Qin Huairu almost burped. So, just because more people didn't go, does that give them the right to be so self-righteous?
"Even if no one else goes, you should go. Sha Zhu is your master!"
The fat man nodded: "I know, when Ma Hua and the others left they said they were going to see the master, but I couldn't leave, so he said, 'Give me 5 dollars, we'll represent you.'"
I searched my pockets thoroughly, but I didn't even have a single yuan, let alone five... So I said I'd wait until Sunday to buy some apples to visit my master, for apples, apples, may he be safe and sound.
Qin Huairu was very good at taking care of herself and rarely frowned, for fear of leaving wrinkles. But at this moment, she frowned so much that her eyebrows looked like they could crack walnuts.
Her idea clashed with MCA's, what should we do?
Qin Huairu tried to morally blackmail the fat man right from the start, but her real purpose wasn't for Sha Zhu's sake.
Don't get me wrong, they haven't reached that point yet.
In the TV series, it wasn't until she introduced Qin Jingru to Sha Zhu and saw the two of them clearly in love that she suddenly burst into tears, feeling as if her heart was being torn apart.
Qin Huairu was more concerned that Sha Zhu was injured, and it happened to be on his arm. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, which is a bit of an exaggeration, but at least for the next month or two, Sha Zhu would not be able to bring them vegetables anymore.
This was going to be the death of her. Jia Zhangshi and her three children had long been spoiled by Sha Zhu's food, and they couldn't stand going back to eating cornbread and drinking porridge every day.
So they set their sights on the fat man.
Qin Huairu's original plan was to get some money from the fat man, whether it was 3 or 5 yuan, and then buy some fruit for Sha Zhu, and the rest of the money would be in her pocket.
Given their current relationship, it's unlikely they'll confront each other in court. Sha Zhu will only think the fat man is petty and resent him even more!
Later, Fatty actually bought a bag of apples and went to the hospital to see Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu was so angry he was almost fuming, but in front of Aunt Fatty, he could only hold it in, and the expression on his face was priceless.
After watching Sha Zhu in the morning, Fatty went to Liu Lan's house for lunch. He even showed off his cooking skills, making her child beam with joy.
After dinner, while the children were out playing, Liu Lan couldn't wait any longer and pounced on the fat man...
In broad daylight, with the curtains drawn, the room was dark, and the sky was pitch black. Occasionally, one or two stars would pierce the Milky Way. The fat man recalled famous passages from "Rickshaw Boy," such as "light or stiff, falling straight or sweeping across," and "the afterglow faded, and the darkness seemed to sway a few times before closing up again," leaving room for endless imagination.
When it came time to chat, the fat man patted Liu Lan's pert buttocks and asked, "Have you heard anything about the thing I asked you to do for me?"
Liu Lan lazily drew circles on his chest with her index finger: "It's in progress..."
Seeing that the fat man was silent, she nervously raised her head again, looking at him with a wronged expression: "I'm serious, there are two suitable places. One of them is in the front yard of the courtyard where you live. The east wing room is empty, but it needs to go through the real estate department, and I can't say anything about it."
Oh, right, the real estate department.
State-owned factories of this era were like closed little societies. They had their own kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, hospitals, floodlit sports fields, employee cinemas, and so on.
You know that feeling, that wonderful feeling of "peach blossoms drifting away on flowing water, a world apart, not of this earth."
The Housing Department, as the name suggests, is in charge of all the housing in the factory. Almost all the houses in this area of the steel rolling mill are under its jurisdiction.
The fat man was also planning ahead.
Given Sha Zhu's personality, he'll bring up the house issue with him sooner or later. So we must firmly grasp the initiative in our own hands.
Back to the present, Qin Huairu came to the cafeteria when it was almost time to leave work in the evening.
Looking at the various kinds of chicken, duck, fish and meat on the cutting board, my eyes were immediately glued to it, and I didn't even see the fat man standing in front of the cutting board.
Sha Zhu, looking slightly embarrassed, pulled her out. Qin Huairu kept turning back to look at the pork belly that the fat man had just fished out of the pot, her eyes filled with longing.
Once outside, Qin Huairu anxiously asked Sha Zhu, "What's wrong, Fatty...?"
Sha Zhu raised his arm and sighed, "I underestimated him. This kid also has a family-inherited skill. Asking me to teach him is just a formality."
Qin Huairu swallowed hard and said to Sha Zhu with a pitiful expression, "The end of the year is approaching again, and the children haven't been eating enough lately, especially Huaihua, who has lost weight."
Sha Zhu was also quite helpless: "You saw it yourself, Fatty was in charge of cooking tonight; this little bastard didn't take any for himself, and let Aunt Fatty and the others take the rest home."
Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu knew that she couldn't count on him again tonight.
She heard in the workshop that a leader from another unit was coming today, and thinking that they would definitely give her special treatment that night, she came to Sha Zhu in advance to ask for a free meal.
Just thinking about this makes my eyes well up with tears.
Sha Zhu couldn't stand this! He wished he could find a criminal gang right now and take them down with him!
Qin Huairu didn't say a word, but Sha Zhu started thinking of solutions for her: "Alright, I'll go buy some cornmeal later and deliver it to your house tonight."
We're eating cornmeal again. We've been eating cornmeal at home for almost two months now...
Not to mention that Qin Huairu was picky even though she had cornmeal to eat, Zhao Lao Er's family was really going to go hungry.
But how could a grown man bring himself to say such a thing? He was preoccupied with worries all day.
Fatty had been watching closely. While Sha Zhu was out, he gestured to Liu Lan with his mouth, and she immediately understood. She moved closer to Zhao Lao Er and the two of them whispered to each other.
Are these two really that in sync?
The plump auntie approached the fat man without making a sound, her expression unfriendly: "You're starting to disregard me more and more, huh?"
The fat man was making decorative cuts on the pork kidneys when his hand trembled and he almost cut it in half...
With a pained expression, he said, "Auntie, even if you gave me the courage, I wouldn't dare."
"You don't dare? Then why are you ignoring my words? Last Sunday I asked you to meet that girl, did you go?"
Feeling guilty, the fat man started chopping pickled ginger and pickled chili peppers...
He really didn't go that day; he was busy "exploring the universe" with Liu Lan. Aunt Pang angrily twisted his ear, saying with exasperation, "You're so young, why do you have to learn to seduce widows like that silly Zhu! Once your reputation is ruined, I wonder which girl would dare marry you!"
The fat man lowered his head, looking just like a student who had made a mistake and was being criticized by the teacher.
Seeing that he didn't try to argue, Aunt Pang finally felt much better. She then poked the fat man with two fingers and said, "If you dare not go this Sunday, you'll be in big trouble!"
"..."
Besides the braised fish head, Fatty is also preparing another big dish today: soft-shelled eel.
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