1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 8 Cold reception
As we all know, beautiful women have always been an indicator of China's economy.

To put it simply, the more glamorous an industry is and the higher the income is, the higher the proportion of beautiful women will be in this industry.

It is no exaggeration to say that in recent decades, oil has been one of the most prosperous industries.

As the most important component of the oil industry at present, oil production units such as Southwest Petroleum Drilling Company are not only full of beautiful women, but also have an invisible appearance threshold for recruiting female foreign employees, unless you are a special talent.

Therefore, as expected, Tu Lili, who was assigned to the 152 Drilling Brigade together with Yang Mo, would naturally not look bad.

In this era when gender antagonism has not yet become popular, although Comrade Tu Lili is not outstanding in the drilling company where there are many beauties with scores of 80 and 90, she is still a little beauty that everyone loves, and her skin is so white and tender that people can't wait to hug her and take a bite;

Logically speaking, a lovely girl like this who is assigned to a drilling team full of rough men should be warmly received and fawned upon by a bunch of men with overflowing testosterone.

but……

Unfortunately, the imagined trouble did not occur. Those drillers covered in mud never spoke to her except for a few slightly teasing greetings when they met.

In fact, from the first day she came to the 152 Drilling Team, she felt an invisible sense of rejection - not only her, but even Yang Mo who came with her was thrown aside and ignored.

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In a place three kilometers away from the nearest village, a tall derrick stood up roughly and abruptly, and more than a dozen special operation vehicles were busy going in and out below like ants circling around an ant queen.

Behind a group of muddy workers, several piles of tall steel pipes, countless supplies and dozens of train rooms together formed a semi-circular maze around the construction site filled with turbid water.

slap~
A petite grey figure opened the door of the train room and angrily threw the helmet on the low table, causing the bottle of Hero Ink, which had never been opened, to fall all over the table.

"I'm so mad! How could this be possible!" Tu Lili sat down on the bench angrily, her fair face flushed with anger, like a red apple.

Yang Mo moved his butt half an inch away without saying a word, spit on it, turned a page of the novel, and continued to read it attentively.

Seeing that she didn't get any feedback from her companions, Tu Lili turned her head to look at Yang Mo, who was no different from a salted fish, and suddenly the nameless anger in her chest rose by another three points.

Snapped!
"Yang Mo, are you still in the mood to read novels here? Do you know that if you continue like this, neither of us will be able to get regular jobs!" Tu Lili slapped the table, and the flames in her eyes seemed to be able to ignite the torn book in Yang Mo's hand in the next second.

Yang Mo glanced at her with a fake smile. Seeing that the girl was about to have an emotional breakdown, he thought for a moment and then sighed helplessly, "What's wrong?"

"So what? Do you know that I went to see Captain Sun today and asked him to arrange a job for us... guess what he said to me!?" Tu Lili was so angry that her face almost swelled up like a balloon.

Yang Mo was worried that the girl's face would explode in the next second, so he quietly moved his body back another five centimeters and asked insincerely, "What did he say?"

Tu Lili waved her fingernails in the air: "He said that young people like us can't carry steel pipes on our shoulders or lift cement with our hands. He didn't dare to let us climb the derrick to help pull the drill rods, nor did he trust us to help observe data on the inclined vehicle... So, he just let us rest on the side and treat it as a vacation!"

At this point, Tu Lili almost went crazy: "Please! I don't want to help with those hard work, but the problem is... you always keep us at home and don't let us do anything. How can we get a permanent job when the time comes!"

Yang Mo heard this, but just smiled indifferently.

Contrary to what most people think, drilling is actually an extremely dangerous job. Just like the high-voltage electricians of the past, drillers of this era can die if they are not careful; there are many types of accidents, such as falling from a high altitude, being hit by a falling drill rod, being hit by a nodding machine, jumping into a mud pool in an emergency in winter to stir the mud and causing hypothermia, ground subsidence causing the derrick to collapse, etc. - even when oil is being produced, the chest cavity may be shattered due to being directly sprayed.

Think about it, even in the 21st century when technology and equipment are undergoing major changes, more than a dozen drillers at Drilling Company still die or become disabled every year, let alone now?
Therefore, for the drillers, it may not matter if they are polite to you on a daily basis, but once it comes to drilling operations, any normal person with a brain will not hand over the work that concerns his life to an untrusted stranger - let alone you are just a little girl, even if a fairy comes, it will be useless.

Therefore, from this perspective, the reborn Yang Mo completely understood Captain Sun's approach - field drilling work is a complex system work. Even if it does not involve human lives, a small parameter error may cause the drill to get stuck or deviate from the direction, thus making several months of hard work invalid. If it were him, he would never allow two young people who know nothing to meddle in it.

only……

Captain Sun was so unwilling to assign a trainer to the two of them that it was really too much.

You know, it is a common practice in the well team to assign one or two assistant masters to the newcomers who go to the grassroots level.

Firstly, with the guidance and advice of experienced people, newcomers can avoid making mistakes to the greatest extent and avoid making any major mistakes;

Secondly, it can leave some incense and friendship between the well team and the agency, and at some point in the future, they may be able to help you, which is also a very cost-effective long-term investment. You know, for a long time, the incense and friendship between drilling companies and other units still have some weight.

But now even the usual assistant master is unwilling to assign one to Yang Mo and the others...

That's obvious.

Either the 152 drilling team was under a huge workload and could not spare any extra manpower to guide the two rookies;

Either Captain Sun was extremely hostile to outsiders like Yang Mo and Tu Lili, and did not believe that these two young people could successfully enter the agency.

But no matter which possibility it is, Yang Mo doesn't care.

Unlike other rookies, he was well aware of the company's intention to place rookies like him in various drilling teams at this time;
As long as these people can help the drilling teams solve some sudden "accidents" and ensure that this year's major battle can be successfully completed, it doesn't matter whether they have experienced grassroots work in the drilling team or not.

Of course, although this arrangement is somewhat uncomfortable, as a unit directly under a central enterprise, the drilling company will not abandon the donkey after it has served its purpose. From the memory of the previous life, anyone who has contributed to this area was successfully converted to a regular employee.

………………

Out of some state-owned enterprise survival philosophy, and because he really couldn't stand the anxious atmosphere created by this girl in front of him every day, Yang Mo weighed the matter carefully and selectively told Tu Lili some of his "guesses".

"How, how is this possible!? Our company is a subsidiary of a central enterprise. We are ordinary graduates...do they need to do that?" Tu Lili opened her eyes wide, with a look of disbelief.

Seeing this, Yang Mo just smiled indifferently: "Please understand that this is Qilu, not other provinces...Are you underestimating the status of a college student in the eyes of the villagers these days?"

"Secondly, if I remember correctly, you are from the nearby Xiaomei Village... If you have time, take a walk a little further. Do you think this piece of land looks familiar?"

Tu Lili turned her head and looked at the strange yet vaguely familiar saline wasteland in the distance outside the train room door.

For some reason, my eyes suddenly became absent-minded...

(End of this chapter)