Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

After listening to Yan Fugui's explanation, Yi Zhonghai's face immediately flashed with disappointment, and then he said: "Old Yan..."

"You are usually a very shrewd person..."

"Why do you get so confused when it comes to important matters..."

"Three hundred and fifty yuan for an apprenticeship position. Do you think Tang Dashan's family can afford that much money?"

"It's not that I look down on them. The Tang family relies on Tang Dashan to earn money by doing odd jobs outside. His income is limited. A month's salary is enough to keep his family from starving. Don't even think about saving money.

"Let alone three hundred and fifty yuan, his family can't even afford fifty yuan."

Yan Fugui suddenly reacted, and his expression became very solemn. He looked at Yi Zhonghai seriously and said, "You mean Tang Dashan is lying to us?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded: "This is probably Wang Dong's idea."

"He was worried that other people in the hospital would ask him for apprenticeship positions and ask him for help, so he deliberately let Tang Dashan announce that he bought his apprenticeship position for 350 yuan..."

Yan Fugui believed it after hearing it, frowned, and cursed angrily: "You are so bad, Wang Dong..."

"I used to speak up for him in the courtyard, but he teamed up with Tang Dashan to deceive me... It's just an apprenticeship position, so if he doesn't want to give it to me, then forget it. Is there any need to deceive me?"

Yi Zhonghai hoped that everyone in the yard would have a problem with Wang Dong so as to isolate Wang Dong, so he immediately responded.

"Lao Yi..."

"You are wrong in saying this."

"We can't just let the workstation issue go like this."

"I heard from Zhuzi that the number of workers in the canteen has increased from 2,000 to 3,500."

"In order to ensure that the food standards of the canteen are not affected, the canteen size has been doubled from the original size."

"They have chefs, but they still need a lot of kitchen helpers and apprentices."

"Although a large number of apprentices have been added to the canteen today, there is still a shortage of many people."

"Wang Dong is a canteen team leader. He is very familiar with canteen director Zhou and deputy factory director Li who is in charge of logistics. As long as he is willing, he can definitely get Jie Cheng to work as an apprentice in the steel rolling mill..."

"As a member of our Siheyuan, Wang Dong can't just think about himself."

"Now that I have the ability, I should help the residents in the courtyard..."

"I think we should hold a meeting of the whole courtyard to inform everyone that Wang Dong sent Tang Dashan to work as an apprentice in the steel mill. We should also bring all the residents together to put pressure on Wang Dong to help get several young people in the courtyard to work as apprentices in the steel mill."

Yan Fugui now has only one thought in his mind.

If Wang Dong really didn't spend money to get Tang Dashan into the steel mill as an apprentice, I must ask him to help get Jie Cheng into the steel mill as an apprentice as well.

As long as Jie Cheng could get the job as an apprentice, he would not mind being at odds with Wang Dong and never getting the lunch box that Wang Dong brought home again.

Facing Yi Zhonghai's proposal, he nodded in agreement without thinking: "Old Yi..."

"As long as we can get Jie Cheng into the steel mill, whatever you say is fine. I'll listen to you."

Yan Fugui has his own little thoughts.

If Yan Jiecheng could get a job as an apprentice in a steel rolling mill, he could give his family ten yuan every month, which would be much more cost-effective than Wang Dong sending him a box of leftovers every few days.

For the sake of ten dollars a month, he decided to stand on Yi Zhonghai's side and deal with Wang Dong together.

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The next night, Tang Lin just got home when he received the news that a meeting of the entire hospital would be held that evening. He frowned and said in confusion, "Something is wrong..."

"When I returned to the courtyard just now, the Third Uncle did not mention to me the meeting of the whole courtyard tonight."

"If this had happened in the past, Uncle San would not only warn me in advance, but would also tell me all the information he knew so that I could prepare in advance."

"Maybe he forgot?" Uncle Chen never thought that Yan Fugui would stand on Yi Zhonghai's side for Yan Jiecheng's job, and said to Wang Dong full of confusion.

"Or maybe Yi Zhonghai didn't tell him about the whole hospital meeting tonight."

"Everyone in the yard knows that Yan Fugui is on our side. Yi Zhonghai has been stabbed in the back by the Third Master several times. He has learned a lesson and will definitely be on guard against Yan Fugui..."

Wang Dong continued to shake his head: "That's not right..."

"Uncle... Now we have four courtyards under separate management. If Yi Zhonghai doesn't explain to the Third Uncle the reason for convening a full courtyard meeting tonight, the front courtyard of the Zaimen Courtyard can completely not participate."

"So the Third Master must know why the whole hospital meeting was held tonight."

"It's even more impossible to forget."

"The Third Master was eager to exchange the information he had for the leftovers I brought back from the kitchen."

"As long as he knows the reason for the full college meeting tonight, he will definitely tell me the first time."

"I feel like there's something different about tonight's general meeting... Uncle Sanye is a little bit abnormal tonight, it's really weird."

Aunt Li rarely participated in discussions of this kind of thing. Today, she rarely interrupted and continued with a frown, "Old Chen... Dongzi..."

"Speaking of this old Tan, I also think he is very strange today."

"When I met him before, he would greet me from a distance."

"I ran into Old Yan at the gate of the yard this afternoon. I took the initiative to greet him, but he just pretended not to hear me and continued to take care of the flowers and plants..."

Hearing this, Chen Dehui's brows were unconsciously wrinkled into a big "川" shape. After thinking for a while, he replied: "Could it be that there is a rift between Old Yan and us..."

"It shouldn't be..."

"We haven't had any conflicts with the old Yan family in the past few days. I greeted him yesterday afternoon and it was the same as usual, nothing changed."

"How come two familiar families became strangers in just one night..."

After saying that, he stared at Wang Dong and asked back: "Dongzi..."

"Did you do anything to offend Old Yan yesterday?"

Wang Dong shook his head. "The factory has been entertaining people these days. I go home very late every day and rarely have the chance to talk to him, let alone have conflicts. The day before yesterday, I gave the third uncle a lunch box of leftovers, and the two of us had a brief chat. Didn't you find any problems?"

Hearing this, Chen Dehui frowned even deeper and continued, "That's strange..."

"Dongzi..."

"I'll also go to the whole institute meeting later..."

“I haven’t attended a college-wide assembly for a long time, and to be honest, I still miss it a little.

"If we really have problems with the Yan family and there is hatred, then two of the three uncles in the courtyard will want to deal with us. Today's general meeting is definitely not as simple as we imagined."

"With a disabled retired soldier like me helping you, if something serious happens, they won't dare to make things too extreme, let alone push us into a desperate situation." (End of this chapter)