Chapter 55 Landslide
Tao Nanfeng was interrogated by his two roommates until midnight.
"How did you get on? How come we didn't know?"
"Xiang Bei, he's the director! How dare you date him?"
"I remember that Xiao Aiyun was scolded by Xiangbei and cried. When she saw Xiangbei, she was like a mouse seeing a cat. So, would he scold you when he was with you?"
"Tell me quickly, has he ever hugged you? Has he ever kissed you?"
As soon as Ye Qin finished asking the last question, Li Huilan slapped him in the face and said, "Don't ask these questions. You have no shame!"
Tao Nanfeng's face turned red with shame, and even her breathing became lighter.
"I'm telling you, Xiao Aiyun didn't know about this. If she knew, I don't know how she would interrogate you. You two have the best relationship and you even went back to Jiangcheng together this time, but you didn't let her know a word. You're really unfriendly."
Tao Nanfeng suddenly remembered that Xiao Aiyun once said that if she didn't like Squad Leader Qiao, she would marry Xiang Bei, and she couldn't help laughing.
At that time, I heard that Xiang Bei had been on two blind dates, but neither girl liked him. One disliked the scar on his face, and the other disliked him being too poor. Xiao Aiyun and I even felt sorry for Xiang Bei.
Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, I actually started dating Xiangbei.
The love words that Xiang Bei had said to him replayed in his mind word for word. Tao Nanfeng smiled, closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.
The next day, Tao Nanfeng went to work carrying a cloth bag in his left hand and the large coarse porcelain bowl in his right hand.
Nearly twenty days after leaving the Infrastructure Section, I have successfully completed the task of painting the staff dormitories. Everything is in order and has not fallen apart due to the absence of the section chief and deputy section chief.
Tao Nanfeng took out the sesame candies and charcoal slices bought from the store from the bag and distributed them to his colleagues. Hu Huanxin also handed out the peanuts and melon seeds that his grandparents had asked him to bring. The entire office building was filled with a lively atmosphere.
After the work of the Infrastructure Department was clearly handed over, Tao Nanfeng came to the director's office and gently knocked on the half-open wooden door.
Xiangbei looked up from his desk and smiled when he saw Tao Nanfeng.
He had heroic eyebrows, a slightly long face, a straight nose and plump lips. He had an extremely outstanding appearance, but the scar on his face destroyed his beauty and made him look a bit fierce.
Now with this smile, his eyebrows slightly curved, his eyes full of love, his whole person becomes lively and gentle.
"You're here." Xiangbei stood up and came to greet him personally. The office door faced the corridor. Xiangbei did not dare to act rashly and stood at an arm's length away from Tao Nanfeng.
Tao Nanfeng said "hmm" and handed over the large coarse porcelain bowl, "I'll give it back to you."
Xiangbei took the bowl and looked into her eyes carefully, gently and tenderly: "Is the rice cake delicious?"
"It's delicious." Tao Nanfeng felt a little embarrassed by his gaze and lowered his eyes.
"Let my mother steam a bowl of it every day, and you can come and get it when you go to work." Xiangbei looked at Tao Nanfeng's long and dense eyelashes, fluttering like butterfly wings, and his heart beat faster and faster with the trembling of those eyelashes.
Tao Nanfeng raised his eyes quickly, and as soon as his eyes met his, he left: "No, no, this is too troublesome."
She thought of something and handed the other paper bag to Xiangbei: "This is the scarf I gave to my aunt. I hope she likes it. Last time, my aunt made me cotton shoes, and this time she made me steamed cakes. Thank you very much."
Xiangbei took it with some surprise, walked quickly to the desk, put down the porcelain bowl, and then freed his hands to open the bag.
This is a plaid wool scarf that Tao Nanfeng bought from a department store. It is red and black in color, with fine squares, and has a European and American college style. The wool is soft and dense to the touch, and you can tell at a glance that it is very expensive.
Xiangbei joked, "Is this for my mom? Then where's my gift?"
Tao Nanfeng opened his lips, but then closed them again. After a long while, he said weakly, "I have some sesame candy. Do you want some?"
Xiangbei thought her serious look was really adorable and couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, of course I don't want to. I'll take anything you give me, even if it's just a needle."
Tao Nanfeng had no choice but to go back to the office to get a small box of sesame candy and handed it to Xiangbei: "Here, here you go."
Sesame candy is a specialty of Hubei Province. It is made from glutinous rice, sesame and maltose. It is fragrant, sweet, thin, crispy and tastes great. It is a great gift for the Chinese New Year.
Xiangbei held the small box of sesame candy and felt sweet in his heart before he even ate it.
Tao Nanfeng took out a roll of paper, walked to the desk and unfolded it, motioning to Xiangbei to look: "This is the packaging my father designed for our Xiufeng Camellia Oil. Do you like it?"
When Xiangbei heard that it was Professor Tao Shouxin who designed it personally, he immediately put the hemp candy into his pocket and walked over quickly.
Tao Shouxin designed three designs for Xiufengshan Farm.
5L white plastic oil jug, 1L glass oil bottle, 250ml plastic bottle. The main colors are green, white and red, which are elegant and fresh, yet exude a simple atmosphere.
"Satisfied, very satisfied! I was thinking that although our tea oil is of good quality, the packaging is too simple. The packaging designed by Professor Tao is simply too good. The plastic and glass oil bottles are simple and cute, and a branch of tea flowers with green mountains as the background is attached. It is eye-catching, beautiful and high-end. Very good."
After saying three good things in a row, he praised Xiangbei a few words and then looked at the drawings carefully. Tao Shouxin drew the sticker sample and it could be directly produced by just finding a printing factory to make the plate, which was very practical.
The more Xiangbei looked at it, the more he liked it and kept thanking him.
"Nanfeng, I really want to thank your father. He is a great professor, but he actually took the time and energy to design such a good tea oil packaging for our farm. Thank you so much."
Tao Nanfeng smiled and said, "It's okay. The tea oil I brought back this time is very popular. Every family in Jiangcheng makes fried food during the New Year. There are six families in our building, and they all say that the tea oil is good."
Xiangbei hesitated for a moment and said, "Now the tea oil produced by the tea oil factory is only for employees. In the future, when the production volume is large, we can consider selling it to the outside. If you are not allowed to sell it... we will give it away."
"Send?" Tao Nanfeng was a little puzzled.
Xiangbei nodded: "Yes, tea oil with such beautiful packaging is perfect for Chinese New Year gifts. The Agricultural Reclamation Bureau, the Industrial Bureau, the Machinery Factory... our farm has a lot of relationships to take care of, so this can be considered as a public relations expense."
He glanced at Tao Nanfeng, his eyes full of tenderness: "Professor Tao is the designer of tea oil packaging. In the future, your oil will be packaged by the farm. You can also take it back as a gift to anyone you want."
Tao Nanfeng smiled and said, "My dad doesn't know how to cook, so he only needs one pot of oil a year to eat. My dad does design and never thought about getting anything from the farm. He just wants to help the farm. After all... I work on the farm."
Xiangbei thought for a moment and said, "Then give Professor Tao some design fees. Don't refuse it."
Before Tao Nanfeng could say no, Xiang Bei had already put away the design manuscript. He suddenly leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Come out at 8 o'clock in the evening. I'll wait for you at Dongshan Cliff."
Tao Nanfeng felt his ears itchy, he shrank his neck, and two blushes appeared on his face.
She put her braids on her chest and snorted, "Who goes out at night in such a cold day?" Then she lowered her head and quickly left the director's office.
Xiangbei laughed softly, his laughter was low and came from his chest, sounding a little muffled.
The laughter seemed to stick to her, and even after she walked far away, it still made her ears feel hot and her heart beat faster.
At nine o'clock in the morning, an accident occurred in the No. 2 phosphate mine!
As soon as the news came, everyone in the farm office building became nervous.
"What's going on?"
"Is anyone injured? Is it serious?"
"I told you not to be too radical, but Chen Zhilu never listened. We just need to complete the task, why are we in such a hurry to mine!"
Xiangbei and Tao Nanfeng rushed to Mine No. 2 as soon as possible. After a year of mining, the No. 1 phosphate mine gradually extended underground. For safety reasons, mining was suspended and the No. 2 mine was reopened.
The wind was freezing, but Chen Zhilu and Qiao Yadong were sweating all over their faces as they hurried forward to report.
"There was a landslide in the No. 2 mine. Three workers were injured and have been sent to the town hospital."
"It seems to be OK at the moment. The worker only had his hands and feet smashed. His life should not be in danger."
"We just checked it three days ago, and the support was done according to what you said before you left, Tao Nanfeng. No one expected it to collapse."
When Tao Nanfeng heard this, he bit his lip and secretly hated himself for not coming to check on it in time after returning to the farm.
Xiang Bei seemed to know what she was thinking and said softly, "Don't blame yourself. You are the head of the Infrastructure Department. The Mining Department is not under your jurisdiction."
Having said that, Tao Nanfeng still frowned. If she had come to take a look last night... or this morning, this disaster could have been avoided.
Qiao Yadong sighed: "No one wants this to happen. We have tried our best."
Chen Zhilu took a few quick steps and pulled Tao Nanfeng over: "Come, come, come and see what went wrong. We dug according to your requirements, so why did it collapse?"
Tao Nanfeng ran as fast as he could, following Chen Zhilu.
When he ran to the edge of the mine and took a look, Tao Nanfeng's brows became more and more furrowed.
The scene was a bit chaotic, with everyone surrounding the mine and not daring to get close.
Collapsed stone walls, scattered stones, raised dust, and mottled bloodstains...all of these are reminding Tao Nanfeng that a mining disaster has occurred here.
Xiangbei followed and grabbed her arm: "Be careful."
Tao Nanfeng turned his head and looked at Xiangbei. There was anxiety in his eyes, and he was obviously worried about her safety. The corners of her mouth curved slightly, and she responded: "Don't worry, I'll just watch from the entrance of the cave, I won't go in."
Xiangbei then breathed a sigh of relief, let go of her hand and stood beside her.
Qiao Yadong's eyes flickered between Xiang Bei and Tao Nanfeng, and he felt suspicious: Why do these two people seem a little different after the New Year? Xiangbei actually pulled Tao Nanfeng, and Tao Nanfeng didn't shake off his hand?
Tao Nanfeng has always hated being touched by others, unless they were particularly close friends.
Xiangbei is also very principled in his attitude towards people and things. He always has a cold face and never gets close to others.
But why now there seems to be a subtle connection between these two people, making them so close and excluding everyone else?
Tao Nanfeng stood at the entrance of the pit and looked intently into the cave.
A white line appeared in front of my eyes, entangled forward, and the white line became denser as I went forward. After walking about ten meters, a large red area suddenly appeared. That was where the collapse occurred.
Tao Nanfeng pursed his lips, suppressed his anger and asked Chen Zhilu: "Why speed up the progress?"
Chen Zhilu widened his eyes, glanced at Qiao Yadong secretly, and was speechless for a long time before he said, "W-what?"
Tao Nanfeng's voice became louder: "Let me ask you, why do you want to speed up the process!"
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