me and asked, "Brother, who is this?"
Chen Dajiang replied: "This is my boss."
"Boss?" the girl said with a surprised look on her face, "Brother, have you found a job?"
Chen Dajiang nodded and said proudly: "You know Yuanfeng Group, right? Your brother and I are now a white-collar worker."
"Really?" the girl said very excitedly, "Yuanfeng Group is a big company! Brother, how did you get in?"
Chen Dajiang glanced at me, and then I smiled and said, "Your brother is very capable. We recruited him into the company out of the ordinary."
Chen Dajiang smiled and said, "Did you hear that? Your brother and I have a lot of abilities, so you should stop working in that restaurant in the future and study hard."
The girl looked very happy and hurried back to the house to get two chairs, put them outside in the yard and said to me: "Boss, please sit down."
"Don't be so polite, I'll just stand there for a moment." I said.
Chen Dajiang took the conversation and said to me: "Boss, let me introduce to you. This is my sister Chen Miao, who is now studying at Normal University."
I smiled at Chen Miao as a greeting, and Chen Miao quickly said: "Brother, then I'll go cook while you guys chat first."
"Go ahead and cook that piece of bacon." Chen Dajiang said.
"Okay." Chen Miao responded and went back to work.
Chen Dajiang turned to me and said, "Boss, you can have dinner at my house tonight."
"Don't bother, I'll have to go back later."
"It's just a meal, no trouble."
I smiled and asked her again: "Are you and your sister the only two people in your family?"
Chen Dajiang nodded and said: "My parents have passed away, and my sister is not my biological sister, but I have always regarded her as my biological sister."
I just chatted word by word with Chen Dajiang, and I found that he is a very optimistic person. Even if his life is very unsatisfactory and the conditions are very poor, he is still very optimistic.
For such a person, no wonder he has such a powerful mouth. I found that anyone who is optimistic seems to be quite eloquent.
For example, Gao Sheng is an optimist and lives heartlessly, as long as he can live a decent life.
Chen Dajiang is also such a person, even more tolerant than Gao Sheng.
That night Chen Dajiang insisted on keeping me at home for dinner, and I couldn't shirk it, so I had no choice but to stay.
For dinner, I had a plate of fried bacon, a tomato and egg soup, a green pepper and potato shreds, and a plate of peanuts.
Although it is not a rich meal, I can see that this is the best way for their family to receive it.
This family is really poor, I can't even see any decent household appliances.
In fact, I'm quite curious. If you say that Chen Dajiang is absolutely capable, he has been out of society so early. Even if he doesn't have a stable job, he has saved a lot of money, but why is he still so ruined?
Of course, he didn't want to talk about these things himself, and I didn't ask any more questions.
After finishing the meal, I stayed for a while. It was not until it was getting dark that I planned to leave.
Chen Dajiang sent me to the main road outside, and asked me: "Boss, didn't you drive here?"
"No, I came in someone else's car in the afternoon."
"Then you should be assigned a driver. It's not easy to take taxis here. The only way is to call online taxis."
"It's okay. You can go back first. I'll call a ride-hailing service myself."
"Well, boss, please walk slowly."
"You must come to the company tomorrow!" I reminded him.
"I'll definitely come, don't worry."
After Chen Dajiang returned, I took out my mobile phone and called an online taxi, but because it was so far away, there was no response for a long time.
Only then did I realize the importance of having a driver. I must find a driver later.
I took a look at the ride-hailing information on my phone and was still looking for the driver. It had been three minutes.
Should I ask An Lan to come here to pick me up?
At this moment, a van suddenly drove up in front of me and stopped.
The car door opened with a clang, and four or five men holding steel pipes jumped out of the car.
I was so frightened that I instinctively took a step back, but they were not coming for me. After passing by me, they walked in from the alley.
I turned my head and looked in the direction of this group of people. Something was wrong. They seemed to be heading towards Chen Dajiang's house.