Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Banggeng is not only Yi Zhonghai's apprentice, but also Yi Zhonghai's son. He is the person who will take care of Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu in their old age. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as their biological son.

Faced with Banggeng's repeated requests, although Yi Zhonghai knew that this matter was difficult to do, he still nodded reluctantly.

Moreover.

If Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang knew that I watched Banggeng working as a laborer in the steel mill without doing anything, they would definitely give me a hard time.

Qin Huairu is his wife now. If the couple really have a quarrel over this matter, Yi Zhonghai will not even have a place to sleep at night.

After the meeting, Yi Zhonghai walked directly to the director's office with an embarrassed expression.

Halfway through, he suddenly took out all the money he had on him, took out two Big Unity banknotes and put them in another pocket, then thought for another half a minute before knocking on the director's office door.

"Come in……"

The director's voice was soon heard in the room.

Yi Zhonghai pushed the door open, walked up to the director and said with a flattering smile: "Director..."

"I want to ask for a favor for my apprentice Bang Geng."

"He is learning benchwork skills from me now. It's such a waste for him to be a porter."

"Can you let him stay with me as my assistant and learn some locksmithing skills from me..."

"Although I am only a level 4 fitter now, I still have the skills of a level 8 fitter. I will try to pass on all my level 8 fitter skills to Bang Geng before I retire, and train him to become a senior fitter in our workshop."

"Moreover……"

"We have so many apprentices in our workshop, it won't matter if one less Banggeng becomes a porter..."

"I hope the boss can give Bang Geng a chance for my sake and not let him become a porter."

"No..." The director refused without hesitation.

"All apprentices will take turns to work as porters. This is a decision I have just announced."

"If I replace the stick in front of everyone, wouldn't that be slapping myself in the face?"

"Do you still want to save face as the workshop director?"

"I can't give you Yi Zhonghai face, but I won't have face myself!"

"Moreover……"

"Each apprentice works as a porter in a workshop for one month, and everyone takes turns. This is the only way to show fairness in our workshop."

"Bang Geng is an apprentice worker, earning 18 yuan a month, not a penny less than the apprentices who work as porters."

"Why should they do the heavy work while your apprentice Banggeng can follow you and do the easy work in the workshop?"

"As for learning locksmithing skills..."

"I didn't let Bang Geng work as a porter in the workshop all the time."

"All apprentices receive the same treatment. They work in the workshop for two months and as a porter for one month..."

"Bang Geng spends at least eight months a year in the workshop learning benchwork techniques from you."

"He still has to work as an apprentice in the workshop for four more years, which adds up to more than thirty months..."

"Even a pig can learn the locksmithing skills from you for more than 30 months, let alone a human."

"So the reason you gave me, Master Yi, is inappropriate."

"I can't break the rules I set and give Bang Geng a backdoor, making him a special person among all the apprentices in the workshop."

"So I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request."

Yi Zhonghai was about to curse the director to death in his heart.

You know, when he was an eighth-level fitter in the steel mill, the workshop director in front of him was only a fifth-level fitter. I don't know what connections he took, but after being promoted to a seventh-level fitter, he was first promoted to production team leader, and then to deputy workshop director. He was officially promoted to workshop director a year ago.

In Yi Zhonghai's opinion, the workshop director's locksmith skills are not as good as his own. Why can he be the workshop director while he can only be a locksmith in the workshop?

This led to Yi Zhonghai's deep dissatisfaction with the workshop director.

But a higher-ranking official can crush people to death.

He is the workshop director now. Even if his locksmith skills are not as good as mine, he is still the boss of the workshop and I still have to listen to his instructions.

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation on the other party's face, he decisively took out the two big unity notes that he had just prepared outside the door.

Putting it on the table, he continued with a smile on his face: "Director..."

"This is a small gift from me, I hope you don't mind."

"I watched Banggeng grow up, he's like my own son."

"No matter what, I don't want him to work as a porter in the workshop. Can you please help me..."

Looking at the two big solidarity notes on the table, a disdainful smile flashed across the director's face.

Even if Wang Dong hadn't explained what happened today, he wouldn't have accepted the twenty yuan.

I am a workshop director, and my monthly salary is not much less than 100 yuan. You, Yi Zhonghai, bribed me with 20 yuan to ask me to help you with things. Isn't this humiliating yourself?

He snorted coldly and replied: "Master Yi..."

"Comrade Yi Zhonghai..."

"I didn't expect you to be such a comrade..."

After saying that, he picked up the two big unity notes from the table.

Yi Zhonghai's face lit up with joy, thinking that the director would definitely help him if he received the money.

As a result, the director sitting in front of him suddenly stood up from his chair, walked around the table and went straight into the workshop.

The tone of his voice also changed.

He stared at Yi Zhonghai and cursed: "Don't you know that accepting bribes from leaders is a serious violation of the steel mill's discipline?"

"I thought you were a supervisor at the steel mill and that you were more disciplined than other workers. I am really disappointed."

"You are tempting me to make a mistake."

"As the director of a workshop appointed by the factory leadership, I will never be corrupted by your sugar-coated bullets, and I will resolutely crack down on your behavior."

Yi Zhonghai was confused by the director's move.

Seeing the director going straight to the workshop, his face became more and more ugly. He did not do the job for money as he had imagined. A bold idea quickly popped up in his mind, and then his face turned pale. He followed the director closely and said anxiously.

"director……"

"Twenty dollars is too little. I'll give you fifty dollars. Please help me get this done."

Seeing that the director had no intention of stopping and continued to walk towards the workshop with a sullen face, his anxious expression became even more intense, and he spoke again.

"One hundred dollars..."

"Director, I'll pay you a hundred dollars. If you don't let Banggeng work as a porter, I'll give you the hundred dollars tomorrow. I promise to keep my word."

The director looked back at Yi Zhonghai, shook his head, and said with disappointment on his face: "Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai."

"I thought you could realize your mistakes and turn back..."

"Now it seems that I overestimated you, my old comrade."

"Today I must teach you a lesson you will never forget. Otherwise, you will never know that accepting bribes in a steel mill is a serious violation of discipline." (End of this chapter)