Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

After communicating with Huang Xinsheng, it was almost ten o'clock. Zhang Dabao wanted to go to the cross-yard to take a shower and then go to sleep. He changed into slippers and picked up a towel. Just as he was about to go out, there was a knock on the door. "Dabao, are you asleep?" The person knocking on the door was He Yuzhu.

"No, Brother Zhuzi, come in." Zhang Dabao put down the towel and He Yuzhu pushed the door open.

"It's so late, do you have something to say?" Zhang Dabao motioned He Yuzhu to sit down.

"Da Biao, I found that there is a problem with the canteen's accounts. The purchased vegetables are of poor quality and high price," said He Yuzhu after coming in.

"Vegetables in the canteen? Don't your canteen purchase these things by yourself? The Supply and Marketing Department is not responsible. Who is responsible for this in your canteen?" Zhang Dabao asked.

"That bastard Huang Shengli is responsible. The quality of the food in the small canteen is better, but the food in the big canteen is quite bad. It can be considered third-class food at best, but the purchase price is that of first-class food," said He Yuzhu.

"Are you saying there is something fishy about Huang Shengli?" Zhang Dabao understood what He Yuzhu meant.

"Of course there is something fishy. I had an argument with him before because of the poor quality of the food in the canteen, and I offended him. That's why Huang Shengli never signed me up for the exam, so our relationship has always been bad. After I became the deputy director, he always wanted to treat me to a meal, but I never went. He also arranged for people to send me food, meat, and money, which of course I didn't accept. But I always felt that something was wrong. What could I send you? He is my superior," said He Yuzhu.

Zhang Dabao poured him a glass of water and motioned for him to continue.

"So I secretly looked at the account. I was afraid that I wouldn't understand it, so I copied a page back and asked Yu Shui to take a look. The prices were all for first-class dishes. I went to the workshop canteen to check, and the dishes were at most third-class. The difference was several cents per kilogram," He Yuzhu said.

"What do you want to do with him? Make him step down or put him in jail?" Zhang Dabao asked He Yuzhu.

"Da Biao, asking him to step down will offend him, and asking him to go in will also offend him. After all, we have made enemies. It would be better to just let him go in. Not only can you vent your anger, but you also save yourself the annoyance of seeing him," said He Yuzhu.

Zhang Dabao was a little surprised after hearing what He Yuzhu said, and thought to himself, "Aren't you a good person? You always suffer losses to satisfy others. How can you say such things? It doesn't fit your character, Shazhu?" Zhang Dabao looked at He Yuzhu for a minute without saying anything.

He Yuzhu also felt Zhang Dabao's confusion, "My name is just Shazhu, I'm not really stupid. I have no relationship with people like Huang Shengli, so what's there to say about being ruthless? If there is a way to shoot him, that would be the best," said He Yuzhu.

"Brother Zhuzi, this is an easy matter to handle. Tomorrow you can discuss it with our eldest sister and make a big deal out of it. Let the workers make a fuss. Only when the workers make a fuss will the factory leaders take it seriously. No one can protect Huang Shengli, and maybe his backers will be implicated as well," said Zhang Dabao.

He Yuzhu thought for a while and nodded heavily, "Zaibiao, I understand. You should go to bed early. I will discuss it with my elder sister tomorrow." He Yuzhu understood what Zhang Dabiao meant.

In fact, the two of them did the same thing when they were dealing with Yi Zhonghai withholding the money sent by He Daqing. Although they let Yi Zhonghai go, Shang Hongqi of the Red Star Post Office lost his job and was finally imprisoned for beating Yi Zhonghai. He Yuzhu knew about mass incidents and their power.

The next day at work, He Yuzhu and Zhang Cuihua chatted all the way.

8:30 in the morning is the time when vegetable suppliers deliver vegetables to the steel mill every day. Since there are many people in the steel mill, a lot of vegetables are needed every day. After the small canteen received the vegetables, He Yuzhu left the office canteen and came to the second and sixth canteens, then went to the third canteen, went to the Women's Federation office, found Zhang Cuihua, whispered a few words to her, and returned to the office canteen.

After He Yuzhu left, Zhang Cuihua discussed with several people from the Women's Federation, and then they went out. Zhang Cuihua found Sister Chen from the fitter workshop.

"Old Chen, come here. I want to tell you something." Zhang Cuihua called her partner out at the workshop door, said a few words, and then took Old Chen to take a look inside the second canteen.

In the morning, a topic arose in all the workshops that someone had embezzled the employees' living expenses. The factory spent money on first-class dishes but ate third-class dishes. It was particularly pointed out that it was the canteen director Huang Shengli who embezzled the food money.

After the rumor started, some employees went to the canteens where the workshops were located from time to time to check and found that the vegetables purchased in the canteens had a lot of rotten leaves, and there were yellow, small, and rotten vegetables everywhere. Some workshop employees asked the workers they knew in the canteen, and they were also full of complaints, because these vegetables were particularly troublesome to handle and there was a lot of waste.

So some people with bad tempers started to shout loudly in the workshop. Since the country's "Three Antis" and "Five Antis" campaigns had just ended not long ago, the employees hated corruption very much. So when it was time for lunch, no one went to the canteens of the workshops to eat, so the employees in the workshops came to the door of the office canteen and asked Huang Shengli, who was in charge of purchasing, for an explanation.

Of course Huang Shengli could not admit it. He explained that it was only today's food that was bad, not every day. He had something to do today and did not go to check. He said this situation would not happen again in the future. However, the workers did not believe him at all.

The leaders soon learned about the workers' gathering, and then the whole team came to the door of the office cafeteria. Yang Weihua asked He Yuzhu and others to carry a table from the cafeteria, and he stood on it, holding a loudspeaker in his hand. If looks could kill, Yang Weihua would have chopped Huang Shengli, who was standing aside, into minced meat.

"Comrades, I'm Yang Weihua, and I know your request. Now I announce that the Finance Department will take over the canteen's accounts and will check them at noon today. Director Lu will now take people to move the accounts to the Finance Department. Where is Xing Baoguo from the Security Department? Send people to stand double guard at the door of the Finance Department and carry guns. Anyone who breaks through the guard without my permission will be shot directly. Xing Baoguo, you will lead the team yourself and bring back all the vendors who supply vegetables." Yang Weihua stood on the table and arranged two tasks for thousands of employees.

Then he glared at Huang Shengli fiercely, and said to the workers, "Canteen director Huang Shengli is suspected of corruption. Now on behalf of the factory leadership team, I announce that Huang Shengli is suspended from his post for investigation and will be detained in the Security Department first. No one can visit him without my consent," Yang Weihua said again.

"Good..." The employees standing in front of the office cafeteria applauded.

"Comrades, because of Huang Shengli's problem, everyone's time has been wasted. Now everyone should go back to eat. We still have to work in the afternoon. Don't worry, if you find any problems with Huang Shengli, I will never cover them up and will deal with them seriously," Yang Weihua said again.

"We listen to the factory director..." someone shouted from below.

"The factory leaders didn't know. Now that they know, it's easier to deal with it..."

"I told you, the factory director can't just ignore it..."

"Everyone, go back and have your meal. If you don't eat well, you won't be able to stand steadily in the afternoon..." The workshop directors also began to shout.