Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

After the reform of the steel mill was implemented, all departments basically completed the adjustment in less than a week and started to get on the right track.

Zhang Renkang had just finished approving the patrol team recruitment plan submitted by Chen Jie, and planned to start recruiting apprentices and low-level technicians from the young workers who were not outstanding in technical ability but had good character to expand the team.

Tang Yan pushed open the office door and came in. Seeing Zhang Renkang, she smiled sweetly and said

"President, Chen Jie and the head of the Internal Security Section of the Security Department, Xue Ming, are waiting outside the door."

Zhang Renkang asked in surprise

"What do they want?"

Tang Yan said

“It seems to be the detention of Wang Minghua, Sun Xiaoming and others and their families.”

Zhang Renkang rubbed his head and smiled bitterly.

"Let them in. I would have forgotten about this if you hadn't told me about it."

Tang Yan nodded and invited them in. Zhang Renkang looked at Chen Jie and Xue Ming and asked

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Xue Mingxian said

"Director, some of the stubborn elements and their families that we controlled three days ago are still being held in the warehouse of our security department. Director Chen asked me to ask you how you are going to deal with them?"

Zhang Renkang asked

"Whose family are they from? How many people are there?"

Xue Ming said

"Wang Minghua, Sun Xiaoming and six other technicians, with eight family members"

Zhang Renkang was surprised

"Just a few of them? Didn't they say that many veteran technicians were dissatisfied?"

Xue Ming smiled

"Those people are old and cunning. It's fine if they just complain privately or curse the factory, but if they really want to cause trouble, they have to think twice."

"Except for the five of them from the labor reform team and one person from the cleaning team, none of the other people had family members come to the factory. They all went to the labor reform team and the cleaning team on their own initiative that day to reflect on themselves."

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Okay, since they can repent in time, those in the labor reform team will be sent to the cleaning team during this period. All the backward elements in the cleaning team can resume work in the workshop after being assessed. Of course, their skill level must be assessed."

Chen Jie asked

"What about Wang Minghua and Sun Xiaoming?"

Zhang Renkang sneered

"The family members have been released. We have no right to detain family members. The Security Department will select them. Those with problems will be handed over to the police. Those without problems will be criticized and released first."

"As for the six of them, send them to Xu Damao and tell him how he manages people. If they can't do the job, replace them."

Chen Jie nodded and looked at Xue Ming and said

"Okay, President."

"Okay, Director."

Zhang Renkang smiled and looked at Song Jie and said

"Now have you basically sorted out the things in the factory?"

Song Jie smiled and said

"Everything has been sorted out. Now the training and task arrangements for the patrol team have been finalized."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"In that case, I'll give you two days off. Go get your house registered first. If you need anything, go find Wang Jianlin, the construction team leader of the street office, and tell him that I arranged it. Then go back to your hometown to bring your wife and children back. The house you're allocated is in the yard where I live. I'll give you a warm welcome after you've moved in."

As he spoke, Zhang Renkang took out five large black bills and a stack of various industrial and living bills from his pocket and handed them to Chen Jie.

"Take these tickets and buy whatever your family needs. If it's not enough, tell me. We will be neighbors in the same yard from now on."

Chen Jie waved his hands excitedly and said

"President, I still have the bills, and the troops are still there, I, I..."

"I'll take a bus back and take my wife to pack some clothes and move over here."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"The city is different from the army and the countryside. You need a ticket for everything. You just came here with your family, so it's inevitable that you need to buy some things. What you have on hand is probably not enough."

"Take it. We will still be neighbors in the future. Maybe I will have to trouble your wife to help me take care of my baby in the future. It is not convenient to stay at home when she is pregnant."

Then he stood up and stuffed it into Chen Jie's pocket, saying with a smile

"In a few days, the factory will issue the cigarette ticket quota. I will get some good cigarettes for my comrades. You have all worked hard these past few days. After we finish the factory restructuring, the factory will organize a reward for our comrades in the security department and the picket team."

Xue Ming looked at the handful of bills in Chen Jie's pocket with envy. When he heard Zhang Renkang say he wanted to reward them, he quickly smiled and said:

“Thank you for your recognition and support, we will continue to carry forward the spirit of not fearing hardship and protect every penny of the factory’s property.”

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Then you guys go ahead and tell me if you have any questions."

"Chen Jie, go to the Street Office this afternoon to find Director Wang and tell him that I asked you to go. Say my name, but don't mention my position."

Zhang Renkang said jokingly

"You want Director Zhang, Chairman Zhang to mention it to Director Wang, maybe she will come to my house tonight to deal with me."

Tang Yan covered her mouth and laughed. Xue Ming and Song Jie were embarrassed and didn't know what was going on. Zhang Renkang asked them to leave first.

Tang Yan smiled

"President, are you so afraid of the director of your street?"

Zhang Renkang shook his head and said

“It’s not a question of whether or not to be afraid of elders. You should still respect them.”

"We can't let people think we are arrogant just because we hold a high position."

Tang Yan looked at Zhang Renkang with admiration, wondering what was going on in her mind. Zhang Renkang didn't notice anything was wrong with her. He lowered his head to clean up the table and told Tang Yan:

"Please collect the documents and sort them into files."

“I went to the Finance Department.”

Tang Yan pouted and said

"President, are you going to report your work to someone again?"

Zhang Renkang laughed and said

"I can't help it. This thing in my house is very precious. I have to take good care of it."

Tang Yan said with a smile

"President, you are so kind to your lover."

“We are all envious.”

Zhang Renkang walked towards the door with his coat, and said jokingly

"It's no use just to envy someone. You have to work hard and find one sooner rather than later."

"I see that a few college students have just arrived in the Design Department and the R&D Department. If you are interested, I can help you find Director Li to make some connections."

“They are all highly educated talents.”

Tang Yan said unhappily

"I won't bother Director Li. Let's wait a few years. I'm not in a hurry to find a partner."

Zhang Renkang went out and walked towards the canteen first. He had something to deal with Gao Ying. On the way, Zhang Renkang was stopped by Qin Huairu who was holding a big broom.

Zhang Renkang looked at Qin Huairu expressionlessly without saying anything. Qin Huairu saw his indifferent look and said in a low voice:

"Renkang, can you please let me go back to the workshop if I don't get involved with those people with improper thoughts?"

"You also know that I have three children at home. I have no time to take care of Banggeng recently. He skips classes every day. Now I only have a dozen yuan a month, and the children at home can't even have enough to eat."

Zhang Renkang asked

"What do you think you can do in the workshop?"

"Your technical level is barely even that of a first-class worker. I'm really wondering, you've been following Yi Zhonghai for more than two years, right? And you haven't learned anything?"

Qin Huairu lowered his head and said

"Renkang, it's not that I don't want to learn."

"What?"

Qin Huairu looked at Zhang Renkang and said with gritted teeth

"Renkang, I won't hide it from you. I know what I am doing. I am not cut out to work in a workshop, and Yi Zhonghai himself has no intention of teaching me. He just wants to keep me under his watch so that he can control me."

"I'm not stupid. He wants me and Banggeng to take care of him in his old age. My mother-in-law and I can see that."

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

“Since you have seen it, why not speak openly?”

"With Yi Zhonghai's support, your life will probably be much better, right?"

Qin Huairu blushed, then gritted his teeth and said

"But Yi Zhonghai wants me to follow him, follow him..."

Zhang Renkang was surprised

"With him what?"

Qin Huairu covered her hands and cried.

"Let me give him a son"

Zhang Renkang said in surprise

"Isn't he a eunuch?"

"You dare to do this?"

Qin Huairu wiped away her tears and said

"Renkang, now that it has come to this, I won't hide it from you."

"My mother-in-law's condition at the beginning was to give your house to Banggeng, Yi Zhonghai would hand over the technology to Banggeng in the future, and give our family 30 yuan every month."

"I'll try with Yi Zhonghai and help him have a child."

"I didn't agree at first, but my mother-in-law forced Yi Zhonghai to take over your house first."

"Although I didn't get your house in the end, how could Yi Zhonghai let me go? If I didn't agree to him, he wouldn't teach me anything at all."

"You know how I survived as a first-class worker."

Zhang Renkang sighed and said

"Then why do you follow Yi Zhonghai around every day?"

Qin Huairu cried and said

"What can I do? I have three children and a lazy mother-in-law."

"If I don't follow Yi Zhonghai, will I be able to survive in the workshop?"

"With Yi Zhonghai around, they don't dare to do anything to me. If Yi Zhonghai doesn't care about me, won't I be eaten?"

"Isn't it the same with Liu Lan in your cafeteria? Without Li Huaide, would she be able to stay among these men?"

"I try to please Yi Zhonghai. At least he doesn't dare to use force. Keeping him hanging allows me to stay safely in the workshop."

Zhang Renkang looked at Qin Huairu without saying a word. This woman was pitiful but also hateful. No matter how much she explained, she could not change the fact that she acquiesced to Jia Zhang's nonsense and the fact that she was a blood-sucking fool. She only wanted to use everything from others to support her own children.

Zhang Renkang looked at Qin Huairu who was crying, sighed and said

"You feel sorry for your family. You feel sorry for yourself, right?"

"Did you guys trick Sha Zhu into going to jail?"

"My house wasn't taken away, but you also agreed to it at the beginning, right?"

"Don't think you are innocent just because you did nothing. Put the blame on Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai."

"You can't change the fact that you are an accomplice"

"You think you can get away with this?"

Qin Huairu cried and said

"Renkang, I beg you, since I once obeyed you, please have mercy on me."

"My mother-in-law will be brought back at the end of the month, and my sister's family will really be hard-pressed to make ends meet by then."

Zhang Renkang laughed.

"Qin Huai, if you have the intention to take such an evil path, you might as well think about what contribution you can make to the factory."

"If I give you a backdoor, won't it be full of rumors in a few days?"

"Your tricks on Silly Zhu don't work on me"

"I see that you are not learning your lesson despite repeated admonitions. You better take care of yourself."

Zhang Renkang stood up and walked towards the cafeteria.

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