Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

When the old woman pushed open the door to return home, her mind was filled with Li Yu's words. The deaf old woman saw the old woman return looking dazed and assumed that the matter had not been accomplished.

She quickly asked, "What? Didn't that kid give you a letter of forgiveness?" The older woman shook her head. "He did, and he even gave you this."

The deaf old woman took it and saw that it was a receipt. She thought to herself, "This kid is no ordinary person. I'll have to be careful in the future."

The older woman then escorted the deaf old woman home and was about to go back to sleep when the old woman suddenly grabbed her arm. The older woman reached out and, to her surprise, found a large yellow croaker. She quickly said, "Grandma, what are you doing!"

The deaf old woman said, "You and Xiao Yi have been taking care of me all these years. Today, with all this happening, your grandfather has suffered a lot of losses. Here, take it."

The old woman was torn between accepting and not accepting the gift, so the deaf old woman pushed her away while saying, "Hide it well, consider it a gift from me. Just take good care of this old lady from now on."

As he spoke, he closed the door. The middle-aged woman looked at the closed door, feeling a mix of emotions—touched yet somewhat at a loss.

In fact, the deaf old lady didn't lack these gold and silver items at all. She gave them to the older woman because she was partly responsible for the idea, and also because she was worried that the couple wouldn't take care of themselves if they ran out of money.

The older woman had just returned home when Xu Damao, who had witnessed everything, saw her leave the Li family's house alone and knew she must have received the letter of forgiveness. He was just surprised by her suspicious behavior when she returned from the backyard, looking around furtively.

The next day, before dawn, Li Yu spent 20 points from the system space to exchange for some food and headed towards the steel rolling mill. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the steel rolling mill, he saw countless people converging on it.

As the main gate of a steel rolling mill with tens of thousands of employees, it sees tens of thousands of workers entering and leaving every day.

Just as Li Yu entered the steel rolling mill, a man in a blue work uniform stared at Li Yu's back with bloodshot eyes. He was muttering something under his breath. This was Yang Shude, the former secretary to the steel rolling mill director.

He kept looking in the direction Li Yu disappeared into the crowd until Li Yu's figure vanished, which shows how deep his hatred for Li Yu was.

Yesterday, after his parents learned that he had been demoted to work in the No. 1 workshop, they took him to Yang Weimin's house. When they found out what stupid things he had done, his father almost beat him to death. But they didn't slap him, otherwise he probably wouldn't be able to come to the steel rolling mill today.

Later, Yang Weimin told him that he would work with Yi Zhonghai in the workshop for a few months until the storm passed, and then he would be allowed to return to the office as a secretary. He also told him that he would put in a good word with Yi Zhonghai and that Yi Zhonghai would not make things difficult for him.

Only then did he willingly go to the workshop to work, but seeing Li Yu today still made him feel an inexplicable anger rising to his head.

[Ding! You have received 200 points of resentment from Yang Shude.]

Li Yu received a system notification as soon as he arrived at the gate of the steel rolling mill. He pursed his lips and knew without turning his head that Yang Shude was probably behind him.

When I entered the technical department, quite a few people had already arrived. Everyone was discussing what Li Yu had been called to do by the factory leaders yesterday, and they were all worried that he might have been criticized.

After all, the news of Yang Shude being beaten by him yesterday had already spread throughout the entire steel rolling mill. When the people who were discussing this saw Li Yu arrive, they all swarmed around him and asked him all at once what Li Yu had been called over for yesterday.

Li Yu didn't answer directly, since the official notification hadn't arrived yet and he couldn't say anything. He just gave a vague answer, saying, "They just called me over to ask some technical questions, nothing else."

Everyone looked at him suspiciously, feeling that he wasn't telling the truth, but no one dared to ask any further questions since they were just colleagues.

Li Yu didn't care that everyone didn't seem to believe him, since he hadn't said it was just a "tiny bit" technical issue anyway.

While the technical department was busy with its tasks, the steel rolling mill's publicity department received a notice. It was a notification about Li Yu's promotion to Level 4 Engineer and various awards. When Yu Haitang received the notice, she was utterly shocked.

The only person Li Yu knew from the technical department was a resident in the same courtyard where her sister Yu Li had married. Apparently, both of her parents had died in an accident at the steel mill.

I never expected that he would suddenly become a Level 4 engineer. Xu Damao went to the countryside to show a movie today, otherwise he would definitely be telling the propaganda department that Li Yu is his brother.

Li Yu, who was in the technical department, was summoned to Li Huaide's office by Li Huaide's secretary. As soon as Li Yu sat down, Li Huaide made him a cup of tea and then handed him a small red notebook.

Li Yu quickly took it and carefully put it into his shirt pocket. At this moment, Li Huaide said, "Congratulations, Brother Li, on your promotion to Level 4 Engineer. I'll have to rely on you a lot from now on." Hearing Li Huaide's joking teasing, Li Yu said, "Brother Li, you're joking again. I was able to become a Level 4 Engineer thanks to your help."

Upon hearing this, Li Huaide laughed heartily: "No need for formalities. Look, this is a reward personally given to you by the Ministry of Industry."

Li Yu took the thick envelope, opened it, and wow! There was a stack of black ten-yuan notes, probably worth close to a thousand yuan. The key thing was that there were also bicycle tickets, watch tickets, radio tickets, sewing machine tickets, and some meat and grain tickets.

Li Yu didn't expect the Ministry of Industry to be so generous this time, providing all the necessary equipment at once. Just as Li Yu and Li Huaide were discussing the plans for the new workshop, Yu Haitang's voice came over the steel rolling mill's loudspeaker.

"Hello, fellow workers, this is your announcer, Yu Haitang. Today, our steel rolling mill received a notification that the new steel rolling mill designed by our technical department colleague, Li Yu, has been evaluated by technical experts from the Ministry and is considered to be at the forefront of global technology, filling a gap in my country's high-end steel rolling field."

In accordance with the relevant policies on promotion by exceptional means, Li Yu is hereby appointed as a Level 4 Engineer. Furthermore, he is to be awarded cash and other material goods as a reward.

The workers at the steel rolling mill were shocked when they heard the announcement over the loudspeaker. This was an engineer, and a Level 4 engineer at that, a higher position than the head of the technical department. Everyone was still in awe of Li Yu's exceptional promotion to Level 4 engineer.

One person was getting agitated. That person was Yang Shude, who was moving materials in the workshop. He had thought Yi Zhonghai was in the workshop, but when he arrived, he didn't see him. Instead, he was directed by the workshop's senior workers to move this and that.

Don't let his status as Yang Weimin's nephew fool you. Nowadays, workers don't care who your nephew is. They're all incredibly proud and don't put up with their leaders at all.

Sweating profusely, Yang Shude grew increasingly angry upon hearing the broadcast. He decided to go to the alley after get off work to find an old man surnamed Jin. This old man was a remnant of the previous dynasty and knew many people from all walks of life. He planned to have these people kill Li Yu; otherwise, he wouldn't be at peace with himself. Although her family wasn't wealthy, many people had given her money over the years while following Yang Weimin's side.

Even Xu Damao once gave him a small yellow croaker, but this guy was the typical type who took money but didn't do anything. Although fewer people gave him money later, he still reaped a lot of benefits.

So he could afford to pay Old Man Jin, and thinking about it, he began to look forward to seeing Li Yu with his limbs broken.

[Ding! Received 888 points of intense murderous intent from Yang Shude]

Li Yu had just returned to the technical department when he received this notification before even entering the room. He planned to place a listening device and a locator on Yang Shude to check for any unusual activity in the next couple of days.