Chapter 171: line with translation of title

Deaf Old Lady pointed at Shazhu, with a look of resentful disappointment, saying:

"You, you, what should I say?"

"You can still find a job just anywhere?"

"If you stay like this, even if you find a job, you'll be fired in a few days."

"Besides, if Ya gang chang fires you, which other factory would hire you?"

"I've already told you, Lin Shengli you can't afford to provoke, you can't afford to provoke, but you just won't listen."

Shazhu stuck out his neck and said:

"Don't boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige—what's so great about him?"

"I still look down on him."

Qin Huairu: "Fine, do whatever you want, I can't control it either."

Deaf Old Lady: "Huairu, you can't ignore him; if you don't, his life will be ruined."

Qin Huairu: "I want to manage him, but he also has to obey."

"If he doesn't listen to me, how can I manage him?"

After saying that, Qin Huairu stormed off angrily.

Deaf Old Lady let out a long sigh and said:

"Shazhu, you're being too stubborn."

"Think about it, in this Siheyuan, who else is still on your side now?"

"Besides me, who else?"

Shazhu thought for a moment and said:

"There's also Qin Jie."

Deaf Old Lady made a nasal sound and said:

"If you count her too, that's just two."

"Think about it, why has it come to this?"

Shazhu: "I don't want to think about those things; they've all gone to curry favor with Lin Shengli."

Deaf Old Lady: "Then why are they competing to curry favor with Lin Shengli?"

Shazhu: "Because..... no, what's the point of talking about that."

"What can Lin Shengli give them?"

"Just some peanuts and melon seeds, what can he give them?"

Deaf Old Lady: "Then what can you give them?"

Shazhu: "......"

Deaf Old Lady: "Alright, just tell me—are you going to go ask Lin Shengli for forgiveness?"

Shazhu, impatient: "I've already gone, got kicked out, what else can you expect me to do?"

"If you want me to kneel, that's impossible; if I kneel, how will I get by afterwards?"

Although he said that, that evening Shazhu still went to Lin Shengli's home accompanied by Deaf Old Lady and Qin Huairu.

He knelt down to beg Lin Shengli for forgiveness.

Because Deaf Old Lady and Qin Huairu had discussed it and given Shazhu an ultimatum.

They said if he got fired from Ya gang chang, they would no longer look after him.

Shazhu had no choice.

If they both stopped caring for him, he would be a lone wolf in this Siheyuan.

Actually, Lin Shengli and Shazhu don't have deep hatred, nor does he want to exterminate him.

Especially after he became Factory Director at Red Star Machinery Equipment Factory.

When Shazhu saw him, he also knew to take the initiative to greet him.

Even Jia Zhangshi would take the initiative to greet him.

Of course.

The rivers and mountains may shift, but one's nature is hard to change.

Lin Shengli still knows this.

As for the beasts and vermin in the courtyard, Lin Shengli also can't be bothered to deal with them.

As long as they don't come provoke him, it's fine.

Whether Shazhu sincerely kneels to beg him or not, Lin Shengli doesn't care to quibble.

However, Lin Shengli has one condition: that Shazhu transfer the house where He Yushui lives over to He Yushui.

Upon hearing that, Shazhu exploded instantly.

But he didn't dare lose his temper.

He put on a smiling face and said to Lin Shengli:

"Shengli, this, this isn't appropriate, is it?"

"He Yushui, put bluntly, is just an outsider."

"After marrying, the children she bears don't even carry my surname."

"These two rooms were left to me by my father."

"I can't let these rooms be lost in my hands."

Lin Shengli coldly snorted: "Shazhu, you really have the nerve to say that."

Fine, you don't have to agree.

I just wonder how you'll manage to survive after you lose your job.

If you can't survive, can you still keep these two rooms?

Besides, I can tell you straight: if you get fired from the Ya gang chang, I guarantee no factory will hire you.

Shazhu heard it and was instantly stunned.

Qin Huairu urged Shazhu:

Shazhu, Shengli's right—you need to think about how to survive.

If you lose your job, you really won't be able to survive.

Think about it—if you get fired from the Ya gang chang, no factory will want you.

By then you won't be able to survive—will you still be able to hold onto the house?

Although Qin Huairu hates to see He Yushui's house transferred to him, she wants Bang Geng to inherit everything of Shazhu, including the house.

But now she has no choice; she can only try to keep Shazhu's job for now.

Deaf Old Lady chimed in: "Yeah, Shazhu, Shengli and Huairu are both right."

"What's most important for you right now is to make sure you keep this job."

Shazhu thought for a moment, let out a long sigh, and nodded.

Qin Huairu and the Deaf Old Lady teamed up to pressure him, and he really had no way out.

Lin Shengli laughed and said: "Shazhu, I'm actually doing this for your poor sister too—oh, maybe you don't even consider her your sister anymore."

"But I think I still need to fight for some benefits for her."

"Go back, transfer the house ownership, and I'll talk to Director Li again."

Lin Shengli kept his word; after Shazhu transferred the house to He Yushui, he told Li Huaide about it.

Shazhu's job was ultimately preserved.

However, Shazhu was demoted to cleaning toilets for three months.

The next day.

Liu Haizhong went to the Ya gang chang broadcast room.

Yu Haitang didn't like him much, but she politely asked:

"Group Leader Liu, do you have any manuscripts?"

Liu Haizhong nodded, handed the folder in his hand to Yu Haitang, and said:

"This, this was personally reviewed by Director Li."

"Have it broadcast before you get off work."

Yu Haitang took it, glanced at it, and said:

"No problem."

Liu Haizhong thought for a moment, then asked:

"Haitang, I heard you and Yang Weimin had a falling out?"

Yu Haitang: "It's not a falling out."

"I'm just never going to deal with him again."

Liu Haizhong laughed: "Good, you've got spine."

Yu Haitang: "Last night, to avoid him finding me to explain, I've already moved into your courtyard."

Liu Haizhong: "Did that old Yan fellow not ask you for money?"

Yu Haitang: "I'm staying at Shazhu's sister's place."

Liu Haizhong nodded and said: "Alright, then I'm off."

Evening.

He Yushui and Yu Haitang were having dinner together.

"Yushui, why do you think Lin Shengli is so good to you?"

Yu Haitang said, looking around, "Come clean—are you two involved in that... whatever?"

He Yushui: "What are you talking about?"

"Shengli Ge is just kind-hearted."

"But to be honest, I do like him, though I know it's impossible."

"His relationship with Juan Jie is going well."

Yu Haitang: "If you two didn't have that kind of relationship, why would he help you get this house?"

He Yushui: "Don't speculate or spread rumors, or else if Juan Jie finds out, she'll misunderstand Shengli Ge."