The next day, Xiao Baoguo heard many people talking about Yi Zhonghai as soon as he entered the steel mill.
Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong did not disappoint him. The news spread throughout the factory so quickly.
When the bell rang, Yi Zhonghai's punishment was announced.
In addition to the demotion and deduction of all the allowance, Yi Zhonghai also needed to review it in front of the entire factory.
Such a punishment was already quite light for Yi Zhonghai.
However, for Yi Zhonghai, the good reputation that he had built up his entire life was ruined. He had to endure the criticism of others. This was probably worse than firing him.
After a day's work, Xiao Baoguo saw the two stewards discussing something as soon as he entered the courtyard.
"Baoguo, you came back just in time. I just discussed with your Third Uncle. It's not a good thing that there's no First Uncle in this courtyard. I want to hear your opinion.”
"The two of you can discuss it. If there's no First Master, then Second Master can take over. Third Master can take over the vacancy of Second Master, and then let the street office choose a new Third Master.”
Xiao Baoguo saw the little trick in Liu Hai's heart very clearly. Besides, he was already in the position of the First Master. What else could others say?
"Since Baoguo has agreed, then I'll take up the responsibility. From today onwards, I'll be the number one master of our Siheyuan.”
"Then I'm Second Uncle."
Seeing Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui echoing each other, Xiao Baoguo smiled and shook his head, turning around to go home.
"Baoguo, wait a minute. Why don't you take the position of Third Master? Tomorrow, I'll go to the street office with your Second Uncle to recommend him.”
Liu Haizhong immediately put on airs as soon as he sat down.
Xiao Baoguo shook his head and said,""I'm not interested in Third Uncle's position, you two should choose someone else.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Baoguo did not give the two of them a chance to speak and quickly walked towards the backyard.
"Hmph, you don't know how to appreciate favors."
Xu Damao saw that Xiao Baoguo wasn't interested in the position of Third Master and quickly ran to Liu Haizhong's side and said,""Please don't lower yourself to Xiao Baoguo's level. He just doesn't take you seriously because he's a favorite of the factory leader.”
"However, since he doesn't want to be Third Master, how about you two take a look at me? I assure you that I will firmly support any decision you make in the future.”
Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui looked at each other after hearing his words. Yan Bugui asked tentatively,""Why don't we let Xu Damao be the third master?”
Liu Haizhong was pleased with himself when he saw him asking for his opinion. He nodded pretentiously and said,"I think Da Mao can do it."
"From today onwards, you will be the First Master of the courtyard, I will be the Second Master, and Xu Damao will be the new backbone.”
After Yan Bugui finished speaking, the other two people laughed. Xu Damao also slowly sat down on Third Uncle's seat.
"Masters, I think that even though Yi Zhonghai has gone down and Silly Zhu is demoralized, there is still one more person in this courtyard. If we don't teach him a lesson, I'm afraid that no one will listen to the three of us in this courtyard.”
When the two of them heard Xu Damao's words, they immediately understood what he meant. Liu Haizhong lowered his voice and said,"Are you talking about Xiao Baoguo?"
" Mm." Xu Damao nodded.
"Although what you said is right, we need to think about it carefully.”
Yan Bugui also expressed his opinion, and the three of them gathered together to discuss something.
Not long after, the three of them came to an agreement and returned home with satisfied expressions.
As soon as Yan Bugui entered the house, he saw his hand stove on the cabinet.
Last time, Xiao Baoguo had said that this hand stove was an old thing. These words made Yan Bugui's heart itch.
Later, through a friend's recommendation, he found a person who was said to be very knowledgeable about old objects. He spent two yuan to have someone appraise them.
After looking at the hand stove, the other party didn't immediately give a price. Instead, he first asked Yan Bugui if he had any plans to sell it.
Before he left, Yan Bugui's friends had reminded him that if the other party asked if he had any intention of fighting, he should say that he didn't and was prepared to keep it as a family heirloom.
At first, Yan Bugui didn't understand what it meant, but after his friend explained it to him, he finally understood.
If he answered that he would sell it after the other party asked, then the appraiser would say that the item was worthless and finally buy it at an extremely low price.
If he said that he would pass it on, the other party would tell him the true price of the item.
Therefore, when the appraiser asked, Yan Bugui immediately said that he wanted to keep it as a family heirloom.
The other party tried to persuade him a few times. Seeing his attitude, he told him the value of the hand stove.
When Yan Bugui heard that his hand stove was worth at least 300 yuan, he almost had a heart attack.
On the way home, she held the stove tightly in front of her chest, afraid that it would be damaged.
Soon, he contacted a buyer through someone else. The price was 350 yuan. The other party was an entrepreneur who liked to collect antiques.
The time was set to be the first day of the new year. He thought that not only would he become the Second Master today, but he would also have a lot of income in a few days.
Yan Bugui, who was in a good mood, immediately took out 2.50 yuan and asked his son, Yan Jiekuang, to buy a bottle of Xifeng wine.
When Xiao Baoguo returned home, he probably didn't expect that Yan Bugui would really appraise the hand stove because of his words.
Moreover, the appraiser he encountered was very likely to be a fake.
However, all of this had nothing to do with Xiao Baoguo. Right now, he was more concerned about his new clothes.
He Yushui had only given him a cotton jacket for the upper body, not the lower body.
He wanted to look for the other party to take a look at the situation, but when he thought of Silly Pillar's current situation, he stopped.
Just as he took out a carp from his space and was about to deal with it, the door was pushed open.
"Aiya, are we eating fish tonight?”
"Do you want to eat? Go back and ask your brother to make it for you."
Xiao Baoguo said without even turning his head. He was the only person who could push the door open and come in.
"That's fine too. I'll take your new clothes back then.”
"Wait, put down the clothes."
He Yushui giggled as she put the clothes away. Then, she sat at the table and watched Xiao Baoguo busy himself.
At this moment, Secretary Xiao Wang walked into an office in the Institute of Electrotechnical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Seeing that the Bureau Chief was busy, he did not disturb him.
"If you have something to say, just say it."
Hearing the Bureau Chief's words, Little Wang placed a document in front of him and said,"Chief, this is the latest information about that person.”
The secretary did not leave after putting down the documents. Instead, she waited for the Bureau Chief's instructions.
After a while, the white-haired old man finished what he was doing and picked up the information at the side to read.
"This kid can actually modify the machine tools of the rolling mill? Does he know anything about machinery?"
"Chief, according to our investigation, Xiao Baoguo should be very good at both electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.”
After the white-haired old man carefully read the information in his hand, he looked up at Little Wang and said,"Go and find Old Lu."
The secretary turned around and walked out of the office. After a while, she walked in with Old Lu.
Old Lu didn't look any different, but he was very different from when Xiao Baoguo first met him.
"Old Lu, you've had more contact with Xiao Baoguo.”
"Chief, Xiao Baoguo is very cautious. Every time we trade, he only takes out the right amount of ingredients. I've paid attention to it carefully. He should be able to take out more, but he doesn't.”
"Besides, Xiao Baoguo would change the location of the trade every two months, and he would only tell me at the end of the trade.”
The white-haired old man listened to the other party's words and kept thinking about his understanding of Xiao Baoguo. After the other party finished speaking, he said,"I heard that he asked you for a bicycle ticket?”
"Yes, he wants a bicycle ticket.”
"Xiao Wang, get Old Lu a bicycle ticket later. The next time you go to trade, tell Xiao Baoguo that the old man who bought his pork wants to invite him to go fishing in Shichahai after spring.”
"Alright, all of you can leave."
After the two of them left, the old man looked at the information in his hand and smiled. Then, he opened the drawer and put it in.
Xiao Baoguo had no idea that the old man, whom he had met twice before, was about to invite him. At this moment, he was dumbfounded as he watched He Yushui swallow an entire fish.
"How long has it been since you ate fish?”
"It hasn't been long, but I've been comforting my silly brother ever since I went back yesterday.”
"Silly Zhu still looks like a dead man?"
"Yeah, lying on the bed motionless. If it weren't for the fact that he was still panting and blinking, I would have thought that he was dead.”
"There's no point in persuading him. This matter still depends on Qin Huairu. With Qin Huairu's methods, it'll be easy for her to deal with your brother.”
"That's right. Why didn't I think of that? I'll leave first.”He Yushui ran out with a look of realization.
Xiao Baoguo looked at the man's back and then at the fish bones on the table. He smiled bitterly and took out a few eggs to stir-fry another dish.
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