Siheyuan: Forced to exchange rooms with Qin Huairu at the beginning

"Well, since we don't have anything to do anyway, why don't we go and take a look at the first-level fitter assessment? The first-level fitter assessment is quick anyway, and the results will be out soon."

Zhang Zhiqiang suggested.

The first-level fitter assessment involves basic parts, which are not complicated at all and take little time. If nothing goes wrong, the result can be known in just over ten minutes.

"May I?"

Li Tiehua's eyes lit up and he looked at Director Li and asked.

He was an outsider in this matter and his responsibility was to protect the property safety of the steel mill.

Director Li, as the workshop director, is often on the front line and is well aware of these matters.

"It's not impossible, let's go."

After Director Li made the decision, he took Zhang Zhiqiang and Li Tiehua with him, and the three of them chatted while walking towards the workshop where the first-level fitters were being assessed at a leisurely pace.

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After arriving at the place, I found that there was already a long queue in the workshop for the first-level fitter assessment. There were quite a few apprentices this time, but there were not so many people in the other assessment workshops. The eighth-level workshop was not set up at all because no one took the exam.

Moreover, it is very troublesome to assess the eighth-level fitter. Someone has to be sent from above, that is, the State-owned Assets Management Commission, to conduct the assessment, mainly to prevent the factories below from cheating.

After all, the standard for judging a factory's strength is how many engineers, technicians, and top workers it has.

As for leaders, such as factory directors and so on, they have no practical significance. What's the point of having these things? These days, there are not many people but many people who want to be officials. If they are gone, you can replace them with capable people who can still handle the situation.

"Zhang Zhiqiang?"

Zhang Zhiqiang was chatting with Li Tiehua and Director Li when he suddenly heard someone calling him.

When I turned around, I found it was Qin Huairu.

In fact, it is quite rare. Most of the people who are assessed as first-level fitters here are young people, and only a very small number of them are the original workers who had accidents and their families sent someone to take over the job.

However, it is indeed rare for someone like Qin Huairu, who is in her thirties and is still taking the assessment for first-level fitter.

Qin Huairu was in a good mood today. Although she still had no confidence that she could pass the assessment, her length of service was sufficient, which meant that even if she failed today, she could still become a first-level fitter based on her qualifications.

Don't underestimate the increase in salary from apprentice to first-level fitter. Qin Huairu is already thinking about how to distribute next month's salary.

"Hmm? Qin Huairu? You're still taking the first level exam."

Zhang Zhiqiang said casually when he saw Qin Huairu stunned for a moment, and then he realized that something seemed wrong. The words were somewhat sarcastic.

I swear to God, Zhang Zhiqiang really didn't mean to mock Qin Huairu, he just said it casually.

Of course, in order to avoid misunderstanding, Zhang Zhiqiang added another sentence.

"I heard that you've been washing clothes for Sha Zhu every day recently. I didn't expect you like this."

Zhang Zhi emphasized that this story started two days ago. He happened to see Qin Huairu running to Sha Zhu's house with a basin and came out after a while.

After coming out, there were Sha Zhu's clothes in the basin. The sharp-eyed Zhang Zhiqiang also found Sha Zhu's bitter tea in it, and felt somewhat emotional.

"Forehead."

Qin Huairu was speechless. Why did Zhang Zhiqiang bring up such irrelevant things? She even liked his money so much!

Qin Huairu felt the need to explain, so she said, "Qiangzi, don't get me wrong. Shazhu was punished to clean the toilet this time, and it had something to do with me. I felt bad about it, so I wanted to help Shazhu do what I could."

Qin Huairu's eyes turned red as she spoke, as if she was very upset.

"It doesn't matter. I don't care what happens between you and Sha Zhu. Just plot against him."

Zhang Zhiqiang said that what Qin Huairu said was nonsense and not a word of it could be believed.

Instead of making Zhang Zhiqiang believe that Qin Huairu would feel guilty towards Sha Zhu, it would be better for him to just believe that there are ghosts in this world.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Zhiqiang didn't want to talk so much with Qin Huairu, so he took Li Tiehua and Director Li away.

Qin Huairu looked at Zhang Zhiqiang's back with some helplessness. Why did Zhang Zhiqiang always think so badly of himself? This time, he really didn't intend to plot against Sha Zhu.

I am not the kind of person who would scheme against others. If you are talking about forcing Zhang Zhiqiang to move house, that was Jia Zhang's idea. It has nothing to do with me, Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was still very sad about being misunderstood by Zhang Zhiqiang, but she became happy after a while. After all, today was a good day for her, a day when her salary increased, which made her feel happy just thinking about it.

"That was Qin Huairu just now?"

Li Tiehua had only heard of Qin Huairu's name before, but had never met her, so he was a little curious when he met her for the first time.

"Yes, it's her. She lives in the same courtyard as me."

Zhang Zhiqiang explained and gave a reasonable explanation for why he knew Qin Huairu.

"Shazhu beat up Deputy Director Li because of her?"

Li Tiehua asked again, he knew Sha Zhu, who cooked the best food in the factory.

When Li Tiehua was in the Security Department, he also liked to get his meals in the cafeteria. After all, although Sha Zhu was a troublemaker, his cooking skills were impeccable. Later, they gradually got to know each other. He was present when Sha Zhu was interrogated two days ago.

"That's probably the reason, but I think the root cause must be that Sha Zhu was tricked by someone."

Zhang Zhiqiang thought for a while and said, this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems, at least Yi Zhonghai must be involved in this matter.

"Ah? Who plotted against you?"

Now Director Li was also interested. There was nothing he could do about it. There was too little gossip these days. It would be great to be able to eat some melon while waiting.

"I don't know either, but these days, everyone has some shit going on in their yard."

Zhang Zhiqiang had no evidence and couldn't directly imply anything, so he could only say it in this implicit way.

"That's true."

Li Tiehua and Director Li agreed with this statement, after all, they also had it in their compound.

Every household is having a hard time now. If they don’t have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear, they must find a way to solve the problem. We are all trying to survive, so it’s understandable.

"Why haven't I seen Li Xin after walking around for so long?"

Li Tiehua asked in confusion, they had walked to the end but didn't see their son anywhere.

Could it be that his stupid and foolish son had gone to another workshop?

"Haha, we walked too fast. Maybe we didn't notice it, or maybe we went in."

"Anyway, let's wait at the door for a while. Li Xin will definitely come out soon."

Zhang Zhiqiang said comfortingly.

"That's quite true."

Li Tiehua nodded in agreement, and the three of them waited at the door.

Zhang Zhiqiang looked at the people in line whispering with excitement on their faces, and felt quite emotional.

I was the same back then, full of hope for life. Although I am still full of hope for life now, I have matured after all, and am no longer as naive as I was back then.

Zhang Zhiqiang came back to his senses and felt that there was nothing to be sad about. After all, passing the first-level exam was too far away for him.

Li Tiehua took out a cigarette and gave one to Zhang Zhiqiang and Director Li respectively. The three of them continued to chat about topics of interest.