Chapter 47

The thing Yi Zhonghai least wanted was for someone to escape his control.

In Yi Zhonghai's view, He Yuzhu was already struggling to break free from his control. Now that He Yuzhu had been promoted two levels, the anger in Yi Zhonghai's heart could be imagined.

However, no matter how angry Yi Zhonghai was, there was nothing he could do. Factory Director Yang said he was protecting Yi Zhonghai and the others, arranging for them to stay in the guest house with good food and drink, but in reality, it was house arrest in disguise. Yi Zhonghai could only walk around the room and couldn't leave the guest house at all.

Compared to Yi Zhonghai's anger, He Yuzhu was very excited.

Because of the two-level promotion, the people in the canteen came to congratulate He Yuzhu one after another. He Yuzhu was happy, so he allowed everyone to drink a bowl of big bone soup.

Just as everyone finished drinking, Factory Director Yang brought a group of leaders toward the kitchen. They could hear the footsteps of Factory Director Yang and the leaders from far away.

"Master, Factory Director Yang must be here to drink bone soup, but now the bone soup is almost gone, leaving only the bottom. Sigh, if we hadn't drunk it just now, it would have been better," Ma Hua said in a panic.

"What are you panicking about? Add hot water to it," He Yuzhu said indifferently.

Ma Hua, Pangzi, Liu Lan, and others immediately added hot water to the pot. With so much water added, the taste naturally became much worse.

At this time, Factory Director Yang brought the group of leaders into the kitchen.

"Shazhu, give me a bowl of bone soup to taste," Factory Director Yang said casually.

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes and asked Liu Lan to ladle the first soup for Factory Director Yang. Liu Lan was afraid that Factory Director Yang would be angry, so she specifically used a ladle to scoop a large spoonful of bone soup from the bottom of the pot for him.

After Factory Director Yang took it, he blew on the heat, tasted it, smacked his lips, nodded, and said, "It's okay."

"Factory Director Yang, this isn't a special meal; this is for the vast number of workers to drink. As long as it can supplement nutrition, whether it tastes good or not is secondary. Besides, this is diluted with water. If the leaders want to drink it, I'll save two big pots for you tomorrow morning," He Yuzhu said.

Factory Director Yang understood as soon as he heard it. With so many workers in the Rolling Mill, if it weren't diluted with water, this little bit of bone soup wouldn't be enough to drink at all.

"Good! Then save me a bowl of the original soup tomorrow morning," Factory Director Yang said, turned around, and left.

After Factory Director Yang left, the group of leaders all tasted the diluted bone soup and asked He Yuzhu to save them a bowl tomorrow.

After the leaders finished speaking, they left with a swoosh, leaving only Canteen Director Niu Fen behind.

"Squad Leader He, you must arrange things well and don't delay the leaders' important matters. Oh, right, before you get off work, arrange for someone to pack six meals and send them to the guest house, and bring a pot of bone soup too," Canteen Director Niu Fen said.

As soon as He Yuzhu heard this, he knew that these six meals were for Yi Zhonghai and the others. Since that was the case, He Yuzhu wouldn't arrange for anyone else; he would go deliver them himself to see their miserable state.

"What about the money and coupons? Who is paying?" He Yuzhu asked.

Principles cannot be violated.

"You write the slip, I'll sign it, and it will be charged to the kitchen's account," Niu Fen said.

He Yuzhu immediately wrote the slip, and Niu Fen immediately signed and stamped it. After finishing, Niu Fen left directly.

Once Niu Fen left, He Yuzhu began to teach Ma Hua, Pangzi, Liu Lan, and others how to boil big bone soup. He Yuzhu thought that they would definitely have to boil big bone soup every day, so he simply let the kitchen staff learn together and let them arrange their own shifts.

Those on duty at night could drink the soup for free and take away two boxes of original soup.

Boiling big bone soup was not difficult. In a short while, everyone had learned it. Seeing that the time was about right, He Yuzhu had Ma Hua and Pangzi pack the meals, and then asked Liu Lan to carry the food and follow him to the guest house.

As soon as he entered the guest house, He Yuzhu couldn't wait to shout, "Silly First Uncle, Silly First Aunt, Silly Second Aunt, Silly Third Aunt, Silly Ru, Silly Old Lady, I've brought you food."

Yi Zhonghai and the others were originally quite happy, after all, they could eat free public food, and the food was quite good, much better than what they ate at home, especially Er Dama, San Dama, and Qin Huairu, who ate to their heart's content every time they encountered this free food.

This afternoon, after finally waiting for the meal time and preparing to have another big meal, Shazhu's shout instantly made their good mood vanish into thin air.

"Shazhu, why are you so impolite? How did I teach you before? You need to respect the old and love the young!" Yi Zhonghai said with a gloomy face and a cold voice.

"Of course you should be polite to people, but being polite to beasts is a disrespect to politeness! It's an insult and injustice to kind people! What, you're only allowed to call me Shazhu, but I'm not allowed to call you back?"

"I'm going to call you that: Old Yi, Old Yi, Old Yi..." He Yuzhu sneered.

Yi Zhonghai was so angry he clutched his chest.

"Zhuzi, how can you treat First Aunt Yi like this..." Qin Huairu said while moving closer to He Yuzhu, trying to take his arm and give him some benefits to win him over, making He Yuzhu return to being the lick-dog who obeyed their every word.

"Don't touch me! Jia Qinshi, speak if you have something to say, don't lean on me! Jia Qinshi, it was in vain that I used to call you Sister Qin and often helped you out; I didn't expect you to be such a person." "I don't understand, what are you thinking? Can't my brother Dongxu satisfy you? Even if my brother Dongxu can't satisfy you, if you want to have an affair, you could find Xu Damao or Yan Jiecheng."

"I could understand if you did that, but you just had to get mixed up with that old bastard Old Yi. How can you even stand that old, toothless, withered vegetable?" He Yuzhu mocked disdainfully.

Qin Huairu's face turned deathly pale, her body staggered back two steps, and she looked at Shazhu in disbelief. In an instant, Qin Huairu's eyes were filled with tears, and large drops of tears fell down.

"Zhuzi, even you don't believe your sister? Sister was slandered; you've disappointed me so much," Qin Huairu cried out like a cuckoo weeping blood.

"Shazhu, don't you know what kind of person Qin Huairu is? This is an outsider's slander against us; you mustn't listen to rumors," Er Dama said.

"Exactly, we've been neighbors for so many years. If others don't know our temperaments, don't you know? You're really going too far by saying that about Qin Huairu," San Dama also said.

Er Dama and San Dama spoke up to help Qin Huairu, not just for Qin Huairu's sake, but also for their own. After all, they were now grasshoppers on the same line; explaining and whitewashing for Qin Huairu was whitewashing for themselves.

"Shazhu, hurry up and apologize to your Sister Qin! We are a collective, we must help each other. That villain hiding in the dark can slander us, and they can slander you too."

"If we can't unite, we will naturally be defeated one by one by that villain. Besides, what good does it do you young people if our reputation is ruined?"

"How will the young people in the courtyard get married in the future? As soon as people ask, they will know that our Siheyuan has a bad reputation. Who will marry into our Siheyuan? How will the young men in our Siheyuan get wives, and how will the young women in the courtyard get married off?"

"The Security Section, the police station, and the Street Office are actively investigating. At a time like this, we must not fight among ourselves!"

"Shazhu, you can't be foolish anymore. Listen to me, apologize to your Sister Qin! Hurry up!" Yi Zhonghai urged.

"Hmph! Save that for someone else! Don't think you can still trick me into being lost like you did before by saying a few ambiguous words."

"You say you were slandered, so why didn't they slander us young people like me, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng? Why did they only slander you?"

"It takes two to clap. Always look for the cause in yourself first. Old Yi, I finally understand why you've kept a crew cut ever since the third generation was born!"

"You have curly hair, and Banggeng has curly hair. Whether it's my brother Dongxu or Jia Qinshi, their hair is straight. This shows that Banggeng is your son."

"I couldn't think of this before, but now I suddenly understand. No wonder it's like this; it turns out you two have been mixed up together for a long time."

"Old Yi, where do you get the face to ask me to apologize to your mistress?" He Yuzhu sneered.

Everyone present was stunned, because no one had thought of this. Yi Dama, Er Dama, San Dama, and the Deaf Old Lady recalled carefully and found that what He Yuzhu said was actually true.

Yi Zhonghai and Banggeng both had curly hair, yet Yi Zhonghai had kept a crew cut ever since Banggeng was born, cutting it as soon as it grew a little longer.

Er Dama and San Dama looked at each other inexplicably.

"And you, Er Dama, don't be smug either. I finally know why Liu Haizhong beat Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu like he was fighting a class enemy; it turns out Liu Haizhong knew long ago that Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu weren't his seed, but clearly Yi Zhonghai's seed."

"Otherwise, Liu Haizhong wouldn't beat Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu every day, and with such lethal force, and you, you wouldn't stop him. This is clearly because you feel guilty, feel you've let Liu Haizhong down, and dare not stop him."

"Old Yi, oh Old Yi, you're really something. You fooled everyone. You let everyone see early on that you were planning for your old age, but in the end, everyone was fooled by you. Banggeng, Guangtian, and Guangfu are all your seed. You were deliberately hiding it like this, weren't you?" He Yuzhu laughed coldly.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Shazhu, how dare you slander me! I have no face to live, I have no face to live anymore!" Er Dama immediately put on a show of wanting to hang herself and started making a scene.

Yi Zhonghai was so angry he was trembling all over, gasping for breath, pointing his finger at He Yuzhu, his finger trembling.

"Shazhu, you... you stop talking nonsense! I have never done these things. This is slander! Slander! Slander!" Yi Zhonghai roared hysterically.

"Enough, the leaders aren't here, so performing here is in vain; no one is watching your performance. You say I'm talking nonsense, but setting aside the facts, aren't you wrong?" He Yuzhu added a finishing blow.

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he told Liu Lan to put down the food, then took Liu Lan and walked away, not giving Yi Zhonghai a chance to refute.

"Shazhu, you... you..." Yi Zhonghai pointed tremblingly at He Yuzhu's back, his originally deathly pale face suddenly flushed with a flush of red.

With a "Pfft~" sound, Yi Zhonghai again sprayed blood wildly and collapsed softly to the ground.

Yi Dama hurriedly stepped forward and helped Yi Zhonghai onto the bed.

"Lao Yi, what kind of sin have we committed?" Yi Dama cried out repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)