My courtyard shelter

After returning home from get off work, Xu Dong smelled the smell of chicken feces as soon as he entered the yard. No matter how many skylights were opened, it was useless. This was the price of raising chickens at home.

"Husband, you are back."

Yang Lina was throwing vegetable leaves into the chicken coop, while Huahua sat aside and stared at her, as if she was planning something.

"Well, Uncle Zuo brought all the chickens?"

"It was delivered at about ten o'clock in the morning. I originally wanted to keep him for lunch, but I didn't." Yang Lina replied.

Xu Dong walked over and took a look at the chicken coop. He felt it was more exquisite than Mark's dog house, and then praised: "This chicken coop is well designed. Where did Dad learn from it?"

"No need to ask, of course I learned from short videos." Yang Lina replied with a smile.

The whole family knows that Father Xu likes to watch short videos whenever he has something to do, and he is almost obsessed with it.

"Dad really didn't say anything about his craftsmanship. I should have opened a carpentry shop for him if I had known."

"Pull it down, how much money can the carpentry shop make? Our shop can make money now." Yang Lina said with a smile.

"How profitable is it?"

Xu Dong was slightly surprised. He hadn't been to the store for two or three months and knew almost nothing about the situation there.

Yang Lina glanced at the kitchen and whispered: "Last month, a transfer of 500,000 yuan suddenly appeared on mom's bank card. This money must have been transferred by our dad."

"How did you find out?" Xu Dong asked curiously.

"This morning, my mother asked me to help set the alarm clock on my mobile phone, and I accidentally opened the transfer text message. Husband, tell me, did my parents hide this from us on purpose?"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Yang Lina's tone.

"Uh..." Xu Dong had a headache and could only comfort him: "You are overthinking. My parents are usually partial to our family. How could they hide it from the two of us? They probably want to give us a surprise!"

"Tell me, do your parents want to secretly subsidize your eldest brother and sister?" Yang Lina is not stupid.

Xu Dong waved his hands indifferently, "Mom and dad can subsidize us if they want. Anyway, it's our dad who makes the money. They can spend it on whoever they want."

Yang Lina pinched Xu Dong's arm hard and complained: "You are the only one who is generous!"

"Okay, our department is going to Tianjin for a trip tomorrow. Please help me prepare two sets of clothes." Xu Dong quickly changed the subject.

"How many days are you going to go?" Yang Lina's attention was diverted as expected.

"Come back Sunday afternoon."

"The weather is so hot, why not take a trip!" Yang Lina complained.

"The leader has spoken and I can't go. You don't want me to be isolated by my colleagues, right?"

"Okay, I didn't say I wouldn't let you go."

…

Early on Saturday morning, Xu Dong drove his Daben to the north gate of the company.

This time he didn't bring many "luxury" ingredients, just some vegetables grown in his own garden, which were fresh and delicious.

After all, this is a team-building activity organized by Section Chief Li. He cannot and does not want to steal the limelight from his boss.

What's more, the snack incident had just passed not long ago, and he didn't want to make the same mistake again.

In addition to the ingredients, Xu Dong also brought two bottles of wine.

This fits his character of a wealthy person very well, and there is still a lot of wine on the market, so it is not too conspicuous.

"Is everyone here?" Section Chief Li stood at the north gate and shouted loudly.

"There are 12 people in total, all here." Xiang Xin counted the number of people and reported.

The Security Department originally had 13 employees, but some time ago, Lao Zhang retired early, so now there are only 12 people left.

"Okay, let's set off immediately. I will lead the way. You all follow my car." Section Chief Li ordered.

For this tour, there were a total of 4 cars and 12 people, and the journey officially began.

It takes about two hours to drive from Yanjing to Jinmen. By ten o'clock, the sea in the distance is already vaguely visible.

On the viaduct, Xiang Xin suddenly pointed to a construction site outside the window and exclaimed: "Look, why are there so many hanging towers here?"

Xu Dong had actually discovered it a long time ago. If his guess was correct, these factories under construction should be seawater desalination plants.

Yanjing has a population of 20 million, and Tianjin has a population of almost 15 million. If the surrounding counties and cities are included, this area has a population of more than 60 million.

With such a large population, the daily water consumption is staggering. It’s no wonder that Tianjin started building a desalination plant early.

"Is the higher-up building another new area?" a male colleague speculated.

The former Rong'an New District became very popular on the Internet because of its numerous hanging towers, which is impressive.

"I haven't heard of it. If a new district is established, it should be big news. Besides, in this difficult situation, how can the government have spare money for development?"

"This place is close to the sea. Could it be that a scenic spot is being developed?"

Xu Dong said directly: "Don't make any guesses. It's not a new district or a scenic spot. In my opinion, this should be a super factory under construction."

"Factory, how is it possible? You can't see the end of this construction site at a glance. How big of a factory is this? Xiao Xu, are you sure?" someone questioned.

Xu Dong pointed forward: "Have you seen that row of large chimneys?"

"I saw it, is there something wrong?" Xiang Xin asked doubtfully.

"Only factories can have such dense chimneys. Do you understand now?"

"No wonder, I don't know what kind of factory it is, but it's so big?" a male colleague asked curiously.

Xu Dong once again transformed into a science popularization expert:

"Look at those big pools on the beach. This should be a desalination plant. Those pools are used to filter debris from the seawater."

Everyone suddenly realized, and Xiang Xin gave a thumbs up: "Brother Xu, you know a lot!"

Xu Dong said modestly: "Oh, these are not advanced knowledge. They are all in high school textbooks. You just forgot them."

"Xu may be right. Think about it. The drought is so serious now. The country must need to build a new desalination plant. I just didn't expect the scale to be so scary." A male colleague echoed.

"It's scary, which means that the current situation is not optimistic. The drought may not end by next year, or even the year after next, or the year after next..." Gao Yuemei said worriedly.

This made the atmosphere in the car heavy. No one could imagine what would happen in the future if the drought continued.

Only Xu Dong knew it well, but he couldn't and didn't want to say it out. It would be useless to say it out.

Seeing that everyone looked a little heavy, Xiang Xin hurried out to interrupt:

"Brother Xu, how long will it take to get there?"

Xu Dong glanced at the navigation map and replied: "We are almost there after getting off the viaduct, and it will take about ten minutes."

"Sister Gao, did you bring your swimsuit?"

Gao Yuemei spat, "I am already this age, why should I wear a swimsuit? I am all fat, it hurts my eyes to think about it."

"Who said that older people can't wear swimsuits? We finally came to the beach, and it would be a loss if we don't go swimming in the sea." Xiang Xin advised.

Gao Yuemei was unmoved, she didn't want to become the gossip protagonist of her male colleagues.

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