Jiang Ronghua leaned his bicycle against the courtyard wall and shouted at the courtyard: "Hongmei, guests are here, hurry up and take out my morning iced herbal tea to entertain distinguished guests!"

"Oh, I see, right away. ”

"Fang Gong, Xiao Niu, everyone is very tired after driving such a long way, let's rest first and then work. ”

Jiang Ronghua led Fang Dongping and Niu Xiaoqiang into a room on the far left while speaking, there were tables, chairs and benches with paint off in the room, and a half-new cabinet, and a bust of *** hanging on the wall, with the slogan "Long live the great leader".

Not long after Jiang Ronghua beckoned the two to sit down, a girl of the same age as Niu Xiaoqiang walked in with a basin.

Jiang Ronghua introduced with a smile: "This is my eldest daughter Jiang Hongmei, who is in the first year of high school in the second half of the year, Hongmei, hurry up and say hello to the guests." ”

Jiang Hongmei was too shy to speak, so after two hesitations, she put down the herbal tea and walked out quickly with her head down.

Jiang Ronghua smiled bitterly and shook his head, "This kid is relatively timid, don't be surprised by the two of you." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and took out three large porcelain bowls from the cabinet, scooped out the green herbal tea with the spoon in the basin and put it into the bowl, and first politely handed it to Fang Dongping: "Fang Gong, I have traveled so far on such a hot day, and you have suffered, hurry up and drink some iced herbal tea to relieve the heat." ”

When Niu Xiaoqiang heard the words iced herbal tea, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the edge of the basin, and a cold touch made him immediately retract his hand.

He sighed in his heart: Jiang Ronghua is dressed so shabby, and the so-called Ronghua Machinery Factory is so dilapidated and shabby, I didn't expect that there would be a refrigerator in their house, this is really unseemly, and the sea water is incomprehensible!

In the first few years, a refrigerator cost five or six hundred yuan, and a slightly better one cost more than a thousand, for a mountain village family like Niu Xiaoqiang, it is simply an unattainable existence, but Jiang Ronghua has it at home, which at least shows that Jiang Ronghua is definitely not as shabby as it seems on the surface, and he definitely makes a lot of money.

"Master Niu, you also cool off. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang was secretly sighing, and Jiang Ronghua handed over a bowl of herbal tea. He hurriedly stood up, stretched out his hands and took it, and thanked him repeatedly.

Niu Xiaoqiang could guess that Jiang Ronghua was actually not very satisfied with himself, after all, he was too young and didn't seem to be worth his salary at all, so Niu Xiaoqiang was very careful, without proving that he was really worth the salary, he wanted to behave as decently as possible, so as to save Boss Jiang from being even more dissatisfied with himself.

Not to mention, Niu Xiaoqiang's excellent performance did win Jiang Ronghua's bad favorability, he scooped himself a bowl of herbal tea, and before the herbal tea was eaten, he smiled at Fang Dongping and said: "Fang Gong, you are a closed disciple who is really sensible, much better than children of the same age, so it can be seen that the sentence that a famous teacher produces a high apprentice is really not wrong." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang hurriedly humbly: "Uncle Jiang, you are too awarded." ”

Fang Dongping smiled at Niu Xiaoqiang: "Boss Jiang has not won the award, you are indeed quite sensible, better than your brother." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled a little shyly, picked up the big porcelain bowl and took a sip gently. The iced herbal tea instantly lowered the temperature in his mouth, and even drove away most of the heat. Niu Xiaoqiang swallowed the herbal tea, and a cold feeling immediately extended down his throat, and finally went straight into his stomach, almost making him cry out comfortably.

Jiang Ronghua put down the porcelain bowl after taking a few sips of herbal tea, took out two packs of cigarettes from the black waist bag he was carrying and handed them to Fang Dongping: "Fang Gong, this is a little careful, please be sure to accept it." ”

Fang Dongping was a smoker, so he didn't excuse himself, and took the cigarette and put it in his pocket with a smile.

Niu Xiaoqiang glanced at it, and said in his heart: Good guy, the shot is the bridge, this cigarette is a pack of five cents, two packs are a dollar, and the cigarette money is pasted into a piece before the work is done, Boss Jiang is really generous.

"Master Niu, this is yours, don't be too low-grade. ”

Niu Xiaoqiang turned his head to look, only to see Jiang Ronghua handing over a pack of Xinhua, this cigarette Niu Xiaoqiang is very familiar with, his father used to smoke Xinhua, two cents and four packs.

Niu Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment before asking, "Uncle Jiang, I don't smoke, why are you giving me cigarettes?"

Jiang Ronghua smiled: "I know you don't smoke, but this is the rule, you can accept it." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang stepped into this circle for the first time, and when he heard this, he turned his head to look at Fang Dongping: "Master, are there any rules in this industry? Why haven't I heard you say it?"

Fang Dongping took out the swimming cigarette in his pocket, handed one to Jiang Ronghua, and took out another one and stuffed it into his mouth.

After lighting a cigarette and taking a puff, he spoke: "You were young before, of course I wouldn't tell you this, but now you can get started, and it doesn't hurt for me, who is a master, to talk to you, the so-called rules of the line, refers to the rules of our private work, and I don't know who made up such a sentence——' Work first send cigarettes, do energetic, drink a drink after work, and don't worry about it in the future', which probably means that if you invite people to work, you must entertain people well, otherwise people will not work hard, and the boss will lose it, even if people don't care about your stinginess, this time to help you solve the problem, and then you want to go to others to help you will not be so easy to talk about. ”

Fang Dongping said this: "Of course, this is mainly for the master, helpers like you don't have such a good treatment, generally speaking, helpers and apprentices can only follow the master to get a little light, as for how much light can be occupied, it depends on how much ability the master has, after all, don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang sighed, and said in his heart: Speaking of which, you still have to have excellent technology, otherwise who cares about you if you don't have technology?

Jiang Ronghua interjected with a smile: "Fang Gong is our leading master in Jiashan County, so far I have never heard of a problem that he can't solve, Xiao Niu, it is your blessing that you follow such a master, as long as you study hard, there is no problem at all if you want to get ahead in the future." ”

Fang Dongping smiled: "Boss Jiang, don't underestimate my apprentice, he is very quick to get started, it's not me who brags, his manual skills are not comparable to apprentices at all, I don't believe you will know it later." ”

Fang Dongping didn't say much, Niu Xiaoqiang's manual skills were indeed very good. He used to be a fool and didn't learn well the theoretical knowledge that needed to be used by his brain. But it is precisely because he is a fool that he is very focused on manual practice and is never lazy, so Niu Xiaoqiang's hands-on ability is much stronger than those apprentices in the factory.