When Director Wang entered the kitchen, he saw Sha Zhu sitting arrogantly in a chair, drinking tea, while Fatty fawned over him. Liu Lan and Ma Hua stood on the other side, with Chef Yang and his group mixed in between. The three groups were clearly distinct.
Director Wang pretended not to have seen anything, turned his head, coughed twice, and said to everyone, "Alright, it's getting late. Two people go to the warehouse to get the supplies and prepare lunch."
The ingredients for the canteen are usually retrieved from the warehouse every few days. The canteen uses a fixed amount of ingredients and seasonings each day, and the ingredients are distributed according to the number of meal tickets issued. Although a little extra is given to offset the loss of ingredients, it is not much.
Sha Zhu jumped up and down, saying, "Nobody's allowed to go! Let MCA do it all by himself!"
Before Ma Hua could speak, Director Wang couldn't help but say, "Silly Zhu, what do you mean by this?"
Sha Zhu glanced at Director Wang with a hint of disdain: "Director Wang, what do you mean by 'I'? I'm just giving Ma Hua a chance to gain experience, what's wrong with that?"
Seeing Sha Zhu's attitude, Director Wang was furious. Sha Zhu always relied on his good cooking skills, arriving late and leaving early, and when asked to work overtime to prepare meals for guests, he was incredibly temperamental and always made excuses.
Every time, I had to beg and plead with him, but now, just to mess with MCA, he's letting someone go and collect it all by themselves. That's thousands of kilograms of cabbage!
Thinking of this, Director Wang looked at Sha Zhu with a cold face: "Sha Zhu, I know you have a lot of opinions about Comrade Ma Hua, but let me tell you, this is the canteen, not your home. Please don't let your personal feelings affect your work. You, you, you, you, go with Ma Hua."
As he spoke, Director Wang pointed to a few people who went with Ma Hua. After Ma Hua and the others left, Director Wang said, "Sha Zhu, I don't care what conflicts you have with other comrades, but if you delay the canteen's normal opening time, be careful I'll punish you, hmph."
"Pah! Who do you think you are? Damn it, don't even think about getting me to cook for you." Sha Zhu spat as soon as he saw Director Wang leave the kitchen. He wouldn't dare say it to his face, though he could make excuses about being entertained.
But this is his regular work schedule. If he dared to eat late, believe me, those guys in the workshop would drag Sha Zhu out and beat him half to death. Don't let his usual arrogance fool you; he depends on who he's dealing with. Don't let his seemingly foolish appearance fool you; he's actually quite clever.
As Ma Hua was leaving, he saw Director Wang give him a wink, which helped him suppress his anger and calm down. Otherwise, he would have already cursed out loud, "System, what's going on? Even now, I can't choose to curse him!"
"Are you my system or idiot Zhu's?" Seeing that the system didn't reply, Ma Hua could only follow the others to the warehouse to collect ingredients, looking frustrated. This was originally work for an apprentice, so he couldn't refuse.
When Ma Hua and the others returned to the kitchen with the ingredients, Sha Zhu, as usual, sat motionless in his chair. Ma Hua chatted and laughed with several older women while washing the ingredients. Sha Zhu lit a cigarette before casually sitting up and walking to his seat. He noticed that there were no ingredients next to his stove.
He instinctively burst into a tirade: "What time is it? Why haven't the vegetables been chopped and brought over yet?" Seeing that Ma Hua remained silent, Sha Zhu angrily walked up to him and asked, "Ma Hua, I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?"
Ma Hua glanced up at Sha Zhu, ignored him, and continued kneading the steamed bun in his hand, coldly saying, "What's it to me? Sha Zhu, are you sick? If you're sick, go see a doctor. What are you doing barking like a dog in my eyes?"
Everyone stared in surprise at the scene before them, gradually stopping their work and looking at Sha Zhu and Ma Hua with gossip in their eyes.
Seeing that he had an opportunity, the fat man immediately stepped forward: "What do you mean 'it's none of your business'? It's your poor work that's affecting my master's work. Ma Hua, let me tell you, if my master can't cook the dishes on time because of you, can you take responsibility for that?"
Sha Zhu nodded slightly in satisfaction when he saw the fat man stepping forward. Fatty was much better than Ma Hua, that ingrate.
Ma Hua glanced at Sha Zhu and his apprentice speechlessly: "You said it yourself, that's your master. Whether Sha Zhu can cook or not is none of my business. How come I didn't know an apprentice like me had so much power? I can't possibly control what Sha Zhu does when he cooks?"
"You're clearly being unreasonable. You chopped the vegetables for my master and put them there. How is my master supposed to cook them? Let me tell you, if you delay the cooking time, my master will make you regret it." Under the gaze of his master, Sha Zhu, the fat man felt like a morally superior person.
"Pfft." To everyone's surprise, Ma Hua burst out laughing after hearing what the fat man said.
The fat man's anger surged instantly, and he angrily pointed at Ma Hua: "What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I was just thinking about what you said about 'being caught in the middle.' I wouldn't dare, do you think I'm like Sha Zhu?" As soon as Ma Hua said this, everyone in the cafeteria couldn't hold back anymore and burst into laughter. Ma Hua was so sarcastic! Everyone knew Sha Zhu had just been caught by the security guard the day before yesterday. So that's what "being caught in the middle" meant! Hahahaha!
Director Wang was also drawn in by the commotion in the cafeteria. He had been worried that Sha Zhu would cause trouble, so he made a brief appearance at another cafeteria before rushing back.
I just got back and saw everyone laughing instead of working. "What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Get back to work! Don't you even know what time it is?"
When Sha Zhu saw Director Wang arrive, he stopped in his hurry to reprimand Ma Hua and went straight back to his seat, lit a cigarette, and sat down.
Director Wang was a bit annoyed by Sha Zhu's attitude. He then asked the people next to him what had happened. After learning what had happened, Director Wang walked up to Sha Zhu angrily and scolded him: "Sha Zhu, what do you mean? What time is it? You're still sitting here smoking."
Sha Zhu didn't even look up: 'What are you going to cook? There aren't even any vegetables. What am I supposed to cook with?'
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