Chapter 48: Rift

  The construction site by the river was bustling with activity, and this time Wu Gong had hired eight people, including Chu Jiaxiong. Among them, three were from a neighboring village, and each person from their own village earned 101 yuan per day and went back to their own homes for meals; while the three from the neighboring village earned the same wages, but had lunch at Er Shu's home. This arrangement didn't raise any objections, after all, the wages were already quite high.

  Time flies, and five days have passed unknowingly. At this time, Ye Cai Ping is also leaving. Chu Jia Qiang sends her to the town, while he himself has things to do, that is, the problem of suspension. Although the suspension is not urgent, all the piers must be set up before the suspension can be used. But the suspension of Chu Jiaqiang is still unclear, so it's better to prepare early, have a backup plan!

  "Remember to call me often." Ye Cai Ping reminded Chu Jia Qiang for the last time. Up until now, Ye Cai Ping was still hesitant in her heart, wanting to be with Chu Jia Qiang but also finding it hard to give up on city life.

  It's not that she's superficial, like others who yearn for urban life. Rather, she has gradually become accustomed to the rhythm of the city and the urban lifestyle, so suddenly returning to a place like Chujia Village would be a huge shock, making it difficult to adapt. If she were to go back for a short while to clear her mind and have some fun, it might still feel fresh, but living there long-term is another story - she can't guarantee that she could tolerate the dullness of rural life.

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled: "Hehe! We're both people from the same social circle, so it doesn't matter to either of us! Instead, you should hurry up and dissolve our engagement. Although I'm not in a rush to get married for now, dragging this on isn't a solution either. What do you think?"

  When Ye Caiping heard Chu Jiaqiang's calm words, she felt extremely conflicted and annoyed. Her heart was frustrated, and she couldn't help but feel resentful. This guy's nonchalant attitude made her feel helpless and humiliated. Didn't all those sisters of hers have men fawn over them when they were in love? But she had almost thrown herself at him, only to be met with indifference.

  "What's wrong? You're impatient? Then forget it, anyway I have plenty of shields, just wave my hand and there will be a big bunch. You can go! I'll notify Ma immediately: we're not suitable! Is that okay? Hurry up and leave! You don't have money or power, you can't block anyone......" Ye Cai Ping was also dizzy with anger at this time, spitting out her words in one breath, as if she wanted to vent all the frustration of these days.

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled wryly to himself after hearing this. In fact, he also had a little fantasy about Ye Caiping in his heart. This is normal, everyone has a love for beauty. But after hearing these words, Chu Jiaqiang completely woke up and threw away that little bit of fantasy.

  "Hehe! My abilities are not great, and I don't have any lofty ideals. I'm probably going to spend the rest of my life stuck in these mountains. Hmm! It's getting late, I'll take off first!" Chu Jiaqiang didn't linger, turning around to leave.

  Ye Cai Ping saw Chu Jia Qiang's self-deprecating smile, and suddenly felt a pang in her heart. Her mind cleared instantly, and she realized she had spoken out of turn. Every man has his own dignity, let alone someone like Chu Jia Qiang. She deeply regretted it and wanted to say something to make amends, but the words stuck in her throat, as she too had her own pride. Seeing Chu Jia Qiang turn around and leave, the distance between them grew again, Ye Cai Ping's tears silently fell.

  Chu Jiaqiang let out a mouthful of stifled air, adjusted his mood, and continued on his way.

  Ye Cai Ping returned home with tears in her eyes, and as soon as her family saw her, they were all shocked. This girl had just gone to her boyfriend's place a few days ago, full of energy and excitement, so why was she crying when she came back? They all thought that Chu Jia Qiang must have bullied her. But Ye Cai Ping felt more and more wronged the more she thought about it, and cried even harder.

  Although Ye Mu was anxious to marry off her daughter, she also didn't allow her own daughter to be humiliated, so she took the initiative to inform Ma Sao and dissolve their relationship. Ye Cai Ping still doesn't know about this matter, although she feels wronged in her heart, it's not to the point of making a big fuss, if she were to take the initiative to dissolve the relationship first, then the chance of reconciliation would be even slimmer. After all, doing so would be equivalent to dumping Chu Jia Qiang, and as a man, he would definitely have no good feelings left.

  It wasn't until she calmed down that Ye Cai Ping realized her initial strategy was wrong. After these few days of interaction, she discovered that Chu Jia Qiang didn't like strong-willed women, but now that she understood, it seemed a bit too late.

  Chu Jiaqiang still came to the end of the street and found Old Man Chen, perhaps he knew something about Xuan Suo.

  Mr. Chen was also very familiar with Chu Jiaqiang, and it could be said that Chu Jiaqiang was also an old customer. So when he saw the newcomer, he immediately put on a professional smile: "Jiaqiang is here? Come, this time you must have a cup of tea first."

  Chu Jiaqiang smiled and didn't refuse. After drinking tea, Chu Jiaqiang asked: "Uncle Chen, I need a batch of suspension insulators, do you have any introductions?"

  Mr. Chen furrowed his brow, thought for a moment: "I don't have that thing here, the building materials city in the city might have it, but it also depends on what specifications you want, if it's too big, I reckon they won't have it either."

  "About five or six centimeters in diameter?" Chu Jiaqiang replied.

  "Oh! That should be available, how many do you want? I'm a bit familiar with the boss there, and if we buy more, we should be able to get some discounts." said Old Chen.

  "More than 500 meters of steel wire rope, more than 200 meters of coarse hemp rope will do!" Chu Jiaqiang said. Wu Shu Gong had been discussing with Chu Jiaqiang for the past two days, and they decided that the suspension bridge's handrails didn't need to be made of steel wire rope, coarse hemp rope would suffice. The width of the reservoir spanning the small island was just over 100 meters, so four steel wire ropes of 560 meters at the bottom would be enough.

  Mr. Chen was shocked, this amount is not small in their place.

  "So expensive?" You know, for a steel wire rope with a diameter of about 5 cm and a length of over 500 meters, it would cost around 600,000 to 700,000 yuan.

  Mr. Chen called Chu Jiaqiang and said: "When you arrive at the building materials city, give a call to Old Zhao, I will also mention it to him in advance."

  "Then thank Uncle Chen!" Chu Jiaqiang let out a sigh of relief, this matter was finally settled.

  "Haha! What's the politeness for? Just help me out more in the future, that's all." Mr. Chen patted Chu Jiaqiang's shoulder and said. His eyes had long been refined to a pure state, and he had guessed from the beginning that Chu Jiaqiang was a man of great deeds. Now, it turned out that he was just selling personal feelings.

  Leaving Mr. Chen's store, Chu Jiaqiang went to the city again, estimating in his heart that adding transportation costs, these suspension bridges would probably cost around 800,000 yuan. Adding the steel and cement before, and the labor costs afterwards, it couldn't be less than 1.3-1.4 million.

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