The train driver in the courtyard

By the time everyone had finished their preparations, it was already past 10 p.m.

The well site sent someone to deliver dinner, which was very plentiful. Each person received a can of meat, two steamed buns, and two ounces of sweet potato liquor.

Everyone ate and drank, and the atmosphere was very lively.

While drinking, they talked about today's accident. The leader in charge of safety asked Li Aiguo for his opinion on how to deal with Wang Kun.

Malanhua was eating canned food when she heard this, and immediately raised her head to look at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo took a sip of his drink, clicked his tongue twice, and said, "I'm not a worker on your oil field, so I don't know your rules. If this were on our railway, this kind of thing would definitely be dealt with seriously."

Ma Lanhua became a little anxious and wanted to defend Wang Kun.

Wang Kun did indeed make a serious mistake, after all, she was her teammate.

Li Aiguo didn't give her a chance to speak, and continued in a more emphasizing tone: "One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. Before we start our work, we must first pick out the rotten apples."

Wang Kun's mistake was not only due to operational error, but also because he maliciously framed Master Chen. If everyone were like him, how could the drilling team carry out their work in the future!
I suggest we send Wang Kun back to headquarters and detain him first, then investigate him gradually.

This is a common tactic Li Aiguo uses to carry out special work.

If you encounter a suspicious person, isolate them first; that way, they won't be able to pull off any tricks.

Chief Engineer Wan and Section Chief Xu also agreed with Li Aiguo's opinion.

The drilling team, however, felt that the handling was too severe.

If the matter is handed over to the main farm, Wang Kun will not only be fired, but may also be imprisoned.

Even Master Chen, who was falsely accused, spoke up for Wang Kun, saying that he would not pursue the matter of Wang Kun's false accusation.

The two sides disagreed, so the leader in charge of safety asked Ma Lanhua, the captain of the fifth squad, for her opinion.

Malanhua felt a little reluctant and suggested, "I think we can leave Wang Kun at the well site first, and then contact the Krama side."

After a moment's thought, the leader in charge of safety made a decision: "We'll leave Wang Kun at the well site for now, and transfer him over once we've contacted the Krama team."

After the dinner, Li Aiguo strolled back to his tent, picked up the blueprints, leaned back in his chair, and prepared for tomorrow's work.

"Comrade Aiguo, are you there?" Ma Lanhua called out from outside the door, lifted the curtain, and came in.

A woman came to the door late at night. Zhou Ke was cleaning his pistol when he saw her. His expression turned strange, and he stood up to leave.

Li Aiguo stopped him and asked Ma Lanhua, "Captain Ma, it's so late, is there something you need?"

Ma Lanhua sensed Li Aiguo's unfriendly attitude, straightened her back, and said solemnly:

"Comrade Aiguo, I understand your attitude toward the handling of Wang Kun."

But as the captain of the fifth squad, I must tell you that Wang Kun is a key technical member of the Karamay faction.

According to the procedures for cross-unit collaboration, disciplinary action against such personnel must be jointly carried out after the original unit verifies the personnel file.

If the headquarters directly detains and holds someone accountable, it would not only exceed its authority but also potentially trigger disputes between the two locations.

I suggest contacting Karamay first to retrieve his file. Once his technical level and past records are clear, then the case can be transferred for further processing.

This isn't about protecting someone; it's about avoiding causing even more trouble at the well site.

Li Aiguo gave her a deep look:
“Captain Ma, you are a competent production team leader, but a team leader cannot only know the procedures.”

He picked up the blueprints and stopped explaining. Ma Lanhua had wanted to chat with Li Aiguo for a while, but seeing this, she hesitated for a moment and finally turned and left.

After seeing Ma Lanhua off from the shack, Zhou Ke returned and looked at Li Aiguo, saying, "Ma Lanhua is a very qualified team leader. How could you dampen her enthusiasm?"

"The captain not only needs to set an example, but more importantly, he can't make stupid mistakes." Li Aiguo had no time to deal with these trivial matters and picked up the blueprints to continue studying them.

In a shack not far from the campfire, Malanhua went inside and told Wang Kun about the safety leader's decision.

"We need to wait for the Krama file to arrive, so you'd better stay put for the next few days."

She stared into Wang Kun's darting eyes, her tone suddenly becoming stern:

"If you make even the slightest mistake, I'll personally tie you up and take you to the headquarters security department. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

After seeing Malan off, Wang Kun lay on his bed, his eyes fixed on the stars in the sky.

They originally thought they could shift the blame to Mr. Chen, but that damned train driver ruined it. This accident is very serious; he'll probably be arrested soon.

"There's no other way. I didn't want to do this either. You all forced me to."

A malicious smirk appeared on Wang Kun's lips.

****
The restoration work officially began at six o'clock the next morning.

The original eight drilling teams, plus the two drilling teams that came to support, brought the total number of people on site to three or four hundred.

The restoration work was personally directed by Chief Engineer Wan, with Li Aiguo assisting him, and the progress was very encouraging.

The sealing of the original wellbore was completed in just half a day.

Drilling officially began in the afternoon, with directional drilling at a build-up rate of 15°/100m and horizontal displacement controlled within 35m.

To ensure the accuracy of the drilling, the drilling speed was not fast, and it was not completed until the afternoon of the third day.

This speed has exceeded Li Aiguo's expectations.

Daqing is indeed full of talented people.

"Aiguo, get some rest early today. Once the secondary casing is installed tomorrow, we can start installing the drilling rig." Chief Engineer Wan's voice was hoarse after a long day of work.

Li Aiguo raised his wrist and saw that it was already six o'clock in the afternoon. He then took Zhou Ke and planned to go back to the shack to rest for a while and wait for the main farm to deliver the food.

Before we even reached the shack, we saw railway police officer Xiao Zhou come out of it, clutching his forehead.

"Oh no! The safe has been stolen!"

Zhou Ke was stunned by the news and quickly ran over to ask, "Xiao Zhou, what happened?"

"Damn it, we've suffered a huge loss this time!" Xiao Zhou gasped as he recounted the events.

Xiao Zhou's task was to guard the shack, which was an easy job. Xiao Zhou didn't take it lightly and didn't leave the shack all day.

But people have three urgent needs.

Xiao Zhou wanted to relieve himself, so as usual he went to a spot not far from the shack, where he could relieve himself while keeping an eye on the shack.

Unexpectedly, he was knocked unconscious from behind.

When Xiao Zhou woke up, he realized something was wrong and immediately checked the safe, only to find it was gone.

"And the gun, my gun was stolen too."

At this moment, Chief Engineer Wan and Section Chief Xu noticed the commotion and came over.

Upon learning that the blueprints for the oil pumping unit were in the safe, they immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

Section Chief Xu immediately reported the incident at the No. 5 well site to the Security Department and requested that they send personnel to provide support.

Zhou Ke's face was terribly dark; this was the first time he had encountered something like this.

"Find him! We must find him!"

Zhou Ke immediately wanted to lead his men to search each shack one by one, but there were hundreds of shacks here, and by the time they finished searching, the cucumbers would be cold.

Furthermore.

This could also be the work of outsiders.

"The other party knew that the blueprints were hidden in the safe and also knew the location of the safe, so it couldn't have been an outsider."

Li Aiguo rejected Section Chief Xu's idea, and his eyes suddenly turned to a shack not far away.

"Wang Kun!"

Today, most of the workers are working next to the derrick, only Wang Kun is staying in the shack.

Although he was unclear about Wang Kun's true purpose, Li Aiguo still listed him as the prime suspect.

Zhou Ke immediately drew his pistol, loaded it, and rushed into the shack.

The shack was empty.

(End of this chapter)