Courtyard House: Starting as an engineer, crushing a yard full of poultry

"Hello, Deputy Factory Director Li!"

A man with a huge belly appeared in Liu Haizhong's hair. With that obsequious smile, if you added a tail, he'd be a pug. No, wait, there's no such thing as a pug that fat.

Li Huaide's face darkened, and he thought to himself, "Damn it, I'm the deputy factory director, I don't need you to remind me."

But Li Huaide still managed a smile: "Master Liu, hurry back and eat. Don't catch a cold!"

"Um, Deputy Factory Director Li, I'd like to invite you to my home for a cup of tea. Please come over..." Liu Haizhong bowed deeply, but his large belly blocked his way.

"No need, we have other things to do."

Li Huaide waved his hand and hurriedly caught up with Li Xiangdong. The two walked away without looking back.

Liu Haizhong turned and went home with a disappointed look. He had just heard Li Xiangdong's voice. Liu Haizhong went to the door to look, only to see Li Huaide there.

Liu Haizhong was overjoyed. He felt his chance to become an official had arrived. If he could just invite Li Huaide over for tea and send some gifts the next day, becoming a class monitor wouldn't be a problem.

Becoming a team leader marked the beginning of Liu Haizhong's career.

To his utter surprise, Li Huaide completely ignored him.

Back home, Liu Haizhong's face was ashen. He noticed a piece of scrambled eggs missing from his plate and immediately slammed his fist on the table, yelling, "Who did this? Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, which of you did it?"

Liu Guangqi went out with his girlfriend today. The only ones who can sneak a bite of his bangs as a snack with drinks are Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangqi.

Seeing that Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were both silent, Liu Haizhong understood perfectly well. Both of them had shared in the stolen scrambled eggs.

Liu Haizhong threw down his chopsticks and pulled out his belt. Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu immediately covered their heads. It was an instinct.

As soon as Li Xiangdong and Li Huaide arrived at the Intermediate People's Court, they saw Yi Zhonghai standing at their door, greeting Li Huaide with a smile.

"Director Li, are you here for an inspection?" Yi Zhonghai said with a smile.

"Okay, you go ahead and do your thing."

Li Huaide certainly wouldn't give Yi Zhonghai a friendly look, since Yi Zhonghai was one of Director Yang's men.

Qin Huairu was also standing at her doorstep when she hurriedly asked, "Director Li, Director Li, when can I go to fill in for you?"

Qin Huairu went to the factory this morning. The personnel department told her to wait and they would call her to come to work when they had news.

Qin Huairu understood perfectly well that Jia Zhangshi had caused trouble at the factory, incurring the wrath of others. It wouldn't be so easy for Qin Huairu to take over the job.

The key issue is that Qin Huairu doesn't have much money left. All the money is in Jia Zhangshi's hands, but she's incredibly stingy. She's truly a ruthless character who won't spend a single penny.

Qin Huairu knew perfectly well what Jia Zhangshi intended to do with the money.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Qin Huairu Goes to Work (Thanks to everyone who voted and threw flowers! I'm so grateful!)

That was all Jia Zhangshi's private savings; even if Bang Geng starved to death, she probably wouldn't take it out. Let alone Qin Huairu and Xiao Dang.

The only option now is to hurry up and go to work.

There shouldn't have been any problems if Yi Zhonghai had stepped in to mediate, but now Yi Zhonghai has been kicked down by Li Xiangdong. He went from being an eighth-grade worker to a seventh-grade worker.

Yi Zhonghai himself is already embroiled in numerous lawsuits; how can he possibly stand up for Qin Huairu?

Just now, Sha Zhu came asking for peanuts, which reminded Qin Huairu that she had been so busy eating that she had forgotten about the peanuts.

Sha Zhu also told Qin Huairu that he knew the factory director and the party secretary had come to Li Xiangdong's place for drinks.

Qin Huairu was planning to go see the factory director and party secretary, but unexpectedly ran into Director Li as soon as she stepped out. She instinctively gave him a flirtatious wink, then hurriedly asked about the substitute work assignment.

Li Huaide handled most of the follow-up matters concerning Jia Dongxu.

Li Huaide didn't intentionally make things difficult for Qin Huairu, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you can go and complete the formalities tomorrow."

Li Huaide still had some feelings for Qin Huairu. However, Qin Huairu was pregnant. He would have to wait for an opportunity later.

"Thank you, thank you, Director Li. Please come in and have a cup of tea with Section Chief Li..." Qin Huairu's voice was very soft and sweet.

"You're welcome." Li Huaide followed Li Xiangdong out of the central courtyard.

Sha Zhu came out at this moment and saw Qin Huairu's gaze fixed on Li Huaide's back. There seemed to be something unspeakable in her eyes. This secretly annoyed Sha Zhu, and at the same time, he became wary.

It's like a dog sensing that someone is trying to steal its stinky bone.

"Sister Qin, you need to be careful at work. This Li Huaide is no good. As for the female workers... well, just be careful," Sha Zhu said earnestly as he came over.

"Thank you, Zhu Zi, but you're overthinking it. Go back quickly; you can't stay outside without a coat," Qin Huairu said softly.

Qin Huairu said this aloud, but in her heart she thought, "Pah! You bastard, you act like you're some kind of good person, you're no good at all!"

Sha Zhu chuckled foolishly at Qin Huairu's gentleness. He turned and left somewhat reluctantly. But the thought of starting tomorrow, being able to go to and from get off work with his dear Sister Qin, filled him with inexplicable excitement.

Li Xiangdong finally dropped off his three guests at the gate at eight o'clock. There were three jeeps there.

Watching them get into the car, Li Xiangdong remembered that he still had an SUV in the villa in the mysterious space. It cost him almost a million yuan back then.

When Li Xiangdong returned, he saw Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng standing by the screen door, obviously waiting for him.

As soon as she saw Li Xiangdong return, a smile spread across the thin face of the woman from the Women's Federation.

"Hello, Section Chief Li..."

Yan Bugui stepped forward and bowed his head.

"Stop, I have nothing to say to you, Yan Bugui." Li Xiangdong waved his hand and said, "Don't make things unpleasant. Get out of the way..."

"Section Chief Li, you're not joking. We've come to ask you for a favor," Yan Bugui said hurriedly.

"You can resolve Jie Cheng's job issue with just a word. His previous paperwork is almost complete..."

Li Xiangdong said calmly, "You've got the wrong person!"

Yan Jiecheng panicked and said in a pitiful voice, "Section Chief Li, if I didn't have this job, my relationship with my partner would fall through. This..."

"What you're doing has absolutely nothing to do with me?" Li Xiangdong said, raising an eyebrow.

These two beasts think their affairs are very important. They believe others should treat them with the same importance and help them solve their problems.

“I…I still have two jin of dried fish here! I’ll give it to you…” Yan Bugui said through gritted teeth.

Yan Bugui hadn't even wanted to pay for those two jin of dried fish. He just wanted Li Xiangdong to resolve the matter.

He felt that for a teacher to speak to Li Xiangdong was tantamount to bowing down to him. After all, he was the third-in-command in the courtyard!

This is a huge favor to Li Xiangdong, and Li Xiangdong should be grateful and agree immediately.

There's no other way now but to take out two pounds of dried small fish.

"Get lost!" Li Xiangdong laughed in anger: "Do you think I care about your two pounds of dried fish?"

"Don't say I don't accept gifts, even if I do. You're bringing two pounds of rotten dried fish, who the hell are you trying to embarrass? Get out, get out!"

Li Xiangdong went straight back.

“I told you it wouldn’t work, I wanted you to contribute more…” Yan Jiecheng was about to cry.

"No rush, we can always go back to work after the New Year," Yan Bugui said with an awkward smile.

"Yu Li ran away because I was unemployed. Who knows if she'll go on blind dates with someone else after the New Year?" Yan Jiecheng said excitedly, "I've got my eye on Yu Li..."

Yan Bugui scoffed, "What's the rush? It's fine. She's just a country bumpkin. You're not even good enough for her now. What kind of woman does she want? Someone like Li Xiangdong?"

"Well, the other person has to be interested in her first! I have to say, Li Xiangdong is really good-looking!"

Li Xiangdong arrived at the factory the next morning. After a morning meeting with the technical department, he went to the trial production room in the preparation workshop to assign the day's tasks.

The two level-eight workers took the blueprints and went back to their own workshop to make parts. Li Xiangdong made the guide rails and other precision components himself.

At lunchtime, Li Xiangdong headed towards Cafeteria No. 1. Sure enough, he saw a suggestion box outside the cafeteria.

As soon as I entered the cafeteria, I saw Xu Damao loitering around, holding a lunchbox and looking for the doorman Shazhu.

Li Xiangdong arrived early; the place was currently occupied only by office staff. The workshop workers hadn't arrived yet. Li Xiangdong got his food and prepared to take it back to his office to eat.

"Section Chief Li! Section Chief Li!" Xu Damao ran over with the freshly prepared food.

"Is there something you need?" Li Xiangdong asked calmly.

"Uh, I drank too much again last night. Sorry," Xu Damao said sheepishly.

"It's nothing!" Li Xiangdong walked out of the canteen, where a large number of workers had already flocked over. Li Xiangdong saw Qin Huairu among them; she was walking over with Yi Zhonghai.

"Qin Huairu came to work today, and Sha Zhu is overjoyed." Xu Damao said to Li Xiangdong, "Hehe, this Qin Huairu is no ordinary person."

"Now she's apprenticing under Yi Zhonghai, learning his skills. And Yi Zhonghai took Jia Dongxu and his wife as apprentices, huh? I don't know what he was thinking."

“Hehe, Yi Zhonghai has no son and needs someone to take care of him in his old age.” Li Xiangdong said casually, “If you think about it this way, you’ll understand.”

After saying that, Li Xiangdong hurriedly headed to his office with his lunchbox. He quickly finished his lunch there. Now he needed to see Li Huaide; he had something Li Huaide could do for him.

Li Huaide was also eating in his office when he saw Li Xiangdong enter. He quickly stood up and said, "Section Chief Li, I was just about to look for you."

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Solving Yu Li's Job Problem (Please give me flowers and votes! My friends, give me some!)

"What's the matter, Director Li?"