The day after Zhong Gaoyi returned to the East District, Gu Mingchi called to say hello:
"Boss Su is quite good at winning people over. Not to mention Doctor Zhong, even the transport workers I sent to your place came back saying you are beautiful and kind-hearted."
Su Tao was busy feeding the furry child:
"Boss Gu, if you have something to say, just say it. If you just suspect I'm trying to steal your girl, then let's end this call. She's yours, and if she runs away, it's your fault. Don't put the blame on me."
Gu Mingchi's voice was cold:
"Su Tao, I don't care what you think, but I hope you won't cross the line and maintain a friendly cooperative relationship. This way, I can still have water to use, and you can still seek medical treatment. What do you think?"
Su Tao immediately stopped what she was doing:
"Are you threatening me? I only gave Zhong Gaoyi reasonable treatment and didn't really want to use this to pry him away from you. If I really wanted to do that, I would have taken care of all his food, clothing, housing and transportation, and even given him more treatment and rights that you couldn't give him, but I didn't do that."
"Gu Mingchi, please don't use your narrow-mindedness to speculate on my thoughts. Even if I want talent, I will recruit it through fair and honest channels. If you are really afraid that people will run away, then let's terminate the cooperation now and don't let Dr. Zhong come. This is more effective than threatening me and hinting at me. It will solve the problem once and for all!"
After saying that, she hung up the phone.
Gu Mingchi asked Zhong Gaoyi beside him with a gloomy face:
"During the past few days you've been in Taoyang, didn't Su Tao promise you any benefits?"
Zhong Gaoyi really wanted to swear to the heavens: "Aside from the same daily living treatment as other employees, there are no other benefits or promises. She never even spoke to me individually, always telling me to talk to her manager if I had any questions."
Gu Mingchi's expression softened a bit, and he snorted coldly: "She didn't lie to me."
Thinking back to her words of self-explanation just now, I felt even more awkward. I really had wronged her.
Zhong Gaoyi knew that he was very possessive. Even if he didn't want the people and things that belonged to him, he would not allow others to touch them.
Seeing that his mood had improved, he cleverly added:
"I must have done something wrong, causing you and Boss Su to misunderstand me. Next time I go to Taoyang, I will apologize to Boss Su."
It wasn't his apology, it was an apology on behalf of his boss who had wrongly blamed Su Tao.
When Gu Mingchi heard this, he felt relieved and very satisfied:
"He should apologize." As long as it wasn't him who apologized.
When they arrived at the office, Zhuang Wan saw that Su Tao looked unhappy, so she asked what was wrong.
Su Tao briefly recounted what had just happened, and did not forget to complain:
"Gu is really petty. He's like a rat, always staring at his little piece of land, afraid that someone will come and get involved."
Zhuang Wan hesitated for a moment and asked worriedly:
"Will Dr. Zhong not be able to come later?"
Su Tao said: "As long as Gu Mingchi is not mentally retarded, he will let Dr. Zhong come."
Zhuang Wan sighed, "I almost thought Dr. Zhong was one of ours. Everyone likes him, especially Chenxi. I've never seen her so clingy to anyone."
Su Tao was more open-minded: "Anyway, he was ours for the five days he was here."
In the afternoon, Zhuang Wan went to receive the last batch of tenants, while Su Tao planned to ask Guan Zining to drive her to the farm to buy some meat.
When he went out, he ran into a couple from the Grain Administration Bureau. They were extremely upset when they saw Guan Zining. The woman glared at Guan Zining fiercely and walked away.
Su Tao was confused and asked Guan Zining: "Do you have a grudge?"
Guan Zining was filled with disgust: "I reported their dirty and messy lifestyle directly to their direct superiors, but I didn't expect that these two were actually related to the director of the Grain Administration Bureau."
Su Tao opened her eyes wide: "So they are still working for the Grain Administration?"
Guan Zining nodded unconvincedly, "It's still going on. The director even went around and around to find Major General Shi and hinted that I was meddling in other people's business, but Major General Shi just rebuked me. This matter is still dragging on and there's no conclusion. Anyway, I have a grudge against them both."
Su Tao had no right to interfere in Dongyang's affairs, so he didn't say much.
Guan Zining became angrier the more he thought about it:
"It's disgusting. You don't know. I observed that woman Ma Ying. Her fingernails were full of dirt. They were about to put their hands into the rice bag to take samples for inspection. That's fine, but this couple hasn't changed their clothes for a whole month. It's so hot outside now—"
Su Tao quickly stopped her: "Stop talking." No wonder the two of them brought a sour smell when they walked over just now!
It’s hard to imagine that such dirty people are in charge of food. Will Dongyang’s family still be able to eat it if they know about it?
Anyway, Guan Zining couldn't eat. She hadn't gone to collect the food and oil benefits from the Pioneer Army recently, and all her food and drink was in Taoyang.
After a trip to the farm, Su Tao spent 500 contribution points and brought back two spare ribs, a tenderloin, and two kilograms of animal offal, which totaled less than eight kilograms.
She felt distressed: "The price of meat has increased so rapidly. I just heard Grandma Cen say a while ago that a pound of pork was only 20 contribution points. How many times has it increased now?"
Guan Zining said: "The benefits are not good. Livestock are prone to disease in hot weather, and the piglet survival rate is not high."
On the way back, Su Tao was sweating in the car, so she asked Guan Zining to turn on the car air conditioner.
Guan Zining rejected her: "Although the car is yours, I still want to remind you that turning on the air conditioner consumes too much fuel. Gas is hard to buy now. Just bear with it and we will get there. You are just used to enjoying yourself in Taoyang and have become a spoiled child."
When Su Tao heard this, she immediately opened the system panel and went to the public facilities store to look for it. Sure enough, she found a gas pump. It cost 15,000 federal coins each and could fill up her car four times, costing about 10,000 federal coins.
If you can afford it, open it!
In the end, Guan Zining couldn't resist her and turned on the air conditioner, but he kept saying:
"I've heard recently that oil production is not as high as before. A surge in oil prices isn't a problem; the problem is that there's a market but no price."
Su Tao immediately thought that maybe she could set up a smaller gas station in Taoyang. There were not many tenants with cars in Taoyang, so two gas pumps would be enough.
By the way, we also need to build another garage to facilitate driving in and out of Taoyang. Otherwise, it will be a nuisance to park in front of the cafeteria every day.
It just so happened that a new tenant moved in today, and I received 55,000 yuan in rent. I finally have some extra money now, and I can even choose better floor tiles from the public facilities store to pave the road in Taoyang.
When Su Tao got home, she was still thinking about construction, but she still had to deal with the meat and offal she had bought first.
Xuedao is old and his bite strength has deteriorated a little. Su Tao crushed the pork tenderloin a little and mixed it with dog food to feed it. It ate it with such relish that it even licked the plate clean after finishing it and wagged its tail wildly to show that it was very happy.
Cats prefer to eat offal.
While they were enjoying their meal, Su Tao combed their hair. As she was combing carefully, she suddenly felt a little dazed, as if two images were overlapping in her vision.
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