Courtyard House: She got anxious when He Yushui wasn't licked.

"On what grounds?" Factory Director Yang looked at He Yuzhu and said, "On the grounds that this meat was obtained for our factory by Wang Lin through various means."

"Director Yang! You can't let the factory workers down." He Yuzhu protested. Although Wang Lin was the one who brought the meat, he was still a part of the factory!

"Wait a minute! I remember you, He Yuzhu, were fired by Deputy Factory Director Li. How come you're back in the factory?" Wang Lin suddenly remembered that he had asked Li Huaide to fire He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu looked down at Wang Lin with his nostrils flared, and said:

“I only brought you back as a kitchen helper because of your previous hard work and the goodwill you showed when you cooked for the big boss. But you put on airs and insisted on competing with the head chef of the first canteen for a position. I need to re-evaluate you, He Yuzhu.”

Factory Director Yang regretted agreeing to let He Yuzhu return to the factory, as this would make him offend Wang Lin.

"Director Yang! We had an agreement, you can't just abandon me after you've served your purpose." He Yuzhu was getting anxious. Director Yang's words meant he wanted to distance himself from him.

Factory Director Yang glanced at Wang Lin furrowing his brow, which was not a good sign! So, in order to protect himself, he didn't hesitate to fire Sha Zhu on the spot, saying, "Comrade He Yuzhu, given your incorrigible nature, our Third Steel Rolling Mill can hardly tolerate such a big shot as you. I will inform the factory broadcasting room to fire you and never hire you again."

"Firing me again?" He Yuzhu was completely dumbfounded. Was Director Yang really going to kick me while I was down?

"Congratulations, you idiot! You've been fired again." Wang Lin mocked He Yuzhu.

"Wang Lin!" He Yuzhu was furious. If Wang Lin hadn't barged in, Director Yang might not have fired him.

It all started with Wang Lin.

Seeing that He Yuzhu still wanted to make a move, Director Yang directly called out, "Security Department."

Upon hearing Director Yang's shout, the security personnel patrolling outside the factory director's office immediately rushed in to await orders.

Factory Director Yang pointed at He Yuzhu and said to the security personnel, "He Yuzhu is a fool. He has repeatedly violated factory regulations and is no longer an employee of the factory. You should kick him out and not allow him to come in again."

Two security guards immediately apprehended He Yuzhu and escorted him away.

As He Yuzhu was leaving, he couldn't understand why Director Yang would suddenly make such a big deal out of firing him.

Is this really Director Yang's true nature?

He Yuzhu racked his brains but couldn't figure it out; all of this was related to Wang Lin.

Watching He Yuzhu being led away by the security personnel, Wang Lin suggested, "Director Yang, as the head of the purchasing department, I have a small suggestion regarding the 'moles' in our factory: don't allocate meat quotas to them, especially those who have damaged the factory's reputation, such as Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Qin Huairu. I believe Director Yang will handle this impartially."

When Director Yang heard these names, his eyelids twitched. Weren't these Wang Lin's neighbors from the same courtyard?

Good heavens, Wang Lin directly pointed out each of them to Director Yang, implying that they should find a way to remove them from the meat distribution quota.

Yang Laosan and his three apprentices, who were present, were all puzzled as to how these people had offended Wang Lin.

However, since Wang Lin was arranged to enter the purchasing department by Li Huaide, he should be one of their own. Yang Laosan naturally wouldn't jump out to say anything against it, and chose to stand by and not interfere.

After a brief chat, Wang Lin left Director Yang's office.

Factory Director Yang has already understood Wang Lin's meaning, and he will soon make arrangements for this matter.

Standing at the door, Wang Lin muttered to himself, "There aren't any good construction teams. This is tough. Maybe I should go back and burn some incense to see if I can sign in tomorrow?"

The things I've been signing in lately have gotten a bit outrageous. The "three turns and one sound" four-piece set is one thing, but now they're even bringing up bedroom secrets! Isn't this just forcing Wang Lin to get married?

Renovating the house is urgent. I need to marry Zhang Jiao as soon as possible and have a son and a daughter with Wang Lin so that my life won't have been in vain.

As for retaliating against the beasts, Wang Lin only had this idea on a whim. He saw that He Yuzhu hadn't even gotten a share of the meat and had been fired. What should they do if they didn't get any meat?

Every household in the courtyard had meat, but these few families couldn't get any meat or even buy any. That kind of misery was a scene that Wang Lin was happy to see.

Instead of returning to the purchasing department, Wang Lin, who had nothing to do, went to the publicity department.

At the entrance of the department, Wang Lin overheard them discussing how to create a New Year's poster and the order of performance slots for the evening's annual meeting.

Logically, three people should be enough, but this year there were an unusually large number of people signing up to perform at the annual meeting, leaving the three of them overwhelmed.

These people signed up to sing, perform skits, and do crosstalk, all for the factory's rewards: a bicycle ticket and two industrial tickets.

With the incentive of rewards, more people signed up.

Wang Lin knocked on the door and went in. He saw Zhang Jiao sorting through the registration forms with a worried expression.

When Xu Ting and Shi Qiao saw Wang Lin, they exchanged a glance and then wisely went out for a walk to give their brains a rest.

Wang Lin sat down next to Zhang Jiao. Looking at the application forms on the table, he picked one up and came up with an idea. He said, "Put singing in one category, skits in another, and crosstalk in another. Make a detailed time estimate, and the ranking will be simple."

“But many people have asked me to put their programs at the beginning.” Zhang Jiao thought Wang Lin’s idea seemed feasible. What troubled her was that many people who had signed up wanted their programs to be at the beginning. After all, everyone had energy at the beginning, and if they got tired and sleepy in the end, they would be in low spirits and the program would not achieve the expected effect.

"Silly girl, do you have to do whatever others ask you to do?" Wang Lin reached out and flicked Zhang Jiao's nose.

Following Wang Lin's ideas, Zhang Jiao began to organize the rankings, and with Wang Lin's assistance, the two quickly produced a table.

After handwriting everything, Wang Lin looked at the three full sheets of paper and said nostalgically, "If only we had a computer and a printer, we wouldn't have to work so hard by handwriting."

"Computer? What are printers?" Zhang Jiao looked at Wang Lin with an innocent expression.

“These are products of the future.” Wang Lin did not explain, after all, these were products of decades to come.

After Xu Ting and Shi Qiao returned, Zhang Jiao handed them the ranking list to make arrangements. The factory was already setting up for the annual meeting, and it would be almost finished by lunchtime.

Wang Lin watched Zhang Jiao busy at work, and then, as if by magic, produced a handful of candy and secretly slipped it into Zhang Jiao's hand.

Zhang Jiao's mood instantly improved when she saw the candy in her hand. She peeled the candy and fed it to Wang Lin herself.

Wang Lin ate the candy while looking at the beautiful Zhang Jiao, and said with a smile, "The candy my wife peeled is really sweet."

The word "wife" made Zhang Jiao blush with embarrassment.

Xu Ting and Shi Qiao were thus subjected to Wang Lin and Zhang Jiao's public display of affection.

Chapter 140 Qin Huairu has no meat left.

"All factory workers, please proceed to the first and second canteens in an orderly manner to receive your meat."

Yu Haitang's sweet voice came from the broadcasting room.

At this moment, all the factory workers put down their work and took the bags they had prepared in advance to the two canteens to fill up with meat.

Inside the workshop, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong accompanied two senior engineers as they inspected the parts.

One of the senior engineers looked at the parts made by Yi Zhonghai with disappointment and said, "Yi Zhonghai! At your age, you shouldn't be doing this kind of delicate work. Look at this, the error is greater than 0.9. Rework it."

Yi Zhonghai didn't know what was going on. He had been very careful, but there was still a difference after he finished. He had to admit defeat and said, "Engineer Wang, could you go get the meat first and then come back to continue reworking it?"

Liu Haizhong chimed in, "That's right! If you go too late, you won't get any meat."

Senior engineers Wang Jiao and Wang Fei watched as Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong shook their heads simultaneously, their expressions filled with disappointment.

At this moment, Factory Director Yang came in and saw the two senior engineers shaking their heads and sighing. He immediately stepped forward and asked, "Engineer Wang, did they make a mistake again?"

Wang Jiao is Wang Fei's older brother. Both of them are bionic intelligent robots arranged by Wang Lin. When he saw Director Yang arrive, he played along and said, "Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong are unworthy of being called eighth-level fitters in the factory. They made two parts with an error of 0.9, and they didn't even care about sharing the meat. They are really hopeless!"

Upon hearing this, Director Yang immediately reprimanded Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong with a stern face: "Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, you are fortunate to receive guidance from two senior engineers, which is knowledge that will benefit you for a lifetime. How can you be distracted? The parts are now so far off-target. Do you think you are worthy of the factory's investment in your training?"

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong lowered their heads in shame. Perhaps they weren't in the right state of mind today. Yi Zhonghai said to Director Yang, "Director Yang, please give us another chance."

Liu Haizhong wiped the sweat from his face, still unconvinced, and challenged again: "I want to reduce the error of the parts to 0.1."

Having confidence is a good thing, but Director Yang knew that the two of them could not possibly complete it, because Wang Jiao and Wang Fei had deliberately marked it wrong on the blueprints, so no matter how many times Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong tried, they would never get it right.

Half an hour later, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong looked at the parts they had made and fell into deep thought.

What went wrong?

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong exchanged a glance, both unable to figure out where things had gone wrong.

Factory Director Yang looked at the parts the two men had made, shook his head in disappointment, and said, "Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, I am very disappointed in you. You have let down the factory's trust and high expectations. You will not get any of the meat this time. Reflect on your actions during the New Year holiday."

These words from Director Yang stunned both Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.

Factory Director Yang left with his hands behind his back, his back view showing loneliness, leaving Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong standing there bewildered.

Why would Director Yang say such cold things?

Wang Jiao and Wang Fei put away the blueprints, but little did they know that they had tampered with them and deliberately framed the two of them.

Next up was Qin Huairu from the workshop.

Qin Huairu was overjoyed to hear the announcement; she was finally going to get her share of the meat. Just as she was about to leave, the workshop foreman stopped her and dumped all the defective products in front of her, scolding, "Qin Huairu, look at your defect rate! How did you get promoted to level two fitter?"

"Director, the cafeteria has distributed meat. I'll reprimand them when they get back."

Qin Huairu had always been protected by Yi Zhonghai. She even got into the Level 2 fitter exam through a bit of backroom. The person who conducted the Level 2 fitter exam was an old friend of Yi Zhonghai. Qin Huairu barely passed the minimum score by paying some price. In her work, she relied on Yi Zhonghai to cover for her and guide her in processing, which is how she barely reached the Level 2 fitter level. But recently, Yi Zhonghai was transferred, and Qin Huairu has lost interest in her work, so the defect rate has naturally dropped drastically.

"Stop! How dare you go and distribute the meat?" The workshop director was instructed by Factory Director Yang to find a legitimate reason to dismiss the meat-distribution quota.

"Director, I can always redo it when I get back." Qin Huairu's face was full of anxiety. If she was late, there might not be any good meat left.

"Qin Huairu, all you think about is meat! Why don't you put some effort into improving your skills? The defect rate is so high now, how am I supposed to explain this to the factory leaders? They've said it, this time you're being punished by not getting any meat. If your skills continue like this, you'll be demoted back to level one." The workshop director wasn't going to tolerate this widow, Qin Huairu.

Previously, with Yi Zhonghai taking care of her, the workshop director would give her some face. Now that Yi Zhonghai is in trouble himself, and given that this was secretly arranged by Director Yang, it's natural that it has to be done perfectly.

"Director! You can't do this!" Qin Huairu immediately became unhappy when she heard that she had no meat left, and said in a huff, "If you do this, I'm going to go to the factory manager to reason with you."

"Go ahead." The workshop director wasn't afraid at all and simply left with his hands behind his back.

"Just you wait!" Qin Huairu said, unconvinced, and went to find Director Yang.

In his office, Director Yang looked at this year's targets with great interest.

Qin Huairu barged into the office without knocking, crying and pleading, "Director Yang, you have to do me a favor!"

When Director Yang saw that it was Qin Huairu, he looked up and asked, "What happened again?"

Qin Huairu downplayed the issue, saying, "The workshop director won't give me a meat quota, so Factory Director Yang, you have to stand up for me!"

Factory Director Yang retorted, "Didn't the workshop director tell you that your defect rate was too high, and that as punishment, you've lost your share of the factory's meat distribution?"

Qin Huairu was stunned. So this really was an order from Director Yang. No wonder the workshop director wasn't afraid at all.

But why?

Would Director Yang really make things difficult for me over a meat allocation quota, or is it that Director Yang is lusting after me?

Just as Qin Huairu was lost in thought, Factory Director Yang stood up and said, "Alright, go back and reflect on your technical problems. If you don't improve your fitter skills, you'll be demoted to Level 1 worker."

Qin Huairu was stunned when she heard this. She looked lost and dejected as she walked back. She had finally managed to earn 37.5 yuan from Li Huaide. If she was demoted, wouldn't her salary be only 17.5 yuan?

How are those five people supposed to survive?

In the empty workshop, only Qin Huairu was reworking parts all by herself, her back view so lonely.

If Sha Zhu were here, he would definitely be heartbroken and want to confront Director Yang.

Unfortunately, He Yuzhu had already been fired from the factory.