Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the door of the workshop office and only walked in with Qin Huairu after hearing the voice from inside inviting him in.

"Director, I've brought Jia Dongxu's wife Qin Huairu to our workshop to report." Yi Zhonghai glanced around the office. The workshop director Zhou Xuewen and deputy directors Guo Dapiezi and Liu Yinchuan were all there.

Zhou Xuewen is the old director of a workshop, and he has worked in this position for more than ten years. He never gets involved in messy things, and he is also relatively fair in his work, which makes him quite popular and loved by the workers. He was not affected much after the fall of Director Yang, and he continued to work as the director as usual, but he will retire in a few years.

Guo Dapiezi was originally a worker in the workshop, but he was good at flattery and efficient, so he later became a team leader. Finally, he got the position of deputy director by virtue of his relationship with deputy director Guo and some gifts.

Liu Yinchuan was transferred from another workshop not long ago. The previous deputy director was demoted because of a mistake he made during the rainstorm rescue operation, so Liu Yinchuan was parachuted in to take advantage of the situation. Of course, the most important thing was that he was Li Huaide's man, and he was probably assigned to a workshop to take over the old director's job.

"Oh, it's Lao Yi. Is this the wife of Jia Dongxu who had a work-related injury in our workshop?" Zhou Xuewen asked.

"Yes, Director. You also know that Dongxu is my apprentice and we are from the same department, so I took leave to bring her here." Yi Zhonghai said.

"Oh, you've put on your work clothes. You should have completed all the formalities, right? Your name is Qin Huairu, right? I'll arrange for a female master to guide you. You should learn well from her and strive to become a regular employee as soon as possible."

"Yes, Director! I will definitely study hard." Qin Huairu replied.

Ever since the two of them came in, Guo Dapiezi's lustful eyes have never left Qin Huairu. At this time, he spoke, "Zhao Suqin is the highest-level fitter among the female workers in our workshop. I think it would be better to let Qin Huairu learn from her."

Liu Yinchuan on the side did not speak, but stared at Qin Huairu thoughtfully. However, he remembered a rumor in the factory not long ago. According to gossip, Xu Damao, a popular figure in the factory, was framed by someone in their factory and had an affair. It seemed that the person who framed Xu Damao was Qin Huairu. As a member of Li Huaide's faction, he inquired about the situation of Xu Damao, a popular figure in front of Li Huaide, before taking office.

Since Qin Huairu is from the same hospital as Yi Zhonghai, she must also be from the same hospital as Xu Damao, so she must be the one who framed Section Chief Xu! I was just worried that I would not have the opportunity to make further progress, and now Section Chief Xu's enemy has come to my side. Isn't this a godsend? I must teach her a lesson to vent Section Chief Xu's anger. By then, with the relationship between Xu Damao and Li Huaide, as long as she says a few good words for me, then my promotion to director will be secure!

Yi Zhonghai, who was standing by, became anxious when he heard that Qin Huairu was going to be Zhao Suqin's apprentice. Wasn't what I said before obvious enough? Originally, Yi Zhonghai looked down on Guo Dapiaozi, and now that he was going to ruin his plan, his tone became a little bad.

"Deputy Director Guo, Qin Huairu's husband Jia Dongxu was my apprentice before, and he recognized me as his godfather. We live next door to each other, so she can ask me any questions she has. I think it's better for me to take him in as an apprentice and continue to teach him. Qin Huairu has agreed to this. Deputy Director Guo doesn't think that I, a level 7 worker, can't teach an apprentice, right?!"

Qin Huairu also nodded at the right time, indicating that she was willing to take Yi Zhonghai as her teacher.

Guo Dapiezi also worked his way up from a workshop, so he knew Yi Zhonghai quite well. He was an old silver coin, and he had many disciples. Although Yi Zhonghai's reputation was not as good as before, it was better not to provoke him.

Besides, it's not worth it for a disciple's matter, and both parties agreed to it. If I continue to entangle myself, it will seem unreasonable. And I don't want to offend Yi Zhonghai, the old silver coin, and I have to prevent him from secretly tripping me up, but I can't let him look down on me.

"Okay, since Master Yi said so, I have no objection, but you have to teach her well in the future. Don't be like Jia Dongxu who is still a second-level worker after so many years!"

"You...you..." Yi Zhonghai was choked and speechless. When Jia Dongxu was still a first-level worker, he was called the shame of fitters, which was a joke that he could not be promoted to the second level. When Jia Dongxu finally got promoted to the second level, this saying subsided a little.

When teaching Jia Dongxu before, Yi Zhonghai did intentionally hide some skills and did not teach him all the skills, but this is also the norm in this era. After all, teaching the apprentice will starve the master. And Jia Dongxu is not not serious about learning. He has several thick notebooks and works very hard in the workshop. His theoretical knowledge is very solid, but he is not good at practical operation. Yi Zhonghai thinks that he is simply not suitable for learning locksmithing!

Seeing that there was a lot of tension between the two, Zhou Xuewen quickly stepped out to smooth things over. "Alright, alright, let's just leave it at that. Qin Huairu will be taught by you, Old Yi. Old Yi, if you're free, take your apprentice to the workshop to get familiar with the skills first."

"Okay, Director, I'll go right away." After saying that, Yi Zhonghai took Qin Huairu out of the workshop office.

Yi Zhonghai took the man to the storage cabinet and pointed to an empty cabinet and said, "This is what Dongxu used before. You can just use this. You can put lunch boxes, gloves and other sundries in it. Just go buy a lock and lock it tomorrow."

Qin Huairu stared blankly at the cabinet that her husband used before. She had taken his belongings from it before. Now it was her turn to use this cabinet. She hoped that Dongxu's spirit in heaven would bless her.

Qin Huairu immediately opened the cabinet and cleaned it briefly, then put the lunch box, notebook and other things in it.

Just now, when Qin Huairu was bending over to clean, Yi Zhonghai did not urge her but watched quietly with the workers nearby. "Okay, Huairu, you are an apprentice now and cannot operate independently. In the future, just follow me and learn, and do some simple work by the way. I will show you my workstation."

"Okay, Master." Qin Huairu felt that since they were in the workshop, it would be better to call him Master.

"Hey, Master Yi, Jia Dongxu's wife has chosen you as her master again?"

"Master Yi is accepting another apprentice? Will he open a steel mill this time?"

"Master, will this be my junior sister from now on? If you have any questions in the future and you are not available, you can come and find me."

Yi Zhonghai also responded casually, and then said to the disciple who had just spoken: "Biaozi, call your senior brothers, junior brothers and their disciples over to meet them later."

"Okay, Master, I'll go and notify them right away."

Qin Huairu followed Yi Zhonghai to his workstation and looked at the various tools that Yi Zhonghai introduced with curiosity. As for what these tools were used for, she had already automatically ignored it.

Not long after, the man called Biaozi came over with a large group of people.

"master."

"master."

"Master."

Yi Zhonghai nodded, pointed at Qin Huairu and said, "This is my new disciple Qin Huairu, who was also Jia Dongxu's wife before. You should all recognize her. We are all family members from now on. Please help me if you can."

"Yes, master."

"Yes, Master."

Yi Zhonghai nodded with satisfaction. All of his disciples were honest and decent people, but unfortunately they all had parents who were no longer able to provide for him in his old age.