Chapter 35: Stumbling Block
When Yu Zhiyuan carried Qiaoqiao and Zhiqiang to Shazhu's door, Xu Damao was also there.

"Brother Damao, we are not talking nonsense. I have asked."

Xu Damao waved his hand and said, "It wasn't us. It was the Third Uncle who asked about it. He called me to the First Uncle's house after get off work today and told me about my situation."

As he said this, he gave a cigarette to Sha Zhu and Yu Zhiyuan respectively.

"Shazhu, I'll prepare something tomorrow night, and you can come to my house to cook. Don't cook at your house, and the same goes for your family, Zhiyuan. Make more and send it to the old lady, and the women will eat together, and we brothers can have a drink."

"Okay, Sha Mao is open-minded this time, just prepare enough things."

As we were chatting, I heard the third uncle say, "Be quiet, be quiet, there are 43.8 in total here. We will have a dinner party this Sunday afternoon, and I will go shopping on Sunday morning."

After that, he whispered to the uncle, "Old Yi, do you have anything else to do?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head.

Yan Bugui stood up and shouted, "Alright, let's adjourn the meeting!"

Yu Zhiyuan and the other two discussed the matter.

Yu Zhiyuan carried his daughter on his back to the old lady's house to find his wife.

When I entered the room, I saw an old lady there. I greeted her and then took my wife and daughter home.

Yu Zhiyuan had just made tea for his master and senior brother when he saw his master bringing over a group of young men in their twenties.

"Zhiyuan, you can take care of them from now on."

Yu Zhiyuan saw that they looked like brothers and asked, "What are your names? How old are you? Where do you live?"

"My name is Ji Yousheng, I'm 19 years old; this is my cousin, Ji Youguo, 18 years old, and my home is in Huaihua Hutong."

Yu Zhiyuan nodded: "Everyone should bring a large teacup tomorrow. Small ones are not acceptable. Come to the boiler room to get hot water in the morning."

Yu Zhiyuan pointed to a large row of thermoses at the entrance of the workshop.

"Ask where the boiler room is. My master, my senior brother, and my cup are all there." He pointed to the large teacups under the three operating tables.

"You just entered the factory, so you don't need to buy tea."

As he was talking, Senior Brother Yin Tiemin led a young man over and said to him, "Listen."

"We will receive the tasks in a while, and you can take the orders to pick up the workpieces. I will guide you for two days, and you can take the orders to pick up the workpieces yourself in the future. Okay, go walk around the workshop and get familiar with it."

Yu Zhiyuan took them to get the work pieces, then started working, asking them to watch from behind.

At noon, I took them to get lunch and told Sha Zhu about it.

After finishing the task in the afternoon, I took a few people with me to teach them how to maintain and clean the workbench, and then left work.

A large group of people strolled back to the courtyard.

As soon as he entered the room, Yan Bugui pulled him aside and said, "Zhiyuan, you are so dishonest. Didn't you decide to ask your master to help him solve the problem?"

Yu Zhiyuan asked doubtfully, "Decided? Who determined it? You determined it?"

Yan Bugui said anxiously, "Didn't the uncle tell you that?"

"When did the uncle tell you? Go ask the uncle. Besides, the uncle has a big Buddha there and you don't worship it. How come you like my master?"

Yan Bugui became anxious.

Yu Zhiyuan waved his hand: "Third uncle, did my master tell you in person? Or did the first uncle give you the guarantee?"

"Then can you tell your master to transfer Jie Cheng over now?"

"I can't make the decision on this. You go ask my master. If I dare to make the decision for him, he will break my legs! Okay, Third Uncle, I have something else to do. I will see you later." After saying this, Yu Zhiyuan turned around and left.

Came home and fed the chickens.

Yu Zhiyuan, Sha Zhu and Qiaoqiao took two bottles of Erguotou and went straight to Xu Damao's house and knocked on the door.

"Who is it? The door is not closed!"

"Who do I think I am? You three, come in and sit down. You look down on me, don't you? Zhiqiang, take the wine back later." Yu Zhiyuan looked at Xu Damao, whose face was still bruised, and said with a smile, "We are polite people. If you come to our house without bringing anything, you are considered a bad guest."

"Okay, you can talk. Zhiqiang, sit down, don't just stand there like an idiot. Qiaoqiao is here, call Uncle Xu."

Yu Qiaoqiao was quite sweet-mouthed: "Hello, Mr. Xu!"

"Hello to you too." Xu Damao said and went into the inner room with a small plate.

After a while, it was brought out with three pieces of honey and three sugar triangles inside, and put into Qiaoqiao's hand.

"Qiaoqiao, be good and eat it."

Xu Damao touched Qiaoqiao's head, stood up and said to Yu Zhiyuan: "There is no child at home, I really love Qiaoqiao. Sit down, don't stand."

Yu Zhiyuan walked over and sat on the sofa.

Xu Damao's family is the only one in the courtyard that has a sofa.

Yu Zhiyuan held Qiaoqiao in his arms and held the plate for her, allowing her to use both of her little hands.

"Brother Damao, how did you offend Uncle San? He was a bit harsh this time. If I report him to the police, you will be in big trouble."

"Him, now you found his own ticket, right?"

Yu Zhiyuan nodded.

"It's certainly less than thirty-five dollars, right?"

Yu Zhiyuan nodded again.

"The old man came to me and pestered me for several days, but I held on to 35 and refused to give up. After he bought a car, he showed it off to me. Then I didn't give him anything after returning from the countryside several times. I guess he was a little resentful of me."

"There's also my story here. This is the first time I've heard of it."

"It was only later that I came to my senses. He was just an elementary school teacher who hadn't been promoted in all these years. He used all his little tricks on the people in the compound. I was really mean. If it weren't for you guys, I would have been half dead. I just didn't expect that Sha Zhu would be willing to help."

"How much hatred can there be between people from the same courtyard? Just quarrel with Brother Zhuzi for a few words. You are already married, so stop quarreling. It's too ugly."

"You should be careful too. Third uncle has a lot of little tricks up his sleeve. He's always thinking about trivial things. Tell Sha Zhu too, whether Third uncle wants Jie Cheng to learn the craft from him."

Yu Zhiyuan pursed his lips: "He gets something for nothing every day. He's really amazing."

"I heard that before Jie Cheng went to work, he had already negotiated the terms with his family and had to pay for food, drink and lodging. The third uncle is really smart." Xu Damao said with a smile.

Yu Zhiyuan was puzzled as to how Xu Damao knew this. He chuckled and said, "I know what you are thinking! Give Guangtian a cigarette and he won't say anything. If Guangtian and Jiecheng stay together forever, then he will know everything."

Yu Zhiyuan gave Xu Damao a thumbs up.

Sha Zhu came into the room carrying two plates of food: "Sha Mao, Guang, don't ask me to serve you, go and serve the food."

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhiqiang quickly went out to serve the dishes.

Sha Zhu took off his apron, threw it on the sofa, sat next to Yu Zhiyuan, and picked up a honey sandwich from Qiaoqiao's small plate and put it in his mouth.

"What's going on? Where's Uncle Three? Tell me about it."

Yu Zhiyuan smiled and said to Sha Zhu: "You have offended the Third Uncle. Be careful that he will trip you up."

Sha Zhu asked doubtfully, "What about Jie Cheng going into the kitchen?"

"It's not a big deal. The three of us have offended him."

Stir-fried shredded beef, stewed chicken with mushrooms, twice-cooked pork, sweet and sour carp, mapo tofu, stir-fried bamboo shoots, tomatoes with sugar, and fried peanuts.

He gave Xu Damao a thumbs up.

Xu Damao waved his hand and went into the inner room, then came out with two bottles of Fenjiu.

Xu Damao sat on the single sofa facing the door. Qiaoqiao, Yu Zhiyuan, Sha Zhu and Zhiqiang sat on the small wooden stool opposite.

Yang Zhiqiang poured wine into the three people's cups.

(End of this chapter)