Chapter 2 Little Migrant Workers

21days ago Urban Novels 7
A newly developed property in Mochou Lake Park is located in Mochou Lake Park. It is almost all high-rise buildings on the 21st floor. Our new home is located on a four-bedroom, two living rooms and two-bathroom apartment. The building area is 178 square meters, and the total price is more than 3 million down payment is basically advanced by our parents.

It's shameful, although I worked in a logistics company for two years and became a department manager, with an annual income of nearly 200,000 yuan.

Moreover, Chen Ying was promoted to the project manager of the product research and development department of Siemens in Nanjing in February. Her monthly income is more than 15,000. However, although Chen Ying had subsidies during her doctoral studies, that was not enough for her to spend alone. After all, we have only been married for more than 3 years and our daily expenses are also high. Last year, for Chen Ying to make it easier for her to go to work, we bought a 16L automatic red Ford Focus, so we didn't save much money, so we could only ask for help from both parents.

Originally, I didn't plan to buy a house again soon, but because we were married for more than three years, Chen Ying had to complete her doctoral studies and adapt to the new environment of foreign-funded enterprises, we had never had children. I am the only child in the family. My parents had long hoped that we could have a child and the mother promised her. After Chen Ying and I had a child, she came to personally pull her up. We didn't have to worry about it, but only one of them could give birth to a boy. If the first child was not a boy, she would give birth to another one, even if she was fined.

Chen Ying was a little unhappy about this, complaining that her husband's family treated her as a machine for giving birth, but her parents also urged her. Her parents also held on to her. Her mother, who was eager to be a doctor, advised her to have a child quickly before she was 30 years old, otherwise it would be difficult to have a child after she was 30 years old. I also wanted to have a child to tie Chen Ying's heart, because I know that children are stabilizers for the family. With children, I don't have to worry that some people who still miss Chen Ying will have their ideas.

After Chen Ying considered the opinions of these parties, she agreed to have children. In fact, Chen Ying also likes children. She really likes her cousin Li Binxu, who is the son of my boss in the postgraduate dormitory back then.

Her cousin Li Binxu and his girlfriend also stayed in Nanjing after graduation from graduate school. They got married a month later than us.

The two families live not far away, because everyone is in Nanjing, so they have close contacts. In 2006, the couple already have their own children.

Chen Ying decided to have a child this year. She felt that the living conditions are worse now. She likes to have an independent nursery room, and she also wants to have a study room that is separate from living. Of course, she also wants to have a room for parents of both parties to come and live. I thought about it. Such a four-bedroom house must be more than 150 square meters, so I bought this 178 square meters house by Mochou Lake with a mortgage.

After purchasing the house, we immediately entered the decoration stage. Our house was the first to renovate that unit.

Because we both have a job, we don’t have the time and ability to do the house decoration design by ourselves. We found a house decoration design company called Tianqing with the recommendation of Chen Ying’s cousin Cong Na.

The new house in her house was renovated in 2008, which was designed by this house called Tianqing.

We hand over the design and construction to the other party. We mostly handle the decoration materials ourselves. This is not to save money. On the contrary, it may cost more. Because we have heard of house decoration design companies using inferior materials as good materials and deceiving customers. In order to ensure the convenience of the indoor environment for maintenance and cleaning, we decided to buy environmentally friendly materials ourselves. The amount and product name of these materials are provided by the construction team for our reference.

Because I have been very busy recently, the renovation supervisor's affairs naturally fell on Chen Ying's head. In fact, it was originally completely handed over to the supervisor, but Chen Ying considered that the baby would be born in this new home, so she was particularly concerned about decoration and could not tolerate any flaws.

I guess Chen Ying might go to the new home to supervise the worker again, so I took a taxi to the new home

I saw Chen Ying's red Fox downstairs and stopped downstairs of the new house. I realized that she must be in the new house.

I took the elevator upstairs and found that the security door of the new house was closed, so I knocked on the door, but no one responded. I took out a decoration key in my pocket and opened the door, but the door could not be opened.

I had to knock on the door loudly. After a while, I heard the sound of the door opening inside, and then someone was asking who was knocking on the door? It was Chen Ying's voice.

It's me, Jianxin! I told her directly that it was me, and Chen Ying opened the door.

Jianxin, when did you come back? Why didn’t I know... Chen Ying was obviously surprised when she saw my sudden appearance

I just came back and attended a meeting in the company tomorrow. I wanted to give you a surprise, haha, I didn't expect you to be at home... As soon as I entered the door, I hugged Chen Ying

Chen Ying's face was red, probably because she was worried about the decoration workers seeing it

Why did you plug the door from inside? Didn't you hear me knocking on the door? I let go of Chen Ying and asked

...Oh, the door lock... The door lock is not easy to open... I was afraid that other decoration workers would come in and pick up things, so I inserted it from it... I didn't hear you knocking in the small bedroom just now... Chen Ying lowered her head

At this time, I also heard the sound of a carpenter electric planer coming from the small bedroom. When I walked in, I saw that the migrant worker captain named Lai Jun was using electric planer to level the wood, but I didn't see other workers at home

This Lai Jun was recommended by Chen Ying's cousin's wife. Tianqing specially recommended the team leader of the construction team under Tianqing's name. It is very skilled!

This Lai Jun is from Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province. He is only about 17 meters tall. He is about 30 years old. He is black and thin, but he looks very energetic. He looks honest and simple. His mouth is very sweet. His elder brother and sister call him very attentively.

At that time, I laughed and ridiculed him for his blind name. Maybe he was older than me. Lai Jun saw me saying this, and didn't talk much to me. He took out his ID card to show me. It clearly stated that he was born in November 1981. It seems that he is from Changyuan Village, Meilin Township, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province, he seems to be younger than us couple.

Hello, brother! When Lai Jun saw me coming in, he greeted me with a smile. Brother, why haven’t you seen you for a long time? He said I’m really at ease to push this big pool of work to my elder sister…

I just said a few words to him casually. Migrant workers like Lai Jun have the typical cunning and low quality of farmers. If you don’t have the education, you can’t be too kind to such people, otherwise they will forget their duties.

I remember the first time I dealt with Lai Jun, he took us to buy building materials. When Chen Ying carefully recorded the price of the decoration materials of the building materials manufacturer that Lai Jun recommended to us, he went around several stores around him. Sure enough, he found that there was a problem with the price.

Chen Ying scolded Lai Jun with a stern face and gave him a blow. Lai Jun immediately became more regular. He hid in the inner room with the building materials manufacturer he recommended and discussed it for a while before coming out. The price he took out was about 10% cheaper than the ones we knew. We gave Lai Jun a face and bought the materials provided by this building materials manufacturer.

It is obvious that Lai Jun was impressed by Chen Ying's momentum. In the few days before I left, Lai Jun accompanied us and our couple to buy other side materials and small hardware. Through him, we ran less detours and spent less money. He also took the initiative to point out to us some unrealistic designs in Tianqing's company design drawings, which will reduce the cost of decoration materials and construction. He has rich practical experience and good eloquence. He said it well, so we nodded and agreed to his modification. He felt that he was very honest and enthusiastic. Chen Ying and I had a great impression of him, but I felt that his mind and eloquence were very incompatible with his honest appearance. It seemed that people were really not good.

Lai Jun has always been very polite to Chen Ying, polite, open his mouth, and keeps talking and calls her elder sister, making Chen Ying very helpful, Chen Ying returns to her head and feels that her reprimanding him was a bit too much, so her favor for him gradually deepens. She told me twice in private. Lai Jun is very authentic, saving us some money. I know Chen Ying looks arrogant, but she is still sympathetic in her bones and is more reasonable

Before I went on a business trip, I went to my new house to observe the renovation progress, and from time to time I deliberately asked about their faults, so that they could not be careless about my house. I left for 3 or 4 days after I left for business trip, and then rushed back in the middle of the journey.

As soon as I came back, I went to the new house to check it out. I found that the decoration was progressing well under Chen Ying's supervision. I couldn't help but point my finger at Chen Ying, praising her as a shrewd and capable woman. Therefore, I was relieved to leave the decoration to her. I devoted myself to my work. Of course, decorating the house is a big deal, and I couldn't take it completely lightly. I pushed it all to Chen Ying alone and worry about me during my business trip. I also had to call home to ask about the specific situation of the decoration.

After dealing with Lai Jun, I checked the decoration progress next to the house and found that the overall progress had been completed by 60 or 70%. I felt that the progress was a little slow, but I also thought that slow work was done, so I didn’t complain about anything, and the quality of the decoration was indeed good!

Lai Jun's craftsmanship is good! I turned to the nursery room and remembered that on the evening of June 8, I suddenly received a call from Chen Ying in Tianjin. She told me about the decoration of the nursery room. She accused Lai Jun and others of being disobedient in the decoration. During the decoration that afternoon, she asked Lai Jun to raise the height of the wooden wall of the nursery room, but Lai Jun was a little reluctant to return to work at that time.

She was not at ease when she got home at night, so she drove to her new home after dinner and found that Lai Jun did not do as she asked. This made her angry. She immediately scolded Lai Jun on the phone. Lai Jun was drinking outside, but she agreed to come back to modify her immediately. She was still unhappy and called me to tell me about this.

I was busy preparing for the foundation laying and construction ceremony of the Tianjin Logistics Branch in Tianjin at that time. I couldn't come back for a while. So I advised her not to worry about the meals and work one by one. I don't have to worry about the decoration team this night, so I should be polite to the decoration team. I can't force others to get angry. If they do something for you, we laymen can't see it at all, so I advised her to go home now and not force Lai Jun to change now.

Chen Ying also understood the taste, but hesitated that Lai Jun was about to come over immediately. He decided to wait for him to come and say a few words to him before leaving. I didn't persuade her anymore and continued to be busy with my work.

I took a closer look at the wooden walls of the nursery room and it was indeed improved. I wonder if it was Chen Ying forced Lai Jun to work overtime that night to modify it? Chen Ying's personality is like this that she can't tolerate flaws and delays.

I saw a large cardboard box on the floor of the nursery room, and a not-so-clean quilt on it.

Chen Ying followed me and looked around with me. When she saw me staring at the quilt in a daze, she explained that the workers needed to rest, so she spread them on it and went to sleep.

I secretly blamed her and said: Didn’t you tell me, don’t leave them to stay in the new house, what if these people accidentally make a mistake

Chen Ying didn't defend anything, she just said she would pay attention in the future and would not let them stay in the new house.

That night I advised Lai Jun to go home early, and it would not be too late to do it tomorrow. Lai Jun smiled and nodded in agreement