Siheyuan, my new life

When the bell rang for the end of get off work, Jia Dongxu finally finished the last workpiece. He raised his head and looked around for Yi Zhonghai. Usually, Yi Zhonghai would come and call him to leave work together, but Yi Zhonghai was no longer in the workshop.

Jia Dongxu put down his tools, threw away his gloves, and walked out of the workshop in two steps. At this time, there were many people outside, so how could he see Yi Zhonghai? He had no choice but to follow the flow of people leaving get off work and walked out of the steel mill with his head down.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai was following the crowd on his way home. Thousands of workers from the Red Star Steel Mill lived near Nanluoguxiang. As a sixth-level fitter, Yi Zhonghai had barely stepped into the threshold of a senior technician, so many people working in the steel mill nearby knew him. Everyone gossiped about what happened in the factory today as they walked.

By this time, the news that the two deputy factory directors, Yang Weimin and Dong Dongliang, had been arrested had spread throughout the factory. In particular, dozens of people were arrested at the same time. People who were well-informed had already found out the reasons why these people were arrested, so everyone couldn't help but curse these guys while discussing the matter.

Today's workers all take the factory as their home. Who could have imagined that the deputy director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, who usually looks righteous, would actually do such an ugly act of colluding with others to steal and sell special steel? For a time, those who participated in the crime were cursed by the workers.

As he walked, Yi Zhonghai chatted with his co-workers who greeted him from time to time. He felt that the atmosphere was quite good. Usually, he always went home with Jia Dongxu, and he always heard Jia Dongxu's flattering words. Now he couldn't help feeling sick and angry when he thought about it. After what happened last night, Yi Zhonghai knew very well that the little bastard was deliberately trying to please him, or even trying to fool him.

Although Yi Zhonghai had made up his mind to get rid of this bastard who deceived him when he had the chance, he temporarily suppressed his anger when he thought of his own plan. Qin Huairu gave birth to a daughter as her second child, so he should wait for her to give birth to a son. By that time, it would be the day that the bastard Jia Dongxu would die.

In order to achieve his plan, Yi Zhonghai had secretly warned himself that he must not let Jia Dongxu see anything unusual, but when he saw Jia Dongxu in the workshop today, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but want to smash that hypocritical face. In addition, he was worried that someone from the security department would come to his door, so Yi Zhonghai didn't want to pay attention to Jia Dongxu.

As the crowd gradually dispersed, the number of people walking on the road leading to Nanluoguxiang also gradually decreased. Yi Zhonghai suddenly saw a man and a woman walking and chatting intimately not far away. Yi Zhonghai recognized the familiar figure at a glance. It was He Daqing, the deputy director of the canteen who lived in the central courtyard. The other woman was a temporary worker in the canteen. Her surname seemed to be Bai. She was a young widow from Baoding. It was said that she was the cousin of Liu Dali, a fifth-level fitter in the same workshop. Her husband died last year and she was driven out of the house by her mother-in-law and brother-in-law. She couldn't live with her three sons anymore, so she entrusted her children to her natal family to take care of them and went to her cousin in Beijing alone.

Liu Dali begged He Daqing to find a temporary job as a kitchen helper for his cousin. When Liu Dali brought the White Widow to the courtyard to find He Daqing, Yi Zhonghai was attracted by the White Widow's appearance and figure at first sight. She was in her early thirties, with a fair face and a well-proportioned figure, especially her pair of peach blossom eyes that seemed to be able to speak. Yi Zhonghai's mouth was dry in an instant. If he had not been concerned about his image, Yi Zhonghai could not help but want to go up and chat with her.

Yi Zhonghai clearly remembered the undisguised blazing desire in He Daqing's eyes when he saw the White Widow. As a person who had been through this, how could he not see that He Daqing fell in love with this young widow at first sight.

It is probably for this reason that He Daqing agreed to help. After all, although he was just a temporary kitchen helper, there were many people trying their best to get the job. After all, the Red Star Steel Mill was one of the largest factories nearby, and its salary and benefits were far beyond what those small factories could offer. Once he could become a formal employee of the Red Star Steel Mill, he would definitely become the focus of envy of people around him.

It is said that a regular worker position in the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill has been sold for five or six hundred yuan, and even a temporary worker will have to pay at least more than two hundred yuan. As long as you enter the factory, you will have the opportunity to become a regular employee, and at that time you will have a stable job.

Yi Zhonghai didn't know whether He Daqing had accepted money from Widow Bai, but looking at how close the two were now, he estimated that there was a high probability that they were already hooking up together.

Looking at the figures of He Daqing and Bai Guafu in front of him, Yi Zhonghai felt jealous and suddenly an idea came to his mind that perhaps he could take the opportunity to do something.

He Daqing's presence has completely overshadowed Yi Zhonghai's popularity in Courtyard No. 95. His cadre status as deputy director of the canteen alone is something that Yi Zhonghai cannot compare to.

Although Yi Zhonghai was already a level six fitter, it was almost impossible to ask him to help others work as a temporary worker in the factory. Otherwise, Liu Dali, a level five fitter, would not have come to He Daqing for help.

However, He Daqing, the deputy director of the canteen, could solve the job problem of the White Widow with just one word, so everyone could see clearly which was more important. After all, apart from the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai, who in the courtyard didn't have a few children who needed to be arranged for work in the future? Therefore, everyone's attitude towards He Daqing was predictable.

Since he had a plan in mind, Yi Zhonghai slowed down his pace and followed the two people from a distance. Because Yi Zhonghai found that the two people in front of him did not go to the direction of No. 95 Siheyuan, but turned into another road.

Yi Zhonghai followed He Daqing and Bai Guafu carefully all the way, pretending to tie his shoelaces and bending down to fiddle with his shoes from time to time. If someone noticed this scene, they would definitely think that this middle-aged man in front of them had a problem with his brain. You are wearing a pair of old Beijing cloth shoes on your feet, where did you get the shoelaces to tie?

Finally, He Daqing and Bai Guafu stopped at the door of a separate courtyard in Jinyu Hutong. Bai Guafu took out a key from her pocket and unlocked the door. The two walked into the courtyard and closed the door directly.

Yi Zhonghai first looked around. It was almost evening, and the aunties and uncles who were originally sitting on the street chatting had all gone home. Only the occasional worker who had just got off work walked by in a hurry, but no one paid attention to the middle-aged man who was walking slowly.

Yi Zhonghai first leaned against the gate and listened carefully for a while, but unfortunately the gate was still four or five meters away from the house and he could not hear any movement at all. So Yi Zhonghai turned to the back of the house, paying attention to passers-by while listening carefully to the movements in the house.

As expected, hard work pays off. Listening to the faint sounds of lovemaking coming from the house, Yi Zhonghai showed a grim smile on his face. He did not delay any longer and walked quickly towards home.