Above Destiny

Chapter 403 Days
More than an hour later, during the lunch break, several people had already walked out of the factory area on the coast.

As soon as he walked out of the door, the young man behind Gou Er couldn't contain his excitement anymore.

"Uncle, now that we are rich, in the future..."

"Fuck you!"

Before he could finish, Gou Er's hunched body instantly stretched out, raised his hand and threw a big punching bag at him: "What did I tell you on the way here? Have you forgotten? Did I ask you to speak? How dare you interrupt me when I'm talking?
What a shameful thing! "

Compared with the old and shriveled Zhongdeng, the strong young man was full of muscles. However, when he was beaten in front of everyone, he didn't dare to fight back. He could only lower his head and beg for mercy.

Gou Er finally stopped after beating and scolding him enough.

He spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground.

"Remember the whole thing for me."

He glanced at the seven or eight people he brought this time with a grim expression: "From now on, we are employees of Coast, employees of Director Ji!

From today on, don't be disrespectful in front of the factory manager, understand?"

For a moment, everyone nodded rapidly.

So, Gou Er nodded with satisfaction and suddenly asked:

"Who's the leader?"

In the brief silence, Ah Nao noticed that his uncle's eyes were dangerous again, and he immediately answered: "It's Director Ji!"

So, after having just been beaten, Asong, who was slow to react, was hit on the neck by his second uncle.

"Learn more!"

After a round of scolding, Ah Nao finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Uncle, where do we have more than a hundred people?"

"It'll be there soon!"

Gou Er ordered: "Anuo, you and Asong don't have lunch, drive back first and tell Lao Liu and Lao Tu that the matter is done."

"After Lao Liu and Lao Tu deal with the two traitors, Lame and Shi Hu Liu, tell them not to move in a hurry, but to go to the nearby villages first."

Gou Er paused for a moment, and all the wrinkles on his face seemed to be grinning, stretching out the arc: "Tell them, considering our friendship for so many years, I will not eat alone.

——The chance to turn things around is right here. I’ll wait for a day and see if they can seize it!”

The two young men took the order and left.

After Gou Er watched their modified Peanut tricycle disappear with a rumble, he counted the gold sand in his pocket and, in a rare act of luxury, took the rest of the people to a restaurant.

He sipped the homemade wine and ate fried snails until he was half drunk, and a rosy glow appeared on his wrinkled face.

Squatting at the door of the restaurant, looking at the hustle and bustle of the market, I lit a cigarette happily.

Smell the clouds and fog.

There were faint sounds of raindrops falling from the sky; it was a sunshower. But the rain that had made me shiver all over and kept me awake in the past suddenly didn't seem so scary anymore.

He squatted lazily under the shed, basking in the afterglow of the sun.

When he grinned, he showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth.

Isn’t this day coming?
In fact, Gou Er never saw Ji Jue again in the days that followed.

Although he felt disappointed, he did not show it, but ran diligently between the new spring and the wilderness.

It took him several days to get familiar with Yan Jian and Lu Feng. After inquiring about them privately, he took advantage of the alcohol to ask for their advice.

Only to find out that all the worries were unnecessary.

Yan Jian was currently only in charge of the factory area, and didn't care about anything outside the factory area, nor did he care whether he would take this opportunity to place his own people. After receiving the advice of "there are rules, do things honestly", Lao Gou finally let go and started to roll up his sleeves to work.

According to the factory rules - no matter who comes, as long as they follow the regulations, sign the contract, have clean hands and feet, and are willing to work diligently, then food and accommodation will be included. Although the monthly salary is not much, it is considered abundant in the wilderness, and it is never in arrears.

Although the tube-shaped building rented to the family is ugly, cramped, with poor lighting, like a pigeon cage, and with a shared toilet, it is at least a place to live, with cheap water and electricity, and one can rent an air conditioner for a little more money.

Although such conditions would make even cows and horses spit in dismay in the city, compared with the original barren settlement environment, it is simply a paradise.

There weren't many medicines in the factory hospital, but the prices were not too expensive. All the common medicines in the city were available there, and doctors from Keats Hospital came every now and then to organize free clinics. You could die clearly without having to blame others.

Those with experience can start work after testing, while those without experience can work for free after signing a contract and receive training from a master - what they learn is all production maintenance, and after completing the demanding ten-year contract period, it does not prevent you from opening your own repair shop elsewhere.

Anyone with a bit of common sense, after figuring it out, would happily rush to the assembly line that works six days a week and has one day off.

However, it is always difficult to expect gratitude in the wilderness. There are always some people whose hands are not very honest and whose brains are a little too quick... and such people often disappear mysteriously and are never seen again.

In just less than half a month, Gou Er realized that Coast Industry might not be as simple as he thought, and what is hidden behind it might be even more horrifying.

But so what?

When encountering such things, he smiled and became more certain that he had come to the right place and had found the right person.

After settling the people in his own settlement, he took a group of men, women, and children that he had gathered and started the work of rectifying the shantytown area as ordered by Director Ji. The shantytown area, which was originally in chaos, was restored to order in just a few days. All the illegal buildings that were built arbitrarily, violated regulations, and even stole water and electricity were demolished.

Even though there were a few foolish ones who wanted to resist occasionally, they soon admitted their mistakes under the gentle caress of the rubber stick, accepted Hai'an's great kindness with tears, and obeyed the arrangements.

Later, after he finished cleaning up, the engineering team that had just completed training from Coast came in and began digging sewers and reorganizing the circuits and wires that were in a tangle in various illegal structures.

Then, new electric poles with wet paint were erected, equipped with cameras, putting everything under surveillance management.

Just like that, under the scorching sun, the intensive rectification work finally came to an end after more than half a month.

Then, the entire Xinquan fell into a strange desolation.

It was broad daylight and there was no one on the streets.

Because... it's so damn hot. The temperature is still rising day by day, and the original average temperature of 30 to 40 degrees has risen further. At noon, in some areas of the Haizhou wilderness, it may even reach more than 50 degrees.

At this critical juncture, people have to go out in the early morning and evening, so management is once again in chaos...

After Gou Er submitted the report full of typos, he actually received praise from Yan Jian. Soon, the original market area was expanded again, a huge shed was erected, and the location was redefined.

Thus, amid the hustle and bustle of the night market, Xinquan, which had been silent since nightfall, became brightly lit.

A few days later, the first rainstorm came from the sky.

At the blazing noon hour, suddenly and without warning, the sky and the earth went dark.

Amidst the thunder, in an instant, heavy rain poured down, engulfing the entire world.

The heart-pounding thunder continued, and after just a few minutes, the wilderness outside Xinquan turned into a swamp. When the clouds dissipated and the sun rose again, everything became drier again in the rising water vapor.

After the rainstorm, no one looked good.

The rainy season comes early.

At least half a month earlier.

After the dusty A'nuo rushed back from the original location of the settlement, Lao Gou received the news that the settlement had been completely flooded. Many people praised Uncle Gou for his foresight, and those fierce women in the settlement who had complained in the past were now well-behaved and dared not speak.

Listening to the nephew's report, everyone felt a sense of joy at having survived a disaster, except for Gou Er, who was sitting in the lobby enjoying the air conditioning, and remained silent with an increasingly solemn expression.

Until no one spoke anymore.

After waiting for Lao Gou to finish smoking his cigarette, he held the half-burned cigarette butt, took another deep puff, finally put it out, and stood up.

"Things are going to be troublesome. For the next two days, everyone, keep your phone close to you. Be alert and work in two shifts, day and night. Ah Nao, keep an eye on them. If anyone dares to slack off during work, I'll beat them to death. I don't care if their father is dead or their wife ran away. If anyone dares to make a mistake, get the hell out of here. Do you understand?!"

After giving the instructions, he trotted to the factory to find Lu Feng. After coming back, he ran to the old Diaomao Town next to Xinquan and met Brother Huangmao.

Before the evening of that day, everyone in the shantytown discovered that a fence had been erected all around, with barbed wire wrapped around the top, for strict security.

The rubber rollers that the management team members used to wear around their waists are gone, replaced by iron rods with barbs, and their faces are gloomy.

All the members of the factory security team also got rid of their previous lazy appearance.

With live ammunition.

Before dawn the next day, the outskirts of Xinquan Town and the main entrance were already crowded with people...

Dusty faces were clamoring to go into town, and some had already run to a secluded place and tried to climb over the wall. Modified vehicles emitting thick smoke rumbled, one after another, blocking the road, honking their horns, but to no avail.

Bribery, which used to be effective, is no longer effective.

Unless you have a pass issued by the coast or your own resident number, you are not allowed to enter or leave, no matter how exaggerated the reasons and excuses are.

As for those who still want to break through the checkpoint or try to climb over the wall... they can use their own brains to personally experience the law enforcement strength of the management team and the security department.

Yan Jian wiped the cold sweat off his forehead after receiving the news, and felt goosebumps all over as he looked at the crowd of people outside the barbed wire.

Fortunately, we were prepared and completed the rectification, otherwise the whole Xinquan would be in such a mess!
The sudden rainstorm and the early rainy season were like a ton of straw that broke the camel's back, destroying the hopes of countless villages.

Realizing that they could no longer continue, many settlements dispersed in an instant.

Those who have connections will find them, and those who don’t have to find a place on their own, as they have to make a living.

Even though Haizhou is so big now, how many places are there to accommodate a group of unrelated outsiders?
The crowds that filled the mountains and plains at this moment were only the first wave...

In the gradually surging crowd, shouts and cries were heard. The crowd, which had been relatively quiet under the threat of gunfire, now pushed forward again. Amid the shouts and roars, there was a faint tendency to charge forward. The atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange!

It's obvious that someone is instigating this behind the scenes.

Gou Er was hiding behind the fence, watching the scene, already sweating profusely. He could only keep commanding the management team through the radio to speed up the suppression.

I was at a loss as to what to do, but suddenly, I calmed down.

He even took off the cigarette that had just been lit at the corner of his mouth, stomped it out with his foot, crushed it hard twice, turned around and looked at the junior beside him.

"Ah, is uncle good to you?"

"it is good."

Ah Nuo nodded decisively without thinking.

Lao Gou looked at him straight, and suddenly asked: "At the beginning, your uncle didn't let you enter the factory, but made you work with your uncle. You suffered a lot. Tell the truth, do you hate your uncle?"

Ah Nao shook his head: "Before my mother died, she told me to listen to my uncle. I will do whatever my uncle says."

"Okay, then listen to me this time."

Lao Gou suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand, like an iron clamp: "A Song is a loser, you can't rely on him, just work honestly and be good to him, but you are different, you have a chance to stand out..."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "There are some things that the boss is not suitable for doing, and the people below need to be able to handle things... You have to take the initiative, understand?"

A Nuo nodded.

"Good boy, good, good."

Gou Er smiled, and the wrinkles on his old face relaxed for a moment. Then, he walked closer, put a gun into his hand, bent his fingers, asked him to clench it, and put it in his pocket.

"follow me!"

The hunchbacked man straightened his back again, stood up straight, held his head high, and walked out of the barbed wire.

That crowd was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)