After counting the number of baskets, everyone fell silent.

The old employees looked at the few baskets of products left, and unwillingly called over a few young and middle-aged employees and asked them to pour out all the products for a look.

"What if this basket of defective products is the most concentrated..."

The rake nails fell out with a clatter.

Lao Wang's words came to an abrupt end.

One basket, one basket, and another basket.

In the end, the old employees felt so sore in their backs and their eyes turned red from checking the numbers.

Lao Wang squatted beside a pile of defective products, his voice choked with sobs: "If such products are delivered, Hongxing Factory will be on the verge of bankruptcy."

The usually good-tempered Lao Qin couldn't help but curse: "What a bastard!"

Yang Danniu shrank back and didn't dare to raise her head.

Liu Yan secretly tugged at her sleeve and asked her with a worried look on her face, "What should we do?"

Yang Danniu was extremely confused and had already lost her mind. She had no idea what to do.

"This matter has been exposed...someone has to take responsibility, otherwise, neither you nor I can escape. We will definitely be fired and even have to compensate the factory for its losses." Liu Yan said in a low voice.

Yang Danniu was shocked all over, and suddenly looked up, looking at Lu Manyue thoughtfully.

Lu Manyue held her waist with both hands and twisted it tentatively. She gasped in pain after twisting it a little bit and quickly stopped.

After checking all five baskets of products, the final results were simply jaw-dropping.

"Only 71% of the products are good, and 29% are defective!" Lao Wang announced the result with gritted teeth.

When these words were spoken, everyone in the workshop was shocked.

They rushed over, all shouting that it was impossible.

According to the factory's standards, the percentage of good products must be above 92%. A percentage of 71% is simply unheard of.

"Investigate! Find out why it turned out like this!" Old Wang patted his chest and almost fell over in anger.

This is something that the production team cannot hide or prevent.

The news quickly spread throughout the entire second workshop.

The workshop director and production manager Li Wangzu all rushed over upon hearing the news.

Looking at the defective products all over the floor, they also felt a tightness in their chests and their breathing became uneven.

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Yang Danniu suddenly grabbed Liu Yan's hand, squeezed it, and wrote a few words on her palm.

Liu Yan nodded vigorously without even thinking.

After checking the products on site, Li Wangzu specially organized several inspection teams to check all the products produced during this period.

The more they produced, the more defective products there were, and the raw materials were also wasted. All the work was in vain. Fearing that this was not an isolated case, the production of the entire Hongxing Steel Plant was forced to stop.

Lu Manyue injured her waist while trying to expose this matter. The factory considered it a work-related injury and allowed her to recuperate with pay and come back after she recovered.

Li Wangzu expressed his position in front of everyone in the workshop.

"Comrade Lu Manyue's move is to save Hongxing Steel Plant. We should all learn from her. I plan to apply for a bonus for her, and then the whole factory will commend her."

Lu Manyue waved her hands and said with pain, "Bonus is fine, but forget about commendation. Once production is delayed, everyone will have to work hard to catch up with production capacity to deliver on time. There is no need to waste time holding a commendation meeting. I don't want to go on stage either. It feels awkward."

Li Wangzu was very persistent: "Those who do well must be commended, and those who do not do well must be criticized and severely punished throughout the factory. There are thousands of people in our factory, and the necessary rules must be established, otherwise someone might dare to break the rules in the future!"

Lu Manyue had no choice but to obey, and went back home, holding her waist and twisting her body.

Many people watched her leave.

Old employees like Lao Wang looked guilty.

Yang Danniu and Liu Yan's eyes were full of hatred.

Li Wangzu stroked his pounding eyebrows, feeling that he had seen this scene somewhere before.

Where on earth had he seen this figure before?

As soon as Lu Manyue got home, she lay down on the bed, intending to have a good sleep.

Li Fen was lying on the bed, sometimes shouting for water, sometimes shouting for pee, and she never stopped, making Lu Manyue unable to get any peace.

The toilets in dormitory buildings of this era are all outside and are for public use.

When winter comes, the north wind blows hard, and getting up to go to the toilet is like going to the top of a snowy mountain. It's so cold that you shiver.

Therefore, many people simply buy some small buckets and place them behind their beds in the winter, and then carry them to the toilet to empty them when they are full.

This is also very common in rural areas.

"Lu Manyue, help me pee! I can't hold it anymore." Li Fen clamped her legs together and shouted at the next room.

Lu Manyue's waist was already aching and she was very tired. When she heard Li Fen calling her, she didn't want to move. She buried her head in the quilt, pretending she couldn't hear her.

"If you don't come, I'll poop on the bed. Then you'll have to wash the sheets, quilts, mats and change the straw." Li Fen said again.

There was a hint of intimidation in his voice.

Lu Dashan got up silently, lay on the edge of the bed, and reached out to feel around under the bed.

After a while, his eyes lit up, he reached a hook, and pulled an old bucket out from under the bed.

Putting the bucket beside the bed, he began to drag Li Fen towards the bed.

He injured one knee, but he still had some strength in his hands, and Li Fen was quickly dragged out of the bed.

Li Fen also understood that Lu Dashan wanted her to poop in the bucket.

She couldn't use her hands and feet, and she kept struggling by twisting her waist.

"I need to go to the toilet. If I don't do it in the house, the whole house will stink of shit and urine. It's unbearable.

"Lu Manyue, are you deaf? Can't you hear me calling you to carry me to the toilet?" Li Fen looked at the urinal with disgust. When she heard no movement from next door, she raised her voice and continued to yell at Lu Manyue to come over.

"I changed shifts after a full month, and I've been working for most of the day. You must be exhausted. Stop shouting and just pee in the bucket.

When we were in the countryside, we all urinated like this. After we came to the city, you said this was a bad habit, and I agreed with you. But now the situation is different, so just put up with it and stop throwing a tantrum." Lu Dashan said.

"The situation is different? How is it different? Isn't it just that now that you have grown stronger and married a man with the support of others, so you don't care about your mother's life or death?

"I didn't ask you to carry me because I was considerate of you because you hurt your leg, but why can't Lu Manyue, who has good hands and feet, carry me to the toilet?" Li Fen kept shouting.

"If you insist on going to the toilet, I'm afraid you don't have any good intentions. I won't carry you there." Lu Manyue's voice was muffled.

"Oh my God, oh my earth, I worked so hard to give birth to you, and raised you with so much trouble, and in the end you treat me like this... Lu Manyue, you unfilial daughter, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?" Li Fen howled so loudly that the whole building could hear it.

Someone couldn't stand it anymore and came over to say something: "It's really irritating to pee in the house in the hot summer.

It's just going to the toilet, it's not a big deal, just carry her there, it's noisy and it's disturbing to everyone."