Ran Qiu Ye was dumbfounded. Yang Xuan was right. Qin Huai Ru actually came to see her, and even paid the five yuan tuition fee.
“Bang Geng’s mother, you must be mistaken. I am not dating He Yu Zhu. If you want to live with He Yu Zhu, you should talk to him about it. Don’t come to me. As far as I know, He Yu Zhu has been helping your family for years without asking for anything in return. He doesn’t want to live with you. And even if He Yu Zhu is willing, your mother-in-law would never agree. You also need to think about your three children.” Ran Qiu Ye looked at Qin Huai Ru. Now she believed Yang Xuan. This woman was truly vicious.
“Besides,” Ran Qiu Ye continued, “If I were dating He Yu Zhu, you would be immoral to come here to cause trouble. After all, He Yu Zhu has helped your family so much. You’ve sabotaged all of his previous relationships, right?”
“No, no. This is the only time.” Qin Huai Ru was a bit flustered under Ran Qiu Ye’s gaze. “You won’t tell He Yu Zhu about this, right?”
Ran Qiu Ye said disdainfully, “He Yu Zhu said you would come find me. I didn’t believe him. But you actually did.”
“Did Da Zhu say that? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Da Zhu isn’t that smart. It must have been Yang Xuan, right?” Qin Huai Ru suddenly remembered that Ran Qiu Ye had gone to Yang Xuan’s house the night before.
“No matter who said it. You coming here today proves that they were right.” Ran Qiu Ye said.
Qin Huai Ru suddenly became extremely agitated. “Do I want to do this? I have no other choice. Without He Yu Zhu’s help, my family can’t survive!”
“Your family can’t survive, so you want to drag He Yu Zhu down? You want to ruin his chances of finding a partner and getting married? He’s such a kind person. How can you be so cruel to him?” Ran Qiu Ye was disgusted by Qin Huai Ru. She couldn’t believe that someone could be so bad.
“Don’t stand there and judge me. If you were in my shoes, you wouldn’t do any better.” Qin Huai Ru’s face turned cold. She could tell that Ran Qiu Ye looked down on her.
“Maybe I wouldn’t be as good as you, but I wouldn’t burden others or harm them. I would do my best to support my family. Excuse me, I have class soon. Please leave. I won’t tell He Yu Zhu about this.” Ran Qiu Ye said.
Because Ran Qiu Ye spoke the truth, Qin Huai Ru also hated her.
As she was leaving, she called Bang Geng over.
“Keep an eye on your teacher. If Da Zhu goes to see her, come back and tell me.” Qin Huai Ru instructed.
Bang Geng nodded vigorously.
Yang Xuan’s technical reform was nearing completion. Recently, the factory leaders had been taking turns to visit the technical reform room to offer their condolences. They provided all kinds of rare materials without any limits.
Milk powder, white sugar…
They filled a small corner of the technical reform room.
“Master, you should take some back too.” Yang Xuan used a nylon net bag to fill a bag of materials for Zhou De Min.
“No, no, no. These are for the factory to show appreciation to you technical cadres. We don’t get any of this.” Zhou De Min hurriedly waved his hand.
There was a huge gap in welfare benefits between ordinary workers and technical cadres.
“Master, what are you saying? Once you’re in the technical reform room, you’re one of us. You’ve made the same contributions as we have. Take it. Just take it.” Yang Xuan forced the bag into Zhou De Min’s hands.
Zhou De Min was worried that Yang Xuan would offend people in the technical reform room. He wanted to refuse, but Tao Shao Ping, who was standing nearby, said, “Yang Gong is right. We should all enjoy these benefits in the technical reform room. Everyone should have a share. Master Zhou, your contributions these past few days have been no less than any of ours.”
Hearing everyone say this, Zhou De Min finally took the bag from Yang Xuan. “Isn’t this a bit too much?”
“No, no. There’s a whole bunch more over there. We’ll split it again when the technical reform is finished. Yang Gong, don’t just give it to your master. Take some back for yourself too. You can’t buy this stuff even if you have money.” Tao Shao Ping said.
Xiao Man Chun had also been coming to the technical reform room recently, paying attention to the final stages of the project.
For the final round of technical reform, Yang Xuan personally handled a lot of the processing work. There was no better machinist in the entire steel mill than him.
Only some of the simpler processing jobs were assigned to Zhou De Min.
Zhou De Min went home after work with a bag of rare materials, which made the machinists in his former work unit jealous.
“Old Zhou, you’ve got yourself a good apprentice. Now, you’re the only one in the entire work unit who can enjoy this kind of treatment.” Guo Da Bie Zi said enviously.
“Hehe, it’s just good luck. Back when Yang Xuan first entered our work unit, you guys were unwilling to take him on.” Zhou De Min said.
Yang Xuan’s father, Yang Da Cheng, was just an ordinary clerk. He had managed to get Yang Xuan a position as an apprentice in the work unit.
Because Yang Da Cheng had taken an apprenticeship spot from the work unit, he naturally affected the interests of some of the older machinists. After all, everyone wanted to get their children in as apprentices. Yang Xuan had taken a spot, so someone else naturally lost theirs.
So, no one was willing to take Yang Xuan as their apprentice.
In the end, Zhou De Min, a fifth-level machinist, took him on.
Who could have imagined that in less than half a year, this apprentice would be carrying his master?
“The benefits in your technical reform room are really good.”
Zhou De Min chuckled, “It’s only like this because the technical reform is about to be completed. Before that, there were no benefits. Many people were waiting to see the technical reform room fail. I’m just enjoying the benefits of being a technical cadre. Otherwise, a machinist like me wouldn’t have this kind of treatment.”
Qin Huai Ru’s eyes turned red when she saw the materials in Zhou De Min’s nylon net bag. If she could enter the technical reform room, wouldn’t she also get these benefits? What a pity. Yang Xuan was a bad person. Not only did he refuse to help her family, he was also spreading rumors about Da Zhu behind his back.
When he went home, Yang Xuan also brought back a full bag of goods. There was milk powder, canned food, candy, and other rare materials.
“The technical reform room has the best benefits in the entire steel mill. You even have your own separate meals.” He Yu Zhu was also envious.
“Why don’t you mention the contributions we’ve made? Once the technical reform is successful, our factory will be able to do high-precision processing, which means our contributions to the country will be at least several times greater than before. The benefits of the entire factory will improve significantly. This includes the year-end bonus. It will at least double.” Yang Xuan said.
“Really?” He Yu Zhu asked excitedly.
“Can I lie to you?” Yang Xuan smiled.
“That’s great. Finish the technical reform quickly.” He Yu Zhu said.
“We might only be able to complete the first phase of the technical reform before the new year. We’ll need to wait until after the new year to really finish it.” Yang Xuan said.