The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

"The bride has been brought back?"

Auntie Er said happily:

"Back, back!"

He Yuzhu nodded. That's fine. As long as everyone is here, we can start the meal right away.

At this moment, Xu Damao walked over and said to He Yuzhu:

"Brother Zhu, when did you get back?"

He Yuzhu looked at Xu Damao and knew that Xu Damao was a hypocrite, a real scoundrel.

But He Yuzhu still said to Xu Damao:

"Da Mao, you're here too. I just arrived. How have you been lately?"

Xu Damao said with a grin:

"What else can we do? It'll still be the same. I'll be showing movies in the countryside every day. I'm the projectionist!"

He Yuzhu said with a smile:

"That's good, but going to the countryside is quite dangerous. Are you alright?"

Xu Damao said:

“That’s a purchasing agent, carrying money, that’s definitely dangerous. I’m just a projectionist.”

Besides, even if I steal a projector, I can't sell it. I don't carry any money when I go to the countryside, so I'll be safe.

Besides, if it's dangerous, I'll never show movies in their village again.

So my safety is alright, as long as I don't go with the purchasing team. But the purchasing team doesn't take the main roads either, and I don't know where they come from; they appear and disappear like ghosts.

But that has nothing to do with me; I'll just focus on showing my movie!

He Yuzhu said with a smile:

"You are so smart!"

Xu Damao said with a grin:

"That's right, by the way, you came alone? Your sister-in-law didn't come?"

He Yuzhu said with a smile:

"No, he's too lazy to come here, and he won't come again!"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao was very disappointed. He never thought that he would never see such a beautiful woman again, and that He Yuzhu would be gone too.

How could such a beautiful woman be so hypocritical? How could she possibly fall for He Yuzhu?

Xu Damao kept making sarcastic remarks to He Yuzhu in his mind. He Yuzhu didn't have mind-reading abilities, but he knew that Xu Damao was up to something.

However, as long as it doesn't affect me personally, it's fine, since it has nothing to do with me anyway.

What He Yuzhu didn't know was that Xu Damao was eyeing Yang Xiaodi.

If He Yuzhu knew, he would definitely laugh at Xu Damao, someone like Xu Damao.

There are plenty of people who are a hundred times better than Xu Damao, but none of them have won Yang Xiaodi's heart.

Xu Damao asked with a grin:

"Brother Zhu, I heard you're quite influential at the steel rolling mill?"

He Yuzhu waved his hand:

"Hey, who told you that?"

I'm not even at the steel rolling mill, so what face do I have? I'm just an engineer, and everyone in our research institute is an engineer.

Even technicians don't want me, so what face do I have left?

It's just a matter of many people carrying a beautiful sedan chair; it's not as amazing as you think!

Xu Damao quickly flattered him:

"Come on, I didn't know that Uncle He was able to become the current cafeteria director because of your connections!"

He Yuzhu said to Xu Damao:

"No, that's just what everyone says. My dad is the only third-level cook in the steel mill."

Do you see any cooks at the steel rolling mill who are at level five or above? It's not because of my connections, it's because my dad is a good cook.

People are just jealous of my dad, that's why they're saying that. You know, the steel rolling mill doesn't offer the same treatment to cooks of grade three or higher.

The only solution is to increase the salary of an official, and my father is only in charge of the canteen area.

"If it were for my sake, my dad would have been the logistics director long ago, not just a cafeteria manager!"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao curled his lip in disbelief:

"But that's what everyone says?"

He Yuzhu said:

"Da Mao, you're so smart, you must know this is a rumor. Besides, think about it, people outside are saying you're seducing your wife every day."

"You're a despicable person, aren't you?"

How could Xu Damao possibly admit it?

"Of course not!"

He Yuzhu continued the conversation:

"Isn't that it? It's all just rumors spread out of jealousy. You're so smart, you must know why these rumors are being spread, right?"

Xu Damao said:

"Are you jealous that I have a good job?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's right, I'm an engineer, and my salary is a bit higher, but don't other people get jealous?"

With my dad's culinary skills, it's no wonder he was envied.

Jealousy will lead to rumors and gossip.

Don't you think so?

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao nodded:

"What you said makes sense! You really have no say in the steel rolling mill?"

He Yuzhu said with a smile:

"Think about it, if I can speak up, then my stepmother, that is, my Aunt Song, will be in charge."

My younger sister, He Yuqing, is only a few years older than me, so I can let her go as long as I put her in daycare.

"Does that mean I can go to work? If I had that ability, I would have arranged it for my Aunt Song long ago!"

He Daqing said:

"You don't need to make arrangements. A few days ago, I cooked for a very important leader, and he liked it very much."

The factory manager came back and told me that he's going to arrange a job for your Aunt Song; she can go as long as there's a suitable position!

Upon hearing He Daqing's words, Xu Damao quickly replied with a smile:

"Uncle He, you're really amazing!"

He Daqing said smugly:

"That's right, you know, many leaders are proud of my cooking skills."

As you know, I haven't been cooking for the general public in recent years; I've been preparing special meals for the leaders.

When there's no special treatment, I don't have to do anything!

Upon hearing He Daqing's words, Xu Damao knew that the leaders were only using He Daqing because of his cooking skills.

If He Daqing were to try to get himself a leadership position, it definitely wouldn't work.

You should know that Xu Damao now wants to become the head of his publicity department.

But how could that be? You have to understand, Xu Damao is a projectionist and a skilled worker.

If Xu Damao were to train a new person now, perhaps, just perhaps, Xu Damao would become a leader.

However, Xu Damao guarded the film projection technology closely, fearing that he would be replaced.

So if they didn't teach anyone, how could the leaders possibly promote Xu Damao to be a projectionist?

If Xu Damao is promoted, who will show the movies then? Will the head of the propaganda department show the movies?

That would be too embarrassing, so if Xu Damao doesn't know how to do things, he'll never be promoted in his life.

Just like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, it's a waste to put a highly skilled technical worker in a leadership position.

If someone reports you, that leader will suffer the consequences.

This is why Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao were able to become leaders in special matters, because everyone was involved in a political movement at that time.