It turns out that some people really can't have too high expectations of her.
Lin Wei had just prayed that Gao Xiulian could continue to work in this job for a long time when she heard from Zhao Li that someone had complained about her.
Here's the thing.
Although the work in the state-owned hotel was tiring, Gao Xiulian lost her private life after going to work, just as Lin Wei had expected. But Gao Xiu Lian is quite satisfied with this job, and the reason is very simple: it is a decent job.
In her hometown, if you want to work in a state-owned restaurant, you must have at least a junior high school education. Although this is a military unit, and the units around the base will lower their requirements for military wives when recruiting workers, but no matter what, this job is much better than raising chickens and killing fish.
Moreover, due to her personality, Gao Xiu Lian has not been very popular since she joined the army. Her reputation has been particularly bad in the past few months, and many people don't want to talk to her when she goes out.
But after entering the state-owned restaurant, the situation was different. Gao Xiulian could clearly feel that her popularity was improving.
As for the reason, it is also very simple.
Although the big pot of rice is weighed by kilograms and at two places, with a manual scale, a little more or less depends entirely on the thought of the person getting the rice at the window.
And who among those who come to eat at state-owned restaurants doesn’t want to ask the counter to serve more food? Even if there are people who don't want to take advantage of others, they certainly don't want to suffer losses.
In this case, even if they don't want to have a good relationship with the window staff, at least they won't take the initiative to offend them.
So during this period of time, whenever Gao Xiulian went out, the people she met would greet her with a smile or at least speak to her politely. This was a treatment she had never received since she joined the army.
Moreover, every time Gao Xiu Lian went to work, she had to pass through the small path between her home and the Zong family.
Every time at this time, Gao Xiu Lian would think of Lin Wei, think of the job she had ruined, think of the fact that she was still unemployed, and think, so what if she had a high degree and was well-educated? Isn't it because I am outshined by myself in every aspect, from life to work?
It can be said that it was only after entering the state-owned hotel that Gao Xiu Lian felt that her service with the army was not in vain.
It’s just that some people tend to become arrogant once they have a little power in their hands. Gao Xiu Lian is a typical example.
In the first half month after joining the supply and marketing cooperative, Gao Xiu Lian was still thinking about doing her job well and trying to be fair when serving meals, neither too much nor too little. But as time went by and she saw more smiling faces, Gao Xiulian's thoughts changed.
When she sees those who are on good terms with her, she feels that since they have such a good relationship, she should always give them some convenience and prepare more meals for them.
When she sees people who have a bad relationship with her, she will think, "You offended me so much last time, and you still have the nerve to ask me to serve you food?" If the rice spoon shakes, the food will be short in weight.
At the beginning, Gao Xiulian didn't dare to do it too obviously, just a little. But after a few times, no one bothered her, so she became bolder and the amount of food she took became smaller and smaller.
The reason Gao Xiulian was complained about this time was because she was short on the weight of the food she served.
"At first, Xiao Jiang didn't realize how much food she was eating. It was the wife of a soldier who was sitting at the same table with her who saw her and asked her why she ate so little. She replied, 'Not a small amount, two dishes and two taels of rice.' When she heard that, she pushed the lunch box in front of her and said she also had two dishes and two taels of rice," Zhao Li paused and asked, "And then guess what happened?"
Lin Wei asked, "What happened?"
Zhao Li leaned forward and said, "You wouldn't know until you compared. When you compared, Xiao Jiang found that the rice in her lunch box alone was one-third less than the other person's! What's more important is that the other person had already prepared her meal and had been eating for four or five minutes after sitting down."
Don't think that four or five minutes is short. Nowadays, people don't pay attention to chewing their food slowly. If you eat fast, you can finish half of the rice in four or five minutes.
Even if the other person eats very slowly, it should be okay for him to eat one-tenth of the rice, right?
"Then she reported Gao Xiu Lian?" Lin Wei asked.
Zhao Li shook her head: "No, although Xiao Jiang was angry, he didn't think of reporting it at first. He just took the lunch box to find Gao Xiulian to argue. But Gao Xiulian didn't admit it and insisted that there was nothing wrong with the food she got. Then Xiao Jiang asked for a re-weighing, and Gao Xiulian said, 'I get so much food every day. If everyone takes it away and comes back to tell me that there is not enough food, then do I still have the job?'"
Not to mention, Zhao Li's ability to imitate is quite strong. Lin Wei doesn't even have to try hard to recall. Just by looking at her expression and tone, she can imagine what Gao Xiu Lian looked like when she said this.
Lin Wei asked: "And then?"
"Of course Xiao Jiang refused to do it! Didn't Gao Xiulian mean that she ate part of it and came back to make trouble? She swore at that time that if she ate a bite after getting the food, she would be struck by lightning."
"Then Gao Xiu Lian admitted it?" Lin Wei continued to ask.
"How is that possible!"
Zhao Li said with a look of "you are too naive" on her face: "Gao Xiulian not only did not admit it, but also said that she was promoting feudal superstition. In the end, it was Xiao Li, the military wife who first discovered that Xiao Jiang's portion was wrong, who came forward to testify for Xiao Jiang. Others at the table saw it and took the initiative to speak up for Xiao Jiang. Gao Xiulian had nothing to say and admitted that she might have misread the portion because she was too busy, and that she could help her re-weigh and make up for the missing food."
Zhao Li clicked her tongue, "Listen to what she said. She might have misread the amount because she was too busy. Who is she trying to fool? Xiao Jiang was just wronged by Gao Xiulian. If there weren't so many people testifying for her, she would have no way to defend herself. She would have asked to see Director Huang, the director of the state-owned restaurant." She explained, "After Director Huang came out, Xiao Jiang asked the people at other windows to weigh the food again in front of him. Guess how much her portion of food was missing?"
Lin Wei felt that since Zhao Li asked this, the missing amount must not be too little, but it should not be too much either. If two taels of rice were reduced to one tael, Xiao Jiang would not have failed to notice it.
She thought for a moment and said, "Half an ounce less?"
"Hey, how did you know that?" Zhao Li looked surprised. "Did you hear about this from someone?"
Lin Wei shook her head and said, "No, I was busy all afternoon today. Apart from Zong Shao's children and my eighth sister, I haven't seen anyone other than you, and I haven't heard anyone talk about this matter."
Zhao Li said "oh" and changed the subject to ask, "What were you busy with today?"
"I wasn't busy, so I took the time to turn the floor in front of the door."
The first time she ate durian, Lin Wei threw a lot of durian pits into the open space at the door, thinking that if one of the pits sprouted and grew into a durian tree, she would be able to eat durian while lying down.
But after Zhao Li knew about this, she told her that throwing it directly into the soil was useless and the probability of germination was low. If she wanted to grow durian, it would be best to wash the durian seeds first and soak them in clean water for a day or two before planting them, because the softened seeds are easier to germinate.
Zhao Li also said that it takes at least four to five years for a durian tree to bear fruit from planting, and if the fruit core is from a larger durian, it will take even longer.
She also advised Lin Wei not to waste her time on this, saying that they all came to Yazhou Island with the army and it was uncertain how many years they could stay here. She might have carefully raised the fruits for several years, but when they were about to bear fruit, she would be transferred away with her husband before she could eat a single one. It was not worth it.
But Lin Wei felt that no matter how many years she stayed on the island, it would always be good to leave some memories of her own.
So she soaked a few durian seeds and planted them in the open space at the door. She was lucky, and the durian seeds she planted sprouted one after another.
Since they are doing so well, Lin Wei doesn't plan to plant any other vegetables on this land except the onions and garlic that she had planted before.
However, instead of growing vegetables, it would be nice to grow some flowers and plants. It happened that Junsa, who had given her two mandarin duck jasmines before, saw that she was good at growing flowers and was willing to branch them out and give her a few more flowers.
So after finishing the afternoon class, Lin Wei plowed the land in front of the door again to prepare for branching.
Zhao Li looked up at the field in front of her and said, "Your durian seedlings are growing well, but you have so many durian seedlings. When the durian trees grow up, the land in front of your door won't be enough, right?"
"Let's plant them like this for now. After all, not all buds will grow into fruit trees. When they grow up, we can transplant them based on the situation." Lin Wei said with a smile, "If there are any extra ones, I will give you one of them. Do you want it?"
"It's already grown into a fruit tree. I don't have to worry about waiting for it to bear fruit. I definitely want it." Zhao Li also laughed, and then thought of the topic just now, and asked, "Where were we just talking about?"
"Xiao Jiang's rice was weighed and found to be half an ounce less."
Zhao Li remembered: "Yes, you said that Gao Xiulian is really a ruthless person. She broke two taels of rice into one and a half taels. She even had the nerve to say that she didn't do it on purpose and just saw it wrongly."
"So how was this matter finally handled?"
"Director Huang, oh, you may not know him, he is a good person, but he likes to smooth things over. Even when the evidence is irrefutable, he still wants to make peace with the matter, saying that if Gao Xiulian apologizes to Xiao Jiang, the matter will be over."
"However, Xiao Jiang couldn't swallow Gao Xiulian's slander, so she said that she went to the state-owned restaurant to eat because it was cheap and convenient. If the people who serve food were like Gao Xiulian, who would serve more if she was happy and less if she was unhappy, then she would not dare to come to the state-owned restaurant to eat in the future. Who knows whether she was served too much or too little?"
"After hearing what Xiao Jiang said, everyone who was eating in the restaurant refused to work. After all, no one could be sure whether they would encounter the same situation as Xiao Jiang. In order to calm everyone down, Director Huang transferred Gao Xiulian to the kitchen to wash vegetables."
Zhao Li couldn't help laughing when she talked about this: "Didn't the state-owned restaurant hire two people before? One to serve food at the counter, and one to wash vegetables in the kitchen. Because Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao was at a higher level, the Military Dependents Resettlement Office arranged for her to work at the counter. I heard that she was bragging to others at the time, asking them to work hard and strive to be promoted from a vegetable washer as soon as possible. As a result, she was transferred to the kitchen after working at the counter for less than a month. The two of them had their jobs transferred. Isn't that ridiculous?"
Lin Wei imagined the scene and couldn't help asking, "She didn't make a scene at that time?"
"She almost caused public outrage, and she still has the nerve to make a scene?" Zhao Li raised her eyebrows, and then relaxed them the next second. "If you ask me, if she has any brains, she'd better keep quiet and let this matter go. Otherwise, if the matter gets out of hand, not only will she not be able to get her job back, but she will also have to bear the consequences."
The issue of short weight of food is, at best, a sign of carelessness, and at worst, a problem of ideology.
Although Gao Xiu Lian was transferred back to the kitchen, the matter was actually characterized as the former, otherwise Gao Xiu Lian would not have been able to escape a written review, and it might even have been noted on her resume.
To put it bluntly, Director Huang wanted to keep things peaceful, and the other military wives thought that they were just neighbors, so they didn't kill them all, which led to the current situation.
But if Gao Xiulian insists on making a fuss and reports it to the army, and they send people to investigate, it is hard to say how the situation will be handled.
Lin Wei thought for a moment and said, "This matter shouldn't become a big deal."
Although Gao Xiulian is a bit frivolous, she still has some brains. Maybe she was too angry at the time, but after she calmed down, she should be able to think of these things. And even if Gao Xiulian couldn't think of it, Zhao Feng certainly could, and he would definitely not let her do such a stupid thing.
Zhao Li could guess what Lin Wei was thinking, and said with some regret: "I thought there would be something fun to watch."
Although there was no new excitement, the fact that Gao Xiulian showed off her work to others, encouraged others to work hard to get promoted, and then she swapped jobs with others was enough to make Zhao Li happy.
In fact, she laughed out loud when she thought of this until she went out of Lin Wei's house through the back door.
Zong Shao and Zhou Jianhai, who were standing and chatting in the backyard, were puzzled when they saw Zhao Li suddenly laugh while walking. They looked at her several times, but after looking around, they couldn't see anything funny.
After Zhao Li walked away, Zhou Jianhai asked in confusion: "What happened to her? Why is she suddenly smiling so happily?"
Zong Shao was not a worm in Zhao Li's stomach, so he had no idea why she suddenly laughed. He said casually, "Maybe she thought of something funny."
But before going to bed at night, Zong Shao still asked Lin Wei: "What good things have happened to Zhao Li recently?"
Lin Wei didn't understand at first and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zong Shao replied, "When she left our house in the evening, she suddenly started laughing while walking. Maybe she was thinking of something happy."
"Oh, you are talking about this!" Lin Wei suddenly realized and summarized Gao Xiu Lian's story to Zong Shao.
Zong Shao was speechless for a while after hearing this: "...What does she want?"
If Gao Xiulian opened the restaurant herself, he could understand what she said a little more, because there is no business without fraud. But the state-owned restaurant is public property, and Gao Xiulian is just an office worker. She cannot take the saved rice back with her, and it will not be converted into money for her. If someone finds out, she will be in trouble. What is the point of her doing this?
Lin Wei thought about what Zhao Li said and said thoughtfully, "It seems that Xiao Jiang had an argument with her a few days ago. He must be unhappy."
Zong Shao: “…”Okay.
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