Qin Huairu became increasingly angry as she spoke: "That fat guy looked like a round lump of dough, and I thought he would be easy to get along with, but I never expected his heart to be so dirty!"
So, the fat guy who reported this has a dirty mind, while the guy who was a habitual thief in sixth grade is as pure as a blank sheet of paper.
Madam Jia sighed, "It's all Sha Zhu's fault! When he was sick, Fatty even emptied his chamber pot and cooked for him; but what did he do? Just because Fatty cooked a special meal for the leader, he held a grudge. He even tried to stab him with a kitchen knife. I'm telling you, who wouldn't be his mortal enemy?"
Qin Huairu didn't want to listen anymore and went straight into the house.
Madam Jia followed her in and looked at Qin Huairu, saying, "There are no secrets in the world. Didn't you want to introduce your cousin to Sha Zhu? Can't you do it?"
Qin Huairu said impatiently, "What's there to introduce? Let's leave it at that for now!"
"..."
The next day, during the morning meeting, when it came to the criticism and self-criticism session,...
The fat man went straight to Sha Zhu and said, "Today I want to talk about Comrade He Yuzhu. Yesterday, he cooked for the leaders and took the remaining half of a chicken home. As a result, the neighbor caught him red-handed and suspected him of stealing public property!"
The cafeteria erupted in commotion, with Liu Lan bluntly stating, "Hey Sha Zhu, are you a good-for-nothing? How could you let people see this? How stupid are you?"
Just as Sha Zhu was about to speak in anger, he heard Lao Wang say, "Then you shouldn't bring He Yuzhu home anymore. That's all, meeting adjourned."
They took turns disqualifying Sha Zhu from bringing food, and even though he was furious, he couldn't do anything about it. Just like Xu Damao couldn't do anything about him.
At lunchtime, it was Fatty's turn to go to the front to get his food.
At lunchtime, long queues formed at all four food windows. Qin Huairu entered the cafeteria carrying the Shanghai brand canvas bag that Yi Zhonghai had given her.
He looked around and walked straight towards Xu Damao. Ignoring the stares of the other workers, he naturally stepped in front of Xu Damao.
The workers behind her protested angrily, "Qin Huairu, get in line!"
Qin Huairu didn't even turn her head: "Xu Damao is lining up for me. Right?"
That's why they say birds of a feather flock together. Xu Damao, just as shameless as Sha Zhu, said, "That's right, Qin Huairu is my sister!"
Afterwards, he climbed onto Qin Huairu's shoulders, pressed his entire body against her back, and swayed and rubbed against her like he was doing a slow rock dance...
Soon it was their turn to get their food.
Qin Huairu said without any politeness, "Give me five steamed buns and put them in my bag."
The fat man glanced at her, then at Xu Damao, and asked, "Is there anything else you'd like to order?"
Qin Huairu took out a lunchbox, as if nothing had happened yesterday: "Fatty, get me a serving of potatoes and a serving of cabbage."
The fat man scooped a spoonful into her lunchbox, just like he normally would, the amount was exactly what was expected.
Qin Huairu complained again: "Fatty, my family is struggling financially."
The fat man, holding a spoon, said, "So? Meal tickets."
Qin Huairu was speechless for a moment, glared at the fat man and said, "Xu Damao, give it to me!" Then she left without looking back.
When it was Xu Damao's turn, the fat man looked at Qin Huairu's back with disdain and said, "Eating and drinking for free and still acting so arrogant."
Xu Damao smiled broadly: "Don't take it to heart, brother. Give me a plate of potatoes and a steamed bun."
The fat man scooped a full spoonful of food into his lunchbox, pressed it down, added some more, and couldn't help but remind him, "Be careful not to break anything."
Xu Damao's mind was completely occupied with the "small warehouse" at that moment, so he couldn't listen to anything else. He grabbed his food and ran off happily.
Liu Lan couldn't help but say, "Buying five big steamed buns for Qin Huairu, that's really thoughtful of you."
Zhao Long also said, "I heard that Qin Huairu never eats fine grains."
Liu Lan chuckled: "Does that mean she doesn't eat refined grains? It means she doesn't eat the refined grains from her own family's produce."
"..."
In the kitchen, Qin Huairu came to Sha Zhu with a canvas bag containing five white steamed buns: "Zhu Zi, my family is going to go hungry. Can you help me get some cornmeal?"
Sha Zhu refused without even thinking: "No, no."
He's down on his luck these days; when he speaks in the cafeteria, it's practically like he's farting. Countless eyes are watching him.
How could Sha Zhu possibly help Qin Huairu steal cornmeal at this critical juncture?
Qin Huairu was annoyed; nothing had gone right lately.
His eyes, however, became suggestive: "Zhu Zi, help your sister..."
If she had said that before, Sha Zhu would have made her wait a long time ago.
But today, Sha Zhu had no choice but to harden his heart and refuse her: "It really won't do, these are all public property."
Qin Huairu's eyes widened: "You haven't taken enough home?"
"You wouldn't dare say that. I only took the leftovers. The factory manager ate a large portion, and I ate a small portion. He's allowed to drink the workers' blood, but I'm not allowed to have a sip of soup?"
Qin Huairu simply put her arm around Sha Zhu's waist and gently shook him: "Good Sha Zhu, please help your sister, okay?"
Sha Zhu laughed like a dog: "Qin Huairu, are you going to use your beauty to seduce me?"
The moment before, Widow Qin was flirting with him, but the next second she burst into tears: "When I went to my man's workshop, Guo Da Piezi tried to take advantage of me. When I asked for two steamed buns, Xu Damao took advantage of me again. When I came to the canteen to find you, even Fatty dared to toss my food. If I weren't starving, would I have to put up with this?"
Hey! Guo Da Piezi, Xu Damao, and Fatty, old grudges and new ones!
But Sha Zhu couldn't afford to offend Guo Da Piezi and Fatty right now, so he could only bring up Xu Damao: "Xu Damao is all talk and no action, he wouldn't dare, would he?"
"Why wouldn't he dare? What do you know? How many times has this happened already!"
They actually admitted it themselves: every time they took something from Xu Damao, he had to let him take advantage of them; the money and goods were exchanged on time, with no outstanding debts.
Guo Da Piezi can, Xu Damao can, only Sha Zhudi can't...
When Fatty returned from his lunch break, he heard a news report from Aunt Fatty: "Sha Zhu beat up Xu Damao, and he even made his nose bleed!"
Xu Damao? Getting beaten up? Wasn't he just being watched? The fat man suddenly realized that in the TV series, Sha Zhu had gone to Aunt Chen and Sister Hua to stir up trouble.
Then these female workers took advantage of the situation and bullied Xu Damao, causing him to lose a shirt worth 7 or 8 yuan.
But now, because Sha Zhu bullied Liu Yuhua, Yi Zhonghai and the female workers saw him in the act. He's trying to avoid them, so how could he dare to spread rumors?
Therefore, for Qin Huairu's sake, he had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
But in the past, he would just beat up Xu Damao without consequence, because Xu Damao was just as bad at interpersonal relationships.
Every time I treat people from the film distribution company to dinner, I fucking eat all by myself!
Everyone in the factory is saying that he's a film projectionist, and each trip to the countryside is worth half a month's salary. He goes three or four times a month!
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