roccoschili Chapter 160: The marriage is ruined
Chapter 160: The marriage is ruined
Sha Zhu, standing nearby, offered a suggestion: "Director Zhang, if the workers have complaints, it must be because of unfairness."
Why do the leaders get to eat meat while we can't even get a sip of broth?
Especially the braised meat; the aroma of it filled the entire factory all morning.
The workers toiled in the workshop, smelling the aroma of meat all morning, only to find cornbread and boiled vegetables at the canteen at lunchtime. Imagine that scene!
The steel rolling mill is not very large now; we expanded our workforce before the Lunar New Year.
The factory isn't very big right now. The real expansion will have to wait until the government moves in, takes over, and the factory becomes a joint public-private enterprise.
The factory is so small now, just enough to braise some meat and vegetables, and a little breeze can easily blow it away.
How can the workers concentrate on their work? Especially around mealtimes, their stomachs are already rumbling with worms all morning.
They rushed to the canteen and found it was still the same as before; it would be strange if they didn't rebel.
Sha Zhu continued, "Director Zhang, the proper arrangement would be to find a better chef."
But good cooks aren't so easy to find. Sha Zhu just chuckled to himself.
"If we really can't find a good chef, and then some important guests come to our factory and need my braised dishes, then you, the director, have to consider the feelings of the workshop workers."
The leaders are eating meat like crazy, so the workers in the workshop need some meat too.
If you, Director, think the budget for pork is too high, you can buy a few sheep from the countryside, that would be fine too.
Lamb is cheap, so I'll cook a few pots of lamb soup for the workers, and that way no one will cause trouble.
My mutton soup is renowned.
Many people near Nanluoguxiang who tried my mutton soup initially felt a bit regretful.
I worked for a day and then my pot turned yellow. I thought I wouldn't be able to drink my mutton soup anymore, but some people still came to my door looking for me.
Later, after the small restaurant run by the neighborhood committee resumed serving mutton soup, many people went there every day to enjoy it.
I'm afraid that this little restaurant might close down soon, and I won't be able to enjoy such delicious food anymore.
Buying sheep from the countryside—that's a great idea! Why didn't I think of that? Director Zhang thought to himself.
Lamb is much cheaper than pork in the city. If you go to the countryside to buy a few lambs, it won't cost much, and it can occasionally improve the meals for the people in the workshop.
If Sha Zhu knew what Director Zhang was thinking, he would definitely despise him.
Without your own culinary skills as a foundation, even if you buy a few sheep, it's useless if you don't know how to prepare them.
"The mutton soup is really as delicious as you say."
Director Zhang asked suspiciously.
How dare he doubt himself? Sha Zhu really wants to show him what a top-notch culinary master is. It's just making mutton soup.
Unfortunately, Sha Zhu didn't dare. He didn't want to serve those officials and listen to their bosses and orders.
That's really frustrating. And this is only because the cafeteria has its own apprentice, so he doesn't have to do much cooking himself; otherwise, Sha Zhu wouldn't have shown off his culinary skills.
It would be better to take on more apprentices. Ideally, all the apprentices who come to the steel rolling mill canteen in the future should be his disciples, so that the entire staff of the steel rolling mill canteen can be united as one.
Even if there is conflict, it is between one's own disciples. If the conflict is directed outwards, then they must unite against the external enemy.
"No matter how big the storms we encounter in the future, we won't be afraid. We'll sit firmly in our fishing boat," Sha Zhu thought to himself.
He said, "Director Zhang, if you don't believe me, just go to the small restaurant next to the Nanluoguxiang Subdistrict Office after get off work and try it."
There are also ready-made braised dishes there that you can try.
If Director Zhang thinks my method won't work, you can just buy cooked food from that small restaurant over there to serve the distinguished guests from the steel mill.”
"Buy it back? No, no."
If that's the case, the factory manager might as well take the clients out to eat at a restaurant. Why does he need me to find a better chef for the factory?
"Alright, I'll go try the food at that little restaurant you mentioned first, and then use it again later. You can go ahead and get busy."
Director Zhang waved to Sha Zhu, finished speaking, and then ignored Sha Zhu, turning around to think about things before leaving the kitchen.
After Director Zhang left, the cafeteria staff started gossiping while cleaning up.
Sha Zhu felt that Liu Lan seemed like a different person; she kept her head down, lost interest in chatting, and absentmindedly started cleaning.
This isn't like Liu Lan at all. "Liu Lan, what's wrong? Did your wedding fall through over the New Year?"
Did someone dump you? Didn't I hear you were getting married after the New Year?
"When are you getting married? I'll chip in as a gift." Liu Lan lowered her head and remained silent. Sha Zhu was puzzled; hadn't she just been trying to mock him?
Sha Zhu, being a bit cheeky, leaned closer to try and figure out what was going on, and Aunt Liu, who was standing nearby, saw this.
He quickly pulled Sha Zhu aside, gave him a meaningful look, and whispered...
"Zhu Zi, don't go provoking Liu Lan again. Her wedding is off, and you already upset her with what you said. Be careful, she might lose her temper and get angry with you later."
Sha Zhu's mouth dropped open; he'd actually guessed right. "Impossible! What's going on?"
He hurriedly asked Aunt Liu, "What happened? Weren't you getting married right away? How did it fall through?"
Aunt Liu looked up at Liu Lan and saw that Liu Lan had her head down and wasn't paying attention.
He said in a low voice, "It was you who came and told me about the gambling den. The wedding that was supposed to be arranged was held not long after."
As a result, all the people inside the gambling dens in Nanluoguxiang were arrested.
The person Liu Lan was talking about was also among them.
Even so, Liu Lan's parents did not object to her wedding.
Later, that same man was hit by a calf and ended up in the hospital. His condition was very serious; he couldn't even get out of bed.
Liu Lan's family reluctantly returned the betrothal money they had just received.
Holy crap, Sha Zhu hadn't originally planned to help Liu Lan ruin her wedding.
The plot twisted Liu Lan's wedding into Sha Zhu's life; could this be considered an unintended consequence?
"Aunt Liu, Liu Lan's parents are so heartless! Even after all this, they still can't bear to part with that little bit of betrothal money!"
"Who can argue with that? It was actually the groom's parents who initiated the annulment."
My family has a disobedient son who went to a gambling den before his wedding and ended up in the hospital.
Feeling too ashamed to face anyone, he went to Liu Lan's parents and asked for the betrothal gifts back.
Liu Lan's parents were initially unwilling; they only reluctantly returned the betrothal gifts after going to the hospital with the groom's parents.
Good heavens, Liu Lan is practically disabled. I bet in her past life, her parents sold her off for dowry money.
After getting married, they let their daughter be bullied and never cared whether their own daughter lived or died. Having parents like that is truly bad luck.
"Shouldn't Liu Lan be happy that she didn't marry that gambler?"
Knowing the man's true colors beforehand, wasn't that a narrow escape? Why is Liu Lan still unhappy? "Sha Zhu's mind is a complete mess."
"It's because her parents don't like her. The dowry they finally got has vanished."
It's no wonder her family is happy; they're just taking out all their resentment on this girl.
"Where are her parents going to find a family with a high dowry to sell her off again?" Aunt Liu whispered to Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu asked curiously, "Aunt Liu, Liu Lan works in a factory and gets a salary. Why would she be in such a hurry to marry off her daughter?"
If you really don't like your daughter, wouldn't it be better to let Liu Lan earn money for the family for a few more years?
Aunt Liu shook her head and said softly, "Liu Lan told me that her family seemed to be in urgent need of money, which is why she was reluctant to spend the bride price. But Liu Lan didn't tell me the specifics of her family affairs."
The two were pretending to clean while whispering to each other. Just then, a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit, who looked like a leader, barged into the kitchen.