“Every time Sha Zhu goes on a blind date, does Qin Huai Ru always enthusiastically help him with the arrangements? I heard that Qin Huai Ru even washes Sha Zhu’s underwear. Is that true?” Yang Xuan asked with a smile.
“She does help, but she's genuinely kind. As for washing underwear, it only happens occasionally. Sometimes I forget to wash my underwear after changing, and Qin Jie takes it to wash together.” He Yu Zhu felt a little embarrassed.
Yang Xuan laughed loudly: “Do you really think Qin Huai Ru is genuinely kind? When Yu Shui went on a blind date, a widow was there arranging things, and she was even prettier than Yu Shui. Are you okay with letting Yu Shui marry her? As for washing underwear, my mom stopped washing my underwear for me after I grew up. A widow washes your underwear for you. What kind of relationship do you have?”
He Yu Zhu was too kind and naive. He thought everyone was as pure as him. He didn't realize that others were full of schemes.
Qin Huai Ru was calculating his wages, Yi Zhong Hai and the deaf old lady were calculating his future pension. All sorts of people in the courtyard were calculating their little benefits.
“I treat them with sincerity, why are they all like this?” He Yu Zhu couldn't figure it out.
He Yu Zhu wasn't really stupid. He could figure out these things with just a little thought. But before, he treated these people as family. He was a bit lazy and didn't like to think. He wanted everyone to come up with ideas for him.
Unfortunately, he was wrong about people!
He Yu Shui's face wasn't looking good either. Over the years, Sha Zhu had instilled so much in her head that she also started to treat these people as family. She knew that when she was starving, nobody was willing to help, and they all looked at her with disdain.
She was a cultured person, an intellectual in this era. How could she not understand these things?
“Brother, Yang Xuan is right. None of these people have good intentions. Old Lady's connections are so wide. If she wanted to find you a partner, why would you have to stay single until now? Our family doesn't have parents to help, but our conditions aren't bad. How could nobody introduce you to someone? Compared to Jie Cheng, what are you lacking? Mr. Yan's monthly salary isn't even as high as yours. He's still raising such a big family! Didn't Jie Cheng still marry a beautiful Yu Li?” He Yu Shui figured everything out.
“I just can't figure out Qin Jie. I've done everything I can for their family, haven't I? From the beginning of every month to the end, I lend them money. Half of my monthly salary goes to them. I also often bring leftover food and dishes back from the canteen. In the end, this is how they repay me.” He Yu Zhu said.
“An inch of favor is repaid by a foot of hate. They've gotten used to borrowing, and they consider your half-month salary theirs. Now you want to use their half-month salary to find a girlfriend, what do you think they will do?” Yang Xuan said.
Yang Xuan's words stunned everyone present.
Is that human talk?
But thinking about it, Yang Xuan's words weren't unreasonable.
That's exactly how Qin Huai Ru's family thought.
If He Yu Zhu finds a girlfriend, even if he still wants to help Qin's family, will his girlfriend be willing? Which woman would be so generous to allow her boyfriend to have an ambiguous relationship with a widow?
Yang Da Cheng also shook his head.
He had figured out some of these things, but some he hadn't. Hearing Yang Xuan say it, he immediately felt that those people were truly bad.
Zeng Wen Fang said, “Zhuzi, if you really want to find a wife, you have to be careful from now on.”
He Yu Zhu nodded: “I understand now. I'll try to avoid these people in the future.”
He Yu Shui was a bit worried: “Can you avoid them? Before, I even thought that if you couldn't find anyone, you might as well marry Qin Huai Ru. The kids are already there.”
He Yu Zhu almost jumped up in anger: “I'm a single man, can I take children from someone else?”
“You can't expect Qin Huai Ru's family to take care of you in your old age. It's unlikely.” Yang Xuan shook his head.
He Yu Shui didn't have a good impression of Qin Huai Ru's three children.
“Bang Geng is quite mischievous. He often comes to our house to take things, like it's his own. Qin Jie… Qin Huai Ru never says anything. She even says that Bang Geng only takes things from our house because he doesn't consider us outsiders.” He Yu Shui said.
“Bang Geng doesn't just take things from our house.” He Yu Zhu said.
Just today, Bang Geng first stole Mr. Xu's chicken, and then went to the steel mill to steal soy sauce. Things often went missing in the courtyard, but everyone was too embarrassed to say anything. Even if Bang Geng didn't do everything, a large part of it was definitely related to him.
After dinner, He Yu Zhu and his sister talked for a while at Yang Xuan's house before returning home.
“You little rascal, don't go sticking your nose into other people's business in the future. Zhuzi's matter is fine, after all, he saved you.” Yang Da Cheng warned.
Zeng Wen Fang also said: “Our courtyard is very complicated. We're not on the same side as them. If Yi Zhong Hai and Qin Huai Ru find out that you reminded Zhuzi, they'll definitely get on your case.”
“Am I afraid of them?” Yang Xuan said disdainfully.
“Yi Zhong Hai is an eighth-grade fitter in your workshop. When you get your apprentice certification in three years, if Yi Zhong Hai interferes, you could have been certified as a third-grade fitter, maybe even a second or first-grade fitter. One level lower means ten to twenty yuan less a month!” Yang Da Cheng reminded him.
Yang Xuan chuckled. It was true. Even though Yi Zhong Hai was just a worker, he wasn't an ordinary one. An eighth-grade fitter had the capital to speak with the factory leaders.
However, Yang Xuan wasn't ordinary either. With his skill-leveling system, he wasn't afraid of Yi Zhong Hai messing around behind his back.
Yang Xuan didn't believe that he would have to wait three years for his certification with the skill-leveling system.
He glanced at the system. The proficiency level of the fitter skill's entry level was already more than half, and maybe in a day, it would reach the proficient level.
Skill levels are divided into: Entry, Proficient, Mastery, Grand Mastery, and Perfection. Entry requires 1000 proficiency, Entry to Proficient requires 10,000 proficiency, Proficient to Mastery requires 50,000 proficiency, Mastery to Grand Mastery requires 100,000 proficiency. Grand Mastery to Perfection requires 1 million proficiency. Skill levels correspond to fitter levels, Entry is equivalent to level 1 and 2, level 3 and 4 fitters are at the Proficient level, level 5 and 6 fitters are at the Mastery level, level 7 and 8 fitters are at the Grand Mastery level, and the final Perfection level is beyond level 8.
There is a huge gap between Grand Mastery and Perfection. If Yang Xuan's fitter skill reaches Perfection, his ability will surpass Yi Zhong Hai by a lot.
The total proficiency required from Entry to max level is 1,161,000 points.
Gaining one proficiency point every ten seconds, one can gain 8640 proficiency points in a day. It would take 135 days to reach max level, which means four and a half months. Yang Xuan's fitter skill will reach max level in four and a half months. It will only take 19 days to reach Grand Mastery, equivalent to level 7 and 8 fitter. In other words, Yang Xuan's fitter skill level will surpass Yi Zhong Hai in a month at most.