Chapter 24: Exposing Yi Zhonghai's Conspiracy and Means

"Enjoying herself like a landlord's wife," He Yuzhu said.

"So that's how it is. I finally understand why you, Silly Pillar, kept emphasizing that it's useless to let her accept ideological education, but to reform her through labor," Director Wang said thoughtfully.

"I'll continue. Now, Jia Dongxu's death is equivalent to disrupting Yi Zhonghai's plan. Yi Zhonghai dares not and cannot let Qin Huairu remarry. Once Qin Huairu leaves, where can he find a suitable person to support him in his old age?"

"Therefore, in order to let Qin Huairu support him in his old age, Yi Zhonghai will definitely try every means to keep Jia Zhangshi, and then let Jia Zhangshi use every possible means to keep Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu is so filial to such a difficult Jia Zhangshi. As long as she is trained well, she can naturally serve the Yi Zhonghai couple."

"As for what method Jia Zhangshi uses, Yi Zhonghai doesn't care. No matter if Jia Zhangshi is unreasonable, throwing tantrums, or even rolling and making trouble at the Rolling Mill, she must keep Qin Huairu in the Siheyuan."

"Yi Zhonghai doing this is consistent with Jia Zhangshi's interests, so Jia Zhangshi naturally tries her best to keep Qin Huairu. Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi should not do this, whether for public or private reasons."

"For public reasons, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi, for their own interests, resist the regulations from above and resist the policy;"

"For private reasons, they ruined the life of a great young man, just for their own interests. A female youth in the prime of her life was ruined just like that."

"However, when it comes to this kind of thing, outsiders are not easy to intervene. After all, it is someone else's internal affair. Maybe Qin Huairu will enjoy it," He Yuzhu said with a light laugh.

He Yuzhu wasn't too sure how it would develop later, but what He Yuzhu was sure of was that whether it was Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi, or Qin Huairu, their lives would be more difficult, and they shouldn't think about being as comfortable as before.

Everyone felt a bit unbelievable.

"I also know a little about Yi Zhonghai's matter. I have always not understood why Yi Zhonghai doesn't adopt a child?" Director Wang asked.

"There are four reasons. First, start from Yi Zhonghai's own experience. Yi Zhonghai has seen too many tragic things. He is afraid that the adopted child will not be close to him. Yi Zhonghai is afraid that when he is old, the adopted child will be an ungrateful wretch who will not only not take care of him but also abuse him."

"The second reason is from Yi Zhonghai's personality. Yi Zhonghai lacks a sense of security to the extreme and doesn't trust anyone at all, only believing in himself. He doesn't trust adopted children, so he doesn't adopt."

"Third, from an economic perspective, Yi Zhonghai feels that raising a child is expensive in terms of energy, time, and money and tickets. It's better to pick a ready-made one, just like Jia Dongxu, who is already working and doesn't need his own investment of time, energy, and money and tickets. Isn't this great?"

"The fourth reason is because of the Deaf Old Lady in the backyard," He Yuzhu said.

"What does this have to do with the Deaf Old Lady?" Factory Director Yang asked in confusion.

"It still has to be said from Yi Zhonghai's support in his old age. Director Wang, do you know why Yi Zhonghai is obsessed with the position of First Grand Uncle? It's because of supporting him in his old age."

"Yi Zhonghai doesn't trust adopted ones and chose the Jia Dongxu couple as ready-made people to support him in his old age. This can actually be understood, after all, doing so is not illegal. But the problem is, if you want people to support you in your old age, you have to exchange heart for heart. You have to be good to others so that others can be good to you."

"A drop of grace should be repaid with a gushing spring. As long as it is a normal person, they will be grateful. Even if they don't repay with a gushing spring, they will repay with a bucket of water. If Yi Zhonghai is sincerely good to Jia Dongxu, as long as Jia Dongxu is not an ungrateful wretch, he will also be good to Yi Zhonghai."

"I just said that Yi Zhonghai lacks a sense of security to the extreme and doesn't trust anyone at all, so naturally he won't trust Jia Dongxu. Even if Yi Zhonghai accepts Jia Dongxu as a traditional apprentice, Yi Zhonghai won't trust Jia Dongxu."

"Therefore, Yi Zhonghai used another method: control! This also has to do with Yi Zhonghai's temperament. Yi Zhonghai's desire for control is extremely strong. He doesn't allow Jia Dongxu to escape his control, nor does he hope that Jia Dongxu has any disobedience to him. 'Therefore, on the first day Jia Dongxu entered the Rolling Mill, Yi Zhonghai accepted Jia Dongxu as an apprentice, the traditional kind, just to completely control Jia Dongxu.'"

"I don't know if Jia Dongxu has the talent for locksmithing, but I know that even if a person has no talent, as long as they don't slack off, don't slack off every day, just grind out seniority, grind out time, they can grind into a Third-Grade Worker in four or five years, right?" He Yuzhu said.

"This is right! Low-level workers, as long as they are not fools, don't slack off every day, as long as they work steadily, starting from an apprentice, and grind for four or five years, they can grind into a Third-Grade Worker."

"Once you reach a Fourth-Grade Worker, you can't just rely on grinding; you must have certain knowledge and certain talent; once you reach a high-level worker, you have to rely on talent. That level is not something that can be achieved by effort and knowledge. A Sixth-Grade Worker is the dividing line."

"Many old workers are stuck at the Sixth-Grade Worker level. It's not that they don't work hard, don't work hard, it's just that their talent is not enough," Factory Director Yang said.

"Factory Director Yang is very right, but this situation cannot be placed on Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu has been in the Rolling Mill for almost ten years, right? It was only the year before last that he became a Second-Grade Worker. This Second-Grade Worker of his is still very watery; it was Yi Zhonghai who went through the back door to let Jia Dongxu become a Second-Grade Worker," He Yuzhu said with a sneer.

"Is this true?" Factory Director Yang said in disbelief.

Factory Director Yang is the factory director of a large factory with ten thousand people. It is impossible to know everyone. If it weren't for Jia Dongxu's accident this time, maybe Factory Director Yang would never come into contact with Jia Dongxu in his life.

"Of course it's true. You can know it by asking casually. Why is this? It's because Yi Zhonghai's desire for control is too strong. Yi Zhonghai doesn't allow Jia Dongxu to escape his control."

"In Yi Zhonghai's plan, Jia Dongxu's salary cannot be high at the current stage. In previous years, Jia Dongxu was a First-Grade Worker, with a salary of 27.5 yuan. Reasonably speaking, it was enough for a year's expenses, but the Jia family is different."

"Jia Zhangshi is extremely self-centered. To put it bluntly, Jia Zhangshi doesn't trust anyone either. She only believes in herself, only believes in money, so Jia Dongxu has to give Jia Zhangshi 3 yuan every month as pension money. If Jia Dongxu doesn't give it, Jia Zhangshi will make trouble."

"Jia Zhangshi not only makes trouble in the Siheyuan in the name of unfilial piety, but also has to make trouble in the Rolling Mill. With Yi Zhonghai there, he can ensure that Jia Dongxu will not be fired, so Jia Zhangshi can make trouble without restraint."

"For the sake of his reputation, Jia Dongxu can only swallow his anger and give Jia Zhangshi 3 yuan of pension money every month. Jia Dongxu naturally feels uncomfortable in his heart. Giving it actively and being asked for it passively are two concepts, two moods."

"At this time, Yi Zhonghai jumped out and instilled in Jia Dongxu the concept of being filial. Filial piety is not wrong, but what Yi Zhonghai instilled was the concept of foolish filial piety, saying that there are no wrong parents in the world, only the inadequacy of children. To put it bluntly, it is that set of 'father, father, son, son' in the old world."

"Over time, Jia Dongxu was naturally trained into a foolishly filial person. Even so, if Jia Dongxu dared to resist, Jia Zhangshi would make trouble in the Siheyuan, and Yi Zhonghai would have no less than a hundred ways to secretly deal with Jia Dongxu in the Rolling Mill, making Jia Dongxu suffer secret losses."

"Jia Dongxu knew that it was Yi Zhonghai who did the tricks, but he couldn't find evidence, nor could he point it out, and he didn't dare to refute, otherwise, Yi Zhonghai would deal with Jia Dongxu in the name of a master."

"This is like taming a dog or training a hawk. Jia Dongxu was tamed into a foolishly filial person by Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi together. Even so, Yi Zhonghai still didn't trust Jia Dongxu, so he controlled Jia Dongxu economically," He Yuzhu said in a deep voice.

"How did Yi Zhonghai control Jia Dongxu economically? Yi Zhonghai didn't teach Jia Dongxu skills and suppressed him to the level of a First-Grade Worker?" Factory Director Yang asked coldly.

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