Siheyuan: Let Yourself Go He Yuzhu

Chapter 24: Uncovering Yi Zhonghai's Conspiracy
"Enjoy it like a landlady." said He Yuzhu.

"So that's how it is. Now I understand why you, Zhuzi, have repeatedly stressed that it's useless to let her receive ideological education, and that we should correct her through labor." Director Wang said thoughtfully.

"Let me continue. Now that Jia Dongxu is dead, Yi Zhonghai's plan has been disrupted. Yi Zhonghai dares not and cannot allow Qin Huairu to remarry. Once Qin Huairu leaves, where can he find a suitable person to take care of him in his old age?"

"So, in order to let Qin Huairu take care of him in his old age, Yi Zhonghai will definitely try every means to keep Jia Zhangshi, and then let Jia Zhangshi do everything she can to keep Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu is very filial to such a difficult Jia Zhangshi. As long as she is trained well, she will naturally be able to serve Yi Zhonghai and his wife."

"As for what method Jia Zhang uses, Yi Zhonghai doesn't care. No matter if Jia Zhang is unreasonable or makes a scene, or even rolls around in the steel mill and makes a scene, Qin Huairu must stay in the courtyard."

"Yi Zhonghai's actions are consistent with Jia Zhang's interests. Jia Zhang will naturally do everything in her power to keep Qin Huairu. Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang should not do this for both public and private reasons."

"In public, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang rebelled against the rules and resisted the correct policy for their own interests;"

"In private, they ruined the life of a young man, just for their own interests, a young woman in her prime was ruined like this."

"However, when it comes to things like this, it's not easy for outsiders to interfere. After all, it's an internal matter. Maybe Qin Huairu will enjoy it." He Yuzhu said with a chuckle.

He Yuzhu was not quite sure how things would develop in the future, but what he was sure of was that no matter whether it was Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi or Qin Huairu, their lives would become more difficult and they would not be as comfortable as before.

Everyone felt it was a little unbelievable.

"I also know something about Yi Zhonghai's affairs, but I still don't understand why Yi Zhonghai didn't adopt a child?" Director Wang asked.

"There are four reasons. First, let's start with Yi Zhonghai's own experience. Yi Zhonghai has seen a lot of tragic things. He is afraid that he will not be able to raise the adopted child well. Yi Zhonghai is afraid that when he is old, the adopted child will be an ungrateful person who will not only not take care of him, but also abuse him."

"The second reason has to do with Yi Zhonghai's personality. Yi Zhonghai is extremely insecure and doesn't trust others at all. He only trusts himself. He doesn't trust adopted children, so he doesn't adopt one."

"Third, from an economic perspective, Yi Zhonghai feels that raising a child takes energy, time, and money, so it's better to pick someone who already has a job, like Jia Dongxu, who doesn't need to invest time, energy, and money. How good is that?"

"The fourth reason is because of the deaf old lady in the backyard." He Yuzhu said.

"What does this have to do with the deaf old lady?" Director Yang asked in confusion.

"We have to start with Yi Zhonghai's retirement. Director Wang, do you know why Yi Zhonghai is so obsessed with the position of a great uncle? It's because of retirement."

"Yi Zhonghai doesn't believe in adoption, so I can understand why he chose Jia Dongxu and his wife as ready-made caregivers. After all, it's not illegal. But the problem is, if you want others to take care of you, you have to win their hearts. Only if you treat them well, will they treat you well."

"A drop of water should be repaid with a spring. Any normal person will be grateful. Even if they won't repay with a spring, they will at least return it with a bucket of water. If Yi Zhonghai is really good to Jia Dongxu, Jia Dongxu will also be good to Yi Zhonghai as long as he is not an ungrateful person."

"As I said earlier, Yi Zhonghai is extremely insecure and doesn't trust anyone, let alone Jia Dongxu. Even if Yi Zhonghai accepts Jia Dongxu as a traditional disciple, Yi Zhonghai will not trust Jia Dongxu."

"So, Yi Zhonghai used another method, control! This is also related to Yi Zhonghai's character. Yi Zhonghai has a strong desire for control. He does not allow Jia Dongxu to escape his control, nor does he want Jia Dongxu to disobey him in any way." "So, on the first day Jia Dongxu entered the steel mill, Yi Zhonghai accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, the traditional kind of apprentice, in order to completely control Jia Dongxu."

"I don't know whether Jia Dongxu has the talent for locksmithing, but I know that even if a person has no talent, as long as he doesn't cheat or slack off, and just spends time and effort, he can become a third-level worker in four or five years," said He Yuzhu.

"That's right! As long as a low-level worker is not a fool and doesn't cheat every day, as long as he is down-to-earth and willing to work hard, he can start as an apprentice and work hard for four or five years and become a third-level worker."

"When you reach the fourth level, you can't just work hard. You need to have a certain amount of knowledge and talent. When you reach the senior level, you need talent. That level can't be reached by hard work and knowledge alone. The sixth level is the dividing line."

"Many veteran workers are stuck at the sixth-level job level. It's either because they don't work hard or because they don't strive hard enough, or because they lack talent," said Director Yang.

"Director Yang is right. However, this situation cannot be applied to Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu has been working in the steel rolling mill for almost ten years, and he only became a second-level worker two years ago. His second-level worker title is still very watered-down. It was Yi Zhonghai who used the back door to help Jia Dongxu become a second-level worker." He Yuzhu said with a sneer.

"Is this true?" Director Yang said in disbelief.

Director Yang is the director of a factory with tens of thousands of employees. It is impossible for him to know every single one of them. If it weren't for Jia Dongxu's accident this time, Director Yang might never have come into contact with Jia Dongxu in his life.

"Of course it's true. You can tell by just asking. Why is this so? It's because Yi Zhonghai's desire for control is too strong. Yi Zhonghai won't allow Jia Dongxu to escape from his control."

"In Yi Zhonghai's plan, Jia Dongxu's salary cannot be higher at this stage. In the past few years, Jia Dongxu was a first-class worker with a salary of 27.5 yuan. In theory, it should be enough for a year's expenses, but the Jia family is different."

"Ms. Jia Zhang is extremely self-centered. To put it bluntly, she doesn't trust anyone. She only trusts herself and money. So, Jia Dongxu has to give her three dollars a month as retirement money. If Jia Dongxu doesn't give her money, she will make a fuss."

"Jia Zhang is not only making trouble in the courtyard, but also in the steel mill in the name of being unfilial. With Yi Zhonghai around, he can guarantee that Jia Dongxu will not be fired, so Jia Zhang can make trouble without restraint."

"For the sake of his own reputation, Jia Dongxu had no choice but to swallow his anger and give Jia Zhangshi three yuan in pension money every month. Jia Dongxu naturally felt uncomfortable. Giving voluntarily and asking passively are two different concepts and feelings."

"At this time, Yi Zhonghai jumped out and instilled in Jia Dongxu the concept of filial piety. Filial piety is not wrong, but Yi Zhonghai instilled in him the concept of foolish filial piety, saying that there are no wrong parents in the world, only imperfect children. To put it bluntly, it is the old world's father-son relationship."

"Over time, Jia Dongxu will naturally be trained to be a foolishly filial person. As long as Jia Dongxu dares to resist, Jia Zhang will make trouble in the courtyard, and Yi Zhonghai will have no less than a hundred ways to secretly deal with Jia Dongxu in the steel mill and make Jia Dongxu suffer."

"Jia Dongxu knew that it was Yi Zhonghai who did it, but he couldn't find any evidence, and he couldn't make it clear, let alone refute it. Otherwise, Yi Zhonghai would punish Jia Dongxu as his master."

"It's like training a dog and a hawk. Jia Dongxu was trained by Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang to be a foolishly filial person. Even so, Yi Zhonghai still doesn't trust Jia Dongxu, so he controls Jia Dongxu financially." He Yuzhu said in a deep voice.

"How does Yi Zhonghai control Jia Dongxu financially? Yi Zhonghai doesn't teach Jia Dongxu any skills, but keeps him at the level of a first-class worker?" Director Yang asked coldly.

(End of this chapter)