Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 25 Vomiting blood
Now Yi Zhonghai has been demoted for insulting and bullying the families of military martyrs. His behavior has also caused discomfort to others, especially his apprentices. If they still maintain a master-apprentice relationship with Yi Zhonghai, they will definitely be scolded when they go out.

Yi Zhonghai relied on his skills to order his disciples around, which made him very unpopular. Everyone took this opportunity to sever their master-disciple relationship with him.

Workshop director Yu Liangsong registered everyone except Jia Dongxu, meaning Yi Zhonghai's other seven apprentices, and they all asked to sever ties with him.

Yu Liangsong took the lead in asking the seven people to pay respects to other sixth-level or fifth-level fitters in the workshop, and then he took the seven people to the broadcasting room.

When Yi Zhonghai heard the announcement on the radio, he was stunned. He knew that the image he had maintained for many years had collapsed.

In a fit of rage, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then he fell to the ground. Jia Dongxu didn't dare let anything happen to Yi Zhonghai.

Now that he had been demoted again, he would still need Yi Zhonghai's help for his future life. Without caring about anything else, he hurriedly carried Yi Zhonghai to the factory hospital.

Xu Damao felt that these two days were the happiest two days in his life.

Especially the announcement he just heard from the radio station made him feel happy wholeheartedly.

"Hey, how could Yi Zhonghai be such a person? He usually looks quite decent with thick eyebrows and big eyes!" said an officer from the Propaganda Department.

"You can only know a person's appearance but not his heart. Who knows what kind of person he is in private!" another propaganda officer retorted.

Xu Damao said indignantly: "That's right, I always told you that old guy Yi Zhonghai is not a good person, but you didn't believe it. Now you believe it!"

"Hey, Damao, you and Yi Zhonghai are neighbors, you must know many unknown sides of Yi Zhonghai, tell us about it." Everyone was very interested in the landslide of the senior technician, and another propaganda officer began to ask questions.

Xu Damao coughed, cleared his throat and said, "Let's skip the topic of Yi Zhonghai's character for now and just tell you a children's song that's been popular at the entrance of our alley recently."

"Hurry up and tell me, don't keep us in suspense." Someone has already started to get a stool.

"In courtyard house No. 95, there lived an old man. He was a born hypocrite, destined to exterminate his family! He was born a eunuch, and his wife took the blame. He didn't believe in evil, and had a son through surrogacy. His disciple's wife was just the right person, but unfortunately the seed was bad, and his family was destined to exterminate." Xu Damao sang this nursery rhyme in a humming voice.

Someone urged Xu Damao and asked, "Is this true?"

Xu Damao smiled contemptuously and said, "How can that be false? Otherwise, why would Yi Zhonghai want to drive away the relatives of military martyrs for Jia Dongxu? He is not afraid of being shot. It is for the baby in his apprentice's wife's belly. The ultimate goal of getting a job is to get a city hukou for his unborn child."

"This... Yi Zhonghai is so cruel, using a surrogate mother to give birth to a child." A group of propaganda staff began to discuss heatedly how Yi Zhonghai made his apprentice's wife give birth to a child, and whether Jia Dongxu knew about it.

At the discussion site, everyone's ears turned red and their necks became thick, saliva was flying, and everyone's enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.

Daily work is boring, but now there is such a big melon for everyone to entertain themselves, so the atmosphere is naturally very lively.

When the discussion in the Propaganda Department was in full swing, Yu Liangsong, director of the third fitter workshop, came to the radio station and handed the information of Yi Zhonghai's seven apprentices to announcer Zhang Liling.

Zhang Liling asked in confusion: "Director Yu, what do you mean?"

Yu Liangsong said seriously: "Seven comrades in my workshop, including Min Jincai, have learned that Yi Zhonghai bullies the families of military martyrs and is a mean person, so they want to sever their master-apprentice relationship with Yi Zhonghai. The young men are fighting against bad behavior with their own reputations. As the director, I strongly support their behavior of not going along with Yi Zhonghai. So they asked our broadcasting room to issue a formal notice of severance of relationship to prove it for the young men." The radio station loves to broadcast sensational content the most. Now that Yu Liangsong has sent them such high-quality material, they are naturally very happy. Broadcaster Zhang Liling immediately began to read from the manuscript.

"Notice, all workers please note that Min Jincai, Xiong Kexue and seven other comrades in the third fitter workshop were originally apprentices of Yi Zhonghai. In view of Yi Zhonghai's insults to the families of military martyrs and his numerous bad deeds, Min Jincai and others hereby solemnly declare that they will sever their master-apprentice relationship with Yi Zhonghai from now on."

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With the three notifications, Yi Zhonghai's fame reached a new level. Nowadays, the relationship between master and apprentice is like that between father and son.

With what happened to Yi Zhonghai's seven disciples, plus the radio report of Yi Zhonghai's actions in the morning, he was now completely disgraced.

"Listen, what I said? This is the proof that old fellow Yi Zhonghai has definitely not done anything serious, otherwise so many of his disciples would not break off relations with him." Xu Damao said proudly.

I wonder if Yi Zhonghai knows that he has become the absolute protagonist of the steel mill today and has become a celebrity overnight.

Now if you ask anyone, you will find that everyone knows Yi Zhonghai. He is more famous than the factory director Yang Guofeng.

"Doctor, save him quickly." Jia Dongxu took great pains to bring Yi Zhonghai to the steel rolling mill clinic and began to shout for help.

"What's going on?" asked a middle-aged doctor in a white coat.

"My master spat out a mouthful of blood, fell to the ground and never woke up again." Jia Dongxu replied anxiously.

The doctor motioned Jia Dongxu to lay the man flat on the ground, looked at Yi Zhonghai's eyes and mouth, and then said, "It's the blood and qi attacking the heart, hurry up and save him."

Then Jia Dongxu and the nurse lifted Yi Zhonghai onto the bed and the doctor began treatment.

When the doctor learned from Jia Dongxu that the patient's name was Yi Zhonghai, his hands trembled noticeably. If it weren't for his professional ethics, he would definitely have given up. Even so, he kept a gloomy face throughout.

"Our factory health center has limited facilities. You should take people to the city hospital for an in-depth examination."

The factory clinic did not charge any fees, and the doctor was very dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai, so he urged Jia Dongxu to take Yi Zhonghai to the city hospital for treatment so that the old guy could bleed a little.

Jia Dongxu knew that he could only rely on Yi Zhonghai now. After all, he still had the salary of a third-level worker, which was much better than himself. What's more, Yi Zhonghai definitely had a lot of savings.

He couldn't let anything happen to Yi Zhonghai, so he carried Yi Zhonghai away from the factory and prepared to go to the Siheyuan first. The city hospital would not allow him to see a doctor if he didn't have money.

"Master, please take a rest. I'll go home to get some money and borrow a cart to take you to the municipal hospital." Jia Dongxu said to Yi Zhonghai who was still a little confused.

"Dongxu, let's go together." Yi Zhonghai said as he sat up tremblingly. He had already realized that the doctors and nurses didn't like him very much, which made him feel insecure.

Jia Dongxu did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly helped Yi Zhonghai up, put on his shoes and coat, and carried Yi Zhonghai towards the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)