Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Just as Li Yu was about to finish compiling the repair plan for the imported machines, he heard Yi Zhonghai knocking on the Jia family's door.

He immediately focused his attention on the listening device, at which point he heard sounds coming from the Jia family's doorway.

"Knock knock knock, is Sister Jia asleep? I'm your uncle, I need to discuss something with you and Huairu."

Inside the Jia family house, Jia Zhangshi was sleeping like a log and didn't hear Yi Zhonghai knocking on the door at all.

Qin Huairu put on her clothes, opened the door, and saw Yi Zhonghai standing at the door. She quickly stepped aside to let him in.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai entered the house, he said, "Where is your mother-in-law? Tell her to come out; I want to discuss something with you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu turned and went inside to wake Jia Zhangshi. Jia Zhangshi came out looking impatient and said to Yi Zhonghai:

"What brings you to our home, a widow and her child, so late at night? You're disturbing our sleep. If you have something to say, say it. I need to sleep!" He then yawned.

Upon seeing this, Yi Zhonghai frowned and said, "The matter that Jia's sister-in-law asked about is about the Li family boy."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi asked in unison, "What does it all mean about him?"

Yi Zhonghai then revealed all his previous plans with the deaf old lady.

While Qin Huairu was still in a daze, Jia Zhangshi's eyes darted around and she said, "It's possible, but I have two conditions."

When Qin Huairu heard that they wanted her to do such a thing, she resisted and pulled Jia Zhangshi to her sleeve, saying:

"Mom, where am I supposed to put my face now? Isn't this a disgrace to the Jia family?"

Jia Zhangshi shook off the hand that Qin Huairu was holding.

"Shut up, what are you dreaming about! I'm just asking you to seduce him, not for anything to happen between you two. You can explain things clearly later, there's nothing shameful about it."

Yi Zhonghai continued, "That's right, Huai Ru isn't asking you to actually do it. We just need to get him charged with rape."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai asked Jia Zhangshi, "Sister-in-law, what are your conditions?"

Jia Zhangshi counted on her fingers and said, "First, once that little bastard moves out, his house and his parents' pension will belong to my family. As for the second, you have to give my family 100 or 200 yuan as compensation, otherwise don't even think about it."

"Impossible. I can give you the house and the pension, but not 200 yuan. I can only give you 50 at most. If you don't take it, I'll find another way. In the end, your family will get nothing." After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he looked at Jia Zhangshi.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's firm stance, Jia Zhangshi replied:

"Fifty it is, I'll give you fifty," she said, then stretched out her fat, almost inseparable hand towards Yi Zhonghai, who simply took out five large black ten bills and gave them to Jia Zhangshi.

After paying the money, they went inside to discuss how to set a trap for Li Yu. While they were still discussing, Madam Jia was already dreaming about the three private rooms of the Li family.

As Li Yu listened, he thought of ways to deal with the situation. Meanwhile, the system kept buzzing, and he received a total of 330 emotion points.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai left the Jia family residence, Jia Zhangshi said to Qin Huairu:

"You'd better not let that little brat get the better of you, or I'll deal with you then."

Qin Huai replied, "I definitely won't let him take advantage of me."

But what she was thinking about was "Li Yu's handsome face and the way he could easily take down Sha Zhu." As she thought about it, Qin Huairu's face started to get a little hot.

As soon as Jia Zhangshi saw Qin Huairu like this, she knew what she was thinking.

She pinched Qin Huairu and said, "You'd better behave yourself!" Then she went back to sleep.

The next day at work, Li Yu first handed over the list of problems with the imported equipment and the parts processing drawings to Section Chief Li.

Section Chief Li took the list given to him by Li Yu as if it were a treasure and immediately made the arrangements.

Li Yu followed them to the machining workshop and provided on-site guidance to several experienced workers on processing parts that needed to be replaced or repaired.

With his explanations and clear annotations on the drawings, along with his detailed instructions and occasional detailed explanations of key points, the experienced workers were able to complete the process very quickly.

Yi Zhonghai, who was in Workshop 1, heard about the situation in the machining workshop and came over to watch. He was annoyed when he saw Li Yu directing things in the crowd.

"You won't be so arrogant for long. Just wait and see how I deal with you then."

While the machining workshop was still bustling with activity, several jeeps arrived at the factory gate.

Besides Li Huaide, the deputy factory director, there was also Yang Weimin, the director of the steel rolling mill, and the heads of various departments. Such a grand display shows the status of the people in the jeep.

Under the watchful eyes of the factory leaders, a leader exuding an air of authority and a group of technicians wearing glasses and pens pinned to their chests stepped out of a jeep. Among the group of technicians, a middle-aged man with half-white hair stood out.

Just yesterday, after receiving the blueprints from Li Yu, Li Huaide rushed to the Ministry of Industry.

When his father-in-law finished looking at the blueprints, he asked about their origin in a very stern tone, and Li Huaide told him everything.

When he learned that the blueprint came from a vocational school student who was probably under twenty years old, he was completely unsettled and immediately arranged for the researchers in his department to work together to study the blueprint. Just as the group was working on it enthusiastically...

Just then, a big shot from the ministry arrived.

This is Yu Mingyu, known as the "Steel King," who is also the current advisor to the Iron and Steel Research Institute.

When he arrived and saw the blueprints, he exclaimed that they were amazing. The group of researchers watched as this steel tycoon, whose hair was half white, kept grinning foolishly while holding the blueprints.

Yu Mingyu was supposed to return to Chongqing today, but now he's going to meet the designer of the rolling mill.

That's why he appeared at the steel rolling mill with everyone today. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they went to sit down in the steel rolling mill's conference room.

As soon as he sat down, Yu Mingyu couldn't wait to ask:

"Who is the engineer who designed this blueprint?"

The leaders of the steel rolling mill were a bit confused when they heard him ask this question. Except for Li Huaide and Yang Weimin, Li Huaide already knew about it, but Yang Weimin only found out today when the Ministry of Industry called.

When Yang Weimin received the call, he was both delighted and furious. He was delighted that the steel rolling mill had such a capable person, which was a great achievement for him. He was furious that the table and other items were not given to him, the secretary and factory director in charge of production, but to Li Huaide instead.

"Our engineer is still a technician, and he's probably in the machine shop repairing the newly imported feeder right now."

Li Huaide said with a smile, and Yang Weimin quickly instructed his secretary to call Li Yu.

Yu Mingyu was utterly shocked to learn that it was designed by a young technician.

Just as Li Yu and the group of experienced workers finished assembling the machine and were about to start testing, Yang Weimin's secretary came in from outside.

Yang Weimin's secretary glanced at the dusty workshop with a look of disgust. Yang Weimin's secretary was his nephew, Yang Shude, who always considered himself a highly educated intellectual and looked down on the peasants in the workshop.

After graduating from high school, Yang Shude had always worked as Yang Weimin's secretary, so he was always arrogant and thought he was second only to Yang Weimin in the steel rolling mill.

Yang Shude stood outside the crowd and shouted loudly, "Who is Li Yu? Come out and come with me. The factory leaders want to see you." After saying that, he looked around.

When Li Yu heard someone calling him, he looked up and saw a young man with slicked-back hair and a Zhongshan suit looking around.

Li Yu approached the young man and said, "I am Li Yu. What do the factory leaders want with me?"

Yang Shude glanced at Li Yu and said indifferently, "So you're Li Yu. Come with me!"

As he walked, Yang Shude muttered, "He's a peasant, all dirty, I don't know where he got the blueprint from."

Li Yu's ears were so sharp that he heard it immediately and said:

"Dare you repeat what you said loudly?!"

Yang Shude was immediately furious that a peasant dared to yell at him like that.

"So what if it's a repetition? You peasant, you stole a rolling mill blueprint from somewhere, who do you think you are to dare yell at me like that!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yu slapped Yang Shude across the face. Yang Shude rolled on the ground, felt a salty taste in his mouth, and spat out two teeth.

Upon hearing the commotion, all the masters gathered around. When Yi Zhonghai saw that Yang Shude had been beaten, he quickly went to help him up.

Because of her deafness and her status as a level eight worker, she had some contact with Yang Weimin.

He immediately recognized that the person who had clashed with Li Yu was not only Yang Weimin's secretary but also Yang Weimin's nephew.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but secretly rejoice that Li Yu had simply courted death. He estimated that Yang Weimin wouldn't even need the deaf old lady to fire him later.

Just as Yi Zhonghai was helping Yang Shude up.

[Ding! The system has received 300 units of resentment from Yang Shude.]

Yi Zhonghai pointed at Li Yu and shouted loudly:

"Do you know who you hit? It's Yang Shude, the factory director's nephew and secretary. If you don't apologize right away, you'll be in big trouble."

Yang Shude disdainfully shook off Yi Zhonghai's hand that was supporting him, and said angrily:

"You peasant, just you wait and see how I deal with you."

Li Yu went up and slapped Yang Shude again, then looked at Yang Shude lying on the ground and said:

"I hit you not because you said I stole the blueprints, I hit you because you look down on workers and the working class. You keep calling me a peasant. Tell me, do you think you deserve to be hit?"

Upon hearing this, everyone realized what was going on and looked at Yang Shude with hostile eyes.

Although Yang Shude was usually arrogant, it didn't mean he was stupid. Now he understood that he had not only been beaten, but also tricked.

She could tell from the workers' eyes that if she stayed any longer, she might be beaten again. So she got up and scrambled out, not daring to utter a single harsh word.

Yi Zhonghai walked up to Li Yu and said in a feigned manner:

"I have some connections with Director Yang. Do you want me to go and put in a good word for you?"

Li Yu didn't even glance at Yi Zhonghai before turning around to adjust the machine.

[Ding! Received 66 points of anger from Yi Zhonghai.]