PDLP Chapter 26: The burden on my shoulders is heavy.
Chapter 26: The burden on my shoulders is heavy.
Zhang Guangyao continued, "Nephew, I have no complaints about whatever you do to me now. Even if I'm fired, I'll accept it."
"However, I still want you to let me stay, even if it's as a miner. Don't fire me, and let me show you how I'm different from before."
Zhang Guangyao, shameless as ever, uttered these words.
Even now, he wouldn't want to be fired by his nephew, even if he were to work as a miner here.
Seeing his uncle's desire to start over and become a miner, Zhang Dong pondered for a moment.
"Well then, Uncle, you can't continue as the mining team leader of the second team anyway."
“My dad said someone reported you. Ever since you became the team leader, you’ve been slacking off. You work hard in front of me, but you quit as soon as I’m not around.”
"If I let you be the team leader again, people will laugh at me, Zhang Dong, for being blind to talent..."
“Nephew, you’re right.”
Now, Zhang Guangyao has become an old lady selling persimmons, constantly saying yes.
“Nephew, I’m too ashamed to continue as team leader. My only wish is to be an ordinary miner.”
"After all, you need to give me a place to earn money, otherwise when I get home, your aunt will definitely fight with me, and there will inevitably be chaos."
As he spoke, tears streamed down Zhang Guangyao's face.
Seeing his uncle like this, Zhang Dong gently patted his shoulder.
"Okay, Uncle, you can quit being the team leader, and I won't let you work as a regular miner either."
Zhang Dong's words startled Zhang Guangyao once again.
He was very grateful to his nephew for speaking up for him earlier.
Under such circumstances, if he only asked to be an ordinary miner, Zhang Dong would definitely agree.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Dong still wanted to fire him, realizing that he had indeed done something wrong.
If I were the boss, I would definitely not be polite to relatives like that either.
They even dealt with him more harshly than Zhang Dong.
Therefore, upon learning that he had been dismissed, Zhang Guangyao immediately hung his head.
Originally, the future looked bright, and the family was gradually becoming more harmonious.
Now that I've been fired, my family is bound to be in chaos and have no peace.
After all, a man without income can't even stand up straight at home.
And he also drinks and smokes. His wife always looks at him with disgust when she sees him doing these things. If he doesn't earn money...
Just as he was wondering what to do in the future, he heard Zhang Dong continue, "Uncle, I'm going to arrange a position for you. You'd better do a good job."
“If this problem occurs again, I will not be able to keep you here.”
Upon hearing Zhang Dong's words, Zhang Guangyao, who had already prepared himself for being fired, was utterly shocked, or rather, utterly delighted.
"Nephew, what position do you want to arrange for me?"
Zhang Dong pondered for a moment and then said, "The position I'm assigning you is security captain."
"What, the security captain?"
Zhang Guangyao's eyes widened instantly, his face filled with disbelief.
He never dreamed that Zhang Dong would still arrange a security captain position for him, even though he had wronged his nephew so much.
This made him so grateful that he almost knelt down before Zhang Dong again.
Zhang Dong saw through his thoughts and grabbed his shoulder.
"Uncle, what are you doing? A man's knees are worth gold. Besides, I am your junior. I can't accept your kowtow."
"But this time, I have a request. If you play games with me like before, I won't be so polite."
"Don't worry, nephew, this time I'm determined to do a good job as the security captain."
Zhang Dong nodded: "Don't worry, the security captain's salary is the same as the mining captain's, both are high salaries."
"What, high salary?" Zhang Guangyao's eyes widened again: "This...this..."
Zhang Dong patted him on the shoulder: "Aren't you surprised?"
"This is such a surprise!" Zhang Guangyao said, tears of gratitude streaming down his face.
He never dreamed that his nephew would be so kind to him.
Zhang Dong snorted coldly. He felt it was time to give him a slap and then a sweet treat.
"I'm only doing this because we're family; otherwise, I would have fired you long ago."
"Yes, nephew, it's all my fault for being a worthless, inhuman creature."
At this moment, Zhang Guangming, who was standing next to him, widened his eyes again.
"Son, why did you give him such an important position?"
"Didn't you see how he acted before? He'll definitely cause trouble for you, and it will be too late for you to regret it then."
Upon hearing his father's words, Zhang Dong waved his hand and turned his gaze back to his uncle.
"Uncle, this time, you won't mess things up again, will you?"
Zhang Guangyao snapped to attention and gave Zhang Dong a military salute: "Nephew, don't worry. If I mess things up for you again this time, I'm not human."
His nephew Zhang Dong had just explained the situation: the security captain and the mining captain received the same salary. He never dreamed that his nephew would treat him this way.
At that moment, he was overwhelmed with gratitude.
If Zhang Dong hadn't stopped him, he would have kowtowed to him again.
"Okay, as long as you're determined, then do your best."
"Yes, yes, don't worry, nephew. If I'm not responsible this time, I won't even need you to kick me out. I'd feel ashamed to stay in this mine."
Upon hearing Zhang Guangyao's words, Zhang Dong nodded heavily.
They say a prodigal son who returns is more precious than gold.
No matter what, he was still her uncle, and on several occasions, he had stood up for her and stood against Wang Jianguo when facing danger.
No one is perfect; everyone has their flaws.
However, my uncle may not have realized the seriousness of the problem before.
Now that this has happened, Zhang Dong is confident that his uncle will no longer treat his work with the same attitude as before.
"Uncle, since that's the case, I'll make the unpleasant things clear from the start."
"Previously, everyone speculated that Wang Jianguo, that scoundrel, might be brewing a big move. If the other party doesn't make a move, all is well, but if they do, it might be a ruthless one."
"So you, as the security captain, have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders."
Zhang Guangyao immediately replied, "Don't worry, nephew. Starting today, I won't go home at night anymore. I'll move directly to the mine to live, and I'll increase patrols at night."
Seeing his uncle's determination, Zhang Dong's eyes revealed admiration.
“Alright, starting tonight, I'll move to the mine too. We'll get through this together and deal with that bastard Wang Jianguo…”
Seeing his son and brother walking out of the mine together, Zhang Guangming, standing behind them, stared at his son with disbelief on his face.
He was just acting out everything according to the script his son had given him.
He could also see that his brother would definitely mend his ways after this incident.