"I agree. Otherwise, there is nothing to do and it would be a waste of food at home."

"Okay, I'll ask for you. You don't want any salary anyway, so if you can't do it, just quit." The old man thought that the kid must have been forced into a corner by his family and was willing to come out even without any pay.

"Thank you, sir."

The old man waved his hand and said, "Come in and help me keep an eye on it. Please wait and don't let anyone in."

"Okay, sir, thank you for your hard work."

The old security guard quite liked this capable young man. He walked into the yard with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Xiaochuan looked around the entire factory. The front row was full of production workshops, and there were a lot of wood piled in the yard.

There is a row of houses behind the workshop which serve as dormitories and canteens.

At the easternmost end is a row of warehouses with several offices, and that was the office the old man went to.

Zhao Xiaochuan waited for a few minutes, and the old man came out of the office, called someone in the workshop, and came over.

"Young man, the boss has agreed. This is Master Liu, please follow him in," the security guard shouted.

Zhao Xiaochuan hurried out and said, "Hello, Master Liu, thank you, sir."

"It's okay, just work hard. It's okay if you can't continue working." The old gatekeeper laughed. He knew how many days he could work without getting paid. The boss also wanted to have sex with him.

"Another apprentice has come. In the workshop, one person is teaching three or four apprentices. They don't even have time to work. I don't have time to teach them when they are paid by piece," Master Liu complained.

The old security guard shook his head and said nothing. This is how private factories are. No one dares to offend them. The street officials can arrange two people to come over.

Master Liu took Zhao Xiaochuan to the workshop.

"Master Liu, I'm Zhao Xiaochuan. I had a quarrel with my family and I'm hiding out for two days. You don't need to teach me. I'll be here in a few days. If you need any work, just ask me and I'll help you."

Seeing that Master Liu was full of resentment, Zhao Xiaochuan quickly explained that he would not bother him to teach him and could even help him with the work.

Hearing this, Master Liu's expression became a little better. "Then I won't be polite to you!"

"Just let me know if there's work to do, and you can prepare meals for me when the time comes!" Zhao Xiaochuan joked.

"You are such a sly kid!" A smile appeared on Master Liu's serious face.

Zhao Xiaochuan followed Master Liu into the workshop. What a coincidence, Wang Dashan and Wang Xiaoshan’s master was also Master Liu.

The two men stood there in a daze, staring at a pile of unfinished wood.

Master Liu got angry when he saw the two people. "Didn't I ask you to pick up the sawdust and move the waste out?"

Wang Xiaoshan: "We are here to learn a skill, not to do odd jobs. You are paid by the piece, so you should do the work yourself. You don't pay us for the work."

Wang Dashan wanted to listen to Master Liu's instructions, but Wang Xiaoshan stopped him. "Brother, if we do it, these jobs will be ours from now on. How can we learn the craft? He pays us by piecework and doesn't even offer us any benefits. If we don't do it, he can't do anything to us. We just watch him work. We are so smart, we will definitely learn it quickly."

Wang Dashan felt that Wang Xiaoshan was right. If they learned the skill earlier, they could earn more money.

Master Liu was so angry. These two idiots were not obedient at all. He asked them to do nothing and they were like cowards. He just hit them with the stick. He really wanted to hit them with the stick. They were just getting in the way just by standing there.

"Okay, okay, then you just stay here." Master Liu was too lazy to talk nonsense with the two of them. They wanted to learn a skill but didn't want to help with anything. He must be crazy. He would teach them!

"Xiaochuan, help me put the sawdust into bags and pile these waste materials outside," Master Liu turned to Zhao Xiaochuan and said.

"Okay, Master." Zhao Xiaochuan quickly took the bag and filled it with sawdust.

Wang Xiaoshan curled his lips and said, "You idiot, just do it. You won't learn anything."