The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it only calls for the dawn.
After giving Yan Fugui his advice, Zheng Ya took Bao'er, who was reaching out for a hug from Xu Qi, and went home bathed in the sunset.
Yan Fugui clenched his fists excitedly, then tugged at his clothes, jumping up and down in circles. The three aunties, annoyed, stepped forward and asked, "Do you have malaria? Do you need to go to the hospital for injections and medicine?"
"Cough cough, you already said you didn't want it, so forget it. What do you know? This time our family is going to be on the road to prosperity, hehe." Yan Fugui became more and more excited as he thought about Zheng Ya's words of advice, and he couldn't stop talking.
The third aunt had overheard quite a bit, but didn't understand the good or bad aspects, and asked in confusion, "Zheng Ya is indeed a capable person."
With his college student status, who knows, he might actually be able to accomplish something great?
What did you two just say?
"Don't ask anymore, you wouldn't understand even if I told you. Go home and cook, I'm going to ask Liu Haizhong for compensation?" Yan Fugui finally came back to his senses from his excitement, and said this as he put his hands behind his back and walked towards the Intermediate People's Court.
This prompted the three older women to complain, "What a jerk! If you're so tough, why don't you just stay out of the house for dinner?"
"Hehe, maybe. If someone asks me to change rooms, can I handle it without treating them to good food and drinks?" Yan Fugui said without turning his head, and stepped into the gate of the central courtyard.
At that moment, an accident occurred at the gate of the steel rolling mill.
Wu Wei, leading two female clerks, stopped Sha Zhu, who was carrying a net bag lunchbox, and said, "Stop! Open your lunchbox so we can check it?"
"Hey, why should I?" Sha Zhu was in a panic, but he shouted arrogantly, trying to gather the employees who had not yet left the factory to maintain his authority.
Some might say that Sha Zhu is just a cook, so where does his authority come from?
That would be a big mistake.
These days, cooks are the most sought-after, and it's considered the most lucrative profession among the eight major jobs.
This abundance does not refer to wealth, but rather to the abundance of one's appetite.
You have to understand that a steel rolling mill with seven or eight thousand employees provides less than 100 kilograms of meat every day. Do the math, can each person get a piece of meat?
But when it comes to the cooks, they eat meat while cooking vegetables.
Don't say they steal food or lack manners; that's all nonsense.
Even if a cook is caught eating meat by his supervisor, the cook will say, "Just tasting it, is there a problem?"
As long as it's not the cooks secretly putting meat into the lunchboxes to eat, but rather eating meat while cooking other dishes, no one can get the cooks to do anything about it.
How can you cook without tasting it?
After all, it's a large-scale cooking operation, not a small-scale stir-fry. It's difficult to get the salt and seasoning right. Tasting it is a habit of the cooks, okay?
To put it bluntly, it's like openly and brazenly stealing meat.
Therefore, no one said anything when Sha Zhu secretly ate meat. He even used this to control all the workers in the factory. Whoever offended him would be punished by being given a small portion of vegetables, and when serving meat dishes, there would be only vegetables left with hardly any meat.
Arguing logically and winning against Sha Zhu meant he wouldn't be able to enjoy a comfortable meal for the rest of his days; he'd have to keep stirring the wok.
For just a bite to eat, all the workers in the factory had to give him face.
This is also why Sha Zhu's cooking skills are famous throughout the place. Not eating his dishes is like eating pig swill; there's no other choice.
Right now, as Sha Zhu shouted, the employees passing by the factory gate stopped and spoke up for him: "Hey, isn't this Chef He, who the factory manager allows to take lunch home? What's going on here?"
"What could be so strange? It's just that a female clerk from the security department has come to work."
"She's new here and doesn't know that Chef He is allowed to bring lunch home because of the factory manager's rule. She's stopping Chef He to establish her authority, huh? Look how powerful she thinks she is!"
"Haha, trying to stop Chef He? Don't you want to eat?"
The employees secretly hated Sha Zhu for flipping the wok, but outwardly they had to speak well of him, subtly urging Wu Wei to let him go.
After all, it was all Director Yang's permission for Sha Zhu to take the cafeteria food home, so he couldn't afford to offend him!
The key point is to expose Sha Zhu for stealing food from the cafeteria, and for his thieving behavior of serving food and stirring the wok, leaving no one with any credit.
After a few times, no one bothered Sha Zhu anymore.
Who could blame them when Sha Zhu gained the favor of the leadership, who were eager to keep him around to do their best for the factory's small canteen, entertaining clients and leaders?
The customers and leaders enjoyed their meals, which boosted the factory's business and improved employee benefits.
This is the main reason why the employees tolerated Sha Zhu's over-the-top cooking and his domineering behavior; it's not that the employees couldn't bring Sha Zhu down in court.
The leadership only protected Sha Zhu for the sake of the overall situation.
Otherwise, someone like Sha Zhu would only be kicked out by the boss.
At this moment, Wu Wei ignored the dozens of employees pleading for Sha Zhu and didn't care about the factory leaders protecting Sha Zhu. She stared at the arrogant Sha Zhu with a cold expression and said, "Chef He, your nickname is Sha Zhu, right?"
Someone reported you for undermining socialism, stealing food from the canteen, and withholding workers' rightful rations.
Please open your lunchbox and cooperate with our security department's inspection.
Listen carefully: if you commit a serious crime and dare to refuse our search, we can take coercive measures against you.
I can shoot if necessary. You don't believe me? Let's try it!
"You, you guys stay away! I got permission from Director Yang..." Sha Zhu panicked when he saw her hand on the holster of her pistol.
Others may not know Wu Wei's identity, but Sha Zhu does!
They came to investigate the case of Zheng Daotong's family being murdered, and they entered the factory to facilitate the investigation.
It's like they've listed him, Sha Zhu, as a suspect and are targeting him. How can he not be afraid?
After all, Sha Zhu knew about the plot that Granny Long and the others were plotting against Zheng Daotong's family, and he was terrified when Wu Wei was about to pull out a gun.
Two female clerks grabbed Sha Zhu's arms from the left and right. Sha Zhu really didn't dare to get into a conflict with the female clerks. If he touched a place that the female clerks shouldn't touch during the fight, it would be considered harassment!
The staff on site might offer some support to watch the show, but breaking up the fight was out of the question.
This is a true reflection of Sha Zhu's popularity and authority.
When the female clerk opened Sha Zhu's aluminum lunchbox, revealing a mixture of meat and vegetables and white steamed buns, it shocked the witnesses present. They thought, "He's so corrupt!"
The employees ate cornbread for every meal, and it was a blessing to occasionally eat a white flour bun.
I wouldn't even dare to think about eating meat or vegetables; I simply can't afford them!
If you have money and ration coupons, you should save more than half of it for your family so they can make a living!
Look at their standard of living!
Fatty meat took up half the space in the aluminum lunchbox, and the other half of the vegetable dish was just for flavoring?
There were also five or six white flour steamed buns, enough for three meals for an average employee.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sha Zhu turned ashen-faced and broke out in a cold sweat. He was doomed.
Wu Wei drew her gun and ordered, "Chef He, we have irrefutable evidence that you are undermining socialism. Please come with us to the security department for investigation. Take us away."
"No, no! This was permitted by the factory manager..." Sha Zhu stubbornly insisted, shouting loudly in hopes of attracting the attention of the factory leaders to come to his rescue.
That's right, the factory leaders treated the clients to dinner today, and none of them left.
Unfortunately, Wu Wei didn't give him a chance. She pointed her gun at two female clerks and ordered them to take Sha Zhu away: "Chef He, how dare you frame the factory leader in public? Your crime is compounded. Take him away!"
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