The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 226 Despair
"Let him earn money to support the family first." Liu Hua shook his head: "You can't even make a living, and you're still thinking about a wife?"

Qin Huairu pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Hua Zi, you know a lot of people, can you help our Bang Geng find a job?"

"Why did you think of looking for me again?" Liu Hua smiled and shook his head: "I am working in the research department now, and I have no direct relationship with the factory below, so I can't use my energy."

"Didn't you go back to the steel mill some time ago?"

"That's a scientific research mission. I have to go back to do experiments and work in the steel mill. You must not look for me. The current Director Yang doesn't get along with me and Li Huaide. You asked me to find a job for Bang Geng in the steel mill. Then I can only wait for Director Yang to deal with him in the future."

Qin Huairu frowned, trying to determine whether what Liu Hua said was true or not. After a while, she asked, "You are a great scientist now, and you must have business dealings with many factories. Can't you just help our Bang Geng find a job?"

Liu Hua nodded. "Of course, that's fine. But the company I do business with the most frequently and with the most face is probably Jiangnan Shipyard. It's almost certain that I can find a job for Banggeng there, but Banggeng is going to work in Shanghai."

"The South?"

Liu Hua nodded: "Yes, I now have a design task at Jiangnan Shipyard. I get along well with their chief engineer and factory director. It is easy for me to find a job as a shipbuilder. As you know, in the north, the factory directors I used to know have been replaced one after another. I don't have the face anymore."

Qin Huairu had no choice but to give up. She didn't want her son to be too far away from him. If he went to the Magic City, how would she take care of him in his old age? Besides, Banggeng would not be willing to go there. The boy was lazy and gluttonous. He was unfamiliar with the Magic City and would most likely be bullied there.

When Qin Huairu got home, she sighed. Jia Zhang asked, "What's the matter? Liu Hua doesn't agree to find a job for Banggeng?"

"I agree, but they also said that the factory directors in Beijing have been replaced one after another, and he has no face. Director Yang has a grudge against him. If Bang Geng goes there, he will probably be punished. He can help Bang Geng find a job in Shanghai as a shipbuilder, which is a sure thing. Are you willing to let Bang Geng work in Shanghai?"

"That won't do." Jia Zhang shook her head like a rattle: "Our eldest grandson will take care of me in my old age and see me to the end of my life. If he goes to the Magic City, I won't be able to see him once in a year."

The Jia family's reckless operation was to let opportunities slip away from them one after another. The Jiangnan Shipyard was a better unit than a steel mill. Unfortunately, they failed to seize the opportunity, and they deserved that their lives were getting worse and worse.

Qin Huairu thought about it and said, "Liu Hua also said that if it really doesn't work out, let our Banggeng find someone to learn a skill and set up a stall or something, so that he can support himself."

"What craft do you want to learn?"

Qin Huairu looked at Banggeng who was smoking on the bed and asked unhappily, "Banggeng, what kind of skill do you want to learn?"

Bang Geng sneered, "Learning a skill and setting up a stall is not enough to embarrass that person. I might as well do odd jobs."

"What on earth do you want to do by being neither high nor low every day?" Qin Huairu was completely furious and roared, "Look at these young men in the courtyard, some of them are even lazier than you. If you continue like this, do you still want to get married in the future?"

"It's up to you whether you get married or not." Bang Geng said heartlessly: "Anyway, my name is already a bad name now. If you don't help me find a decent job, I won't be able to get married." As the saying goes, there is always someone stronger than you, and there are always higher mountains. Jia Zhang finally felt powerless. She didn't expect that there was someone who was more powerful than her at playing rogue. His grandson was even better than his father.

Banggeng's words made Qin Huairu know for the first time what despair was. Thinking back to the time when Jia Dongxu died, Shazhu got married, and Yi Zhonghai no longer cared about them, she did not feel despair, because she knew there was still a glimmer of hope. As long as she raised Banggeng, there would be hope.

Now Banggeng has grown up, but the child is even less motivated, and she is also old now, so there is no hope at all.

Liu Hua still has to continue working at Huaqing University. His main job is still at Huaqing University. The Department of Science and Huaqing University require him to teach at least two classes of students. In other words, this part-time job will last at least eight years.

After agreeing, Liu Hua realized that he had been cheated. Eight years meant not two classes of students, but eight classes of students.

That morning, when he arrived at the office, someone was already waiting inside. Mr. Ma appeared in Beijing again.

"Mr. Ma, why are you here again? I'm not being lazy." Liu Hua said with a smile, "Although I still have to take care of the teaching tasks of Huaqing University, I have been designing that large die forging press, and we have a supercomputer at Huaqing University, which can be used for simulation."

Mr. Ma waved his hand and said, "I am not worried about your large die forging press project. I have already communicated with the chief engineer of Jiangnan Shipyard. He said that with such detailed information, a large terminal press can be built in about half a year."

"So what are you doing here this time?"

Mr. Ma pinched his nose and said, "I came to Beijing because our negotiations with Rolls-Royce on aviation engines are taking place in Beijing."

Liu Hua asked with concern: "You look so tired, the negotiations must not be going well. Negotiations are not something that can be accomplished overnight. Take your time. Sometimes it tests the patience of both parties."

"John's countrymen are asking for too much." Mr. Ma said distressedly, "The price they ask is very high, and they are unwilling to trade us the latest aircraft engines, only the previous generation. However, this is also within our expectations. The previous generation of aircraft engines can also meet our needs. The key is the price. We don't have that much money now."

Liu Hua poured a cup of tea for Mr. Ma and asked with a smile, "Do we know your negotiation strategy?"

"What does this have to do with negotiation strategy?" Mr. Ma asked in confusion. "Capitalists are only interested in profit. They will ask for a very high price. We had expected this a long time ago, but we never expected that they would ask for such a high price. It seems that they have no sincerity in wanting to make a deal at all."

"Then I guess you should just buy from them directly." Liu Hua said with a smile, "Then present the facts and tell them that their engine is outdated and the price should not be so high at all."

"correct."

Liu Hua clapped his hands and said, "You are totally looking for a purchase. Naturally, others will be interested in the rare goods. He knows that you can't find what you want anywhere else, so he is asking for a high price."

(End of this chapter)