Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Benefits
Ever since Shu Niannian rejected Li Zhiqiang, Li Changhong always had a fake smile on his face every time he saw Shu Guodong. This time, he greeted Shu Guodong so enthusiastically that Shu Guodong was scared and got goose bumps all over his body.
He waved his hand quickly and said, "Hey, Xiao Zhao has gone to eat. Young guys get hungry quickly. It's no different if I finish up."
In fact, Shu Guodong didn't want to finish the work. He was a level 6 fitter and it was never his turn to do such work as sweeping the floor and finishing. But recently the whole factory seemed to be distancing themselves from him and Shu Guodong could only keep his tail between his legs. Xiao Zhao was his apprentice and he used to follow him around, calling him master in front of him and master behind him. But a while ago, seeing that things were not going well for him, he lost even the most basic respect for Shu Guodong and not only stopped calling him master, he also made Shu Guodong do all the trivial work.
For the sake of a monthly salary of a few dozen yuan and the food allowance as a chef, Shu Guodong had no choice but to endure it.
Li Changhong saw all this but pretended not to see anything.
All of this was tacitly approved by Li Changhong. Today, he seemed to have lost his memory. He started to scold Xiao Zhao with a sullen face, "What a thing! How long has Xiao Zhao been here? And you dare to cheat? You are his master, you taught him the skills to make a living, but he even lets you do trivial work? Doesn't he know what it means to respect teachers? Come here!"
Li Changhong pointed at a worker and said, "Go to the cafeteria and ask Xiao Zhao to come over!"
The person pointed at by Li Changhong was called Xiao Li, a good friend of Xiao Zhao. After receiving Li Changhong's instructions, Xiao Li turned around and ran quickly to the cafeteria. In just two minutes, Xiao Zhao ran over with sweat all over his forehead.
He saw Li Changhong talking to Shu Guodong with a big smile on his face, and his heart skipped a beat, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope, "Director, you're looking for me?"
Li Changhong pointed at the broom and dustpan in Shu Guodong's hand and asked, "This is your job, why are you pushing it to Master Shu?"
Xiao Zhao stammered and was unable to speak. He glanced at Shu Guodong, but Shu Guodong pretended not to see anything. He had had enough of the bullying recently. Although he endured it for the sake of earning a salary, to be honest, no matter what the reason was, he felt very happy to see Xiao Zhao being humiliated.
He knew what Xiao Zhao meant by glancing at him. He just wanted him to take the responsibility. Shu Guodong cursed in his heart, "Bah!" What a shame!
An apprentice who has little talent and likes to play tricks on others climbs over his head and bullies him, and he still wants him to cover for him? Pooh!
Shu Guodong held the broom calmly and said nothing, looking honest, pretending not to see Xiao Zhao's cry for help.
When Xiao Zhao saw that Shu Guodong didn't look at him, he thought that Shu Guodong was deliberately making a complaint. Xiao Zhao was the nephew of the workshop director Zhao Qingsheng. Relying on this relationship, Xiao Zhao once had the honor of eating at the same table with Li Changhong. At that time, Li Changhong also drank with him and said that he would definitely have a bright future.
From then on, Xiao Zhao felt that he was different in the machinery factory.
After all, not everyone can eat at the same table with Li Changhong.
Xiao Zhao has been bullying Shu Guodong recently, but he didn't expect Shu Guodong to complain? !
He glanced at Shu Guodong angrily and said, "Isn't it just asking you to help me sweep the floor? You can't lose a piece of meat? You have to complain about me during dinner? It's too petty, isn't it? I still call you Master!"
As a result, he stopped eating half of the spicy hotpot he had just ordered!
His disdainful attitude hurt the eyes of the master chefs around him. Many of them entered the factory at the same time as Shu Guodong, and now they have become master chefs. Just imagine, if their apprentices treated them with this attitude one day, would they be able to bear it?
Li Changhong looked at the faces of the master chefs around him and felt that this matter was serious. He allowed his young apprentices to look at Shu Guodong in the face, which indirectly chilled the hearts of the other master chefs.
Li Changhong was determined to change this situation. He cursed with a dark face, "Who allowed you to talk to your master like this? What do you mean he just helped you sweep the floor? You don't do your own work, but instead order your master around. I think your master is too good to you and you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is! Lao Shu, give the broom to Xiao Zhao. From now on, he has to do his own work! It's time for you to eat. The small hot pot in the cafeteria is prepared for the chefs, not for just any cat or dog!"
Shu Guodong saw that Li Changhong had almost finished scolding him, so he smiled and handed the broom to Xiao Zhao. "Hey, the child is young and craved hot pot, so he asked me to help sweep the floor. I thought it was no big deal to help, but who knew that the factory director saw us. Xiao Zhao, it's really not the master who wanted to sue you, but he caught us, right?"
Xiao Zhao glared at Shu Guodong indignantly, then snatched the broom from Shu Guodong's hand with such force that Shu Guodong staggered. If Shu Guodong had not had good balance, he would have definitely fallen to the ground.
When the people around saw this scene, they all started whispering. Li Changhong wanted something from Shu Guodong today, and from now on, he would have to flatter Shu Guodong. How could he let Shu Guodong make a fool of himself under his nose?
Li Changhong pretended to be very angry, threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and shouted, "What? Am I not keeping my word or what?! I just said that I should respect the master, do you think I am bullshitting?"
Li Changhong hadn't lost his temper for many years and always had a smiling face. But now he suddenly got so angry that the workers around him were shocked.
Xiao Zhao, in particular, looked at Li Changhong tremblingly. He tried to argue a few words, but Li Changhong did not give him the chance. "From today on, Xiao Zhao is fired from the machinery factory, and his place will be taken by Shu Wenqiang."
Xiao Zhao and Shu Guodong were both shocked.
Li Changhong announced the punishment for Xiao Zhao, and then took Shu Guodong out for a drink. "It's agreed that I'll treat you to a drink today, you can't refuse again!"
Shu Guodong was trembling as he was dragged out by Li Changhong. Xiao Zhao chased him crying, "I was wrong! I was wrong! I apologize, isn't it enough for me to apologize? Don't chase me away!"
This was a psychological shadow that Xiao Zhao had for half his life, and he never knew it. He just saw Shu Guodong was in poverty, so he followed the trend and asked Shu Guodong to sweep the floor for him. Why was he fired? !
In order to please Shu Guodong, Li Changhong directly fired Xiao Zhao who bullied Shu Guodong. This move cleared himself of all blame, as if it was not him, Li Changhong, who allowed the younger generations in the workshop to bully Shu Guodong.
Shu Guodong was pulled into a private room in the small cafeteria and was pushed down on the main seat by Li Changhong. He stood up in panic and thought, are you kidding me? Is this the seat he can sit on?
The scene of Xiao Zhao being fired just now was still vivid in his mind. Even if he was invited to have dinner together, how could he dare to sit at the head seat?
Oh my God!
Shu Guodong refused again and again, but Li Changhong pushed him down again and again, "Brother! Please give me some face today and you must sit in the main seat!" Shu Guodong's calves were shaking, and he asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Li Changhong personally poured Shu Guodong a glass of wine and said with a smile, "Brother, I heard that the head of the group, Ye Jinhong, who came to the county to check for loopholes in the economic regulations, is your son-in-law?"
Shu Guodong's anxiety gradually subsided. "Yes, if you are talking about Ye Jinhong from the Second Army of Haicheng, then yes, he is my son-in-law."
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It was already eight o'clock when Shu Niannian returned home. In the past, Li Guifen would have gone to bed at this time, but Li Guifen would leave kerosene lamps on in her room and Shu Wenhui's room.
Two dim kerosene lamps, that was the warmth that Li Guifen left for them.
But this time, the kerosene lamps in the main hall and living room of the house were still on.
Could something have happened?
Shu Niannian and Shu Wenhui hurried to the main hall and living room, only to see Shu Guodong and Shu Wenqiang sitting on stools in the main hall. Shu Wenqiang had an expression of uncontrollable joy on his face, while Shu Guodong had a frown on his face, smoking his old dry pipe one puff after another.
"Why did you come back today? Did something happen?"
Shu Niannian put her schoolbag on the table. Shu Guodong slowly crushed out his pipe and asked Shu Niannian, "Is Ye Jinhong at the Shu County Police Department, monitoring and regulating some economic development regulations?"
Shu Niannian nodded, "Yes, he has been here for a week or so. I saw that he was very busy, so I didn't tell you. Dad, how did you know?"
Shu Niannian found it rather strange. Shu Guodong worked in a machinery factory, where he was provided with food and lodging. He usually stayed in the workshop when he had nothing to do. How did he know that Ye Jinhong had come to Shu County?
Do you know it so clearly?
"Did anyone tell you something?"
Shu Guodong frowned, "Today Li Changhong suddenly asked me to drink. He told me that Ye Jinhong was the Minister of the Kipchak in Haicheng. He said something very strange. He called me brother and flattered me. He also fired Xiao Zhao who always bullied me and gave Xiao Zhao's official position to your second brother, just to let me introduce Ye Jinhong to him."
Shu Niannian glanced at Shu Wenqiang calmly, and said, "Why does second brother look so happy tonight?"
"It's nothing, it's not shameful. If he asked you to recommend him, then just do it. Jinhong is not ugly and shameful. But if he wants something, it's hard to say. In fact, Jinhong came to Shu County for supervision this time because of the Sun Dachang incident. The higher-ups felt that after the reform and opening up, the economy developed too fast, the economic regulations were not sound, and it was in a disorderly state. Sun Dachang's case was definitely not an isolated case, but a common phenomenon, so they sent Jinhong down to investigate."
Shu Niannian looked at Shu Wenqiang and said directly, "Li Changhong has already given Second Brother a regular employee position just by asking you to introduce Ye Jinhong to him. In a sense, this is also a form of profit transfer. We can't take this regular employee position!"
The joy on Shu Wenqiang's face disappeared instantly. "Why? I've performed well, and I've been working in the machinery factory for more than half a year. It's normal for me to get a regular job."
Shu Niannian: "Do you think this is normal? If Li Changhong hadn't asked for anything, would this regular employee position still have fallen on you?"
Shu Wenqiang choked and stopped talking immediately.
He also knew in his heart that if he didn't have the relationship with Ye Jinhong, he and Shu Guodong would still be bullied and sitting on the bench in the machinery factory. It would be good enough if they were not fired, let alone made permanent employees?
No way!
Shu Guodong had been feeling uneasy since Li Changhong was about to give the full-time job quota to Shu Wenqiang. Now, after hearing what Shu Niannian said, he felt that the matter was quite serious. He took a puff of his old cigarette and said, "Okay! Dad knows, we can't take it. We can't take this quota! We have suffered losses before. Sun Dachang came to our door at that time. If Jinhong hadn't come in time, who knows what would have happened to our family? In order to let more Sun Dachangs get the punishment they deserve, we can't accept any benefits from anyone!"
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