Siheyuan: After I moved in, the compound became a mess

The second senior brother pulled the corner of Jia Dongxu's clothes, looked around, and said in a low voice.

"Dongxu, don't say that. If the master hears it, we will be in trouble."

Jia Dongxu shook off his second brother's hand, his eyes filled with anger and unwillingness, "What are you afraid of? What I said is the truth! What have we learned from following him over the years? He only uses us to support him."

"Look, I clean the operating table for him every day when I go to work. Am I still a second-level worker?"

The eldest brother sighed, "What can we do? After all, he is the master, and the workshop values ​​him. Humph, we are still blessed by the lecture, otherwise we would not be able to learn those skills!"

As the few of them chatted about this, they thought of the years of grievances they had suffered at the hands of Yi Zhonghai, and felt even more upset.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai broke away from the crowd and walked towards this side.

Seeing that several of his disciples looked unhappy, he vaguely guessed something in his heart.

But he pretended not to know and asked, "What are you guys talking about? You look so serious."

Jia Dongxu was about to speak with a chuckle, but his senior brother quickly interrupted him and said, "We are discussing the content of Master's lecture today. We really benefited a lot from it."

Yi Zhonghai nodded with satisfaction, but he also noticed something strange.

The way these disciples looked at him seemed to be less respectful than before.

"The factory will hold a skills competition next month. If you master the techniques and practice diligently, you should be able to get good results."

Yi Zhonghai pondered and said, "Especially Dongxu, you should focus on learning technology and stop thinking about trivial things all day long. If you achieve good results in the skills competition this time, I can go to the workshop to plead for you and restore your work grade."

"Really, Master?"

When Jia Dongxu heard that he could resume his work level, he immediately became excited, "Master, don't worry, I will make the most of my time to practice hard."

When the three senior brothers saw Jia Dongxu's look, they couldn't help but curl their lips. They were glad that they didn't say anything bad about Yi Zhonghai to him, otherwise Brick would have been reported by him.

The scene where Yi Zhonghai persuaded his apprentice earnestly was also discussed by many workers.

"Some people said before that Master Yi didn't teach his apprentice well, which caused his apprentice to fall behind in skills and fail every assessment. I think those rumors are nonsense. Look at Master Yi, he's almost begging his apprentice to learn skills!!!"

"Yeah, now that I think about it, it's really funny. A senior worker like Master Yi can share his skills with us workers, not to mention his own apprentices!!"

"I think it's because these apprentices don't study hard. Look at that one called Jia Dongxu, he doesn't even know how to stand, how can he possibly learn the skills well?"

"Old Yi has suffered many unjust accusations in the past. We can't just believe whatever others say in the future!"

The news that Yi Zhonghai shared open technical classes in the fitter workshop and earnestly persuaded his apprentices to learn skills soon spread to several large workshops nearby.

When Liu Haizhong heard this, he became even more indignant. How could he not know who Yi Zhonghai was? !

Yi Zhonghai has always kept his secrets from his apprentice, and now he is trying to gain fame through this means. It is really contemptible.

Liu Haizhong angrily slammed the teacup on the table and secretly made up his mind to find an opportunity to expose Yi Zhonghai's true face.

In the afternoon, Wang Dabao left work early and went to see Wang Tiangao with some wine and food.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw Wang Tiangao chatting with someone animatedly. It seemed that he was the manager of the yard.

When the other party learned that Wang Tiangao was going to work in the security department of the steel rolling mill, he was so enthusiastic that he insisted on taking him to his home for dinner. If he didn't eat, it meant he didn't consider the other party as a family member.

It is said that as long as we live in the same courtyard, we are a family.

Seeing Wang Dabao coming in with wine and food, Wang Tiangao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly explained to him that he had already made an appointment with his friends for dinner.

Wang Tiangao's house is about the same size as Yan Bugui's wing, and is also located at the entrance of the courtyard, but his is on the east side.

When I entered the house, I saw that Wang Tiangao had already bought all the missing daily necessities. He even asked for coal and bought it. The stove was burning and the house was warm.

The kang was covered with bedding brought from home, making it look like a small home.

Wang Dabao placed the wine and food on the broken table left by the previous owner of the house. The two of them placed the table next to the kang. Since there were no chairs, they just sat on the warm kang to eat.

"Dabao, thank you!"

Wang Tiangao took a deep breath, picked up the bowl and clinked it with Wang Dabao, "If it weren't for you, I would have stayed in our village for the rest of my life."

Wang Dabao drank up the remaining wine in the bowl in one gulp, then picked up the bottle and poured more for Wang Tiangao and himself.

"Don't talk nonsense. If your father hadn't taken care of me, I would have frozen to death or starved to death. Besides, I have been eating and drinking at your house for so many years. At that time, you couldn't even have enough to eat at home. When was I ever kicked out?!"

Wang Dabao felt a little emotional. He could have come to the city to live with his uncle.

But after all, he was young and had only met his uncle a few times since childhood. Deep down, he was still reluctant to come and live with his uncle.

How could he be as comfortable as in the village? He could find the right road there even in the dark, he knew everyone there and everyone would give him a meal. He could get a warm night's sleep by squeezing on the kang in any friend's house and have a meal of porridge in the morning when he woke up.

Of course, among these people, the one who helped Wang Dabao the most was Wang Tiangao's father Wang Tiemin.

So he gave the opportunity to take over the shift to Wang Tiangao.

It can also be regarded as a way to repay Wang Tiemin's kindness to me.

Wang Tiangao had been very excited these two days and before he could calm down, he was soon drunk.

Wang Dabao cleaned up the table, moved Wang Tiangao to the inside of the kang, covered him with a quilt, fiddled with the stove, and then left.

It was not too late at this time, it was just getting dark, and Wang Dabao returned to the Hongxing Courtyard ten minutes later.

Passing by Yan Bugui's house, listening to the lively conversation coming from inside, Wang Dabao smiled, lifted the door curtain and walked in.

When I went in, I saw, wow, Liu Haizhong, Auntie, Liu Guangtian and his brother, Xu Damao and others were all there, eating melon seeds and drinking tea, and everyone had a smile on their face.

When Yan Bugui saw Wang Dabao coming in, he quickly made room for him to sit down.

Then he asked Yu Li to get a bowl and pour a cup of tea for Wang Dabao.

When Yu Li saw Wang Dabao coming in, she immediately became alert and immediately brought the bowl to him.

"Dabao, the accounts for yesterday's stall have been calculated. Guess how much we earned?" Yan Bugui asked proudly with a chuckle.

Wang Dabao grabbed a handful of melon seeds and started cracking them, "Ten yuan?"

"You're saying it's too little. It's not easy to watch a movie. Whether it's for yourself or for your children, adults are willing to spend a little."

"Then... twenty?" Wang Dabao said this with a little unconfidence.

"Twenty-three dollars and forty cents."