More than half an hour later, Secretary Li Jianguo returned home and Sun Zhiyuan followed him in. While eating, Secretary Li said to Sun Zongyuan, "Zongyuan, this is the first project for both of us father and son. We have to do a good job and not let others laugh at us."
"Uncle Li, you are right. I will definitely work hard to make this road a success," Sun Zongyuan replied.
"Uncle Li, my two students did not report to you in advance. I apologize to you."
"It's nothing. I know you are doing this for work. I also know that you came to report to me directly at the Party Committee because you were afraid that if you reported to a higher level, others would think too much. I understand."
"Uncle Li, I will start the survey and design tomorrow, and it will take about five days to come up with the budget. To be on the safe side, I want the Party Committee to organize an expert review meeting. Firstly, it will help me identify problems in my work so that I can avoid such problems in the future. Secondly, it will increase the authority of my work and facilitate its implementation. Do you think it's appropriate?"
"Your suggestion is good. This is the first time I've heard of this. I'll set it for Saturday and invite experts from the County Transportation Bureau to review it. What do you think?"
"Secretary Li, I would like to ask Mr. Yuan Cuncai from the Municipal Urban Construction School to come and check it out. Is that okay with you?"
"That's even better. He's a great expert. Just invite him."
Early in the morning, Sun Zongyuan brought Zhang Hongzhi and Shao Shicheng to the scene on Yucai Road. Yang Zhiwu from the Water Conservancy Station also came with them, carrying equipment. As for Li Zhen, he disappeared after the roll call.
The four people first walked along the road, and then Sun Zongyuan arranged to start the survey from east to west. Since there was a neat courtyard wall on the north side of the road, they measured 15 meters to the south parallel to the courtyard wall, and then carried out surveying and investigation using instruments. During this period, Village Chief Wang came to visit, arranged a few details and left.
In mid-August, the sun seemed to be very bright, and the dog days of summer were hot and stuffy. Sun Zongyuan arranged for Yang Zhiwu to go to the village to buy four straw hats, and asked the old man who was guarding the primary school gate to get two bottles of boiling water and pour them into large white bowls to keep them cool. Anyone who was thirsty could go and drink a bowl. After listening to the report from the security guard, Principal Jiang arranged for someone to buy a pack of soda and put it in the guard room for use.
Since it was their first time to work in the field, Sun Zongyuan trained the three people while they were working. They went to the instrument and then to the benchmark, going back and forth more than ten times. Their shoes were covered in mud and they were sweating profusely. Fortunately, the three people were not stupid and learned the skills immediately.
At 11:30 am, they finally reached the school gate and the four of them went to the school guardhouse to rest. Principal Jiang had already arranged for someone to wait there and led them directly to the cafeteria. There were eight dishes including chicken, fish, meat, eggs, potatoes, radishes, and vegetables. Sun Zongyuan was not polite and ate two steamed buns in a row. Then the four of them went back to the water conservancy station to rest.
Based on the survey progress in the morning, Sun Zongyuan estimated that the survey could be completed in the afternoon, so he rested until three o'clock before continuing to work.
At half past five, the survey was finally completed and the instruments were put away. Sun Zongyuan had originally planned to work overtime tonight to calculate the project volume, but considering that everyone was very tired from the field work today, he let everyone go home after get off work.
The next morning, Sun Zongyu reported the survey results to Township Chief Wang and briefly talked about his plans for the next two days. Township Chief Wang praised him for completing the survey in one day despite the hot weather yesterday, which was very rare.
The calculation of engineering quantities involves a lot of knowledge. There was not so much sophistication in the 1980s, so it only involved a few commonly used quotas. In the morning, Sun Zongyu found the feeling of being a math teacher again and trained Zhang Hongzhi and Shao Shicheng. Yang Zhenwu had a poor foundation in mathematics and ran to the side to sleep.
Sun Zongyuan explained the theory while doing individual calculations based on the survey situation. Zhang Hongzhi and Shao Shicheng listened with great interest. Before, they did mathematical calculations in books, but now they do practical calculations. Both of them have a good foundation in mathematics, so they didn't find it difficult.
In the afternoon, three people started working on paper in sections, drawing and calculating at the same time. Since it was their first time to work in the project, they brought instruments to the site to review any data they had doubts about until they understood it clearly.
It took two days to calculate the engineering quantity. When Sun Zongyuan returned home at night, he took the calculation results and checked and verified them again and again. He repeatedly verified some unreliable data until midnight when he finished checking and rested.
As soon as he got to work in the morning, Sun Zongyuan found the village head Wang:
"Village Head Wang, the project quantities have been calculated. I'm worried there might be some issues with the data, so I'd like to ask a teacher at the Municipal Urban Construction School to review it."
"That's great! One more person to check things out means a better chance of success. The foundation's car is heading to the city, so I'll give it a call and you can follow."
"That's great, thank you, Mayor Wang!"
"You can treat the teachers at school to a simple meal at noon. I'll ask the village head to reimburse you when I get back. But don't spend too much."
It was fast to go to the city by car. In less than an hour, Sun Zongyuan arrived at the Urban Construction School and met Teacher Yuan Cuncai. After handing the materials and data to Teacher Yuan Cuncai, Sun Zongyuan stood in front of the desk and waited quietly. Yuan Cuncai looked through the materials, occasionally picking up a pen to make some changes and drawings, and sometimes reviewing the calculations. After an hour, he said to Sun Zongyuan:
"There were basically no problems with the planning and design, and the work hours were calculated accurately. However, when budgeting, the prices of some materials deviated slightly from the market prices, but I corrected them."
"Teacher Yuan, how should we arrange the next step of work?" Sun Zongyuan asked tentatively.
"You can lay out the lines after you get back. Aren't you going to assign construction to each village? You can determine the amount of work for each village based on the number of people. For the four bridges and culverts involved, professional teams must be employed to ensure the quality of the work."
"Okay, I'll do as you say when I get back. It's noon now, let's invite Teacher Jing over. I'll treat you to a meal, so don't refuse."
"You kid, why should I be polite to you? Come on, I know a small restaurant that serves delicious food."
During the meal, I talked to Teacher Yuan Cuncai about going to Honghua Township for the review on Saturday. Yuan Cuncai happily agreed to go.
It was less than 1:30 after dinner. They poured themselves a cup of tea and chatted. Sun Zongyuan casually mentioned that there were several hills in Honghua Township that were all limestone, which was clear and quiet. Locals used this stone to build houses, and there was also a small lime kiln that burned lime for sale.
Yuan Cuncai: "I will bring teachers from two schools to the review on Saturday to see the quality of the limestone you mentioned. They are knowledgeable in this area."
After Sun Zongyu said goodbye to the two teachers, seeing that it was still early to meet up with the vehicle, he went to the Xinhua Bookstore in the city and bought a copy of Sun Guoting's cursive calligraphy, as well as two books, "Rural Economics" and "Management", which he wrapped up in paper and put in his bag.
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