"If your hands shake, don't be a chef. If your hands shake every day, how can the workers have enough food to eat? If they don't have enough food, will the workers have the energy to work?"

Sha Zhu lowered his head and said nothing, while Director Wang smiled and spoke.

"Comrade Xiangdong, why don't we just let this go? I know about Shazhu's hand. He accidentally twisted it while cutting vegetables a few days ago."

"In two days, your hands will stop shaking."

Director Wang just wanted to get over this matter as soon as possible. The food and vegetables he had secretly withheld must not be discovered by others.

If this matter gets bigger and bigger and is really investigated, Director Wang will be in big trouble.

"Well, now that the director has spoken, I won't bother you any more."

After saying that, Chen Xiangdong patted Sha Zhu on the shoulder.

"Brother Shazhu, be careful when cutting vegetables next time. If you cut an aorta one day, the blood will be sprayed out before you even make it to the hospital."

It is obvious that Director Wang is prepared to play peacemaker and make big things small and small things disappear.

After all, he is a director, and Chen Xiangdong is just an employee. If he really offends him, the steel mill will inevitably have some troubles in the future.

Sha Zhu was so angry, but he was helpless and had no other options.

.........................

After get off work in the afternoon, Chen Xiangdong rode his bicycle to the Pigeon Market to buy a few packets of laxatives, and then returned to the courtyard.

As luck would have it, the third uncle Yan Bugui was still standing at the gate of the courtyard.

He held a few melon seeds in his hand, but didn't eat them. He just held them there, and his pair of shifty eyes looked at every resident who returned to the courtyard.

When Yan Bugui saw Chen Xiaodong coming home from get off work, he ran over happily.

Then he stretched out his hand and looked at Chen Xiangdong and said.

"Chen Xiangdong, today is already the second day, and it's time to pay me the fifty cents you promised me for the help."

Chen Xiangdong cursed this old fox in his heart but pretended not to understand on his face.

"What do you mean by fifty cents, Uncle? I don't quite understand what you said."

Upon hearing this, the third uncle became anxious and put the melon seeds in his hand into his trouser pocket for fear of dropping them.

Then he gestured with his hands and said.

"Chen Xiangdong, have you forgotten? You said yesterday that you would let my daughter-in-law go to your house to help take care of Youyou for fifty cents a day."

Chen Xiangdong suddenly realized and slapped his head.

"What money was I talking about? It turns out it's for helping to look after Youyou!"

Yan Bugui nodded quickly.

"Yes, yes, that's the money."

"Didn't I give it to you yesterday? Uncle San, I don't like what you said. How could I, Chen Xiangdong, be short of you?"

Yan Bugui was stunned and opened his mouth wide.

"You gave it to me yesterday? I didn't receive it!"

"I didn't give it to you. I gave it to Yu Li."

At this time, Yan Bugui opened his eyes wide, fearing that he had not heard Chen Xiangdong's words clearly.

"Why are you giving it to her? Didn't we agree on this? The money should be given to me."

Chen Xiangdong continued to pretend to be ignorant even though he knew the truth. How could he not know what was in Yan Bugui's mind?

"Uncle, you are all family, so it doesn't matter who you give the money to."

Yan Bugui no longer stayed at the gate of the courtyard, and hurried to find Yu Li at a rapid pace.

He ran all the way to the door of Chen Xiangdong's house before he dared to take a deep breath.

At this time, Yu Li was mopping the floor. Seeing her father-in-law coming, she walked up to him and greeted him politely.

"Father-in-law, why are you here?"

Yu Li brought a stool for Yan Bugui and asked him to sit down.

"I heard that you got your salary, so I came to see you."

Yan Bugui took the bench and sat on it, saying with a smile on his face.

Yu Li could tell why Yan Bugui came to see her for something, probably because of the fifty cents for his help.

It would be better if she didn't mention it. Yu Li might not take the initiative to talk to her father-in-law about it because of her father-in-law's status.

But when Yan Bugui mentioned this matter, it was different.

I don’t know how he had the nerve to ask me this.

Yu Li's face looked a little unhappy at this time, but she was still unwilling to quarrel with her father-in-law over fifty cents.

"Yeah, I thought it was a hard job with no money. If Chen Xiangdong's family didn't have white flour buns to eat every day, I would have left long ago."

"Who would have thought that Chen Xiangdong actually gave me fifty cents after get off work yesterday, and said it was my hard work fee."

Yan Bugui's eyes rolled around wildly. It seemed that his daughter-in-law was reluctant to take out the money.

He also said that if he hadn't seen that he could eat white flour buns every day, he would have left long ago? In the whole courtyard, except Chen Xiangdong, who else would be willing to eat white flour buns every day.

As he was talking, Yan Bugui even wanted to take action himself, not only to eat white flour buns, but also to get a salary.

Yan Bugui thought about how to get Yu Li's fifty cents, and finally chose to play the emotional card.

"Yu Li, you don't know how difficult our family situation is. I only earn 27.5 yuan a month and have to support so many people in our family."

"You know how much we eat as a family. Each person can eat at least three cornmeal steamed buns for one meal. My salary is not enough to spend."

"Also, if I hadn't seen that Jie Cheng couldn't find a job, I would have separated from the family long ago."

"Tell me, besides our family, who else in the whole courtyard still eats with their parents after getting married and doesn't separate from the family. So Yu Li, just give me the fifty cents, as living expenses for you and Jie Cheng."

The more Yan Bugui talked, the angrier Yu Li became, and her eyes became moist.

Then she no longer cared about her father-in-law's face.

Today, she wants to express all the dissatisfaction in her heart.

"Father-in-law, are you blaming me and Jie Cheng for not going to work and staying at home to eat and drink for free?"

"Before I got married to Jie Cheng, you swore that you had found a job and that you could go to work after we got married."

"And then? You've been married for more than half a year, and you haven't mentioned anything about work. Now you blame us for eating and drinking for free at home?"

Yan Bugui remained calm and collected.

Originally, I thought of coaxing her home to get married and pregnant. By then, it wouldn't matter whether she had a job or not. Anyway, once Yu Li got pregnant, she would belong to the Yan family, and she would not leave even if they dared to ask her to.

But who would have thought that they had been married for more than half a year and there was still no news. Sometimes Yan Bugui even wondered if his son Jie Cheng was infertile like Yi Zhonghai and Xu Damao.

If the hospital fees were not too expensive, they would have been asked to go for a check-up long ago. If it was Yu Li's problem, then they should get divorced immediately, so as not to delay him and his wife from having grandchildren. If it was Jie Cheng's problem, then they should try to trick Yu Li and Jie Fang into having a baby, since they are all family, and the money should not be wasted on outsiders, otherwise the betrothal money would be lost.

For now, I can only fool around for a while and see.

"Isn't it a bit tight on jobs lately? It will be done soon."

Yu Li laughed and said with a cold face.

It's already this time and you're still lying to her.

"Father-in-law. Do you think I will still believe it?"

"I'm going to say this today. If you want money, I don't have a single cent!!!"

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