1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 302 Nothing happened before

Seeing that there were less than ten days left until the Spring Festival, almost everyone in the drilling company began to idle down all of a sudden. Everyone was preparing to welcome the most important festival of the year in a lazy and cheerful manner.

As a result, ordinary employees happily gossiped and chatted in the office while waiting to get on the company-arranged bus, and took the red envelopes issued by the company to go to the department stores in Dezhou and Jinan to buy some fashionable goods that they liked;

Others, on the other hand, started visiting each other, carrying good things they had gotten from somewhere, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was so happy.

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“Hiss~ha~! Hiss~hiss~!”

"Yes, yes, it's right here, right here...hiss!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Xiaobai, it's itchy~...Don't draw circles~...Ha~!"

Following a strange and misunderstood scream, Bai Mengmeng speechlessly withdrew his right hand that was filled with an unknown transparent liquid: "Master, it's just a vitamin E ointment, can you not be so pretentious?"

As he spoke, the young apprentice tore off a piece of toilet paper to wipe off the remaining ointment on his hands, and fanned his nose in disgust: "Master, you must not have washed your feet last night... They already smell!"

Yang Mo looked at the two big feet that looked as if they were roasted and oily after applying the ointment, and felt a little depressed: "It's not that I didn't wash my feet last night, but I haven't washed my feet in the past few days... The doctor said that you can't soak in hot water if you have frostbite!"

As he spoke, he leaned forward and twitched his nose a few times, his expression becoming somewhat smug: "How is it, my feet don't smell that bad even though I haven't washed them for a few days... Isn't my teacher awesome?"

The young disciple rolled his eyes, thinking that his master was sometimes as childish as a little kid.

Is it worth bragging about not washing your feet for a few days?
He immediately stood up, made a retching gesture, then made a grimace and ran outside to wash his hands.

After washing his hands, the young apprentice came back and rummaged through the boxes that were piled up like a mountain in the living room. Finally, he took out two boxes. After thinking for a while, he held them up and showed them to Yang Mo: "Master, there is no food in your refrigerator. Let's just make do with a small meal for lunch today... Heat up this five-spice donkey meat, and take out this box of Meicun sesame cakes and bake them on the stove. How about we just make do with this?"

Yang Mo waved his hand and said, "What's so hot about the braised donkey meat? Just take out the sesame seed cakes and roast them... Come on, let me show you. Just throw them on the edge of the gas stove and they will be roasted in less than a minute!"

The young apprentice quickly stopped him: "People with frostbite should not sit next to the stove, otherwise they will itch again. Just sit on the sofa and I will warm you up!"

As he spoke, Bai Mengmeng unpacked the boxes and complained, "Master, as soon as Sister Lu moved out, your house became like a haunted house. There is no human presence at all. A mouse would cry if it got into your refrigerator... Fortunately, many people came to visit you these days, so we managed to save some food. Otherwise, I would have suspected that you would have starved to death in your house!"

Yang Mo glared at her unhappily: "What do you mean by starving to death in the house? Isn't it inconvenient to go out because of frostbite on your feet? Besides, it's not like I don't have any disciples. With a good disciple like you here, why would I be afraid of having nothing to eat?"

Bai Mengmeng was delighted when she heard that. She puffed out her chest proudly. "That's right. I just came back from a business trip to Lanling this morning and heard that you were back. You had a lot of chilblains on your feet. I knew that you were lazy and you would definitely not run to the cafeteria to get food with your stinky feet... So, I was worried that you would faint from hunger, so I ran over here right after I put down my luggage."

As he said this, the little disciple handed over a hot pancake with a smile: "Master, how about this little disciple of mine? I am really filial. Is it worth it?"

Yang Mo slapped her head lightly: "What do you mean I'm so lazy that I definitely won't run to the cafeteria to get food? Is there anyone who would make up stories about his own master like you!?"

Taking the crispy pancake and taking a bite, Yang Mo finally felt a little relieved in his empty stomach. He nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad. It's not in vain to have this disciple."

Bai Mengmeng rolled his eyes around, scanning the pile of boxes in the room, and said with some dissatisfaction: "These people in the company are really blind. Master, you are a section chief, and a silent and dedicated section chief. I can't even find a chance to give you gifts on weekdays. During the Spring Festival, which is such a good time, these people only gave you some worthless fruits and local specialties...Aren't they blind?"

Nowadays, there are different rules for giving gifts to different people.

If you are just ordinary friends, or if it is just ordinary personal exchanges, then you would definitely go for the "big" gift; that is, give some fruits, food, nutritional supplements, etc. that appear to be large in size but are actually not very valuable... This way you can show your sincerity, and make the other person feel impressive.

But if they want to ask a favor from someone, they will often use the "big + small" method... that is, they will come to visit with two boxes of very ordinary fruits, but in fact the real big gift is the "small gift" carried on the body or hidden in the fruit box.

These "small gifts" depend on the actual situation. They can be Mao Zedong stuffed in a mooncake box, a watch that a guest accidentally dropped on the coffee table, or a 999 gold prize that comes with health products... Of course, the most common one is an inconspicuous small card at the bottom of the box.

Of course, the above refers to special circumstances, and this will only be done when one really needs something from others. If one just wants to curry favor with the leader, the "small gifts" usually hidden in the big box will often be some famous cigarettes and wines, or highly targeted brand-name fishing gear, famous paintings and calligraphy, fashionable foreign goods, etc.

Therefore, although Yang Mo's room full of untouched boxes may look intimidating, in the eyes of those who know the business, they are just a pile of junk... How much are these dozens of boxes of fruits and local specialties worth?

If there really were any small gifts inside, the box should have been opened long ago, or only half of the box should have been left, instead of leaving it intact like this.

Hearing his little apprentice complain, Yang Mo glanced at her with amusement: "One quarter of these things were issued by the company, and the rest were gifts from Xialiu Sales Agency and the Fifth Farm."

Bai Mengmeng was stunned, and his face turned a little bitter.

Xialiu Sales Agency and the Fifth Farm are Yang Mo's direct subordinate units, so it is normal for them to send gifts during festivals and holidays.

Xialiu Sales Agency, in particular, had already provided gifts for every festival when Yang Mo was still a nobody, and was known for its generosity and sincerity.

Therefore, it was not surprising at all that the two units that were familiar with Yang Mo's personality sent dozens of boxes of gifts that suited Yang Mo's preferences but were not worth much at all.

But this is not the point.

The point is...

Yang Mo made it very clear that he only accepted gifts from these two units, and even confiscated gifts from the newly affiliated Xi Xiangfeng Cannery.

This is the affiliated unit that Yang Mo listed as a key support target. Even the gifts from the Xi Xiangfeng Cannery were confiscated, so it would be even more impossible for the others.

Originally, Bai Mengmeng thought that the people in the company had sensed that something was not right, so his master was treated coldly and there was not a single gift of any importance in the room.

She had originally thought of using this topic to persuade her master not to continue the cold war with Uncle Zhang.
result……

Well, after all this time, it turns out that it’s not that the master was ignored, but that he simply confiscated the gifts from others!
Right.

My master is now well-versed in the industry. Not only are the projects under his charge related to the jobs of thousands of employees and their families, but he himself is also the key to whether the drilling company can overcome this hurdle this year. How could the whole company be so incapable of seeing things?
Even without these factors, the fact that Dongying took a huge risk and squeezed out a huge amount of funds of 1 billion yuan in the first batch to give to Yang Mo to take care of this matter was enough to make Yang Mo's doorstep bustled.

Thinking of this, Bai Mengmeng became more and more annoyed.

After falling into a cold war with Zhang Wenshun, Yang Mo's attitude towards her remained the same as before. He still taught her without reservation, scolded her when he should, and joked with her when he should... It can be said that Yang Mo was an extremely dedicated master, and no one could find any fault with him.

But Bai Mengmeng knew that some things were different.

Ever since Yang Mo rejected the 300 million yuan in funds from Guizhou at the meeting, both Zhang Wenshun and Bai Mengmeng had become hesitant as to whether Yang Mo would fulfill his contract and work with his father.

In other words, Yang Mo will eventually get involved in the poverty alleviation projects in Tongren area, but they have no idea how he will get involved and whether he will use local funds to participate in these projects.

But the difference between the two is so huge that it directly affects whether Bai Mengmeng's father will get 60 points or 90 points on the report card he will hand in in the future.

Bai Mengmeng was very clear about the subtle transformation of his master and where the problem lay.

But Uncle Zhang in the family showed an unusual persistence on this matter. He has not explained it to Yang Mo so far, nor has he any intention of sitting down and having a heart-to-heart talk with him.

Whenever Bai Mengmeng brought up this topic, Zhang Wenshun would smooth it over and tell her that everything would slowly get back on track after Mr. Wang took office.

Will things get back on track after Mr. Wang takes office?

Bai Mengmeng has always been reserved about this.

She didn't know much about Mr. Wang, nor did she know how capable he was, let alone what his attitude would be towards her master after he returned.

But she knew very well that her master was a person with a very strange personality, and often made choices that ordinary people could not understand.

When my master was nothing, he faced the temptations of Miss Mu and Vice President Feng, took a huge risk in his career, and resolutely stood on the side of Uncle Zhang;
Now, it is very likely that his master will go against the strong return of Old Wang and even have a complete falling out with his Uncle Zhang because of some reasons that outsiders cannot grasp at all.

Don't think it's impossible. The news that my master plans to locate the new asset management company in Dezhou has spread in a small circle... Instead of choosing Qingdao and Jinan, which have better conditions in all aspects, he chose Dezhou, a county-level city that is on the verge of collapse, and promised that the investment amount this year will not be less than 6 million yuan. This fact itself proves that my master's willfulness has exceeded everyone's imagination.

To be honest, it's only because my master's record is too impressive that no one dares to criticize his decision. If it were an ordinary person, the company would have held a meeting to reject this extremely absurd resolution long ago. Why would they remain silent like they are now?
But it is precisely because of this that Bai Mengmeng becomes more worried.

A ruthless person like the master who can stir up huge waves wherever he goes, even if Lao Wang is always the founder of a company and has an unparalleled reputation in the company, it is difficult to suppress him.

Even a blind person can see the ambitions of his master in Dongying. If Mr. Wang really suppresses his master too much and makes him angry, does he really think that he won't dare to go to Dongying to get promoted three levels? ?

She didn't know whether Yang Mo would be persuaded by some beautiful woman to go to Dongying by then, but it was certain that the plan made by Uncle Zhang and her father would fail.

When Bai Mengmeng thought of this, he felt so upset that he wanted to explode. He even forgot to hand the unwrapped donkey meat to Yang Mo.

Seeing this, Yang Mo chuckled, then took the bag of donkey meat from his little apprentice, not caring that the meat had not been sliced ​​yet, and took a big bite. He saw that his little apprentice had been acting strangely recently, and he knew what the little girl was worried about.

But one thing is for sure, although the master is half a father, he cannot promise anything to his little apprentice.

He is now waiting and watching. What choice he will make in this matter in the future will still depend on what Mr. Wang and that fat guy will do after the spring.

Watching his own master wolfing down donkey meat and sesame cakes like a starving ghost, Bai Mengmeng opened his mouth in amusement.

Although she knew it was inappropriate and she might not be able to get anything out of her, she still wanted to know about her master's plans.

Just as she was hesitating about how to start...

Bang bang bang~!

There was a sharp knock on the iron door.

Gotta~!

He knocked so hard, he must be an acquaintance.

Bai Mengmeng took a look at the chilblains on his master's feet, stood up consciously, and walked out wearing a light green sweater without taking the down jacket from the hanger...

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"Eh~! What a strong smell!"

The eggplant girl put her index finger at her nostrils and looked at the barefoot Yang Mo with disgust.

Seeing this androgynous girl, Yang Mo picked up a few sesame seeds from the sofa and put them into his mouth, then said in surprise: "Eh? It's almost the New Year, Miss Lin, you haven't returned to Qingdao yet?"

Miss Mu skillfully hung her coat on the coat rack, then walked over and untied the plastic bags on the coffee table: "My foot hasn't recovered yet, so Luoluo stayed to take care of me for a few more days... Anyway, there's nothing to do in Qingdao right now, and there are other people to take care of it, so it doesn't matter if Luoluo goes back a few days later."

Yang Mo glanced at Lin Luosu, who had a sour face, and felt a little strange.

Unlike oil production units such as drilling companies, tertiary industry projects become busier as the year draws to a close. For example, classmate Tugou has been busy with various inventory and stocking, as well as safety prevention work these days. It is said that he has to work overtime until after 10 o'clock every day before he can return home, and he doesn't even have time to visit his sick and injured self.

Therefore, as the director of Dongying's tertiary industry office in Qingdao, even if the tertiary industry projects under his command are half-dead, and even if there are people to help with a series of chores, it is absolutely impossible for Comrade Lin Luosu to reach the point where "nothing happens".

It’s just that Yang Mo is not familiar with the other party, and he is unwilling to ask too many questions. He himself is not interested in understanding how these second-generation people manage the projects below on a daily basis.

Of course, more importantly, people get hungry quickly in winter. He was already starving when he was attracted by the braised beef brisket and a big bowl of steaming rice brought by Miss Mu. As soon as Miss Mu untied the bag, he picked up the lunch box and started to eat without hesitation.

Bai Mengmeng glanced at Miss Mu, who was staring at her master happily, curled her lips, then took the down jacket from the hanger and put it on expressionlessly. Then she pushed open Yang Mo's bedroom, quickly pulled off the stinky sheets and quilt covers, carried them to the outer hall, and threw them into the washing machine that had not been used for who knows how many days.

After classmate Tugou moved out, Yang Mo, who had degenerated to the point where she had no ability to live independently, faced a huge survival crisis. If she, the apprentice, did not come to help her master clean up the house, it would surely become a garbage dump within half a month.

Seeing the subtle and strong resistance of the young apprentice towards Miss Mu before he left, Lin Luosu heard the electric current coming from the outer hall and suddenly laughed: "Yang Mo, it's great, the main wife hasn't even been married yet, but he's already started raising a little one... The landlords in the old times didn't play so well, right?"

Although when she entered the room just now, Mu Liya introduced Bai Mengmeng to her, saying that she was Yang Mo's apprentice;

But unfortunately, although Bai Mengmeng is slightly inferior to Miss Mu in appearance, she is also a beautiful girl who is loved by everyone, especially her lively energy with the breath of the mountains, which is extremely rare in the land of Qi and Lu.

Therefore, when she noticed the other party's rejection of her sisters, Lin Luosu subconsciously couldn't help but think in the wrong direction.

There was no way. By the late 1980s, the saying "If you want to learn, sleep with your master" was no longer a secret... This was especially true for positions with certain technical barriers.

Is there any technical threshold for Yang Mo's skills?

For people in later generations, it may not be considered a threshold, but for people of this era, it is undoubtedly a frighteningly high base threshold.

So, since I have such a beautiful little disciple, no one can think too much about it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Luosu said this, she felt the air in the room suddenly become cold.

"Miss Lin, please respect yourself... This is not Dongying, and Bai Mengmeng is also my formal disciple. If you can't control your words, don't blame me for kicking you out!" Yang Mo's expression was grim, and his eyes stared at Lin Suluo indifferently.

He didn't care what kind of chaos was going on in Dongying, nor did he care whether the girl just said this out of turn or whether she really meant it, but it was obvious that these words angered him.

Among the four ancestral groups of heaven, earth, emperor, parents and teachers, although the word "teacher" comes last, it is equivalent to half a father. Lin Luosu's words are undoubtedly slandering him for violating ethics.

Although Yang is not a chaste man when it comes to matters between men and women, he still has to abide by the basic principles of being a human being... His last name is Yang, and he likes the Yang Guo played by Principal Gu very much, but he has never planned to become Yang Guo.

Miss Mu also quickly took her sister's arm and said, "Luoluo, don't talk nonsense. Bai Mengmeng was the one who handed over the apprentice tea and performed the apprenticeship ceremony. He is not one of those apprentices who just put on the title casually."

A formal apprentice who handed over the tea of ​​apprenticeship?

No wonder Yang Mo looked like he wanted to slap himself a few times in the face.

Realizing his mistake, Lin Luosu smiled awkwardly for a few times, then saluted in a very dignified manner: "I slipped my tongue, I deserve to be beaten! I deserve to be beaten!"

As he said this, he gently hit himself on the face twice.

Apprentices assigned by the unit to study may have some unclear things with their masters, but it is basically impossible for a formal apprentice like this who has formally passed the tea and performed the ceremony of paying homage to his master to do something so ridiculous.

They are half father and daughter, and it's no wonder that they get angry if you keep making nonsense out of nothing.

Seeing that this girl was so single, Yang Mo snorted and finally did not pursue the matter any further. However, his impression of this second-generation woman became worse and worse.

As if sensing the awkwardness in the atmosphere, Lin Luosu scratched her hair and began to change the subject: "Hey, Yang Mo, we don't have anything to do, why don't we go out and move around after dinner... We've been at the drilling company for three days, staying in this tiny place all day, don't you feel bored?"

Yang Mo ate his rice slowly and said, "I'm sorry, my feet are not convenient for me. If you are really bored, let Miss Mu go out for a walk with you."

Noticing the change in Yang Mo's way of addressing his sisters, Lin Luosu glanced at Miss Mu who was still smiling but not so naturally, and rolled her eyes: "It's because you have frostbite on your feet, that's why you should move more... Don't you know that the faster the blood circulates, the faster the frostbite will heal?"

As she spoke, Lin Luosu looked at Yang Mo's bare feet with a smile: "By the way, your frostbite has been around for almost a week, and it's still this big. It must be painful and itchy. You must be suffering a lot, right?"

"Tsk tsk, look at our Mu Tou, who got frostbite at the same time as you. Not only does he no longer itch, but he can even walk normally... So, I let you go out and move around for your own good. The New Year is coming soon, and you can't just limp home to see your parents, right? That would make your parents so worried!"

Hearing the word "parents", Yang Mo hesitated.

like……

Is there some truth to that?

"But it's winter now, there's nothing fun to do outside. We can't just wander around like this, right?" Yang Mo spread his hands.

Seeing that the other party seemed less opposed to his proposal, Lin Luosu was immediately overjoyed: "Hehe, winter has its own entertainment. Didn't it just happen to snow the day before yesterday? It snowed quite a bit... Isn't this something fun to do?"

What fun is there to have after the snow?
Yang Mo turned his head and glanced out the window at the vast expanse of white. Although it seemed that Qi Lu would never have a knee-deep snow like this year again, he really couldn't think of any activities that could effectively promote blood circulation after the snow.

Seeing this, Lin Luosu smiled and patted Yang Mo's shoulder: "Eat quickly, I'll take you out after you're done...I promise I won't let you down!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the iron gate started clanging again.

Got it!
Another acquaintance!

The little apprentice who was guarding the washing machine outside rolled his eyes, wiped his red hands from the cold, walked out of the yard and opened the door.

"Oh, it's Xiaobai. Is your master here?"

"Yang Mo, is your leg lame? If not, come out quickly... Let's go bird hunting while the snow is thick!"

Bao Shuxian, who was carrying two air rifles on his back, pulled away Su Yu who was blocking the way and shouted into the house impatiently...

(End of this chapter)