A courtyard house, equipped with a fishing system, living in an era.

It was dinnertime at Yi Zhonghai's home in the Intermediate People's Court.

Yi Zhonghai sat at the dining table with a gloomy face, eating and drinking in silence.

Luo Wencui fried an egg and placed it on the table. Looking at Yi Zhonghai's gloomy face, she could only try to comfort him.

"Old Yi, can't we request a postponement for this assessment?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded, then shook his head.

"It's not necessarily possible. I specifically asked Lao Zhang today, and he said he would help me report it to the factory leaders."

Luo Wencui breathed a sigh of relief.

"Since Director Zhang has agreed to help inquire, there shouldn't be any major problems, right?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head.

"It looks unlikely!"

"This weekend, we'll be assessing workers at levels 6 to 8, with technicians from the Ministry of Metallurgy conducting the assessments. Next Monday through Wednesday, we'll be assessing workers at levels 1 to 5, and by then, only those in the factory who have passed the senior worker assessment will be in charge!"

"That means if I can't attend the assessment hosted by the Ministry of Metallurgy by this Saturday at the latest, my senior technician qualification from the factory might not be recognized by higher authorities!"

As he thought about it, Yi Zhonghai became increasingly angry.

"That damn idiot Zhu... ruined everything!"

Luo Wencui really wanted to say that Zhu Zi didn't do it on purpose.

But seeing Yi Zhonghai's expression, he ultimately didn't dare to say it.

Because she had no children, Luo Wencui was always in a vulnerable position in the marriage.

"What has Sha Zhu been up to lately?"

"It seems he's gone back to be an apprentice at the Emei Restaurant!"

Yi Zhonghai frowned.

When Sha Zhu learned that He Daqing had run away, he ran away from the restaurant without a care in the world. He disappeared for more than a week, causing his master to get a scolding.

After returning, he probably realized he hadn't done well, so he didn't go back to his master.

Later, Yi Zhonghai also whispered in his ear that apprentices couldn't support Yushui without a salary, so Shazhu simply didn't go back to find his master.

I haven't paid attention for a few days, and now they've turned around and gone back to it?

Is his master really that easy to talk to? If this were Yi Zhonghai's disciple, he wouldn't be satisfied until he's dead...

"Go back to be an apprentice at the Emei Restaurant? How will he support himself and Yushui?"

"From what Xu Damao said... it seems Master Luo gives him 15 yuan a month to support his family..."

Normally, apprentices do not receive wages.

These things depend on the specific circumstances.

He Daqing had been in the culinary circle of Beijing for so many years, and he had developed a certain affinity for the local cuisine.

No matter how hateful his actions were, compared to his fellow disciples, the silly brother and sister were ultimately innocent…

As long as Sha Zhu runs to his master Luo Zheng's house and kowtows a few times, he can't help but take care of him...

To be honest, the reason why Sha Zhu was willing to put aside his pride was because of Yi Zhonghai's arm.

That night, when he ran out, he thought he had only accidentally bumped Yi Zhonghai's arm.

At the time, I felt quite relieved. Who would dare to try and take our house?

Should!

But who knew that he would fall and fracture a bone, which is still not fully healed to this day.

I recently heard that the steel rolling mill is undergoing restructuring and will be holding a worker grading exam. Sha Zhu finally realized that things were getting serious!

If Yi Zhonghai's arm doesn't heal properly when he takes the worker's certification exam, then the feud between him and Yi Zhonghai will be much bigger.

In this situation, he had to find someone to rely on.

After all, if Yi Zhonghai was determined to target them, without any backing, even if he threw a tantrum and fought fiercely in the yard, it wouldn't be of much use!

So a few days ago, after thinking it over and over, Sha Zhu went to his master's house to kowtow and admit his mistake...

To reiterate, even out of respect for He Daqing, Luo Zheng would not allow the brother and sister to starve to death.

After all, insiders know that even a tiny bit of food leaking out between his fingers could choke the brother and sister to death.

In this situation, if you ignore it, you'll easily be gossiped about behind your back, after all, you've formally kowtowed and become a disciple...

So Sha Zhu reluctantly went back to the Emei Restaurant again...

But after eating my fill for two days, I thought: Oh my god, this is so delicious!

These days, one big news after another has been coming from the steel rolling mill, which has made Yi Zhonghai completely unable to pay attention to Sha Zhu and his sister.

To my complete surprise, he actually found a job...

This was completely contrary to his original plan to temper Sha Zhu's personality.

But looking back, the plan was never going to work after she broke her arm at Sha Zhu's house that day.

No matter how well they pretend on the surface, the underlying estrangement between them is already there.

Sha Zhu is just short-tempered and easily angered, and easily influenced, but he's not really stupid.

Even if I act very close to him now, he probably won't believe me.

"Fine, let's get through this hurdle first!"

……

Compared to the gloomy mood of Yi Zhonghai's family, the Jia family, who lived across the street from him, were all smiles.

Jia Dongxu returned early; the Jia family had already eaten dinner.

While sewing clothes, Jia Zhangshi smiled and gave her son some pointers.

"This is a great opportunity, a fantastic chance to get rid of Yi Zhonghai. You must seize it."

Jia Dongxu was initially quite happy, but after hearing his mother's words, his smile gradually faded.

"Mom, don't say that. I feel that Master and Mistress are quite good to me!"

"Hmph, you're too young and naive. You don't understand the wickedness of people! Just because you're nice to me doesn't mean you can force me to take the He family's house. Do you think that idiot Zhu is someone to mess with? He wasn't even afraid of being chased by soldiers with guns..."

Madam Jia glanced at her son with her triangular eyes, but there was little blame in them.

You cherish the child you gave birth to.

Besides, if a child doesn't understand, just teach them more, and they'll eventually understand!

"Anyway, remember this: this time, try your best to pass the exam and get promoted to senior technician in one go..."

Jia Dongxu choked, not knowing what to say.

Senior technician?

Although he was very confident in himself, he felt that Level 4 was probably his limit.

All I can say is that this young man is incredibly confident...

The next day, Xu Pingan packed his things and went to help out at the cafeteria.

After arriving here, I found that my workload was pitifully small.

"Master Xu, we're not saying we're targeting you..."

The head of the canteen is Yan Hao, who is over 50 years old and has been cooking large-pot dishes in the factory canteen all his life.

Xu Pingan was temporarily transferred here this time and reported directly to him.

Unexpectedly, the work Yan Hao arranged for them after they arrived was extremely easy; all they had to do was help out and steam buns every day.

Yes, just check the pot when the steam starts to rise...

This situation left Xu Pingan both amused and exasperated.

To be honest, they weren't targeting him at all.

After all, who would arrange an extremely easy job for someone else?

But doing this kind of work and earning a salary of 400,000 yuan, Xu Ping'an felt uneasy.

Xu Ping'an was not a newbie; he had been at the factory for about a month.

I used to cook for the boss, and later I cooked for the work group. If we only consider the relationships and background within the factory...

Even though Yan Hao arrived several years earlier, he wouldn't dare say he had a stronger background than Xu Ping'an.

So whatever the topic, he would just bring it up and talk about it.

"Master Xu, you cook for small kitchens, your skills are much better than ours who cook for large pots... If you get the hang of it, I'm afraid I'll lose my job after just a few days of cooking here."

"Besides, you'll have to go back to the second canteen sooner or later..."

Xu Ping'an was speechless!

He was genuinely speechless.

He really wanted to tell Yan Hao that from the moment the factory was renamed Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, as long as he didn't do anything reckless, his job would always be there.

But then I thought, maybe this is for the best...

After all, he was just following the work assignments given by the canteen supervisor!

They asked me to keep an eye on the heat when steaming the buns, so I just helped by watching...

We're all just ordinary working people, why make things difficult for others and exhaust ourselves?

The steel rolling mill has not been expanded yet, and previously all the employees were fed by the No. 1 canteen.

Whether I'm here or not, it doesn't matter...

At most, the leaders won't have anything to eat...

Besides, there's still the big pot of stew, isn't there?

So, Xu Pingan could only continue his slacking-off life with tears in his eyes.