Material Empire

Practice has shown that Lu Xiaolin only achieved the first four words of the five words "especially able to endure hardship". As for the last bitter word, she spat it out all over the floor along with bile.

The first company the working group went to investigate was Jinnan Chemical Factory, an old-fashioned company specializing in the production of synthetic resins. As the name suggests, Jinnan Chemical Factory is located in the south of Jintang City, but it is four or five hours' drive away from Jintang City, and it is in a large mountain.

There are 4 people in the working group, and the Jintang Economic Committee also sent a few people to accompany them. There are seven or eight people in total, and the ordinary car can’t fit. The small van of the people sent the working group to the Jinnan Chemical Plant for investigation.

The age of this minivan is estimated to be not much younger than Qin Hai's. The shock absorber springs are no longer flexible, and the engine is wheezing like asthma, which makes people worry. And the driver sent by the subsidiary company is even more strange. The car drives fast and slow, and it can drive on the flat ground like a mountain road, and the mountain road can have the effect of surfing the sea. The group hadn't gone 20 kilometers on the road, and Lu Xiaolin was already dizzy.

"Hey, master, can you drive more slowly?" Lu Xiaolin begged while vomiting.

"Okay, I'll drive slowly." The unscrupulous driver replied perfunctorily, but the accelerator under his feet did not loosen at all.

"Xiaolu, don't close your eyes, try to look out of the window, and look far away, which will help eliminate motion sickness." Xia Yangjie, who was sitting in the same row with Lu Xiaolin, gave her some advice.

Lu Xiaolin tried to look out the window, but it didn't work. The car twisted and turned, and the scenery outside the window didn't feel stable at all, which only made Lu Xiaolin feel more dizzy.

"It's really not possible... If you don't mind, you can lean on my shoulder, it might be better." Xia Yangjie said helplessly. He was not good at dealing with the opposite sex, but at this time, he could only follow the authority.

"Well, thank you." Lu Xiaolin already wanted to lend a shoulder to lean on. Hearing Xia Yangjie's initiative to invite her, she quickly leaned her head over. However, the position she leaned on was not Xia Yangjie's shoulders, but his chest, which seemed to have a somewhat generous feeling. In times of crisis, it was a place that could provide girls with a sense of security.

"Uh..." Xia Yangjie's face turned red all of a sudden, as if he had been molested by Lu Xiaolin. He didn't know where to put his hands. He moved them here and there. Those who didn't know would think that he was simulating some mechanism of fiber winding.

Qin Hai sat behind the two of them, watching this scene, only thought it was funny. He turned his head and said to Zeng Zhiqiang, the chief of the comprehensive section of the Jintang Economic Commission who was in charge of accompanying them in the seat next to him, "Chief Zeng, can you tell the driver to drive slower, you can't stand the small road."

"The road here is like this, there is no way..." Zeng Zhiqiang explained, but it was inconvenient for him not to respond to Qin Hai's words, so he raised his head and shouted to the front: "Xiao Zhao, drive the car more steadily. The leader is motion sick."

"I've been driving very steadily." The driver Xiao Zhao replied without turning his head, but then there was a bang, and the car jumped over a big pothole, bumping all the people's buttocks off their seats. Xia Yangjie put a hand on Lu Xiaolin's back quickly, not letting her fly up with him.

"This kid did it on purpose!" Heizi who was sitting on the other side of Qin Hai whispered to Qin Hai.

"You mean Lao Xia?" Qin Hai was staring at the two in front of him, thinking about all kinds of gossip, and when he heard Heizi's words, he directly substituted Xia Yangjie.

Heizi shook his head slightly, and said, "I mean the driver whose surname is Zhao."

"Really?" Qin Hai was taken aback for a moment. He also felt that the car was driving a little weirdly, but he only thought about the driver's poor skills, but he didn't think about the driver's deliberate motive.

Deliberately... Could it be that this is an attempt to give the working group a blow?

For a moment, Qin Hai couldn't remember where his working group had offended Jintang City, but the arrangement Jintang City gave them was indeed somewhat unreasonable. For example, there are three chemical companies next to Jintang City, and the Jintang Economic Commission does not need to let them go to the most remote Jinnan Chemical Factory first. With such a long distance, such a classic car, and a driver with an ugly face, it was clearly intended to embarrass the working group.

"Stop the car for a while...just say you need to go to the toilet." Heizi whispered.

Qin Hai and Heizi had already formed a tacit understanding. Hearing Heizi's words, he didn't hesitate, and called out directly: "Master Zhao, can you stop by the side of the road for a while, let me relieve you."

Such a request cannot be refused by the driver. The car stopped by a grove, Qin Hai opened the door, jumped out of the car, and ran into the grove for convenience. Heizi stood up and shouted to everyone in the car: "Everyone get out of the car and go to have a rest, Lao Xia, help Secretary Lu to stand down for a while and have a rest."

Lu Xiaolin really wanted to get out of the car and stand for a while. Hearing Heizi's suggestion, she forced herself to stand up and groped her way to the car. Xia Yangjie quickly reached out to help her out of the car.

Several members of the working group got out of the car, and the accompanying staff of the economic committee could no longer sit in the car, so they got out of the car one by one, and someone followed Qin Hai into the woods for convenience. Someone stood by the car, took out a cigarette, and while puffing, chatted about the weather and current affairs.

Heizi bypassed the crowd and came to the driver's side. Without the driver's consent, he opened the door of the driver's cab, handed him a cigarette, and said, "Master, come down and smoke a cigarette and rest."

"Why don't you rest, there's still a long way to go." The driver replied with a dark face, and didn't reach out to pick up Heizi's cigarette, obviously unwilling to communicate.

"Brother, you should come down, I have something to tell you." Heizi said with a smile.

"What can you do with me?" The driver muttered, but he still got out of the car.

"Come on, let's talk this way." Heizi stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around the driver's shoulders, and pushed him into the woods on the other side regardless of how the driver struggled. Heizi has eaten well this year, and has done some physical work in the factory, gaining some strength. The driver was a head shorter than Heizi, and obviously not as strong as Heizi, so he had no ability to resist.

"Hey, what do you mean?" The driver yelled angrily, no matter who it was, it wouldn't feel good to be pulled aside like this. He shook his shoulders desperately, trying to free Heizi's hand, while protesting angrily.

"I just want to ask you a question, can you drive?" Heizi let go of the driver's shoulder, looked at the driver with a half-smile and asked.

The driver was taken aback, and immediately wanted to turn around and leave. He felt that there was no need to discuss this issue with Heizi, and this place was not the place to discuss such issues.

Heizi reached out and grabbed the driver's arm with a slap, and held him firmly, then glared at him and asked again: "I'll ask you again, do you know how to drive!"

"What do you want to do?" The driver was a little scared. He didn't know if he should yell and let others come to save him, but in broad daylight, it seemed a bit inappropriate for him to call for help as an old man. In a dilemma, he softened his tone and argued: "This road is so bad, what can I do?"

Heizi grabbed the driver's neck with one hand, pressed him against a tree, then clenched the other hand into a fist, waved it in front of the driver's eyes, and said, "You are so courageous, you know the car Who is that woman? Do you know who her father is? I don't care who told you to make trouble, I just warn you, if you don't drive me well for the rest of the journey, after returning to Jintang, I will Squeeze you to death."

When he said this, Heizi's eyes showed a kind of indifference, which was the look he had cultivated when he was lending usury in Pingyuan County. The words he used to scare the driver were also carefully designed by him. He actually didn't know the background of Lu Xiaolin's family, but he believed that such words could scare a small driver in a small place.

Just now, he carefully observed the driver's words and deeds, and knew that this person was not a bloody man, but the kind of villain who was good at speculation. To deal with this kind of villain, both temptation and threat are the best way, and threat is more effective.

The passengers in the car were smoking and chatting on the right side of the car, while Heizi and the driver were talking in the woods on the left side of the car, without attracting anyone's attention. After everyone returned to the car and the car restarted, everyone was surprised to find that the car drove smoothly, and there was no longer the feeling of riding a roller coaster like before.

"It seems that the car is also tired, it will be fine if you rest for a while." Qin Hai said to Zeng Zhiqiang with a smile.

"Yes, yes, hehe, hehe." Zeng Zhiqiang responded with a half-smile.

"Okay, the car is driving steadily, I don't have to rely on it, thank you." Lu Xiaolin sat up straight, and said to Xia Yangjie while arranging the messy hair on her head.

Xia Yangjie said gruffly, "You're welcome, it's a man's bounden duty to protect women."

"I can't tell, you, a nerd who studies science, is quite chivalrous." Lu Xiaolin commented with a smile.

Xia Yangjie said seriously: "I'm not a nerd, so don't discriminate against those who study science."

"Oh, did I splash on you when I vomited just now?" Lu Xiaolin looked at the stains on Xia Yangjie's pants and said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay, it was an unintentional mistake." Xia Yangjie said.

Lu Xiaolin said, "I'll wash it for you when it's over."

"No, no, I can wash it myself."

"Help each other, you big man, why are you so shy..."

"I'm not shy..."

"You're shy..."

"I do not……"

"Uh..." Sitting in the back, Qin Hai couldn't help feeling a little motion sick. Please, don't let your relationship develop so fast, okay, this is a public place!