After the waiter had finished his dinner, Shazhu carried his lunch box and walked back. As soon as he entered the front yard, he saw the third uncle Yan Bugui pumping gas for the Forever brand bicycle.
"Shazhu, are you back?"
"Well, I'm back."
Yan Bugui put down the trachea and came over: "Are you okay?"
Silly Zhu shook his head: "It's okay, I just received a few words of criticism. Tell me to be strict next time and don't make the same mistake again."
Yan Bugui said with a proud look on his face: "You see, if I help you write a letter of apology, you will definitely not lose your job."
"Yes, thanks to you, Mr. Third." Silly Zhu nodded: "It's just too long. I practiced all afternoon to stop stumbling. If you say you apologize, then apologize. Is it interesting to read everyone's name again? ? You’re not deliberately trying to mess with me just to make me look more embarrassed on stage, are you?”
Yan Bugui pointed at him and said: "Look at you, you are not serious, but I am very particular about writing this."
Silly Zhu said: "Is there something special about this?"
"You don't understand this." Yan Bugui said: "If you make a general statement, I'm sorry, I was wrong. What should you do if those people who are upset come to you for compensation? Now if you report their names, what if these people continue to If you come to your door, you can tell them, you see, the factory director has acknowledged my apology to you, and has not mentioned compensation or anything. If you come here to make trouble, doesn't it appear that the factory director is acting unfairly? Tell me, those people still dare Are you arguing with me?"
Silly Zhu was stunned for a while and said: "Third uncle, you are really good at calculating. You are either a ginger or an old one. I admire you. I really admire you."
Yan Bugui said: "Shazhu, I'm just following you, an ordinary person..."
He waved his hand, meaning he didn't care.
"Okay, third uncle, I thank you. I can't thank you enough. You really helped me a lot this time."
"Silly Zhu, you see that the third uncle has helped you so much, shouldn't you also do me a favor?"
Silly Zhu replied: "You can tell me what you are doing, as long as I can do it."
Yan Bugui took his arm and pointed sideways at the bicycle parked at the door: "Look at my bicycle, it's been slowing down in recent days. I don't know what's wrong. I wanted to take it to Qian Street for repair." Let someone take a look at the shop. Your third aunt is urging me to go to the backyard to repair the windows for Old Liu. In this way, you can help me push it over and let others find the fault. Repair what needs to be repaired and mend what needs to be repaired. I will do it tomorrow. It’s time to ride.”
"Ah?" Silly Zhu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this: "Just wait here for me. Second uncle, in this whole courtyard, you are definitely the most calculating one."
Yan Bugui smiled wretchedly: "What's the plan? Aren't we helping each other?"
"Okay, then, leave this job to me." As he spoke, he went to push the bicycle, turned his face and stopped thinking about what he just said: "Have you found the person who smashed the window of the second uncle's house?"
"Where can I find it? But..." Yan Bugui winked at the west wing.
"Hey, what do you think this kid is going to do to take revenge on the second uncle?"
"Keep your voice down, you're at home." Yan Bugui was anxious, fearing that Lin Yue would hold him accountable for informing Shazhu.
"By the way, third uncle, there is one more thing."
"you say."
"I saw Teacher Ran from your school after get off work today."
Just as he said this, the second aunt's voice came from the west wing: "Old man, what are you doing outside?"
Yan Bugui glanced behind him: "Study this matter further, study it further..."
Silly Zhu had no choice but to push the bicycle and leave.
…
Lin Yue sat in the room and listened clearly to the conversation between the two outside. He thought that he was right, this was Yan Bugui, and Grandet didn't bother him.
He didn't take the two of them's little fling to heart. He knew what Jia and Zhang had learned. A timid person like Yan Bugui didn't dare to confront him because of their courage.
He continued to read the "Fitter Safety Technical Operating Procedures" in his hand and worked hard to learn knowledge in the field of fitter. Even though the book he was holding was an old book from the 1960s and 1970s, it was very helpful for the current working environment. It was like Those who learned programming after 2010 are comfortable using Java, C++, and Paython, but if they were asked to write a program in assembly language thirty or forty years ago, they would be dumbfounded.
The same applies to the training of fitters. As for the equipment in the steel rolling mill, let alone automation, it is far from semi-automatic. How can engraving, filing and cutting be done by hand? So it is better to improve your skills while working in the steel rolling mill. As the old saying goes, you have to be strong to make iron.
He felt that he was pretty good at this. He would not be unable to bend down to study just because he had been a tycoon, nor would he be arrogant just because he had been an emperor. There were too many things in the world that needed attention, and there would never be enough time.
Two hours later, almost all the residents in the front yard were asleep, and those who were not sleeping began to think about going to bed. Just as Lin Yue turned to a new page, bang, the lights went out.
He frowned and glanced outside. The living room of the fourth aunt's house opposite was slightly bright, as if his second son hadn't finished his homework yet.
"Come here, who is afraid of whom?"
He took out a candle from the drawer in the back room and lit it, and continued to read the "Fitter's Safety Technical Operating Procedures" by the light of the fire. He had been in no matter how difficult the environment was, so six or more years of poverty were nothing.
Early the next morning.
Qin Huairu endured the cold and put on her clothes. She first opened the seal of the coal stove and then went to empty the urinal. When she lifted the curtain and looked into the courtyard, she was stunned.
From the west wing to the east wing and then to the north room, the entire ground was covered in ice, and the cotton-covered pipes under the sink were still draining water.
"Master, Master, are you up?"
Qin Huairu called at the opposite door several times. Soon the curtain in the east chamber was opened, and the first man Yi Zhonghai came out while buttoning his cotton-padded jacket. He was about to ask Qin Huairu what was wrong, but when he lowered his head and looked at the ground, he was dumbfounded.
"what happened?"
Qin Huairu pointed under the sink and said, "The water pipe is frozen and cracked, and water is still leaking out."
Yi Zhonghai quickly put on his boots and walked to the front yard: "We have to close the water gate quickly."
Qin Huairu said: "Master, please pay attention to your steps and don't fall."
Yi Zhonghai listened and didn't fall. Silly Zhu didn't take it seriously. When he heard Qin Huairu screaming outside, he pushed the door open and walked out without paying attention to his feet. He slipped and fell to the ground.
"Shazhu, are you okay?"
Qin Huairu put down the urinal and carefully walked over to help him.
Silly Zhu looked confused: "What's going on?"
Qin Huairu said: "The water pipe was frozen and cracked, and the water ran out all night."
Silly Zhu hurt his butt but not his head. He couldn't bear it no matter how hard the Qinhuai people pulled him: "That shouldn't be the case. The water pipes are wrapped in cotton. Half the winter has passed without any problems. The weather is getting warmer day by day." Get up, why did it break?"
The speaker was unintentional but the listener was interested. Yi Zhonghai glanced at the west wing of the front yard and left with a cold face.
"Brother, what's going on?"
The movement in the courtyard disturbed He Yuyu's dream. He opened the door and took a look, but he couldn't accept it for a while.
"What else can happen? The water pipe is broken." Silly Zhu held his waist and said: "Hey, I didn't recover from the fall two days ago, and I fell again today. This is deliberately preventing me from celebrating the New Year. ah."
…
Yi Zhonghai went to the front and turned off the water valve. Soon the news about the flood in the middle courtyard spread in the courtyard.
After breakfast, the three uncles gathered together.
"You said that Qin Huairu washes and rinses every day, but she is diligent in using water. She is quite pitiful for a mother-in-law with three children. Okay, everyone understands, but you should take good care of the water pipes. Look at how you ran away this night , I will have to pay a lot more money when I apportion the utility bills at the end of the month.”
What I didn’t say is that when it comes to issues involving his own interests, Yan Bugui’s calculations are smarter than anyone else’s.
"Okay, okay, stop nagging. You're not the only one taking it. If the water pipe is broken, everyone in the yard has a share."
The second uncle is more depressed than the third uncle. The window was smashed the night before yesterday, and the family was frozen for half the night. The youngest son was so weak from the quarrel last morning, and his forehead was very hot when he touched it. He had to ask for leave to see a doctor. The glass had just been installed, but the water pipe broke and the whole yard was flooded. This was another expense. Yan Bugui was still calculating the losses. How could he not be angry?
Yi Zhonghai looked at Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong for a while.
"Second uncle, tell the truth. Was it your family that broke the pickled vegetable jar under the Lin family's roof in the front yard?"
Liu Haizhong curled his lips and wanted to deny it, but he quickly realized: "You mean... Lin Yue in the front yard did all these things?"
Although he didn't answer the question directly, the two people next to him understood it.
Yan Bugui said tentatively: "This...he is retaliating."
Liu Haizhong glanced at him, speechless.
He only found out the truth last night. At the meeting to criticize Silly Pillar that day, Lin Yue scolded the three uncles. Yi Zhonghai was from a poor family. The Yan family was generally timid. The Liu family was not like this. Liu Guangtian knew that he was not good at fighting. Lin Yue's opponent, let's play dirty. The night before last, when I came back from the night shift, I saw the pickle jar under the eaves of the west wing house was shiny, so I found a brick and threw it away.
Boom~
The pickle jar is broken.
It was a dark and windy night, and Liu Guangtian felt that he had done what he did unnoticed. No matter how much trouble Lin Yue made, he would never be able to find the rightful owner. He could only continue to offend the people in the courtyard and cause anger. His wish was good, but what happened in the second half of the night was really heartbreaking and the whole family was frozen for half the night.
Yan Bugui said: "It's okay if he smashed the windows of Old Liu's house. He broke the water pipe last night. This is really too much. We can't let him continue like this. I propose to hold a general meeting of the hospital tonight to make sure everything is done." Get rid of this black sheep."
Liu Haizhong stared with a pair of fish eyes and said: "What can you do if he doesn't admit it?"
Yes, if you catch a traitor in bed, catch a thief in a dirty room, and hold a hospital-wide meeting without evidence, doesn't that give him a reason to rebel?
Yi Zhonghai said nothing, and saw Qin Huairu walking out with a dirty bowl. She must have just finished breakfast, and took the two of them into the west wing.
