Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

Time soon came to noon. Jia Dongxu had just finished his lunch, and Xie Laoliu sat down opposite Jia Dongxu with his lunch box. Xie Laoliu asked, "Dongxu, do you have any plans for later?!"

Jia Dongxu replied: "I've been unlucky lately. I won't play anymore. Let's talk about it in a few days!"

"No!" Xie Laoliu turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "I came here because I was unlucky. Maybe your luck will turn around today?!"

Jia Dongxu sneered and said, "Your perverse logic has no effect on me. Let's take a break for a while! Besides, the salary hasn't been paid yet, and the inventory on hand is running low."

Xie Laoliu said, "If you don't have enough money, just tell me earlier! I will lend you whatever amount you want."

Jia Dongxu asked: "Do I have to pay it back if I borrow it?!"

"Of course I have to return it! It's not difficult to borrow again if you return it on time. Don't you agree?!" Xie Laoliu glanced at Jia Dongxu, grabbed a steamed bun and put it into Jia Dongxu's lunch box, saying, "Don't just eat steamed bread. Change your taste and try the steamed buns in the cafeteria."

Jia Dongxu grabbed the steamed bun and took a bite, then said, "Don't think you can bribe me with a steamed bun. Make me change my mind."

Xie Laoliu said, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. I'm not forcing you. By the way, I heard that you owe Zhu Junchao money. How much do you owe?!"

Jia Dongxu replied: "Yes! I paid it back this morning."

"No wonder you didn't go out to play today." Xie Laoliu muttered, thinking to himself: "Why didn't Jia Dongxu ask me for money? If he asked me for money, I could have tricked him into giving me his job."

Seeing Xie Laoliu frowning, Jia Dongxu couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking about?!"

Xie Laoliu replied, "Nothing. The factory recently received a big job. I was thinking about that."

Jia Dongxu said, "You mean that thing?! I worked on it with Master Liu all morning. My back and waist are sore. I have to work on it again in the afternoon. Whether it will be successful depends on the pouring results tomorrow."

Xie Laoliu asked: "Can the mold you made for something that big work?!"

Jia Dongxu replied: "You should ask Master Liu about this."

Xie Laoliu chatted with Jia Dongxu for a while, and when Jia Dongxu left, Xie Laoliu stopped eating, covered his lunch box, and followed him out with the lunch box.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xie Laoliu walked into the pavilion not far from the third canteen. Not long after, Yi Zhonghai also walked in and sat down next to Xie Laoliu. Xie Laoliu said, "Jia Dongxu has paid back the money he owed to Mr. Zhu."

Yi Zhonghai said: "I already know about this."

Xie Laoliu glanced at Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Yi Zhonghai, you asked me to take Jia Dongxu out for a good time, what on earth are you planning?!"

Yi Zhonghai replied: "Although Jia Dongxu is unkind and unjust, he was once my apprentice. Considering our past friendship, I will not harm him."

Xie Laoliu went on to say, "Yi Zhonghai, whether you will harm him or not has nothing to do with me. I have already done everything you asked me to do. Don't come to me in the future. We are completely even now. If you come to me again, be careful that I will be rude to you!"

Yi Zhonghai stopped Xie Laoliu who was about to leave, and stuffed an envelope into his pocket while saying, "Don't be so angry. We have known each other for more than a year or two. Don't you know me?! I will not harm you. I will not harm Jia Dongxu. I just want to teach him a lesson." Then he changed the subject and asked, "How is he doing in your workshop?!"

Xie Laoliu sneered and replied, "You were his master, so you should know what kind of person he is?! But he was unlucky this time. Master Liu took on a big job, and he was helping Master Liu. Anyway, he was tortured hard by Master Liu this time."

Because Jia Dongxu was in the foundry, Yi Zhonghai had been paying attention to the foundry. He knew that a task had been assigned recently. This task seemed to be to cast a large casting. Yi Zhonghai's eyes rolled, and he looked happy as if he had discovered a new world.

Xie Laoliu glanced at Yi Zhonghai, and without further ado, he took his lunch box and went straight out of the pavilion. After Xie Laoliu left, Yi Zhonghai came to his senses and felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to send Jia Dongxu away.

Time passed little by little, and it was 4:30 in the afternoon. As the bell rang, the workers changed their clothes and left the steel mill one after another. Yi Zhonghai left the factory, walked around outside, and after making sure that no one had discovered him, he came to the wall of the steel mill and entered the factory through a dog hole. Stealthily, Yi Zhonghai came to the sand-casting workshop and hid. At around 5:30, most of the workers in the steel mill had left, and the sand-casting workshop was empty. Yi Zhonghai waited for a while, came out of the dark, and quietly sneaked into the sand-casting workshop. He found the workstations of Jia Dongxu and Master Liu, first tampered with the mold, and then tampered with the hoisting equipment for lifting the molten iron bucket. Then he quietly left the sand-casting workshop and left the steel mill through the dog hole.

"Old Yi, why are you back so late today?!" At around 7 o'clock in the evening, Liu Guiying, who had been worried for a long time, saw Yi Zhonghai coming back and was relieved. Yi Zhonghai said, "There was a lot of work today. I worked overtime for a while. So I came back late."

"Oh!" Liu Guiying responded without any doubt, saying, "Please sit down for a while. I'll go heat up the food. It will be ready soon!"

Yi Zhonghai nodded, closed his eyes, and began to calculate what would happen after Jia Dongxu got into trouble tomorrow. Then he thought about how he would deal with these things. After about five or six minutes, Yi Zhonghai opened his eyes, and a strong murderous aura flashed across his eyes. Yi Zhonghai said inwardly: "Jia Dongxu! Don't blame me, your master, for being cruel! If you want to blame someone, blame Qin Huairu. She pushed me too hard!"

In a blink of an eye, it was around 9:30 the next morning. In the foundry, a bucket full of molten iron was hung above the mold. When the molten iron was about to be poured into the mold, a chain hanging the bucket suddenly broke. The bucket of molten iron overturned in the direction of Jia Dongxu. Most of the molten iron instantly poured onto Jia Dongxu who was slacking off.

"Ah!" Jia Dongxu let out a hysterical scream, and then a smell of burnt meat emanated from Jia Dongxu's body. Master Liu, who was not far away, reacted at this time and shouted hurriedly: "Hurry up and save him!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" When Jia Dongxu was sent to the hospital, a worker rushed to the courtyard and knocked frantically on the door, asking, "Is anyone there?!"

The neighbors all came out of their homes when they heard the knock on the door. Jia Zhang lazily opened the door and asked, "Who is it?!"

"Auntie, you are Jia Dongxu's mother, right? Something happened to your Jia Dongxu, and he has been sent to the hospital!" The worker who came to report the news said hurriedly when he saw Jia Zhang.

"What?!" Jia Zhang looked at the person who came to report the news in disbelief and said, "You little bastard! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll scratch your face!"

"Auntie! I'm not kidding you. Go to the hospital quickly! Maybe, you can see your son for the last time! I have already informed you. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!" After saying this, the person who came to report the news was afraid of being blackmailed by Jia Zhang, so he did not dare to delay for a moment and disappeared from the door of Jia's house as quickly as possible.