The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

Chapter 238: Fitter apprentice, Yi Zhonghai’s thoughts!

"Hey, Director Wang, you're here!"

The comrades at the security department at the gate were obviously very familiar with Director Wang and hurried forward to greet him.

"Xiao Ai, it's your turn today..."

Director Wang greeted the comrades from the Security Department and led Zhao Dongchuan into the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

I walked all the way to the courtyard of the office building and went up to the second floor, where the director of the personnel department had his office.

"Director Wang...you are here...please take a seat!"

A leader from the Personnel Department, who was wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, greeted Director Wang when he saw him coming.

"Director Chen, you are too polite... I am here to help this young man with his employment..."

"Director Wang, is this you?"

Director Chen of the Personnel Department was a little surprised to see Director Wang from the Street Office come in person to help a young man with his employment. She thought he was her relative, so she asked a lot of questions.

"This is the orphan of an old employee of your factory. He was still young before, but now that he is old enough, I brought him here..."

"Our factory?"

"That's it..."

After some explanation, Director Chen also understood the cause and effect of the matter.

Director Chen's face straightened and he said seriously, "Please rest assured about this matter... Even if you don't come in person, we will get it done..."

"Okay, I feel relieved after hearing your words... I'll leave that person to you... I'll go back first..."

"Director Wang, why don't you stay for a cup of tea before leaving..."

"Director Chen, we don't have to be polite. I do have a lot of things to do... Next time, please make arrangements for Xiao Zhao..."

"No problem, don't worry..."

Seeing Director Wang was about to leave, Zhao Dongchuan hurried over and bowed to thank him.

"Thank you Director Wang for your care... I will definitely work hard and live a good life..."

"Alas... Xiao Zhao, the past is the past. Live your life well in the days ahead..."

"Yes, yes... I will definitely live up to your high expectations..."

Zhao Dongchuan knew that Director Wang took pity on him and was kind enough to take good care of him.

He is naturally not an ignorant person. When others are kind to him, he should naturally be grateful.

Even if he doesn't actually need other people's "pity"!

After waving goodbye to Director Wang of the Street Office, Zhao Dongchuan went through the employment procedures under the arrangement of Director Chen of the Personnel Department of the steel rolling mill.

"Xiao Zhao, you just turned sixteen this year. When you first enter the factory, you are a first-level apprentice. The uniform standard is 18 yuan a month, and then increase by 27.5 yuan every year... After you become a formal employee in the fourth year, it will be yuan..."

Director Chen of the Personnel Department briefly told Zhao Dongchuan about his current salary standard, etc.

Then he took Zhao Dongchuan to a workshop in the steel rolling mill.

"Liu Cheng, Master Liu, come here!"

Director Chen of the Personnel Department shouted to a slightly fat middle-aged man in work uniform.

"Hey, Director Chen... why are you here..."

When Liu Cheng saw Director Chen of the Personnel Department calling him and a young man following behind him, he was puzzled and went forward to greet him.

"Master Liu, this is the new Xiao Zhao, the son of Lao Zhao from Workshop 7. He's here to take over the job... Please take care of him... I'll leave him to you..."

"Um... So that's what happened... Okay, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of him..."

Liu Cheng understood what was going on as soon as he heard it... and nodded in agreement.

"Hello, Master Liu!"

Zhao Dongchuan greeted him.

"Uh-huh……"

Master Liu smiled and nodded.

Director Chen gave a few more instructions and then turned and left.

"Xiao Zhao, come with me!"

"okay!"

"Xiao Zhao, my name is Liu Cheng, and I'm a level 5 fitter. You'll follow me from now on... and learn fittering!"

Liu Cheng took Zhao Dongchuan into the workshop and began to teach him the basic knowledge of locksmithing.

"We fitters were originally separated from forgers in manual workshops... Most of the workpieces are processed in a "cold state"...

In most mechanical manufacturing, not all workpieces can be produced by machines, and many of them require us fitters to operate and process them..."

"........."

Zhao Dongchuan listened carefully and nodded repeatedly.

This touched upon his blind spot in knowledge, an area he had never been exposed to before.

Master Chen also introduced him to other workers in the workshop, including an old man from No. 95 Nanluoguxiang - Yi Zhonghai!

"This is Master Yi, a senior technician in our workshop, an eighth-level fitter... If you have any questions, you can ask him..."

"Master!"

Zhao Dongchuan greeted Yi Zhonghai.

"Oh, you two know each other..."

Master Chen was surprised.

"Yeah, Xiao Zhao and I live in the same courtyard..."

Yi Zhonghai smiled and nodded.

"That's great, Master Yi, you have to take better care of him in the future..."

"That's natural..."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Zhao Dongchuan's youthful appearance, and the thought that had long been forgotten in his mind was brought up again.

His wife is infertile and now he has no children. What worries him most is the issue of his future retirement.

After all, Auntie has been with him for decades and they have a deep relationship. It’s not like she can just divorce him…

Moreover, he couldn't abandon his wife just because she couldn't have children, because that would ruin his reputation.

He is old and basically no woman will be willing to marry him in this life. In this case, it is better to maintain the status quo.

Since he can no longer find a woman to marry and have children, finding a reliable young person to take care of him in his old age is a better option.

The person he was most satisfied with taking care of in his old age was his apprentice "Jia Dongxu". Although he was not a good person, he was still his apprentice. As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father!

It makes sense to provide for the master in his old age. When the time comes, it will be natural for him to inherit the family property.

But this apprentice was unlucky. He was not skilled enough and he killed himself due to improper operation in the past few years.

Naturally, this plan fell through.

Zhao Dongchuan was also one of the "retirement targets" he had considered before.

Zhao Dongchuan's parents had just passed away at that time, so logically speaking, he was a suitable candidate. As long as Yi Zhonghai adopted him, his retirement care would be solved.

But at that time, Jia Dongxu was still alive and kicking. Jia Dongxu was more suitable in terms of emotion and reason. Moreover, Jia Dongxu seemed to know his thoughts and said a lot of bad things about Zhao Dongchuan...

Naturally, this plan was abandoned... But man proposes, God disposes. Jia Dongxu died within two years...

During that time, he was busy helping his apprentice with funeral arrangements...

And once Jia Dongxu died, he approached Zhao Dongchuan, which was too obvious... So it was shelved again, but as time passed, Zhao Dongchuan got older and older, his personality took shape, and he became introverted and shy...

Talking about this matter again, it became difficult... So in the end he gave up the idea of ​​letting Zhao Dongchuan take care of him in his old age, and instead considered letting "Bang Geng" take over and take care of him in his old age.

So over the years, he took good care of Qin Huairu's family, often delivering food to her "late at night", and often held meetings to call on the people in the courtyard to donate to their family.