The fat man frowned: "What's going on?"
Old Wang said with a wry smile, "See for yourself."
The fat man sidled up to Zhao Lao Er, glanced at him, and then covered his eyes and retreated in defeat: "Ah, my eyes!"
Liu Lan, curious, was about to lean closer when he pushed her away, covering his face. He also kicked Zhao Lao Er, saying, "Watch out, you'll get corns!"
Zhao Lao Er said with a lewd grin, "What a pity, if only we had a camera, we could have taken pictures of him!"
A camera? That reminded Fatty that he should take Yu Li to have some photos taken to preserve her youthful beauty.
So what's going on inside? It's quite something! A group of female workers are watching over the melons for Sha Zhu!
"Gua" means divination or fortune telling. In other situations, it's equivalent to eating melons (a Chinese idiom for gossiping or eating melons); in Sha Zhu's case, it means being stripped naked!
Knowing that the fat man hadn't been at the factory long and didn't understand the ways of the place, Zhao Lao Er explained to him, "The one in charge has the same surname as you. She's one of the senior workers in our factory. Everyone calls her Aunt Chen. She's the head of the female workers in our factory."
Liu Lan chimed in, "She's very fierce; not many people in our factory dare to mess with her."
Wait, aren't these the same people that Sha Zhu hired to help Xu Damao watch the melons in the TV series? What's going on here? Is there infighting?
Zhao Lao Er slapped his thigh excitedly: "That bastard Sha Zhu said that Liu Yuhua, a female worker in Workshop 7, is a big fat woman, and that she's Pigsy's second aunt. He even said he'd make Yi Zhonghai from Workshop 1 divorce his wife, and then marry her and have a big fat son! Somehow, these words reached Liu Yuhua's ears, and she was crying alone in the workshop. Aunt Chen saw her and, after questioning her, flew into a rage! They just finished talking about Yi Zhonghai's scandal, and now they're coming to see Sha Zhu's..."
The fat man laughed so hard he almost fell over. Weren't these all lines from Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai? Then he suddenly realized, "Wait, what did you say? Yi Zhonghai was also being watched over by them?"
Zhao Lao Er scratched his head: "Yeah, is there a problem?"
The fat man couldn't hold back any longer and ran towards Workshop 1 laughing loudly.
Aunt Pang smiled and said, "If he didn't have this side to him, I would doubt whether he is even a child."
Liu Lan laughed and said, "That's right. He's usually so steady and composed, not at all like someone his age."
The plump aunt glanced at her sideways: "Then what do you think someone his age is like?"
Liu Lan pointed inside: "Like Sha Zhu, then."
"..."
The fat man ran into Xu Damao, who was also looking excited, as soon as he went out.
Upon seeing him, she excitedly asked, "Is Sha Zhu being watched over?"
The fat man nodded emphatically: "He's inside, watching right now."
Xu Damao couldn't wait to run inside, but the fat man grabbed him and said, "They also showed the melons to an old man."
Xu Damao subconsciously picked at his ear: "What did you say?"
The fat man repeated himself, and then the two of them burst into laughter and ran towards Workshop 1.
In less than half a day, the news had spread throughout the factory.
Previously, because of the fat man's incident, Sha Zhu was already being pointed at and gossiped about by the factory workers: "Have you heard? Sha Zhu took a kitchen knife and chopped up his own apprentice."
"Really? Why is that?"
"What else could it be? His apprentice didn't show him any respect."
"No, I heard that it was his apprentice who refused to help him help the widow."
"You're all wrong. I heard it's..."
Just as Xu Damao had said before, he bullied his apprentice and even attacked him with a kitchen knife in a fit of anger. Although the matter had temporarily passed with the factory leaders, Sha Zhu's reputation was completely ruined.
Now, with Liu Yuhua's scandal, things are only getting worse.
Sha Zhu became completely expressionless, unmoved by anything Lao Wang said.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him anymore, he took the lunchbox and prepared to pack up the leftover tripe from the day's banquet for the leaders.
Zhao Lao Er shoved him aside, yelling, "What the hell are you doing?"
Sha Zhu glanced at him, then looked at the reactions of the other people in the cafeteria.
Suddenly, he kicked Zhao Lao Er in the groin, and the pain made him fall to the ground on the spot!
Those who witnessed it were stunned, and Old Wang roared angrily, "Shazhu! What are you doing?"
Just as the fat man was about to rush forward, he was pulled back by two forces, one light and one heavy. Turning around, he saw Liu Lan and Aunt Pang clinging tightly to his waist, whispering, "You can't do that!"
Old Wang roared like a mad dog, his fiery eyes fixed on Sha Zhu: "You were already on probation at the factory, and now you've caused this mess, severely tarnishing the image of our canteen. I'm suspending you from work now, and I'll report this to the factory leadership for further action!"
Sha Zhu glanced at Lao Wang, then at the plate of small intestines, turned around, and left with the empty lunchbox.
Today, the rain returned. Sha Zhu wanted to bring her some food, but now the cafeteria is controlled by Lao Wang and Fatty, and he couldn't bring himself to do it.
The fat man carried Zhao Lao Er to the factory clinic, examined him, and prescribed two painkillers.
As Zhao Lao Er twitched in pain, he uttered through gritted teeth, "Silly Zhu!"
The fat man lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then sighed, "Take good care of your injuries first. We won't just let this go. We'll get the factory back later."
When he got home, Yu Li was already waiting anxiously: "Why are you so late? I was so worried."
The fat man pulled her into his arms and pressed his head against her forehead: "Something happened at the factory, I'm sorry to have worried you."
Yu Li enjoyed the intimacy and let the fat man hug her as she asked, "I heard people in the yard saying that some guy named Sha Zhu has gotten into trouble again?"
By the way, Yu Li doesn't know them yet. The fat man took out a lunchbox from his bag and said to her, "You eat first, and I'll tell you about the relationships between the people in this courtyard."
Yu Li took the lunchbox, opened it, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, it's meat!"
The lunchbox contained a serving of tender sliced meat and two steamed buns, which he bought on his way back.
Although Yu Li complained that the fat man was wasting money, she couldn't resist the temptation of the food and started eating.
Why did I start crying while I was eating?
She didn't know why she was crying. Was it because of the tender sliced meat, or because of the refined grains she hadn't eaten in a long time? Was it because of the 26-cent can of yogurt? Or perhaps it was because of the person who specially brought her ribs and helped her earn money...
He was like a bear, barging into her heart in a domineering and unreasonable manner. Then, ignoring all the beautiful things she had carefully woven, he broke off the corn cob and ran away, leaving her heart riddled with holes.
Yu Li's tears flowed uncontrollably, blurring her vision, streaming down her cheeks, and finally dripping into her food...
How could eating a meal turn into such a disaster?
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