Chapter 129: Canteen
Upon hearing this, Shi Luo quickly put the things on the table and looked through the boxes one by one, taking note of the types and quantities.
The four of them worked on it for about an hour, exchanging notebooks to help each other confirm whether they were right or wrong. Then Sister Zhou took the final list and asked the person in charge of moving and delivering the goods and the person in charge of the material warehouse to sign.
Shi Luo sat on a chair, drinking water, looking at the boxes and boxes in the room, and asked in confusion, "Why are there so many food and supplies?"
Uncle Chu took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Today is National Day, isn't it? The ones in our house are this time's welfare. You are lucky enough to come on October 1st, so you can also get one."
Sister Zhou also smiled and said as she fiddled with the yarn, "These things will be distributed this afternoon. Today is National Day, and we don't have any receipts for these factory benefits this year. Fortunately, the accounting department paid the wages and receipts before the 1st. If they hadn't been distributed, we wouldn't be able to go to the supply and marketing cooperative or the department store to queue up for the National Day special supplies today."
The four of them spent the whole morning in the office slacking off and chatting.
When it was time for lunch, Shi Luo took his lunch box and chopsticks and went downstairs with the three people from the office. The accounting office and the factory committee office were on the same floor.
Shi Luo had not taken a few steps out of the office when he met Jiang Hao, who was also holding a lunch box.
Jiang Hao quickly walked over to Shi Luo and asked quietly, "Are you tired on your first day at work?"
Shi Luo shook his head. "I'm not tired in the morning, but I'll probably be exhausted in the afternoon. How about you?"
Jiang Hao: "I've been here all morning with nothing to do. There's nothing we can do. We were supposed to send out next month's wages and bills today, but we have to do it before National Day, which means we have to send it out before today. So they finished everything they were supposed to do yesterday. I guess we're only a little busy at the end or beginning of each month."
Shi Luo was very envious. "That's great. You guys finished your work ahead of time. You just arrived and you don't have anything to do. We just distributed the National Day benefits this afternoon."
The two of them walked to the cafeteria while chatting. Shi Luo saw long queues at each window and quickly pulled Jiang Hao over to line up.
It took the two of them more than ten minutes to get their turn, because Mr. Shi was popular and good at getting along with others. Before Shi Luo went to the countryside, he spent every summer vacation as a temporary worker in the factory cafeteria. Most of the people working in the cafeteria knew Shi Luo. Although the chef who served the meal today hadn't seen Shi Luo for two years, he was still able to recognize him.
The canteen serves stir-fried bean sprouts, pork and vermicelli stewed with cabbage, two-grain steamed buns, and steamed sweet potatoes today.
The chef Wang Pangzi, who was serving the food, looked at Shi Luo in front of him and greeted him warmly, "Xiao Luo, why are you back? Didn't I hear that you went to the countryside?"
"Yes, I have been in the countryside for two years, and the quota is enough. I can come back to work. Now that I have found a job, I will come back to work. From now on, I will come to you for lunch every day." Shi Luo raised the lunch box in his hand and said with a smile.
"That's great. If you have any problems in the future, just tell your uncle and no one will bully you." Nowadays, the words of the chefs are always effective no matter where you are. After all, such a big thing as food is in their hands. If they shake the food when serving it to you, you will eat much less than others.
The workers in line all felt that the two had a good relationship and were very envious of Shi Luo.
Shi Luo thanked Chef Wang obediently and bought a portion of bean sprouts for three cents, a steamed bun made of two liang of flour for two cents and two liang of food coupons, and bought two. The sweet potato looked very sweet and bought another one for two cents. This was only for the workers' canteen, so it was already very cheap.
Fatty Wang thought that Shi Luo had suffered a lot in the past two years in the countryside, and that he was reluctant to spend his meat coupons this time, so he didn't buy meat or vegetables. After all, he was looking at the growing child, so he looked at Shi Luo with heartache, scooped a big spoonful of bean sprouts, and even picked out the big and sweet sweet potatoes.
Jiang Hao, who was standing behind Shi Luo, took a look at the bean sprouts in Shi Luo's lunch box. This portion looked like it was equivalent to two portions for others. He spent ten cents and one or two meat coupons to buy a portion of pork and vermicelli stewed with cabbage, two steamed buns made of two-grain flour, and a sweet potato, then followed Shi Luo to find a seat.
It was just a coincidence that Shi Luo saw that there were two empty seats next to Sister Zhou, so he quickly took Jiang Hao to sit over there.
Sister Zhou looked at the bean sprouts in Shi Luo's lunch box, then looked at the bean sprouts in her own lunch box, and asked with a smile, "Xiao Luo, do you know Fatty Wang from the cafeteria?"
Shi Luo: "Oh, I know him. I used to work as a temporary worker in the cafeteria. Uncle Wang has always taken good care of me."
Sister Zhou asked, "What about his son? Do you know him? He's the second son who works with him in the cafeteria. Does he have a girlfriend?"
Shi Luo took a piece of vermicelli from Jiang Hao's lunch box with chopsticks. Before he could put it in his mouth, he heard Sister Zhou's question, "I know him, but I went to the countryside for two years, so we haven't seen each other for two years. I don't know if Brother Wang still remembers me. I don't know if Brother Wang has a partner, but I remember that Brother Wang is twenty this year. There are not many people at his age who don't have a partner."
Sister Zhou was a little disappointed when she heard this. "You two haven't seen each other for two years. That's a bit too long. But there are quite a few twenty-year-olds here who are still single. I heard that Xiao Wang is single, but I'm not sure."
Shi Luo nodded and quickly put the vermicelli into his mouth. Hmm, the food made by Uncle Wang still tasted the same as he remembered, as delicious as always.
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