Siheyuan: Returning to 61 to collect waste

Staring at the pocket money in his wife's hand, Ye Yongshun's eyes were full of envy.

In comparison, the only three dollars he had was a drop in the bucket, while his child's pocket money was ten times as much as his.

Ye Chuan took the money his mother handed back with a smile. While his mother was putting it into her wallet, he took out twenty yuan and whispered to his father, "Dad, don't tell Mom. Keep this for smoking."

On the second day of work, employees were surprised to find banners hanging in front of the office building:

"We warmly welcome the leaders of the head office to come and supervise our visit." After reading the slogan, Ye Chuan suddenly felt confused.

Just three days after he had a dispute with Cheng Jin over bonuses, the head office's top executives actually came to inspect such a small place? This seems to be related...

How could a business station in a small residential area attract the attention of the headquarters? Moreover, the district leaders had already visited it a few days ago, so why did they rush to send someone to inspect it again?

Cheng Jin informed everyone to go out to perform daily duties in the morning and be ready to welcome the boss's inspection in the afternoon. Since its establishment, the "347" business point has never received a visit from a deputy director of the head office. Cheng Jin attaches great importance to this, and Tan Jianye is also very excited.

If Cheng Jin can perform well in front of senior leaders, he will be promoted in the future and will be able to sit on the director's throne with ease.

When all the employees returned at 11:30, they found that the food in the cafeteria had not yet been cooked. Everyone was already hungry after a busy morning and complaints immediately arose.

Chef Luo Aimin said with a bitter smile: "Brothers, this is not my fault!" However, someone responded sharply: "You are the cook, how can it have nothing to do with you? It's already so late, do you want to starve us to death?"

Luo Aimin explained: "The director ordered me to prepare the meal at 12:30!" The crowd's dissatisfaction did not ease because of this reason: "Why do we have to wait until then to eat? Usually the meal is ready at 11:30.

After working so hard for such a long time, I am already starving!" Everyone whispered.

At this time, Luo Aimin revealed the answer: "Today's main course is braised pork and Chinese cabbage, tofu and vermicelli.

The director asked us to do this so that the head office leaders could see our working meals, so it was a little late. "After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that Cheng Jin didn't care whether they were hungry or not, he just used them as tools to please his superiors.

Everyone was filled with indignation.

Most of them are manual laborers. Cheng Jin had previously drastically reduced the amount of greasy food in the cafeteria, and today he postponed the meal time, which was too much.

But they dared not speak out because the director could control their work intensity.

At twelve o'clock noon, Luo Aimin started cooking.

Food for dozens of people will be ready in a short while.

Everyone sat down with complaints, their stomachs rumbling and finding the food difficult to digest.

Fatty Han asked Ye Chuan: "Brother, are you hungry?" Ye Chuan was relatively calm. The work was easy in the morning. Fatty Han mainly rode the tricycle to transport garbage, and Ye Chuan occasionally carried waste onto the tricycle, which was his main job.

Ye Chuan smiled and said, "It's okay, but do you want to drink some cold water to fill your stomach?" Fatty Han readily agreed, drank the cold water to moisten his throat, and burped.

Looking at Fatty Han, Ye Chuan asked with a smile, "Are you full?" Fatty Han replied in a muffled voice, "I'm even hungrier!"

"Haha, Fatty, don't worry. Just be patient. We'll teach Cheng Jin a lesson tonight. We'll make him pay back the bonus he owes us today."

"Seriously? Bro?" Fatty Han asked happily.

On the night when salaries were distributed, Fatty Han still remembers the lost look on his mother's face when she received the pay packet.

I had several hundred yuan last month, but now I only have more than 40 yuan left. Although it is a lot of money, the gap from luxurious to frugal life is really hard to adapt to.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Aimin finally announced that everyone should have dinner.

The lunch provided today includes a hearty dish of braised pork and Chinese cabbage, tofu and vermicelli stew, and the portions are ample as requested by Cheng Jin.

Fatty Han stood at the front of the line to receive food, holding two aluminum boxes: "Master, give me ten steamed buns and some more dishes," he said to Luo Aimin.

Luo Aimin asked in surprise: "Ten steamed buns, can you finish them?" Fatty Han laughed and said: "It's a rare opportunity to eat refined white flour steamed buns, how can I not eat more!"

Despite this, Luo Aimin had no choice but to do as he was told.

Because today Cheng Jin emphasized that as long as the workers can finish the food, any amount is fine.

Ye Chuan didn't have a huge appetite like Fatty Han. He only ordered three steamed buns, a little less braised pork and more cabbage.

This difference puzzled Luo Aimin. Usually, other people would give priority to meat, but this guy was different and loved vegetables.

The same was true for others. Fortunately, Luo Aimin knew the reason and would do more, otherwise there might not be enough to share.

When eating in the cafeteria, Cheng Jin and Tan Jianye saw the piles of steamed buns in front of each worker, and their eyes trembled slightly. "These guys!" Cheng Jin cursed in a low voice. If it weren't for the inspection by his superiors, he would never allow everyone to eat so much so easily. "These people are frugal by nature." Tan Jianye raised the corners of his mouth with a flattering smile.

However, Cheng Jin's heart was filled with pain.

There were less than forty workers in the canteen, but Luo Aimin prepared nearly eighty servings of food, but now there was only one almost empty plate left.

Just after 1pm, several jeeps rumbled through the yard, awakening people's expectations. "Here they come!" Cheng Jin said with joy.

Hearing the sound of vehicles outside the door, Cheng Jin hurriedly called all employees out of the cafeteria.

Two cars were parked in the middle of the yard. The door of the first car was open. After several staff members jumped out, they immediately walked to the other car and respectfully opened the door.

Three people got out of the third car. The young man sitting in the passenger seat seemed to be a secretary or assistant; and there were two middle-aged men in the back seat, one of whom was Chen Xiangdong, whom Ye Chuan was familiar with.

Chen Xiangdong and district company leader and director Gao Wei walked in together.

Cheng Jin took a few steps forward, shook hands with Chen Xiangdong and Director Gao, bowed and saluted: "Warmly welcome the directors to come and guide our work.

We were quite busy this morning and were not able to greet you two in time. It was really rude of us." He said with a trace of guilt on his face.

After Chen Xiangdong and Gao Wei exchanged glances, he smiled and said, "Thank you for the hard work of the grassroots comrades who haven't finished their meal so late.

Director Gao, since you are here, why don't you go to the cafeteria first and take a look at the meals of the employees."

Seeing this opportunity, Cheng Jin's face flashed with joy, but it disappeared immediately. "Directors, please come this way, but we just finished our meal and haven't cleaned up yet."

Chen Xiangdong waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and walked into the cafeteria with Gao Wei.

The first thing he did after getting off the car was to glance at Ye Chuan, but he didn't intend to say hello, as if they didn't know each other.

The restaurant did seem a little messy, the tableware had not yet been removed, and Luo Aimin and two chefs were standing in front of the counter with smiles on their faces.

The two directors first greeted Luo Aimin, then carefully inspected the kitchen and the front desk. When they saw the food in the bowls, they all nodded approvingly. "Well, it's well done.

It is clear that the company cares about its employees. Only when they have enough food can they have the energy to work." Chen Xiangdong commented.

Gao Wei was also very satisfied with the food in the cafeteria. The cooking skills were mouth-watering and the aroma of oil was everywhere.

Cheng Jin hastily added: "Directors, we workers do heavy physical work, running around in the streets under the wind and sun, and we need to get enough nutrition! So I have only one requirement for our canteen, to make sure everyone is well fed and well-drinked! Only when we are well fed can we have energy to work!" However, the workers secretly rolled their eyes at this remark. This leader only talked but did not do anything, and they had not seen greasy food for days. "Well, Xiao Cheng did a good job!" Gao Wei nodded in agreement. "It's all thanks to the wise guidance of the two directors!" Cheng Jin tried his best to please, and his eyes, which were not big to begin with, were now only a slit. "Director Chen, shall we go take a look at the warehouse?" Gao Wei suggested.

Chen Xiangdong crossed his arms and nodded slightly, inadvertently glancing at Ye Chuan who looked silent.

Ye Chuan's eyes were vague as he stared at the floor, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Chen Xiangdong laughed inwardly, this young man was really dishonest. He didn't even take the initiative to tell him when there was a problem, and had to rely on Old Yang to tip him off. He thought Ye Chuan was doing quite well in the affairs of this area.

He had been secretly inquiring into the situation these past two days, and only then did he come to know that Ye Chuan had been treated unfairly. He only received 15 yuan in the end instead of the bonus that should have been thousands of yuan. In a rage, the guy simply stopped production at the steel rolling mill and the Second Electronics Factory, and all the waste materials were squeezed out of the steel rolling mill warehouse.

Director Yang complained to himself about this several times.

But Cheng Jin is really short-sighted. If he were another director, he would also be eager to rely on Ye Chuan.

But this person adopted a suppressive attitude right from the start, which surprised him very much.

This business location is quite large, with a total of four medium and one large warehouses.

As it was the beginning of the month, only two small and medium-sized warehouses had some waste materials piled up, and the other two warehouses were empty.

The first warehouse was filled with broken glass and discarded iron plastics, most of which were purchased by members along the street, and the broken glass came from Guanghua Glass Products Factory.

The second warehouse was full, mainly with expired newspapers and damaged books, each bundle of which was neatly arranged.

After listening to Gao Wei's explanation, Gao Dawei nodded with satisfaction. He thought that Cheng Jin had performed very competently and Director Chen should also be satisfied.

When he received the notice three days ago, he knew that Director Chen would come to inspect in person, but he still didn't know the specific reason.

There are only about forty people in such a small business point. Why would Director Chen choose to come here for inspection?

He had asked quietly before getting in the car, but the other party changed the subject and did not mention the reason.

When Cheng Jin was about to report his work, Chen Xiangdong said a meaningful "Huh". "Director Chen, what's the matter?" Gao Wei asked immediately.

At this time, Ye Chuan also raised his head, thinking that a storm was coming. "Why are there so few wastes in the warehouse?" Chen Xiangdong asked.

Gao Wei hadn't yet understood the meaning behind the question, and answered: "Director Chen, because it is the beginning of the month, other business stations have just emptied their warehouses."