Siheyuan: no worries about food and clothing at the beginning

Chapter 28 Importance

Just when the three brothers of the Li family were puzzled.

Father Li quickly helped Li Shugong and Li Shuwei up and said
"Good boy, your uncle doesn't need you to provide for me in old age. Your uncle has three sons.

As for paying 1/3 of your salary every month, just pay it for three years.”

At this time, Li's father also understood what Li Lin's grandfather wanted to do.

I was just afraid that their relationship would fade away in the future, so I did it this way.

Li Lin's grandfather didn't have any opinion when he heard this.

His original intention was to let his two grandsons not forget his uncle's family's kindness to them.

He believes that his two grandchildren are grateful.

So if he did this, his two grandsons would definitely not have any complaints.

On the contrary, they will remember their uncle's family's kindness to them even more.

After all, it is really difficult for people in rural areas to get a job in this era.

Li Shugong and Li Shuwei looked at their grandfather and found that his grandfather nodded, so they stood up.

Seeing this scene, Li Lin's father said immediately

"They are all good kids."

At this moment, Mother Li came out with the dishes and looked at the scene in front of her and said doubtfully.
"What are you guys doing here?"

Li Lin's father said quickly
"nothing"

Li Lin's mother did not continue to ask questions but said:

“Meals are ready and ready to be served”

When Father Li heard this, he called everyone to eat.

Li's mother handed the specially steamed big white flour steamed buns to Li Lin's grandparents.

Li Lin's grandfather was immediately dissatisfied when he saw this scene.
"How old am I? I still have a few years to live.

Wouldn’t it be a waste to eat these things, and share these steamed buns with my grandchildren.”

Li Lin's father said

"Look at what you said, Dad, you must live a long life.

You will have a great-grandchild in the future, and you will also have to watch your great-grandchild grow up."

Li Lin's grandfather immediately laughed when he heard this
"My biggest wish now is to see us four generations living together happily."

Li Lin's mother said

“Not long ago, both of my daughters-in-law were nearly eight months pregnant.

Wait another two or three months, and you will be able to see your great-grandson."

Li Lin's grandfather heard this and said with even more satisfaction.

"Well then you can bring your great-grandson to me at that time.

Don’t blame me for being an old man.”

The meal ended happily.

After eating and chatting about some household matters, Li Lin's grandparents were ready to leave.

Li Lin's father said to Li Lin
"Third brother, go to the third uncle's house and borrow his bicycle.

It's up to you and the second child to send your grandparents home"

Li Lin's grandfather heard this and immediately refused and said

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome, isn't it just a matter of walking a few steps?"

Li Lin's father said

"Isn't it getting late? I'm worried that you two elders will go back alone.

The third child hastened to borrow a bicycle."

When Li Lin heard this, he walked out of the room and knocked on the door of the third uncle's house.

It was the third mother who opened the door, and the third mother looked at Li Lin in front of her and said

"Li Lin, what's the matter with you?"

Li Lin said, "I don't want to borrow a bicycle from your family and send my grandparents back."

The third aunt couldn't make the decision in this matter, so she turned around and called the third uncle out.

The third uncle came out and said

"We are all neighbors. You must know what I should give you if you borrow my bicycle."

Li Lin was already prepared when he heard this

"Can I have a dime here?"

The third master happily took the dime and said

"I will unlock the bicycle right away."

The third master handed the bicycle to Li Lin and said

"If it breaks, you have to pay me for a bicycle. I'll take the one from your family."

Li Lin said speechlessly

"Don't worry, I won't damage your bike."

The third uncle now desperately hopes that Li Lin can destroy his bicycle, so that he can get Li Lin's bicycle.

After all, the bicycle he bought was just an ordinary brand bicycle.

And Li Lin's bicycle is Feige brand.

In this era, Feige brand bicycles are equivalent to luxury cars in later generations.

Li Lin's grandfather sat behind Li Lin and said
“This bike is really good and comfortable to sit on.

And it feels like it hasn’t been that long since we’ve come such a long way.”

Li Lin said to the grandfather behind him

"It's cool to ride a bicycle by yourself, do you always want to learn?"

Li Lin's grandfather heard this and shook his hand quickly and said
"I've never touched this stuff before, and I'm quite old, and you let me learn it, isn't it a tossing?"

Li Lin said with a smile

"Live and learn, and learning is never-ending."

Li Lin's grandfather said
"Don't use your great principles to pressure me, I just don't learn anyway"

Soon Li Lin and Li He brought their grandparents to their grandparents' house.

You can see Li Lin's uncle sitting on the threshold smoking a cigarette.

Seeing Li Lin and his party coming, he quickly got up and said

"You are finally back. I thought you would stay at Big Brother's house for one night."

Li Lin's grandfather got off his bicycle and said
"No matter how comfortable it is in the city, it's not as good as in the countryside."

In fact, Li Lin's father once took over Li Lin's grandparents to live in the city.

But the two elders really couldn't stand the life in the city.

It’s not that life in the city is uneasy.

It's Li Lin's grandparents who feel uncomfortable every day when they are idle.

After living there for a few months, I started clamoring to go back to the countryside.

Li's father and Li's mother had no choice, so they sent the two elders back to the countryside.

Li Lin's uncle said

"Don't sit around outside, go sit inside."

Li Lin and Li He quickly refused. After all, it was already getting late.

Li Lin's uncle didn't force it either, so the two hurried back.

Li Lin's grandfather walked into the courtyard, sat on the bench and said
"From now on, there will only be the three of us in this family."

Speaking of this, Li Lin's grandfather couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Li Lin's grandma comforted her
"The children have their own future, we should be happy"

Li Lin's grandfather heard this and said:

"You're right, but I'm afraid the house is not as lively as it used to be."

Li Lin's uncle said
"Father and mother, we can think this way.

When the children take root in the city, we can enjoy the blessings of heaven."

When Li Lin's grandfather heard this, he immediately shook his head and said
"Forget it, I'm not used to living in the city, no matter what I need money.

And just sitting there all day, doing nothing, I can't stand it"

Li Lin's uncle said

"Wait until your great-grandson is born.

You don’t want to say that, I’m afraid you can’t wait to run into the city.”

When Li Lin's grandfather heard this, he immediately thought of his three unborn great-grandsons and couldn't help laughing.

“What you brat said makes sense.

Well, when my great-grandson is born, let's go live in the city again.

By then, how happy our family will be with four generations living under one roof."

Thinking of this scene, Li Lin's grandfather couldn't help but laugh there.

Li Lin returned the bicycle to the third uncle and said
"How is it? It's not broken, don't look for me later"

The third uncle inspected it carefully and said

"Not broken, not broken"

When Li Lin heard this, he didn't stay much, but chose to go back home.

At this time, Li's father was asking Li He if he had returned home.

Li Lin walked in and said
"Father, where are the second and first cousins?"

Father Li replied,
"They went back to the place rented by your cousin."

Second day

Li Lin did not go to the factory by bicycle.

Instead, I went to the factory with my family.

Father Li took Li Lin's second cousin to report to the personnel department.

Li Lin came to the technical department to continue reading.

After a while, a middle-aged man wearing glasses came to Li Lin and said
"You are Li Lin, the person that Yue Lao brought into the technical department"

Li Lin looked at the middle-aged man curiously and said

"Yes, I'm Li Lin, I don't know who you are"

Middle-aged man wearing glasses speaks

"My name is Zeng Fuqiang"

Zeng Fuqiang?Isn't this another engineer in the factory besides Yue Lao?
Li Lin stood up and said
"It turned out to be Engineer Zeng, it's a pleasure to meet you.

I wonder what Engineer Zeng wants from me? "

Zeng Fuqiang said calmly

"I heard that Mr. Yue brought a newcomer who knew nothing to our technical department.

And Yue Lao also said that he will not arrange any work for you this month.

Then one month later I will personally familiarize you with the work.

So I was very curious and asked about everything about you.

I found a buyer who had never been exposed to this before.

No, he’s a buyer who knows how to cook, and he’s also a good cook.”

This guy is here to find fault, this is Li Lin's first thought.

That's right, Zeng Fuqiang came here to trouble Li Lin.

After all, everyone in the factory now knew that Li Lin belonged to Li's camp.

But now the factory is divided into two camps, one is the camp of director Yang, and the other is the camp of deputy director Li, so the two sides will naturally dislike each other.

Zeng Fuqiang was Factory Director Yang's employee, and because of this, he wanted to embarrass Li Lin.

Zeng Fuqiang looked at the book Li Lin was reading and said with some surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be Lao Yue's notebook.

I didn’t expect Mr. Yue to value you so much. He doesn’t want to train you as an engineer, does he?”

When the people in the technical department heard this, they all looked at Li Lin in surprise.

They thought that Yue Lao just taught Li Lin some skills about the staff of their technical department.

Let Li Lin become a qualified technician in the technical department.

But from Engineer Zeng's words, Mr. Yue seems to want to train Li Lin to become an engineer.

After all, Yue Lao gave Li Lin his notebook.

This actually aroused their jealousy. If Li Lin became a technician under Yue Lao's training, they would definitely not have any jealousy, at most they would be envious.

After all, this has nothing to do with their lives, but if Li Lin becomes an engineer, he will be in charge of them.

It has something to do with them, so it has to make them jealous.

How can a young man be valued by Yue Lao, and he is still a young man who doesn't understand anything.

Seeing Li Lin hesitate for a moment, Zeng Fuqiang strengthened his mind.

But he didn't want to cause trouble to Li Lin at this moment.

After all, with Yue Lao's vision and Yue Lao's training, he thinks that Li Lin will most likely become an engineer in the future.

By that time, the two of them will be on the same level, so it will be difficult for them to become enemies.

As for him standing on the side of Director Yang, it is also because Director Yang has done a lot of things for him.

But people, the most important thing is to focus on their own interests.

Since Li Lin can become an engineer in the future, there is no need for him to be hostile to Li Lin.

He has nothing to be jealous of. When he set foot on this path, he already knew the cruelty of this world.

There is a difference between those who are talented and those who are not. It is obvious that Li Lin belongs to the former.

Otherwise, Mr. Yue would not have wanted to train Li Lin to become an engineer.

A person with a great future is too busy to offend others.

And he also saw that Li Lin didn't want others to know that Mr. Yue wanted to train him to become an engineer.

If he wanted others to know that Mr. Yue trained him to be an engineer, then I'm afraid it would have spread throughout the factory.

"Okay, just kidding, your becoming an engineer is still something that has no impact.

But I believe that Yue Lao took a fancy to you because of your extraordinary talents.

For the sake of Mr. Yue, if you have any questions in the future, you can ask me and I will answer your doubts."

Li Lin was a little at a loss. He didn't look like he wanted to trouble him before, but now he seems to be a different person.

The same doubts were expressed by the staff in the technical department.

The way they looked at Engineer Zeng before, they all thought he was here to cause trouble for Li Lin.

Because everyone knows who stands behind Li Lin.

And they all know who the person behind Engineer Zeng is.

So they were very curious about what kind of chemical reaction the two would have together, but in the end it was just a joke.

If Zeng Fuqiang knew what the people in the technical department thought, he would definitely scoff at him.

He didn't have the time to panic and cause trouble for Li Lin.

It was Director Yang who asked him to try Li Lin's depth, and see what Lao Yue saw in Li Lin?
But he hasn't tested it yet. He originally planned to ask some mechanical questions.

But seeing Yue Lao gave Li Lin his own notebook, he knew he didn't need to ask.

Does Mr. Yue think that a person who can be trained to become an engineer still needs to be tested?

So after being polite to Li Lin, he chose to leave.

Li Lin looked at Engineer Zeng leaving, and Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.

It seems that Engineer Zeng's change came when he saw the notebook that Mr. Yue gave him.

But seeing the notebook Yue Lao gave him, why did his attitude change?
Could it be because he knew that Mr. Yue wanted to train himself to become an engineer?
This was the answer that Li Lin decided upon after much thought. The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible.

Zeng Fuqiang came to Director Yang's office.

Director Yang looked at Zeng Fuqiang in front of him and said
"How to find out why Mr. Yue values ​​him so much?"

Zeng Fuqiang said unhurriedly
"The reason why Mr. Yue values ​​him is because he wants to train him to become an engineer."

Director Yang was a little surprised when he heard this and said

"Old Yue wants to train him to become an engineer, isn't this a joke?"

In the opinion of Director Yang, this is a complete fantasy.

A buyer with good cooking skills, a person who graduated from junior high school, who had never been exposed to mechanical things since childhood, was actually noticed by Mr. Yue and wanted to train him to become an engineer.

This is not a joke, what is this about?
Zeng Fuqiang said

"After meeting that Li Lin, I also went to see Mr. Yue and talked about how he met Li Lin.

He told me that he saw Li Lin reading books about machinery in the library.

Then he came here interested in trying to test Li Lin, but he didn't expect Li Lin to be very talented.

Then he felt that it was a pity that Li Lin's talent was so high that he didn't become an engineer.

That’s why Li Lin was transferred to the technical department to study technology.”

When Director Yang heard this, he immediately felt a little bad.

An engineer who is good at cooking, and he is in the camp of Deputy Factory Director Li.

You must know that because Li Lin often helps deputy factory director Li to cook for those big leaders.

Li's connections with Deputy Director Li have become stronger and stronger, and they have already threatened his position below him.

Now Li Lin may become an engineer in the future, which means that Li Lin's personal connections and relationships will be stronger in the future.
After all, a cook is a cook after all, and it is impossible to communicate with those big leaders.

But engineers are different. When the leaders heard that Li Lin was an engineer, he also had such good cooking skills.

He will definitely be invited to the table to eat with them, and then by that time, Li Lin will soar into the sky.

A cook is not scary, a cook who will become an engineer is even more terrifying.

What worries him even more is that Li Lin does not belong to his camp.

"Do you think it's possible for us to win over Li Lin?"

Zeng Fuqiang heard this and said

"I don't believe that Deputy Director Li doesn't know that Li Lin may become an engineer in the future.

Deputy Factory Director Li can give you what you can, and Deputy Factory Director Li can give you what you can’t.”

Everyone knows very well that the reason why Deputy Director Li is sitting in this position is because of the relationship behind him.

The relationship behind Deputy Director Li is much stronger than that of Director Yang.

Otherwise, Director Yang would not regard Deputy Director Li as an enemy.

Not to mention that Li Lin now helps Deputy Director Li cook for those big leaders.

His network of contacts and relationships is wider than before.

Zeng Fuqiang said this because he wanted to tell Factory Director Yang that it was unrealistic to win over Li Lin.

Director Yang also knew this, so he patted his head with a headache and said
"If I had known, when I first got to know him, I would have won him over at all costs."

Zeng Fuqiang didn't speak when he heard this, but just looked at Director Yang quietly.

Neither the downfall of Director Yang nor the downfall of Deputy Director Li had anything to do with him, because he was an engineer in the factory.

He originally wanted to remain neutral. If it weren't for Factory Director Yang helping him accomplish something, he would not be in Director Yang's camp.

If you remain neutral like Mr. Yue, both parties have to please him.

And there is no need to get involved with so many troublesome things.

(End of this chapter)