Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Now Shazhu is slowly slipping out of their control and there is a high possibility that he will not be able to provide for them in their old age.

In this situation, Yi Zhonghai could only settle for the second best and turn his attention to Qin Huairu.

Although doing so might cause half of the retirement money that he had saved with great effort to go down the drain and end up in Qin Huairu's pocket, it is still better than having no one to take care of you when you are old.

As for the adoption proposed by my daughter-in-law.

In Yi Zhonghai's opinion, the price is too high.

As long as Yi Zhonghai had a little approval of this method, he would have adopted an orphan as his own son more than ten years ago and would not have waited until now.

In the words of Yi Zhonghai.

After all, the adopted son is not his biological son.

If you work hard to raise someone, but he runs away, the loss will be huge. It would be better to find a senior care provider directly in the county.

Although he thought so in his heart, Yi Zhonghai did not give up on He Yuzhu immediately.

He paid a huge price for He Yuzhu and will not give up this pensioner easily.

Moreover, He Yuzhu's character is much better than Qin Huairu's. As long as he can convince He Yuzhu to continue to support him in his old age, at least 80% of the pension money he has saved with great difficulty will be used on himself. He is much more reliable than Qin Huairu.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai decided to put more effort into He Yuzhu and try to get him away from Wang Dong with the last chance.

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The backyard is He Yuzhu's home.

Looking at Yi Zhonghai who suddenly appeared in front of him, He Yuzhu didn't give him any good look at all.

Just now on the way home from get off work, Yi Zhonghai kept saying bad things about Wang Dong in front of her and told her to stay away from Wang Dong.

He Yuzhu's first reaction was that Yi Zhonghai was trying to trick him into supporting him in his old age again, so he refuted him on the spot, leaving Yi Zhonghai speechless.

Ever since he broke up with Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu became more receptive to the advice of his neighbors and co-workers, and liked talking and chatting with them more and more.

Finally, the conclusion was drawn: in the courtyard, except Yan Fugui, everyone else knew that Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu were plotting against them.

Even many workers in the kitchen knew that Yi Zhonghai was planning on providing for his own retirement, and Qin Huairu was planning on having them help her support the Jia family.

If one or two people said this, He Yuzhu would still think that these people were trying to sow discord.

But now there are not just one or two people saying this, not just a few, but dozens, hundreds...

It is impossible that hundreds of neighbors and co-workers are blind and want to sow discord.

That means Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai are plotting against me.

Since then, He Yuzhu has been recalling every detail between him, Qin Huai and Yi Zhonghai, and telling everything to his neighbors and co-workers to help him analyze it.

The conclusions he came to were completely opposite to his original ideas.

Yi Zhonghai's noble image of helping others in the courtyard gradually turned into selfishness and calculation.

After thinking about the problem more, He Yuzhu finally realized the fact that Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu had schemed against him. At the same time, he also understood Yi Zhonghai's previous "helping others, helping the Jia family..." in the courtyard.

These are all selfish behaviors that take advantage of others.

Just now on the way home from get off work, when Yi Zhonghai was about to continue using his old tricks to fool him, He Yuzhu did not follow his thoughts, but refuted all his suggestions one by one according to his own ideas.

Finally, I found out: I had always thought that every word Yi Zhonghai said was reasonable, but now I suddenly found that every word he said was a fallacy, even confusing right and wrong, and not convincing at all. I thought that my fierce scolding on the way home from get off work would definitely discourage him from continuing to plot against me, but I didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai would come running over again not long after I entered the house.

With a frown on his face, he asked in a bad tone, "Uncle Yi, is there anything I can help you with? I'm going to bed soon."

Yi Zhonghai was very unhappy with the tone of He Yuzhu's words to him, but the important thing was to suppress the anger that was surging in his heart and answered as calmly as possible: "Zhuzi..."

"Just now when I got home, I suddenly thought of something important."

"This matter is directly related to your future. It is very important. I was worried that you had forgotten it, so I came here to remind you."

"You are now a level nine chef at the steel mill. According to the kitchen regulations, you are fully qualified to compete for the position of kitchen team leader."

"You have such a good relationship with Wang Dong now, you should be able to become the canteen monitor this year."

"Tang Dashan from the front yard is a level 8 chef at the steel mill and Wang Dong's apprentice. He has been the canteen supervisor at the steel mill for several years."

"Because Canteen 1 is the largest canteen in the steel mill and is also responsible for the factory's small kitchens, it can provide a subsidy of 10 yuan per month."

"Combining the salary of an eighth-level chef, Tang Dashan's monthly income at the steel mill has exceeded fifty yuan."

"Combining Yu Li's monthly salary of more than 20 yuan and Tang Dashan's income from catering, the couple can earn at least 90 yuan a month, which is higher than my current salary."

"Huang Longfei from the backyard is a level nine chef just like you."

"But he is Wang Dong's apprentice and the monitor of the third canteen. He also gets a salary of 37.5 yuan a month."

"With my wife's salary at the steel mill, the couple makes about 60 to 70 yuan."

"You are a level nine cook at a steel mill, but you only get thirty-two dollars and fifty cents a month."

"I didn't get along with Wang Dong, the chef, so I couldn't be the canteen monitor."

"Now that you have such a good relationship with Wang Dong, it's time for you to be the kitchen supervisor..."

"I remember there was a squad leader in your kitchen who used to be your apprentice. He was a level nine chef like you, but he had been a chef squad leader for several years."

"Your cooking skills are definitely better than his, but you just didn't have the chance to take the test."

"Are you willing to be a chef under them for the rest of your life?"

He Yuzhu once served as a monitor in a cafeteria and experienced the joy of being a monitor.

In addition, He Yuzhu is a person who cares a lot about his reputation, so it would be a lie for him to say that he doesn't want to be the squad leader.

And now He Yuzhu has to pay 15 yuan of his salary to Wang Dong every month. After deducting living expenses, he only has 10 yuan left every month.

After renovating the house in the backyard, the dozens of dollars that I had saved with great difficulty were once again spent.

If I could become the canteen monitor, I could earn five dollars more every month and save five dollars more.

That’s a total of sixty dollars a year.

Don’t underestimate this income. Under normal circumstances, sixty yuan is enough for an adult to live for half a year.

Yi Zhonghai keenly noticed the change in He Yuzhu's expression, and at the same time saw the desire on He Yuzhu's face. He was delighted and realized that He Yuzhu had been persuaded by him.

If He Yuzhu went to Wang Dong to ask for an official position, but Wang Dong did not give it to him, the two would definitely go their separate ways, and they might even become enemies. (End of this chapter)