Siheyuan: Father Yi Zhonghai and Sister-in-law Lou Xiaoe

"Is something wrong?"

Li Huaide glanced at the wine on the table.

"Nothing much."

"I just heard that the deputy director of our publicity department is going to retire."

Xu Damao understood that Zhu Xiaoming was just a matter of recommending a candidate.

At that time, Li Huaide will have the final say.

If it's a full-time job, then you need approval from your superiors.

"I just said that you are fine and won't do this."

"Being a deputy director is nothing. If you work hard, you can be promoted to a regular position in the future."

Li Huaide smiled and took a cigarette from the table and threw it over.

"Come on, take mine."

Xu Damao quickly took out his cigarette, lit it and handed it to Li Huaide.

"Does Qin Huairu from your courtyard have a boyfriend now?"

In Li Huaide's opinion, such a pretty widow should not be lonely.

"Qin Huairu?"

Xu Damao was slightly stunned.

"Well, Qin Huairu has come to work in the factory today."

Li Huaide nodded.

"Oh, no, Qin Huairu's mother-in-law is very strict and won't let her remarry."

After Xu Damao said this, he paused and seemed to understand what Li Huaide meant.

On the surface, Li Huaide seems to be a gentleman.

But, secretly, it's different.

Almost all the workers knew that Li Huaide was very interested in the good-looking female comrades in the factory.

"I see. By the way, what's the matter with that idiot Zhu in your yard who hasn't come to work recently?"

Li Huaide didn't know about this at first. It was only when he invited people to dinner and found that the quality of the food had declined again that he realized that Sha Zhu had taken a leave.

"Silly Zhu, he's been locked up by the police station."

"It seems like it's because he reported the security department or something. Anyway, he's obstructing the police from doing their job."

Xu Damao didn't intend to keep the secret for Sha Zhu, and it was good enough that he didn't add fuel to the fire.

"He got caught again. This kid doesn't want to do this anymore."

"Isn't this embarrassing for our factory?"

Li Huaide frowned slightly.

"It seems to be true. I've been caught several times."

Xu Damao also nodded and decided to let Sha Zhu suffer a little.

......

In a week, some people in the courtyard are happy while others are sad.

Qin Huairu originally thought that it was a great joy that she finally started working.

After all, if you work you will get a salary, and you won't have to live off the family's money.

What's more, now I have my second aunt to help look after the baby.

However, after working for three days in a row, I wanted to give up. It was really tiring.

If it weren't for someone correcting my mistakes several times in a row, all my work would have been in vain.

I originally thought that inspecting those parts would be an easy job.

But after a few days, I found blisters on my hands again.

Moreover, after returning home every day, I was almost so tired that I collapsed on the kang, and it was difficult for me to even get up and cook.

If it weren’t for the second aunt to help take care of them, feeding the three kids would have been a problem.

"Uncle, can I do something else tomorrow?"

Qin Huairu finally made the request again.

"Sure, you can choose your position tomorrow."

"But I remind you that if you keep changing, you may not be able to do anything well."

"Either you do the work I give you, or you choose one and don't change it."

Yi Zhonghai has been too lazy to pay attention to it these days. As long as no dangerous accidents occur, it’s fine.

Almost every apprentice will go through such a period of time after coming in, but now Qin Huairu is earning the salary of a third-level fitter by relying on her apprentice skills.

If you don't learn some skills, this won't last long.

By then, other workers will also complain.

Yi Zhonghai didn't want to take the blame as he was not familiar with her.

If anyone has any complaints, please go find the director.

"Then I'll do as you arrange."

Qin Huairu has also discovered this week that nothing in the workshop is easy.

"it is good!"

After saying this, Yi Zhonghai took the lunch box and went to Yi Bufan's house.

Qin Huairu looked at him with envy. If it were before, she could at least have shared some of the credit.

"Qin Huairu, you are different now that you are at work. You have quite a few injuries on your hands."

When Xu Damao came out from the backyard and walked towards Yi Bufan's house, he happened to see Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu glanced at Xu Damao, said nothing, then turned and walked towards her room.

"If you really can't do it, just transfer your position. Deputy Director Li can do this."

"I heard that the First Canteen is short of staff now."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he walked towards Yi Bufan's house and just glanced at Qin Huairu with the side of his eyes.

Qin Huairu's body paused obviously, it was impossible to say that she had no reaction.

......

"No drinking today!"

Xu Xiaoran looked at Xu Damao as he walked in and said directly.

Yi Zhonghai and Yi Bufan also turned around to look over.

"I don't drink, can we have dinner?"

Xu Damao really wanted to go back and ask whether this girl was his real one.

"No, we didn't cook!"

Xu Xiaoran pointed to the lunch box that Yi Zhonghai had just brought over, which contained dumplings.

"Yi Bufan, you have to take good care of my sister."

"I'm afraid they'll kick me out as their elder brother next time."

Xu Damao had no choice but to ask Yi Bufan for help.

"No need to wait until next time, I want to kick you out this time."

"My good wife got divorced and comes to our house every day to eat for free."

"Excuse me, we are not happy yet."

Xu Xiaoran still feels resentful about Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe's divorce.

"Ahem, my dear, please sit down and eat. It's not easy for him to be alone."

"If there wasn't some difficulty, your brother wouldn't have gotten a divorce."

After Yi Bufan finished speaking, he also took a pair of chopsticks for Xu Damao.

"That's right. Look, my brother-in-law still understands."

"You only found me this good brother-in-law, otherwise, I wouldn't want to come here."

"Come, Bufan, I brought you two canned meats, let's drink less."

Xu Damao is single now and wants to have a drink almost every night.

There's no way, I feel a little empty inside.

After all, they have been married for several years and have a child.

It’s okay during the day, but I’m not used to seeing the house empty at night.

Let yourself have a drink and you'll feel a little better.

"Humph!"

Xu Xiaoran snorted coldly, but didn't say anything else. She turned around and watched TV.

"I'll ask your mother to cook two more dishes for you."

Yi Zhonghai saw that Xu Damao wanted to drink with Yi Bufan, so he didn't stop him.

"Uncle, sit down and have a drink with me."

"We haven't had a drink together since I found out you were Bufan's father during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Xu Damao used to look at Yi Zhonghai with great disgust.

It’s different now. Because of Yi Bufan, people also respect Yi Zhonghai.