night.
It's getting dark.
The supervisor in charge of the villa arrived. He learned that Wu An had gone to the construction site in the afternoon, but he missed him when he returned to the company. So, after rushing back, he immediately came to report the situation.
Wu An saw that the supervisor had run all the way here, so he took him to sit down and have a cup of tea.
"Mr. Wu, everything is going smoothly at the construction site."
"Really? If you encounter any difficulties, please be sure to bring them up."
No, no.
"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. Come, come, have a cup of tea to calm down."
Seeing that the supervisor was very nervous, Wu An helped him fill his teacup with tea.
"Thank you, Mr. Wu."
The supervisor hurriedly picked up the teacup, appearing somewhat cautious and flattered.
"The project is progressing smoothly without any difficulties. The village has been very cooperative with the equipment installation and other aspects, and no one has caused any trouble."
Wu An nodded.
There aren't many people in the village who dare to oppose him now. Even Shen Nan can only try to trip him up in a sneaky way.
Not to mention the formalities and procedures required for building a villa, it's impossible for anyone to hold him back.
Although he doesn't spend much time in the village and rarely goes to the big villa to keep an eye on things, he still has a good grasp of the situation.
Old Jiang's intelligence is well-known. He hosted several drinking parties before, and after a few heavy drinking sessions, he managed to arrange things for all the drunkards in the village.
These drunkards do nothing but drink and wander around the village all day long. They do nothing of substance and seem to have no value whatsoever.
That's not actually the case.
If trash can be turned into treasure when placed in the right position, then people can too.
Now, if anything happens in the village, these drunkards will immediately tattle on it to him.
He was also generous.
The information was somewhat useful; whenever they met, there was always a pack of cigarettes and two bottles of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).
Knowing there are benefits to be had, these wicked people often loiter around the villa construction site when they have nothing to do.
At first, the supervisor misunderstood the situation and quickly reported it to Wu An.
Later, these drunkards just wandered around aimlessly and didn't cause any trouble, so the supervisor stopped paying attention to them.
After chatting for a while, the supervisor left.
The supervisor lived in the village and rented several courtyards with the workers. The rent for each courtyard was only a few hundred yuan a month.
After the supervisor left, Mei Yueqin came over and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to the construction site every day to keep an eye on things for you."
Wu An thanked her, but didn't say anything like "you don't need to worry about it, sister-in-law."
From his perspective, not wanting his sister-in-law to worry is the best thing for her.
In fact.
My sister-in-law might not be happy.
My sister-in-law is used to managing the household. If she were to do nothing but eat, drink, and enjoy life every day, she would feel uncomfortable.
For my sister-in-law, not having to worry about making a living and just keeping busy at home is already very comfortable.
Now that her family is better off, Mei Yueqin isn't one to pretend to be tough; she hasn't gone to the beachcombing with the group for a while.
Li Juan was the same.
Firstly, I don't have the time, and secondly, I don't need to work so hard to supplement my family's income anymore.
night.
Since Wu An had nothing else to do, he personally prepared dinner and invited Lao Meng over for drinks.
Old Meng brought over some wine: "What day is it today? Why are you making such a big fuss?"
Wu An said, "My dad was officially promoted to village chief today."
Old Meng was taken aback: "Oh, it's today."
"That's something to celebrate."
night.
Aqing and Aunt Juan also came.
After waiting and waiting, Wu Yingwei failed to return in time.
Wu An was about to make a phone call.
Mei Yueqin said, "Dad went to a meeting in town and hasn't come back yet. He must be in the middle of a meeting. Don't call and urge him."
Wu An had no choice but to give up.
Wu Yingwei didn't ride his bicycle back until the food had gone cold.
Wu An asked, "Dad, are you alright?"
Wu Yingwei shook his head and said, "The meeting took a while, I'm sure you've all been waiting anxiously."
Wu An said, "It's alright, we just chatted and talked, so it didn't feel too noisy."
Old Meng came over to greet him: "Director, please take good care of me from now on."
"Uncle, we'll be counting on you to protect us from now on."
"We'll have to drink a few more glasses later."
"Yes, I will."
Wu Yingwei nodded with a smile, but Wu An could tell that his father's expression wasn't very good.
After drinking a few glasses of wine.
He then inquired.
Wu Yingwei said, "It's nothing much, except that Wu Yingjin is here today too. He'll be our village's deputy director from now on."
"I'm a little surprised."
There was absolutely no news before.
Wu An was taken aback: "The town has no objections?"
Those who are family know their own situation; their family and Wu Yingjin are not on good terms.
But to outsiders, these two families are within five degrees of kinship, one a village head and the other a deputy head. Isn't that "dominating the sky with one hand"?
Wu Yingwei said, "The old village chief recommended him, saying that this is a case of recommending the virtuous without avoiding relatives."
"Only when we are all family can we cooperate better and lead Xiaoxi Village to prosperity."
"Leader Qi has given his approval."
"Of course, that requires following certain procedures."
That being said, it's practically a done deal.
Old Meng frowned: "What is the old village chief doing? He clearly knows that Ying Wei and Ying Jin don't get along. Isn't he just bringing a stumbling block here?"
Wu An smiled and said, "Maybe it's just a stepping stone."
Aqing's eyes lit up: "Brother, what are you planning to do?"
Wu An said irritably, "What are you doing? Stop thinking about messing around all day long."
"We have no grudge against Wu Yingjin."
"I believe Dad can handle things at work."
Ah Qing said "Oh" and didn't say anything more.
Wu Yingwei smiled and nodded.
Wu An drank a sip of wine with Wu Yingwei, his eyes narrowing slightly.
The fact that Village Chief Shen suddenly appointed Wu Yingjin as deputy director is very likely due to Shen Nan pulling strings behind the scenes.
I guess Lao Meng was right; he's just someone who's going to hold his father back.
Let's take a look first.
If Wu Yingjin does his job properly, since they are both surnamed Wu, he won't need to resort to underhanded tactics.
If you don't know your place, being a deputy director isn't so easy.
Wu Yingwei had to go to work the next day, so he didn't drink much and stopped when he was done. After tidying up, they all went home to rest.
Wu An and Lao Jiang talked on the phone for a while, discussing Wu Yingjin's appointment as deputy director.
We didn't talk much.
Upon seeing the message from Gu Anran, he hung up the phone with Lao Jiang and started a video call with Gu Anran.
We were chatting until almost midnight when Old Fu suddenly called.
"Old Fu, what's up?"
"Yongning went to the dock today. Although there are still waves, our boat should be able to set sail?"
Are you sure?
"It's not a big problem."
Wu An thought for a moment, and since he could definitely trust Old Fu, he said, "Okay, it's already late, let's get some rest tonight and meet at the dock at eight o'clock in the morning."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll inform everyone."
"good."
Wu An hung up the phone and video-called Gu Anran back, telling her about the upcoming sea voyage the next day.
Gu Anran was surprised and looked reluctant: "This is too sudden."
Wu An smiled and said, "That's how it is when you go out to sea; you have to seize the good weather."
The last trip to sea made so much money that everyone's enthusiasm has been boosted.
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