1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 14 Thanks
Generally speaking, the captains of each drilling team can be regarded as the representatives of "low position but great power".

Although their job titles are not high and there are basically not many channels for promotion, they have absolute power of life and death within the rules in their own little piece of land.

Therefore, the bonfire in the private camp on the saline-alkali land was burning particularly vigorously today...

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"Xiao Chao, Xiao Chao... Damn it, can't you see that there is not enough firewood? Go and chop some more dry firewood!... Remember, no hay, shrubs!" Sun Jian yelled loudly, swearing.

Seeing his little apprentice with dark circles under his eyes running happily towards some bushes in the distance, Sun Jian turned around and fiddled with the two whole chickens on the wooden rack with a hint of attentiveness.

"Oh, Master Yang, why didn't you tell me earlier that you can't eat spicy food? I can ask the chef to make you some non-spicy dishes... If people from other teams knew that you were forced to roast sweet potatoes outside to fill your stomachs, I would be killed!" A wild giant panda grumbled with a look of regret, as if the person who turned a deaf ear to Tu Lili's protest a few days ago had nothing to do with him.

Actually, we couldn't blame this guy for changing his attitude so quickly. It was just that the Master Yang in front of us was really good. In just two days, the viscosity and pressure of the mud in the well returned to normal levels, the collapse of the well wall was brought under control, and the inverted well was carried out smoothly. There were no accidents in the exploration experiment of the salvage tool combination.

In other words, as long as the workers do not make any operating errors, the drill bit at the stuck point can be salvaged in two days at most, and drilling can be carried out smoothly after replacing the drill bit.

You know, according to past experience, even if engineers from the engineering team came to the well, it would take at least a week to half a month to solve the problem. But the young man in front of him was confident that he could solve the accident within five days... Wow, this is a treasure!

Seeing that his and the entire team's year-end bonuses were basically secured, how could Sun Jian, as the team captain, not be attentive?
Just the day before yesterday, Sun Jian immediately asked the canteen to add four non-spicy dishes according to the taste of Qilu people to make up for the previous debt. However, although Yang Mo and Tu Lili would eat in the construction site canteen at night, at noon time, they would still run to the small camp in the wild to meet with a certain little guy, and then make a fire and cook.

There was no other way. Thinking that Yang Mo was still in a bad mood, Sun Jian had to take two whole chickens and some ingredients from the cafeteria, intending to show the young technician his skills in person to ease the misunderstanding between them. For the current front-line oil workers, it is necessary to maintain good relationships with technical personnel at all times. This is the supreme truth that countless predecessors have learned from painful lessons.

At the very least, we have to maintain this relationship until this damn production campaign is over, right?

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Facing Sun Jian's enthusiasm, Yang Mo smiled as he looked at the two whole chickens that were gradually becoming brown and attractive.

It has to be said that as a Shandong man, he envied the innate cooking skills of his male compatriots in the three southwestern provinces - you know, even if he had been through a bumpy life in the previous life, he could only ensure that he would not get food poisoning in this area.

However, unlike Tu Lili who was flattered, Yang Mo keenly realized...is this guy too attentive?
You know, even if he had shown some skills before, he was just a newbie in a department after all. What's more, the engineering team has already known about the situation, and an engineer will come here tonight at most. In this case, would a drilling team captain who holds considerable power have to drop all the things in his hands and come here to roast chicken just for the two of them?
Even though the people of Bashu value friendship and loyalty and have a clear distinction between love and hate, at this critical juncture, sending his little apprentice to express gratitude is enough!
It's a pity that I don't remember clearly about the 152 Drilling Team. Although I vaguely remember that they did have a pretty big incident, I can't remember the details - otherwise, I should be able to guess why this guy suddenly became so attentive.

However, the world of martial arts is not about killing and killing, but about human relations. Since the captain has shown such enthusiasm, no matter what, a newbie like me should also show some appreciation.

"Oh my, Captain Sun, what you said... To be honest, you are so enthusiastic towards us, so enthusiastic that we are flattered!... Four dishes! The standard meal in the canteen of the well team is only 8 dishes and 1 soup!... If we are really shameless and sit there to eat, and make these four non-spicy dishes a rule... won't we be scolded by our seniors?... But I know that the seniors in the team love spicy food, and we can't break the precedent!"

“Besides, Captain Sun may not have much contact with us Qilu people, so he doesn’t know us very well… We young people grew up stealing sweet potatoes from home… We are not good at other things, but we like roasted sweet potatoes… Hahaha, Captain Sun, don’t laugh at me. When I think of the time when I stole sweet potatoes from home and roasted them in the wild when I was a child, I think these sweet potatoes are especially delicious!”

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Sun Jian couldn't help but twitch his eyes as Yang Mo seemed to be full of gratitude but actually had to deal with the polite tug-of-war for half an hour.

My god, this is really a college student who just graduated! ?

Why do I feel... a little more oily than us?

Seeing that Yang Mo was acting a bit slippery, Sun Jian wisely turned the focus of the conversation to Tu Lili next to him - this girl's eyes were shining with the clarity and stupidity that are common in rookies, so she must be much easier to fool.

"Xiao Tu, I just found out the day before yesterday... I heard that your hometown is nearby?" Sun Jian took the initiative to help turn the sweet potatoes in the fire, and turned to the little girl. His tone was not deliberate, just like chatting, with a slightly careless smile on his face, and no intentions could be seen at all. In addition, his glance was like a dragonfly skimming the water, which would definitely not make strange opposite sex feel wary - it must be said that after more than ten years in state-owned enterprises, this guy still has a certain level of skill.

Hearing the captain ask this, Tu Lili nodded in fear and trepidation: "Yes, my home is nearby... Xiaomei Village... not far from here."

Upon hearing this, Sun Jian stretched his waist lazily, put his arms behind him and sighed: "Xiaomei Village, I know it! I drank with Xie Laonian from your village a few years ago... I have to say, people in Yucheng are like this... If we go to other places to dig wells, how can we not even set up night guards like now?"

Seeing Sun Jian's thumbs up and his implicit praise for their hometown, Tu Lili immediately became happy: "Captain Sun, do you know our village chief?"

Sun Jian laughed: "Of course I know them. How can we who stay in the wild all day not go to the nearby villages?... In fact, I am familiar with not only your Xiaomei Village, but also Xiaozhou Village and Xialiu Village... But generally speaking, I still get along best with your Xiaomei Village... In the past two years, I have met with Xie Laonian, Li Mazi and Wang Sanjin from your village basically every two months... But those guys are so deceiving. They know that I like to drink corn wine, but they still force me to drink sweet potato wine every time. Damn, one day, I will get back at them!"

Hearing the familiar names coming out of the captain's mouth, Tu Lili immediately believed it - you know, Sun Jian called those cadres by their nicknames, and if the relationship was not that close, ordinary people would not be so polite.

"Eh? Captain Sun often comes to our village to drink? It's a pity that I have been studying outside these years, otherwise I would have caught up with Captain Sun to drink in the village... Even though I am a girl, half a pound of sweet potato stew can't put me down!"

I don’t know if it’s because they feel there’s a connection between them, or for some other reason, but Tu Lili and Sun Jian started to flirt with each other, and their expressions became closer.

Hearing that this girl actually brought the topic to drinking, Sun Jian's mouth twitched. He glanced at Yang Mo who was listening with a smile on his face, and immediately made a gesture of waving his hands to beg for mercy: "Forget it! Forget it! You little girls are born with a natural tolerance for drinking one and a half kilograms of alcohol, and you are young and can hold on... If I win by drinking, it will be unfair, and if I lose, I will be ashamed to see people... No, no!!"

It seemed that no one had expected that this fierce-looking captain would have such a funny side. Upon hearing this, Tu Lili was so delighted that she burst into laughter.

After some more joking, Sun Jian felt that the time was almost up, so he tore off two chicken wings and gave them to the two of them, then said with a serious expression: "Master Yang, Xiao Tu, to be honest, you two really helped our 152 drilling team a lot this time... If it weren't for you two, to put it bluntly, the 63 yuan year-end bonus for all 20 people in our team would have been completely wasted!"

20! ?

When she heard this number, Tu Lili took a breath.

Even if the 20 yuan is divided among 63 people, and the technical staff and the captain and deputy captain will certainly get more, but after the distribution, an ordinary driller would be able to get 1988 to 100 yuan - you have to know, this was to yuan in , and the salary of ordinary workers across the country was less than yuan!

At this moment, Tu Lili swore that she almost thought about becoming a driller!

Seeing this, Sun Jian just smiled indifferently, but his face showed a kind of ruffian spirit: "I know that many locals don't like us, thinking that we are oil thieves who came to your land to steal oil... I don't want to say much about this... But I want to say that no matter how you look at us, we Bashu people have always been the kind of people who respect you as much as you respect me... Since Master Yang and Xiao Tu have helped us so much, we should thank you no matter what. Otherwise, if the news gets out, I, Sun Jian, will no longer be a human being!"

Upon hearing this, Tu Lili quickly waved her hands: "No need to thank me! No need to thank me! This is what we should do... Besides, it was Yang Mo who made the main move, and I didn't help at all... If you really want to thank someone, just thank Yang Mo, don't count me in!"

Sun Jian laughed: "Who said you didn't help? If you hadn't helped Xiao Wang with statistics and calculations, even if Master Yang had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't have been able to come up with a solution so quickly... So, thank you, thank you!"

Seeing this, Tu Lili was embarrassed and confused.

Everyone knows their own business. What she did was really just insignificant little favor, and it couldn't be considered any merit. But it would be a lie to say that she wasn't tempted by the unknown gift of thanks - she had said before that the two of them helped the 152 drilling team to recover a bonus of 20 yuan. After doing such a big favor, the gift of thanks wouldn't be too stingy, right?

Seeing Tu Lili being so shy and glancing at him from time to time, Yang Mo sighed tiredly: "Captain Sun, you are so thoughtful... But I don't know how to describe this thank you gift?"

Hearing that Yang Mo finally spoke, Sun Jian laughed, but the expression on his face became more mysterious: "Master Yang, Xiaotu, to be honest, with the current prices and the consumption level of the drilling company, the basic salary of one or two hundred yuan a month is really not enough, so... do you want to make some extra money... the kind that can earn hundreds or thousands of yuan a month?"

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Unlike Tu Lili, whose eyes were shone into coins,
Hearing this figure which was far higher than the current salary level, Yang Mo couldn't help but frown...

(End of this chapter)