Chapter 58: Deaf Old Lady Suffers Successive Setbacks

Yi Zhonghai did indeed treat Shazhu as a fool.

Jia Dongxu had just died, and Yi Zhonghai already had a new plan for his old age: to force Qin Huairu to have a child for him. As long as Qin Huairu showed signs of pregnancy, Yi Zhonghai would have Qin Huairu marry Shazhu, letting Shazhu support his child and also support the Jia family.

In Yi Zhonghai's cognition, although Shazhu was jumping around quite a bit now and somewhat out of his control, Yi Zhonghai was still very confident that he could bring Shazhu back under his control.

Not only Yi Zhonghai had this idea, but the Deaf Old Lady, Qin Huairu, and Jia Zhangshi also had this idea.

This idea wasn't actually strange. It was like a dog you had raised for several years that had always been obedient, but suddenly started biting and barking at you for the past two days.

At this time, people would generally think, "Is this dog stimulated, or is it in heat?" and believe that as long as these problems were solved, this dog would still be like before.

The words are rough but the logic is not; Yi Zhonghai clearly had this idea, but these words couldn't be said openly.

"Old Lady, I also want to ease my relationship with Foolish Zhu—no, Zhuzi—and let Zhuzi be like before. It's just that the nickname Foolish Zhu has been called for more than ten years, and I can't change it for a while," Yi Zhonghai said dismissively.

"Even if you can't change it, you have to change it, otherwise don't blame Zhuzi for calling you Foolish Hai (Foolish Sea)," the Deaf Old Lady said unhappily.

"He dares? Once I get my hands free, find out the reason for Shazhu's jumping around, and then discipline him properly, I guarantee he'll turn back into the old Shazhu," Yi Zhonghai said viciously.

The Deaf Old Lady didn't speak, because the Deaf Old Lady also wanted to turn the current He Yuzhu back into the old Shazhu.

"Old Lady, let's deal with the Jia family's matter first. You'd better hurry up and find Factory Director Yang and let him release us back," Yi Zhonghai said.

"Xiao Yi, you'd better listen to my advice. At a time like this, don't get involved in this kind of thing again. The booklet matter hasn't passed yet. If you go back so rashly to protect Jia Zhangshi, the rumors will become true even if they aren't. It's better to wait until this matter subsides," the Deaf Old Lady said.

"Old Lady, I have my own plans for this matter. You'd better find Factory Director Yang first," Yi Zhonghai said, unmoved.

The Deaf Old Lady knew Yi Zhonghai was stubborn, but didn't expect him to be so stubborn, and couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart.

People like the Deaf Old Lady and Yi Zhonghai both thought they could control everything. The stronger their desire for control, the more stubborn they were, and they couldn't listen to any opinions, only acting according to their own ideas.

The reason Yi Zhonghai was so stubborn was because he thought this was a rare opportunity. Yi Zhonghai just happened to take this opportunity to settle this matter, re-establish his authority, and let the people in the Siheyuan understand that he, Yi Zhonghai, was back.

Yi Zhonghai even secretly thanked Shazhu after thinking this through.

Did Yi Zhonghai not know he was at the center of the storm? He knew!

However, Yi Zhonghai had a fanatical self-confidence, believing that as long as he came forward, he could easily settle this matter. This had to do with Yi Zhonghai's past actions being too smooth, and also with Yi Zhonghai looking down on rural people from the bottom of his heart.

Yi Zhonghai thought he was a high-and-mighty senior worker, while Qin Fu and Qin Mu were just mud-legged people from the countryside who knew nothing. As long as he showed his status, he could scare Qin Fu and Qin Mu, thereby easily settling this matter.

That was why Yi Zhonghai demanded the Deaf Old Lady find Factory Director Yang with such a tough attitude.

The Deaf Old Lady was very angry at Yi Zhonghai's attitude, but now the Deaf Old Lady didn't dare to offend Yi Zhonghai too much, so she went to the front desk with a gloomy face, supported by Yi Dama.

The Deaf Old Lady had suffered anger from Yi Zhonghai, so she naturally didn't have a good face for the front desk, and her attitude was also high-and-mighty, with an imperious look, as if she were ordering her own maid.

The Deaf Old Lady clearly forgot that times were different now. The front desk was a formal worker with an "iron rice bowl," so they didn't eat this set of the Deaf Old Lady's at all.

Not to mention the Deaf Old Lady, even the world-famous Lin Huiyin, when she was on her deathbed and requested the nurse to invite Liang Sicheng to come over so she could see him one last time, was brutally rejected by the nurse with the excuse, "It's late at night, talk tomorrow." Let alone the Deaf Old Lady?

Hotels all had signs hanging up saying "Do not beat customers without reason," which showed the high status of workers.

The attitude the Deaf Old Lady used to treat the front desk resulted in the front desk not paying any attention to the Deaf Old Lady at all. The Deaf Old Lady was so angry she trembled. "Go! Hurry up and call Xiao Yang here!" the Deaf Old Lady roared angrily.

"Xiao Yang? Which Xiao Yang? There are at least eight hundred people surnamed Yang in our Rolling Mill. How would I know which Xiao Yang you're calling?" The front desk didn't even lift their eyelids and said coldly.

"I'm talking about your Factory Director Yang! Call your Factory Director Yang here!" the Deaf Old Lady roared angrily.

"Fine, go back and wait. Once there's news from Factory Director Yang, I'll notify you," the front desk said extremely perfunctorily, still not lifting their eyelids.

"You! Aren't you afraid Factory Director Yang will fire you?" the Deaf Old Lady roared with a ferocious face.

"Factory Director Yang? Even if the Minister came, he couldn't fire me. I'm eating the country's rice bowl, not Yang Dewang's rice bowl. What right does he have to fire me?" the front desk sneered disdainfully.

"Factory Director Yang can't fire you, but he can adjust your position," the Deaf Old Lady said with cold light in her eyes.

"Hahahaha, he dares! Just because of this sentence from you, old woman, I understand that Yang Dewang's butt is definitely not clean. If he dares to move my work station, I'll let my husband write report letters everywhere and post big-character posters. Let's see whose life is tougher."

"And you two old immortals, my husband won't beat the shit out of you even if you shit cleanly," the front desk was clearly a "rolling knife" (someone who doesn't fear anything) and didn't fear the Deaf Old Lady at all.

The Deaf Old Lady didn't think about it—could someone who could stay in a leisurely place like the guesthouse be an ordinary person?

Positions like the Women's Federation, the Labor Union, the Office, and the Guesthouse all had connections, and the Women's Federation was where people with the hardest connections and strongest backgrounds could go.

The Deaf Old Lady was so angry she trembled all over and said coldly: "Aren't you afraid of me, this old woman, falling down in front of you?"

The Deaf Old Lady clearly had no other tricks and started using the routine common in the Siheyuan, relying on her old age to extort people.

Unfortunately, this wasn't the Siheyuan, and the Deaf Old Lady was unlucky to run into this front desk who was a "rolling knife." They didn't care about this set at all.

"You can fall if you want, I didn't touch you. Don't use this set to threaten me; others might be afraid of you, but I'm not afraid of this set at all," the front desk sneered disdainfully.

"Comrade, don't be angry. The Old Lady was just in a bad mood. We are all fellow workers, no need to be so angry," Yi Dama hurriedly tried to smooth things over.

Unfortunately, the other party didn't appreciate it at all.

"Less of that, who is a fellow worker with you?" the front desk rolled their eyes and said.

The front desk meant that she wasn't a worker at all, but a staff member. Yi Dama thought the front desk was mocking her and looking down on her.

Yi Dama was used to throwing her weight around in the Siheyuan. She originally thought that if she said a soft word, the other party's attitude should soften, but she didn't expect the other party to not even bother paying attention to her, which made the proud Yi Dama furious.

"Comrade, is this your attitude toward serving the people?" Yi Dama said coldly.

"This is my attitude, so what? You're allowed to be high-and-mighty and imperious, but we aren't allowed to resist? Everyone is equal. Who the hell would indulge you? Besides, I'm serving the people, but are you the people?" the front desk still said in a disdainful tone.

"If I'm not the people, what am I?" Yi Dama roared angrily.

"You are only one of the people. You still want to represent the people? Who do you think you are? With this little bit of skill, you still want to play this kind of trick with me? Grandma!" the front desk sneered.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 59 =====