Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 78 Breakup between Master and Disciple
January 1963

Jia Dongxu bought two bottles of wine, thinking of treating his master and his mistress to a meal.

Qin Huairu's cooking skills are pretty good. She made sweet and sour carp, twice-cooked pork, scrambled eggs with peppers, cabbage and potatoes stewed with potatoes. She also made some peanuts and a mixed pickle for the rest.

Something happened today, so Grandmother Jia took the children out to find Yang Ruiping and visit Qingqing.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife came here with Jia Dongxu after work.

After they sat down, Jia Dongxu said, "This time I want to thank you for your training over the years, and congratulate you on becoming an eighth-level master craftsman."

Yi Zhonghai successfully passed the year-end assessment and became an eighth-level fitter in the steel rolling mill. Liu Haizhong also passed the assessment and became a seventh-level forger.

A few people clinked their glasses and took a sip.

"Master, Master's wife, let's eat fish. I made this. Please give me some advice." Qin Huairu greeted them warmly.

The atmosphere soon became lively as they talked about family matters.

Qin Huairu toasted her master Yi Zhonghai alone and said with emotion: "If you were not here in the past few years, who knows what would have happened to our family. Just as Dongxu said, this cup is my toast to my father." After saying that, she drank it in one gulp.

Li Cuilan said beside her: "Slow down."

Yi Zhonghai was very happy. He told Qin Huairu about this. Look, Qin Huairu agreed.

They finished the drink in one gulp, and the conversation became more and more heated, and their relationship became closer and closer.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the conversation turned to Qin Huairu.

"Master, you see, I already have three children and I don't plan to have more. Huairu is always at home and is quite idle. Can you find Shazhu to set up a canteen for me?" Jia Dongxu said.

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, his heart sank, knowing that this was the purpose of the meal, but he said, "What's wrong with that? I'll go find He Yuzhu tomorrow. I haven't seen him for a long time."

Jia Dongxu and his wife were very happy. They toasted enthusiastically and started chatting again.

After the banquet, Yi Zhonghai and his wife went home.

When Yi Zhonghai returned home, he was in a daze. Li Cuilan saw that something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm thinking about Qin Huairu's work." Yi Zhonghai replied.

Li Cuilan said nonchalantly: "Isn't that a good thing? If you can help, then help."

Yi Zhonghai lit a cigarette and said, "No, Qin Huairu is working now, so the Jia family has two working parents. The household registration and rationing of the children and Qin Huairu are all solved. What else does his family need?"

Li Cuilan said: "I think there should be nothing missing."

"Then what do you need me as your master?" Yi Zhonghai suddenly asked.

Li Cuilan didn't expect Yi Zhonghai to think this way, and said, "I don't think this couple would be the kind of people who would destroy the bridge after crossing it."

"You can't judge a person by his face. The Jia family still needs me now. When I retire, he has no money, but I have money, so I can still control him. But once he has money, he can ignore us anytime and anywhere. Do you believe it?" Yi Zhonghai said.

Li Cuilan stopped talking. Who can say for sure about human nature?

"Then you won't help?" Li Cuilan asked.

Yi Zhonghai said: "Help, of course I can help, but make sure he can't succeed. I'll take care of this, you don't have to worry about it."

Li Cuilan said: "I think it's better to adopt one. How can we live like this if we always depend on others for our lives?"

Yi Zhonghai said, "Let's talk about it later." Yi Zhonghai was not interested in adoption at all.

Front yard of the Siheyuan

Yan Jie Di was playing jump rope with Wu Jiao and Zhang Yushan when Yan Jie Kuang walked in, took out a handful of candies and shared them among the three of them. He looked up and saw Xiao Dang and Bang Geng, waved to them, and the two of them ran over and Yan Jie Kuang shared the candies among them.

Jia Geng pulled Yan Jiekuang to see how effective his exercise was. Several children went outside with Yan Jiekuang. Yan Jiekuang searched for a long time but could not find a suitable place. He immediately decided to take them to Hongxing Primary School and asked them to tell their families before leaving. Zhang Yushan was only two years old. Yan Jiekuang held him and went to Hongxing Primary School together.

It happened to be a holiday, and the gatekeeper was there. The gatekeeper also knew Yan Jiekuang, so he let them in.

Yan Jiekuang took out a pocket watch and tested Jia Geng's speed. Not to mention that among the primary school students, his result should be the best. The 100-meter run was close to fourteen seconds.

The other little ones saw Jia Geng running, and they also tried to run. Yan Jiekuang played a game of catching people with them, except Zhang Yushan of course.

The group of people had fun for the whole morning. Yan Jiekuang treated them to soda and then a few of them went home because they were hungry.

After returning to the courtyard, everyone ran back to their own homes.

Seeing Jia Geng and Xiao Dang coming back, Jia Dongxu asked Qin Huairu to cook. Jia Geng said, "Uncle Yan asked me to try out at the sports school. He said that my grades were very good and I was at a professional level."

Jia Dongxu looked at Jia Geng and said, "Do you want to go yourself?"

Jia Geng said: "I want to go. I want to win glory for my country."

"If you are selected, you will have to live on campus for training, which is very hard." Jia Dongxu still couldn't bear to let his eldest son go.

Grandmother Jia was not happy about Jia Geng going either, and she also said, "If you study hard, you can also bring glory to the country."

Jia Geng said firmly, "I want to go. I want to try."

Jia Dongxu looked at his son seriously and said, "Then go. I'll take you to see it in the next two days."

Grandmother Jia wanted to say something, but when she saw Jia Geng jumping up with joy, she swallowed her words.

Qin Huairu is now obsessed with her work.

After lunch, Jia Dongxu took her to the steel rolling mill to find He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu was really there. When he heard that it was Sister Qin who wanted to be a kitchen helper, he didn't laugh it off but agreed directly. In the afternoon, he asked the director for a quota.

Yi Zhonghai happened to see the couple coming out of the cafeteria. After thinking for a while, Yi Zhonghai went straight to the logistics director Li Huaide.

After getting off work in the evening, He Yumei pulled He Yuzhu and rushed to the Jia family.

After entering the house, Jia Dongxu thought that the matter was settled and was about to speak.

He Yumei spoke first, saying, "Brother Jia, sister-in-law, we didn't get things done today. You can listen to He Yuzhu for details. He didn't want to come. I think it's better to talk about it face to face to avoid mutual suspicion."

Jia Dongxu's face was a little gloomy. He Yuzhu didn't want to come in the first place. He felt that it was not right for him to say this. But when He Yumei found out about it, she said that it would be better to make things clear instead of letting it end up in a difficult situation. So he was dragged here.

He Yuzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Originally, our canteen has a quota for apprentices, and I can decide on it. I have already prepared everything. I went to the personnel department to complete the formalities. The personnel department said that our canteen is not allowed to recruit Sister Jia, saying that she has a rural household registration. I am not happy about this. Brothers, you know everything about the factory. Aren't you talking nonsense? After registering, a rural household registration will be converted to an urban household registration. The personnel department said that it was assigned by the logistics director."

Jia Dongxu got angry, saying that he could find anyone except his wife. This was targeting people. Qin Huairu also shed tears, feeling extremely wronged.

He Yuzhu panicked when he saw this and quickly said, "I went to confront Li Huaide. He said he was the manager of the compound and found Director Li and said that Jia Dongxu's family did not need this position and should give it to someone who needed it."

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu were both shocked. How could such a thing happen? Who was the boss of the compound? Besides Du Pingyi, it was Yi Zhonghai. The one who could enter the steel mill was undoubtedly Yi Zhonghai.

Jia Dongxu never thought that it would be Yi Zhonghai who would trip Qin Huairu up and block her way to the steel mill.

A while ago, you said you would provide for them in their old age. Why is that?

"They are afraid that you are living too well and can easily get rid of them. Your master is a man who wants to be in control. What he needs is that you need him and cannot live without him." The unusually sober Lady Jia spoke.

"I told you long ago that you still haven't seen through Yi Zhonghai. Once you see through him, you won't be able to escape from his control. Tsk~~" Grandmother Jia said disdainfully.

Jia Dongxu said, "No, I have to ask my master." No one tried to stop him, and Jia Dongxu turned and walked out.

More than an hour later, Jia Dongxu came back with a sullen face and said, "This is too much."

　I have nothing to do. I will add two more chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)