The others in line behind him saw that there was little in Zhao Youcai's bowl, but there was more in the basin. Wouldn't that mean there was more in their bowls? They all urged Zhao Youcai to leave quickly.

"Hurry up, we have to finish our meal and send the kids off before we can go to work."

"You eat whatever the chef scoops out for you. How can I guarantee that every spoonful will be the same? Aren't you just making things difficult for others?"

Zhao Youcai was pushed away and stood aside angrily. It was obvious that he was the one being bullied by Ma Xiu Lan, but these people still accused him of making things difficult for Ma Xiu Lan.

"Master Ma, I haven't seen you for a while. You've become more beautiful."

"That's right, Master Ma looks several years younger."

The people behind said nice things for free, and then their bowls were full of vegetables and even had two pieces of meat.

Zhao Youcai: "I'm going to report you."

“Who reported us?”

Li Dazhu came out from the kitchen holding a kitchen knife, staring at Zhao Youcai with a ferocious face.

He is a very protective person. In the past, out of consideration for his apprentice Ma Xiu Lan, he always scooped more food for Zhao Youcai. Recently, after learning that Zhao Youcai bullied Ma Xiu Lan, he contacted other masters and asked them to scoop less food when they saw Zhao Youcai.

Unexpectedly, Xiulan scooped less today. He glanced at Zhao Youcai's bowl. There were a few cabbage pieces floating on the soup, which looked beautiful. His apprentice was finally starting to stand up.

"Zhao Youcai, you are openly making noise and disrupting the order in the cafeteria. We are working hard to cook. People like you who deliberately pick quarrels and cause trouble should not come to the cafeteria to eat in the future."

When the other workers saw that Zhao Youcai had angered the chef in the cafeteria, those who had not yet received their meals hurriedly pushed him out, hoping that the chef would give them more food in return for helping them deal with Zhao Youcai.

Anyway, the spoon is in the hands of the master chef. If you feel that the spoon is not enough, you can go to the leader to report it. The leader will not fire the master chef for this. Instead, if the leader is angry, the master chef will give you even less next time.

Zhao Youcai returned to his workplace in a dejected state. With the crazy woman Ma Xiulan around, he was afraid that he would not be able to get meals in the cafeteria in the future.

I don’t know whether Director He conveyed his request from yesterday to Ma Xiu Lan.

Ma Xiu Lan had just finished breakfast when she saw Director He coming to the kitchen looking for her.

"Master Ma, Zhao Youcai said he wants to take good care of Old Lady Wang on her final journey, and he wants to hold off on paying you for two months. There were so many people around, and it would be unkind of me to refuse. So what do you think?"

Ma Xiulan nodded readily: "When I was getting a divorce, Director He helped me a lot, and I've always been grateful to him. Since he proposed it, I'll do as he says."

Director He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ma Xiu Lan was so reasonable.

"But Director He, you know he owes me quite a bit of money, and he's trying to stall for time. If he doesn't pay me back and then deliberately applies for sick leave, or if he's deliberately being mean and doesn't want to work, then I'd be the one being taken advantage of, wouldn't I? If that happens, can you sell his job and give me the money in exchange?"

Although Zhao Youcai was unkind at first, we still have to wait until after the college entrance examination to deal with him, so as to prevent him from being at the end of his rope and focusing on tormenting Xingguo and Xingmin.

Director He nodded and said, "Don't worry, if he did it on purpose, I will definitely fight for you. You are also a veteran employee of our factory."

"By the way, in a week's time, people from other factories will be visiting our factory. You should prepare a few hearty dishes to help close this deal."

"Don't worry, I promise to live up to the expectations of the factory leaders."

After seeing Director He off, Ma Xiulan rode her bike to buy chili peppers, beef, and various seasonings. Fortunately, she had bought some tickets on the black market in advance, otherwise she would not be able to buy so many things at once.

Zhao Youfu sent Wang Qiuju out yesterday morning and secretly took 100 yuan and gave it to Zhao Youcai. He thought he would just return it when he won the money. Unexpectedly, because of a few wrinkles on the bed, Wang Qiuju became suspicious and checked where she hid the money.

Then the matter was discovered, and Wang Qiuju said on the spot that she would divorce if the money was not returned, and then she returned to her parents' home.

That's why Zhao Youfu ran to the machinery factory compound to ask Old Lady Wang for the main money. Unexpectedly, before he could even finish his task, Old Lady Wang had a stroke.

He spent another 18 yuan to pay for Old Lady Wang's medical expenses, and had to give his eldest brother 10 yuan every month when he got his salary. In a fit of frustration, he took the only 2 yuan he had left to gamble, and lost it all in less than an hour.

Wang Qiuju took all the money with her, so he had to go to Wang's house to coax Wang Qiuju back.

-Wang Family-

Mrs. Wang's eyes almost rolled to the sky when she saw her mother-in-law, Old Lady Yang, taking out all the good things from the cabinet and giving them to her sister-in-law, Wang Qiuju.

Isn't it just two years of hardship in the countryside? Is there any need to be so indebted?

Not only did he give her his job, but now he is feeding her canned food and even bought her a chicken, saying that he is making chicken soup for her to nourish her body.

Old Lady Yang saw her daughter-in-law's donkey face and said angrily:

"If Qiu Ju hadn't felt sorry for her two brothers and volunteered to go to the countryside, and hadn't left all the subsidies the Youth League Office gave to the educated youth back home, your husband would have starved to death."

"Now these are what Qiuju deserves. If you don't feel well, just go back to your parents' home."

Mrs. Wang suppressed her dissatisfaction and put on a fake smile: "How could that be? We all remember my younger sister's kindness. I'm going out to make chicken soup for her now."

Old Lady Yang was displeased: "Go quickly. If there's no room for you at home, just go back to your parents' home."

"Mom, don't treat my sister-in-law like this. She's very nice to me."

Wang Qiuju didn't want to go back to her parents' home and cause discord in her family.

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