The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 37 Understanding people

This upright and awe-inspiring image immediately stunned Yi Zhonghai. The image of Director Yang in his mind suddenly became taller and he had to look up to him.

The more this happened, the more Yi Zhonghai felt that he had a responsibility to protect Director Yang, so that he, an "upright" man, could be protected and cared for.

"No, Director Yang, I mean that Li Huaide is a bad guy who always wants to take your position as director. We have to be on guard against him."

Director Yang sighed, "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, this position of director was assigned to me by the organization. It is not something that anyone can grab. If the organization assigned this position to him, it means that he is better than me. This is not something you, a skilled worker, should worry about. Doing your job well is the best reward for the organization."

Yi Zhonghai was completely bewildered. When chatting with other old workers, they all said that these two were fighting each other and were incompatible. So why did Director Yang seem to not mind at all?

Yi Zhonghai said with a stiff upper lip: "Director Yang, if you are not comfortable talking about it, we can ruin his plan."

Director Yang was almost speechless. He said, "Just tinker with the machine tools. Why are you tinkering with people's hearts? Is that what you are good at?"
"Nonsense." Director Yang slammed the table and said, "He is working hard to build the country, and you suddenly want to ruin his plan. What are you thinking? You, as a comrade, have serious problems with your ideological awareness."

Within the next ten minutes, Yi Zhonghai was scolded by Director Yang.

While cursing, Director Yang secretly felt lucky that this bastard came to him and said something to him. If he had ruined this matter without knowing the reason, he would have had no way out.

Yi Zhonghai was a little confused while working for the past half day. He kept thinking about what happened in the morning and even scrapped three parts he processed.

This made the workshop director extremely anxious, as these parts were all important materials, and there were not many backups. The damage of these three parts alone was enough to make the factory leaders give him a severe scolding.

Therefore, he didn't hold back and pointed at Yi Zhonghai and began to scold him: "Yi Zhonghai, can you do this? This batch of parts is very important, and there are not many backups that you can waste. Didn't I tell you not to rush? Take your time, but be careful."

"I'm sorry, Director. I'm not feeling well today." Yi Zhonghai explained, "I'll take a leave and go home to rest for half a day. I'll come back to work tomorrow when I'm back to normal."

The director could only nod helplessly: "Okay, I'll give you half a day off, go back and have a good rest. If you feel unwell in the future, you don't have to process such important parts for the time being. We would rather have less than less."

Yi Zhonghai packed up the machine tool, washed his hands and left work. However, he did not go back to rest. He urgently needed someone to answer his questions. If the questions in his head were not answered, he might not be able to sleep tonight and would probably still be restless tomorrow.

The understanding person Yi Zhonghai was looking for was the deaf old lady in the backyard. The old lady usually basked in the sun in the backyard when she had nothing to do and seldom showed up. Liu Hua had lived in the yard for more than half a year and had seen her less than ten times in total.

"Grandma, what do you think Director Yang means?" Yi Zhonghai told Grandma Long everything that happened in the office this morning, and then asked puzzledly. He thought that this deaf old lady was so old and had experienced a lot. She must know what the twists and turns were at this time.

The deaf old lady thought for a while, then she said, "I can't figure it out at this moment. Xiao Yang should have other ideas, right?"

Yi Zhonghai still did not give up and asked: "You have been through a lot, can you analyze it for me, is there any problem here?"

The deaf old lady patted her thigh and said, "No matter how many things I've experienced, that was in the old society. In this new society, there are many things I don't understand. But I think, since Xiao Yang doesn't allow you to do anything, is it possible that he is also involved?"

"Impossible." Yi Zhonghai shook his head like a rattle. "You don't know about the steel mill. The Li and Yang are fighting each other. Each wants to suppress the other. Although I don't know what new project the factory has, if it succeeds, Li should be able to be promoted. What will Director Yang do then?"

"Stupid." The deaf old lady pointed at Yi Zhonghai and said, "So Xiao Yang joined. With this contribution, can't he also be promoted? Then everyone will be happy, right?"

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he felt that what the deaf old lady said made a lot of sense. This was a win-win situation. He was so stupid that morning that he told Director Yang that he wanted to ruin this matter. Wasn't this tantamount to ruining someone else's future?
Yi Zhonghai secretly felt lucky that he had asked for instructions beforehand. If he had acted on his own and messed up the matter, Director Yang and Director Li would have wanted to skin him alive.

Although the deaf old lady didn't know much about the new society, she still had some basic knowledge. Although her guess was not very correct, it was almost right.

It’s just a pity that he guessed wrong about the most important point. Director Yang was not promoted, but was transferred away in disgrace.

Liu Hua has been very busy these days. He has a lot of drawings to draw, and he has to work overtime and then spend another two hours doing it after getting home. He looks noticeably thinner.

Fortunately, he has a technical system that can be used to exchange supplies. One point can be exchanged for hundreds of kilograms of meat. In order to satisfy his craving, Liu Hua exchanged for one hundred kilograms of braised meat. The system can also be customized in a very considerate manner.

It can't be all braised pork, there must be beef, mutton, chicken, and duck, change it up to avoid getting tired of one kind of meat. The cold braised meat also has little taste, and even if you cook it at home, others can't smell it. So on the surface, he eats bran and drinks water like the people in the yard, but in fact he feasts at home every day.

After overtime work on Saturday, Li Huaide thoughtfully asked the factory's small kitchen to prepare four tables of delicious meals, all cooked by Sha Zhu. Of course, Li Huaide didn't have to pay for this out of his own pocket. After all, he was making a contribution to the factory, and the factory naturally had to take care of these contributors meticulously.

Li Huaide raised his glass and said, "Everyone has worked really hard in recent days. This time, the factory wants to use this project as a gift for National Day. Fortunately, there is still some time before National Day, so there is no need to rush. Tomorrow is Sunday, and it is time to take a holiday. Everyone should have a good rest and come back on Monday to make contributions with full energy. Everyone should eat and drink well."

Since Director Li said so, everyone just let go, opened their cheeks, lifted their back teeth, and ate the fuck out.

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