Listening to the cursing voice, Li Shugen took a deep breath, "I, I want to ask for leave..."
Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "Okay."
"Thank you, thank you..."
As Li Shugen said this, he was about to walk towards the door of the conference room, but before he walked out, Chu Tian's cold voice came from behind him.
"Your wife doesn't need to come here anymore."
Li Shugen paused and nodded slowly, "I, I understand."
After a while, Chu Tian and his friends heard Li Shugen's angry voice downstairs, mixed with his wife's unconvinced rebuttal. Listening to the endless quarrel, Chu Tian and Chu Min also walked to the window. As soon as they stopped, they saw Li Shugen's wife, who was still cursing downstairs, raised her head and glanced towards the window. She was stunned at the first sight.
Then he saw Li Shugen dragging his wife out of the yard without even taking off her apron.
Everyone had left, and they stopped watching the fun. Chu Tian turned and walked to the table, took a piece of toilet paper from the table, and asked without looking up while wiping his hands, "Brother Wang Qiang, do you know why we called you here now?"
Wang Qiang shook his head in confusion, "I don't know..."
He paused, then thought of what happened to Li Shugen's wife in a flash, and quickly assured her, "My wife has never stolen anything from the kitchen. I can swear, I swear if..."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Tian raised his head and looked at him, smiling slightly, "Brother Wang Qiang, you don't have to swear, I know my sister-in-law didn't steal anything."
Wang Qiang looked at Chu Tian in confusion, "That is..."
Chu Tian glanced at Chu Min, and Chu Min walked forward, pushed Li Gang back into the chair, and then sat down on the corner of the table in front of Wang Qiang, watching Wang Qiang speak slowly.
"We called you here because you're doing nothing!"
Wang Qiangda cried out in injustice, "No, I'm on the construction site every day to monitor the progress, and I haven't let up for a moment..."
Chu Min shook his head, "It's not because of this inaction."
Facing Wang Qiang's puzzled expression, Chu Min explained, "When we recruited the workers, didn't we tell you that you would be in charge of the kitchen and the workers?"
Wang Qiang nodded, "Ah, yes...but isn't it my wife who's in charge now..."
Chu Min said seriously, "She is in charge now, but we never said you don't have to care!"
"Since we didn't tell you not to worry about it, then you should still take care of it!"
"So, you said there was a thief in the kitchen. Are you responsible?"
Wang Qiang was stunned for a moment, and then he said dejectedly, "I'm sorry, it's my fault..."
Chu Min crossed his arms and nodded slightly, "You are indeed wrong. Not only this, you are also wrong in other places!"
"besides?"
Seeing Wang Qiang's shocked expression, Chu Min continued, "You are at least a manager, managing dozens of workers. You should show your authority and not let them think that you... Also, you and the workers can no longer call us by our names like before. You have to..."
"Anyway, remember this. If you make a mistake again in the future, you will..."
Wang Qiang nodded slowly, "Manager Chu, I'll remember..."
After a pause, he asked hesitantly, "What about Li Shugen..."
Chu Tian only then looked at him and said, "Why? Do you want to plead for him?"
Wang Qiang scratched his head. "I'm not saying I want to intercede for him, but his craftsmanship is really good. He's the fastest and best worker among all our construction workers. If we fire him, I think it would be a pity..."
Chu Tian interrupted him, "Did I say I wanted to fire him?"
Wang Qiang was stunned for a moment, "But didn't you say you wouldn't let his wife come over anymore?"
Chu Tian nodded, "I did say that, but I didn't say that Li Shugen couldn't continue to do it, did I?"
"Brother Wang Qiang, don't worry. There are rewards and punishments. If you do something wrong, you'll be punished and that's it. As long as Li Shugen works hard in the future, we won't bring up the past."
"Of course, this time the punishment isn't just to fire his wife."
Wang Qiang swallowed hard, "What other punishment is there?"
Chu Min continued, "Didn't his wife tell Zuo Zhuang that she hasn't eaten meat in a few years? We're not saying we won't give him any benefits for a few years. Anyway, Li Shugen won't get any benefits for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the New Year this year. You can tell him later!"
"Okay, I understand."
Wang Qiang felt sorry for Li Shugen and his wife. The benefits Chu Tian and his wife gave them during every festival were very good, including meat and fruits, which would have cost a lot of money to buy outside.
Alas, what a pity...
Chu Tiandian added, "You will also be punished. We asked you to be in charge, but you didn't stop his wife even though you knew she was stealing. As a result, she stole more and more. Therefore, we have decided that you will not receive your Mid-Autumn Festival gift this year."
"I, I accept the punishment!"
Chu Min looked at Wang Qiang, who looked unhappy, and continued, "By the way, tell your wife that she will be in charge of all kitchen matters from now on. If her subordinates embezzle things again, don't blame me..."
After watching Wang Qiang leave, Zuo Zhuang asked, "Brother Tian, Brother Min, isn't this punishment too light?"
Chu Tian walked to the window and watched Wang Qiang pull his wife, who was busy in the kitchen, out of the house, repeatedly giving her instructions. He then said, "A good drum doesn't need a heavy hammer. If Li Shugen is smart, he won't make mistakes again. Instead, he'll work even harder. It's better than firing him."
"As for Wang Qiang, although he has difficulty walking, he is a capable and responsible person, and his wife is also quite good, so..."
Chu Min nodded and said, "Zuo Zhuang, your brother Tian is right."
After a pause, he looked at Zuo Zhuang seriously and said, "Xiao Zuo, you must not be so soft-hearted in the future. You must be punished for your first mistake. If there are any problems in the future that you can't solve, just push them all onto me and let them ask me!"
Zuo Zhuang laughed foolishly, "Brother Min, I'll remember..."
Because the punishment for Li Shugen and Wang Qiang was not hidden, everyone knew about it the next morning. When they saw Chu Tian and the other two again, they no longer joked with them or called them by their names like before, but started calling them boss and manager instead.
Li Shugen arrived early, and Chu Tian didn't say anything when he saw him. He just asked him to do what he had to do. Chu Tian thought that the matter was over, but he didn't expect that when the workers went to work at the construction site, an old lady came to the front of the company building and sat on the ground crying and making trouble.
"Brother Tian, Brother Min, Xiao Zuo, Li Shugen's mother is here..."
Li Meiling came upstairs with an anxious look on her face, looking at Chu Tian, Chu Min, Zuo Zhuang and Sun Weiguo who were discussing something...
Chu Min frowned, "What is his mother doing here? If you want to find Li Shugen, go to the construction site."
Li Meiling glanced at Chu Tian and said, "I'm not looking for Li Shugen, I'm looking for you..."
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