Chapter 636: Miscellaneous Things for the New Year

Chapter 636: Miscellaneous Things for the New Year

Chapter 636: Odds and Ends for the New Year

"Hum~"

"Huh huh huh~"

"Hmph!!!"

"what happened?"

The noises of quarreling and fighting frightened the sleepy canteen director Zhao Gang so much that he jumped up immediately.

Listening carefully to the sound, he was so frightened that he rushed out of the door without even bothering to put on his coat as if facing a great enemy.

"Oh no, my dear ancestors, they are not going to fight. Nothing can happen."

Zhao Gang crawled to the back of the cafeteria, where there was a pigsty that had been built less than two months ago.

There were three pigs in the pigsty fighting with their noses arched, and two others were shivering and hiding in the corner, but their eyes were always watching them.

Zhao Gang looked around and shouted, "Where's the person? Where's the person? Where did he go?"

After shouting a few times and hearing no response, Zhao Gang didn't care about anything else, picked up his weapon, jumped into the pigpen, and started hitting the three pigs!

"I let you hit me! I let you hit me!"

"go away!"

"Hmph!" After being slapped repeatedly, the three pigs became angry. They raised their heads and glared at him, grunting in dissatisfaction.

It seemed that if Zhao Gang hit them again, they would rise up in resistance.

Being stared at with vengeful eyes, Zhao Gang felt so scared that his back went cold, but he felt a little more confident because he had the weapon in his hand.

"What are you looking at? You're asking for a fight!"

Snapped! ! !
A powerful slap instantly made the stubborn pig see stars, and he trembled and stepped back repeatedly, finally falling to the ground.

hum~
"You are trying to act tough with me, but you don't even know who you are." Zhao Gang said proudly, not letting the remaining two go.

Snapped!
Snapped!
Two blows immediately made them dizzy and they retreated to the corner, relying on other pigs to stand firm.

"Hmph, a few beasts are trying to play tricks on me. They don't even know who I am." Zhao Gang turned around proudly and was about to leave.

"Humph."

"Oh my God."

The sudden grunting sound scared Zhao Gang so much that he thought the pig was going to attack him. Without even looking back, he jumped out of the pigpen.

"Hehe~" A series of pleasant hums were heard. Zhao Gang turned around and looked at the five pigs. They looked at him as if they were mocking him.

"Damn it! How dare you laugh at me when I gave you the chance!"

Being mocked by the pig, Zhao Gang instantly became furious.

He shouted like that, but he didn't dare go in again.

"Director/Chief."

Suddenly, two voices were heard, and two people came running over in a hurry.

Seeing them coming, Zhao Gang immediately yelled, "How dare you two come back? You only came back after the pigs started fighting. What if the pigs die?"

"Even if they are injured, it won't work! You two can be responsible. Do you know that these two pigs are the most important assets of the factory? They are related to the food supply of the entire factory. Any mistake will be a big deal."

"What did I tell you to do before? I told you to keep watch over them 24 hours a day. How did you do it? Huh?!"

"Speak up! You two pigs!"

After saying that, Zhao Gang turned around and saw five pigs looking straight at him: "You are not even as good as pigs! Watch me carefully! Do you hear me?"

"I heard you." The two of them responded in a low voice.

"Hmph, you can't even do such a small thing." Zhao Gang felt satisfied with the scolding and then he threw the weapon away, clapped his hands, and left with his hands behind his back.

The two of them grumbled and cursed, "Humph, what are you so proud of?"

"What the hell, it's so cold, you'll freeze to death if you stay here, but you're so comfortable in the office, you can't stand us being lazy."

"I am guarded 24 hours a day. Not only am I not allowed to sleep at night, but I am also not allowed to rest during the day. I thought it was in the old days. Even the maids didn't do this."

The two men muttered and cursed, then turned to look at the five pigs: "What are you looking at! If you keep looking, I will kill you!"

The five pigs didn't dare to make a sound and turned towards the corner.

Zhao Gang didn't dare to kill them, but these two idiots were so brave.

The two apprentices said in relief, "Humph! I can't scold that bastard, and I can't scold you either."

"If you two hadn't been waiting for orders from above, I would have killed you right now!"

The five pigs were trembling with fear, which made the two men even more proud.

Zhao Gang was about to go back to the office with his hands behind his back, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Those three pigs actually dared to look at him like that. He would not be a human being if he didn't take revenge.

Immediately, he went to find Director Yang to ask how to deal with the five pigs.

"How to deal with it?" Director Yang lowered his head and thought.

After raising them for more than a month, the five pigs weighed almost 5 kilograms, but after removing the miscellaneous things, there were only about 600 kilograms left, which is not much.

Compared with the twenty or thirty pigs in the past, this is indeed a pitiful number.

There are too few pigs, and it is difficult for Director Yang to operate secretly.

"In this way, these five pigs will all be made into braised meat and divided equally among everyone. Every worker must be taken care of, and all leading cadres must be treated equally."

"Calculate how much meat each person can get?"

Hearing this, Zhao Gang was shocked. The meat would shrink if it were made into braised meat. The key is the leading cadres.

"Director Yang, do we really want to split it equally? If we split it equally, the leaders won't get much. What will they say?"

"What can they say? It's just five pigs. Are they planning to give special treatment to the leaders? That will definitely cause the workers to go crazy. That's the decision."

Seeing Director Yang’s solemn decision, Zhao Gang couldn’t say anything else and started to calculate in his mind.

There are several thousand people in the steel rolling mill, and everyone has to get a share of the meat. After dividing it equally, there is not much left.

After a while, Zhao Gang said, "Almost everyone can get one or two ounces of braised meat."

Upon hearing this number, Director Yang couldn't help but be shocked. This was much less than the year before last, and almost nothing compared to the day before yesterday.

"One ounce is enough. It's better to have some than nothing. I didn't get any meat last year, but at least I get some this year, even if it's a little less."

"It's decided. When the factory is about to close for the holiday in two days, you will instruct the canteen to kill a pig and cook meat, and try to ensure that everyone has enough."

"Call the security guards when the time comes, and arrest anyone who causes trouble, and don't let them get any points."

"Yes."

Director Yang waved his hand and Zhao Gang quietly left the office.

On the other side, the scrap yard.

As soon as Bai Xiuwen came to work in the morning, he was called away by the stationmaster Wang Chengcai.

"Xiao Bai, how are you doing recently? Are you having any difficulties at work? Is there anyone who doesn't like you? Just tell me and I'll take care of it for you."

Bai Xiuwen waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, everything is fine now. Everyone is nice to me and there is nothing wrong with my work."

Seeing that Bai Xiuwen's expression did not seem fake, Wang Chengcai nodded: "That's good."

Then he pointed to two pendulum clocks beside him and said, "I have two pendulum clocks here. Repair one as soon as possible, and I will give you the other one."

"How can this be good?"

Wang Chengcai patted Bai Xiuwen on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. I don't need it. You may have to work harder recently. There are many things that need to be repaired. I am in a hurry to use them."

"Don't worry, if you work for me, I, Wang Chengcai, will not treat you unfairly, and you will not be deprived of your share."

"Thank you, Station Master."

"For the time being, please stop collecting scraps and let other technicians do it. You can just focus on repairing things. If you don't fix anything, you will have to pay for the repairs."

"Okay, Stationmaster. Thank you for your support."

"Okay, okay." Wang Chengcai nodded with satisfaction. The time before the Chinese New Year is a critical one, and there are many social interactions and etiquette must be followed.

After more than half a year of planning, his departure from the scrap yard was a foregone conclusion, but where he would go and what position he would be promoted to was still unknown.

While still at the scrap yard, he should do his best to establish good relationships with people. Now is the critical moment to use Bai Xiuwen, and he must not let down.

After a period of subtle warmth, Bai Xiuwen suddenly wanted a shower ticket.

Wang Chengcai was surprised and asked, "Are you looking for a partner?"

"Yes." Bai Xiuwen nodded shyly. Although the matter was not clearly stated, it was almost certain.

"Hehe, it's good to have a partner. You're not a child anymore." Wang Chengcai was even happier. It was easier to get things done with a partner.

"In addition to the large amount of waste in our station, we also have a lot of bath tickets. When I pay you in the future, I will ask Lao Lin to give you more bath tickets so that you can be clean."

After saying that, Wang Chengcai took out a small stack of bath tickets, which at a glance showed to be more than a dozen.

"Thank you, Station Master."

After the matter was settled, Wang Chengcai let Bai Xiuwen go and allowed him to leave with the two pendulum clocks.

"Now that what I promised Brother Cui has been fulfilled, I believe Brother Cui should be able to fix it."

I will be busy next. Pendulum clocks are a delicate job and I cannot repair two of them in a short time.

After leaving Wang Chengcai's office, I caught a glimpse of Brother Wu De, the former foreman.

Last September, he was imprisoned for a month for defamation.

After she was released, she thought about replacing Lili. After all, it was somewhat inappropriate for a girl to work in a scrap yard, and it would affect her chances of getting married.

Besides, as a father, he wouldn't let his daughter support the family.

After being pushed back and forth, Wu Lili stubbornly worked for another two or three months and was finally replaced.

After returning to work at the scrap yard, Wu De became much more open-minded. Whenever he met Bai Xiuwen, he would just ignore him and he didn't care.

Everyone is busy with their own things and doesn't disturb each other.

Back in the maintenance room, Bai Xiuwen began to repair the pendulum clock.

After a morning, one was repaired and handed over to Wang Chengcai.

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work." After patting Bai Xiuwen on the shoulder again, Wang Chengcai left the scrap yard after paying the repair fee.

Wang Chengcai took the unrepaired pendulum clock back to the yard.

Yan Bugui was watering the plants again when he noticed the pendulum clock and raised his eyebrow.

"Xiaobai, buy more furniture for the house."

"Teacher Yan is watering the plants again. I already have this pendulum clock at home."

Hearing this, Yan Bugui wanted to steal the deal. It just so happened that he didn't have a clock at home, and it wouldn't be much more expensive anyway: "Why don't you sell it to me? I don't have one at home."

"I'm so sorry, this pendulum clock is for Brother Cui."

"It doesn't matter who you give it to." As he said that, Yan Bugui stepped forward and wanted to take it before giving the money.

Bai Xiuwen did not stop him: "Okay, since Teacher Yan wants it, you can take it. I'll charge 5 yuan for this pendulum clock."

"By the way, this pendulum clock is broken. Please trouble Teacher Yan to find someone to fix it."

"Broken?" Yan Bugui lowered his head and saw that it was indeed broken. Then why did he need this pendulum clock? He didn't know how to repair it.

"It's broken. Then please help me fix it, Xiaobai. I'll give you a large portion of the repair fee."

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Yan. I won't be free until the Chinese New Year. The webmaster asked me to do something. If you don't mind it being too late, I'll find time to help you fix it after the Chinese New Year."

The repair would have to be delayed for ten days, and there wouldn’t be enough time, so Yan Bugui backed out.

As for asking Bai Xiuwen to repair it, the price would be even more expensive, so I thought about it and gave up.

"That's not necessary. Let's leave it to the Cui family."

"Okay, next time I'll save it for Teacher Yan."

With a smile, Bai Xiuwen took it to the Cui family, said hello to Aunt Cui, and went home to cook for Bai Chi.

At the same time, taking advantage of his work arrangement of showing movies outside, Xu Damao returned to his hometown.

"mom!"

"Da Mao, why are you back?" Xu's mother was very happy to see Xu Damao.

"Where's my dad?"

"Your dad is working at the movie theater."

"Oh."

"Are you hungry? Go to the kang and warm yourself up. Mom will cook for you right away." Mother Xu hurried to the kitchen to cook.

"Mom, don't bother me. I'll be gone in a minute."

"Why are you in such a hurry? Eat first and then leave." Xu's mother retorted.

Since being fired from the Lou family, Xu's mother changed several jobs, but none of them were satisfactory, so she became a full-time housewife.

After all, he was getting old, and he had earned a lot of money while working as a servant for the Lou family. Now he was just retiring early.

Hearing this, Xu Damao did not object. He just went down to show movies in a few villages and then left. It was much more relaxing than before the autumn harvest.

The meal was ready in no time and the two started eating right away, chatting as they ate.

"Mom, why don't you come to my place to celebrate the New Year? You haven't seen everyone for a long time, so you can talk to everyone while you're here."

"Forget it, forget it. Your father and I are used to staying here, and it's convenient here. You should come down to celebrate the New Year like before."

"Okay." Xu Damao just asked casually.

"By the way, have you found a partner now? You are not young anymore, it is time for you to get married. I wanted to help you marry the eldest daughter of the Lou family, but I didn't expect something to go wrong."

"Don't be so lazy and try to get yourself killed by this capitalist book. You have such a good job and there are so many girls in the city. You are worthy of any of them."

"Ahem~"

"What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"No, I choked. I'm fine."

"That's what mom said. When I get back, I'll ask Matchmaker Wang to help introduce them."

Xu Damao then remembered that his father and mother didn't know that he had married Sai Fengxian, and they were still kept in the dark.

Xu's mother smiled and said, "You have to pay attention to this matter. You are not a child anymore. Your father and I are in the countryside and can't control you too much. You have to pay attention to your own affairs."

"Don't worry, Mom. I remember this. I'll ask the matchmaker when I get home."

Mother Xu said expectantly, "Then you better hurry up. Your father and I are looking forward to you bringing your grandson here."

"Don't worry about this." Xu Damao just wanted to get over it quickly, "Come, Mom, eat some vegetables."

Seeing that the matter had been muddled, Xu Damao quickly changed the subject. Now he didn't know how to talk to the three people.

I wouldn't have told this earlier. Fortunately, my parents didn't want to go to the city for the New Year, so it wouldn't be leaked.

But Xu Damao would never have thought that his casual remark would bring him trouble later.

Finally the meal was over and Xu Damao patted his butt.

"Mom, I'm going to work."

"Be careful on the road."

"understood."

This time, the film screening mission will only last for two or three days in the countryside. We will show movies in a few villages and then move on to the next one.

The weather is cold now and not many people can go to the movies. Everyone would rather stay at home than go out to watch a movie.

(End of this chapter)