Hearing Sha Zhu confidently say that he took his food from the cafeteria.
The workers who were watching immediately started talking about it.
After all, the steel rolling mill is a large factory with tens of thousands of employees. Although Sha Zhu always brought his own food from the canteen, many people still didn't know about it.
Seeing him acting as if bringing food back from the canteen was perfectly normal, the workers started pointing and whispering about Sha Zhu.
Because the first thing they do when they come to work at the steel rolling mill is to receive training.
It was specifically emphasized during the training.
Food from the cafeteria can only be eaten in the cafeteria; you are not allowed to take it home!
Sha Zhu is essentially violating this rule in broad daylight!
Some people initially felt sorry for Sha Zhu, who was being held down by the security guards, but now no one thinks that way anymore.
"Shazhu, what right do you have to bring food from the cafeteria home?! You should know that even a single grain of rice from the cafeteria is state-owned property! This is tantamount to embezzling the factory's state-owned assets!" Lin Yang stared intently into Shazhu's eyes and shouted in an extremely stern tone.
His sudden shout startled Sha Zhu.
However, he quickly realized what was happening and, still unwilling to admit defeat, roared back:
"Lin Yang, don't try to pin this on me!!"
"I, Shazhu, was born into three generations of farm laborers! Now I am a glorious member of the working class!"
"How could you falsely accuse me of embezzling state-owned assets!"
"It's perfectly normal for chefs to bring home leftovers. There's no chef who hasn't done that since ancient times!"
Seeing that Sha Zhu was still talking back, Lin Yang sneered, picked up the net bag that Sha Zhu had put on the ground, pulled out two lunch boxes and opened them.
The next moment, the many workers watching the scene, and even the security guards who were holding Sha Zhu, were stunned.
Because both boxes contained meat and vegetables, and they were all freshly cooked.
It wasn't the leftovers that Sha Zhu was talking about!
One lunchbox contained several pieces of braised duck, while the other contained glistening braised pork.
In an era when people couldn't even get enough to eat with steamed buns and could only taste meat once a year.
Sha Zhu's two lunchboxes undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention.
Perhaps because it had been kept warm, the lunchbox was opened by Lin Yang.
The aroma of braised duck and braised pork slowly spread.
Even though the steel mill offered decent benefits, including a small amount of meat each month, the workers watching still swallowed hard as they looked at the two lunchboxes.
Jia Dongxu, who was initially reluctant to spend his five yuan, completely disregarded the money and stared at the box of juicy braised pork with his eyes gleaming.
He usually gambles to save money.
I'm never full from eating.
Now, suddenly smelling this delicious aroma of meat, how could anyone resist?
He exclaimed unconsciously, "This is leftovers! It's better than what my family eats during Chinese New Year!"
His words were like a starting gun, and the next moment everyone began to condemn Sha Zhu.
"As a level-five worker, I only eat meat at home once a month, but this idiot Zhu brings this kind of lunchbox home to eat every day???"
"Security department, why aren't you locking up Sha Zhu? Is this leftover food? This is ripping us workers off!"
"That's right! We work ourselves to the bone in the factory every day and barely get to eat any meat. Sha Zhu is stealing public grain!"
"Exactly!!! Arrest him, put a 'thief' sign on him and parade him around the entire factory tomorrow!!!"
"..............."
Amidst the crowd's condemnation, Sha Zhu continued to shout at the top of his lungs, "What do you know! I'm a cook! I'm a cook! It's only natural for me to bring food home! If you're so capable, why don't you become cooks yourselves!"
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai also looked at Sha Zhu with a dissatisfied gaze.
Although he had eaten the leftovers that Sha Zhu brought back, those were real leftovers!
He'd never eaten anything like this before, even though it was specially prepared!
"Alright, alright!" Amidst the shouts of the crowd, Lin Yang yelled, "Since everyone says that Sha Zhu should be severely punished, then let's heed the voice of the masses and take Sha Zhu back to the security department for temporary custody! We'll report to the factory leaders tomorrow on how to proceed!"
After saying that, he ordered Liu Zi to take Sha Zhu, along with two lunchboxes as evidence, to the temporary interrogation room set up by their security department.
He himself stayed where he was, continuing to carry out Director Yang's orders to check if any workers were stealing.
After what just happened, everyone lined up more neatly, and there were far fewer complaints.
Some troublemakers who arrived later, unaware of what had happened, obediently lined up to wait for inspection after hearing everyone's description.
Yi Zhonghai looked at Lin Yang with a complicated expression, wanting to say a lot, but ultimately didn't.
However, he secretly decided to hold the entire hospital meeting in the courtyard again tonight!
I must regain my dignity as an old man!
If all else fails, we must use public opinion to force Lin Yang to quietly resolve the matter of Sha Zhu!
I can't afford to have any problems with the person I'm taking care of in my old age!
Time passed slowly, and almost all the workers in the factory area left.
After leaving a few security guards to continue guarding the factory gate, Lin Yang and Liu Zi, who had returned, walked home together.
On the way, Liu Zi gave Lin Yang a thumbs up and said, "Brother Yang, to be honest, I've disliked your neighbors for a long time. What you did today was really satisfying!"
After saying that, he lit the cigarette he had just extinguished, took a deep drag, and then smiled at Lin Yang, saying:
"You have no idea, when I took Sha Zhu to the interrogation room just now, he was arguing with me!"
"Even when the section chief came, he was still acting arrogantly!"
"The section chief got angry and said he'd detain him for one night and interrogate him tomorrow!"
"I want to see how he sleeps in the interrogation room!"
After taking another puff, Liu Zi suddenly chuckled mischievously, "By the way, tonight I'm going to talk to my brother about how, no matter how the factory leaders punish Sha Zhu, we should add one more thing: make Sha Zhu clean the toilets!"
Hearing this, Lin Yang smiled.
As a chef, Sha Zhu has a very sensitive nose!
If he were really punished by having to clean toilets, he would be in real trouble!
He also believed that this was indeed a possibility, after all, Liu Zi's older brother was the head of the security department.
He believed the factory leaders would still give him face over such a small matter!
Looking at Liu Zi's fascinated expression while smoking.
Lin Yang smiled and took out the Hua Zi tickets that the system had just rewarded him from his pocket, waved them in front of him and said, "Sure! If you can really get your brother to make Sha Zhu clean toilets as an extra punishment, then I'll give you these Hua Zi tickets!"
"Huazi coupons!" Liu Zi's eyes lit up when he saw the coupons. He said in an incredulous tone, "Brother Yang, where did you get these? Even my brother only gets one pack a month! You got a whole carton of Huazi coupons all at once, that's unbelievable!"
"I have my own brilliant plan!" Lin Yang said with a smile, staring at him. "Of course I have my channels, but I don't know if you have any way to persuade your brother!"
"I'll risk it!" Liu Zi gritted his teeth and said, "For Hua Zi's sake, I'll do anything to get my brother to agree!"
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