Courtyard House: From Bloodsucking Jia Zhangshi to Industrial Giant

Chapter 62 Prototype of a Mini Tiller!

Er Ya didn't understand, but Jia Dongxu spoke up: "There are two requirements for retirement. First, you have to be old enough, which is 55 for female workers. Second, you have to have worked for at least 15 years."

Zhang Chengfei nodded: "In other words, if your mother takes over your father's job after he passes away, she only needs to work for another fifteen years before she can retire."

After she retires, she can receive 80% of her monthly salary as a pension.

He counted on his fingers and did some calculations for Er Ya, telling her that if she had taken over the shift back then, her monthly pension after retirement would have been between 16.5 and 23.1 yuan.

Zhang Erya's eyes widened.

Zhang Chengfei added, "In these fifteen years, Dongxu has been a grown man, so the neighborhood committee must have tried to find him a job, right? Let's not talk about large state-owned enterprises, but even in a large collective enterprise, a monthly income of thirty yuan for Dongxu isn't unreasonable, is it?"

Zhang Erya's eyes lit up: "In other words, if I had taken over the family business back then, our family would be earning 63 yuan a month now."

Sixty-three yuan! That's a lot of money, enough for their whole family to live a comfortable life.

Er Ya slapped her thigh in regret, but Zhang Chengfei was still settling scores:

"You'll retire in fifteen years, and Dongxu will already have a stable job. The only ones who can take your place will be Banggeng or Dongxu's wife... Think about it yourself, by then, how many salaries will your family be able to receive?"

Jia Zhangshi's lips trembled: "Three, three portions..."

"Three portions, how much will that cost?" Zhang Chengfei asked casually.

Zhang Erya held out both hands: "At least, at least ninety-six yuan... that's only three yuan less than that old man Yi Zhonghai who has no descendants..."

Zhang Chengfei sighed: "That's why I said, Er Ya, you're so muddle-headed when it comes to life. You only care about small things and not the big picture. You're so foolish!"

"Er Ya, are you confused!"

"Ah, ah, ah~"

Zhang Chengfei's voice echoed in her ears, and Zhang Erya went crazy instantly.

"Third Uncle, I was so confused! Why didn't you explain it to me sooner!" Facing her own third uncle, Zhang Erya felt as aggrieved as a 200-pound fat man. "If you had told me earlier, Erya's life wouldn't have been so hard!"

Zhang Chengfei patted her shoulder reassuringly: "Let's not talk about the past. From now on, you can't go wrong by listening to your third uncle. Your third uncle will not cheat you. He will only lead your whole family to live a good life."

Er Ya nodded vigorously: "Whatever Third Uncle says goes. Following Third Uncle means we'll have meat to eat. Er Ya will listen to you."

Zhang Chengfei pressed his advantage: "Could you manage 150 words a day?"

"I'll learn if I can do it. I'll learn until I drop!" Er Ya said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly.

"Alright, let's start tonight. Do your best, I won't hold you up any longer. I'm stuffed tonight, I'm going out for a walk." Zhang Chengfei said, getting up.

He also said he would send over a banner tomorrow to encourage Er Ya and cheer her on.

Er Ya's family got up and saw him to the door. Zhang Chengfei said there was no need to see him off any further, so the group stopped. Qin Huairu, however, gave Jia Dongxu a subtle look.

Jia Dongxu quickly took a few steps forward: "Third Grandfather, please wait a moment..."

He caught up with Zhang Chengfei and said in a low voice, "Third Grandfather, could you possibly find another way to get temporary workers at the machinery factory...?"

Before she could finish speaking, her face turned red, and she felt that her request was a bit excessive.

His grandfather had just arranged a job for his own mother, and now he was asking him to arrange a wife for him...

"Um, I was just asking. If it really doesn't work, that's fine too..."

Before he could speak, Zhang Chengfei said, "You want to include Qin Huairu in the list too?"

Jia Dongxu scratched his head: "Huai Ru has always wanted to have a job, even if it's just pasting matchboxes, but she can't find one."

His eyes became somewhat unfocused: "I've asked my master for help before... but it hasn't been arranged yet."

Zhang Chengfei knew perfectly well why the arrangement hadn't been successful, even though he had seen Jia Dongxu hanging on the wall when he watched the TV series before.

By observing Yi Zhonghai's attitude toward another elderly fool, Zhu, we can infer his approach toward Jia Dongxu.

He paused for a moment, then said, "The factory has only given me two openings so far."

Jia Dongxu was a little disappointed, but he forced himself to cheer up: "It's okay, as long as my mom can get a job in the factory and earn fifteen yuan a month, it will ease a lot of my burden..."

His mother certainly wouldn't give him her salary, but even if she kept it for herself, at least she wouldn't have to ask him for it.

Zhang Chengfei patted Jia Dongxu on the shoulder: "Whenever there's an opportunity, I'll help your wife find a job... We're family, and Mom is my niece, so of course I want you to have a prosperous life."

Of course, this was just to fool Jia Dongxu. The real reason he gave the temporary worker position to Er Ya instead of Qin Huairu was because Er Ya was able to work and receive a salary, which would create a huge impact on everyone in the courtyard.

As mentioned earlier, Zhang Chengfei is doing well, and others will only take it for granted.

Because he is educated and young, people have a higher threshold for his standards.

But if an old woman who is over forty years old, lazy, greedy, and has a sharp tongue lives well, then she will provide Zhang Chengfei with a constant stream of negative emotional value, which is beyond everyone's understanding.

This is also why he doesn't give work to Qin Huairu.

It's harder for people to accept that Zhang Erya has a job than that Qin Huairu does. His words to Jia Dongxu were just an excuse.

He was just making excuses, but Jia Dongxu took it seriously. He thanked his third grandfather profusely and went home beaming to tell Qin Huairu the good news.

The couple talked about it for a long time, and finally concluded that clinging to their third grandfather's coattails was the right thing to do.

As for Yi Zhonghai? We'll just find an opportunity to kick him out.

……

On Thursday, all the blueprints for the mini-tiller were completed. Lao Tai led Zhang Chengfei to check them over and over again to confirm that all the details were correct.

The team held a meeting, and Lao Ma said that all the parts needed for the trial production of the mini-tiller were ready and construction could begin at any time.

"To maintain secrecy, the trial production is not being conducted in the workshop. Instead, the factory has arranged for a small warehouse to be used. I will distribute the warehouse key to all team members tomorrow."

Old Ma paused for a moment: "The factory attaches great importance to the micro-tiller project, and even specially transferred four security guards from the security department to guard it in shifts 24 hours a day."

Everyone nodded, and Old Tian cheerfully raised his hand: "Since we're starting work tomorrow, shall we take out the blueprints now and discuss them together?"

Old Ma glanced at Zhang Chengfei, and Zhang Chengfei glanced at him back: "This time, we are using a blind manufacturing method for the trial production... When everyone is working, they don't know which part they are working on. All the finished parts are handed over to the section chief for safekeeping."

Once everything is finished, during assembly, all the available spaces will be taken out so everyone can assemble it together.

"The factory made this rule because we learned from Brother Liu's previous experience... We hope everyone can understand."