No one expected that it was this young girl named Ma Jiao who taught Zhang Weifang a lesson about human nature in his life.

Ma Jiao is more beautiful than flowers, with big eyes, long eyelashes, and fashionable and elegant clothes, like an exquisite doll.

Everyone loves beauty, so everyone likes her. However, after knowing her family background, most people keep their distance from her. After all, marriage still requires a good match between the two families.

Ma Jiao's job was to help serve meals. After a while, Zhang Weifang and Xiao Hu were able to talk to her, and slowly, everyone became familiar with each other.

Xiao Hu told Zhang Weifang more than once that Ma Jiao was very cunning and Xiao Hu was also a very scheming person, so the two of them repelled each other and had different auras.

Zhang Weifang has always been careless and doesn't worry about anything, so even though she knew that Ma Jiao was worried, she didn't take it to heart.

She felt that she and Ma Jiao had no vested interests and were just ordinary colleagues, so there should be no intersection.

This year, the struggle became increasingly fierce, affecting not only schools and the military, but also extending to all walks of life.

Zhang Weiren's leader Wei Boying is now the deputy county magistrate of Le'an County. Since last year, Deputy County Magistrate Wei has been engaged in a fierce struggle with the G Committee, and now the two sides have reached a state of life and death.

In order to protect Zhang Weiren, Wei Boying used his connections to send him to the army. If the situation in the county improved, he would let him come back. If their struggle failed, Zhang Weiren would at least have a way out.

The Civil Affairs Bureau where Zhang Weifang works was also not spared. Since April, the cafeteria of their unit has actually started to serve the so-called "bitterness-recalling-sweetness-recalling-meal".

This change surprised and confused many people, but it also triggered people's memories and thoughts about the past.

The director personally gave the order, asking everyone to carry forward the spirit of hard work of their predecessors. The first step was to start with eating. The director took the lead in eating the meal to recall the bitterness and think of the sweetness, and everyone followed suit.

I don’t know if it was a deliberate arrangement or the chef’s own idea, but the rice in their unit that commemorates the bitter past is really unpalatable. It is a ball made of wild vegetables and rice bran, without even salt in it.

Zhang Weifang bit down and almost broke her teeth. She bit into a hard object and when she spit it out, she saw it was a gravel.

Xiao Hu on the opposite side was so scared when he saw what happened to Zhang Weifang that he dared not speak. However, this was a collective action and everyone was observing each other, so no one could go too far.

Xiao Hu took a small bite and swallowed it without chewing, then drank a sip of water to smooth it over.

Just like that, with a mouthful of rice and a sip of water, Xiao Hu tried his best to block out his sense of taste and wolfed down the meal.

There was no trace of pain on Xiao Hu's face. People around her looked at her in admiration and regarded her as a role model.

Zhang Weifang looked at Xiao Hu, then at the dumpling in her hand. She closed her eyes and took a bite. The rough and strange taste almost made her spit it out.

Zhang Weifang looked around quietly and found that everyone was eating very slowly. It seemed that this meal was really hard to get used to.

Zhang Weifang found it really hard to swallow this meal. She quietly put the remaining dumplings into the space, and then pretended to drink water.

Xiao Hu sat there motionless with a serious expression on her face. In fact, her stomach was bloated and she felt like vomiting.

As soon as Zhang Weifang finished eating, Xiao Hu quickly pulled her away, as she was afraid that she would vomit if she stayed any longer.

As soon as Xiao Hu left the cafeteria, he ran to an empty corner and vomited out everything he had just swallowed.

Zhang Weifang was secretly eating at his workstation when he saw Xiao Hu walk in, holding his stomach with a very ugly look on his face.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Weifang quickly asked:

"What's the matter with you?"

Xiao Hu almost cried, she said painfully:

"I have a stomachache. Please ask for leave for me so I can go to the hospital."

"Okay, be careful on your own."

When Zhang Weifang went to ask for leave for Xiao Hu, she saw Wang Junjun rubbing her belly. She walked over and said:

"Chief Wang, Xiao Hu has a stomachache and is in the hospital. She asked me to help her ask for leave."

Wang Junjun laughed out loud, with a helpless tone:

"Hey, it seems that this bittersweet rice is not something that everyone can eat. How are you? Are you okay?"

Zhang Weifang quickly said:

"I'm fine. I just took some stomach medicine."

Ever since the cafeteria started offering the "Recalling the Bitterness and Thinking of the Sweetness" meal, what everyone fears most is lunch. The director has made a rule that everyone must eat it for at least one week.

Everyone supported the leader's decision on the surface, but they were all in great pain in private. Moreover, during this period, the unit did not allow leave, and anyone who asked for leave would be treated as absent from work.

Xiao Hu got some medicine from the hospital and insisted on going to work. In the past few days, her face has turned visibly yellow.

In order to cope with the lunch, Zhang Weifang would eat a full meal every morning. She would usually choose to go hungry for lunch. Because Xiao Hu was around, she couldn't often sneak in some food, so she could only wait until she got home at night.

Lu Shi felt sorry for Zhang Weifang being hungry, so he would put a glass of milk in her cup every day and bring an apple for her to eat in the afternoon.

Today is the seventh day. Everyone thinks that this kind of life will end tomorrow. It is the last meal and everyone is eating happily.

In fact, the truth that everyone does not know is that their every word and action in the past few days has been seen by certain people, and the people who are responsible for this important mission are Ma Jiao and the famous chef Bao in the kitchen.

Every day, they would follow these people closely, carefully observing their every move and every expression, not missing any clues - especially their attitude towards food: did they waste food casually? Or were there other acts of hypocrisy?

In fact, there are not so many honest people. Many people will secretly hide the dumplings in their pockets. People usually turn a blind eye to such things. After all, the law does not hold everyone responsible.

Unexpectedly, on the last day, Ma Jiao and Chef Bao exposed the matter.

At this time, everyone realized that the real purpose of the so-called "remembering the bitter past and thinking of the sweet present" was to catch typical cases. Unfortunately, Zhang Weifang and Xiao Hu were pushed out by Ma Jiao.

Looking at Ma Jiao who was smiling and blaming her, Zhang Weifang suddenly felt cold all over. They had gone shopping together yesterday, but she didn't expect that this person would come to her aid today.

And there was a smile on Ma Jiao's face, as if this was a very normal thing.

Zhang Weifang realized the cruelty of human nature for the first time, and she was both chilled and shocked.