Volume 1: The Golden Years Chapter 051 Wang Yongzheng's persistence
In a noodle shop near the construction site, Lao Wei was taking his construction workers to eat noodles and take a break when Jiang Nansun walked in, followed by Yuan Xudong. She glanced at Lao Wei and the others, then walked to the front desk of the noodle shop and asked the proprietress:
"Madam boss, how much are the tables of workers?"
"Let me calculate it for you."
The proprietress took out her calculator, calculated a few times, and showed it to Jiang Nansun:
"Two hundred and sixty-eight in total."
Hearing this, Jiang Nansun opened WeChat on her phone to scan the code to pay, and looked at the proprietress and said:
"Madam boss, please ask them if anyone wants to add more."
The proprietress nodded slightly, looked directly at Lao Wei and the others and shouted:
"Old Wei, the girl wants to ask you if there is anything else you want to add? She is going to pay your bill."
Hearing the proprietress's voice, Lao Wei and the others looked up at Jiang Nansun and Yuan Xudong, then lowered their heads to eat noodles without saying a word, as if they had heard nothing.
Jiang Nansun was not embarrassed and still had a smile on her face. Yuan Xudong didn't care either. He just watched from the side without saying anything. Knowing that Lao Wei and the others couldn't save their pride, Jiang Nansun looked directly at the lady boss and said:
"Madam boss, give me one more large steak for each person."
"okay!"
The proprietress continued to operate the calculator, then showed it to Jiang Nansun:
"Four hundred and twenty-eight in all."
Jiang Nansun nodded slightly and used WeChat to scan the QR code to pay. When she heard the prompt tone of successful payment, the proprietress said politely:
"Okay, thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
Jiang Nansun responded politely, then turned and walked towards Lao Wei and others. She knew that Lao Wei was the foreman of these construction workers, and as long as she persuaded Lao Wei, she could let them go back and do the renovation again.
Thinking of this, she sat down next to Lao Wei and said with a smile:
"Brother foreman, Wang Yongzheng asked me to come and persuade you. After you finish your noodles, go back and continue your work. It's just a small matter. There will be a lot of things to do together in the future. He also knows that the construction site cannot do without you."
Old Wei looked up at Jiang Nansun and commented while eating his noodles:
"Wang Yongzheng is a man whose eyes are on the ceiling. He is actually a complete idiot!"
Seeing that Lao Wei hated Wang Yongzheng, Jiang Nansun immediately followed his meaning and said:
"Yes, yes, he is such a disgusting person!"
After that, without waiting for Lao Wei to respond, she changed the subject:
"But he is the person in charge of the construction site after all, and he couldn't lose face. He asked me to pay the bill and told me to give everyone extra meals at noon and continue working in the afternoon. With so many people, the work can be completed in an hour at most."
Hearing this, Lao Wei frowned and said doubtfully:
"Did he really ask you to pay the bill?"
Jiang Nansun opened her eyes slightly and said innocently:
"of course it's true!"
Seeing that Jiang Nansun didn't seem to be lying, Lao Wei nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Okay, I get it. After we finish eating, we'll go back and do it again. You can go eat too!"
"Thank you, Brother Foreman!"
Seeing that Lao Wei agreed to go back to work after eating the noodles, Jiang Nansun was delighted. She found an empty table and ordered a bowl of egg noodles. Yuan Xudong also ordered a bowl of egg noodles and sat opposite her and said speechlessly:
"Can't you order one more bowl of noodles?"
Jiang Nansun rolled her eyes and looked at Yuan Xudong sarcastically:
"You are just a bystander, useless. Do you have the nerve to let me buy you noodles?"
"Not always!"
Seeing the proprietress bring two bowls of hot egg noodles, Yuan Xudong quickly stood up and took them, keeping one bowl for himself and placing the other in front of Jiang Nansun, saying:
"I don't like eggs, so I'll leave this fried egg to you!"
After that, without waiting for Jiang Nansun's response, he directly put the fried eggs in his bowl into Jiang Nansun's bowl, and said gently:
"You are so thin, eat more eggs to replenish your body!"
Jiang Nansun rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong and ate her fried eggs while speaking incoherently:
"Why did you order egg noodles if you don't like eggs?"
After taking a look at the beautiful Jiang Nansun, Yuan Xudong said as a matter of course:
"Because you like eating eggs!"
Hearing that Yuan Xudong ordered egg noodles, which he didn't like, because he liked eggs, Jiang Nansun paused for a moment. Before she could say anything, Yuan Xudong said seriously:
"I successfully persuaded Lao Wei and the others to finish their noodles and go back to work. Do you think the job is very simple?"
"Is not it?"
Jiang Nansun rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong, and continued to eat noodles with her head down, while saying with a happy expression:
"Just like what the foreman said, Wang Yongzheng doesn't know how to adapt, so he made a simple matter so complicated. Now, I'll treat them to a bowl of noodles, and they'll go back and do the work. Isn't this a happy ending for everyone?"
Looking at the innocent and naive Jiang Nansun, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Although it was my first day at the construction site, I know that the reason why Lao Wei and the others went back to work was not because you said a few words to please Lao Wei, nor because you treated them to a bowl of pork chop noodles. It was because you said that it was Wang Yongzheng who asked you to treat them to pork chop noodles. Lao Wei thought that Wang Yongzheng had given in to him, so he decided to eat the noodles and go back to work."
Seeing Yuan Xudong talking a lot, Jiang Nansun frowned and said:
"What's the difference? They just need to eat their noodles and go back to finish their work!"
Hearing this, Yuan Xudong shook his head slightly and said:
"If Wang Yongzheng was willing to give in, he would have given in long ago. When Lao Wei and the others finish eating noodles and go back, Wang Yongzheng will definitely say that he did not treat them to the pork chop noodles. If they made a mistake, they should correct it. There is no reason to treat them to a meal.
The two will definitely part ways on bad terms. What you are doing now is just like meddling in other people's business. You will not please either side. The final result will be like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, neither of you will be a good person!"
"You are Zhu Bajie!"
Jiang Nansun rolled her eyes at Yuan Xudong, thought for a while and said:
"Why didn't you remind me earlier? I've already done it. What's the point of you telling me this now?"
Seeing Jiang Nansun blaming him, Yuan Xudong said confidently:
"Of course it is useful. You never learn from your mistakes. Lessons are always more impressive than experience. You are so naive. If I don't teach you some social experience, when you leave school, someone will cheat you out of a lollipop. Wouldn't I, a rich man who is willing to spend tens of millions but no one wants my candy, faint in the toilet crying?"
Hearing Yuan Xudong calling her a silly and innocent girl, Jiang Nansun glared at him and said:
"Hurry up and finish eating. Let's go back and remind Wang Yongzheng not to reveal the truth!"
After that, without waiting for Yuan Xudong's response, she quickly started eating. Seeing Jiang Nansun pouting her lips and blowing hard to cool the hot noodle soup while sucking the noodles, Yuan Xudong couldn't help laughing and said:
"I want to tell you, actually... we can pack it up and take it home to eat!"
Hearing Yuan Xudong say this, Jiang Nansun stopped sucking the noodles abruptly. She pouting her lips and sucking a noodle, she looked at Yuan Xudong and blinked, looking silly and cute.
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Before Lao Wei and the others finished eating the noodles, Yuan Xudong and Jiang Nansun packed three servings of noodle soup and rushed back to the boutique hotel construction site. Seeing Wang Yongzheng still working on the scaffolding, Jiang Nansun hurriedly shouted:
"Wang Yongzheng, come down quickly, I have something to tell you, and I brought you a large plate of noodles!"
Hearing Jiang Nansun's voice, Wang Yongzheng climbed down from the scaffolding and walked towards Yuan Xudong and Jiang Nansun, jokingly saying:
"You didn't leave?"
After that, he took a large plate of noodles from Jiang Nansun and said:
"Thank you, I'm just hungry."
Seeing Wang Yongzheng sitting on the scaffolding and eating pork chop noodles, Jiang Nansun quickly said :
"Wang Yongzheng, I treated the foreman and his men to a bowl of pork chop noodles, and they said you were the one who treated them. The foreman is going to bring people back to make it again, so you better not reveal the truth!"
After that, before Wang Yongzheng could respond, Lao Wei came back with his construction workers and pointed at the place Wang Yongzheng requested to be rectified.
"Here, here, and there, everyone, work harder and change all these places. We should finish it within an hour!"
Hearing Lao Wei's voice, Wang Yongzheng stood up, deliberately looked at Jiang Nansun and said loudly:
"I didn't ask you to treat them to a big meal. It's obviously their project that has problems. Why should I treat them to a meal and try to please them?"
I clearly reminded Wang Yongzheng not to say that he was exposed, but I didn't expect him to say so. Jiang Nansun was slightly stunned, and Lao Wei also looked at her and said:
"Little girl, you are so kind, but I don't appreciate it!"
Hearing this, Jiang Nansun looked anxious, looked at Wang Yongzheng and whispered:
"Wang Yongzheng, do you understand what's going on? The matter has already been resolved!"
Wang Yongzheng looked at Jiang Nansun and deliberately made an example of her:
"Jiang Nansun, you're not solving the problem, you're creating hidden dangers!"
Hearing Wang Yongzheng's metaphor, Lao Wei's face darkened. He took off his helmet and looked at the construction workers around him and said:
"No more changes, call it a day!"
Seeing that Lao Wei and his construction workers were about to leave the construction site, Wang Yongzheng threatened directly:
"Master Wei, remember to start work on time tomorrow. If you still don't follow my instructions tomorrow, you don't have to come tomorrow!"
"Who are you trying to scare?"
After hearing Wang Yongzheng's threat, Lao Wei said something angrily and left the construction site with his men.
Jiang Nansun was furious that her good intentions were ruined by Wang Yongzheng. She took off her helmet and returned it to Wang Yongzheng. Then she walked towards the hotel exit angrily. Wang Yongzheng quickly stopped her and said,
"Others can leave, but you can't!"
"Why? You also deducted a day's work from me?"
Returning the helmet to Jiang Nansun, Wang Yongzheng said seriously:
"You must stay and complete the work with me, otherwise I will call Professor Dong and tell him that you are not suitable. Do you still want to take his doctoral program?"
"You're threatening me?"
"This is the internship that Professor Dong arranged for you. If you can't even do this, I don't think there's any need for you to take his doctoral degree in architecture. You should graduate early because there's no way you'll pass it!"
While Wang Yongzheng and Jiang Nansun were arguing, Yuan Xudong left the boutique hotel and caught up with Lao Wei and the others and said:
"Master Wei, please wait a moment!"
