Chapter 35 Announcement
"Since everyone has no objection, let's hold a meeting of the entire institute after dinner to announce this decision."

"At the same time, select a few people who can read and do arithmetic to teach. Don't count the tuition fees. It's only a few hours a month. It's too stingy and people will laugh at you."

Li Jiandong said this mainly to Yan Bugui.

As the third uncle in the courtyard led by Li Jiandong, Li Jiandong has the obligation to help him improve his situation.

After dinner, He Daqing went out to ring the bell.

Soon the whole hospital gathered.

Li Jiandong sat in the middle of the octagonal table, with Liu Haizhong on his right and Yan Bugui on his left.

Liu Haizhong saw that most of the people had arrived, so he stood up and said:

"We have gathered here today for one thing... Now let's invite our great uncle Li Jiandong to say a few words to you all."

After he finished his opening remarks, the residents applauded and welcomed him. Li Jiandong stood up and said:

“Dear neighbors, first of all, we must know the importance of learning.

Take our tavern for example.

Why let Qin Huairu and Xu Huizhen be the shopkeepers?
It's not just because Daqing and I paid the most, but also because among all the guys in the tavern.

They are the only two who can read and do arithmetic."

"If I were to become the shopkeeper for all of you present here, I might not be able to keep track of the money once it's too much. Wouldn't I lose everything?"

“So the purpose of learning is nothing else but to make ourselves more competitive.

Maybe it seems that it has no impact on your work now.

But, if you don't learn something now.

When the opportunity comes, what will you rely on to seize it?"

"If we open a tavern or another store next year, you can only be waiters if you can't read."

What Li Jiandong said was very down to earth.

The residents understood the meaning of this as soon as they heard it.

Those who can read and count can be shopkeepers, without having to work hard and still have face. Those who cannot read can only be clerks, sweeping the floor, cleaning the table, and serving tea and water every day. Anyone can see the difference.

Seeing everyone lost in thought, Li Jiandong continued:
"I just discussed with Lao Liu and Lao Yan, and we are going to set up a study corner in our tavern."

"The educated people in our academy will take turns to go to the study corner to give lessons to everyone."

“Every night, for an hour after get off work, I hope everyone can actively participate.”

"It is not only for our institute to strive for advancement, but also for improving our own opportunities to grasp the future."

"Now, please raise your hands if you have received junior high school education or above."

As Li Jiandong spoke, he was the first to raise his hand.

There is nothing to do after get off work anyway, so hanging out in the pub and teaching the kids is a good way to pass the time.

Yan Bugui was the second to raise his hand.

Then there are Jia Dongxu, Yan Jiecheng, Liu Guangqi, Sha Zhu...

When Liu Haizhong saw so many people raising their hands, he also raised his hand.

Li Jiandong counted and asked:
"There are eight of us in total. Are these the only people in our academy who have received junior high school education?"

"Report, Master, Xu Damao also has a junior high school education."

Sha Zhu suddenly stood up and said.

Xu Damao didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing at first. There was no money to be made, so he didn't want to do it.

Who knew that when Shazhu called her out, she immediately blushed.

"No, why are you so troublesome?"

Xu Damao stood up in a rage, turned to the three uncles and explained:
"Uncle, I did go to junior high school, but my academic performance was not good. If you ask me to teach others, I am afraid I will mislead them."

Li Jiandong nodded and said, “It’s okay, although we require a junior high school degree.

In fact, it is mainly used to teach children and illiterate people, and elementary school knowledge is enough.”

When Xu Damao heard this, he immediately wilted, but he had no choice but to go teach.

At this time, someone else said: "Is Yi Zhonghai also a junior high school graduate?"
As soon as this voice came out.

Everyone looked at Yi Zhonghai, which made him feel ashamed.

Before, it was always Yi Zhonghai who picked on Li Jiandong.

This time, Li Jiandong encountered such a good opportunity for the first time. Why didn't he take the opportunity to give the fallen dog a beating?
He said with a serious expression: "Yi Zhonghai, you are also the big brother of our hospital."

"Except for me, you have the highest grade in our hospital."

"There is a nationwide campaign to eradicate illiteracy, and the streets are taking it very seriously."

"You obviously only have a junior high school education, but you're hiding behind. Isn't that a bit too selfish?"

Liu Haizhong also said: "Yi Zhonghai, aren't you usually quite sanctimonious?"

"You've been taking care of this and worrying about that all day long. Now that something like literacy, which is within your power, is right in front of you, why are you such a coward?"

Yi Zhonghai already felt ashamed, and after being mocked continuously by Li Jiandong and Liu Haizhong, he felt even more embarrassed.

Blushing, he argued:

"Who said I don't want to participate? My arm was injured in the last gang fight, and I bumped into it again when I came out just now, so I can't lift it up for the time being."

"Oh, so you are impotent, no wonder you haven't had a child for so many years."

He Daqing, this fool, made dirty jokes in front of everyone in the courtyard, which immediately made all the residents burst into laughter.

Yi Zhonghai did not expect to be insulted like this. He was so angry that he stood up from the stool and pointed at He Daqing and cursed:
"He Daqing, you are such a reckless man. There are women and children here. Don't you think it's too much to say such things?"

He Daqing didn't think it was excessive at all. Instead, he pointed at Yi Zhonghai's arm and said:

"No, Yi Zhonghai, you can't lift your arms, right? But I see you are pointing at me very skillfully, right?"

Yi Zhonghai's lies were exposed and he was completely speechless.

Li Jiandong tapped the table lightly: "Okay, we're in the middle of a meeting, Daqing, stop messing around."

Then he looked at Yi Zhonghai again: "Since Yi Zhonghai's problem is his arm, let's not talk about the fact that he didn't raise his hand."

“I just want to ask you one question. If you open a learning corner, would you be willing to teach the children to read?”

Yi Zhonghai snorted, "Humph! I, Yi Zhonghai, always value my neighbors. For something like this, I will definitely do my duty. Even if you don't ask, I will teach you."

"That's good."

Li Jiandong nodded and said, "It just so happens that there are 10 people in our school who have only junior high school education. From now on, we will line up according to the days ending with 1 to 10 of each lunar month. Whoever's day it is, we will go to the tavern to teach for an hour."

"If you have something to do that day, find someone to take your place. Now let's arrange the order."

After we finished arranging the order, it was already getting late.

Li Jiandong announced the adjournment of the meeting and everyone went back home.

The next morning, Li Jiandong asked Yan Bugui to collect several textbooks from the school and deliver them to the tavern in the evening.

After giving the instructions, Li Jiandong came to the steel rolling mill.

"Guo Ping, Ma Qiang, Chen Dahe, the three of you, come out and move all your stuff out of the dormitory. You can take it home, or you can put it in our workshop warehouse first. Anyway, empty the dormitory first."

Director Cao shouted while standing at the door of the workshop.

The three people whose names were called put down their work and walked out.

Li Jiandong waited until they were far away before he came to Director Cao and asked curiously:

"Director Cao, why do we need to change the dormitory? Are new people coming to our factory?"

Director Cao was very polite in front of Li Jiandong and said with a smile:

"No, our factory recruits workers twice a year, in spring and autumn.

This year's spring recruitment has ended. This time, some companies from other companies came to our factory to study, and the time is a bit long, so they need to stay in the dormitory.

Guo Ping's home is close to the factory, so they don't live in the dormitory.

So we asked them to vacate the dormitories first so that the comrades who came to study could use them for rest. "

Li Jiandong said "oh", this kind of thing has happened before and he didn't take it seriously.

Soon it was time to eat.

Li Jiandong took Jia Dongxu to a cafeteria and lined up for food.

I heard people talking around me.

"Have you seen those guys from the mechanic shop? There are two really pretty girls in there."

"Two? Why do I only see one? They are really pretty!"

"Unfortunately, the Dongjiao Machine Repair Factory is a township-run enterprise, and the workers there have rural household registration."

"What's wrong with rural hukou? They are workers after all, and they have quotas and stable jobs."

"If you ask me, is the accompanying doctor really pretty? To be honest, there are several thousand female workers in our factory, and I haven't seen many prettier than her."

"You are such a traitor, aren't you? Let the sisters take care of him."

The women in the steel rolling mill were all very tough. When they heard this, they became unhappy and grabbed Guo Dapiezi's legs, threw him to the ground and prepared to show him the melon.

The scene was in chaos, and the onlookers were still making a fuss.

Li Jiandong also watched the fun with a smile on his face. He knew that the women were well-informed and would at least leave Guo Dapiaozi with a pair of underpants.

Guo Dapiezi is a rather lustful person and he really should be taught a lesson.

Everyone was having fun when suddenly someone shouted, "Secretary Cui is here."

Suddenly, everyone dispersed and lined up.

Only Guo Dapiezi was left crawling up from the ground, still holding up his trousers with both hands.

Secretary Cui came to a cafeteria and walked straight up to Li Jiandong.

"Master Li, so you are here. Director Yang is in the guesthouse right now and asked me to come over to have dinner with you."

There were many people around, and Li Jiandong knew something was wrong from the look in Secretary Cui's eyes, so he didn't ask any more questions.
He handed the lunch box to Jia Dongxu and walked towards the guesthouse with Secretary Cui.

Secretary Cui led Li Jiandong to a private room, pushed the door open to let him in, and went to the kitchen to urge the food to be prepared.

Li Jiandong walked into the private room and saw that in addition to Director Yang and the team leader, there were several unfamiliar people in the room.

Seeing Li Jiandong coming, Director Yang smiled and introduced him to the others:

"This is Master Li Jiandong, an eighth-level fitter in our factory!"

"Master Li, come here for a moment. I'll introduce you."

"These two are Director Liu Feng of the Dongjiao Machine Repair Factory and Master Wang Gang, a Level 6 maintenance worker at their factory."

When the machine repair factory director Liu Feng and the sixth-level maintenance worker Wang Gang saw Li Jiandong, they both stood up from their seats, bent down slightly and stretched out their hands.

Li Jiandong also stretched out his hand and shook hands with them.

"So you are Master Li. You look really young." said Liu Feng, the machine repair factory manager.

"Of course. Our Master Li not only looks young, he is really young. Master Li is only 30 years old this year, and that is his age in lunar years." Director Yang is not modest at all, but full of pride.

Wang Gang was almost 50 years old when he finally worked his way up to become a level maintenance worker.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master Li is really amazing. No wonder he can fix the truck by himself. It's really admirable."

Li Jiandong said modestly: "Director Liu and Master Wang are too kind. I just have some talent in locksmithing. It was also a lot of luck that I was able to repair the truck."

"Master Li, don't be so modest. Come and sit down first. Let's eat and talk at the same time."

Director Yang took Li Jiandong's hand and arranged him to sit next to him.

The captain of the team was responsible for entertaining the guests and poured wine for everyone.

After a few drinks, Director Yang explained why he invited Li Jiandong to dinner.

It turned out that since Li Jiandong repaired the truck that was to be scrapped last time, the steel mill reported the matter, and the superiors issued a document to learn from the steel mill and Li Jiandong.

This document was not only distributed to major steel rolling mills, but also to many machine repair plants.

The main task of a factory like the Dongjiao Machine Repair Factory is to repair various vehicles and equipment.

Tractors, trucks, and other vehicles are their targets for repair.

Previously, they had no way to repair the key parts of the truck, mainly due to the lack of parts. Finally, this big problem was solved by a fitter from a steel mill.

This is such a great achievement and honor. No wonder Director Yang is so beaming.

As a result, some machine repair factories began to contact the steel rolling mill, expressing their desire to come here to study. The Dongjiao Machine Repair Factory was the first batch to come here to study.

"Master Li, is the workload here heavy? If you have time, come to the fleet more often and exchange maintenance experience with the workers in the machine repair shop."

Director Yang patted Li Jiandong's shoulder with appreciation.

Li Jiandong was neither arrogant nor impatient, and just smiled and nodded.

"I don't think we are here to exchange ideas. We are here to learn from Master Li. I hope Master Li can give us some advice. The workers in the machine repair shop will be very grateful."

The attitude of the machine repair shop director was very respectful and sincere.

Li Jiandong didn't think he was that great for being able to handle key truck parts.

But in the eyes of these professional mechanics, they are like gods.

Finished the meal.

Li Jiandong, along with the team leader Ma, the machinery factory director Liu Feng and the sixth-level maintenance worker Wang Gang, came to the team maintenance workshop.

At this moment, the workers from the machine repair shop were competing with the workers from the steel mill fleet maintenance team in disassembling and assembling cars. The workers from both sides seemed to be competing very fiercely.
However, Li Jiandong could see that the workers in the machine repair factory were secretly draining water.

"The strength of the maintenance workers in the steel mill is not that good. They are far inferior to the level 5 workers in our factory. It takes so much effort for him to barely keep up."

When Li Jiandong, Captain Ma and others walked behind the crowd, they happened to hear a female worker muttering softly.

Suddenly, Director Liu Feng and Wang Gang's faces became embarrassed.

"Liang Ladi!"

Factory Director Liu Feng growled.

The female worker in front turned around and saw that it was Director Liu Feng. She immediately grinned awkwardly:

"Director Liu, you're back. Look, the workers in the steel mill are really good. They're not inferior to Chen Dali, the strongest worker in our factory."

Li Jiandong glanced at the female worker. She was pretty and smart, but her personality was not someone you would easily mess with.

She can still smile and talk nonsense in front of her boss. Most men probably can't control this kind of woman.

I guess Director Liu Feng also knew that this woman was not easy to mess with, so he just glared at her and said nothing more.

Instead, he turned to Li Jiandong and Captain Ma and apologized, "Master Li, Captain Ma, we are from a small factory and we don't know the rules. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."

Li Jiandong smiled and said nothing.

Captain Ma replied carelessly:
"We are the ones who made you laugh. However, Director Liu, you know that we are a steel mill after all. We are not as professional as you in maintenance. It is normal for us to lose to you."

Factory Director Liu Feng smiled and said quickly that he didn't dare.

The disassembly and assembly competition just ended at this time.

Wang Gang shouted loudly: "All the employees of the machine repair shop, assemble."

The workers in the machine repair factory were more skilled. Before they had time to cheer, they heard the call to assemble and hurried over and stood in three rows in front of Wang Gang.

"At ease, stand at attention."

Wang Gang arranged the team, and Director Liu Feng stepped forward and said:
"Comrades, let me introduce you first. This is the eighth-level fitter who repaired the truck that was about to be scrapped. He is Master Li from our steel rolling mill's fleet."

"Today, we are honored to have Master Li give us technical guidance. Let's welcome Master Li with warm applause and let him say a few words to us."

After saying this, Factory Director Liu Feng led the applause.

Li Jiandong stepped forward amid warm applause and said with a smile:

"Hello, fellow comrades in the machine repair shop. My name is Li Jiandong. I am not a professional maintenance worker, and I dare not teach you anything.

If you have any doubts about certain maintenance issues, we can communicate and learn from each other and make progress together.

Finally, I hope that everyone can have a happy time in our steel mill, gain something, and return with a full load. Thank you, everyone. "

Li Jiandong's words were very beautiful, which not only gave the other party face but also demonstrated his magnanimity as a host.

As soon as he finished speaking, applause broke out again.

At this time, the female worker named Liang Ladi suddenly popped up again, clapping and shouting:
"Master Li, can you tell us how you made those key parts?"

"Is our technology really that far behind that of foreign countries? Why can't so many of our mechanics make a small part? Do we have a chance to surpass them?"

Liu Feng said angrily: "Liang Ladi, shut up! Master Li hasn't finished speaking yet, why do you have the right to interrupt?"

Liang Ladi was indeed a lawless person, just as Li Jiandong had guessed.

Hearing this, he did not hold back at all, but instead loudly retorted:

"Director Liu, I'm not the only one who wants to know this. Everyone wants to know this. Isn't the purpose of our coming here to find out this?"

"Master Li's time is so precious, how can he have time to talk to you in official language? Isn't it better for us to be straightforward?"

"you……"

Liu Feng was so angry that he was smoking. If he had known, he would not have brought this traitor with him.

It was so embarrassing to talk back to myself in front of Master Li and so many workers from the steel mill maintenance team.

"Comrade Liang, you have too many questions. I will answer them one by one."

Li Jiandong actually has a little bit of a favorable impression on Liang Ladi.

Not using official language and being straightforward is also the style that Li Jiandong likes.

"First of all, I want to say that our country has just been established and there is a lot of work to be done. There is a big gap between us and developed countries in all aspects."

"We must face up to this gap, but there is no need to underestimate ourselves."

Li Jiandong cleared his throat.

"Secondly, it's not entirely because our technology is not good enough, but because when foreign countries imported trucks for us, they made anti-piracy designs."

"Some key parts are not difficult in themselves, but foreigners deliberately make them difficult for us."

"For example, the clips on both sides of the axle of the truck chassis can be divided into two parts, but they chose to cast them in one piece."

"Although there is some difference in strength, if there is a problem inside the part, we have to cut the whole part open, which greatly increases the difficulty of our maintenance."

"In a word, machine repair is not difficult. The difficulty lies in our overall backwardness. Only if everyone works together, I believe that one day we can surpass foreign countries."

These words inspired people and boosted morale.

Wow, wow, wow~ The warm applause lasted for a long time.

Factory Director Liu Feng, Captain Ma, Wang Gang and all the maintenance workers in the steel rolling mill and machine repair plant were excited and their eyes were shining because of Li Jiandong's speech.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in Li Jiandong's mind.

[The system detects that you are giving a public lecture, and it improves the knowledge and faith of the listeners. ]

[You get: 100 teaching experience points, 100 speech experience points. ]

[Extra reward: Charm plus 1. ]

.......
The applause was thunderous and it took a long time to die down.

"Master Li said it very well. As long as we all work together, one day, we will break through the blockade imposed by foreigners on us." Director Liu was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears.

"We must seize this opportunity to learn from the experience of Master Li and other maintenance workers in the steel mill, and strive to play a greater role in the construction of our country." Director Liu shook Jiandong's hand and said, "Master Li, we will leave the workers of our machine repair shop in your care for the next period of time."

"Ah this..."

Li Jiandong was listening to the system prompt. When he heard Liu Feng's question, he nodded subconsciously: "No problem, I will definitely teach you everything I know."

After another round of applause, Liu Feng announced the disbandment and allowed everyone to study freely. If anyone didn't understand, they could come to Li Jiandong again.

For a moment, both the workers from the machine repair shop and the maintenance workers from the steel rolling mill gathered around Li Jiandong.

From the mechanic knocking on the door to asking the fitter about the matter, to asking him how he came up with the anti-piracy design of foreigners.

While Li Jiandong was answering everyone's questions, the system prompt sound rang several times.

It’s almost time to get off work.

Li Jiandong finally had time to open the system and discovered that he had made a breakthrough in just one afternoon.

【Level 12 Teacher (minimum level 13)】

【13th Grade International Studies】and other four majors.

Then, I checked the experience details.

Li Jiandong found that the experience gained from giving lectures to groups, calculated per person, was much less than that gained from taking in disciples.

Probably only 10 times the experience.

However, if the group is large enough, it will be much easier to gain experience than taking in a single disciple.

The song "The East is Red" was sung.

It's time to get off work again.

Li Jiandong was preparing to finish work and go home.

Suddenly, the female mechanic named Liang Ladi ran over and shouted, "Master Li, wait a moment."

"Comrade, I'm off work today. I have something to do at home. If you have any questions, please ask tomorrow." Li Jiandong stopped and looked at her.

Liang Ladi suddenly felt a little shy.

However, given her personality, she is only slightly more shy than the average person.

Soon, she mustered up the courage and said, "Master Li, I just want to say one thing. I want to be your disciple. Please accept me as your apprentice."

Li Jiandong was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said:

"Comrade, I'm sorry I can't agree to your request. I'm just a fitter. Mechanical repair is not my specialty at all."

"But, Master Li, your mechanical repair skills are better than our professional ones. You are qualified to be my master."

"That's not OK."

Li Jiandong shook his head: "We are not from the same factory. In a few days, you will follow the people from your factory back to the Dongjiao Machine Repair Factory. You won't learn anything in half a month."

Liang Ladi said stubbornly: "That's nothing, I can come to you every Sunday to ask for advice, once a teacher, always a father."

Li Jiandong was a little speechless.

Liang Ladi, this female lesbian, gave him the impression of being a bit fierce. Although he liked her straightforward personality,

However, if I really accept her as my apprentice, I will inevitably have a headache.

Besides, he still has an apprentice named Sha Zhu who has not yet completed his apprenticeship. Even if he does, he doesn't need a maintenance worker apprentice.

Because the upper limit of a maintenance worker is relatively low, Li Jiandong is now a level 6 maintenance worker, which is enough for the time being.

He wanted to take in some first, and other, more frequently employed professional apprentices.

After hesitating for a few seconds.

Li Jiandong still said firmly: "Forget it, my wife is jealous, so I never accept female apprentices."

Now Liang Ladi had nothing to say.

I watched Li Jiandong walk towards a van.

Jia Dongxu rode the bicycle here.

When he saw Li Jiandong coming over, he took the initiative to move back and gave Li Jiandong the driving seat.

"Master, this female worker is very ambitious, so you can take her in."

Yan Jiecheng, who was sitting in the next carriage, joked:

"Master, you don't know that my senior brother was here just now, staring at the girl for a long time, and his saliva was all over the floor."

"Hehe...how about that, for the sake of our relationship, you can help him and take that girl in as our junior sister."

Li Jiandong got on the scooter and started the engine.

He said unhappily: "If you like, go and chase her yourself. I dare not accept such a disciple."

It is cute when other people's apprentices talk back to you, but it is hateful when your own apprentice takes the blame.

It’s better to let a hot-tempered lesbian like Liang Ladi harm others.

Li Jiandong would never accept a troublesome disciple, especially a female one.

(End of this chapter)