Chapter 21

"Peel the potatoes, wash them, and cut them into thin slices, then cut them into fine shreds..."

"Wash the wok and heat it up, turn to low heat... put the dried chili segments into the oil and stir-fry until they change color."

"Turn to high heat, pour in the potato shreds and stir-fry quickly... pour in the aromatic vinegar and continue to stir-fry..."

Cao Cao Weiguo gave pointers from the side, and Liu Liu Limin was sweating profusely, working with extreme seriousness.

Although cooking was very tiring, Liu Liu Limin was happy in his heart and felt grateful to Cao Cao Weiguo, this master.

He felt his life was really good, meeting a good master and learning real skills.

The kitchen was smoky and fiery, but people's moods were different.

Sha Zhu looked at Cao Cao Weiguo's back, his eyes full of disdain and jealousy.

Why should Cao Cao Weiguo, a mere greenhorn, be on equal footing with him and even ride a bicycle that he didn't have?

Yesterday, he was so jealous that he wanted to report Cao Cao Weiguo for speculation and profiteering.

But he was afraid that what Cao Cao Weiguo said was true; if the report failed, he might go to jail for false accusation.

Suppressing the urge to report, Sha Zhu went to find Deputy Factory Director Li as soon as he arrived in the morning.

He thought that if Deputy Factory Director Li denied it, he would immediately go and report Cao Cao Weiguo.

But the reality was extremely cruel: Deputy Factory Director Li admitted it and also criticized him additionally.

Sha Zhu said indignantly, "Cao Cao Weiguo, you villain, just wait, sooner or later I'll let you know how powerful I am."

At lunchtime, workers lined up in long queues to get food.

Cao Cao Weiguo and Sha Zhu were each serving food at their windows, but the difference in the length of the queues was quite obvious.

There were hundreds of people queuing at Cao Cao Weiguo's window.

There were only a dozen or so people at Sha Zhu's window.

This was not because of the difference in the quality of the food, but because of the quantity and the person.

Sha Zhu was accustomed to using the spoon-flipping skill when serving food; when he met widows and people he had good relations with, he gave a full spoonful, when he met others, he flipped away half, and when he met people he didn't have good relations with, there was only soup and water.

Looking at Cao Cao Weiguo serving food, everyone got the full amount, a full spoonful.

No one was blind or stupid, so naturally, they knew which side to stand on.

This obvious difference made Sha Zhu's face look extremely ugly, and his hatred for Cao Cao Weiguo grew greater and greater.

Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping wasn't entirely because of his mood; the main reason was for "leftovers."

If he didn't flip the spoon, how could he keep "leftovers"? Without "leftovers," what would he bring back to help Qin Qin Huairu?

Cao Cao Weiguo served the "leftovers" that should have been brought home by him to the workers all at once.

Sha Zhu felt as if his heart was filled with fire!

Factory Director Yang, who came to the cafeteria to get food, saw the queues of different lengths and said to the fellow workers with a serious face, "Why don't you go queue over there? Why are you squeezing in this queue? Isn't this a waste of time?"

The fellow worker said without fear, "We can't get full eating at Sha Zhu's window, but we can get full at Cao Cao Weiguo's window."

In this era, the working class is the master of the house, and workers have high status and are confident.

Factory Director Yang said, "It's the same food, how can you not get full?"

The fellow worker sneered, "You would definitely get full at Sha Zhu's window, but if we go, we can only eat soup and water."

Factory Director Yang said angrily, "Nonsense, you and I are both builders of the motherland; would I engage in privilege in the factory?"

Other fellow workers said, "Factory Director, you don't engage in privilege, but Sha Zhu engages in differential treatment, giving widows two spoonfuls and us half a spoonful."

"With Sha Zhu's spoon flip, we can only drink soup."

"We would rather queue in a long line than go hungry."

"Factory Director, you should go find Sha Zhu for this problem."

"Who in the factory doesn't know that Sha Zhu has a good relationship with the Factory Director?"

"Everyone, let's just queue honestly."

"It's fortunate that the cafeteria has Cao Cao Weiguo, otherwise we would have to keep going hungry." ===== CHAPTER 38 =====

Steel Rolling Factory

The queuing workers said one thing after another, and the more they talked, the livelier it became, making Factory Director Yang's face look extremely ugly.

These workers had long been dissatisfied with Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping, but they were afraid of Sha Zhu's retaliation and had been enduring it without erupting.

Now that they had Cao Cao Weiguo to break Sha Zhu's one-man rule, these workers didn't indulge Sha Zhu anymore.

As for Factory Director Yang, it was just a case of the city gate catching fire and the fish in the moat suffering.

Who told Sha Zhu to tell everyone he met that the Factory Director often asked him to cook and that the Factory Director had a good relationship with him?

Deputy Factory Director Li was very happy to see this situation.

He and Factory Director Yang were superior and subordinate, and he was always suppressed.

He had been holding back his energy to bring down Factory Director Yang and then take the position himself.

The cafeteria director, who rushed over after hearing the commotion, was overjoyed in his heart.

Sha Zhu, relying on his culinary skills and his relationship with Factory Director Yang, had never taken him seriously.

Now that Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping had aroused public anger, he had finally seized the opportunity.

The cafeteria director walked to the window angrily, pointed at Sha Zhu's nose, and cursed: "Sha Zhu, what's going on with you? You actually dare to deduct the food of our vast number of worker brothers, making them work on empty stomachs."

He had always known about Sha Zhu's spoon-flipping, but he had pretended not to see it before.

Factory Director Yang walked over, his face ugly, and said, "He He Yuzhu, is what the fellow workers said true?"

Sha Zhu argued with a pounding heart, "Isn't it normal to have more or less when serving food with a spoon? Otherwise, let's use a scale to weigh the portions in the future."

The cafeteria director said angrily, "Your behavior has already damaged the interests of the worker brothers and affected the factory's production, and you are still here quibbling."

Sha Zhu shouted with his neck stiff, "Hey, how am I quibbling? I'm stating facts."

The cafeteria director didn't waste words with Sha Zhu and turned directly to Factory Director Yang: "Factory Director, He He Yuzhu's behavior is extremely vile. I suggest dealing with He He Yuzhu seriously."

Factory Director Yang hesitated and said, "It's not good to make a decision without an investigation, right?"

Sha Zhu had good culinary skills, and his cooking was delicious, which had earned him a lot of face in front of leaders of brother units.

He was somewhat reluctant to deal with Sha Zhu.

A worker with a fiery temper couldn't help but shout, "Before, Sha Zhu said he had a good relationship with the Factory Director, and I didn't believe it, but now it seems Sha Zhu wasn't bragging."

"Forget it, the Factory Director likes Sha Zhu so much, let's just endure it. If we have to queue longer, we'll queue longer."

"No wonder Sha Zhu is so arrogant; it turns out he really has a big Factory Director as a backer."

Cao Cao Weiguo shook his head speechlessly as he watched Factory Director Yang being squeezed by the workers.

No wonder Factory Director Yang went to clean toilets after the domestic situation changed drastically.

For his own interests and safety, Cao Cao Weiguo chose to watch coldly from the sidelines.

If you want to hug a thigh, you have to hug the more promising Deputy Factory Director Li.

Sensing the workers' emotions, in order to avoid arousing public anger, Factory Director Yang decisively abandoned Sha Zhu.

"Workers, don't misunderstand!"

Factory Director Yang said righteously, "Workers, I am absolutely not favoring He He Yuzhu; I just don't want to wrong any worker brother. Given He He Yuzhu's insufficient work ability, which affects the dining of the vast number of worker brothers, I have decided to transfer He He Yuzhu away from the cafeteria to the workshop for labor reform."

"Good!"

"That's how it should be!"

"Should have taught Sha Zhu a lesson long ago! Let him know the hardship of workshop workers!"

"This is fair!"

"Hmph, reform what? A degenerate like Sha Zhu should be fired!"

"Forget it, Sha Zhu's character is not good, but his cooking is still okay."

Factory Director Yang announced that Sha Zhu would be sent to the workshop for labor reform, and the workers' emotions finally calmed down.

Looking at He He Yuzhu, who looked like he had lost his parents, the cafeteria director suddenly felt a sense of relief in his chest.

Ma Hua, Fatty, and others were dumbfounded.

Was Sha Zhu just defeated like that?

Li Dong, Ma Liang, and Liu Liu Limin were overjoyed.

Cao Cao Weiguo's expression was calm, and he felt very refreshed.

Next, Sha Zhu was driven out of the cafeteria by the cafeteria director, and Liu Lan took over from Sha Zhu to serve food to the workers.

Qin Qin Huairu and the First Master watched with pounding hearts, feeling very worried.

Qin Qin Huairu was worried that Sha Zhu would be transferred away from the cafeteria, and there would be no more lunchboxes of leftovers in the future. ===== CHAPTER 39 =====