Chapter 281: Scheming Bitch White

Qin Huairu suddenly remembered what happened last night.

Jia Zhangshi, who wanted to show off her good mother-in-law image, saw that Qin Huairu's pants were dirty and said she would help wash them; Qin Huairu didn't think much of it, and before work today, following Jia Zhangshi's suggestion, she changed into another pair of pants.

The meal ticket and money were in those dirty pants.

The cafeteria rule is: hand over money, receive food.

The food has been served.

You damn well have no money ticket to hand over.

Isn't this just eating for free?

With her reputation already bad, and so many people in the cafeteria staring at Qin Huairu, it's obvious they want to see her make a fool of herself.

Can't produce a meal ticket.

The rumor will immediately spread that Qin Huairu wants to eat for free.

How can her reputation be salvaged then?

Moreover, she won't even get to eat for free.

Who dares to eat for free at the Yagangchang?

Are you really treating the Security Section as nothing?

Not eating is not an option.

The people from the afternoon Workshop Nine might make things difficult for Qin Huairu; if she fails to complete the tasks they assigned, she'll probably have her wages deducted.

After a few seconds of bewilderment, she had an idea.

Buy on credit!

In "Yanzi Li San", even visiting a brothel is recorded on credit; if Qin Huairu buys a midday meal on credit at the Yagangchang, what's the harm? It's not like she won't pay.

Qin Huairu turned her gaze toward Liu Lan.

Liu Lan is a well-known loudmouth who can't keep secrets, but her eyes aren't blind; after working in the cafeteria for so many years, she's seen all kinds of people.

Just one look at Qin Huairu's expression.

And she knows Qin Huairu can't produce a meal ticket.

If it were someone else.

Perhaps they really forgot to bring money when changing clothes.

As for Qin Huairu.

One has to wonder what she's thinking.

Over the past three years or so, everyone knows what kind of person Qin Huairu is; relying on her status as a widow and her slight beauty, she wanders among a bunch of smelly men, with countless smelly men paying her meal tickets, Guo Da Piezi and others like him, and it's said that the projectionist Xu Daming also helped pay her meal tickets several times.

She really didn't bring a meal ticket.

Or she wants someone else to pay for her meal ticket.

Between these two possibilities, Liu Lan leans toward the latter.

That is, Qin Huairu has a meal ticket in her pocket, but she doesn't want to spend her own money, wanting to eat someone else's free meal.

She's not afraid Qin Huairu will run off with the food.

Unless she doesn't want to stay at the Yagangchang anymore.

Liu Lan tapped the vegetable basin with her spoon and said to Qin Huairu: "Qin Huairu, hand over the meal ticket, what are you staring at? Haven't you gotten used to coworkers paying for your meals over these three years, making you think the Yagangchang cafeteria is free? Hurry up, there are still coworkers behind you waiting for food."

No wonder Liu Lan, who has Deputy Factory Director Li backing her.

She doesn't give Qin Huairu any face at all.

Just a few words.

Made Qin Huairu feel so embarrassed she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

Of course.

She still has to take care of the matters that need to be handled.

She raised her head.

She looked at Liu Lan.

"Liu Lan, I changed my clothes today, and the meal ticket was left in those dirty pants, my meaning is."

"Buy on credit?"

Qin Huairu nodded frantically.

"According to reason, if you say you have no money, I should give you some face, but I won't comment on your reputation, Qin Huairu; whether you truly have no money or are just pretending to have none so you can wait for coworkers to pay your bill, it's none of my business; but if you want to buy on credit, I'm just an ordinary cafeteria worker and can't make the decision, so wait while I go ask Director He for his opinion."

The reason for looking for Shazhu.

Is to let Shazhu see Qin Huairu's embarrassed state.

It's said there are no secrets in the Siheyuan.

Last night's incident.

Thanks to some meddling people, everyone at the Yagangchang now knows, knows that Qin Huairu was given a hard time by Workshop Nine, knows that Qin Huairu knocked on Shazhu's door late at night while Yu Li was away, only to be driven away by Shazhu, ending up embarrassed and disheveled.

Shazhu and Qin Huairu don't get along.

When Qin Huairu is embarrassed, she must let Shazhu see it no matter what.

Maybe she can even win Shazhu's favor.

Flattery.

With this thought, Liu Lan found Shazhu, who was inspecting work in the cafeteria, told him the whole story, and pushed him to appear at the meal-serving window.

Looking at Shazhu with his leader-like airs.

Qin Huairu felt endless bitterness in her heart.

People compare themselves to others.

It's really infuriating.

When she married into the Siheyuan, Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai described Shazhu as a good-for-nothing who abandoned a good chef job to deal with scrap.

The Shazhu that Jia Zhangshi and Yi Zhonghai considered utterly hopeless became the sole leader in the Siheyuan, responsible for the food and drink of over ten thousand workers at the Yagangchang.

"Director He." Liu Lan deliberately jabbed at Qin Huairu's heart, saying, "The Qin Huairu from the Nine Workshop says she didn't bring her meal ticket and wants to eat for free."

The free-loader label.

But you can't wear it.

"It's not free-eating; I'm buying on credit. I'll make up the meal ticket tomorrow."

"You don't need to make it up either."

Qin Huairu felt delighted.

She mistakenly thought Shazhu would pay her meal ticket for her.

She ended up labeled a free-eater, also giving some people another misunderstanding.

Such as the misunderstanding that Shazhu would help Qin Huairu pay her meal ticket.

Such a misunderstanding benefits Qin Huairu, anyway she's already shameless.

Deep down she still felt a little regret: if she had known Shazhu would pay for her meal ticket, why did she just order a plate of stir-fried cabbage and potatoes earlier, why not ask for an extra meat dish?

Birds of a feather flock together.

Jia Zhangshi considers it a loss if she walks past something without picking it up.

Qin Huairu pretty much thinks the same way, believing she lost a meat dish, and she hasn't had meat in a long time.

Just as Qin Huairu hesitated about whether to shamelessly order another meat dish, Shazhu's next words instantly doused all her unrealistic thoughts.

"Liu Lan, please go to the Finance Department for a moment and tell them that Qin Huairu didn't bring her meal ticket today, that she's buying on credit, exactly how much, and have the Finance Section deduct it directly from Qin Huairu's wages."

The smile on Qin Huairu's face froze.

All her happiness was for nothing.

Shazhu solved the problem at its root.

"Master He."

"Qin Huairu, don't say anything else; you have work to do this afternoon, so I can't not let you eat. Since you didn't bring your meal ticket, you can eat first and I'll deduct it from your wages later."

Things have come to this point.

What else could Qin Huairu say?

She could only hold a plate of stir-fried cabbage and a steamed bun, walk over to a nearby table, find a quiet corner, and slowly enjoy the food before her.

She could also hear her coworkers' voices in her ears.

"Qin Huairu is really shameless, still wanting to eat for free—who does she think she is, even Master He?"

"You guys say, is Qin Huairu really without a meal ticket, or does she just not want to spend the money?"

"Who knows? We're not Qin Huairu's stomach worms—how could we tell whether she really has no money or is just pretending?"

"Why don't we just ask her?"

"If you ask her, she'll tell the truth."