Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Chapter 171 3 Antis 5 Antis

The scene that Sha Zhu remembered—the cook being called in front of the leader to be praised—did not occur.

After lunch, Director Lou led the government staff to the conference room.

Director Zhang of the canteen only came over to give Sha Zhu and Squad Leader Zhao a few words of praise before leaving in a hurry.

Sha Zhu wasn't sure what the government departments were doing here at this time, but based on what he knew, it was the start of the national Three-Anti Campaign.

In the early days of the People's Republic of China, unscrupulous capitalists engaged in illegal activities to reap huge profits, which led to the serious growth of corruption, waste, and bureaucracy in government agencies.

The campaign to increase production and practice economy, which began in October 1951, uncovered a large number of cases of corruption and waste.

In order to purify the Party's body and ensure the long-term stability of the newly established People's Republic of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China launched this movement.

In January 1952, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China launched the "Three Antis" campaign, opposing corruption, waste, and bureaucracy.

The "Five Antis" movement was against bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, shoddy workmanship, and theft of state economic intelligence.

This movement lasted until October 52. The workers' supervision committee, which was supposed to be established in the later stages of the Three-Anti and Five-Anti movements, unexpectedly took place ahead of schedule at the steel rolling mill in Loubancheng.

During the Three-Anti Campaign, government agencies at the county level and above across the country mobilized cadres and staff to study documents and speeches by leaders, and to confess their own misconduct.

The reporting of corruption has led to the exposure of some corruption cases, creating a situation where corrupt officials are caught in a pincer movement.

While the "Three-Anti" campaign was underway, the "Five-Anti" campaign was also launched in the industrial and commercial sectors.

With the development of the "Five Antis" campaign, a number of "five evils" among capitalists were exposed.

Even worse, some unscrupulous capitalists have been using rotten cotton to make first-aid kits.

The use of spoiled and rotten raw materials to manufacture canned food for the front lines of the Korean War caused some soldiers to become ill or disabled.

This aroused public outrage, and "repelling the rampant attack of the bourgeoisie" became a strong call throughout the country.

In the afternoon, government and industrial personnel left.

The factory's grassroots leaders visibly breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed their supervision of the workers, and resumed their usual work routine.

While the factory workers were busy with their work, they occasionally discussed what they would have for lunch that day.

Worker A said, "The mutton soup at noon today was really delicious, there was so much mutton in it, I ate five big steamed buns in one meal."

Worker B said, "I didn't get any of the main dishes for lunch today. I soaked five steamed buns in mutton soup. After I finished the soup, I asked Aunt Liu from the canteen for two more spoonfuls of soup."

"Really? I even gave you some mutton soup. How come I didn't know?" Worker C looked regretful after hearing this, as if he had missed out on two hundred yuan.

"Hehe, I know Aunt Liu, so I dared to ask her for two extra spoonfuls." Worker B, having gotten the better deal, grinned smugly, clearly pleased with himself for having won the favor, and was beaming with pride in front of everyone.

Worker Ding seemed to be savoring the meat he had eaten at noon. Seeing that everyone seemed to be enjoying their lunch, he asked, "Do you know which chef made the mutton soup today? It was absolutely delicious! I had mutton soup at the temple fair a couple of days ago, and it was worlds apart from what we have in our canteen."

“What kind of mutton soup did you drink? There wasn’t a single piece of meat in it. It certainly wasn’t as good as today’s mutton soup,” worker B retorted.

“I know who did it, you probably won’t believe it, it was He Daqing’s mentally challenged son, Sha Zhu, who did it,” said worker A.

“I know that too. Zhang Ge and I live in Nanluoguxiang. We run a small restaurant near our neighborhood office that serves mutton soup.”

It was He Daqing's son, He Yuzhu, who taught the cooks how to make it.

"Brother Zhang, be careful. If He Yuzhu hears you calling him by his nickname, he'll catch you and beat you up."

Worker A glanced at the workshop entrance, then turned back and said arrogantly, "What are you afraid of? This is our workshop. That idiot Zhu wouldn't come here."

"So it was He Daqing's son, He Yuzhu, who made it. Do you think there will be any mutton soup tomorrow?" worker Ding said, licking his lips.

"What are you dreaming of! We'd be lucky if you could have it once a month."

"But when I left, there was still a lot of mutton and mutton soup left in the cafeteria."

"They must be night shift workers; many people are reluctant to leave work in the morning..."

After dealing with the government leaders in the conference room and seeing them off, Director Lou Zhenhua returned to his office, exhausted.

Sister Liu from the personnel department, who was playing with the little girl Lou Xiao'e in the office, saw Director Lou return.

After pouring Director Lou a glass of water and saying hello, I returned to the personnel department office next to the director's office.

Lou Zhenhua had just sat down after returning home and was about to talk to his daughter when...

Factory Director Lou's assistant, Xiao Chen, knocked on the door with some documents. After receiving a response, he came in.

"Director Lou, this is some of the content of the speech given by the government leaders in the conference room this afternoon," Assistant Xiao Chen said, placing a document on Director Lou's desk.

"Okay, I'll leave it here for now. I'll call you if I need anything," said Director Lou after glancing at the documents on his desk.

After Assistant Chen left, Lou Zhenhua called his daughter to his side, "My dear daughter, what did you eat for lunch today? Are you full?"

"Daddy, at noon today, Sister Liu took me to the cafeteria to get lunch. We ate mutton soup, braised meat, and steamed buns."

I'm so full, you wouldn't believe it! The mutton soup was even better than the hot pot at Zhengyanglou, and the braised pork today too!

"I think the meat here tastes even better than the meat from that century-old braised food shop we always eat at," Lou Xiao'e said excitedly, patting her belly.

"Oh, really? It was quite delicious," Lou Bancheng recalled the scene at lunchtime.

Although the leaders and staff of the government departments behaved very restrained during the meal.

However, the fact that all the dishes on the table were empty shows that the food was indeed quite good.

The government launched a campaign against corruption and waste, and not a single bite of the ordinary food on the table was left. Lou Zhenhua smiled and shook his head.

Lou Xiao'e seemed to remember something and said, "Father, when Sister Liu took me to the cafeteria today..."

I also met the chef who made mutton soup and braised meat; he was about the same age as my cousin.

He was secretly eating braised meat in the small kitchen. He was startled when Sister Liu and I went in.

When he heard that I was your daughter, he was so frightened that he immediately took out several Mickey Mouse candies to bribe me.

"Father, didn't you forbid me from taking things from others? I didn't take any, but Sister Liu snatched them all away."

If Sha Zhu heard this, he would definitely cry foul. He said, "I just didn't want the kitchen staff outside to see me and ruin my image. I didn't steal any food; I ate it openly and honestly."

"Oh? He actually dared to steal food. Father will teach him a lesson when he has time," Lou Zhenhua said seriously, though in his heart he thought, what cook doesn't steal food?

When He Daqing was around, he often brought back several lunchboxes from the cafeteria, thinking that he didn't know.

Factory Director Lou was unaware that her daughter was referring to He Daqing's son.

If they knew, they would definitely say, "Like father, like son," or "If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too."

"Father, why don't you punish him by making me make mutton soup and braised dishes more often?" Lou Xiao'e looked up at her father with longing.

Looking at his daughter's expectant eyes, Lou Zhenhua thought for a moment and said, "How about I have the cook prepare this once a month, and Daddy will take you to the factory to eat once a month? Is that alright?"

"Oh, only once a month?"

"My little darling, Daddy will take you to Fengzeyuan for some delicious food later, or we can go to Zhengyanglou, okay?"