Chapter 13 Gathering Wool

Li Jiandong frowned. He thought that the deaf old lady turned bad after meeting Yi Zhonghai, but he didn't expect that this old guy was born a bad person.

Such a person is definitely not worth winning over.

She will continue to collude with Yi Zhonghai, and this courtyard will probably no longer be as peaceful as it was before.

But Li Jiandong didn't have time to pay attention to these things at the moment.

His most important thing now is to teach Jia Dongxu to become a master.

Six days passed quickly.

The day for the exam is finally approaching.

There is so much experience required to upgrade to a junior technician. Even though Jia Dongxu practiced day and night, Li Jiandong still needed 10,000 experience points to upgrade.

But Li Jiandong is already very satisfied.

"Dongxu, let's stop practicing here today."

Li Jiandong patted Jia Dongxu on the shoulder and said.

"Master, it's just getting dark, why don't you practice for a while?"

Jia Dongxu wiped the sweat from his forehead, still feeling a little unsatisfied.

"No more practice. Tomorrow is the job assessment. Go home early today to rest. Once you have recovered your spirit, you will be able to perform well tomorrow."

Li Jiandong began to pack his things.

Jia Dongxu also turned off the machine and went to the faucet to wash his hands and face.

As soon as I walked into the middle courtyard, I saw a deaf old lady sitting at the door of her house with a stool.

"You still know how to come back?"

"I've been at your house for several days. You leave so early and come back so late every day. Are you doing something shameful outside?"

As soon as the deaf old lady opened her mouth, Li Jiandong was confused.

Who the hell are you?

What do I do? It’s none of your business.

"Old lady, I am practicing technology with my master in the factory. If you don't know, don't talk nonsense."

Jia Dongxu and Li Jiandong frowned together. When they heard someone slandering their master, they naturally explained.

The deaf old lady rolled her eyes and said, "You're still practicing your skills. I think you're just waiting for people to leave. It's almost like stealing something."

"But, old lady, I don't like to meddle in other people's business. Stealing things and learning skills have nothing to do with me. Just give me the thing in your hand. I can smell the fragrance from a long way off. Is it filled with pig's head meat?"

The deaf old lady has a very useful nose.

She could actually smell it even from a distance of three or four meters.

Li Jiandong sneered: "Old lady, are you getting old and confused? Why should I give you my things? If you want to eat pig head meat, go back to your eldest nephew. I don't owe you anything."

The deaf old lady’s eldest nephew is Yi Zhonghai.

This is what Yi Zhonghai himself promoted to the outside world.

Hearing what Li Jiandong said, the deaf old lady's eyes suddenly widened, and she said with a mean look: "Little bastard, I am so old, I respect you by eating a little of your food. There are so many residents in the whole courtyard. Which one doesn't respectfully call me ancestor when they see me? You are the only one who dares to say that I am old and confused. Do you know what it means to respect the elderly and love the young?"

"I'll go and code it for you."

Li Jiandong cursed directly: "You old man, you don't even know your last name, and you still want to be someone else's ancestor. Others may spoil you, but I won't. Get out of my doorstep immediately, or don't blame me for being rude."

"If you have the guts, be rude to me. I want to see how you can be rude."

The deaf old lady's aura is no less than Li Jiandong's.

She just didn't believe that Li Jiandong dared to hit her.

Who knew that Li Jiandong was so bold that he pulled her up from the stool with one hand and threw her behind him.

The deaf old lady fell to the ground on the spot, screaming in pain.

Yi Zhonghai ran out of the house.

"Li Jiandong, you are too bullying. The old lady is so old, how can you hit her?"

Li Jiandong spat.

"Yi Zhonghai, take good care of your old deaf girl. Your monthly salary is only 60 or 70 yuan. You can't support an old woman, and you let her go door to door begging for food. Aren't you ashamed?"

Yi Zhonghai blushed and said, "Li Jiandong, stop talking nonsense. How do you know that the old lady didn't come to my house for dinner? My family provides meals the most often. The old lady went to your house today to give you a chance to show your filial piety."

"Bah, is she worthy of it?"

"Although my parents are both deceased, my family also has a genealogy. Unlike you, Yi Zhonghai, you bastard, who just picked up a beggar and regarded him as your ancestor."

Li Jiandong's words made Yi Zhonghai very angry.

At this time, other people in the yard also came out to watch the fun.

Jia Zhang sneered, "Oh, what's going on? You're begging for food on the iron plate. Old Yi, you're really stupid. The old lady is so old, and you brought her into our courtyard. You should take good care of her."

He Daqing also said:
"Yes, Lao Yi, you brought the old lady into our courtyard, but let her come to other people's homes to eat and drink all day long. Everyone has ancestors, so why should you care about her?"

Yan Bugui came over from the front yard and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi, you really did a bad job on this matter. It's Old Li's own thing. It's a favor to give it to you. It's my duty not to give it to you. How can you just rob him without giving it to him?"

"The old lady may be senile and confused. As her nephew, you have to take good care of her."

Everyone was talking at once, criticizing the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai.

The deaf old lady was lying on the ground and throwing a tantrum: "You heartless people all think I am an old lady and easy to bully. I don't want to live anymore. I want to die at your doorstep."

Seeing that Li Jiandong was unmoved, he shouted to Yi Zhonghai: "Zhonghai, go find the street director and let him see what kind of lousy neighbors you arranged for me. I want the street office to kick these people out, otherwise I will go to their street office to make trouble every day."

Li Jiandong looked at the deaf old lady who was throwing a tantrum, and a sneer of disdain appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He turned around and went home, closed the door, and continued to make a fuss.

Put the food on the table and start eating.

The deaf old lady was still making a scene outside, but he ignored her.

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the next day.

Early in the morning, the steel mill hung up banners to welcome the leadership's assessment.

There are only two assessments a year.

Most workers feel that their skills have improved after watching the performance, so each exam is held on weekends when the entire factory is shut down.

"Have you heard that there are leaders from the Academy of Engineering coming to supervise the exam this time? It is said that someone has signed up for the eighth-level fitter exam. Is that true?"

"I've heard about that, but our factory only has those level 7 workers. I haven't heard of anyone taking the exam this year."

"I have heard from others that this person seems to be from the first locksmith workshop, and his last name is Li."

"Master Li from Workshop 1? You mean Li Jiandong? Didn't he pass the Level 7 fitter exam last fall? It's only been half a year. Are you mistaken?"

"I heard it from someone else, maybe I'm wrong."

Although there is only one level difference between a level 7 fitter and a level 8 fitter, the gap is actually very huge.

One is an ordinary worker, and the other is already a quasi-technician.

Yi Zhonghai also heard the news and scoffed at it.

(End of this chapter)