Chapter 1: Trans-Belt System

Nanluoguxiang, in a quadrangle, in a room in the middle courtyard.

Li Jiandong opened his eyes and looked blankly at the strange and old room around him.

A strange memory slowly became clear in Li Jiandong's mind.

He soon realized what had happened.

In his previous life, he drank two extra glasses of wine and fell down the stairs...

"I never thought I would travel through time"

"Traveled to the world of Love in Siheyuan?"

“It was an era of food and clothing shortages.”

"In the notorious courtyard, fuck, I'm squeezed in the middle courtyard with those two old guys Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi."

Li Jiandong muttered to himself and couldn't help but sigh.

The original owner was a steel mill worker.

Level seven fitter, very awesome.

The original owner's parents passed away during the Anti-Japanese War, and he was the only single person left at home.

Lao Jia had always been in poor health and finally passed away yesterday.

Li Jiandong and the people in the courtyard helped Lao Jia with his funeral. The original owner was honest and did his best even when helping.

As a result, he died suddenly in his sleep due to overwork. When he woke up, the body had changed its owner.

Li Jiandong also secretly sighed for the original owner.
"Forget it, let's make peace with it now."

As a ten-year bookworm, Li Jiandong quickly accepted the reality.

at this time.

[Ding~ A suitable host has been detected, the disciple recruitment system is binding! ]

"Hmm? Disciple-taking system?"

Li Jiandong's eyes lit up.

soon.

The system beep sounded again.

【The apprenticeship system has been bound! 】

[As long as you accept a disciple and make him progress, you will receive a hundred times the amount of his growth. ]

【For details, please click...】

Li Jiandong clicked on the details and quickly understood what this disciple-recruiting system was all about.

As long as your apprentice gains work experience, you will receive a hundred times the experience reward.

When apprentices create value through their work, they can also receive material rewards worth a hundred times their value.

It’s a bit like the system of recruiting people in the previous life. It’s a very simple and crude, but also very easy to use system.

"Old Jia just died, and his son Jia Dongxu will take over and work as a fitter in the steel mill. He was chosen by Yi Zhonghai as a candidate for retirement, so his qualities in all aspects should be good. Why not take him in as the first apprentice?"

After a brief thought, Li Jiandong locked in the candidate for his first apprentice.

This matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later, don't let Yi Zhonghai snatch it away.

Although the apprenticeship system does not define the scope of apprenticeship, it is easier to supervise and encourage each other's growth if they are in the same courtyard, isn't it?
The faster the other party grows, the more Li Jiandong will gain.

Li Jiandong remembered that the collective housing distribution had just begun.

The street office has not yet selected the head of each courtyard.

But rumors have already spread.

At this time, all the rules and regulations were not sound. The power of the collective was very terrifying. Although Uncle Yi was just a manager, he actually had great power. He could represent the collective, which was a very powerful weapon.

If only he could take in a few more apprentices in the courtyard.

When the time comes to run for the position of boss, these apprentices will become his advantage. Thinking of this, Li Jiandong got up from the kang, found a bag of soybeans from the cupboard, weighing about one pound, and walked out of the house with it.

He Daqing's family lives next door to Li Jiandong, and Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang's families live opposite and on the right.

Li Jiandong walked over and knocked on the Jia family's door.

The door opened from the inside, and Jia Dongxu, a childish boy, stood at the door with tears still on his face.

"Uncle Li, you are here, please come in."

"Hey, good boy."

Li Jiandong had a good first impression of Jia Dongxu.

In the original owner's memory, Jia Dongxu was a good boy with excellent character and academic performance. He was not as useless and despicable as described in some novels.

Walk through the door.

Jia Zhang was sewing insoles on the kang. She stared at Li Jiandong's hands with shining eyes and her expression became bright.

"It turns out that Li Jiandong is here, come in and sit down."

Li Jiandong placed the soybeans in front of Jia Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, my apprentice gave me some soybeans when he graduated some time ago. I can't eat so much by myself, so I'll bring some to you and Dongxu."

"Oh, Jiandong, you are so polite."

Jia Zhang couldn't help but be happy, soybeans are a good thing.

Jia Dongxu also expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Uncle Li. I'll pour you a glass of water."

Li Jiandong looked back at Jia Dongxu who was pouring water.

He muttered:
"Dongxu is such a good kid."

Turning back to Jia Zhang, he said, "Sister-in-law, please don't be angry if I tell you the truth. Brother Jia is gone, but we who are still alive must look forward, right?"

"Now, Dongxu is old enough to take over."

"It's just right. My last apprentice just graduated. If Dongxu wants to learn some skills, I can talk to the workshop director and ask him to learn from me in the future. How about that?"

Li Jiandong is a seventh-level fitter, and he is also helping the orphans and widows of the Jia family.

In theory, this is a good thing, and there is no reason for the Jia family to disagree.

But after he said this sincerely, Jia Zhang's eyes flashed, and she lowered her eyelids expressionlessly and said nothing.

Li Jiandong didn't urge her when he saw her like this, because it was not a good deal to rush her.

Jia Dongxu knew his mother's fierceness very well. He took two steps forward and knelt down in front of Li Jiandong. He held a bowl of water in his hands and said with great gratitude,
"Master, please drink some water."

Li Jiandong was stunned, took the water, laughed, and thought that Jia Dongxu had quite a keen eye.

Jia Zhang's face darkened.

Li Jiandong ignored Jia Zhangshi and drank up the water in the bowl. Jia Dongxu's apprenticeship was completed.

"That's it, Dongxu, you will be my apprentice from now on. You should go and handle the handover early. I will also inform the workshop. Sister-in-law, I'll go back first." Li Jiandong said goodbye.

Jia Zhang still didn't get off the kang and just hummed indifferently.

"Master, I'll see you off."

Jia Dongxu had already changed his address and politely escorted Li Jiandong out the door. He watched Li Jiandong return to his room before closing the door again.

at the same time.

Right opposite Li Jiandong's house,
Li Huilan (Auntie Yi) is saying to Yi Zhonghai:
"Old Yi, didn't you try to win over Old Jia before, hoping that he would choose you as the manager? Now that Old Jia is dead, his son Dongxu will definitely take over. In my opinion, you should accept him as your apprentice. Then his vote will definitely be yours."

Yi Zhonghai smiled slightly:
"You think the same as I do. I calculated it the same way. There is one more thing you haven't thought of."

Li Huilan asked hurriedly: "What didn't I expect?"

Yi Zhonghai said proudly:
"Old Jia is dead, and Jia Zhang has a migraine problem. She might die one day, and then Jia Dongxu will become an orphan."

"If we don't have children, we will have to find someone to take care of us in our old age. If I accept him as my apprentice now, when Jia Zhang dies in the future, he will be a ready-made candidate to take care of us in our old age."

(End of this chapter)