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Chapter 50 The Stopped Boiler

"That's right, the snow is so heavy, and it will definitely cool down tomorrow. If it can't be solved by then, do you want us to freeze to death?"

Looking at the people who were eager to solve the problem, Lao Gao could only patiently explain: "I know everyone's thoughts. Secretary Gu and I will definitely find a solution. The weather is cold. Everyone is waiting here for the freezing. Let's go home and wait for news first. We will solve this problem as soon as possible. Everyone will disperse. Even if you stand here, you can't solve the problem. So go home first, okay?"

"Okay, let's listen to Director Gao once. When we let it go tomorrow, we won't come again. We will call the reporter and ask them to expose you and let you all be laid off." said one person.

"Yes, if you don't repair it tomorrow, we will expose you and make you unable to even be an official," said one person.

"Yes, then we'll go home and wait for news. If we don't come to the heating, we'll go to the community to make trouble." Others also said.

After a while, the people all returned home, and Secretary Gu and Lao Gao returned to the community first.

"Oh, it's hard for you. If you don't care about this, you may not cause trouble. If you see this, you will be fine, and the people will come to you." Secretary Gu said to Lao Gao.

Lao Gao smiled, "It's all the people's business. If you want to, come to me, you can't let everyone be cold, right?"

"Hey, I called you back then, and I didn't know whether it was right or wrong. Anyway, you will inevitably be wronged." Secretary Gu said with some emotion.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Lao Gao said with a very good attitude. "What should we do now?"

Secretary Gu called the heating office again, and the person in charge of the boiler room had not been contacted yet, so he drove to the bearing community. Several people went to the boiler room again and found the boiler worker just now.

"I heard that your salary has not been paid?" Secretary Gu asked.

"Yes, I've been owed for several months. It's time for the Chinese New Year. If I owe my family, I have to drink the northwest wind." The boiler also sighed.

"Then where are your bosses going?" Lao Gao also asked.

"I really don't know. He said when he left, asking me to wait for his news before turning on the furnace, otherwise my salary would not be paid to me at all."

"You really don't know where your boss is?" Lao Gao asked again.

"I really don't know. You guys should not find a way to ask the government to get some money and repair the stove first."

Secretary Gu asked: "Is this stove broken?"

The man said seriously: "It's really broken. In fact, it's going to break down a long time ago. It's been repaired several times. It was able to maintain normal heating before, but it was completely broken this morning."

Lao Gao called Secretary Gu aside, "I think this person must know where their boss is."

Secretary Gu nodded and said, "I think so too. I guess the stove is really broken. They also want to take the opportunity to take advantage of it. They think that the person in charge of this snowy day just won't appear, and the government will have to use money to solve it for them. I think beautifully! I actually joke about the people's livelihood."

"You wait for me to call Fang Yu and see how I treat him." Lao Gao had an idea.

Speaking of the person in charge of the boiler room, Lao Gao has seen him several times. He doesn't come very much, but because the community is behind the boiler room, Lao Gao has taken the initiative to say hello several times. The man usually looks quite slippery. Unexpectedly, in this kind of weather, he dares to joke about the people's affairs, so he can't tolerate it.

Lao Gao called Fang Yu, and then the two of them studied it for a while and called the boiler worker aside.

"I'll give you another chance and tell me where your boss is?" Fang Yu said with a stern face.

"I don't know, I'm asking him for a salary." The man still said that.

"Okay, this is what you said." Fang Yu immediately stood up after saying that, "Go to the police station with me!"

When the boiler heard this, he immediately shrank back, "What are you doing, why did you ask me to go to the police station?"

At this time, Lao Gao stopped him, "Fang Yu, this brother is not easy, I'll talk to him first."

Lao Gao pulled the boiler to a place where no one was, "I tell you, it is illegal for your boss to do this. If the people are really frozen, he will compensate you. You are a worker. You don't know. They signed a heating contract and agreement before heating. They don't do things according to the contract, and they will have to be arrested. Although you are working, we can't find the one responsible, so we can only take you away and hand over the job."

Lao Gao was talking nonsense. He knew that the boiler was not well educated and did not know some things, so he did not invite Fang Yu to come forward to scare him so that he could tell the whereabouts of the person in charge and solve the problem first.

Sure enough, the boiler was scared. He said tremblingly: "I don't know, so I have to arrest me and hand in the office. What if we find our boss?"

"I'll let you go if I find it." Lao Gao answered him very directly.

The boiler worker lowered his head. Lao Gao knew that he was having a psychological struggle, so he continued: "Brother, you are in trouble. You have to cheat him. If you take care of him like this, you have to take the blame for him. He doesn't pay you a salary, it's not worth it!"

"But if I really tell you where he is, he won't pay me a salary." The boiler said with some concern.

Seeing that people were still hesitating, Lao Gao continued to say: "If you don't pay this salary, you can sue the Labor Bureau. Are you stupid? You secretly tell me, and I will tell our leader again. In the end, who knows what you said. Your boss is also a living person, so he has no relatives and friends. If we find him, can it be said that it was a clue provided by the masses?"

Finally, the boiler told the boss where he was, and Lao Gao also promised the boiler that he would not let his boss know that he told the matter.

So a group of people drove the car and in a small building in the suburbs, Lao Gao and others found the person in charge of the boiler household. After more than an hour of communication, the boiler received a call from the boss and cooperated with the repair of the boiler. After the boiler was repaired, the heat was supplied again. At around 3 a.m., clear smoke came out of the big chimney in the boiler room of the bearing community. The next morning, all the residents in the community could feel the warmth brought by the heating.

But everyone didn't know that just to stay in the warm house when it was cool, so many people were running overnight. But everyone didn't know that because of the heavy snow, the car to the suburbs was stranded halfway. Lao Gao and Secretary Gu walked ten miles deep and shallowly in the heavy snow. When they arrived at the place, their bodies and shoes were already wet. Everyone didn't know that they had tried so much to convince the boiler room contractors. They didn't know that they persuaded the contractors and then returned to the boiler room without stopping. They didn't know that they had returned home at around 3 a.m., when they were all frozen, they didn't know that the next morning, they still had to dress neatly to the unit, because the snow was an order. In order to allow everyone to travel safely, they also had to lead the residents to fight on the first scene of snow removal.

At noon, except Xueer Lao Gao did not join the community for dinner, but went home. He wanted to use this time to make up for his sleep because he was really exhausted these days.

Xia Guilan looked at Lao Gao who was sleeping soundly when she fell on the sofa, and felt extremely distressed. She quietly covered him with a blanket, then prepared the meal and waited for him to wake up.

Lao Gao didn't get up until the alarm rings. He rubbed his eyelids that were still fighting, and looked at Xia Guilan's worried face opposite him.

"Lao Gao, will we stop working next time?" Xia Guilan said with distress.

"Isn't this the community just established? There are so many things going on. It's better to get on track in the future." Lao Gao was afraid that his wife would worry, so he let Xia Guilan's heart go unhappy.

Xia Guilan was a little unhappy when she saw that he still said this, "You are fooling around. There are so many things that have just been established, so there will be more fun in the future."

"Okay, if I really can't be busy by then, I'll do it." Lao Gao washed his face and prepared to go back to the community.

"Let's talk about it after you have eaten." Xia Guilan had already put the hot rice on the table.

"I won't eat anymore, I won't hurry up." Lao Gao said while wiping his face.

"No, if you don't eat, I won't let you go." Xia Guilan said with a firm attitude.

When Lao Gao saw that his wife was afraid that she would be furious, he immediately sat down to have a meal. After a few bites, he got up again and put on his coat. Finally, he did not forget to attack Xia Guilan, and then returned to the community with a happy heart.

The reports in the past few days require some data. Yesterday, in order to allow the boiler to heat up as soon as possible, they agreed to help the boiler room recover the old debt. In the afternoon, the person in charge of the boiler room brought a fee book to the community, and then expressed their gratitude to Lao Gao with a smile.

Lao Gao and others collaborated on the basic information and then started calling each other to do their work.

"Look, let them pay the ones that owe more in two times. If you have difficulties, pay the ones that owe less this year. If you want them, we will try our best to collect all those that owe less. Is it okay?" Lao Gao said to the person in charge of the boiler room with a watch.

"Sure, how much can I urge you to come up? These people owe too much, otherwise I can't have no money to repair the boiler." The person in charge felt that he still owed Lao Gao a lot because of what happened yesterday.

"Gu Lei and Guan Meiyue called these people, and they said that if you don't pay this year, you will have to pay it next year. When it becomes heating for the separate households next year, you will not open the lock if you don't pay the full amount of money." Lao Gao handed over the watch to the two of them.

"When they have finished calling, I will ask them to give you the specific situation table. The situation is marked on it. You can decide whether you have handed it in accordance with the situation. After a few times, you will give us the situation that has not been handed over. We will call us to help you urge it." Lao Gao said again. He may not have had a good sleep at noon. At this time, he felt dizzy and weak in all limbs.

Seeing that Lao Gao's work efficiency was so high, the person in charge said happily: "Sure, thank you so much. I will treat you to a meal when the fee is collected."

Lao Gao waved his hand and said, "No need to thank you. For so many years, the neighborhood committee and my community are now wiping your heating. This is what we should do, but I hope that if there are any problems in the future, we will communicate in time, so don't be like yesterday."

After the person in charge left, Li Jingping poured hot water for Lao Gao and said, "Lao Gao, are you catching a cold? I don't look good when I look at you."

Only then did Lao Gao realize the reason why he felt uncomfortable all over. He reached out and touched his forehead, which was indeed a bit hot.

"I'm old, my body is not good enough. I didn't get sick so easily when I was young." Lao Gao sighed.
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