Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 139 The Clown
"Zhu Shunming, why are you here with me if you don't want to make a workpiece?"

Shang Mingyi looked at Zhu Shunming who was hanging around the workbench and glared at him in dissatisfaction.

"Hey, didn't my master tell me yesterday to take care of the guards? I just came to see how the guards are doing and if there is anything they don't understand."

Zhu Shunming looked left and right, and as usual, brought out Yi Zhonghai.

"If you don't believe me, I'll take him away. Don't get in my way here. What a joke."

Shang Mingyi also had a bad temper. He slammed the big file in his hand on the table and spat angrily.

He could tolerate having two people stuffed here for no reason, since Yi Zhonghai was an eighth-level worker. But he couldn't tolerate having a first-level worker come to teach him!
"Hey, Master Shang, please don't take it out on me. This is what my master told me to do. I'm just an errand boy."

Zhu Shunming took two steps back and pushed all the blame onto Yi Zhonghai.

Anyway, Yi Zhonghai is not in the factory, and Shang Mingyi will not have the courage to rush over and ask Yi Zhonghai when he comes back.

"You! You are awesome!"

Shang Mingyi looked at his scoundrel appearance and was so angry that he could only utter this sentence for a long time.

It's not that he has no temper, he just has a whole family to support. If he gets on bad terms with Yi Zhonghai, he will be made to suffer in the future and will be deliberately assigned difficult tasks.

If he fails to complete the task and the workshop director deducts his benefits, life will be difficult for his family.

"Master Shang, you taught me very detailed things. There is nothing I don't understand. Since it is Master Yi's request, I will go over and talk to him. When I come back, you must tell me again what I didn't hear."

Guard Zhou had been watching from the side, and seeing that Shang Mingyi was a little embarrassed, he smiled and gave him a way out.

Seeing a flash of joy on Zhu Shunming's face, his smile couldn't help but grow wider.

"Just a few words, I just need to take a break and drink some water, come back soon."

Shang Mingyi forced himself to save some face, then picked up the teacup, turned around and stopped looking at the two of them, but in his heart he felt a little more grateful to Zhou Weibing.

Those who can become technicians are indeed smart people, and they are more comfortable with their work than others.

Thinking of this, his eyes unconsciously fell on Qin Huairu, and he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

Guard Zhou didn't look at Shang Mingyi. He raised his chin and said with a smile, "Let's go. Didn't you say you would help me solve the problem?"

Zhu Shunming smiled back, brushed off his clothes and said, "Okay, let's go over and talk."

The two walked side by side to Zhu Shunming's workbench. Zhou Weimin picked up a workpiece on the table and looked at it in his hand.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Shunming couldn't help but ask, "Guardian Zhou, aren't you surprised why Yi Zhonghai suddenly threw you into Master Shang's group?"

He just couldn't understand why Yi Zhonghai, a trainee technician, could tolerate this when he was targeting Zhou Weibing.

Being assigned to Shang Mingyi's group and doing the work of an apprentice, do you really have no temper at all?

Guard Zhou smiled and said without raising his head, "Zhu Shunming, you don't know the situation in our courtyard, so you'd better not say some things. You know that Qin Huairu is Jia Dongxu's wife. Yi Zhonghai has always taken good care of the Jia family. He even wanted Jia Dongxu to take care of him in his old age. Although Jia Dongxu is gone, his relationship with the Jia family is still there. He did this just to get Qin Huairu to build a relationship with my family."

Hearing him say this, all the words Zhu Shunming had prepared got stuck in his throat, and he turned around to look at Qin Huairu.

He originally thought that Zhou Weibing, a fresh-out-of-school kid, would be unable to hold back if he provoked him. He exaggerated the situation and played the victim, blaming Nan Yi's problems on himself, and letting Zhou Weibing cause trouble for Yi Zhonghai.

Unexpectedly, Guard Zhou did not respond at all, showing no anger at all, so he frowned and said, "You are wasting all your time on the work of an apprentice. After this period of time, when you return to the technical department, you still have only a vague understanding of the procedures. How are you going to gain a foothold in the technical department in the future?"

Guard Zhou put the workpiece back on the workbench, looked at Zhu Shunming like a clown, chuckled and said, "Not really. Liu Haizhong, a senior in our yard, is a seventh-level fitter. If there is anything I don't understand in my factory, just go back and ask him. You don't need to worry about my affairs. If everything is fine, I will go back."

Zhu Shunming is really a brainless person. He has been in the workshop for such a long time, but he still plays such tricks in front of him.

I just don't know whether this guy understands my reminder or not.

It’s best to think it through, but it’s okay if you don’t. There will be plenty of opportunities to make things difficult for Yi Zhonghai in the future.

Zhu Shunming felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and he couldn't help but wave his hands and said impatiently: "Weibing Zhou, I'm kindly reminding you, don't take it lightly. Learning things in the factory is not the same as asking questions when you go back. You will know after studying for two more days."

He then took two steps towards Guard Zhou and asked in a low voice, "Is what was spread in the factory true? Did Yi Zhonghai really do something to sow discord between the father and his son?"

"So what if it's true? Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level worker, so he doesn't need a little bit of reputation."

Guard Zhou replied nonchalantly, then said with pity: "Yi Zhonghai is really partial to his apprentice. You have been working for so long and are still a first-class worker. After the New Year, I am afraid Qin Huairu will be at the same level as you."

After hearing this, Zhu Shunming's face turned purple. He wanted to refute but found that he couldn't find any reason to refute.

Seeing him like this, Guard Zhou sneered and ignored him. He turned back to Shang Mingyi and listened carefully to Shang Mingyi's teaching.

If he wasn't afraid that this idiot wouldn't understand, he wouldn't want to say a word.

Next, all he had to do was wait and see. I hoped he wouldn’t have to wait too long.

……

Time passed slowly, and four days went by in a flash.

Ever since Yi Zhonghai was beaten, he never walked at night again.

As for the deaf old lady, Aunt Yi and Lou Xiao'e took turns to take care of her, and today was the day she was discharged from the hospital.

That’s right, after her parents’ persuasion, Lou Xiao’e still chose to take care of the deaf old lady until she was discharged from the hospital.

However, after learning from Xu Damao what Yi Zhonghai had done, Lou Xiao'e began to be wary of the two of them for the first time.

She is just innocent, not stupid. She doesn't think that Yi Zhonghai has kept the secret from Sha Zhu and He Yushui for so many years without Aunt Yi and the deaf old lady knowing anything about it.

Once a gap in trust occurs, it is difficult to make up for it. Before, she believed whatever the deaf old lady said, but now she always has a feeling that the deaf old lady speaks to her with a purpose.

It’s just that the deaf old lady is now mute, and Aunt Yi is not a talkative person, so on the surface, the three of them are no different from before.

But the seeds of doubt have been planted after all, just waiting to break out of the ground one day.

Coincidentally, after using a few favors and spending some money, Yi Zhonghai finally found the house that He Daqing wanted, and went to buy it overnight last night.

He planned to go find He Daqing and give him the house after get off work, so that he could relax a little and not have to worry about He Daqing reporting his affairs to the police.

(End of this chapter)