"That's right! I'm so grateful to Section Chief Su!"

Hearing Su Ting say this, Director Liu and the others finally felt a little more at ease and stood up to express their gratitude to Su Ting.

It seems that this Section Chief Su really has some skills; no wonder Director Yang and Deputy Director Li speak so highly of him.

They all hoped that Su Ting could help the branch factory solve its meat supply problem.

This way, the factory workers can devote themselves more fully to their work.

While secretly enjoying absorbing the emotional points, Su Ting spoke to them with some hesitation.

"You're too kind, everyone, but I still have to mention something. That time when the Nantai Commune sent over pigs..."

Was there another guy who came with us? I think I saw him at the door just now.

"That's right, there was indeed someone who came with the pig."

"And I heard he's quite skilled. We were going to hire him to slaughter a pig, but the pig ran away."

"I remember that person, I think his name was Cui Dake."

Everyone agreed that such a person did exist, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Looking at Su Ting with a puzzled expression, he wondered if this person had some kind of relationship with Su Ting.

If so, they should take good care of him.

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Su Ting immediately realized that they had misunderstood, so he waved his hand to explain.

"Don't get me wrong, this guy! I heard about him from people in his village, and he's not a decent person at all."

They spend their days idly in the village, engaging in nothing but speculation and profiteering.

He slacked off while working and loved to harass widows.

He's never even slaughtered a pig before! His appearance at your branch factory is definitely not a good sign.

"What! He seemed pretty decent to me!"

Upon hearing Su Ting's words, everyone immediately became restless.

If this guy stays in their factory, he'll probably cause trouble.

However, he didn't seem like it, so everyone turned to look at Su Ting, hoping he could confirm the truth of the news.

Seeing that everyone was still somewhat skeptical, Su Ting earnestly assured them.

"How could I possibly joke about something like this?"

"You can find out by looking it up. Don't you often go to Nantai Commune to repair machines? You can just ask around and find out."

After hearing what Su Ting said, everyone believed it to be true.

After all, Su Ting was a deputy section chief, and he couldn't just spout nonsense about someone as insignificant as Cui Dake.

It seems we need to get Cui Dake out of here as soon as possible.

It turns out that he didn't move for a long time when he was slaughtering the pig because he really didn't know how to slaughter a pig.

The group exchanged glances and silently decided to get rid of Cui Dake.

On the other side, Liang Ladi was rushing to the factory.

On the way, she ran into Deputy Director Xu of the grain station, whom she had been introduced to by her mentor.

However, after spending some time with him, Liang Ladi discovered that although the old man seemed honest on the surface, he was always groping her, which made her feel very disgusted.

But he would occasionally give her a few food coupons, and for the sake of her child, Liang Ladi would sometimes chat with him.

Deputy Director Xu had been lusting after the beautiful Liang Ladi for a long time, but Liang Ladi kept rejecting him.

He had taken advantage of countless girls at the grain station on ordinary days, and today he was determined to win this beauty's heart.

With this idea in mind, Deputy Director Xu pulled Liang Ladi into a room, and before they could even exchange a few words, he tried to forcibly hug her.

Upon seeing this, Liang Ladi immediately raised her foot and stomped hard on Deputy Director Xu's foot.

"Ah!" Deputy Director Xu screamed in pain.

He released his hand from Liang Ladi's embrace and instead hugged his injured foot tightly.

How could you step on me! You're going to break my toes!

Deputy Director Xu pointed at Liang Ladi and shouted loudly.

Liang Ladi proudly raised her shoe, and said to him apologetically yet slyly.

"Oh dear! Director Xu, I'm so sorry, I accidentally stepped on you."

My shoes broke a few days ago, so I welded a few nails onto the soles as a temporary fix.

I'm a welder, dirt poor, and this is all I can manage.

I have something to do, let's talk another day!

After saying that, ignoring Deputy Director Xu who was still screaming in pain, Liang Ladi opened the door and quickly fled the room.

Deputy Director Xu was left on the ground, clutching his feet, so angry he felt like he was going to vomit blood.

Afterwards, Su Ting chatted with Director Liu and others in the office for a while before leaving the machine repair shop amidst everyone's farewell.

Su Ting was driving when he suddenly saw four children appear on the roadside, waving at him.

He slowly pulled the car over to the side of the road and discovered that it was Da Mao and his friends, except this time there was a little girl with them.

Su Ting got out of the car and asked with a smile on his face.

"Da Mao, what do you want from me?"

When Da Mao saw Su Ting get out of the car, he immediately ran over with his younger siblings, holding up two eggs in his hands.

"Uncle, you used to give us delicious food, so we'd like to give you two eggs too. Our family's eggs are the best."

"Xiuer, quickly call him uncle!"

"Hello, uncle!"

"Hello!"

As Su Ting answered, he glanced at the egg in Da Mao's hand, feeling somewhat surprised.

I never expected these three children to know how to be grateful and give back. They are much better than that guy who only knows how to take.

Even though Sha Zhu is so nice to Bang Ge, and that guy calls him Sha Zhu all the time, Sha Zhu is happy to accept it, which is really quite amazing.

Su Ting thought for a moment, then took the egg and asked.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? Come on, let's go eat with your uncle. There's a restaurant nearby, let's go together."

With that, Su Ting took Da Mao and Er Mao's little hands and led them towards the restaurant.

Seeing this, the other two children quickly picked up their small bamboo baskets full of scrap iron nails and chased after them.

The iron nails in the bamboo basket clanged against each other, making a sound.

It turns out that these four children would go out to collect scraps every day after school, sell them, and then buy some sesame oil to mix with pickled vegetables at home.

Those eggs were kept to be sold; they themselves rarely ate them.

They all understood how hard their mother's life was, so they didn't fuss about wanting eggs.

The restaurant owner recognized the four children at a glance and asked as Su Ting led them in.

"Comrade, what's your relationship with these kids? They're regulars around here, but you seem like a stranger to them."

Su Ting understood what his boss meant; he was worried that Su Ting was someone of unknown origin.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Su Ting took out his work ID and handed it to the boss.

"Their mother, Liang Ladi, is my sister. This is my work ID; please take a look."

And children, come here and tell me what you like to eat, Uncle will treat you.

After the boss took the work permit and looked at it, he returned it to Su Ting. It turned out that Su Ting was already a deputy section chief at such a young age.

He wondered when Liang Ladi had such a younger brother.

The four children hadn't said a word since entering the restaurant; they seemed a little timid, probably because it was their first time in such a place.

The other customers at the other tables in the restaurant were all curiously observing this unusual combination.

It's quite rare to see such a handsome young man dining at a restaurant with four children.

In this era, it's usually adults who go out for drinks and meals; very few people bring their children along.

Seeing that none of the four children ordered any food, Su Ting took the initiative to order four dishes and four bowls of rice, and paid for the meal.

Then he spoke softly with the children.

After the food was served, everyone began to enjoy it at Su Ting's invitation. He even specially ordered a braised pork dish.

He knew how precious braised pork was to children in those days.

The surrounding diners looked on with envy at Su Ting's table, reluctant to order the braised pork.

That small plate of braised pork was enough to cover the cost of a family's meal.

The dinner ended hastily; although the four children and one adult ate their fill, not a single grain of rice was left behind.

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