The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

"Honey, what's wrong? Why do you look so troubled since you came back?"

Yi Zhonghai snapped out of his daze, pulled the older woman back into the house, and then, seeing that no one was outside, sighed and said:

"Zhu Zi has really made something of himself this time!"

The older woman nodded:

"Everyone knows this. If she's not successful, how can she move out? If she's not successful, how can her family have three bicycles?"

Can someone who isn't ambitious get into university? Everyone already knows that!

Yi Zhonghai shook his head;

"That's not what I meant. The previous points only show that he was a good student, got into a good university, and made some money in 1950 by being clever."

I didn't care about any of that originally, after all, this isn't the era of doing business and taking exams anymore.

Now we rely on technology; the idea of ​​workers and peasants ruling the world is not a joke.

But today Zhuzi went to the steel rolling mill to repair the machines. I originally thought he was just a young lad who didn't know anything.

But to my surprise, his forging skills were even better than those of a level seven forger. Keep in mind, our factory doesn't even have a level eight forger.

Moreover, the lathe operators and fitters are both extremely skilled. I asked a master craftsman I had seen who was at the eighth level of the craftsmanship.

They all say they're even better than them.

You know, I've been doing this for so many years, and just a few months ago I was ranked level six. And what about Zhu Zi?

He had never been exposed to these things before his father passed away, but now he knows so much about them.

"That's incredible! With skills like those, they're definitely not someone we can afford to offend!"

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, the middle-aged woman became very worried:

"I see. Will Pillar retaliate against us for what we did before?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head:

"Probably not. Given Zhu Zi's current status, he wouldn't target us over some trivial matter from before."

However, we must not offend him in the future. It doesn't matter if we offend him now, but we are afraid that if we offend him, others will find out.

"Don't you know what the 'King of Hell' at our factory said today?"

An older woman asked curiously:

"What did you say?"

Yi Zhonghai said:

"What else can we say? Let He Yuzhu be an honorary engineer, with a salary of 105 yuan. He can come when he has time, and if he doesn't, that's fine!"

Upon hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, the middle-aged woman was utterly shocked:

"What?! Such a good thing actually happened! The He family must be incredibly lucky!"

Yi Zhonghai said:

"Yes, it's a great opportunity, but Zhu Zi refused!"

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, the middle-aged woman was even more shocked:

"What? You can refuse such a good opportunity? I've heard that a level 8 fitter only earns ninety-nine a month, right?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded:

"Yes, that's why I said that once Zhu Zi became successful, he rejected such good offers."

Just imagine how good the work unit He Yuzhu was assigned to must have been!

It was only then that the older woman realized that He Yuzhu wasn't stupid, if he were.

They won't bring He Daqing back either; if he were an idiot, he wouldn't have been able to get into university.

If someone were an idiot, they wouldn't be an engineer at just twenty years old, let alone a level five engineer.

If someone can resist such a huge temptation, then their ambitions must be quite grand.

An older woman said:

"Let's not target the He family anymore!"

Yi Zhonghai rolled his eyes:

"I'm not stupid. I'm not going to target the He family. We're looking for someone to take care of us in our old age, not someone to go and die."

That's what I meant when I told you this. Talk to the deaf old lady later and tell her not to scheme against He Yuzhu.

We have Jia Dongxu to take care of us in our old age, and Qin Huairu is also a good person, a filial one.

"With Jia Dongxu and his wife to take care of us in our old age, that's enough."

An older woman asked:

"But that Jia Zhangshi!"

Yi Zhonghai said:

"She's just a mere old woman from the countryside. Don't let her act all high and mighty in this compound fool you. If she pushes me too far, I'll send her back to the countryside!"

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, the older woman remained silent for a moment, then said:

"Okay, you eat first, I'll go deliver food to the deaf old lady."

Yi Zhonghai nodded:

"Go on, and don't forget what I told you!"

The older woman nodded:

"I see!"

Jia family:

"What? You turned down such a good offer? You really are a fool! If it were our family, we'd give you a hundred yuan even if you didn't do any work. What a great deal!"

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Jia Dongxu's mind went blank, and he then said:

"Mom, it's not like that. I'm telling you this so that He Yuzhu doesn't care about this and can refuse."

His job is definitely better than this, so he shouldn't mess with the He family anymore.

Madam Jia said with dissatisfaction:

"The He family has the best food, and all of them are from the city. They're plague victims, so why shouldn't they help our family?"

Don't they know our family is struggling? There's not a single decent person in this compound!

Jia Dongxu looked helplessly at his mother. He thought back to when He Daqing left and He Yuzhu and He Yu came back. If even one person in the family had a soft heart, they would have helped He Yuzhu.

My own family wouldn't be in such a state; I did intend to help He Yuzhu back then.

However, Jia Zhangshi stopped her, saying that the He family had no adults left, only children, and it wouldn't be good for them to rely on her family.

My family wasn't doing well back then, and I had just started working with little income, so I was worried about that and didn't make the purchase.

If I hadn't listened to my mother back then, my family would be receiving different kinds of support now.

Looking at his mother, Jia Dongxu felt utterly helpless. If this weren't his mother, he would have already taken off long ago.

This is a pig, an irresponsible pig. If it weren't for Jia Zhangshi causing trouble in this compound, life here wouldn't be so difficult.

However, since she was her own mother, Madam Jia sighed and remained silent.

tired!

Too tired!

……

Liu Haizhong's home...

In the homes of other steel mill workers, people were talking about He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu was unaware of this. Back home, Yang Xiaodi said to He Yuzhu:

"Honey, you must be exhausted today."

He Yuzhu looked at Yang Xiaodi, then smiled and said:

"How could that be? It's just repairing a few machines, very simple, it just takes a little time!"

Yang Xiaodi said to He Yuzhu:

"Honey, you're amazing!"

Seeing the admiring looks in Yang Xiaodi and Chen Xueru's eyes, He Yuzhu was even happier.

Then she went to cook. He Yu ran out. He Yu, who had just finished her homework, heard her sister-in-law and brother talking and ran out.

"Brother, brother, I'm so hungry!"

Looking at He Yu's expression, He Yuzhu smiled and said:

"Okay, I'll go cook..."

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