Chapter 364: There must be something hateful about pitiful people

The next day, the whole family got up at four or five o'clock to work again.

When the time was almost up, those who went to school went to school, and those who went to work went to work. Su Tingqian had classes in the morning today, so he could only go to work in the afternoon, so Su Tingde helped to deliver the things to the train station.

An An Lele had no training arrangements today, so she went to the train station with him to help Mo Yurong.

Don't say it, with the help of the two little ones, Mo Yurong was really relieved.

Although the two little ones are small, they work quickly and count money quickly. Except for their lack of height, which sometimes makes it inconvenient to take the buns, there is really no difference between them and an adult.

At the beginning, Mo Yurong was worried that they would miscalculate the money. But after a while, she found that not only did they not count wrong, but they were also very fast. Several times, before she could figure it out, Lele had already reported the number.

Moreover, the two children are good-looking. Lele has become a handsome little boy with a sweet smile. When passengers enter or leave the station, he goes to the front of the canteen to wave. Not to mention, it really attracted some female comrades to come and buy.

At noon, Su Yiyuan came over and saw that more than half of the things had been sold. He praised the two little ones, especially Lele.

In the afternoon, Su Yiyuan also joined the ranks of soliciting customers.

Thanks to the efforts of these two conspicuous bags, the things that were supposed to be sold for a whole day were almost sold out by the afternoon.

Three more trains arrived at the station tonight, so Su Tingqian rode a tricycle back and got some more things.

Because a steamed bun was missing yesterday, although Zhang Zhen looked the same as before today, he was actually observing secretly. There

was no problem throughout the day, but when it was almost time to get off work, a helper took advantage of the final count and secretly took a bun and hid it in the apron she was holding.

To ensure hygiene, the Su family prepared an apron made of white cotton cloth for each of the two helpers. When they got off work, they would wash and hang them up, so that they could wear clean clothes the next day.

Zhang Zhen followed her, and when the helper transferred the bun to the bag she brought, she caught her in the act.

"This bun is for you. Take today's salary and you don't have to come here anymore."

The helper, Sister Ma, was already very panicked. When she heard Zhang Zhen said he was going to fire her, she immediately knelt down crying.

"Director Zhang, please don't fire me. If I don't have this money, my whole family will starve to death. I have no choice. I didn't take it on purpose. It's really not enough..."

Zhang Zhen asked a few more questions and roughly understood the reason through Sister Ma's crying.

Sister Ma's husband had an accident at work last year and his hand was cut off by the machine. Originally, this was a work-related injury and the factory would have compensation, but the accident was caused by the man being lazy during work hours.

In that accident, not only did the man's hand break, but the factory also suffered a lot of losses, so there was naturally no compensation. It just so happened that a new factory manager took office. The new manager wanted to tighten the belts for the factory employees, so he used this incident as a punishment.

The man had to deduct half of his salary for two consecutive years to make up for the loss. Of course, the money was not enough, but the factory had to express its attitude through this incident.

If he made a mistake in the future and caused losses to the factory, it would not be as simple as a verbal or written punishment, but a real deduction of salary.

After the man's hand was broken, he was transferred to a less busy position with a much lower salary. Now half of his salary is deducted again, and his life will be even more difficult.

To make matters worse, at the beginning of the year, Sister Ma's mother-in-law fell ill again, and life became even worse. Not only did they use up

all their savings, but they also owed a lot of debts. Now, the family can't take out a penny. Not only that, the family's food and coal are all gone, and there is still half a month before the husband's salary is paid.

If Su Tingqian hadn't asked her to work and the salary was paid daily, Sister Ma didn't know what to do.

She used the three yuan salary from the previous two days to buy coal briquettes. She was going to take today's salary and buy food tomorrow.

Sister Ma only ate one lunch these two days and took one home. But there are five people in the family, and one is really not enough.

I thought that we make 700 to 800 buns a day, and if I take one less, it shouldn't be discovered. So I thought of secretly taking one, and survive these two days, and then not taking any more tomorrow after I buy food.

Unexpectedly, I was discovered today.

"I only took two, Director Zhang, I'll give you the money, please don't fire me." Sister Ma cried loudly.

"I sympathize with your situation, but that's not a reason for you to steal. You have thousands of ways to solve it, such as getting an advance on your salary from us, or borrowing a few buns first, or even buying them directly after receiving your salary today. But you didn't, and chose to steal."

"You're just taking chances, thinking we won't find out. Stealing will happen a second time if it happens once, and I really don't dare to keep you."

"Director Zhang, I won't do it again, I really have no choice. I will buy food tomorrow, and I won't take it again..."

"A person's bottom line and principles are very important. In life, we will always encounter various difficulties. Some people would rather starve to death than steal." Zhang Zhen waved his hand, "Go away, don't force me to report to the police to arrest you."

When Sister Ma heard that Zhang Zhen was going to report to the police, she was so scared that she didn't dare to cry or howl, and she quickly got up and left in disgrace.

After Ma left, Zhang Zhen asked another helper, Miao, "She stole buns these two days, did you know?"

Miao was shocked and shook her head wildly, "Director Zhang, I really don't know. If I knew, I would definitely report it to you. I can swear to the portrait of the great man that if I don't report it, I will be sent to the cowshed."

Zhang Zhen: ...

"Okay, go off work, and come to work tomorrow."

"Oh, okay." Miao was relieved to see that Zhang Zhen didn't fire her.

Although her family's life is not difficult, who wouldn't be happy to make money?

But she really didn't expect that Ma, who is so skillful and looks decent, is so difficult at home, and she even does such a thing as stealing.

You can't judge a person by his appearance.

In the evening, when Su Tingqian and his team came back from closing the shop, Zhang Zhen told him about this.

"Tingqian, although we don't have other benefits like the factory, the salary of two yuan a day is not low. We still have to check the people we hire."

"Yes. I was too anxious that day and just wanted to find someone to help as soon as possible. Fortunately, you are here, Uncle Zhang, otherwise if she hadn't been discovered once or twice, who knows how big her appetite would have become."

"Well, Uncle Zhang, I will find a few more people to come and interview the job in the next two days. You can help me to look at them and we will recruit two more suitable ones."

Zhang Zhen has been a cadre for his whole life and has a sharp eye. It is very suitable to let him be the interviewer.