Chapter 110 Smoking and being fined

An Jianjun raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand.

"You are..." Several men refused to admit it. They were just joking. If they were caught, they would be fined.

An Jianjun withdrew his hand and asked a few questions, "Which workshop are you from?"

"I...we are from the ironworks."

"How many years have you been doing this?"

"Chief An, the youngest person here has worked here for two years, and I have been working here for six years." When they heard Chief An chatting with them, they relaxed.

"Oh, it must be very hard."

"Hehe, we can't compare with you, Section Chief An." The man nervously wiped the cold sweat from his sweaty face with his hands in the side pockets of his pants.

An Jianjun took out a cigarette from his pocket. Sun Qi had given it to him in the office. He didn't smoke it, but just put it in his pocket.

"Is there a fire?"

"Hey, let me light it for you." The man skillfully took out a match from his pocket.

The match has just been taken out and has not been lit yet.

An Jianjun looked at the man with a half-smile and put the cigarette back in his pocket.

"Thank you, but I don't smoke. My wife is pregnant and can't stand the smell of cigarettes."

"Hehehe... uh... that..." Everyone was panicking. This Section Chief An was really cunning and was trying to trick them.

"Here, take it and be more careful, or the fine will be doubled."

A few people thought it was late at night, so they got together to smoke a cigarette, but they didn't expect to be discovered by Section Chief An.

Smoking is not allowed in the workshops of their steel plant for fear of safety accidents.

Most of the people in the workshop are men. There are a few men who don't smoke. Many times, they can't resist the urge to smoke and hide in some invisible corner to smoke secretly.

Everyone thought it was no big deal.

As long as no one else finds out.

An Jianjun discovered this problem as soon as he arrived. The management of the steel plant was rather lax. After all, there were too many people and it was indeed poorly managed.

But this is not some other place. There are a lot of combustible materials in the steel plant, and if you are not careful, it could cause serious danger.

So he was very strict when he was on duty. In the past month, everyone knew that Section Chief An was very strict with this matter.

They hoped for luck, but they still got caught.

"Pay the fine voluntarily and give me all the cigarettes and matches!" An Jianjun's face turned cold. No one dared to delay and took out the cigarettes and matches hidden in their pockets.

There were four people in total, three of them paid five yuan. Although it hurt, they dared not not pay. The last one really had no money in his pocket, so he just followed others to share a cigarette, but he was so unlucky that he had to pay a fine of five yuan.

"Chief An, I... I really don't have any money. Please give me a break. I won't dare to smoke in the factory next time." If he was fined five dollars, his mother would scold him to death.

"What's your name?"

"I...I'm Liu Tao."

"Hmm."

"I'll deduct the money from your salary when I pay you tomorrow." It's not that An Jianjun is heartless, but this kind of kindness will not make him remember the lesson unless he feels the pain.

Now it's just a five-dollar fine, but if something really happens, it won't be a matter that can be solved with just five dollars, it will cost you your life.

"No, Chief An!"

The next day, it was indeed payday.

Everyone happily took their wages and went home, except Liu Tao, who didn't dare to face his mother.

"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and take out the salary. I heard that you will get the salary today." Liu Tao's mother was waiting for her son to get his salary.

She queued up to buy food. There was a lot of food, but if she went too late, it would be gone.

Liu's mother couldn't help but go to Liu Tao's pocket and take it out.

He took out an envelope.

"Pooh!"

Liu's mother counted them one by one, frowning. Something was wrong.

Thinking that she might have counted wrong, Liu's mother counted again.

"How do you reply?"

"Why is there five dollars missing? Did you hide it?"

"You little boy, you've been hiding something from your mother and you. It wasn't easy for me to raise you with all my effort, and now you're hiding money from me!" Mother Liu stared at her son.

It's hard to find a partner for this kid.

"Mom, I...I really didn't!"

"Don't say anything, just think of it as me buying food!" Liu Tao had a headache.

"No, where's the money? Hand it over!" Liu's mother searched all her son's pockets but couldn't find the five dollars.

"Mom! I...I was fined five dollars this month." Seeing that he couldn't escape, Liu Tao had to tell the truth.

When Liu's mother heard this, she was shocked and said, "Why should he fine you?"

"No! I have to go find him. Did he embezzle the money? Oh, this new Chief An is really ruthless. There are four of you, and each of you gets five dollars. That's twenty dollars!"

Liu's mother's eyes turned red with anger.

If he fined ten people, that would be fifty yuan, which is one person's salary. No wonder I heard that Section Chief An's wife lived such a comfortable life.

"Mom, please don't say that. This...this money is according to the factory's rules. It's not given to him, but to the factory's managers." When Liu Tao heard his mother say that, he quickly covered his mother's mouth.

"What rules are these? There were no rules before he came. Now that he's here, he's imposing fines here and there. I think all the money goes into his pocket." Mother Liu thought to herself, this must be the case.

"You are bullied because you are too honest. Just wait, I will definitely get the money back for you!" Liu's mother left angrily.