Daily life in the courtyard

Since we still have to accept apprentices, it’s better to just make a lantern for my nephew - it’s better to just do it as usual.

At least the quality, uh... character is guaranteed.

It’s still the same fitter system as before.

Only this time, Ding Lijun and Zhang Baoqiang did not contact in advance and started over with Anyang.

have lunch.

On the first day of contact with each other, both Ding Lijun and Zhang Baoqiang couldn't let go.

After all, either he is older than Wei Ping'an, or he joined the factory earlier than Wei Ping'an. Only Anyang is a white man, like a true apprentice.

Everyone prepares and eats.

Wei Ping'an didn't emphasize it deliberately.

Most of the morning was spent getting familiar with the process and getting to know each other.

The real content is also taught, but only a little.

Anyang was not in the cafeteria. An Zhiyong had warned him when he went out early in the morning.

So after work, I ran to the south gate of the steel rolling mill to eat with my father who was on duty.

The food is better than that of ordinary workers.

An Zhiyong asked his men to help him prepare food. He looked at his excited son and asked, "What do you think of Master Wei?"

"Dad, I feel that Master Wei is old and powerful. He is different from the old master you mentioned before..."

"It's different? What's the difference?"

"It's, it's..."

Anyang scratched his head: "Uncle Xu took me to the workshop to meet the master and left without saying a few words. Then the master didn't say anything. He just told me about the knowledge of fitters and showed me the operating table and various tools. , Oh, he asked me to prepare a notebook in the afternoon, saying that I will remember a lot of things in the future..."

An Zhiyong frowned.

In his usual understanding, it is impossible for a master like Wei Ping'an to get the good stuff right away.

There needs to be a recognition process between master and apprentice.

Moreover, if the performance is not particularly outstanding, it will always be reserved. This is the industry practice.

An Zhiyong had already made plans.

Originally, I thought that my son would not need to participate in the assessment in the second half of this year, and he would just have to complete his full-time job before the end of next year.

And what he actually planned was to visit his son's master during the Chinese New Year and do some work in private to make him interested.

If the son is good, it will be enough for his son to be promoted to be a fitter in the workshop. If his son is not good enough, as an apprentice of an eighth-level worker, Anyang can stay in the workshop steadily as long as Master Wei speaks.

However, listening to what my son Anyang described, it was different from what I imagined.

"Then you should listen carefully to the master's words. Master Wei is not an ordinary person. He is an eighth-level worker, and he is an eighth-level fitter who passed the examination based on his true ability..."

in the afternoon.

After a meal and the heat, people tend to feel sleepy, especially young people.

"Anyang, go and run around the workshop."

Seeing Anyang yawning, Wei Pingan stopped explaining and pointed to the door of the workshop.

Ding Lijun and Zhang Baoqiang stood nearby taking notes, also waiting for this junior brother.

Anyang felt guilty, but he was obedient and ran out. After a while, he ran back dripping with sweat.

"If you feel sleepy in the future, just run in circles to overcome it."

Having said that, Wei Ping'an continued: "Just now we talked about the fixed jaws and tightening jaws, let's continue. Here is the turntable base, and this is the tightening plate..."

Wei Ping'an's teaching is not about talking all the time and just listening.

Instead, after each stage of explanation, Anyang would be asked to repeat it, or pick out important ones and ask questions.

Occasionally, I would let Anyang get started and do some actual operation.

The entertaining and educational approach made Anyang immersed in it unconsciously. After he watched the master demonstrate drilling steel blanks with a desktop drilling machine, he was awakened by the ringing of the get off work bell.

A trace of regret arose in my heart.

Not only Anyang, but also Ding Lijun and Zhang Baoqiang, who have deep knowledge of the fitter trade and have been working for a long time, have benefited a lot.

"That's it for today. Tomorrow we will officially start the first phase of learning, drawing lines."

get off work.

The three apprentices left with different moods.

Wei Pingan rode his newly bought bicycle and went home in style.

There were envious looks along the way.

But Wei Ping'an kept his eyes level and didn't pay attention to these envious and jealous looks.

In fact, he is now thinking about whether he can still get rewards from the system by completing certain achievements like he did in his previous life?

For example, getting married or having children?
Wei Ping'an's heart was filled with worry when he thought about having a child.

He shook his head silently.

Let’s wait until the system integration is completed.

Let’s take a look at the situation.

National Day eve.

The system Wei Pingan was looking forward to was finally completed.

However, there are no special changes.

Still mute.

The monthly sign was made up.

It feels like being so close to the hive base.

In the dark, Wei Ping'an thought so.

November.

It was freezing cold and the first snow fell at the end of the month.

Wei Ping'an didn't want to ride a bike anymore.

After all, I love sports.

So he likes to wear his legs when commuting to and from get off work.

The car was parked in his small courtyard.

Although this time the verandah was not demolished and used as a partition wall to form a small courtyard.

But it is true that no one dares to go to the door of the penthouse and steal the locked bicycle.

Jia Zhang didn't dare either.

On his days off, Wei Pingan would go out of the city and wander in the mountains.

This is a hobby that is exposed for all to see.

It is also to build momentum for his occasional disappearance in the future.

Today, Wei Pingan went out again.

When I came back in the evening, I was carrying a large piece of skinned meat.

It's the hind leg of a wild boar.

It's not the inventory in Wei Ping'an's space.

In fact, it was really an accidental encounter.

A large wild boar crashed into a tree.

The fang got stuck in the tree and penetrated. Before it could break free, Wei Ping'an got rid of it.

The rest is received in space.

Although there is really no shortage of this stuff, we can’t waste it with our eyes open.

The back elbow weighs several dozen kilograms, so I carried it back and put some heavy ingredients on it to sort it out. The bacon was good.

It was this slightly 'ostentatious' action that accidentally triggered a familiar scene.

Day two.

Wei Ping'an is still coaching apprentices in the factory.

According to the progress of the three apprentices at this time, although it has only been more than half a year, the level is definitely good.

It’s not that you’re already so good at several levels, but that you’ve laid a solid foundation.

This half year may be just like level one or level two.

Anyang went from zero to level one, Ding Lijun and Zhang Baoqiang touched around level three, and level two was stable.

But because the foundation is solid, it is normal to move up to two or three levels next year or maybe a year.

You know, three generations of people, the same fitter, the same students and a more experienced teacher...

The teaching effect is different.

At noon, the apprentice ran errands to get food.

Wei Ping'an sat in the workshop and enjoyed the results.

This is already the norm.

After half a year of training.

The master-disciple relationship has been established, and Wei Ping'an also brings some delicious food to them every now and then.

The great kindness of the teacher made the three apprentices burst into tears of gratitude.

The family backgrounds of Zhang Baoqiang and Ding Lijun are incomparable to Anyang.

And Anyang doesn't want to talk about it, but the words that a half-grown man will eat me to death are not a joke.

With the money and water provided by Wei Ping'an, Anyang's family will be less stressed.

"Master Wei, Master Wei..."

Xu Hongbing trotted in, followed by a worker from the first workshop.

"Director Xu, what's the matter?"

"Please go back. Something happened in your yard. I came here to inform you..."

Xu Hongbing pointed at the person behind him.

"It's Master Yi..."

Yi Zhonghai asked someone to inform Wei Pingan to go back to the yard.

Wei Ping'an didn't know what was going on. He had always been alienated from the people in the yard, and it could be said that he had no contact at all.

It is not his turn to care about collective matters, and he will never care about personal matters.

When something happened to my family, I didn't see anyone helping me. I just had to learn from others.But now that everyone has been notified, let’s go back and take a look.

Wei Ping'an asked Director Xu to tell his three apprentices, and then he rode back.

This does not count as asking for leave, nor does it count as absenteeism.

The courtyard was originally occupied by employees of the steel rolling mill, who were managed by the security department of the factory.

Back in the yard.

Yi Zhonghai has returned.

The second uncle, Liu Haizhong, was also there.

Many aunts and uncles gathered around the middle courtyard.

"what happened?"

Wei Ping'an understood a little when he saw people surrounding him at the door of his room.

Through spatial projection, before he entered the yard, he 'saw' Jia Zhang sitting under the window of Wei Ping'an's house, screaming.

A familiar scene.

Is this him stealing meat from his own house again?
Wei Ping'an immediately thought of the pig leg.

……

An hour and a half ago.

Jia Zhang, who was picking up the soles of her shoes under the tree, was a little distracted while chatting with the aunts.

With the addition of a new child to the family, Dongxu's burden has become heavier, and his pension has been reduced by two yuan this month.

In the past, Mrs. Jia Zhang had enough spare money to secretly go out to eat something delicious.

But not this month.

I woke up in the middle of the night last night, craving dumplings filled with white flour and oil residue.

Maybe he was stimulated by the pig legs that Wei Pingan brought back yesterday.

How to do?
I really can't hold back my tongue.

What kept circling in my mind was the big pig leg hanging in the house of Wei Ping'an's house.

Before going out, she went to see it, and it was hanging on the roof beam.

She kept thinking about it.

Finally gave myself a reason.

Anyway, Wei Ping'an's relationship with everyone in the compound was very poor and they didn't interact with each other.

He went and took the meat from his house.

Even if Wei Ping'an came back and saw that he really wanted to cause trouble, no one would be willing to help him.

If you can't find it when the time comes, you will have to admit your misfortune.

You can enjoy this big pork leg yourself.

Moreover, it is easy to find it.

Hiding the pig legs at home, as long as you make a fool of yourself and prevent him from searching the house, it will be easy to get away with it.

When I get the meat, I can tell my son that I bought it with my own money.

When the son is moved and pays for it, won't he have more money to go out for dinner?

The more Jia Zhang thought about it, the more excited she became, and the more she thought about it, the more certain she became.

I just couldn't sit still.

Looking at the whole collection, Jia Zhang is not a wealthy person.

How can a smart bad guy put himself on the bright side?

"Sister-in-law Jia, why are you back so early?"

"When I go home to see my sweet grandson, I can't let my daughter-in-law suffer all the time..."

Mrs. Jia Zhang slowly carried the horse and walked away.

Several aunts behind me glanced at each other, and they all saw expressions of disdain, strangeness, and even unprecedented weirdness and surprise in each other's eyes.

What kind of person is Mr. Jia Zhang? Do these neighbors who have lived there for decades know?
A selfish old woman sometimes thinks of others, so don't go crazy.

After returning home, Qin Huairu lay on the kang and slept.

Sleepiness in pregnant women.

Normally, Mrs. Jia Zhang would wake her up at any time.

In Jia Zhang's heart, Qin Huairu is just a country girl. She married into the city and had to work, not for her to enjoy happiness.

I want to be a cow and a horse for the Jia family.

But today, I won’t disturb her.

Sleep as hard as you can, the more you sleep, the better.

Then they would use her excuse to not let them enter the house to search.

Yes, just hide the meat in the back room.

Jia Zhang even thought about the place to hide the meat.

He took a cloth bag from the cabinet and walked to the door of Wei Ping'an's house.

Pushed.

Jia Zhang spat.

Even a secret lock was installed.

At this time, Jia Zhang was still thinking that she must find an opportunity to blackmail Wei Ping'an.

The good courtyard houses of this era were very particular about keeping the doors open at night, and no one had the habit of locking the door. However, Wei Ping'an's behavior clearly showed that he did not trust his neighbors.

Jia Zhang didn't have enough brains and wanted to catch Wei Ping'an one more time.

The door of the house was locked, so Jia Zhang moved her eyes to the window.

The skill of sneaking around in the early years has not been abandoned as the body becomes bloated and the age increases.

There are remnants of years of precipitation.

I went home and got a maza, stepped on the maza to the window sill, and walked into the house easily along the window.

Meat hangs inside the house.

The reason why it is hung is to prevent wild cats and mice from stealing food.

Jia Zhang stepped on the stool to take off the meat.

The meat is really heavy.

I almost shook my waist just now.

The cloth bag was obviously too small, and could only fit half of it.

But that's fine.

Across the cloth bag, your hands are not greasy.

Jia Zhang planned to return the same way.

But it's a bit of a headache.

There was no place to stand against the window in the house.

If you move a stool and step on it, the stool cannot be moved back to its original place...

But Jia Zhang had another thought.

If it can't be moved, it will be pulled down.

Anyway, don’t falsely accuse yourself if you don’t have evidence.

He climbed up the window again and took one leg out.

Just as he was about to pull the meat out, he heard a clear snorting sound not far away.

From the corner of the verandah not far away, he quickly arrived under the window.

Jia Zhang looked down.

A big black and red dog looked at me with its neck raised.

Jia Zhang is afraid of dogs.

The kind that is extremely scary.

When he saw a big dog next to where he was staying, he immediately panicked.

Once people are flustered and not calm, it is easy to make mistakes while busy.

Bang!
Her heel scraped against the window. Jia Zhang lost her balance and fell straight down.

His shoulder hit his horse, which startled the dog.

The pork leg had been firmly held in Jia Zhang's hand, but now the exposed half fell to the ground, stained with dust.

Mrs. Jia Zhang didn't care about her heartache, she could eat it after just washing it.

But her shoulder hurts.

He immediately screamed.

And what about Gouzi?

Dust is nothing, I'm not afraid of shit, I'm still afraid of that little bit of dirt.

If you don’t eat it cleanly, you won’t get sick.

The big dog took the pork leg in its mouth and started tearing and pulling...

The tug-of-war between Jia Zhang and the big dog lasted for less than three rounds.

As the big dog snorted a few times, the muffled roar of a food guard sounded.

Jia Zhang shivered in fright and let go of her hand.

"Oh my meat..."

The big dog didn't react at all to this sound.

But the few snot-nosed babies at home in the courtyard started to smell it.

Turning around, he saw several children who had heard the news, a few runny-nosed urchins from the second and third uncle's houses.

There were also footsteps coming into the hall, and the steps of the aunt in the front yard were just around the corner.

"Oops, someone died. I was bitten by Wei Ping'an's dog..."

Jia Zhang had no choice but to complain and cry out. (End of chapter)