Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Director Pang entered Li Huaide's office and said anxiously, "Director Li, this is bad. Something is going to happen."

"Why are you panicking? It's just that Chef Jiang from the Fifth Canteen and Sha Zhu had a conflict. That's great news. I was just worried that I wouldn't have a chance to control Sha Zhu. He has always been close to Secretary Yang and ignored me as his direct supervisor. Now, no matter who is right or wrong, I will make Sha Zhu behave himself." After Li Huaide finished speaking, he looked at the other party's nervous expression and smiled, "Why, you have a good relationship with Sha Zhu, are you afraid that I will punish him too harshly? Don't worry, he is very popular in front of Secretary Yang now, I just criticize him to let him know that he still has a leader like me."

"I'm not worried about Shazhu. I'm afraid you'll be deceived by Lao Jiang and make the wrong decision, which will end badly."

"Well, from what you said, you are well aware of the conflict between the two?"

"Yes, I was there the whole time and I understand the entire situation." Director Pang then recounted in detail what had happened in the afternoon when he followed Sha Zhu to various canteens to notify them. It was already dark when he finished speaking.

Li Huaide looked at his watch and said, "It's already half past six. Thank you for telling me so much. How about I treat you to a meal?"

"How can I let you spend money? Today, Director Wang is going to entertain the director of Fengtai Locomotive Factory who is visiting our factory. Sha Zhu is preparing the banquet. I will go over and ask him to make a few dishes for us. Is that okay?"

"Can Sha Zhu do it for us?" Li Huaide had little contact with Sha Zhu. Although he had done a few things that benefited employees in the past two years, there were also a lot of gossips about him. He thought Sha Zhu was still as stubborn as before. Even if he was good, it was limited.

"Now he does whatever I ask him to do at work and rarely gets angry. Don't worry."

Li Huaide followed Director Pang to the second canteen with a puzzled mood. When they arrived at the back kitchen, Sha Zhu was busy at the stove, and there were many people standing behind him. Li Huaide saw that they all looked familiar. Director Pang said behind him, "There are several chefs behind Sha Zhu from various canteens. He is very quick and started to teach cooking skills."

Li Huaide nodded. He liked people who took action. Such people did not waste time and were energetic and passionate. Most of these people were passionate. As long as he got a good grasp of their pulse, it would be easy to establish friendship with them.

After the dish in the pot was finished, Director Pang went over to greet Sha Zhu and asked him to help cook a few dishes for himself and Li Huaide.

Sha Zhu turned his head and glanced at Li Huaide, then nodded and agreed, saying, "Wait a moment, I have to finish cooking the dishes for the guests outside first."

"No problem. Let Ma Hua prepare two cold dishes for us first. After you finish cooking, come over and we'll have a drink together. In the afternoon, Lao Jiang will go to Director Li to report you. You can explain yourself while we're having dinner." Director Pang gave serious instructions to Sha Zhu.

"Do I need to explain? You should have explained it for me." Sha Zhu raised his eyebrows at Director Pang.

Director Pang also smiled in response, and invited Li Huaide into a reception room. After a while, Liu Lan came in with a plate of peanuts and a plate of agar-agar and placed them on the table. Li Huaide's eyes shuttled back and forth between Liu Lan's body several times. Director Pang saw Li Huaide's expression, and also glanced at Liu Lan, then silently poured him a glass of wine without making any extra movements. When Liu Lan left the room, Li Huaide picked up a piece of food with chopsticks, drank a sip of wine, and said, "A beautiful lady is a good match for a gentleman."

Director Pang thought: What a lady, she is a loud speaker with bad temper. But the leader said it was good, he couldn't object to her face, he raised his glass and said: "She is very beautiful, many young men from other workshops came to the second canteen to get food, just to have a few words with her."

"Oh, she's quite attractive."

"That's one of the five golden flowers in our factory."

"Five golden flowers? Who are they?"

"Liu Lan from the second canteen, Qin Huairu from the third workshop, Yan Aihua from the finance department, Liu Miao from the factory office, and Nurse Yuan from the factory hospital pharmacy."

"The others are okay, but Qin Huairu is a mother of three children and she can still be called Golden Flower. I think Yellow Flower is more appropriate." Although Li Huaide commented on Qin Huairu with disdain, his mind conjured up Qin Huairu's seductive figure, especially the time when she was in mourning, with a sad face and about to cry, which made people feel a strong desire to protect and possess her.

"Speaking of Qin Huairu, she seems to live in the same courtyard as Sha Zhu. Previously, Sha Zhu was punished by me to work in the workshop for a period of time in order to bring food to Qin Huairu."

"Oh, it seems that Qin Huairu is also very lovable. She even confused our Director He." Li Huaide heard about this for the first time and said, "It's okay anyway. Tell me more about it."

Director Pang didn't know how much happened between Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, but his leader wanted to hear it, so he had to tell the little he knew about the lunch, adding fuel to the fire. During the process, he even tried his best to modify the story he had heard and added it in.

Director Li laughed and said, "What's this about a secret meeting in the pavilion? Silly Zhu chasing Huai Ru under the moon. You're talking about Peony Pavilion and Xiao He and Han Xin. You really think I've never been educated and are fooling me."

"My dear director, please let me tell you about their private affairs. How much do I know? I have nothing to do right now, so I have to say more to make you happy."

"Lao Pang, you are a talented person, but you were born in the wrong era."

"That's right. It's always good to follow the Director."

"Haha, haha." The two were laughing happily. Sha Zhu came into the room with a plate of twice-cooked pork and Liu Lan, who was carrying braised eggplant and sweet and sour carp. Sha Zhu asked, "What makes you two so happy? Is Director Li going to be promoted?"

Li Huaide said: "Why should I be promoted? I am tired of managing the current situation. It's always this or that. If I were to be promoted to a higher position, I would be exhausted to death."

"Our Director Li is so tired because he treats the people's affairs as his own, is serious and responsible, and does his best for the factory and the workers. Come, Director He, let's toast to Director Li together." After Director Pang finished speaking, he raised the wine glass with both hands and gestured to Li Huaide.

Sha Zhu raised his glass with one hand and also toasted Li Huaide, saying: "Cheers to Director Li, you have worked hard."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "It's not hard, it's serving the people." Then he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, asked Sha Zhu to sit down, and said, "Director He, is this the first time we sit together and drink?"

"You always come with other leaders, so I really don't have the chance to get close to you. This is a rare opportunity." Sha Zhu said with a smile on his face.

"Actually, I didn't plan to come today. In the afternoon, Lao Jiang from the Fifth Canteen came to me and told me to transfer him to another position. He said that you took advantage of the establishment of the service team to suppress him. Later, I called Director Pang over to ask him about your relationship with Lao Jiang in detail. Only then did I find out that Lao Jiang was not telling the truth. He not only opposed the factory's decision but also insulted the leaders. It was outrageous. Tell me, how should I punish him?"