Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

He Yuzhu shook his head.

"This is not a question of who is sensible or not. Here, as I said, it involves the education of the old couple Yan Bugui. Parents are always the teachers of their children. When Yan Bugui started to be stingy with his children."

Speaking of this, He Yuzhu deliberately emphasized his tone.

"Notice I said stingy, not frugal."

Seeing Shi Xiaona nod to indicate that she understood, He Yuzhu continued speaking.

"When Yan Bugui started to be stingy with his children, he became more and more stingy, and even made stinginess a habit. Moreover, he followed the old tradition and did not explain the intention to the children from beginning to end. Then the younger ones would definitely follow suit and start being stingy instead of being frugal. If this continues for a long time, they will definitely become selfish."

"You mean to say that even if the Yan family survives this stage and their children start working, Yan Bugui and his wife will still be so stingy?"

The clever Shi Xiaona grasped the key point immediately.

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded.

"Yes, just wait and see. Even if his children go to work in the future, the old couple Yan Bugui will still insist on what they think is fair treatment, and then, little by little, they will eat away at the family affection, turning the family into a selfish and self-centered family. In the end, when Yan Bugui is old, he will have to say aggrievedly, what have I lived my whole life for? Isn't it just for this family?"

"Hiss~~~, this is a bit..."

According to the hypothesis given by He Yuzhu, Shi Xiaona could also predict the result and couldn't help but gasp.

He Yuzhu saw that the time was right, so he made a summary with a smile.

"After all, in the entire compound, only Yan Bugui can be considered okay, as long as you don't ask him to do something for you, and you don't mind his desire to take advantage of you anytime and anywhere."

"Hiss~~~ Is this the case with the Yan family? Is it considered acceptable?"

But Shi Xiaona took a deep breath and was a little bit unbelievable.

"Then what kind of monsters are the other people in your compound?"

Seeing that the topic had become so in-depth, He Yuzhu decided to talk about the various strange things in the compound as a reminder to Shi Xiaona.

"Others? Let's just say that in our quadrangle, you can find all kinds of weirdos."

He Yuzhu also shrugged helplessly.

"We were talking about the front yard just now. Now let's talk about the middle yard where we live."

As he spoke, He Yuzhu pointed in the direction of the east wing.

"Did you see the East Wing? Logically speaking, the master of the family there is a level 7 fitter, and he is only in his 40s. He is already a level 7 fitter. Isn't that impressive? In the compound, he is also the head of the middle courtyard. Being respectfully called "the first master" must have prestige, right?"

At this point, He Yuzhu smiled slyly.

"But you will find out later that such a powerful and prestigious person is not welcomed in the factory. During festivals, no leaders or apprentices come to see him. Even in the compound, the people he manages only give him face because they are all from the same factory and he has a lot of seniority and a say."

"Yes, he's a level 7 worker, and he's almost at the top. He's not a treasure in the factory, but he's almost there. He doesn't need to do any routine work, and he's just good enough to teach apprentices. How come no one comes to see him during the Chinese New Year? Even at our train station, there's a retired level 6 master worker, and the union would go to visit him during festivals and so on."

Seeing Shi Xiaona starting to think about the questions he had asked, He Yuzhu expressed his approval.

“There are many reasons for this.”

As he spoke, He Yuzhu, like a fortune teller, ordered another straw roll for himself and leaned back on the back of the armchair.

"First of all, his rank of level 7 worker was a dud. At the beginning of this year, the factory had already transferred some senior workers to support the Northwest and Jiuquan. He was one of those who were not transferred. The factory still needed to maintain its reputation, and in addition to his seniority from 50 to 53, he was promoted one level as an exception."

"That's not right."

All of a sudden, Shi Xiaona discovered the blind spot.

"Like I just said, the maintenance engineer at our train station is also a Level 6 worker and has even retired. Why do people from the union come to visit him during festivals?"

"Listen to me, what I just said is just the beginning, the next part is the key point."

He Yuzhu took another pretentious puff of his cigarette before continuing.

"The second, and most important, is Yi Zhonghai. He is conservative and sticks to old principles. If the Yan Bugui couple we just mentioned don't know how to educate their children, and only know how to do things but not how to say them, then Yi Zhonghai is a bit dogmatic about education and doesn't know how to adapt."

"You are stubborn and don't know how to adapt? How can you say that?"

Shi Xiaona made a timely compliment.

"Yes, he is stubborn and doesn't know how to adapt."

He Yuzhu nodded happily.

"Yi Zhonghai is a bit like a craftsman in the old days. He believes that 'master and apprentice are like father and son', but he also believes that 'teaching the apprentice will starve the master'. As a result, in the past few years, he has treated his apprentices as 'nominal disciples'. He either beats or scolds these apprentices. Because he once said, 'It is only the children's fault, not the parents' fault'."

"How do you say that?"

Now, Shi Xiaona was confused.

"Isn't it normal for a master to beat and scold his apprentice? When I was a child, my grandfather told me that when he went to learn carpentry, he had to sign a life and death agreement with his master. Beating and scolding, isn't that just a small matter?"

"No, it's different."

He Yuzhu shook his head.

"You are like me, born in a hardworking family. I agree that some skills are passed down from generation to generation. It is normal for a master and apprentice to be like a father and son. Just like my master would criticize me and kick me for no reason, it is normal. But what kind of skills does Yi Zhonghai have? To put it bluntly, his skills can only be called technology now, which can be learned in school. Moreover, as I said just now, the people Yi Zhonghai beat and scolded were the apprentices assigned to him by the factory, not apprentices like your grandfather who kowtowed to the ground."

Unknowingly, He Yuzhu acted like a jerk.

Shi Xiaona also heard it and rolled her eyes at He Yuzhu.

"Calling you uncle is already taking advantage of me. What? Now you want to be my grandpa?"

"Hey, mistake, mistake."

He Yuzhu smiled mischievously and continued to talk about Yi Zhonghai.

"If you say Yi Zhonghai is not welcome in the factory, the above can only be said to be the contributing factors. The real reason why Yi Zhonghai is not welcome is what I just said, he has always adhered to the principle of 'teaching the apprentice and starving the master'. No matter who sent him the apprentice, he treated them all equally. He either beat or scolded them, and did not teach them real skills, but only let those apprentices do some odd jobs."

“But this is also contradictory.”

Shi Xiaona, who couldn't figure it out, asked directly.

"You also said that he was promoted to the seventh-level worker by the factory leader as an exception. But you also said that he didn't like any apprentice sent to him. In this case, didn't he offend the leader? Then how did he get promoted as an exception?"

“This is a matter of time.”

He Yuzhu said this, thought about the timeline, and then began to explain.

"The Third Steel Rolling Mill was originally a private enterprise in Loubancheng. In 54, if I remember correctly, it was a public-private partnership, and it was not until 54 that it became a state-owned enterprise under Shougang. The leaders that Yi Zhonghai had offended before were either from the Lou family or had been transferred. Now, the leaders of the factory also know what kind of character Yi Zhonghai is. So they just gave him the board and didn't mention whether he would take apprentices or not. As long as you can do the work, I don't care about anything else."

"Oh, oh, if that's the case, then he is just one of those senior workers in the factory who is hated by everyone."

He Yuzhu just smiled at Shi Xiaona's description.

"It's not like he hates dogs. All I can say is that you just don't discuss raising children or apprentices with him. Otherwise, his rigid character of believing that 'there are no parents who are wrong, only children's faults' is a bit unfriendly to young people like us. Otherwise, Yi Zhonghai is just a thoughtful person, and that's not much else."

At this point, He Yuzhu hesitated for a moment, but still reminded:

"Also, if possible, don't tell him about the Jia family, that is, the family in the west wing. Because Yi Zhonghai and his wife don't have any children yet, I'm afraid he will regard the Jia family as his old age support. And Yi Zhonghai is like this, old-fashioned, rigid, and stereotyped. All of this is true, but this kind of person is very protective of his own people."

"Ok?"

This aroused Shi Xiaona's curiosity.

"Didn't you just say that Yi Zhonghai is over 40? Why, no children? Whose fault is that? Is it the woman who can't have children or is it Yi Zhonghai who can't?"

"Cough cough cough."

He Yuzhu was so shocked by Shi Xiaona's aggressive words that he choked on the smoke.

He coughed several times before he recovered and looked at Shi Xiaona with a strange look.

Shi Xiaona also reacted at once.

Although his face was red, he pretended to be calm and acted a bit fierce.

"Hurry up and tell me, don't waste time. What's going on? Since you've decided to take care of the elderly, why don't you adopt one? It's more reliable to raise a child from childhood than to entrust him to a neighbor halfway, right?"

"this....."

To be honest, He Yuzhu didn't know who of Yi Zhonghai and his wife could not have children.

After all, the plot is not explained.

Moreover, there was no explanation as to why the couple didn’t adopt one.

Even the omnipotent netizens have different opinions and there is no definite result.

He Yuzhu could only be vague in his response.

"I don't know about that. Maybe he wants to cover up something. Or maybe he thinks he knows everything about his neighbors who have lived with him all his life. Or maybe Yi Zhonghai is reluctant to part with the money he has spent on his upbringing. Anyway, just remember to be an acquaintance with him and don't get involved in his retirement."

"Okay~~~"

When Shi Xiaona heard that there were no more melons, she nodded a little unhappily and agreed.