As soon as Huang Qinqin spoke, Xu Junhui and Xu Weiguo both sighed in unison, "Alas~"
Xu Weiguo looked up at the sky at a melancholy 45-degree angle and said wistfully, "Sigh, don't even mention it."
“Recently, there’s been an old lady who comes to the bureau every day. She keeps saying that people in her yard are stealing her coal briquettes, or that someone is stealing her vegetables. She insists that we help her get justice.”
"But in reality, all the things she mentioned were things she had stolen from other people first, and then the other people took their things back after they found out."
“We tried to reason with her, but she wouldn’t listen. Every day she would come to the bureau and throw a tantrum, shouting and yelling, disrupting our work.”
"Later we thought, if reasoning with her doesn't work, why don't we just scare her? Maybe she'll be scared and won't dare to come again."
"And guess what? Goodness! When we told her that if she kept acting like this, we were going to arrest her, she wasn't afraid at all."
"They even shamelessly said, 'Arrest her, arrest her if you want. We're serving the people too,' and told us to hurry up and arrest her."
"She even said something like, 'I might as well die,' which scared us so much that we didn't dare touch her."
"We can't reason with her, we don't dare to hit her, and we can't arrest her. We're completely helpless. Everyone in the station is going crazy from her!"
"The thought of going back to work at the bureau tomorrow and seeing that old lady again gives me a headache."
As Xu Weiguo spoke, he began to hold his head in his hands, his face filled with despair.
This was the first time Huang Qinqin had ever heard of someone daring to go to the police station every day and even throw a tantrum inside.
That's incredibly aggressive!
While eating breakfast, Huang Qinqin nodded and said somewhat absentmindedly, "That is indeed quite troublesome."
"After all, the old lady is getting on in years, and you shouldn't just hurt her. You're afraid that if she gets hurt, she might turn around and try to extort money from you."
Then she looked at Xu Junhui and asked gossipily, "Junhui, what about you? Why are you sighing?"
Huang Qinqin was clearly more interested in why Xu Junhui looked so worried.
Generally speaking, Xu Junhui wouldn't hide anything from her if it were a serious matter.
Since Xu Junhui hadn't mentioned it to her at all, it proved that what was bothering him wasn't a very serious problem.
Since it wasn't a serious problem, Huang Qinqin decided to listen to it as gossip and have some time to chat about.
After hearing Xu Weiguo's words, Xu Junhui felt much better because he felt that Xu Weiguo was in a much worse situation than him.
So he calmly said, "I was put in charge of purchasing supplies for the canteen by the factory leaders because a new person came to the factory."
"I originally thought he was just here to coast along, but who knew he would come here ready to seize power."
"I always decide on the types and quantities of ingredients for the week on Monday, because it's convenient and efficient."
"I have been maintaining this work pace for the past few years, and there have been no problems."
"And most importantly, by making purchasing plans this way, I can ensure that I get a normal rest on weekends, instead of having to take turns going back to work like my other colleagues in the cafeteria."
Although most workers in the factory don't have to work on weekends, they still need to eat, so the canteen is basically open all year round.
The only solution is for them to coordinate internally and try their best to arrange for people to rest on weekends so they can spend quality time with their families.
Upon hearing this, Huang Qinqin had a guess in mind. Just then, she finished breakfast, wiped her mouth, and asked, "So, he wants you to change your work rhythm?"
Xu Junhui nodded, then shook his head: "Not only that, he also said that the amount of ingredients purchased by the canteen was too high, and that the daily purchase quantity should be reduced."
“He’s only been here a few days, and I’ve already had several arguments with him.”
The canteen makes large purchases because many canteen workers, and even some factory leaders, will buy groceries for their families while they are shopping for the canteen.
Because the prices purchased by the canteen are cheaper than buying them separately from the market.
Even if the price of a pound of vegetables is only reduced by one cent, it adds up to a considerable amount.
This is something everyone tacitly understands, since they do pay, they just find a loophole to save on food costs.
However, if it were only because of this, Xu Junhui wouldn't be so troubled.
"Furthermore, he told the leaders that it was not good for me to decide what ingredients to purchase for the first week every Monday."
"The best approach is to go to the market every morning to check which ingredients are the freshest and most affordable before making a decision."
"When I heard that, I wanted to weld his mouth shut!"
Xu Junhui, who was calm at first, became increasingly angry as he spoke.
He stood up excitedly, hands on his hips, and continued, "He's like he's lost his mind!"
"If I go to the site every morning, I have to be there by at least 5 a.m."
"Otherwise, all the slightly better vegetables will be picked up, and there might not even be enough left for us."
"I spent several months building relationships with people at the meat processing plant and the market."
"But he immediately exposed my true colors!"
Huang Qinqin didn't quite understand these things, but she could roughly understand what Xu Junhui meant.
Xu Junhui had originally planned out the procurement details every week.
If we do as the new person says now, it will create a lot of unnecessary work.
Huang Qinqin handed Xu Junhui a glass of water: "Have a sip of water to moisten your throat first."
Have you discussed your thoughts with the factory management?
"If there are better ways to work, why complicate things, right?"
Xu Junhui looked at Huang Qinqin with a pale face: "This is the worst part."
"I don't know what the leaders were thinking, but they all seemed to think Cheng Haizhu's idea was better!"
"He also said that starting next week, we should follow his instructions..."
Oh...
Huang Qinqin stood on tiptoe and patted Xu Junhui's head with some sympathy: "You've worked hard."
"But if this continues, won't you have to get up at four o'clock every morning?"
Xu Junhui nodded dejectedly; that was why he had been sighing earlier.
Huang Qinqin felt that this wouldn't work; getting up so early every day would eventually ruin her health.
Then Huang Qinqin's eyes lit up and she came up with a solution.
"Junhui, I've thought of a solution for you. Do you want to give it a try?"
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