Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

Then Xiao Yang got out of the car and helped Chen Changan open the door.

The weather in the old city is still a little cold in March. It is a little uncomfortable to go out of the warm home.

The car was waiting for Chen Changan downstairs, so it naturally would not be turned off. They didn't need to pay for the gas personally.

With a gust of cold wind, Chen Changan got into the car and then said with a smile.

"You two are here early. Have you eaten yet? If not, let's stop by the Workers' Restaurant. Xiao Yang can buy some meat buns and we can eat together."

"Okay, leader, I'll listen to you."

In fact, the driver had already invited Xiao Yang to have breakfast early in the morning. After all, Chen Changan was married. If Chen Changan had eaten at home, the two of them would probably have gone hungry.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't eat much, so Xiao Yang bought two buns for himself and the driver. The three of them finished their meal in the car and then headed towards the machine tool factory.

. . .

At the machine tool factory site, construction workers were also eating.

These construction workers are not local people from Beijing, but became workers through recruitment.

Since all the previous factory buildings of the machine tool factory have been demolished, they need to be rebuilt as soon as possible and the workers also need to work overtime.

Chen Changan's car stopped a long distance away. When he arrived at the construction site, the workers were still eating.

Chen Changan deliberately changed into an old set of clothes today, so that it would help him get along with the workers. Otherwise, if he wore the clothes Xiujuan bought for him, no one would dare to talk to him.

"Comrade, can just drinking porridge this morning fill your stomach?"

Chen Changan looked at a young man in his twenties, who didn't even have a stubble, sitting on the ground drinking porridge, and went straight over to him.

"Well, it's just enough to fill my stomach. By the time I eat lunch, I'll be starving."

"Is this work tiring? Are you still hiring?"

"Once you get used to it, you won't feel tired anymore. I don't know if we're hiring or not. You can go find our leader."

Chen Changan nodded, then turned his gaze to the factory building which already had a prototype.

"Have you finished eating? After you finish eating, it's time to get to work. Time is short and the task is heavy. Don't be lazy."

Following the foreman's shout, many workers who were sitting on the ground eating stood up and started their day's work.

Chen Changan was about to go inside the construction site to take a closer look, but was stopped by the foreman.

He had noticed Chen Changan a long time ago, and he often heard that someone would come to the construction site to take a look.

One reason is curiosity, wondering why the factory building that was originally built has to be rebuilt again.

After all, not everyone knows the inside story. Another type of people are unemployed and want to try their luck, even as a temporary worker.

"What are you doing? You can't just come into this construction site. If a brick falls from above and hits someone, who's responsible?"

"This is Director Chen, here to inspect our work."

Xiao Yang stepped forward and revealed Chen Changan's identity.

"Director Chen? What do you do? Is there Director Shang here? Director Shang is in charge of this place.

Without the consent of Director Shang, no outsiders are allowed to enter."

Xiao Yang wanted to say something, but was stopped by Chen Changan.

"We'll just wander around the periphery. If anything goes wrong, it's our own fault."

After hearing Chen Changan's words, the foreman's expression relaxed a lot. He still had to arrange work for the workers and had no time to argue with Chen Changan here.

"You said it, don't blame me if something goes wrong."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Chen Changan also did what he said. He just walked around the periphery and looked at the overall progress. When he arrived at the gate again, Shang Ping had been standing there waiting for a while.

When he saw Chen Changan again, he immediately came forward to greet him.

"Director, you didn't even tell me you were coming, and you attacked me by surprise. You don't trust me."

"Will you be allowed to be the factory director if you don't trust me? Come on, Director Shang, take us to the construction site to see the situation."

Then, surrounded by Shang Ping and Xiao Yang, he walked into the construction site.

The foreman from before also hurried over. Seeing Shang Ping standing aside cautiously, he immediately realized that a senior leader had come to inspect.

Just as I was about to apologize to Chen Changan, I heard Chen Changan speak.

"Shang Ping, this construction site does need to meet the deadline, but the safety of the construction workers and the quality of the factory buildings must also be guaranteed.

Remember our residential building back then? There was an accident with a worker there.

Don’t think some things are annoying. Look at these scaffolders, many of them have safety belts on their backs, but they don’t use them.

It's not easy for the workers either. This is physically demanding work. They only have to drink a bowl of porridge early in the morning. What if they faint from hunger or fall down?

They are the backbone of the family. What will the family do if something happens?"

When the foreman heard Chen Changan's words, sweat broke out on his forehead.

The main reason was that the tasks he assigned were quite heavy, and the workers were considered skilled and confident in their own abilities, so they felt that the safety belts were a real waste of time.

"Leader, I will go and supervise them now."

After saying that, the foreman angrily walked towards several workers who were not wearing safety belts.

"Director, I was negligent and focused too much on quality and progress."

“You are still inexperienced, and some things don’t require supervision at all.

Even if the ministry is short of money, can it still provide food expenses for the workers?

I don’t know what the workers eat for lunch, but this breakfast is a way to improve their diet.

Just say that you are representing the machine tool factory to improve the workers' food.

Two steamed buns per person in the morning with some pickles is better than drinking a bowl of porridge now, right?

If you give the workers an extra meat dish at noon, will they not thank you?

People are all made of flesh and blood. If the food is improved, the workers will not need supervision and will definitely be able to do their work quickly and well.

Isn't this much better than just you standing by and supervising?"

"Director, you're right. I'll go prepare it shortly and try to provide the workers with better meals by noon today."

Chen Changan nodded. Shang Ping’s management ability was indeed not very good, but after all, he was his direct subordinate.

You can't assign such an important position to someone with unknown intentions.

"What's wrong with you guys? You're not using your seatbelts? Don't you want to live anymore?

Use it for me quickly. Didn’t you see that the leader is coming to inspect?

I tell you, don’t cause trouble for me, or I’ll punish you.”

Then several workers working at height began to put on safety belts in a hurry.

Things are no longer like before. You can be fired for any reason. It is so hard to find a job nowadays. The foremen dare not offend you.

In addition, there was a senior leader watching below, and everyone was busy standing on the external scaffolding for a while. Then one of the workers panicked, holding the safety belt in his hand, his feet slipped, and he fell directly from the scaffolding.

"Ah~"