Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 36 A way out
Liu Hai cared most about his official position. When he heard what Sha Zhu said, he was furious and cursed: "No matter what, it's better than a boiler operator like you."

"Speaking of burning boilers, I want to kill Xu Damao. Your grandson found a chef outside and forced me to burn the boiler. Tell everyone whether he is immoral or not." Sha Zhu cursed Xu Damao while trying to get close to him.

"Tsk, you are punished to clean the toilet. Who knows if you will bring small animals with you? If you are not dismissed from your position as chef, who will be responsible for the health of the workers? Can you take this responsibility? Ask the second uncle and brother Zhiyu, who is willing to eat the food cooked by a toilet cleaner." Xu Damao explained.

"That's right, you're just a toilet cleaner, how can you enter the kitchen?"

Everyone agrees on this point; no one wants to have unknown creatures in their food.

"Shazhu, let me tell you, I don't regret hiring a chef at all. I'm hiring a chef for the workers and masters. If you have any objections, let's go ask Director Li tomorrow." When Xu Damao heard that it was about finding a chef, he said happily.

"You...grandson, stop right there. Grandpa will definitely beat you to death today."

"Da Mao, just stand there and let him hit you. If he dares to touch you, I will ask the leadership of the steel rolling mill to fire him." At this time, Lou Xiao'e and Xu Damao still had a good relationship.

"Do you think I dare?" Sha Zhu didn't believe that Lou Xiao'e had this ability at all, so he was ready to take action after hearing this.

Mrs. Deaf Dragon arrived early in the morning. At first, she didn't care much about it. She thought it would be a good idea to let Sha Zhu beat Xu Damao up to vent her anger.

Now when she heard what Lou Xiao'e said, she hurriedly called for Sha Zhu to stop. She didn't think that Lou Xiao'e was incapable of doing so.

Originally, Lou Zhenhua had certain connections in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Besides, Xu Damao was the chef hired by the leader. The subtext of Sha Zhu beating him at this time was that he was dissatisfied with the leader's punishment.

Given Lou Xiao'e's family background, it might be difficult to fire Sha Zhu, but if she let him burn the boiler for the rest of his life, she would definitely be able to do it.

"Zhu Zi, stop it." The deaf old lady was afraid of an accident, so she hurriedly stopped Sha Zhu and stopped him from doing it.

"Grandma, Xu Damao made me work as a boiler operator, and I..." Sha Zhu said aggrievedly.

"Okay, grandma has something to talk to you about." The deaf old lady interrupted him.

"Grandma, Xu Damao's grandson really hurt me." Sha Zhu supported the deaf old lady and said aggrievedly.

"You, don't you see the situation clearly? Why do you attack Xu Damao at this time?" said the deaf old lady with regret.

"Grandma, what's going on?"

"In the final analysis, the decision to hire a chef was made by the factory leaders. Xu Damao only introduced the person. If you hit him, it would be like slapping the leader in the face. What's more, there is Lou Xiao'e, the daughter of the former Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. If you really hit her, it would cause a big mess." The deaf old lady explained.

"But I can't swallow this."

"Just bear with it for now. After this storm has passed, we can look for trouble with Xu Damao."

Sha Zhu hardened his heart and suppressed his hatred towards Xu Damao. He prepared to do as the deaf old lady instructed and take revenge later.

Yi Zhonghai eventually went to Tianjin. Without this moral gentleman, the courtyard became much quieter.

Thanks to the punishment imposed by the subdistrict office during this period, the courtyard house has become a rare peaceful courtyard, with fewer dirty things and intrigues.

Liu Haizhong was tortured by ideological education and had no energy to carry out the routine activities of the compound, such as eating, sleeping and beating children.

However, the two brothers also had a hard time. They were led by Liu Haizhong to help him clean the toilet in the morning and evening. Sha Zhu also felt much more at ease, and he kept his head down wherever he went. After all, cleaning the toilet and burning the boiler were not glorious things in his eyes, which made him too embarrassed to approach Qin Huairu.

The only thing that remains unchanged in the courtyard is Jia Zhang's big mouth. I wonder where she gets so much energy from.

Qin Huairu became her punching bag, and she cursed her in a very harsh way.

After all, she is my mother, and Jia Dongxu can't always embarrass her, so Qin Huairu can only suffer.

Shen Zhiyu was not used to hearing Jia Zhang's scolding frequently.

Before traveling through time, the daughter-in-law was the eldest in the family, and after traveling through time, the mother-in-law was the eldest.

The two situations were completely different, and they also made him realize the differences in cultural customs in different eras.

After traveling through time, Shen Zhiyu began to learn all kinds of knowledge, especially customs and habits.

After this period of understanding, he realized that the country is facing difficulties in all aspects, and it lags behind developed countries in transportation, medical care, housing, food security and other aspects.

I am fortunate to be born in this era. Even if I don't have to sacrifice my life, I must go all out in things that I can do. Even if it is just a small contribution, it will not be in vain, and it will not be in vain.

In addition, Shen Zhiyu began to complain about his own system. His friends in the courtyard next door all sowed, harvested, and processed with one click, but he had to do everything by himself.

My skills in growing crops are not very advanced, and I have little free time.

Shen Zhiyu took three weeks to harvest only three acres of crops. If the farmers were as efficient as him, they would probably starve to death.

Fortunately, the result was not bad. After three weeks of harvesting, Shen Zhiyu harvested more than 180 kilograms of wheat and produced about 120 kilograms of flour.

In addition, some vegetables, potatoes, peanuts, etc. were also harvested.

From then on, the four brothers and sisters no longer had to worry about having no food to eat. Even during the three years of natural disasters, they were able to survive in peace. This finally put Shen Zhiyu's heart at ease.

After the grain was harvested, Shen Zhiyu no longer felt a sense of urgency and focused all his energy on his work and his younger siblings’ studies.

He knew very well that in this era, studying was the best way out.

The importance of learning goes without saying. Even after the reform and opening up, most of the big bosses and nouveau riche at the beginning were gradually eliminated, and those who remained were those who loved to learn, even though they might not be learning book knowledge.

During this period, Shen Zhiyu devoted all his energy to learning mechanics in his spare time. However, through this period of study, he finally realized that he was not cut out to be a scientist.

Although his memory is very strong thanks to the system, he does not have the scientific thinking or qualities of a scientist.

Finally he had to give up and started studying management and reading some Chinese classics books.

Shen Zhiyu felt very uncomfortable that he could not become a scientist and leave his name in history.

In the end, I can only comfort myself that perhaps the meaning of my rebirth is not to focus on the research of a subject, but to inspire people who are suitable for research to take up a certain position as soon as possible and jointly promote social progress.

(End of this chapter)