A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1214 Hua Twelve: My rules are the rules! (Please subscribe!)

PS: Although it’s a bit late, 6,400 words is still okay.

After Hua Shier's counseling, Chunyan felt much better:

"Yeah, even though my job requires me to fiddle with stinky feet all day, I don't have to spend money to take a shower anymore!"

Her eyes sparkled at this time: "I heard that working in a bathhouse can earn you a lot of bath tickets a month. I will save some for you and auntie so that you can take a hot bath every week. Okay, sister!"

She leaned her face closer and said with a smile: "Why don't you give me a kiss as a thank you in advance, it will also make me happy!"

Hua Twelve stretched out his hand and pushed her forehead: "Okay, then I'll treat you to fish!"

Chun Yan Er smiled and said, "Then why don't I just kiss you too!"

"Get lost, you're just daydreaming. We're even now!" Hua Twelve stood up and cursed with a smile.

Seeing Chunyan's mood improve, Hua Twelve walked to the outer room, picked a fat fish from the laundry basin, strung it with a straw rope and handed it to her:
"I caught this yesterday. You can take it home and stew it. It's almost dark. Go back quickly."

He had to chase her away now. This girl was obviously interested in him and was trying to take advantage of him in various ways.

Qiao Chunyan took the fish and hesitated to leave:

"I haven't stayed long enough!"

Hua Twelve pushed her out directly: "Haven't you stayed long enough? Just stay here!"

"That's fine!" While Qiao Chunyan was talking, Hua Shier had already pushed her out of the house and out of the courtyard gate.

"elder brother!"

Qiao Chunyan stamped her feet and swung the fish in her hands.

"What are you doing?"

"I haven't asked you which unit you're assigned to yet!"

Hua Twelve held the gate and responded casually:
"Where else can we divide it? Just like Ganchao and Guoqing, we will all be divided into lumber mills!"

Qiao Chunyan uttered an "ah" with a look of disappointment on her face:

"You're also moving wood? That crappy job is worse than mine. I'm exhausted and sweaty all day long!"

Hua Shier smiled and didn't tell anyone about his work in the Security Department. He didn't tell anyone about it, not only Qiao Chunyan, but also Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing.

Things are accomplished by keeping secrets, but ruined by leaking them. I haven't even started working yet, and if I tell you about it in advance, it will make people jealous, and it might even cause trouble.

Everyone will know it naturally on the day of joining the company.

After closing the gate and turning back to the house, Hua Shier found that his mother Li Suhua looked unwell and kept sighing while sitting on the edge of the kang.

"What's wrong, mom?" Hua Twelve came over with a smile:
"Are you missing my dad, or are you reluctant to part with the fish I gave to Chun Yan'er?"

Li Suhua patted his old son: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

She lowered her voice, "Mom is worried about you. Just now you and Chunyan were in your room, crying and laughing. What were you doing?"

Hua Twelve laughed and said, "We are just talking about assigning work! What else can we do?"

Li Suhua sighed: "Bingkun, tell me the truth, Chunyan and Zheng Juan, who do you like?"

Hua Twelve picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of boiled water before saying:
"Why are you asking this again? I'm only a little old, isn't it too early to think about this?"

"What morning?"

Li Suhua said worriedly, "Mom can see that these two girls are interested in you."

She rubbed her apron and said, "That Zheng Juan'er, she's a good person, hardworking, and pretty, but..."

Li Suhua hesitated for a moment: "Mom is not the kind of person who despises the poor and loves the rich, but we have to live our lives, right?"

"Chun Yan'er is different."

Li Suhua's tone became cheerful: "Both parents have jobs, and there are two older sisters, so Chunyan doesn't have to worry about anything. Chunyan has a straightforward personality and cares about you."

Hua Twelve put down the teacup with a smile: "Do you want to listen to what you are saying? You just despise the poor and love the rich, okay?"

Seeing Li Suhua preparing to fight, Hua Twelve quickly stood up and ran away:

"I just got a job now, it's too early to talk about this, let's talk about it later!"

Seeing that her son didn't want to talk about this, Li Suhua sighed and stopped talking.

In fact, it was no wonder that Li Suhua was worried. The next day, Zheng Juan came again. Not only did she help clean the house, she also washed all the clothes that Hua Twelve had taken off. She said that she didn't come for her old son, but she didn't believe it!

After lunch, Zheng Juan wanted to go back and asked Hua Shier to ride his bike to take her there.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, the number of people visiting the Cultural Palace has increased, and Zheng Juan's candied haws business has moved to the stall in front of the Cultural Palace.

The two chatted and laughed as they rode. When they arrived near the Cultural Palace, Hua Shier saw from afar Zheng Guangming and an old lady pushing a cart and selling candied haws at the bottom of the steps of the Cultural Palace. The old lady was Zheng Juan's mother.

Hua Twelve was not ready to meet Zheng Juan's parents, so he parked his bicycle on the side of the road and said to the person behind him:
"We're here, go over there by yourself!"

Zheng Juan originally wanted to ask Hua Twelve about his job assignment, but before she could open her mouth, she saw that he had stopped the car. He turned around to look at her mother and brother across the street. She pursed her lips, got out of the car and left.

But after taking two steps, she turned around and walked back, saying to Hua Twelve:

"I won't go to your house anymore!"

Hua Twelve asked subconsciously:
"What?"

Zheng Juan stared at Hua Twelve and said, "I'm going to work for you and wash your clothes. So what do you think I am to you? What is our relationship?"

Hua Twelve understood what Zheng Juan meant and said with a smile, "A firm GM friendship!"

Zheng Juan kicked Hua Twelve on the calf, then turned and ran.

She ran across the street in one breath and arrived in front of her own stall. Zheng's mother and Zheng Guangming both talked to her, but she didn't listen. She turned her head to look across the street, and saw that Hua Twelve was no longer there. She couldn't help feeling lost and a little regretful for having made her feelings clear.

Mother Zheng said with a smile: "Juan'er, why are you back so early!"

Zheng Guangming also asked: "Sister, where is Brother Bingkun? Didn't he send you back?"

Zheng's mother is old and her eyesight is poor, and Zheng Guangming was born with impaired vision, so they can't see across the street at all, so they asked this question.

Zheng Juan looked at her elderly mother and young brother and suddenly felt like crying.

At this moment, someone behind her called out, "Bring three strings of candied haws!"

Zheng Juan turned her head and was startled. There were three people standing behind her. They were Tu Zhiqiang, Shui Ziliu and Luo Shibin, the three people she had met that night.

Luo Shibin smiled and raised his chin:
"Sister, do you still recognize us brothers? If someone wants to bully you in the future, just say our names of Nine Tigers and Thirteen Eagles, and it will definitely work!"

Before Zheng Juan could say anything, Zheng Guangming shouted:
"You are bad people. Those people said last time that it was you who asked them to stop my sister!"

Luo Shibin glared at him and said, "Hey, you little brat, watch your words, we are doing this for justice!"

He was tall and looked a bit fierce when he glared. Mother Zheng was timid, so she pulled Zheng Guangming behind her and asked in a trembling voice:
"You guys, what do you want to do?"

Tu Zhiqiang smiled but said nothing. Shui Ziliu took a step forward and said politely:

"Auntie, don't be afraid, we are not bad people. My brother is a worker in the lumber mill, a formal employee. He thinks your daughter is very good and wants to ask if she has a boyfriend so that he can find someone to introduce her to!"

Zheng Juan stood in front of her mother and brother and said, "I have a partner, don't bother me!"

Shui Ziliu smiled but said nothing. Luo Shibin sneered, "Stop fooling people. We have already found out everything."

"Pa" Before he could finish his words, he was slapped on the head.

Then Shui Ziliu and Tu Zhiqiang were also slapped. The pain made the three brothers shrink their necks and they became furious. They were the Nine Tigers and Thirteen Eagles, and they usually walked sideways when they went out. Who would dare to hit them on the head?

"Who the hell is that?" Luo Shibin turned around angrily, but he instantly wilted when he saw who was coming.

Hua Twelve had arrived behind the three of them without them noticing. He sat on the bicycle, with one foot on the ground, and said coldly:

"I'm her boyfriend, so what? Do you have any objection?"

When the three saw that it was the worker from last time, they immediately became intimidated and quickly nodded and bowed:
"No, no problem, we're just buying candied haws and having a joke!"

Hua Shier slapped him again: "If I find out that you are harassing my girlfriend again, don't blame me for causing trouble for you. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it, I heard it!"

"Don't worry, we'll avoid her when we see her next time!"

The three of them ran away in a panic as before. Zheng Juan looked at Hua Twelve and suddenly burst into tears, then burst into laughter.

Zheng Guangming said happily: "Brother Bingkun, you are really friends with my sister!"

Hua Twelve smiled and nodded, and said to Zheng's mother: "Auntie, my name is Zhou Bingkun, and I am a white-collar worker. I want to be friends with Zheng Juan. Do you agree?"

"Oh, I agree, I agree, this is our condition."

Hua Twelve waved her hands and said, "Auntie, you don't have to say anything. I am attracted to Zheng Juan as a person. It has nothing to do with anything else!"

"Okay, okay." Zheng's mother was very happy. Someone didn't think their family was a burden, so she was naturally happy for her daughter.

On the other side, Luo Shibin, who was running away, cursed: "What bad luck!"

Tu Zhiqiang frowned and said, "If it doesn't work, just change someone. We just need a decoration anyway!"

Luo Shibin looked somewhat unwilling: "Didn't Brother Shui say that I need someone who is virtuous, has no household registration, can't be relied upon by her family, and is easy to control? Zheng Juan is the right one!"

Tu Zhiqiang glared at him and said, "What should I do? His target is Gongan!"

Shui Ziliu patted the two of them and said, "Okay, why are you in such a hurry? There must be someone more suitable. Let's take our time to find one!"

Hua Shier made his relationship clear to Zheng Juan, who then asked him about his job assignment. He said he was assigned to a timber factory, and Zheng Juan immediately became worried:

"Isn't that the same unit as Tu Zhiqiang and the others? And that scarred guy from last time, they're not good people. I'm afraid they'll make things difficult for you!"

Hua Shier laughed: "Don't worry, I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else, I've been assigned to the security department of the timber factory, and it's unclear who will take care of whom when the time comes!"

A few days passed in a flash, and it was time to report to the unit.

Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing rode their bikes to the door of Zhou's house early in the morning and shouted through the gate:
"Bingkun, Zhou Bingkun, let's go to work!"

Hua Shier carried the aluminum lunch box prepared by Li Suhua, pushed the cart out of the courtyard, and said with a smile:
"You two are so positive!"

Sun Ganchao said with a smile: "You are going to make money yourself, how can you not be active? By the way, Bingkun, why are you wearing new clothes? This Zhongshan suit belongs to your father, right?"

Xiao Guoqing reminded him with a smile: "Go back and change your clothes quickly. Look at us, we are both wearing old clothes. We won't feel bad if they get dirty while carrying wood!"

Hua Twelve smiled and didn't explain much: "I've washed all my clothes, this is all I have, let's go!"

The three of them chatted and laughed as they rode their bikes to the sawmill. Although this factory was called the Red Star Timber Factory, and had the same prefix as the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill in Siheyuan, its scale and level were quite different.

The steel rolling mill is a large state-owned factory with tens of thousands of employees, while the Red Star Timber Factory is just a large collective under the Second Light Industry Bureau of Jichun City, with only more than 300 people in total, including leaders and employees.

The main gate of the lumber factory is two rusty iron fences, with a black-lettered factory sign on a white background on the left, and a red-painted slogan on the right: "Strengthen management, promote production, and make new contributions on the lumber front." In the guard room, an old man wrapped in a military coat was sipping hot water from an enamel pot.

Hua Twelve and Thirteen handed over the letter of introduction; "Uncle, we are here to report!"

The old man pointed inside and said, "Go straight in, the third office on the right is the personnel department!"

Finally, he added: "Don't wander around!"

The three of them responded with a smile and rode their bikes inside.

When they arrived at the Personnel Department, Hua Shier did not argue or fight, and let Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing go through the entry procedures first.

After the clerk from the personnel department had done the job for them, he picked up the phone and called:

"The plate workshop? There are two workers here to report for duty. Come and lead them over!"

Then another call:
"Security Department, Chief Niu, I'm Xiao Liu from the Personnel Department. One of you is assigned to the unemployed youth this time. Your name is Zhou Bingkun. Um, he's here with me. Come over and take him over!"

When Clerk Liu hung up the phone, Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing were both stunned:
"Hey, comrade, what's going on? We are together, why are we different?"

The clerk said to them unhappily:
"What's wrong with being together? He was assigned to the security department, and you two were assigned to the board workshop as laborers, moving wood. How can that be the same?"

Hua Twelve Dynasty looked confused at Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing and said with a smile:
"Work hard later, don't be lazy!"

Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing were so angry that they were speechless:

"You grandson!"

The security department was not far away, and soon the people who came to pick up Hua Twelve arrived. The man who came in was a dark-looking man, wearing a work suit over a cotton-padded jacket, and he walked into the house with a breeze.

Clerk Xiao Liu quickly greeted him: "Chief Niu, you came in person!"

"Hey, it's not like I have anything to do with this close anyway!"

The man smiled and responded, then turned to look at the three people: "Who is Zhou Bingkun?"

Hua Twelve said quickly: "Hello, Chief Niu, I am Zhou Bingkun!"

Seeing that Hua was not short, Section Chief Niu smiled and nodded: "I am Niu Dali from the Security Department, come with me." After that, he turned around and left.

Hua Shier waved to Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing and quickly followed. Following Chief Niu through the open air yard full of logs, he saw that the unit was too shabby. The few factory buildings were all red brick bungalows, and there was a crooked chimney on the roof of the boiler room.

Several female workers came out of the boiler room carrying thermoses. They were not shy when they saw strangers and pointed and laughed.

"Our factory is small, with a total of 320 people."

Chief Niu introduced as he walked: "There are six people in the security department, including you. Our main responsibilities are to guard the gate, patrol at night, and catch wood thieves."

Then he suddenly turned around and asked, "Can you fight, kid?"

Hua Shier didn't know whether he meant killing one person with one punch, or killing a large group of people with one punch!
"I want to ask you if your fist is hard!"

Section Chief Niu gestured: "Damn it, last month when Lao Ma was on night duty, he caught a wood thief and had half of his front teeth knocked out by a scoundrel."

Hua Twelve finally understood what was going on and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Chief. I've been practicing martial arts since I was a child, so it won't be a problem for me to deal with a few second-rate guys!"

Chief Niu's eyes lit up, and he slapped him on the shoulder with a palm as big as a palm fan:
"Okay, just for this, you'll be on guard from now on!"

Hua Twelve: “.” You’re going to trick me!
The security department's office is a small room of about ten square meters. On the wall are hung the "Duty System" and slogans. A smoked black aluminum kettle sits on a tin stove, and three men are playing poker around the stove.

Seeing someone coming in, the middle-aged man in blue work clothes quickly stuffed the cards into the drawer.

"This is the new guy Zhou Bingkun." Chief Niu introduced him. "He has practiced martial arts since he was a child and knows two tricks."

He pointed at the three people in the room and said, "Old Ma, Master Wang, and Xiao Liu, let Old Ma tell you the specific division of labor."

Hua Twelve nodded and greeted the three people: "Master Ma, Master Wang, Brother Liu!"

Master Wang was a little taciturn and just nodded. Xiao Liu smiled and waved his hand, saying hello. But Old Ma introduced Hua Twelve very enthusiastically:
"Our job in the security department is simple. The day shift is from 7am to 5pm, and the night shift is the other way around."

“It’s mainly just a few things!”

He counted on his fingers:

"Gate duty, this is easy, just stay in the mail room!"

"Then check the incoming vehicles to prevent them from smuggling good wood out of the factory!"

“The third is to prevent employees from stealing scraps!”

After saying this, Lao Ma also explained: "That being said, forget about the small things, the main thing is don't take the good materials!"

Hua Shier frowned slightly. He worked in the security department of the steel rolling mill in the Siheyuan world. However, compared with the security department of the lumber mill, the security department of the steel rolling mill was the regular army, while the security department here was like a puppet army.

What do you mean by "just a little bit of it"? He knew that if scraps were allowed, someone would dare to saw the good materials into scraps.

As for the security department, they play poker at work and turn a blind eye to petty thefts. They don't seem very reliable.

Section Chief Niu waited for Lao Ma to finish his introduction and said with a smile:
"Xiao Zhou, today is your first day at work. You should go to the gate to get used to it. I will arrange for you to work the night shift next week!"

Hua Shier borrowed a teacup, filled it with water, and spent the day in the mail room hanging out with the janitor, Uncle Zhao.

When it was time to get off work in the evening, Lao Ma came over to stand guard with Hua Shier. After all the workers had left, he could also leave.

Among the crowd leaving get off work, there was a guy with a scar on his face who was chatting with his coworkers. Suddenly, he saw the young man chatting with Lao Ma at the factory gate. He recognized at a glance that this was the worker An from the alley last time. His legs went weak immediately, thinking that someone had come to the factory to arrest him.

He quickly stepped back and saw Tu Zhiqiang and a group of workers from the plate workshop walking towards him. He quickly approached them:
"Brother Qiang, this is bad. Who is that young man at the door?"

When Tu Zhiqiang saw Hua Twelve, he was also shocked and stopped immediately. Why did he chase him into the unit?

Among the workers in the plate workshop, two of them also looked towards the gate, their faces lit up with joy:
"Brother Qiang, that's our brother, Zhou Bingkun. He joined the company with us but he was assigned to the security department!"

The person who spoke was Sun Ganchao, and Xiao Guoqing added: "We are childhood friends, so we are close friends!"

Tu Zhiqiang was startled and asked the two newcomers:
"A new employee? Isn't he Lei Zi?"

Sun Ganchao laughed and said, "What Lei Zi? You must have recognized the wrong person. My brother is just like us, an unemployed youth who just got a job!"

Tu Zhiqiang's eyes flashed with a cold light: "Fuck, I was frightened!"

He walked straight to the gate, and when he got close to Hua Twelve, he grinned and said:

"Zhou Bingkun, right? So you're not Gong An!"

Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing followed Tu Zhiqiang over. They still couldn't figure out what was going on, so they waved enthusiastically at Hua Twelve:

"Bingkun, this is Brother Qiang. He took good care of us today. He recognized the wrong person and said you were Gongan!"

Hua Shier stepped forward with a smile: "Brother Qiang, right? You'd better behave yourself, or the security department will deal with you anyway!"

After hearing what he said, Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing's smiles suddenly stopped. Only then did they realize that there was a grudge between them.

Tu Zhiqiang nodded: "Okay, let's wait and see!"

After saying that, he pointed at Hua Twelve, turned around and left.

Lao Ma came over and whispered, "You've been with him? Then you better be careful, I heard that this guy is not a good person!"

Hua Twelve nodded and suddenly shouted, "Tu Zhiqiang, stand there!"

When he shouted like this, the workers around stopped and watched the excitement.

Tu Zhiqiang turned around and glared: "Mr. Zhou, don't make trouble for no reason. I've been hungry all day and I'm anxious to go home for dinner!"

Hua Shier pointed at the green army bag that Tu Zhiqiang was carrying and said, "I see your bag is bulging. What's in it?"

Tu Zhiqiang didn't care: "Lunch box, water bottle, what's the matter!"

Hua Twelve laughed: "Open it and let me see!"

Tu Zhiqiang spat: "Fuck, you can look at it if you want, I won't open it, what can you do!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked out.

Just as Hua Shier was about to step forward, Lao Ma quickly pulled him back:
"Forget it, forget it, this kid is not to be trifled with!"

Hua Shier shook off Lao Ma, chased after him and kicked Tu Zhiqiang in the knee.

Tu Zhiqiang fell to his knees, and he grabbed Tu Zhiqiang's green army bag, opened it and poured it on the ground. With a loud clatter, several wooden boards more than a foot long and as wide as a palm fell to the ground.

Those wooden boards are all good wood, and they all look polished and planed. If you get a few more, you can go back and make tables, chairs, benches, or even furniture.

Hua Twelve asked Tu Zhiqiang: "What is this?"

Tu Zhiqiang stood up and said, "I gave you face!"

Just raise your fist and hit!

Hua Shier grabbed his wrist and threw him over his shoulder, throwing Tu Zhiqiang to the ground with a bang:
"You stole wood from the factory and you fought back after being caught. I think you are going to die!"

Tu Zhiqiang lay on the ground and shouted, "I didn't take it alone, why are you arresting me?"

Hua Twelve laughed: "Tell me who took it, no matter who it is, I will catch them!"

Tu Zhiqiang also took the risk, sat up and started pointing: "He, he, he, Zhang Dagui, Wang Yuejin, big scar"

He pointed at five or six people in one breath, from all workshops.

Hua Twelve pointed at those people and said, "Open your bags!"

The faces of those people were all discolored and covered with scars. It was the scarred face I saw last time who said:
"They are all from the same factory, so that's enough!"

"I told you to open it!"

Hua Shier walked over and lifted up the bag of the man with the big scar, and a lot of wood fell out as well. Then he went to lift up the bags of other people, and that person wanted to resist, but one of them grabbed him and pinned him to the ground, and then opened his bag, and there was also wood.

Tu Zhiqiang shouted loudly: "This guy is here to cause trouble, brothers, follow me!"

When he shouted, all those who were caught in the act and those who were pointed out by him stood together.

Big Scar also shouted: "We can't let the new guy bully us, set some rules for him!"

Many people followed suit.

Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing were both scared silly, but they still rushed out to Hua Twelve's side, their legs trembling, and moved forward and backward with him.

Hua Shier pointed at the workers:

"I don't care about what happened in the past. Today I'm in the security department. From now on, no one can take wood out. Do you hear me?"

Someone shouted, "This wasn't the rule before!"

Hua Twelve's eyes widened: "My rules are the rules!"

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