Chapter 639

Zhai Xiao'er truly looked honest from head to toe, and now that she had a job, she didn't make any fuss, just dejectedly carrying her luggage and walking out.

And Song Tan looked at her back, shoveling her foot against the pile of rubble—

What a coincidence!

A stone hit the handle of the plastic bag Zhai Xiao'er was carrying with a "pop." With a "clatter," everything inside the black plastic bag scattered onto the ground.

The most conspicuous items among them were two slabs of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat.

At this, even Song Tan was angered into laughter—what was the point of this? Wasn't a four-thousand-yuan salary worth more than these two slabs of pork belly?

Wu Lan was even more furious!

She hated people with sticky fingers most in her life, and seeing this situation, she rushed forward, grabbed Zhai Xiao'er's hair, and then dragged her fiercely to the side:

"Good! I was wondering why you were so intent on saving money for me? I never expected you were saving it into your own wallet. Let me tell you, Zhai Xiao'er, I only agreed to let you come because I saw you were honest and looked pitiful, and because Zhang Hong introduced you. If you don't want to work, nobody begged you to come!"

"And now, at your age, you aren't even ashamed!"

"Look at you, calculating your life to this extent, throwing away your dignity just to save a few pennies, how come you haven't gotten rich yet? Could it be that you're complaining about your bitter fate?"

"Duo duo duo duo!"

And at this moment, Qian Tianfu and Wang Dashun had already washed the Chinese cabbage clean. The master and apprentice placed the cabbage on the cutting board with synchronized movements, and with a flash of their knives—

I, I may not have done well, but I have worked solidly for two days. Since I left in such a rush, Jin Yan hasn't had a chance to pay my wages yet?

How come we never encountered such formidable people at our construction site? Otherwise, we'd have so much leverage when arguing with others!

"Who are you calling sister?"

The entire process was fluid and extremely smooth.

Even if the God of Cooking were alive, it would be hard to come up with any new tricks!

"Pah!"

She also said to Wu Lan: "Tan Tan, weigh these potatoes!"

She defended herself: "It was just two slabs of meat..."

And on this side, in order to prevent future trouble, Qiao Qiao hurriedly called a familiar person in the village over there (they became familiar after the phone call), and in a few words, she explained the farce clearly under the guise of recruiting people.

That Song Tan'er was grabbed by her hair by Qiao Qiao without any restraint, and at this moment, her tears were swirling in pain, and then she burst into loud sobs!

Not to mention that she hadn't stolen that much meat in these two days, even the potatoes weren't worth much!

Why does she still have to pay compensation?! She didn't even take the meat away!

After speaking, she stretched out her hand: "Pay up!"

One could hear a compact and rhythmic sound as the master and apprentice pushed the shredded cabbage forward, and it fell into the stainless steel basin waiting underneath.

But the piglets can't get to eat it now that they are growing meat.

"Didn't I just come? Why are you still recruiting?"

And at this moment, Qian Tianfu asked gloomily:

How should I put it? Miss Qiao Qiao hasn't been seen for a while, and she's still so spirited!

What kind of skill must one have to cook such a pot of pig slop?

Jin Yan'er had her own account in her heart.

But according to Qiao Qiao, what do these few words count for? They didn't vent her anger at all!

Wu Lan couldn't bear to look either, so she simply told Jin Yan to go back and bring two buckets: "Feed this pot of vegetables to the pigs later."

—How can there be someone in this world who even steals potato bits?

She mumbled, as if she were about to cry again.

Song Tan'er:...

Last time, when Old Lady Zhou tried to frame Zhai Xiao in the courtyard, her mother didn't even curse with such eloquence. Looking at this posture now, was she afraid she might want to slap her a couple more times?

That was purely an exaggeration; in two days, the family really hadn't bought that much meat. But no one clarified that at the moment.

"Sister... ouch, it hurts... ouch... sister, it's my fault! I just thought your family had money, and my family's conditions were poor, and I hadn't seen meat for a long time, so I was blinded for a moment... I really didn't mean it!"

"Besides, you only stole meat, don't the potatoes that fell out of that bag cost money too?"

Qian Tianfu then lifted his chin reservedly: "Dashun, go! Let them know what proper food is."

It wasn't until Qiao Qiao caught her breath that he found a gap to speak, hurriedly begging for mercy:

Zhai Xiao wasn't very happy: "Sister, this cabbage doesn't smell good when boiled, it's not even as good as what our piglets usually eat."

"Alright!"

Zhai Xiao learned to weigh the pros and cons like an adult, and finally decided to feed the cabbage stalks to the pigs.

Qiao Qiao let go of her hair and pushed her: "Look at those old wrinkles on your face, you don't deserve to call me sister! I don't have a sister who steals and sneaks around!"

Her rapid-fire questioning and scolding left Zhai Xiao'er's pitiful expression unable to hold up, and she was suddenly bewildered, which instead made the furious person in charge, Old Xu, unable to help but chuckle.

"Swish swish swish swish!"

But after feeling relieved, what needed to be solved still had to be solved.

For example, what to eat this morning—surely they couldn't really eat old cabbage stalks?

Wang Dashun didn't say a word, put the two slabs of meat he had picked up earlier under the faucet to rinse them clean, and then looked at the cabbage in the pot, suddenly gasping in horror—

But Qiao Qiao's words were too fast and dense, like a storm beating down on her, so that her pitiful look and painful, ferocious expression were intertwined, and she didn't have a chance to say any excuses.

But the ducks still have to lay eggs!

Who knew Qiao Qiao would laugh coldly: "You say it's not worth money, so it's not worth money? If it's not worth money, why did you steal it? Isn't it because you saw these are my good potatoes that cost 5 yuan a jin?!"

The people working on the mountain were now not in a hurry at all, not even feeling hungry, and after happily watching the argument, they felt very satisfied.

"What's the matter? Is your family so poor that you can't even afford meat? Then I must call and ask your son how he's taking care of his old mother?"

Qiao Qiao had cursed fiercely before, but she really couldn't figure it out.

There was no help for it, Qiao Qiao said helplessly: "It can't be wasted... otherwise, you can carry it to the duck shed and feed it to the ducks."

Qiao Qiao glared at her fiercely: "These are the two slabs of meat I saw; when I wasn't looking, I'm afraid there were ten or eight slabs of meat!"

In the end, Song Tan'er worked for two days, paid 200 in compensation, and left crying and dejectedly.

Those two pieces of meat that fell on the ground were clearly meant to slap her in the face!

At this moment, she shook her head at Song Tan'er, grabbing her hair and twisting it again, making Jin Yan'er groan and be dragged closer again.

Qiao Qiao also casually praised him: "It's mainly because we had no choice before, but now that Master Qian is here, even if someone came to cook a state banquet, we wouldn't keep them!"

Qiao Qiao suddenly beamed: "Look at what you're saying, I was just looking for an excuse. With this person's character, even if more people come from their village, I won't want them..."

Qiao Qiao:... This is terrible!

She mocked:

Song Tan'er was stunned.

To be fair, wholesale potatoes in sacks cost 5 mao a jin, and Jin Yan'er stole seven or eight of them, picking the big ones, what was the point of that?