Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Yi Zhonghai was just about to ask back to confirm when he heard Qin Huairu speak again.

"But I have a request..."

"Master, you must let me pass the third-level fitter exam for a steel rolling mill within two years..."

Hearing Qin Huairu's request, Jia Zhang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although she loves money like her life, it doesn't mean she is stupid.

One thousand yuan in compensation sounds like a lot, but it is a one-time deal. As long as Yi Zhonghai pays the money, he will no longer owe the Jia family anything. In the future, the Jia family will no longer be able to use this matter to threaten Yi Zhonghai and ask Yi Zhonghai to do things for the Jia family.

Relatively speaking, Qin Huairu's proposal is more beneficial to the Jia family.

To promote Qin Huairu to a third-level fitter within two years means that before Qin Huairu is promoted to a third-level fitter, the Jia family can use this handle to threaten Yi Zhonghai and ask Yi Zhonghai to help do something.

Not only that, the benefits that a third-level fitter brings to the Jia family are obviously far more than one thousand yuan.

The monthly salary of a third-level fitter is about 20 yuan more than that of a first-level fitter, which adds up to 200 yuan a year.

In five years at most, Qin Huairu will be able to earn back the one thousand yuan.

Five years later, the third-level fitter will still bring a steady stream of income to the Jia family, and one thousand yuan obviously does not meet this requirement. The transaction is over, and neither party owes anyone anything.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect Qin Huairu to come up with such a condition.

In his eyes, with Qin Huairu's ability and speed in learning fittership, it was almost impossible for him to be promoted to a third-level fitter within two years.

But Yi Zhonghai did not refuse this condition.

Although it is very difficult for Qin Huairu to be promoted to a third-level fitter within two years, for Yi Zhonghai himself, this condition does not require any cost.

Compared to giving the Jia family one thousand yuan directly, Yi Zhonghai would definitely prefer to teach Qin Huairu the locksmith skills and keep the one thousand yuan in his own pocket.

In addition, Yi Zhonghai also has his own little thoughts.

As long as he promised Qin Huairu that he would pass the third-level machinist exam within two years, he would be able to often stay with Qin Huairu, a single man and a woman, under the pretext of teaching him machinist techniques and giving him extra lessons.

In Yi Zhonghai's view.

If Qin Huai could often go to soak Sha Zhu's feet in the middle of the night for the little help from He Yuzhu, he would definitely be able to learn more locksmith skills so that he could serve himself.

Look at the entire four courtyards.

Among women of the same age, Qin Huairu is definitely the most beautiful.

In addition, Qin Huairu has already given birth to three children, which means that he must have no problem with fertility.

What Yi Zhonghai lacks most is children.

The couple tried hard for 10 to 20 years but still failed to have a child of their own. In Yi Zhonghai's opinion, it must be his wife's fault.

Because he is the boss of the yard, in order to leave a good impression on the residents, he cannot abandon his wife even if she really cannot have children.

But Yi Zhonghai never gave up his obsession with children.

If you can have a child of your own, you don’t have to go through the trouble of looking for someone to take care of the elderly in the yard.

Since Qin Huairu was willing to sell herself for Sha Zhu's little help, as long as the benefits he offered were big enough, Qin Huairu would definitely give birth to a child for him.

Getting closer to Qin Huairu than before is the first step in Yi Zhonghai's plan to get Qin Huairu to help him have a child.

Then he replied: "I promise you..."

"But Huairu, you also know the level of your locksmith skills. It is very difficult for you to move up one level of locksmith skills every year."

"If you want to be promoted to a third-level fitter within two years, you will definitely have to work overtime in the workshop frequently in the next two years. We will give you special training and you will spend more time learning fitter skills than others." Qin Huairu's face quickly flashed with an embarrassed expression.

He wanted to increase his salary by improving his locksmith skills, but that didn't mean he wanted to work hard for it, otherwise he wouldn't be sucking blood from He Yuzhu every day.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked back: "Master..."

"Aren't you in charge of the assessment of fitters at the steel mill?"

"As long as you help me during the assessment, it should be easy to pass the second and third level fitter assessments."

"I have three children at home. Even if I want to work overtime with you in the workshop and ask you to cook for me, the conditions at home do not allow it..."

When this matter was mentioned, Yi Zhonghai was filled with anger and answered unhappily: "Things are different now..."

"You don't know yet..."

"Ever since Deputy Director Li proposed the policy of rewarding and subsidizing apprentices at the steel mill, the mill has had a large number of level 6 and level 7 fitters in less than a year, and there have been two or three more level 8 fitters."

"In the past, there were only a few senior fitters in the steel rolling mill, and I was indispensable for any fitter assessment."

"Now there are more senior fitters in the factory, so there are more people who are eligible to take the assessment."

"In order to avoid cheating, the factory leaders specifically proposed an avoidance principle."

"I am a level 8 fitter in a workshop in a steel rolling mill. In order to avoid letting my own people off, I can only be responsible for assessing the fitters in other workshops."

"We don't even know which workshop's fitters will be assessed before the assessment. We just decide by drawing lots."

"Wait until the next assessment to draw lots."

"Even if I wanted to help you pass the second and third level fitter assessments, I can't do that."

“I don’t know who to turn to if I want to find someone to help me.”

"When you passed the first-level fitter examination, the steel mill had not yet implemented this assessment policy. I let you pass."

"If you really let a senior fitter from another workshop to test you, you would definitely not pass the first-level fitter test."

"If you want to pass the second and third level fitter assessments, there is no other way except to rely on real skills."

"Unless we can persuade all the senior fitters who are involved in the assessment to give you a break during the assessment, but this is obviously impossible."

"I only know a few senior fitters who have passed the assessment. I am not familiar with most of the senior fitters in the factory, especially those who have just been promoted. Many of them I have never even greeted."

After listening to Yi Zhonghai's angry explanation, Qin Huairu was dumbfounded.

I originally thought that with Yi Zhonghai's help, passing the second and third level assessments would be a sure thing.

I didn't expect that the steel rolling mill would directly cut off my way to pass the assessment by using connections, and my face was filled with disappointment.

In the end, I could only make up my mind and answer with a stiff upper lip: "Then I will learn the skills from you, Master..."

Seeing Yi Zhonghai hurriedly leaving, Jia Zhang's brows immediately wrinkled into a big "川" shape, and then stared at Qin Huairu and reminded: "Huai Ru..."

"Pay more attention to this old man..."

"I know it's hard to be a widow, but no matter how hard it is, I can't do anything to let Dongxu down."

"Don't forget that you still have a great friend in the Jia family."

Qin Huairu instantly understood the hidden meaning in Jia Zhang's words. Although he was very thick-skinned, he still showed a bit of embarrassment in front of his mother-in-law and immediately replied: "Mom...what are you talking about?"

"I, Qin Huairu, am not such a person." (End of this chapter)