256 Did we encounter bandits?

Xiao Lu drove over, and Su Taotao signaled him to take Dong Shengping to Lao Gao's car, and she drove in front to lead the way.

In fact, Xiao Lu also knew the way, but he never questioned Sister Su's arrangement, and obediently took Dong Shengping to Lao Gao's car.

There were two other people in Lao Gao's car, one was his assistant, and the other was a professional surveyor.

Lao Gao looked at Su Taotao in surprise as she got into the cab: "Director Su can drive?"

Xiao Lu said proudly: "Of course, our sister Su can do everything."

Lao Gao looked at him with admiration: "I really didn't expect that she can drive."

He has been traveling in the "jianghu" for decades, and occasionally he would meet female drivers, but they were rare.

Su Taotao was the youngest one.

Xiao Lu thought, who could have thought of that? I haven't even told you that she can repair cars, and her driving skills are first-rate.

Su Taotao poked her head out of the factory: "Lao Gao, follow me, I'll take you to a shortcut."

Lao Gao smiled and replied: "Okay."

Su Taotao drove the car steadily on the road, and Lao Gao followed closely behind.

He didn't dare to follow too closely at first, for fear that she was a novice on the road and would brake suddenly or something.

Unexpectedly, Su Taotao drove very steadily and kept moving forward at a steady speed.

"Your factory director Su drives the car really well, doesn't look like a novice." Lao Gao couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Lu nodded: "Sister Su's family is smart and they are good at everything."

On this point, Lao Gao, who admired Engineer Fu very much, agreed.

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As Su Taotao said, it took more than 20 minutes to reach the new factory site.

"Lao Gao, the plan for this place is not just the factory building, but also employee dormitories, leisure and entertainment venues, supply and marketing cooperatives, etc., so the project is quite large. Let's measure the area today.

The factory building and dormitories are more urgent, and the others can be done later."

Lao Gao's assistant recorded Su Taotao's words word for word.

Lao Gao said, "The construction team is currently working on other projects. When do you plan to start construction?"

Su Taotao said, "After measuring, submit the drawings and plans for expedited approval. I estimate that it may take at least a month."

Lao Gao calculated, "There are two projects ahead of you. One month is enough."

Su Taotao nodded, "Okay, I will go back and produce the drawings as soon as possible."

"Director Su, you and Engineer Fu are all-rounders. You can do everything." Lao Gao still remembers his drawings from last time. He is professional.

"Our Engineer Fu is indeed an all-rounder, but I am not. I only know a little bit and rely on him." Su Taotao said modestly.

Lao Gao is a practical person and is not good at flattering. After expressing his ideas, he went to work.

Su Taotao pointed to the top of the hill and said to Dong Shengping:

"Look at this coconut grove. Engineer Fu said that we should build a conveyor belt from here, and the coconuts will roll down directly from above. Then we can put a gate or something, and the coconuts will be shelled as they roll down. This will save a lot of transportation costs and labor for breaking coconuts."

Dong Shengping looked at the terrain, imagined the scene, nodded and said, "Engineer Fu's idea is really good."

"Let's go up and take a look. Xiao Lu will go and tell Lao Gao." Su Taotao said.

Xiao Lu: "Okay."

Su Taotao and Dong Shengping walked along the top of the hill and found a small path up the mountain.

This coconut grove is planted artificially, and there are people managing it on the mountain. When we reached the intersection, we were stopped by a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat, with dark skin, thin body, and a particularly shrewd look:

"Who are you? Outsiders are not allowed to enter here."

Xiao Lu came back in time and took out his ID and documents to show the man:

"A factory is going to be built here. This is our ID and this is the approval document. Take a look."

"Build a factory? We haven't received any notice." The man was skeptical and took the document to look at it.

"Why would we lie to you when we can find out by making a phone call?

There is nothing here except coconuts. Even if we come to steal coconuts, we can't take many away, right?" Xiao Lu said half-jokingly.

After reading the ID and documents, the man still shook his head: "You can't go up."

"How can we go up?" Su Taotao asked.

The man said, "We need our boss's consent."

"Who is your boss? Call him out." Xiao Lu said.

The man said, "Our boss is not here."

Xiao Lu said again, "Bring him back. We can't just stay here until we can't find him.

The government has approved the construction of a factory here. These coconut groves will also be under the management of the factory.

Okay, I can't explain it to you clearly. You should call your boss over."

The man's eyes flickered and he shook his head again, "Our boss is not here today. You should come back another day."

"Which day?" Su Taotao asked.

The man still shook his head: "I don't know either. We are erratic. I can't tell when we will come and go, and I can't contact him."

Xiao Lu was angry: "You!"

Su Taotao stopped Xiao Lu and glared at the road guard with a gleam in his eyes: "What if I insist on going up?"

The road guard: "Are you planning to use your numbers to bully the few and force your way in?"

"Break in?" Su Taotao took the document from Xiao Lu's hand, "You can read and you have seen the content clearly. It is you who intends to deny it.

This coconut grove is public property. You haven't looked at it for too long and thought it is your own private land, have you?"

The road guard said calmly, "Don't talk nonsense and slander me. I'm just a road guard. I will do what my superiors tell me to do.

Today, unless you beat me to death and step over my corpse, I will not let strangers in."

Su Taotao winked, and Dong Shengping attacked the road guard, "Sorry for the offense."

The road guard dodged flexibly, suddenly took out a whistle from his pocket, and blew it hard -

a shrill long whistle echoed throughout the coconut grove.

The birds hiding in the coconut grove were frightened and flew out with their wings flapping.

At the same time, footsteps were heard in the coconut grove, as well as the rustling sound of clothes rubbing against the grass and trees.

Soon, a group of people wearing black Zhongshan suits and gray homespun pants appeared in a neat line on the path...

Su Taotao and the other two looked at each other in pairs. What was going on?

Did they encounter bandits?

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