The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

So the police have seen plenty of people like Grandma Hu, and they took her away easily.

At this point, Old Lady Hu realized that throwing a tantrum here wouldn't work.

This is not his own village, nor is it the village chief who always tries to downplay or ignore everything.

Here, everything must be done according to the law; there's no room for leniency. Right is right, and wrong is wrong.

Think of this.

Old Mrs. Hu quickly begged for mercy, tears streaming down her face.

However, the police didn't tolerate Old Lady Hu's behavior and took her away directly. The police didn't see that Old Lady Hu was afraid, but rather that she was cunning.

If we don't teach Old Lady Hu a good lesson this time, she'll do the same thing again next time. The police are very experienced in dealing with this kind of thing.

Hearing what was happening outside, He Yuzhu said to Song Ziyu:

"That old lady Hu has been taken away. I guess she'll be much more obedient when she gets back!"

That's right, just like He Yuzhu said. After Grandma Hu came back, she never dared to bully the people around her again.

Grandma Hu knew that this was no longer the countryside. In the countryside, everyone was a relative, and if something happened, no one would make a big fuss.

But here, everything is done according to the law; there are no relatives or connections, and certainly no sense of personal connections.

If you break the law, you will be sentenced. Luckily, this was my first offense, and I was only detained for a few days and given a few days of education before being released.

Moreover, Old Mrs. Hu knew that here, she couldn't even lay a hand on her own children, because doing so would result in imprisonment.

After returning, Grandma Hu became much more low-key, and even though she looked down on her daughter, she didn't dare to lay a hand on her.

Of course, that's a story for later. Right now, He Yuzhu has helped He Yuqing teach Old Lady Hu a lesson, and He Yuqing is very happy.

He Yuzhu said to the group:

"Alright, it's getting late, I should go now. I'll come over first thing tomorrow morning to accompany Aunt Song to her new job!"

Song Ziyu nodded excitedly:

"Okay, then, Pillar, take your time on your way back!"

He Yuzhu nodded and then drove back.

After arriving home, He Yuzhu explained what had happened, then asked Chen Xueru:

"Xueru, do you want to work? If you do, I'll find you one!"

Chen Xueru shook her head:

"No, I'm not going. If I had two jobs, I could find one. I just want to stay with you."

I don't want to go out and look for any job! (2.5)

Hearing Chen Xueru's words, He Yuzhu nodded:

"Okay, I was just worried you'd want to go but wouldn't be too shy to say so!"

Chen Xueru said:

"You underestimate me. If I wanted to find a job, I would have told you already."

There's no way I wouldn't tell you!

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's good!"

The next day, He Yuzhu drove Song Ziyu and He Yuqing to the steel rolling mill.

He Daqing rode a bicycle there, since it would have been better to ride in He Yuzhu's car.

But when we went back, there were no cars left.

So He Daqing still rode his bicycle to work.

He Yuzhu arrived at the steel rolling mill, introduced himself, and after a while, Director Yang and Deputy Director Li arrived.

Looking at He Yuzhu, Deputy Factory Director Li stepped forward and took He Yuzhu's hand, saying:

"Comrade He Yuzhu, hello, hello. I wonder if you've come here on official or personal business?"

He Yuzhu looked at Deputy Factory Director Li and then said:

"It's official business. Take a look at this letter of introduction. Is it still of any use?"

The name and work position on them were added later. When Director Wang was still in charge, these two documents he gave to He Yuzhu were personally stamped by Li Xinmin.

Li Xinmin quickly said:

“It’s useful, it’s useful. Although it was given by Director Wang, it has already been registered and filed.”

So there's no problem, no problem!

Upon hearing Li Xinmin's words, Factory Director Yang assumed that He Yuzhu was Li Xinmin's backer, and then said:

"Such a thing exists? Let me see it!"

Chapter 179: Song Ziyu Joins the Steel Rolling Mill

Li Xinmin knew that He Yuzhu hadn't been coming around much since Director Yang arrived, so he naturally didn't know He Yuzhu's identity.

Just as he was about to explain, Li Xinmin remembered He Yuzhu's identity and swallowed his words, saying nothing.

Looking at He Yuzhu's letter of introduction, Factory Director Yang frowned, then said in an official tone:

"Comrade He Yuzhu, isn't the personnel department full?"

Li Xinmin quickly said:

"Director Yang, I am in charge of personnel. The reason I reported the full staffing was because of this letter of introduction."

"But the spot was filled, and no one came for a while. Now they've come, haven't they?"

Upon hearing Lao Li Xinmin's words, Factory Director Yang loudly reprimanded him:

"Isn't this ridiculous? How can such a large steel rolling mill have empty workstations for so long without anyone coming?"

What are you going to tell the others? If this person doesn't come, won't everyone else have to do a lot more work?

"Working more work but not getting paid—isn't that exploiting workers?"

Li Xinmin was secretly delighted to see Factory Director Yang courting disaster, but he still spoke with trepidation:

"Director Yang, I have no choice but to do this. It was decided by the previous director, Director Wang."

He Yuzhu had previously made great contributions to the steel rolling mill and helped it a lot.

Therefore, Director Wang rewarded Comrade He Yuzhu with two formal employee positions.

This is one of them, but Comrade He Yuzhu had not arranged for anyone to come in before.

"Now that they're in, our staff is full!"

Factory Director Yang knew that if Li Xinmin said that, then he would definitely have to give up his spot. If he didn't, then the person wouldn't come.

If Director Wang says that I have a powerful backer, then that won't work either.

After all, Director Yang is a fool. He can't offend Director Wang over this. It would be better if Director Wang were demoted or retired.

But now Director Wang has been promoted and is still my superior, although he doesn't have the same powerful backing as me.

However, Director Wang also had his own powerful backers, so Director Yang couldn't do anything about it.

He Yuzhu didn't really care about this job; for others, finding a job is incredibly difficult.

He Yuzhu wanted to assign a regular worker quota, which was incredibly easy.

So He Yuzhu asked Director Yang:

"Is it that difficult? Then forget it. Anyway, Director Wang isn't here anymore. I, Aunt Song, just want to do my part for the country."

If it's too difficult, then forget it, I'll find another company!

Li Xinmin knew that if He Yuzhu got angry, he wouldn't use this anymore, and then Director Yang would be the one to suffer, and he himself wouldn't fare much better.

He knew his father-in-law would surely give up on him to appease He Yuzhu's anger.

Li Xinmin quickly said:

"Engineer He, there's nothing wrong with that. Why would you be in a difficult position? Back then, you repaired and maintained all the machines in our steel rolling mill."

Without you, the steel mill at that time would not have been able to complete its task at all. How can such a great contribution be erased so easily?

Besides, we've all heard that the country's newest aircraft was designed by you, Engineer He.

"If it weren't for your dad working here, this woman would have been transferred to another factory by now!"

These words were said less to others and more to Director Yang.

Li Xinmin's meaning was simple: I've already acknowledged this person's contributions. If you, Director Yang, still insist on clinging to this, then there's nothing left for me to do.

Factory Director Yang wasn't stupid. After hearing Li Xinmin's words, he realized that He Yuzhu wasn't some powerful backer.

Rather, he was an engineer, as you can tell from Li Xinmin's later way of addressing him.

You have to understand that in his own steel rolling mill, he has to respect every engineer.