Although there wasn't as much cargo as yesterday, they had a limited amount of time to work.
In such a short time, I've already made 180,000. If I work for another day tomorrow, wouldn't I be heading straight for 300,000?
"Great! Although I'm exhausted, the harvest is really good. 180,000 is a lot, a lot indeed, haha." Li Chunlai grinned as well.
"Let's go to bed early tonight, and tomorrow we'll work on it all day long. Let's break another record and head straight for 300,000, haha!" Lin Nian said with great enthusiasm.
The group returned to the camp together, chatting and laughing. All their fatigue vanished the moment they saw the gold.
Knowing they were tired, Chen Jianguo specially cooked extra dishes, and everyone ate with gusto, their mouths greasy and the food incredibly delicious.
It seems that having a chef is still very important no matter where you are.
At nine o'clock the next day, Xia Yingying finished washing and dressing, and touched up her lipstick in front of the mirror.
"Where are you going today? Are you going to the mine again?" Liu Ping asked as Xia Yingying came downstairs.
When Xia Yingying is at home, she wouldn't draw such exquisite and distant pictures.
"Auntie, come down to the mine with me. There are some things I don't understand, so I'll need your help," Xia Yingying said.
"What's wrong? Something's not right." Liu Ping knew immediately that there was a problem at the mine.
“The cafeteria’s price list and purchase quantities have been getting increasingly off lately. I feel like they don’t match up. I’ve never cooked for a large batch of people before, so I wanted to ask you to take a look,” Xia Yingying replied.
"Someone submitted false accounts? That can't be right, Lu Dahai wouldn't do such a thing, would he?" Liu Ping said incredulously upon hearing this.
Since Huang Fei left, Lu Dahai has been doing the grocery shopping, and he also sells snacks, cigarettes and drinks at the mine every day.
Putting aside Lu Dahai's character, the key point is that he's not stupid. He knows what's more important than what's less important. If Chen Feng discovers that he's falsifying accounts for petty gains, he'll suffer a huge loss. He can't be unaware of that.
"It might not be him. Maybe it's someone from the cafeteria. Let's wait and see." Xia Yingying wasn't sure who was at fault, but she knew for sure that something was wrong with the bill.
The two arrived at Lu Dahai's house and told him they were going to the mine later.
"Okay, let's go now. My wife can look after my shop, but your business is more important." Upon hearing this, Lu Dahai grabbed the car keys and pulled the two of them towards the mine.
"Brother Lu, have you noticed anything unusual when you buy groceries at the cafeteria lately?" Xia Yingying asked from the back row.
Upon hearing this, Lu Dahai immediately became nervous and quickly spoke up.
"Hey, Chen Feng's wife, I buy groceries exactly according to the cafeteria's order list. Not a penny is missing. You can check the order list if you don't believe me, or you can check the accounts with the vegetable vendors in the county town."
Having been in business for so many years, how could he not understand the meaning behind Xia Yingying's words? There must be a problem with the cafeteria.
"Uncle Lu, don't be nervous. I was just asking. I haven't been to the cafeteria since it opened. This is the first inspection, and Chen Feng isn't here, so I can't just abandon my responsibilities." Xia Yingying chuckled, offering an explanation.
"Ah, that's true. It's fine to take a look. What do you want to see? I'll tell you everything I know," Lu Dahai said.
He's now afraid that Xia Yingying will suspect him of falsifying the accounts, but the key point is that he really didn't do it.
He already earns a considerable income by helping Chen Feng buy groceries every day and selling cigarettes, alcohol, candy, and tea on the side. How could he possibly do something so short-sighted, especially considering his relationship with Chen Feng?
“Dahai, don’t be nervous. My wife is very straightforward. She doesn’t doubt you. After all these years of relationship, how could she doubt you?”
"She was checking the accounts at home when she sensed something was wrong and wanted to see what was going on," Liu Ping said from the passenger seat.
"It's alright, it's alright. It's such a big deal, we have to keep an eye on it. I understand. Otherwise, if everyone takes a little, wouldn't that be disastrous?" Lu Dahai nodded, feeling a little relieved upon hearing this.
After all, if you're upright, you have nothing to fear; if he didn't do it, he didn't do it.
They arrived at the canteen quickly and headed straight there. When the miners saw Xia Yingying arrive, they couldn't help but feel a surge of anxiety, and their work sped up considerably.
"What's going on? Why is the landlady here again?"
"I don't know, who offended her this time?"
"She doesn't come to the mine unless there's something wrong with her. I feel like someone's going to be in trouble again."
"It seems they went towards the cafeteria, not towards us." The man breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
"Pingzi, do you know what the landlady does for a living?" someone asked Zheng Ping.
"I'm not here. Xia Yingying is here?" Zheng Ping looked up and said, looking completely bewildered.
Huang Mao was strolling around the mine when he saw Xia Yingying arrive, and immediately followed her.
"Sister Xia, what's going on?" Huang Mao asked as he approached.
"It's alright, I'll just check the accounts," Xia Yingying replied, glancing at him.
"Oh, okay." The blond-haired man nodded and followed behind her.
He now has to make sure that Xia Yingying doesn't suffer the slightest accident, not even a hair on her head.
Upon entering the cafeteria, four middle-aged women were busy picking vegetables, chatting and laughing. But as soon as they saw Xia Yingying arrive, they all instinctively fell silent.
"Who's in charge here?" Xia Yingying asked.
"Yes, it is, what's wrong, boss?" Upon hearing this, an older woman put down the potato grater she was holding, wiped her hands on her apron, and immediately came over.
She's from Xiaoqiao Village, and everyone calls her Aunt Wang. She's good at cooking communal meals, and in the past, whenever someone had a wedding or funeral, they would hire her to cook.
Now that Chen Feng's cafeteria has opened, she was naturally selected as well.
"What's on the menu today?" Xia Yingying asked casually, glancing around at the dishes.
"Four dishes: braised pork ribs with green beans, hot and sour shredded potatoes, minced meat with eggplant, and dried tofu with green peppers."
"Then I also made a tomato and egg soup."
"We have rice and steamed buns," Aunt Wang answered truthfully.
"Why don't you eat here for lunch too? Lunch will be served in two hours. Try my cooking, it's delicious!" Aunt Wang said with a self-praising smile, her face full of honesty.
"No rush, let me check if it's clean enough first." Xia Yingying and the others went into the kitchen.
The kitchen wasn't spotless, but it was clean and tidy. For a village, this level of hygiene was already quite good.
"It's clean, very clean. We wipe it every day. Fengzi specifically told us to, and we all remember it." Aunt Wang said quickly upon seeing this, and also took a rag to wipe the water off the counter.
"How many kilograms of pork ribs is this?" Xia Yingying asked as she approached a large basin.
"Oh dear, now that you ask, I don't know either. The ribs I bought yesterday are basically all here," Aunt Wang said, sounding a little uncertain.
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