Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu coming back, she immediately went to greet him warmly: "Huairu, thank you for your hard work. Come, sit down."

Qin Huairu was still a little bit unbelievable. When did Jia Zhangshi become so considerate? "Mom, it's not hard. Everything has been done. This is Dongxu's pension, three hundred yuan."

The amount of money was correct. Yi Zhonghai had told Jia Zhang before: "Okay, Mom, keep it and save it for Banggeng to marry a wife."

Jia Zhang snatched it away in lightning speed.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to say, "Mom, do you think we should tell Uncle about this?"

Jia Zhang didn't even think about it: "What do you say to him? What does it have to do with him? He schemed against our family and we haven't even settled the score with him yet. Humph, he treated his apprentice's family like this right after Dongxu left. He deserves to be wiped out."

Qin Huairu still didn't want to fall out with Yi Zhonghai now: "Mom, I don't think it's the right time to fall out with Yi Zhonghai. He can't control me in the factory. What if he finds fault with our Jia family in the yard? Li Jianjun can't protect the Jia family in everything."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang became a little scared again. After all, he had been a master for so many years and his prestige was still there: "Otherwise, you go and talk to him. Anyway, it's you who want to be transferred. It's none of my business." After saying this, Jia Zhang ran to hide the money.

Qin Huairu stood there in a daze, then smiled bitterly.

After get off work, everyone came back. Qin Huairu went to Yi Zhonghai's house and saw Yi Zhonghai drinking water as soon as he entered the door: "Uncle, you are back?"

Yi Zhonghai looked up and saw that it was Qin Huairu. He tried to help her, but then he thought of something and pulled his hand back halfway: "Huairu is here, please sit down. You are about to give birth. If you have anything, just ask your mother-in-law to call me."

Qin Huairu sat down and thought about it. He would know sooner or later. He gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle, I went to the factory today to collect Dongxu's pension."

Yi Zhonghai was a little surprised. Didn't I agree to take you there? He missed a good opportunity to show his ability. However, he still asked, "You went alone? Tell me, it's easier to get things done with acquaintances. How is it? No one made things difficult for you, right?"

Qin Huairu was disdainful in his heart, but he said politely: "You didn't embarrass me. I have already received the money. I just have something to tell you, uncle."

"Just get the money back. Tell me what you need and I will do whatever I can for you." Yi Zhonghai was helpless. Things had come to this point and he could only find another opportunity to sell it.

"Uncle, I met Deputy Director Li when I went to collect my pension today. He saw that I was a pregnant woman with little education, and thought that I was not suitable for working in the workshop. He asked me if I wanted to work in the cafeteria. I thought what he said made sense, so I agreed." Qin Huairu carefully observed Yi Zhonghai's expression.

Sure enough, Yi Zhonghai got anxious: "Huai Ru, you are confused, how can you agree to this? The wages in the workshop are high, how much is the canteen, can it support a whole family?"

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's expression, Qin Huairu believed Li Jianjun's analysis even more: "Uncle No. 1, the salary for working in the canteen is not much, plus Dongxu's seniority subsidy is 27.5 yuan, it is still easy to support a family. Didn't Uncle No. 3 also come through this? The most important thing is that Deputy Director Li said that after I give birth, I can take time to come back at noon to breastfeed the baby, so that I won't delay my work. I think sometimes I can bring some vegetables back from working in the canteen to improve the food, so I don't think it's a loss."

Yi Zhonghai's eyes rolled and said, "We can't decide this matter so casually. Have you told your mother-in-law?" Yi Zhonghai thought that if Jia Zhang made a fuss, Qin Huairu would not be able to go to the workshop.

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Uncle, I have already applied for employment and will go after I give birth. My mother-in-law already knows about it and she agrees."

Qin Huairu didn't dare to say that she had Li Jianjun's protection. Everyone knew that Yi Zhonghai and Li Jianjun didn't get along well, so she must not make him angry.

Yi Zhonghai sighed, and suddenly thought of something. It would be good to let her go to the cafeteria. Let her go to Sha Zhu's place, so that she can be closer to Sha Zhu. It seems not bad: "Just think it over. Now that it's done, it's not easy to change it now. Just go to the cafeteria. I think you should go to Sha Zhu's cafeteria, so that you can take care of him."

Qin Huairu heard a flash of disgust in Sha Zhu's eyes, but he quickly concealed it: "Uncle, the one who transferred to my position is a young man from the third canteen. No one was transferred to Sha Zhu's canteen, so I joined the third canteen."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu and said tentatively: "Huairu, tell me honestly, was it Li Jianjun who gave you the idea?" Yi Zhonghai had not thought about it before, but as soon as the third canteen was mentioned, Yi Zhonghai began to doubt it.

Qin Huairu was a little flustered, but pretended to be confused: "Uncle, what does this have to do with Li Jianjun? I went directly to the factory and didn't see Li Jianjun. How could he help me with advice?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu's expression and said, "Huairu, since you have made up your mind, I can't say much. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me. After all, I am Dongxu's master."

Qin Huairu heard the intention of driving him away from these words: "I see, thank you, sir. I'm sorry for your kindness. I'm going back now, and my family is waiting for dinner." After saying that, Qin Huairu got up and left.

Yi Zhonghai squinted his eyes and looked at Qin Huairu, thinking for a while. He decided to find Sha Zhu to see if he could find a way to transfer Qin Huairu to the second canteen. He couldn't let him go to the third canteen. If Li Jianjun was involved, nothing good would happen. What if he ruined his plan?

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai came to Sha Zhu's house and told Sha Zhu about Qin Huairu. Sha Zhu was anxious. At first, he was very excited when he heard that Qin Huairu came to work in the cafeteria, but he got anxious when he heard that she was going to the third cafeteria: "How can she go to the third cafeteria? She should come to my place so that I can take care of her."

Yi Zhonghai looked down on her in his heart and agreed, "Yes, I thought so too, but she has already been employed, silly pig. Why don't you talk to the canteen director and ask him to help transfer Qin Huairu to your canteen."

Sha Zhu's heart skipped a beat. He had a bad relationship with the canteen director and had given him the cold shoulder many times in the past. But for Qin Huairu's sake, he still wanted to give it a try: "Uncle, I don't know if it will work if I ask the canteen director. You know I'm not very careful with my words and I've offended him many times in the past."

Thinking of Sha Zhu's foul mouth, Yi Zhonghai wanted to slap him. He sighed, "Try your best. Maybe it will work. Talk to your director and flatter him. If that doesn't work, give him some gifts."

Sha Zhu thought about it and decided to go for it: "Uncle, how about you lend me another ten dollars so I can buy something for our director?"

Yi Zhonghai was helpless. He knew Shazhu had no money, so he took out ten yuan from his pocket and gave it to Shazhu: "Don't feel sorry for the money. This is also helping your neighbor."

Sha Zhu took the money and nodded: "I understand, sir. I'll go find him tomorrow."

When he returned home in the evening, Yi Zhonghai lay on the bed, thinking about what happened today. Since he couldn't control Qin Huairu in the factory, he would do it in the yard. Qin Huairu's weaknesses were nothing more than Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng. As long as Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng often made mistakes in the yard, I would side with them and Qin Huairu would be obedient. He had to make mistakes whether he wanted to or not.

The next day, Sha Zhu bought some things and found the canteen director to mention the matter. The canteen director refused without even a second thought. He looked down on Sha Zhu's things. Besides, Sha Zhu had often given him a cold shoulder in the past, making it impossible for him to raise his head in the second canteen. Also, the third canteen could not do whatever it wanted. To put it bluntly, he had to ask Li Jianjun for personnel transfers.

Silly Pig had no choice but to take his things and walk out of the canteen director’s office, and the matter ended there.