Chapter 2

A shout from the Canteen Director completely interrupted the incessant Yi Zhonghai.

If facing an ordinary worker, Yi Zhonghai could still rely on his status as a Level 8 Worker to put on airs and throw his weight around, but facing a leader, Yi Zhonghai was truly not qualified.

Seeing the Canteen Director step forward, Yi Zhonghai knew he could not take Shazhu away.

"Shazhu, you have disappointed me too much." Yi Zhonghai said coldly to He Yuzhu, then, without even looking at the Canteen Director Niu Fen, he turned and left.

"What a piece of work!" Canteen Director Niu Fen snorted coldly at Yi Zhonghai's back.

After Yi Zhonghai walked out of the canteen, his face was livid, his heart was filled with raging fire, and he hated He Yuzhu to the extreme.

In Yi Zhonghai's view, he had told He Yuzhu to go to the hospital, so He Yuzhu should have followed him to the hospital without a word, fawning all the way. He never expected that Shazhu would actually disobey him; this was simply rebellious!

After Yi Zhonghai left the canteen, He Yuzhu immediately ran out of the kitchen and quietly followed Yi Zhonghai.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai was walking angrily and quickly outside. He Yuzhu picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground, tossed it in his hand, and then threw it fiercely at Yi Zhonghai's head.

He Yuzhu would not take Yi Zhonghai's abuse; he would take revenge on the spot.

The stone accurately hit Yi Zhonghai's head. Yi Zhonghai instantly felt his head sink, his vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground, his whole person becoming dizzy and muddled.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu turned and ran back to the canteen. He had originally planned that if he didn't hit him accurately, he would throw a few more, but he didn't expect to hit him accurately in one go. If he didn't run now, when would he?

After a long while, Yi Zhonghai finally recovered and found himself lying on the ground. Yi Zhonghai hurriedly turned over and sat up, reached out and touched his head tremblingly, only to see his hand covered in blood.

Yi Zhonghai was terrified in his heart, fearing that he would follow in Jia Dongxu's footsteps. His body swayed, and he almost collapsed to the ground again.

"Master Yi, what's wrong with you?" a passing worker asked.

"Quick, help me to the infirmary. I was just hit by someone with a stone. Did you see who threw the stone?" Yi Zhonghai asked in a deep voice.

"No." The passing worker shook his head and said, then sent Yi Zhonghai to the infirmary.

After He Yuzhu returned to the canteen, he saw the Canteen Director's livid face.

When Canteen Director Niu Fen saw He Yuzhu, it was like a Sichuan opera face-changing performance; his expression was first stunned, then surprised, and then turned into joy.

"Shazhu, where did you go just now?" Canteen Director Niu Fen asked.

"I went to the toilet." He Yuzhu said without changing his expression or heartbeat.

"Oh, that's fine. It's almost mealtime, hurry up and start cooking." After Canteen Director Niu Fen finished speaking, he turned and left.

"Master, Director Niu thought you had run off with Yi Zhonghai, worried that there would be no one to cook and that everyone's meal would be delayed, so he was pulling a long face and preparing to lecture us." Pangzi hurriedly explained.

"Oh, so that's it. I was wondering why that silly cow was pulling a long face." Shazhu said.

"Silly cow? You called our director a silly cow?" Pangzi widened his eyes and said in a voice of shock.

Immediately, Pangzi, like a startled rabbit, quickly went to the kitchen door, and after confirming that the Canteen Director had long since left, he patted his chest with lingering fear and let out a sigh of relief.

"Be content, I haven't called him cow dung yet. He calls me Shazhu, why can't I call him a silly cow? Forget it, don't worry about him, hurry up and prepare to start cooking." He Yuzhu waved his hand and said very casually. Following Shazhu's order, everyone in the kitchen began to operate in an orderly manner.

Just at this moment, Liu Lan rushed into the kitchen with an excited face, came to Shazhu's side, and said mysteriously: "Shazhu, I just got news from the workshop that something happened to Jia Dongxu. I remember he is your neighbor, right? He died on the way to the hospital."

"Oh." He Yuzhu said calmly, glancing at Liu Lan.

He Yuzhu was not surprised that Liu Lan could find out this news at the first moment. Liu Lan was known as the "Extra-Departmental Personnel of the Propaganda Department" and the "Big Horn of the Canteen," and she had a group of sisters as her eyes and ears. Any gossip in the Rolling Mill could not escape her eyes and ears.

It would be strange if she couldn't find out this kind of news at the first moment.

"Aren't you curious?" Seeing He Yuzhu's reaction, Liu Lan couldn't help but ask strangely.

"Not curious, Yi Zhonghai came to notify me not long ago. Besides, I had long foreseen that something would happen to Jia Dongxu." He Yuzhu said calmly.

"Hehe, I didn't expect our Chef He to have such a talent for divination?" Liu Lan snorted coldly and said sarcastically.

"This is not divination; anyone with a discerning eye can see this kind of thing at a glance. I will tell you in detail so that you can give up, and save you from thinking that I am arguing with you."

"Let's first talk about Jia Dongxu's family composition. Jia Dongxu has a mother, Jia Zhangshi, a wife, Qin Huairu, and now two children, the eldest is called Bang Geng, the second is Xiao Dang, and there is one in her belly, who is about to be born soon. Counting them up, there are three children in total."

"Let's talk specifically about the situation of Jia Dongxu's family. His mother only knows how to eat and be lazy every day, makes unreasonable trouble, and is extremely selfish as a person. She only thinks about herself, doesn't do anything, and doesn't know how to share the burden for the family. Let alone taking on odd jobs to earn money, she doesn't even do laundry or sweep the floor. She is a proper manure-making machine."

"This is not the point; the point is that Jia Zhangshi has a rural household registration and cannot eat supply grain."

"Jia Dongxu's wife also has a rural household registration and cannot eat supply grain. The whole family relies entirely on Jia Dongxu's meager salary and ration. You can imagine that Jia Dongxu must be under great pressure."

"The problem is, ordinary years are fine, but you also understand what kind of years these are now. The ration is constantly being reduced, and Jia Zhangshi is not full."

"What to do if she is not full? Jia Zhangshi began to think of ways. After thinking for a long time, Jia Zhangshi really thought of a way, and that is to let Jia Dongxu, like his father, have an accident in the factory and die."

"Back then, Jia Dongxu's father died in the factory, and Jia Zhangshi received a large sum of compensation and Jia Dongxu's job replacement. Jia Zhangshi could be said to have tasted the sweetness."

"As long as Jia Dongxu dies in the factory, regardless of whether it is a work-related injury, Jia Zhangshi will come to make trouble. In order to settle things, the leaders will generally identify it as a work-related injury."

"In this way, Jia Zhangshi can not only get a considerable amount of compensation but also let her daughter-in-law Qin Huairu take over the job. The key thing is that as soon as Qin Huairu takes over the job, the household registration will be settled in the city, and the children's household registration follows the parents, so it can also be settled in the city."

"A family of four, counting the one in the belly, three people have rations, and the pressure is greatly reduced. Can't Jia Zhangshi be full every day?"

"Let's finally talk about this Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu is very filial, but he is foolishly filial. Whatever his mother says is what it is, and he doesn't dare to resist at all."

"Jia Zhangshi deliberately starved Jia Dongxu every day. One or two days is fine, but after a long time, Jia Dongxu became dizzy from hunger. And so, something happened, and Jia Zhangshi got her wish." He Yuzhu spread his hands and said.

Liu Lan and the others were shocked and dumbfounded, looking at He Yuzhu in disbelief.

"This... this can't be, right? How can there be such parents in the world?" Liu Lan said in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)