Chapter 154 The Water is Still Hot

Sister Zhou almost choked on the bun in her mouth, and quickly picked up the cup on the table and poured water into her mouth.

"Wait a moment."

Uncle Chu spoke slowly. Seeing that Miss Zhou was grimacing from the burn, he finished the second half of the sentence.

"The water's still hot."

Sister Zhou felt her mouth was blistering from the heat. "I already know."

"Ahem"

Uncle Chu coughed twice awkwardly.

Shi Luo couldn't hold back and laughed out loud, "Hahaha, is Sister Zhou too hungry, or are these buns too delicious? She ate them too quickly, hahahahahahahaha."

Sister Zhou: "You little brat, you only know how to watch the fun."

Shi Luo also knew that Sister Zhou was choked by Liang Song’s words, but he couldn’t say it out loud. As the saying goes, one should see through things but not speak them out loud.

Liang Song didn't understand why. Seeing that no one was talking, he took out half a pack of White Rabbit candies from the drawer and gave four or five to each person.

"My mom said I'm new here and need your help, so she let me take half a bag of candy. I'll share it with you guys so you can have some sweets."

It was normal for colleagues to give each other gifts, but such things had to be reciprocated. Besides, White Rabbit milk candies were very expensive these days, and the other party had given several, so Shi Luo and the other two must have given something in return.

Shi Luo took the candy and took out an oil-paper package from the cabinet. After opening it, he took out a rectangular piece that was as big as a woman's palm and handed it to Liang Song. "Try this, it's made by our family."

Liang Song didn't hesitate and took it and ate it. "It's quite fragrant, and it has sesame seeds."

Shi Luo nodded. "Yes, I mixed some black sesame seeds into the dough. But the supply of flour, oil and sesame seeds is limited, so I can't make much. I don't know how long the old man has been saving up for this one."

Liang Song nodded in understanding. "Indeed, my mom also told me that the monthly oil supply is limited. If we fry something at the beginning of the month, we have to save it for the rest of the month. We rarely make fried food at home. We only make it once during the New Year and other festivals, which is considered a great thing."

After saying that, they started to eat the gifts given by others. Sister Zhou gave them two fried dough twists in return, and Uncle Chu gave them a handful of melon seeds in return.

Guyu felt a little embarrassed holding the White Rabbit milk candy he had just received.

Originally, Guyu got this job because her mother married into the Xiao family. The two sons of the Xiao family also disliked Guyu. Whenever they met Guyu, they pretended not to see her.

Xiao Yishan, the stepfather, was alright with Guyu, but as a man, he was careless and it was impossible for him to consider the problem of Guyu getting along with his new colleagues.

As for Zhang Xuehua, she got the job opportunity for Guyu through the influence of her mother.

Old Mrs. Xiao didn't like her daughter-in-law Zhang Xuehua in the first place. Later, when she found out that Xiao Yishan had found a job for Guyu, a burden, she became even more annoyed with Zhang Xuehua and her daughter.

So these days, the old lady of the Xiao family has been finding fault with Zhang Xuehua almost every day at home, which has made Zhang Xuehua very upset.

Zhang Xuehua was too busy dealing with the old lady to think about the social etiquette of her daughter's first day at work.

In addition, supplies were in short supply those days, and Guyu had never had the experience of giving food to each other when they first met, so Guyu came to work empty-handed.

Guyu watched the three people giving gifts to each other, but he really had nothing to give back to Liang Song. But when he thought about returning the candy, he felt reluctant and inappropriate. Thinking about the five dollars he had asked his mother for before going out today, he made up his mind.

He cleared his throat and said in an embarrassed tone,

"I'm so sorry. Today was my first day at work, so I rushed out and forgot to bring my backpack. I didn't take anything with me. Comrade Liang and everyone else, I'll treat you all to glutinous rice noodles tomorrow morning."

Sister Zhou: "It's okay, it's okay. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We didn't bring food to work before. It's only after Xiao Luo came that we developed this habit."

Uncle Chu said, "Xiao Luo is a young child and is in the growth stage, so he gets hungry quickly. He usually eats snacks whenever he has time. We old people are greedy when we see him eating.

That's why everyone prepares snacks in the office, and they only use them to chew on when they have nothing to do. Most people in other offices don't have this habit."

Liang Song also grew up at this age. When he heard what Uncle Chu said, he nodded in understanding.