Chapter 613: Safe and Secure
When Gao Mingcheng arrived, the food was ready, so he could sit down and eat as soon as he arrived.
Because they came back at the last minute, Gao Zhuang's family was unable to prepare any food in advance, so they slaughtered a chicken. After the old hen was stewed, it had an enticing aroma.
When Gao Mingcheng saw the chicken, he thought the meal was grand. He said quickly, "Grandma, we are all family. We can just eat casually. There is no need to kill a chicken!"
But the grandmother laughed and said, "Once we get to the county, it will be difficult to keep these chickens at home. We will have to kill them and eat them. Mingcheng, don't be polite, just eat as much as you want!"
Grandma invited Gao Mingcheng to eat, and personally gave a chicken leg to Gao Mingcheng and Xiao Yuanyuan respectively.
But Gao Mingcheng returned the chicken leg to Grandma Xi, picked up a piece of chicken wing and said, "I like chicken wings, Grandma Xi, you can have the chicken leg!"
As he said this, he picked up the bowl and stopped his grandmother from picking up the chicken leg for him.
Since the grandmother couldn't reach his bowl, there was nothing she could do.
At the dinner table, after a while of pushing and shoving, it soon became normal, so Gao Mingcheng asked about the incident in which his older brother Gao Mingpeng was beaten.
Although the villagers talked a lot, they just wanted him to stand up for Gao Mingpeng and not let people look down on Gaojia Village, so what they said might not be so comprehensive.
As the saying goes, it’s not a good idea to listen to only one side of the story!
Therefore, he would ask Gao Zhuang and others now, and then ask his eldest brother Gao Mingpeng personally to find out what was going on.
The beating of Gao Mingpeng was a recent major event in the village. Gao Zhuang and the others naturally knew about it, so they told Gao Mingcheng what they knew.
Finally, Gao Zhuang said, "Brother Mingcheng, do you want to help your elder brother? If you do, call me along!"
Gao Mingcheng glanced at Gao Zhuang and felt that even though he had become a father, Gao Zhuang was still a passionate young man.
He nodded and said, "Okay!"
If Gao Mingpeng really wants to stand up for himself, then even if he can fight against a hundred people alone, he can't go alone. That would be so unimpressive!
Bring a dozen or twenty people from the village and show force to the other side, only then can you achieve a deterrent effect.
If Gao Mingcheng is willing to go, then it's okay to take Gao Zhuang with him. There's no danger anyway, and it can also make Gao Mingpeng remember a favor.
After lunch, Gao Mingcheng did not stay here for long as he had other things to do, but got up and went to his elder brother Gao Mingpeng's house.
When you leave Gao Zhuang’s house, you can see your parents’ house.
During the Chinese New Year, Gao Yuanjian said that he wanted to build a house this year. After getting the support of his sons, Gao Yuanjian acted quickly. Now, the old house has been demolished!
Gao Yuanjian was planning to rebuild his house on the original homestead. The previous house was too old and his family had no other homestead. He had to either spend money to buy a good homestead from someone else or go to the brigade to apply for a new homestead. However, there was no homestead in the old village and the new one would definitely be in a remote area.
When Gao Mingcheng built his house, he didn't care about the remoteness and even liked it. But Gao Yuanjian was different. He liked living in the old village where he could meet people from the same village when he went out. It was lively!
At this time, the old house had been demolished, the foundation of the new house had been dug, and the walls were ready to be built. Gao Mingpeng went to buy prefabricated panels in advance in order to prepare for later.
When building houses nowadays, prefabricated panels are used. After the frame of the first floor is repaired, the prefabricated panels are laid on top to form the floor of the second floor.
There were only some blue bricks, cement and sand piled up in the place where building materials were stored, but no prefabricated boards. It was obvious that Gao Mingpeng had not gone to buy anything after the last transaction failed.
No wonder the villagers advised Gao Mingcheng to help Gao Mingpeng. The house has just been renovated and the prefabricated panels are not needed for the time being, but there will always be a day when they will be needed!
If the other party really wants to retaliate against Gao Mingpeng, then it will be inconvenient for Gao Mingpeng to go out and do things.
After taking a look at the new house, Gao Mingcheng continued walking along the path to the back. The old house that his family bought for Gao Mingpeng was not far away.
A minute later, Gao Mingcheng arrived at the door of Gao Mingpeng's house. Before he entered the house, he saw his nephew playing alone. He squatted down, holding a wooden stick, and seemed to be digging up an ant's nest.
Gao Mingcheng stood beside him for a while, but his nephew didn't notice anything wrong and was still staring intently at the ants on the ground.
People in the village all like to tease children and let them call them. However, Gao Mingcheng saw that the child was playing attentively and did not want to ruin his childishness, so he did not deliberately disturb him.
After entering the door, he saw his mother Luo Xiaohua cleaning the table. It seemed that they had just finished dinner. Gao Yuanjian took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and seemed to be preparing to smoke.
As for Gao Mingpeng, the cigarette in his hand had already been lit. As he smoked, the cigarette butt burned brightly and red.
There were only three of them in the room, and Grandma Gao and Huang Su'e and her daughter were nowhere to be seen.
"Mom, Dad, and Big Brother." Gao Mingcheng called out after he entered the house.
"I'm glad you're here. Remember to take the eggs and brown sugar for Xiuxiu later! By the way, sit down. I have something to tell you at home!" Luo Xiaohua said quickly and then gave Gao Yuanjian a look.
Gao Yuanjian had already taken out a box of matches. With a crackling sound, the match heads were lit, and he lit a cigarette with familiar movements.
After taking a puff of cigarette, he spoke up, "Your elder brother was beaten up. You are all brothers. You have to stand up for him."
Gao Mingcheng came here for this matter, so he asked Gao Mingpeng what the specific situation was.
Gao Mingpeng recounted what had happened, which was roughly the same as what other people in the village had said, except for one more detail.
That day, Gao Mingpeng rode his bicycle to check out the prefabricated panels and ask about the price. However, the person he had dealt with before was gone, replaced by a new face.
He said he wanted to build a house and wanted to buy some prefabricated panels, so the man took him to see the finished prefabricated panels. At that time, besides him, there were two other people looking at the prefabricated panels, and it seemed that they also needed them to build a house.
When Gao Mingpeng worked for others before, he was a half-contractor. The employer would prepare the building materials and he would just do the work. But after all, he is knowledgeable and experienced. Even if he has never bought these things himself, he knows the price and quality.
He found that the price of this prefabricated panels was not expensive, but the quality was problematic!
Gao Mingpeng was sharp-eyed and found that the steel bars in the prefabricated panels had rusted! Some of the steel bars were exposed outside, which showed that the manufacturing process was very ordinary.
Gao Mingpeng looked down on these goods and said that it would take some time before he would need prefabricated panels to build his house, and hoped that the boss would make a new batch for him.
This prefabricated panel manufacturer is relatively close to their village. If they buy here, they can save some transportation costs. Going to other places is farther away, so Gao Mingpeng hopes that the other party will make a new batch and he will buy the new one.
But the other party refused and said that if he wanted to buy, he should buy this batch. He always made and sold batches. If they all needed to be newly made, then who would he sell the ready-made ones to?
The other party had a bad attitude, and Gao Mingpeng was also angered. He pointed out the problems of the other party's prefabricated panels on the spot, and criticized those prefabricated panels as worthless. He also said that if inferior prefabricated panels were used, the house would collapse.
After hearing what Gao Mingpeng said, the two people who were originally preparing to place an order with the boss immediately said no, and they would look elsewhere.
The boss was not a good-tempered person to begin with. When he saw that Gao Mingpeng had ruined his business, the two sides immediately escalated their verbal conflict into a physical fight!
Gao Mingpeng was alone at the time, but the other party called two or three people and beat Gao Mingpeng until he was bruised and swollen.
It has been five or six days since the incident, but Gao Mingpeng still has some bruises on his face.
The day after being beaten, Gao Mingpeng gathered a group of young people in the village and went to the prefabricated board factory to save his face.
This time he did get his revenge, but he also created a deeper hatred. The other party threatened that Gao Mingpeng should never think of buying building materials such as prefabricated panels in the future, otherwise he would beat him every time he saw him!
Gao Mingpeng called a group of people to go, and they did win the fight, but they can't go with the same group every time. Although the villagers are passionate and willing to stand up for their fellow villagers, it's only the first half of the year, and there's a lot of work to do in the fields in the first half of the year!
Therefore, after Gao Mingpeng came back, he never dared to go out alone again.
Now they hope that Gao Mingcheng will stand up for Gao Mingpeng, just to defeat the other party completely and stop him from targeting Gao Mingpeng, causing Gao Mingpeng to be afraid to go out.
After hearing the whole story, Gao Mingcheng felt that it was not unfair for Gao Mingpeng to be beaten!
Since he saw that there were problems with the prefabricated panels, he should have bought them from another manufacturer in a timely manner! Otherwise, even if the other party agreed to make a new batch of prefabricated panels for you, how could you guarantee that the new prefabricated panels would be fine?
If the new prefabricated panel still has problems, would you buy it or not?
It is really wrong to save some travel expenses just to be closer to home!
However, Gao Mingcheng did not say this out loud, because he could tell from his elder brother's tone that he regretted it. If he said it again, his elder brother might feel embarrassed, and his parents would scold him again.
He was already very familiar with the personalities of his family members.
Originally, he was planning to take a group of people with him and set up a strong position to let the other party know that the people from Gaojia Village were not easy to mess with. But now he thought he should first inquire about the situation of the factory owner.
Selling substandard prefabricated panels, to put it more seriously, is murder for money!
If the house collapses, the consequences will be serious.
In 1982, the Ministry of Building Materials Industry was merged into the State Economic Commission, and officially became history. In 2001, it was reformed and abolished, and its relevant administrative functions were merged into the State Economic and Trade Commission.
At present, all building materials are still under the management of the Ministry of Building Materials Industry. When it comes to local level, they are under the management of the industrial and commercial departments. However, the Urban Management Bureau, Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, Quality Supervision Bureau, Fire Protection Bureau, Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Taxation Bureau, Health Bureau and other departments can actually have a hand in it.
If the prefabricated panels of a company are not up to standard, the Quality Supervision Bureau can come forward to investigate, and the Tax Bureau can also come forward to check the accounts.
Gao Mingcheng himself does not have so many connections, but it doesn’t matter. Now we live in a society where relationships are important. He can use Gao Guobing to get to know more people he wants to know.
Gao Mingcheng looked at Gao Mingpeng and said, "Brother, you have been working in the construction industry for some time. Do you know the situation of the boss of the prefabricated panel factory?"
Gao Mingpeng shook his head and said, "I don't know. It was another person who worked there before. It was the first time I met the person who had a conflict with me."
Gao Mingcheng continued, "Brother, then ask someone you know to find out what the newcomer is like and what connections he has."
Gao Mingpeng was not stupid and he understood immediately.
He was threatened and didn't dare to go out alone, but he knew other people in the construction industry! For example, his wife's relatives were in the construction industry and were familiar with the building materials suppliers in the vicinity.
So he said, "Okay, I'll ask someone about it. If the other party is a close friend, I'll bring a gift and go to apologize."
People in society are so smooth. Gao Mingpeng's meaning is very clear. If the other party can't afford to offend him, then he will admit defeat, apologize and make amends, and they will keep out of each other's way in the future. This will save him from being afraid to go out and being caught and beaten.
Gao Mingcheng did not comment. This matter required two groups of people. Gao Mingpeng would ask people to find out, while he would also start from Gao Guobing and make friends with people from the industrial and commercial department. If the other party did not have a very close relationship with him, then he would deal with him openly!
If you have a very close relationship, then do it secretly!
In any case, Gao Mingcheng will not allow such people to continue to be active in the construction industry. It is too unethical!
After finishing talking about this, Gao Yuanjian also finished smoking a cigarette. Seeing that Gao Mingcheng seemed to want to leave, he said, "Don't leave. Come with me to the brick kiln in the back mountain. The brick embryos I asked someone to make are already dry. They can be put into the brick kiln for burning tomorrow! You are strong, so help me chop wood later!"
Forget it, it looks like I can’t leave!
In the afternoon, Gao Mingcheng wanted to go into the mountains to see if he could find any wild rabbits. When he was not at home, the food standards of the dogs at home dropped sharply!
But since his father had spoken, Gao Mingcheng could only help with some housework.
So he followed Gao Yuanjian and Gao Mingpeng and walked towards the back mountain. While walking on the way, he asked about Grandma Gao's condition.
Gao Mingpeng said: "Originally, my family planned to build a house in the second half of the year, but my grandmother's health is not very good, so my father hopes to build the house earlier so that my grandmother can live in the new house."
"Now grandma has a poor appetite and can only eat half a bowl of rice. After eating, grandma goes outside for a walk."
Gao Mingcheng felt sad after hearing this.
Soon, they arrived at the brick kiln at the back mountain.
This brick kiln belongs to Gao Fuqiang's family. Last year, his family focused their main energy on building the kiln and burning bricks. Now Gao Fuqiang's family has enough bricks and tiles and has started building a house.
Gao Mingcheng actually guessed that Gao Yuanjian built the house in the first half of the year, perhaps to compete with Gao Fuqiang and hoping to finish building the house before Gao Fuqiang's family.
Everyone has the desire to compare!
Gao Fuqiang’s brick kiln is actually not very big, it can only be considered a small kiln, and one kiln can burn a maximum of 8,000 bricks.
This brick kiln was built only last year, so it looks quite new.
A large pit has been dug on the hillside near the brick kiln, and the soil excavated is used to make bricks on site.
The excavated soil needs to have the stones picked off first, and then a cow is brought in to tread on it. When it is almost treaded cleanly, humans can tread on it again, and then it can be made into bricks using a mold.
(End of this chapter)
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