Chapter 100: Appointment
Jiang Qibin ordered two meals, he ate one and left the other aside without touching it.
He looked up from time to time, his brows furrowed, looking worried.
"Xiao Jiangzi, your master is not here?" Song Tiegen stretched out his feet and put them on the stool next to him.
Jiang Qibin said sarcastically: "Brother Ze treats me like a brother. You like being someone else's dog. Don't think that everyone likes being a dog."
"Brother Ze? This flattery is really shameless." Song Tiegen laughed, "He is a weird person. Whoever gets close to him will be in trouble. You are really fearless. You dare to call him a brother. Don't say that we didn't give you a chance. As long as you stay away from Song Ruize now, I will help you put in a good word with Brother Chen and arrange an easy job for you. How about it?"
"I'm too strong to be a dog that curries favor with the powerful. You should leave this good opportunity to yourself. I'm not lucky enough to enjoy it."
"You little bastard, don't be so shameless..." Song Tiegen grabbed Jiang Qibin's clothes on his chest and threatened him viciously.
"What are you doing now?" The officer came over.
Song Tiegen quickly loosened Jiang Qibin's clothes, fiddled with them a few times, and said with a smile: "We were just joking, we didn't do anything."
"Everyone, put down your bowls. I have a few words to say." The official said, "From today on, Chen Zhe is no longer the manager in charge of purchasing. Foremen need to find Song Ruize if they need anything. Song Ruize will select five people. Those of you who are interested can sign up with him."
"Sir, we originally followed Manager Chen. Now that Manager Chen is no longer in charge of purchasing, can we still continue to be responsible for purchasing?" Song Tiegen asked hurriedly.
In order to grab this spot, he spent a lot of money to please Chen Zhe, ran a lot of errands for him, and bullied a lot of people with him.
If Chen Zhe lost his power and his job was ruined, wouldn't all his previous efforts be wasted?
Another point is that even if his job was not in vain, he would have to work with Song Ruize in the future. Given the grudge between the two of them, his good days would be over.
"Now Steward Song is in charge of the purchases. Steward Song's opinion is the most important. Whoever Steward Song chooses to stay, then that person will stay."
"Where is Chen Zhe?" someone asked curiously.
"He's done something wrong. We won't see him again." The officer said, "You should take this as a warning and never follow Chen Zhe's example. Okay, keep eating!"
Song Ruize sent the officer out.
The two were talking about something and seemed quite skilled.
Upon closer inspection, the officer was indeed Captain Feng who had eaten at Qin Huiyin's stall last time.
Jiang Qibin waited for Song Ruize to come back and greeted him excitedly.
"Brother Ze, you are amazing. You managed to steal Chen Zhe away in no time. I finally don't have to worry about his mood anymore."
Song Ruize nodded: "Do you want to work with me?"
"Need I say that?" Jiang Qibin grinned and said, "I just want to follow Brother Ze and enjoy the good life."
Song Ruize looked at the others and said, "Who else can read? It doesn't matter if you can't read. If you are willing to learn, please come in four more people."
The purchasing department doesn't have to do hard labor, which is a good thing for people with weak bodies. Besides, not everyone cares about the coffin. We are all miserable people, who is more noble than who? Are all miserable people cursed plague gods?
In the face of interests, those little gossips are nothing.
"I!"
"I do!"
"Manager Song, count me in."
With the first person speaking up, others rushed to grab those spots.
Song Ruize pointed at the thin young man in the crowd and said, "Do you want to come?"
Jiang Qingnan did not raise his hand because he did not think he would be selected. He was a man of few words, did not make friends with others, and was usually the poor guy who was bullied.
Song Ruize directly pointed at him in the crowd, and he was a little stunned.
"Me?"
"Yes. I know you have been educated for a few years and your handwriting is quite good."
"Okay, I do." Jiang Qingnan said excitedly.
His hands and feet were covered with blisters. If he continued working like this, he would collapse on the construction site sooner or later.
Not only did he study for a few years, he also passed the examination and became a scholar. However, after passing the examination, he could not pass the imperial examination, and for several years he became a burden to his family, so he stopped taking the examination.
He stopped studying and wanted to find a job. However, before he found a job, his younger brothers and sisters-in-law were unhappy. They said that they had to choose one person to build the dam. He and his second brother were newlyweds, and there was no reason to separate the newlyweds. What's more, the whole family had paid for his studies over the years, and now it was time for him to take responsibility.
He didn't want to cause chaos at home, and what his sister-in-law said made sense. As the eldest brother, he felt obliged to do this difficult task.
When Jiang Qingnan was rejoicing that he had escaped from the sea of suffering, Song Ruize pointed to the big guy Chen Yong again.
Chen Yong was from the stonemason group. He was big, strong, and fierce. Ever since Song Ruize became friends with him, there were fewer people talking about him.
The stonemason foreman was unhappy when he saw Song Ruize trying to snatch people from him. Chen Yong was the ace of their team, and many dangerous and heavy tasks were assigned to him.
"Manager Song, even though I asked you to pick someone, you have to be careful! Chen Yong is our man, it would be bad if you snatch him away, right?"
Song Ruize said calmly, "The county magistrate and Mr. Wen from the capital both said that I can pick anyone I want. If Foreman Li is not convinced, go talk to them."
"That's really amazing. You have someone to back you up. Okay, I won't argue with you. It's because I don't have the ability to please the powerful people." Foreman Li said sourly.
"Chen Yong, are you coming?" Song Ruize continued to ask Chen Yong.
Chen Yong patted his chest and said, "I'll listen to you."
"There are only two spots left." The person next to him said, "What chance do we have?"
"There are only five vacancies in total, but it is not enough to manage procurement with only these five people. Sometimes some people will be seconded from other groups. If there is an opportunity to add more people, I will focus on selecting those who have signed up. Now Jiang Qingnan will count the people who have signed up, and I will select two from them, and the rest will be kept as backup candidates."
"I sign up, I sign up..."
"I'm signing up too..."
Jiang Qibin pulled Song Ruize out of the crowd.
Anyway, Jiang Qingnan is in charge of statistics, so let him worry about it.
"Brother Ze, your food is ready, but it must be cold." Jiang Qibin said, "You are in charge now, I will ask them to heat it up for you and add some meat."
"No need." Song Ruize said, "I'm not that pretentious."
"Okay, then you eat it. By the way, the sauce your sister made is really amazing. If I wasn't worried that there would be nothing left after eating it, I would really like to buy half a bottle." Jiang Qibin ate the steamed buns with sauce intoxicated. "Brother Ze, you are really amazing. You have directly replaced Chen Zhe's position."
"It's not that I'm great, but..." She is great.
Those ideas were all hers, and he took credit for them.
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