Siheyuan: Happy life of veteran drivers

Chapter 51: The Silly Pillar Shakes the Spoon

"Give me a serving of fried celery with pork and three steamed buns." Wang Hongtao raised the lunch box and handed over the ticket.

As a result, Wang Hongtao got angry when he saw Sha Zhu serving food.

All I saw was Sha Zhu throwing Wang Hongtao's meal ticket into the box.

First, he picked up three smaller steamed buns and placed them on the lid of the lunch box, then raised the spoon to serve the food.

According to the standard, a full iron spoon should hold exactly two taels of vegetables, but this guy just scraped a layer on the surface first.

As we all know, when cooking celery with meat, the meat is small and the celery is long, so the meat is all at the bottom and the top is all celery.

Even this silly Zhu shook twice before putting the food into Wang Hongtao's lunch box.

Wang Hongtao shook the lunch box and it was just enough to form the bottom.

"Silly Zhu, are you sure you're done now?"

Sha Zhu, however, didn't care at all. He picked up the iron spoon and knocked on the window: "That's right. If you want to eat, eat. If you don't want to eat, get out. Don't disturb the workers behind."

Sha Zhu naturally saw that Wang Hongtao was angry, but this was exactly the effect he wanted.

He just wanted to let Wang Hongtao know that the kitchen was his territory. No matter how arrogant you, Wang Hongtao, were, or how eloquent you were, when you got here you had to obediently call him Brother Zhu!

"You become like the people you follow. How can having a neighbor like Xu Damao be good? I think it's only a matter of time before you, Wang Hongtao, become like Xu Damao and be despised by everyone in the courtyard!"

Wang Hongtao was speechless seeing Sha Zhu like this.

What the hell are you doing to me? Don't you have any idea?

Relying on his fighting ability and the support of an old deaf man and a woman, he shouts and yells in the yard all day long, thinking he is very powerful.

In fact, it's just that everyone doesn't want to pay attention to you. This is what the neighbors teach their children behind closed doors: Don't be like that idiot in college, who has no parents to teach him and does all kinds of nonsense. He is almost thirty and still can't find a wife.

So except for those who wanted to take advantage of Sha Zhu, no one else in the courtyard wanted to pay attention to him.

As the main force of the nursing group, an old man and a deaf old woman have been instilling in the residents of the institution concepts such as "people should not only think about themselves", "an old person in the family is like a treasure", and "people older than you are your elders".

That is true, but as the word spread, it became that we should take better care of the elderly in the nursing home and help them with their retirement.

The only two people without elders in the courtyard are Sha Zhu and Xu Damao. Although Sha Zhu was deceived and became lame, Xu Damao is a clear-headed person.

No matter what the retirement group says, Xu Damao only has one thing to say!

Isn't it crazy that she doesn't take care of her own parents but goes to honor other elderly people?

So it was natural that Xu Damao became the enemy of the retirement group.

The rumor that Sha Zhu is a good guy and Xu Damao is a bad guy spread quickly in Nanluoguxiang.

But if you really ask everyone what good things Sha Zhu has done or why Xu Damao is a bad guy, no one can answer. We just know that everyone is spreading the word that way.

"Master, leave this task to me. I won't be done until I skin Sha Zhu!" Liao Xiaolong changed his usual playful look and looked at Sha Zhu with narrowed eyes.

"Tsk, just a little follower, with little ability but a big mouth! Have your hair grown out yet?" Sha Zhu saw that the person who spoke was just a young man and sneered with disdain.

Wang Hongtao patted Liao Xiaolong on the shoulder as encouragement.

Seeing this, Liao Xiaolong became even more excited.

"Master He, today I will let you see how capable this little follower of mine is!"

After saying that, Liao Xiaolong turned and left, while Wang Hongtao put the lunch box in a conspicuous place for everyone to see.

"Shazhu, come here." Wang Hongtao waved at him with a smile.

"Why? Are you afraid of losing face?"

"Okay, Grandpa Zhu will give you a favor today."

Sha Zhu put his head over confidently, wanting to hear what Wang Hongtao was going to say.

As a result, Wang Hongtao swung his fist and threw it forward!

"Snapped!"

Even though Sha Zhu weighed 140 pounds, he still turned half a circle on the spot, and he managed to avoid falling by holding onto the table.

"You...you hit me?!" Sha Zhu asked in disbelief, covering his face.

Wang Hongtao ignored Sha Zhu and turned his head to the workers present:

"My fellow workers, I am Wang Hongtao, a driver from the Transportation Department. Look, this is the celery and pork stir-fry that Shazhu made for me. I have never touched it since it was made.

Do you think this weighs two taels? "

As he spoke, Wang Hongtao picked up the lunch box and showed it to the workers nearby one by one.

"We are fighting on the front line to build our country despite numerous difficulties, but someone is holding us back and withholding food!"

"What kind of behavior is this? This is typical reactionary behavior! He just wants us to starve. Fortunately, an accident happened during the construction!"

"You work so hard in the workshop, but someone is trying to trip you up in the back, fearing that you will have an easy life!"

"Can you tolerate this kind of thing?!"

……

"We can't tolerate this! We must fight the saboteurs to the end!"

"Yes, Shazhu is the bad guy hiding in the crowd. He also shook the spoon at me last time!"

"And I!"

……

For a while, the crowd below was talking about it. Sha Zhu was not popular to begin with, and everyone took this opportunity to add insult to injury. Those who had been shaken and those who had not stood up stood up.

Shazhu was also panicked, covering his face with his hands, not knowing what to say.

He really didn't expect this to happen.

Isn't it just a shaking spoon? Is it necessary to be like this?

In fact, Shazhu just took it for granted.

As the canteen chef, he has never been short of food, but the same is true for others!

You have to know that food at that time was rationed. If you withheld other people's food and did not give them enough, it would be considered murder for money!

If it's just a little less, people might not bother with you, but you deducted half of it. How can the workers let it go?

Just then, Liao Xiaolong came over with a group of people from the security department, led by the captain of the first team, Zhuang Qiang.

The workers on site also calmed down temporarily.

"Who is He Yuzhu? Stand up!"

Seeing the security department people coming at him aggressively, He Yuzhu shrank his neck, looking a little weak.

"Come here, Xiao Wang. I have something to tell you."

Wang Hongtao looked back and saw that it was Yi Zhonghai.

He frowned and asked, "What's wrong, Master Yi?"

"Xiao Wang, I've seen what happened. It's true that Zhuzi was wrong, but he was just playing a joke on you. You didn't take it seriously, did you?"

Wang Hongtao snorted coldly and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"You live in the same courtyard with Zhuzi, and you should know Zhuzi's character very well."

"Zhu Zi is a nice and warm-hearted person, but he is a little off-key and likes to joke around."

"How about this, you give me some face today and don't bother with him. When we get back to the courtyard, I'll let Zhuzi apologize to you."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai turned to Captain Zhuang and explained: "Captain Zhuang, what happened today was actually a misunderstanding. Zhuzi and Xiao Wang are neighbors in the courtyard, and they were just joking."

"As a result, Xiao Wang's apprentice took the matter seriously and even called the security department.

Look at what happened.”

"Well, Captain Zhuang, just give me some face and let Sha Zhu help Xiao Wang get enough food. Then apologize to Xiao Wang and let the matter go. What do you think? It will also save the workers from having to delay their meals."

After listening to this, Captain Zhuang looked at Yi Zhonghai again and again, as if he wanted to find out whether this old man was sick.

Are you kidding? Is there anyone who takes shaking a spoon as a joke? Who doesn't know how precious food is these days?

Looking at Wang Hongtao's lunch box, the vegetables in it weighed more than 2 taels, even 1 tael was enough.

I remembered what Chief Liao had told me before I left: "Xiao Zhuang, although Xiao Long is my nephew, you can't be too partial when handling the case."

Can't be too partial? Does that mean be as partial as possible?

Zhuang Qiang understood immediately: "I understand, Chief Liao! As a member of the security department, I will handle this impartially and no one can find fault with it."

Liao Youzhi nodded in understanding.