Chapter 91 The Two Heavens of Ice and Fire
The fourth aunt has already washed a basin of grapes and brought it to the table:
"You guys are eating fruit here, it's already four o'clock!"
The local custom of having a banquet is usually to have a meal of toppings and noodles at noon to fill the stomach. The banquet officially starts at four or five o'clock in the afternoon and can continue until the evening.
"Where's my dad?" Xu Chen asked.
Fourth Aunt: "He said he wanted to set off firecrackers and fireworks, but he insisted on buying them himself!"
Xu Chen laughed.
It seems that father Xu Zhiquan is really happy.
……
After a while, there was a commotion in the yard outside.
Then there was the sound of "cracking" firecrackers.
Xu Chen and Zhang Yongqing walked out of the house and saw their father Xu Zhiquan back.
Several long firecrackers were set off at the gate. Xu Zhiquan had already lit two of them with a cigarette in his hand.
A bunch of people gathered around, cheering and cheering.
Xu Zhiquan laughed and looked extremely happy.
Xu Chen stood behind the yard and looked at his father Xu Zhiquan from a distance.
It's been a long time since I've seen my father so happy.
Xu Zhiquan also saw Xu Chen from a distance, handed the confetti salute to Li Rui, and walked over with a smile.
"Dad!" Xu Chen called.
Xu Zhiquan laughed and stretched out his big hand to rub Xu Chen's head.
The "chef" next to him has already started cooking, and the aroma of meat and vegetables wafts over.
Xu Zhiquan dragged Xu Chen over, "stole" a piece of freshly baked croquettes from the basin and gave it to Xu Chen, and he also ate one with a smile.
Fourth uncle Xu Zhilin came over with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Second brother..."
Xu Zhiquan saw that he looked a little strange:
"What's wrong?"
Fourth uncle took a puff of cigarette: "Go inside and talk!"
With that said, he opened the door and entered the office first.
Xu Zhiquan also grabbed Xu Chen's arm and followed him in.
The door was closed to isolate some of the noise outside, and then the fourth uncle spoke:
"In the factory next door, a group of debt collectors came, and the door and walls were splashed with red paint..."
The factories next door were the same two that were sold to third uncle Xu Zhihai.
The debt collector was naturally here to collect the third uncle's debt.
Xu Zhiquan said:
"The machinery factory collapsed. I didn't expect that it would affect Lao San so quickly."
The door creaked open, and the fourth aunt walked in.
The fourth aunt looked a little strange, and she obviously knew what happened in the factory next door.
Fourth uncle Xu Zhilin blew out white smoke and said in a deep voice:
"Second brother, fortunately we withdrew from the bidding for the machinery factory.
Otherwise, we would suffer too now! ”
The fourth aunt also expressed emotion and said:
"Yeah... we cleared out the sand casting factory and replanted seedlings, and we really escaped a big disaster.
If we are still messing around with spare parts from the machinery factory, we will be the ones being splashed with paint to collect debts now! ”
Fourth Uncle: "Second Brother! You still have the vision! Fortunately, I believed in Second Brother."
Xu Zhiquan took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. His fourth uncle took out a lighter and lit it for him.
"It's Xu Chen who has discernment..." Xu Zhiquan smiled and looked up at Xu Chen.
Xu Chen didn't speak, but just smiled.
Xu Zhiquan took a deep breath of cigarette:
"What's going on in the factory next door?"
Fourth Uncle: "What else could happen? Two cars of people came, all here to collect debts.
He splashed red and white paint around and wrote a bunch of dirty words.
Those people are still swearing in the street now..."
He sighed and continued:
“The third brother got carried away after taking the order from the machinery factory and borrowed money from everywhere to expand production.
Now that the machinery factory is bankrupt, his creditors all know about it.
I'm really afraid that if he still doesn't pay the money, I won't come here to collect the debt..."
Xu Zhiquan: "Is there anyone in the factory?"
Fourth uncle: "The big iron door is locked. There should be no one there. Third brother probably went out to hide from debts."
Fourth Aunt said:
"Last month, the third child got the order from the machinery factory, and he became so arrogant.
He doesn’t look down on our seedlings, and there is a strange and sarcastic atmosphere...
Now that we are having a celebration banquet, the debt collectors from his side are coming to visit, which is really a world of ice and fire.
I guess he didn’t expect that this field would be built..." Fourth Uncle took a puff of his cigarette:
"It can be said that he brought it upon himself. When the family broke up, he made his second brother miserable!"
Xu Zhiquan waved his hand:
"Ignore it for now, we can't control it...
Walk! Let's have our celebration party! ”
With that said, he took Xu Chen's arm again, laughed and walked out the door.
The fourth uncle and the fourth aunt smiled, swept away the clouds on their faces, and followed out the door.
……
The celebration banquet started.
Platefuls of meat and vegetables filled the table.
There was laughter and hustle and bustle.
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Xu Zhiquan sat at the main table, and a bunch of people came over to toast.
He welcomes everyone, one drink after another.
After a while, his face was already glowing red.
Xu Chen sat next to his father and ate quietly.
Xu Zhiquan was obviously a little drunk and looked up at Li Rui:
"Li Rui, you don't have to drive today, let's drink!"
Li Rui was holding a glass of orange juice and scratched his head cautiously.
Xu Zhiquan laughed, took a clean cup from the table, filled it with white wine and handed it to Li Rui.
Li Rui was so frightened that he quickly stood up and took the glass of wine with both hands.
"Mr. Xu, I respect you!"
Xu Zhiquan smiled heartily, picked up the cup, touched it with Li Rui, raised his head and drank.
Fourth uncle Xu Zhilin was already a little drunk, and was holding a cigarette in his mouth, smiling and dazed.
He looked up at the dozen or so tables of people and said with a smile:
"Second brother, for the project we have now, we will soon run out of manpower."
Xu Zhiquan laughed and said:
"This is a good thing! Then hire more people!
I have also negotiated the two projects in the south of the city. The leaders trust us and will directly pay half of the project money upfront, and it will arrive in the account in two days. ”
Fourth uncle: "Can this still happen? Second brother, you are really capable!"
……
It had been more than three rounds of drinking, but Xu Zhiquan seemed to have just entered the state.
He held the cup in his right hand and half a bottle of wine in his left hand, walking towards the next table.
When the people at the table saw the "boss" coming, they all stood up with cups in their hands...
My father, Xu Zhiquan, has always been a lively person.
Xu Chen remembers that when he was a child, the sand casting plant was just opened. At that time, it was just a small field factory, and the furnace was opened almost once a month.
To "open the furnace" is to set up a high furnace, light the coke underneath, put in various pig iron materials, and melt them into hot molten iron.
Then the workers pour the molten iron into the sand mold made in advance.
After cooling, it will be the preliminary embryo of various parts...
It's really "hot" when the furnace is turned on, and it's completely impossible to do it during the day.
So they all arranged it in the evening.
When it gets dark, the temperature also drops.
Xu Zhiquan turned on several headlights in the factory area, knocked a large rusty iron plate with a hammer, and then roared:
"The furnace is on!"
The workers then took off their coats, revealing their strong, dark upper bodies, and sang "chant" to set up the blast furnace.
It takes all night to open the furnace.
At five or six o'clock in the morning, the sky began to get dark, and a furnace of molten iron was poured into the sand mold.
At that time, the third aunt was still in the factory, and the fourth aunt had just gotten married. They and two other female workers had already laid out a large table of food and wine, waiting for the men who had been busy all night to serve it.
Xu Zhiquan would always be the same as he was now, holding a bottle of liquor and rambling here and there.
The noisy sound of fist-fighting penetrates the dawn until the rising sun.
……
"Mr. Xu, it's a celebration banquet, why don't you tell everyone a few words?"
The fourth aunt said jokingly, which elicited a burst of applause.
Xu Zhiquan laughed, poured himself half a glass of white wine, and said:
"I, Mr. Xu, don't have much education. Anyway, I am blessed to be able to work hard with you all!
This is a glass of wine, Lao Xu, everyone! ”
I won’t whitewash a few relatives, so don’t worry. It's purely a transition that needs to be made in the plot.
If you really want to clear your name, your young boss Xu Chen won’t agree...
(End of chapter)