Chapter 115 Acceptance
Fan Yajun asked Tao Nanfeng: "Are you married?"
"Yes." Tao Nanfeng felt that Fan Yajun's question was nonsense. Who dares to get pregnant before marriage during graduate school? That's a moral issue and you'll be expelled from school.
Seeing Tao Nanfeng's ruddy complexion, slender figure, and lively eyes, Fan Yajun frowned slightly and sighed, "What a pity."
Tao Nanfeng didn't say anything, but looked at Fan Yajun earnestly with her beautiful eyes, as if asking: Why is it such a pity?
Fan Yajun treated her as a close friend regardless of age difference, and told her the truth: "Once a woman gets married, she has to revolve around the kitchen, children, and husband, just like a clockwork robot, never resting, so how can she have time to do her own things?
I think you are ambitious, with the ability, foundation and platform. Maybe in the future you can win honor for us women and create a new world in the infrastructure field. I didn't expect you to get married and have children so early, alas! What a pity..."
Tao Nanfeng didn't like talking about his family affairs with others, but seeing that Fan Yajun really felt sorry for him, he smiled and said, "My wife and my parents-in-law are very supportive of my work. Although having a child will have some impact on my career, you have to sacrifice to gain."
How can there be any gain without giving?
How can you have a child who is related to you by blood if you don't give up the ease and comfort you have now?
Besides, it is better to be born early than late. While you are studying for a master's degree now, you have relatively free time and a relatively stable life. If you have a child, you can devote all your energy to your career in the future.
Hearing the words "there is gain in loss", Fan Yajun seemed to be thinking about something and did not speak for a long time.
After a while, she came back to her senses and forced a smile: "You are going to be a mother, congratulations. You can wait for me in the conference room later, you don't have to go to the scene."
Tao Nanfeng waved his hand: "I'm fine. I'll just follow everyone through the acceptance process and treat it as exercise."
Fan Yajun nodded and said nothing more.
During the acceptance inspection for the completion of the main project, people from the design institute usually just come to go through the motions.
The quality of the project is controlled by the construction team and checked by the client's infrastructure department, and has nothing to do with the designer. Fan Yajun and others came here to experience the sense of accomplishment of materializing the drawings, and to sign and go through the process.
It feels really great to watch the building drawn on the blueprint being built bit by bit and finally being put into use. Tao Nanfeng strongly advocates for a unified architectural facade style, and she wants to see the effect with her own eyes, which is understandable.
Therefore, Fan Yajun did not stop him.
The acceptance meeting was held in the largest conference room in the towel factory's office building. After a round of praise, Liu Hongbing, head of the infrastructure department, and Qian Liming, head of the construction team, brought a large group of people to the site.
We met towel factory workers along the way, and each of their faces was filled with excitement and joy.
"Section Chief Liu and Factory Director Wang are here, as well as people from the design institute. They must be here for acceptance inspection."
"The house is built. Can we distribute it immediately?"
"I go to the construction site every day and watch the house being built bit by bit. It's like watching my own children grow up day by day. This feeling... hehe."
Hearing these employees' words and thinking about everyone's eagerness to move into the new house, Tao Nanfeng's lips curled up into a faint smile. She has been busy with her studies recently and has no time to go to the towel factory. Today, she can finally see the final appearance of the house, and she is very happy just thinking about it.
The bamboo scaffolding at the construction site has not been removed, the roads are not leveled, and the greening has not kept up, so the site looks a bit chaotic. Tao Shouxin stared at his daughter anxiously and said, "Watch your feet and don't fall."
Tao Nanfeng put on a helmet with everyone else and said with a smile: "Teacher Tao, don't worry, I'm fine."
Except for some morning sickness in the first three months, Tao Nanfeng's pregnancy was going well. She was eating and sleeping well, and everything went well.
She could even feel the heat in her abdomen nourishing the fetus, and knew that the baby would be born very healthy. As for whether he would inherit her abilities... Tao Nanfeng didn't know, but he had some small expectations.
Tao Shouxin said: "We still have to be careful and not be careless."
Tao Nanfeng knew that his father was concerned about him, so he said "hmm", cheered himself up, and followed the large group to walk from building to building.
There are five dormitory buildings in total, neatly arranged from south to north, all with six floors. The first building is a leadership building, with two units of three bedrooms, two living rooms and one bathroom. The apartment design is very novel, with a blue-gray terrazzo floor, gray wall skirts, blue window frames, and elegant colors, which are very different from the current popular colors.
The popular small buildings for cadres nowadays basically have dark red painted floors, dark green wall skirts and dark red window frames. They were originally very simple, one because the paint is cheap, and two because it is resistant to dirt.
When the towel factory leader saw the design, he laughed and said, "It is indeed the work of Mr. Fan, the great designer. It is elegant and cool, and looks high-end."
Tao Nanfeng looked carefully but didn't find any problems. But when she walked to the 4th and 5th buildings at the back, she discovered safety hazards.
Unlike the previous three unit buildings, Buildings 4 and 5 have a single-sided corridor layout, with all the rooms connected by a corridor and public facilities at both ends, including male and female toilets and bathrooms. Building 4 is a double-family building and has a shared kitchen, while Building 5 is a single-family building and does not have a kitchen.
According to Tao Nanfeng's design, the corridor railings are prefabricated cement railings, with a "Baoxiang Flower Group" hollow cement railing added every one meter.
Coming out of the apartment building, you can see the eye-catching railing at a glance. A group of people praised: "This railing is eye-catching and looks like a beautiful belt. At first glance, it is somewhat similar to the one next door, Delhi."
Fan Yajun deliberately fell behind a few steps, walked side by side with Tao Nanfeng, and said with a smile: "It's your credit!"
But Tao Nanfeng didn't smile. When she raised her eyes, she could see that the railings on the fifth and sixth floors were a faint red color, which made her feel frightened.
Red represents danger. Although the red color is still light at the moment, it is indeed red. I just don’t know if it’s a problem with the construction quality or the lack of material strength.
Tao Nanfeng said "Sorry!" to Fan Yajun, walked quickly to his father and whispered a few words in his ear.
Tao Shouxin was startled and asked softly, "Can you tell what the reason is?"
Tao Nanfeng hesitated for a moment: "No. I only know that this railing has safety hazards."
Tao Shouxin nodded, signaling her to be patient. As for the construction quality issue, it is not yet the designer’s turn to speak up. He is the person in charge of the design of Building No. 5. When the time comes, just give a few reminders privately and ask the client to check it.
Fan Yajun watched Tao Nanfeng whispering to Professor Tao. She had no idea what they were talking about, and for some reason she felt a tightness in her chest.
Tao Nanfeng is really lucky to have his father guiding him in the professional field and giving him unconditional support. Compared to Tao Nanfeng, Fan Yajun has achieved everything she has now on her own.
As a woman, Fan Yajun gave up a lot to have a say in the infrastructure field, which is dominated by men.
Love, marriage, family, children...
Is it worth it or not? Maybe Tao Nanfeng is right, there are gains and losses.
A group of people walked up the stairs.
As more and more people stood on the second-floor platform, red spots began to appear on the floor in front of Tao Nanfeng.
At first there were only a few pink spots scattered around, but later there were more and more red spots, the color gradually darkened, and slowly gathered on the soles of the feet.
"It's dangerous." Tao Nanfeng pulled his father back.
Because they were anxious, they did not lower their voice when they heard the word "there is danger", and it was heard by Qian Liming, the leader of the construction team who was standing next to them.
Qian Liming was a bit chauvinistic and hated women bossing around at construction sites. When he heard Tao Nanfeng say there was danger, he glanced at Tao Nanfeng's belly and curled his lips, "What kind of danger could there be? You're pregnant and still going out. You're really crazy."
Tao Nanfeng pulled his father to stand on the second-floor platform. He felt relieved when the little red spots on the soles of their feet no longer gathered together. Hearing Qian Liming's sarcastic words, he replied in a neither light nor heavy tone: "Mr. Qian, please speak with more respect!"
Qian Liming was warned by her, but he didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he became more aggressive: "Am I wrong? You are a pregnant woman, why are you here to join in the fun of the completion inspection? If you think it's dangerous here, then go home and lie down to rest."
Liu Hongbing, the chief of the Infrastructure Department, also said, "Well, I was just thinking about this. The scaffolding at the construction site has not been removed yet. If cement blocks and gravel fall, it is indeed dangerous. Student Tao should go back first."
There are only two women in the entire completion acceptance team: Fan Yajun and Tao Nanfeng.
After hearing what Qian Liming and Liu Hongbing said, except for Tao Shouxin and Fan Yajun, the others all unanimously suggested that Tao Nanfeng go home and rest.
Even Huang Jiafa smiled bitterly and said to Tao Shouxin: "Professor Tao, let Nanfeng go back to the office and wait. The construction site is indeed a bit dangerous."
Tao Shouxin frowned and protected his daughter.
"Which law in our country stipulates that pregnant women cannot participate in the completion acceptance and cannot appear at the construction site? Tao Nanfeng participated in the architectural design and led the architectural plan and facade design of Building No. 5. She wants to see her work in person on site. Is there any problem?"
Huang Jiafa saw that Tao Shouxin was angry, and hurriedly explained: "We are also concerned about Tao Nanfeng."
Qian Liming ignored the dissuasion of others and continued to express his dissatisfaction: "There is no such provision in the law, but isn't this common sense? There are only men on the construction site, and our shed only has a men's toilet, not a women's toilet. Why would a pregnant woman with a big belly follow everyone up and down? If something happens, who will be held responsible?"
When Fan Yajun, a woman, heard Qian Liming say that there were only men on the construction site, she became unhappy.
"You are totally sexist. Even during the war, women were not asked to stay away. Why are women not welcome at construction sites? You didn't even build a women's toilet. That's wrong in the first place. How dare you bring it up?"
Qian Liming had no choice but to put on a smile and said, "Boss Fan, you are a woman of great talent, and you are also the person in charge of connecting the design and construction. You must be present for the completion acceptance."
He glanced at Tao Nanfeng: "As for her... why is she joining in the fun!"
Seeing his daughter being looked down upon by the construction team because of her pregnancy, Tao Shouxin felt very upset.
If Tao Nanfeng wasn't so ambitious, he wouldn't have had to make the trip. She was neither a member of the client's team nor an employee of the design institute. She was not even a collaborator. At most, she was just a small graduate student working for her supervisor.
She was five months pregnant, her belly was growing heavier, but she was wearing flat cloth shoes, a loose dress, and a safety helmet on her head that had been used by countless workers. She followed everyone around the site. Why was she doing that?
She just wanted to confirm whether the building she designed was constructed according to the requirements and whether it could be put into use normally.
But these people simply don't understand her ambition and sense of responsibility, and they laugh at and ridicule her.
Thinking of this, Tao Shouxin stood in front of Tao Nanfeng and stared at Qian Liming: "You were also born after your mother's pregnancy for ten months. Don't discriminate against pregnant women here."
After that, he supported his daughter's arm and said, "Nanfeng, let's go!"
No matter whether it is dangerous or not, no matter whether there are hidden dangers or not, since these people look down on Tao Nanfeng so much, there is no need to hold on to unnecessary sense of responsibility, no need to remind or warn them, just walk away!
Tao Shouxin didn't want to stay here for another second. He just wanted to take his daughter away from this place of trouble.
Wouldn’t it be nice to study quietly on a university campus, accompany your daughter during her pregnancy, and watch your grandchildren being born and growing up day by day? Why bother getting into trouble here?
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