Chapter 26: A small episode of getting food
"What's the matter?"
Shazhu said unhappily.
He was angry with Jia Dongxu, especially when he thought about what Jia Dongxu did to Sister Qin, which made Sha Zhu feel even worse.
"Chen Jianye has joined the factory to take over the job."
Jia Dongxu didn't care about Sha Zhu's attitude at all and threw out a sentence coldly.
"Hiss, this kid is so quick. I thought he would have to stay in the hospital for ten days to recuperate."
"How can he work like that? He must be prepared to get paid for nothing."
"Bah! You bastard who's trying to steal from the government."
Sha Zhu was very surprised. After cursing, he looked at Jia Dongxu and said, "Chen Jianye is going to take over the factory. Why are you telling me that?"
"hey-hey."
"He must not eat."
Jia Dongxu chuckled.
"hey-hey."
"Then you do have to eat."
Sha Zhu immediately understood Jia Dongxu's intention.
The workers eat in the cafeteria at noon, and Sha Zhu is the chef who serves the food.
Normally the amount is one spoonful, and it is fair to everyone.
But Sha Zhu has a unique skill called "flipping the spoon". Clearly a spoonful of fish is scooped up, but after Sha Zhu flips the spoon, only half a spoonful or even a quarter of a spoonful is left.
While Sha Zhu was performing the skill of flipping the spoon, he could see the other person's face change from joy to nervousness and finally to despair.
Not to mention how cool it is.
The workers were hungry and had no energy to work.
And for the same price, you can only get half or even a quarter of the food that others get.
That feeling is simply explosive.
"I'll watch you at noon. Don't say I didn't give you a chance to get revenge."
Jia Dongxu squinted his eyes.
"We'll see."
"Three days."
Sha Zhu raised three fingers: "For three days, I made him afraid just by looking at me."
Jia Dongxu was completely relieved.
Living in the same compound and growing up together, he knows very well how mean Sha Zhu is.
The harm of Shazhu is bullying the weak.
But when he faces a strong opponent, Sha Zhu changes his tactics and turns to dirty tricks.
The dirty tricks are disgusting and hard to guard against.
After returning to the fitter class, Jia Dongxu told Yi Zhonghai about what he had discussed with Sha Zhu in the cafeteria.
"Well, you did a good job. It's good to let him suffer a little."
"We originally lived in the same compound. If he was on the same page as us, it wouldn't matter if I taught him personally. What a pity."
Yi Zhonghai put his hands behind his back, glanced at Chen Jianye, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
To be honest, Yi Zhonghai even considered including Chen Jianye as a member of his retirement candidate group.
What happened later made Yi Zhonghai give up this idea.
It turned into an attack on Chen Jianye, to let the young people in the compound see the consequences of going against him.
Time flies to noon.
"Jianye, come with me to the cafeteria to eat."
"It just so happens that I'll take you for a walk. You need to buy a ticket to the cafeteria and then get your food."
Wang Lifa put down the tools in his hand and extended an invitation.
"Squad leader, I forgot to bring my lunch box. Maybe next time."
Chen Jianye politely declined.
"Okay then, go home and eat, and remember to check the time."
"We start work at 1:30 pm, don't delay us."
Wang Lifa gave instructions.
"Okay, monitor, I've got it all memorized."
Chen Jianye nodded.
Following the crowd out of the workshop, Chen Jianye walked towards the East Gate.
He wants to buy a bicycle again.
If he had a bicycle, he could greatly reduce the time he spends on traveling.
Think about it, it is the spring of 61, and bicycle production is very tight.
There are not many bicycle tickets available for the entire steel rolling mill.
Chen Jianye had more than 900 yuan in his hand, and he could get a bicycle ticket by spending a large sum of money on the black market.
But this transaction method is illegal.
Especially in an environment like a courtyard house, there are many cases of conjunctivitis. If someone reports it, the police will confiscate the illegal gains.
All his money was wasted.
You still have to go through formal channels.
Chen Jianye was thinking about something and strolled back to the courtyard.
"Yeah, Jianye is back."
"Where did you go today?"
The three aunts asked at the door.
"Auntie, I'm going to take over the job at the steel mill."
Chen Jianye said with a smile.
"Ah, in your condition, can you go to work in the factory?"
After the third aunt finished speaking, her tone changed: "But it's good to go to the factory to take over the job. The sooner you go, the sooner you can get your wages."
Chen Jianye didn't explain and walked straight towards his home.
Crossing the steps of the middle courtyard, Chen Jianye saw Qin Huairu drying her quilt cover with her big belly.
The weather is good today and the clothes and quilts are dried very well.
Hard-working women will take advantage of the sunny weather to wash clothes at home.
Jia Zhang was sitting at the door with a bamboo basket on her knees and a pair of Thousand Layer Sole shoes and needle and thread in her hands.
Seeing Chen Jianye coming back, Jia Zhang snorted.
Chen Jianye ignored him and went home to start cooking.
At this moment, in a canteen of a steel rolling mill.
Sha Zhu rubbed his eyes.
He waited for almost half an hour, but Chen Jianye still didn't come to get his meal.
My eyes are about to cry.
"Master, what are you looking at?"
Apprentice Ma Hua couldn't help but ask.
"I didn't see anything, just do your thing."
Shazhu said unhappily.
Ma Hua remained silent and continued to serve meals to the workers.
Soon, Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai came over to get food.
Sha Zhu asked Ma Hua to go away and he took charge of the cooking.
"Where's Chen Jianye? I've been waiting for him for half an hour, but there's not even a ghost of him."
Sha Zhu asked with an unhappy look on his face.
"How would I know? He didn't tie it to my belt."
"Just wait. He will definitely come for dinner. Why rush?"
Jia Dongxu is quite tough when talking.
Sha Zhu was furious, and he dug the iron spoon into the stainless steel square trough containing the food. When he turned it over, the iron spoon was full of food.
A hint of joy appeared on Jia Dongxu's face.
He thought that Sha Zhu was very kind to come here. He provided him with information himself, and now Sha Zhu came to take special care of him.
Sha Zhu saw Jia Dongxu's expression and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
As the iron spoon in his hand moved closer to the lunch box in Jia Dongxu's hand, Sha Zhu's wrist began to tremble rapidly.
The vegetables in the iron spoon fell out and spilled into the stainless steel square trough.
In a blink of an eye, only a flat spoonful of food was left in the iron spoon.
"Hey, Silly Zhu, be steady."
Jia Dongxu reminded nervously.
"I'm very stable."
As Sha Zhu's wrist trembled rapidly, the amplitude of the left and right shaking became larger and larger.
More food spilled from the iron spoon.
When the iron spoon was placed in Jia Dongxu's bowl, only half of the usual amount of food was left.
Jia Dongxu had a look of hatred on his face: "Silly Zhu, are you kidding me?"
"Eat it or not."
Shazhu said unhappily.
This unique skill of his was acquired unintentionally by Sha Zhu in his grief and anger after Jia Dongxu married Qin Huairu.
Now that I can't wait for Chen Jianye, I use it on Jia Dongxu, and the pleasure is doubled.
"Silly Zhu, hurry up and give me another spoonful, or I'll report you."
Jia Dongxu was shaking with anger.
It was a full spoonful, but in the end, Shazhu shook so much that only less than a quarter was left.
Jia Dongxu couldn't accept that kind of mental ups and downs.
"Stop talking nonsense. The people behind you are still waiting in line. Get out of here right now."
Sha Zhu yelled impatiently.
Jia Dongxu glanced at Yi Zhonghai behind him and pointed at Sha Zhu angrily: "Okay, okay, you are awesome."
After saying that, he took the lunch box and left with his chest heaving violently.
"Uncle, Chen Jianye didn't come to the cafeteria to eat?"
Next, Sha Zhu served food to Yi Zhonghai and asked without giving up.
"I don't follow him, so I don't know."
"Who is he? He is not worthy of me staring at him, don't you think?"
Yi Zhonghai spoke in a flat tone.
"Uncle, there's nothing wrong with what you said."
Sha Zhu smiled and gave Yi Zhonghai a big spoonful.
Afterwards, he handed the iron spoon to Ma Hua and continued to scan the crowd queuing for food.
He just didn't believe that he would not be able to wait for Chen Jianye just by sitting there and waiting.