Chapter 1414: The Crush Is Endless
Translator: End less Fantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The next morning, at around seven o’clock, Li Sijin woke up dutifully. She knocked on the door and asked everyone to get up and wash up before going to eat.
After all, they were here to study. It wouldn’t be good if they were late.
The commoners of Dongsan County also understood this principle and obediently got up to wash up.
At around 8:10 a.m., they finished tidying up. Then, they gathered at the entrance and arrived at the agricultural courtyard in Bingcheng at around 8:40 a.m.
As a large agricultural province, this place had an advantage that Zhonghai could not compare to.
In the past, Lin Yi felt that Zhonghai was already very advanced in this aspect. However, when he came to Bingcheng, he realized it completed outclassed ZHonghai.
As they had agreed to meet at nine o’clock, everyone waited at the door when they arrived. Everything had to be done according to the rules.
However, Du Yuming and Tan Songming still did not come out by ten past nine.
“Call and ask what’s going on.” Lin Yi was a little impatient.
“Why don’t we wait a little longer? He’s probably busy. Let’s not rush him,” Li Sijin said softly.
Lin Yi pursed his lips and didn’t say anything else. He continued to sit at the side and chatted with Liang Ruoxu on WeChat.
However, after waiting for more than half an hour, no one came out, so Li Sijin was a little impatient.
“Let’s call and ask. We can’t keep waiting,” Lin Yi said.
“Got it, Brother Lin.”
Li Sijin took out her phone and dialed Du Yuming’s number.
“Department Director Du, we’re here. You...”
“We’re on our way. We’ll be there soon. Just wait a little longer.”
After a simple reply, Du Yuming hung up.
They were supposed to meet at nine o’clock, but he was almost an hour late. However, he didn’t say anything, as if it was only natural.
“What did the other party say?” Lin Yi asked.
“He told us to wait for a while. He’ll be here soon,” Li Sijin said helplessly.
It was as though they had no choice but to lower their heads under someone else’s roof.
“What the f*ck.”
Li Sijin wasn’t a feisty and outgoing person to begin with.
Now that he was scolded by Du Yuming, his expression was uneasy and extremely awkward.
“I-I’m sorry. 1 didn’t mean to. I didn’t see it when 1 turned around.”
“I’m really impressed by you. What’s Old Wang thinking? He actually sent you to lead the team.” Du Yuming was still unwilling to let this go.
“Do you know how much this thing costs? It’s 100% imported. It costs more than 30,000 yuan each. Can you afford it?!”
“Department Director Du, don’t be angry. There are still spares in the lab. I’ll just go get another one. It won’t delay the testing.”
The person in charge of the laboratory was a middle-aged woman. She was a little chubby and smiled when she spoke. She gave off a very friendly feeling, in sharp contrast to Du Yuming.
“It’s not a matter of availability. This kind of experimental equipment costs more than 30,000 yuan. If it’s broken, it has to be paid off. It was such an avoidable calamity.” Du Yuming said unwillingly.
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have let them in.”
After saying that, Du Yuming looked at the twenty or so people from the Dongsan County and said,
“Don’t come in. Stand at the door and watch. Don’t break anything else again.”
“It’s just a device worth more than 30,000 yuan. Is there a need to be so arrogant?”
“Brother Lin, I’m sorry...”
Lin Yi nodded and pulled Li Sijin behind him. He said to the middle-aged woman in the laboratory,
“Director Miao, how much did the broken experimental equipment cost?”
“This, this...”
Because Lin Yi and the others came here to study through connections, Miao Lijuan was embarrassed to ask them to compensate, but this was not something she could decide.
“It’s fine. There’s no need to be vague. Just tell me how much it is.”
“This stuff is imported from Meiguo. Along with taxes, it’ll be about 34,000 yuan.”
“Can I borrow your phone?”
“My phone?”
“Yeah, for a minute.”
Miao Lijuan was too embarrassed to refuse. After unlocking it, she handed it to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi opened WeChat, pulled out the payment code, and transferred 40,000 yuan to Miao Lijuan.
“Director Miao, I’ve transferred 40,000 yuan to you. You can transfer 34,000 yuan to the finance department. As for the remaining 6,000 yuan, buy yourself a cup of coffee to enjoy. You’ve been talking to us for so long. I can’t have you work for nothing..”nOVeLB1n