I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

At the end of the year, Yan Jiefang was promoted to level 14 technician.

Generally, vocational school graduates are eligible to apply for Level 14 technician positions only after working in a Level 15 position for four years.

Pay attention to the word "qualification"!

In the 60s, the state strictly controlled the total amount of wages, and only 5%-10% of the technical cadres in the entire factory were promoted each year. They were not automatically promoted after reaching a certain number of years of service.

许多普通技术员在满4年的基础年限后，一般还得再排队2–3年，合计6～7年，才能从15级升到14级。

For example, Yan Jiefang's former roommate, Li Qingbo, has been working in the factory for almost five years and is still a level 15 technician. He has no confidence in being promoted to level 14.

It's common for some unfortunate individuals with mediocre skills to have to wait another year or two.

The government does not support useless people!

Yan Jiefang earned his promotion through a series of awards, including a National Games championship, his excellent skills, and his numerous upgrades and improvements to the factory's production lines and product technology.

Of course, this is already far beyond what is expected.

Generally speaking, winning a National Games championship is more than enough.

Undergraduate students can get promoted starting from level 14, without having to go through this process, which is much easier than for vocational school graduates.

Yan Jiefang is just the starting point for others.

Although you've reached level 14, the road ahead will be even more difficult.

Technical level 13 is considered a core technician level, and the salary will exceed 50 yuan, reaching 55 yuan.

The difficulty level is significantly higher than the threshold for level 14, which I won't go into here.

Anyway, before the reform and opening up, Yan Jiefang's strength could only reach level 13 at most, and level 12 was basically out of the question.

Even if he makes a great contribution, it won't be of much use because he will be blocked by the political vetting process.

Unless some big shot lends a hand

At the end of that year, He Yushui got married.

In this life, her husband is no longer a local police officer, but the son of a leader in the same unit.

This person is a college graduate (from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications). He had actually been interested in He Yushui for a long time, but his family wouldn't let him get married because he hadn't finished his studies.

Now my wish has come true.

On the day of the wedding, Yan Jiefang was working overtime at the factory and had no chance to attend. His wife, Liu Ruyan, was also pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to attend, so they could only ask Sha Zhu to send a gift on their behalf.

The gift was a pill he had specially made for her, which could cure her ailments, especially her chronic stomach problems.

It could save her from the misfortune of stomach cancer.

He only needs to deliver the gift; the medicine box contains instructions for use. Whether the recipient takes it or not is none of his concern.

After all, men and women are different, and there was no such thing as an everlasting friendship between them.

He felt he had done nothing wrong by doing this much; he had fulfilled his duty.

In April 1969, when the locust flowers were in bloom, Yan Jiefang and Liu Ruyan's first child was born.

The baby cried very loudly when it was born.

The two nurses who were cleaning his body, as well as the other nurses who were taking care of Liu Ruyan, were all startled.

"This kid has a really loud voice!"

"In all my years of delivering babies, this is the first time I've ever seen anything like it."

"The louder you cry, the healthier you are!"

...

When Yan Jiefang saw the child, the boy stared wide-eyed and looked around erratically.

With his medical skills, he could tell at a glance that the child was very healthy, much healthier than ordinary children.

It seems the congenital pregnancy-preserving pills are working.

I just don't know if he has developed spiritual roots.

If he has spiritual roots, and if he happens to discover a cultivation technique in the future, this child might be able to cultivate it too.

At that time, true alchemists may appear on Earth!

Even if he doesn't have spiritual roots, it doesn't matter, at least his comprehension and physical condition won't be bad.

They will achieve outstanding results whether they go to university or pursue sports in the future.

Moreover, with his father, a transmigrator with a system, as a safety net, he could easily achieve financial freedom and do whatever he wanted.

Looking at his son, Yan Jiefang thought how wonderful it would be if he had a time-traveling father!

Unfortunately, Yan Bugui is nothing but a troublemaker who harms children!

Even time travelers wouldn't want to fall into his hands!

In his previous life, he had read hundreds of books about courtyard houses, not to mention the two most popular characters, Sha Zhu and Sha Mao.

Even Yi Zhonghai, the Moral Celestial Venerable, and Liu Haizhong, the Official with Vast Power, have attracted the attention of many time travelers.

Only a few kittens have transmigrated into Yan Suanpan.

There are countless times more people who have transmigrated into the body of the deaf old woman and Jia Zhangshi than he has!

Yan Bugui is just that kind of person who is hated by everyone and even dogs.

I can't be bothered to talk about him!

Thanks to the protective effect of the congenital pregnancy-preserving pills, Liu Ruyan recovered quickly after giving birth.

She can walk briskly as if she had never had a child.

He went home with Yan Jiefang that same day.

Holding her son, who was fast asleep after eating, Liu Ruyan heard Yan Jiefang say:

"Have you decided on a name for our son?"

Yan Jiefang pondered for a moment and then said:

"According to the generational order, the son is the one who studies, so let's give him a name with the character 'study' in it. It just needs to be simple and easy to remember."

He quickly came up with several names, but finally chose one at random.

"Let's name him Yan Xueqian. It has a good meaning and is quite common, so it won't seem too abrupt. Our son doesn't need to be unconventional."

Liu Ruyan read it several times and nodded in approval:

"The name is alright, isn't it?"

Yan Jiefang's first son was Yan Xueqian.

During this special period, Yan Jiefang made no arrangements.

They only took out some fresh ingredients, asked their brother-in-law Sha Zhu to help cook a meal, and that was it.

Yan Bugui and his wife shamelessly came to freeload a meal. On this joyous occasion, Yan Jiefang was too lazy to chase them away, so he reluctantly let them sit at the table.

In the days that followed, Yan Jiefang worked while learning new skills, and time flew by.

In 71, their second son, Yan Xueheng, was born.

In 72, he was promoted to Level 13 technician due to his outstanding performance.

In 73, the third son, Yan Xueyuan, was born.

Although protected by the innate pregnancy-preserving pills, Liu Ruyan only became slightly plumper and nothing else changed, but Yan Jiefang did not plan to let her have any more children.

Having these three sons is enough.

As time went on, Yan Jiefang noticed that the atmosphere in the factory was slowly changing, and not for the better.

Although he leveled up very quickly, there were several people who leveled up even faster, and they were still using his skills.

The method used was simply adding names to his drawings.

He also hoped to make a greater contribution to society, but these events greatly dampened his enthusiasm.

In the following years, no more excellent blueprints were produced by him.

Many people thought he had lost his creative spark.

Many factory leaders have spoken to him on numerous occasions.

After all, every leader likes an outstanding employee like him.

As long as we follow the steps and promote him to a higher rank as quickly as possible, and provide him with more protective equipment, we leaders can all get a lot of credit without lifting a finger. Why not?

Unfortunately, Yan Jiefang, who had already made his decision, was basically unmoved, and the leaders knew what was going on.

But everyone has their own interests and needs, and they can't change that.

After all, this is a large company with tens of thousands of employees, and it's not something that any one person can decide on a whim.

Many people have powerful backers behind them, so a small change can have far-reaching consequences.

Yan Jiefang used the extra time to prepare for his future career.

While learning various computer knowledge and skills, I did not give up learning other skills.

For example, his acting skills have already been upgraded to 95/100.

It's fair to say that many veteran actors might not be his match.