When the two men saw Li Long slow down, they stepped to the roadside and smiled at him in the driver's seat.
As Li Long drew close, one of them called out:
"You're Comrade Li Long, right? I'm Zhao Zongming, commander of the Thirteenth Company, next door to Wang Mingjun's company. There's something I'd like to discuss with you."
The man knew his name and was a company commander, so Li Long let down most of his guard. He could also see that neither man was carrying anything. Thinking of his own fighting ability-yes, he was confident-he pulled over and got out.
"Hello, Commander Zhao." Li Long shook hands with Zhao Zongming, who pointed to the man beside him and said, "This is our deputy company commander, He Manhua."
"Hello, Deputy Commander He." Li Long shook hands with the deputy commander as well.
Zhao Zongming was short and looked rather old, seemingly older than Li Jianguo. He Manhua, on the other hand, was quite young, looking under thirty, though a little simple. He only smiled without speaking.
"We heard you were coming today, so we took the liberty of stopping you here, mainly to ask about making big brooms." Zhao Zongming got straight to the point. "We originally wanted to invite you over to our company for a visit, but we didn't know whether you had time..."
"I don't. Commander Wang asked me to stay for a meal, and I didn't even stay for that." Li Long shook his head. "I've been rather busy lately..."
"We understand." Zhao Zongming nodded. "Then I'll get straight to it. Our company would also like to take on the broom-making work. Rest assured, our brooms certainly won't be any worse than those made by Wang Mingjun's company..."
"Yes, we can definitely guarantee that!" the