Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 885: Finding faults!

At around eleven o'clock the next day, Wu Aiguo finished his work and went to the cafeteria with his lunch box to queue up for food.

"Director He! What dishes are served in the cafeteria for lunch today?" When Wu Aiguo saw Sha Zhu standing in front of the food window, he immediately asked Sha Zhu with a smile.

When Sha Zhu saw Wu Aiguo holding a lunch box, he immediately introduced him with a smile, "Director! For lunch today, the cafeteria serves fried cabbage with lard residue, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, and the staple food is steamed corn bread."

After hearing Sha Zhu's introduction, Wu Aiguo smiled and said to Daya, who was in charge of serving the dishes, "Daya! Give me two steamed buns, one serving of Chinese cabbage with lard residue, and one serving of spicy and sour potato shreds!"

When Daya heard what Wu Aiguo said, she immediately picked up the serving spoon and filled a lunch box with food for Wu Aiguo. She smiled and said to him, "Director! Today's fried cabbage with lard is very fragrant, and the hot and sour potato shreds are especially good with rice."

Wu Aiguo heard what Daya said and smelled the aroma from the lunch box. He smiled and replied, "If Director He's dishes weren't delicious, I wouldn't have hired him from the steel mill."

Just as Wu Aiguo was about to find an empty table to eat, Lin Xuemei walked into the cafeteria from outside with a lunch box, and greeted Wu Aiguo with a smile: "Director! Isn't there no meat in the cafeteria today? Why does it smell so good?"

Wu Aiguo heard Lin Xuemei's question and said to her with a smile, "Director Lin! Although the canteen doesn't provide meat, Director He's cooking skills are great! Even without meat, he can still make the dishes smell like meat."

When Lin Xuemei heard Wu Aiguo's answer and thought of Sha Zhu's cooking skills, she agreed with a smile, "Director! Director He's cooking skills are indeed impeccable. My two boys can eat an extra bowl of rice every day as long as they eat Director He's dishes. Unfortunately, starting today, our department's cafeteria will no longer serve meat."

When Wu Aiguo heard Lin Xuemei's words and thought about the current situation, he smiled and said to Lin Xuemei, "Director Lin! Although we can't supply meat dishes every day, it's not a big problem to supply them once every two weeks."

Just as Wu Aiguo was holding a lunch box and chatting with Lin Xuemei, two staff members in Zhongshan suits walked into the cafeteria from outside with serious faces.

Wu Aiguo frowned when he saw the two middle-aged men in front of him, and asked politely, "Comrade! Which unit are you from? What do you want to do in our Trade Department?"

The middle-aged man in the lead, upon hearing Wu Aiguo's question, took out his letter of introduction from his briefcase and introduced himself to Wu Aiguo in a serious manner: "Director Wu! My name is Zhao Yongjun, and this is my letter of introduction. According to the order of my superiors, from today on, I am the director of the G Committee of the Trade Department."

Wu Aiguo heard Zhao Yongjun's self-introduction, took the letter of introduction from him, carefully looked at the contents of the letter of introduction, and after confirming that it was correct, he smiled and said to Zhao Yongjun: "Director Zhao! Welcome to work in our Trade Department!"

After hearing what Wu Aiguo said, Zhao Yongjun took the letter of introduction from Wu Aiguo and said to him seriously, "Director Wu! I just entered the compound of our Trade Department and found that there are big problems in our Trade Department."

According to reason, when someone was transferred to the Trade Department, Wu Aiguo should have been informed in advance. However, when Zhao Yongjun arrived, his superiors did not even call to inform him. This made Wu Aiguo realize that the other party was obviously not here with good intentions. When Wu Aiguo heard what Zhao Yongjun said, he immediately felt that his warm face was put on the cold buttocks. He simply asked Zhao Yongjun in a businesslike manner: "Director Zhao! You just said that our Trade Department has a big problem. I wonder what the problem is?"

Zhao Yongjun, who was trying to gain momentum, heard Wu Aiguo's question and said seriously, "Rectification campaigns are being carried out all over the country. Why don't we see any related slogans or propaganda in the Trade Department compound? In addition, when I walked into the canteen of the Trade Department, I smelled a strong aroma of meat. Why don't you have any activities to recall the bitter past and think of the sweet past in your Trade Department canteen?"

Wu Aiguo saw that the other party was looking for trouble as soon as he arrived, so he naturally couldn't treat Zhao Yongjun well. He replied in a cold tone: "Director Zhao! Posting slogans and propaganda content should be the job of your G Committee, right? Before you came, our Trade Department didn't even have this department."

"Also, you just said that our cafeteria has not carried out any educational activities to remind people of the bitter past and think of the sweet past. Then you can go to the food window and see if our cafeteria provides meat."

Zhao Yongjun originally wanted to use the fact that the Trade Bureau did not follow regulations in posting slogans and setting up propaganda columns to intimidate Wu Aiguo. Unexpectedly, Wu Aiguo actually used the fact that the Trade Bureau did not have a G Committee to put him off. This made Zhao Yongjun feel like he was hitting cotton with his fist.

Facing Wu Aiguo's rebuttal and seeing Wu Aiguo's dissatisfied expression, Zhao Yongjun immediately pointed at Wu Aiguo's lunch box and asked him seriously, "Director Wu! I think you are just lying. Look at the lard residue in your lunch box. Isn't lard residue meat?"

Wu Aiguo saw Zhao Yongjun pointing at the lunch box in his hand, trying to find fault with him. He sternly retorted to Zhao Yongjun, "Director Zhao! If you say this lard residue is meat, then it is meat!"

"But there is one thing you need to understand. The purpose of our activities to recall the bitter past and cherish the sweet past is to remind us that our happy life today is hard-earned, not to encourage us to waste it in disguise."

"As for the lard residue you mentioned, the canteen just went to the meat processing plant today and bought back our Trade Department's pork quota for this month. In order to ensure that the comrades have enough oil and water, the canteen boiled the fat into lard, and then used the lard residue to stir-fry with cabbage. If you think this is a problem, you can report the problem to the higher authorities at any time."

Having said this, Wu Aiguo simply ignored Zhao Yongjun's presence and walked out of the canteen with his lunch box. However, the moment Wu Aiguo walked out of the canteen, he secretly felt fortunate in his heart. He was fortunate that he had arranged for the canteen yesterday to distribute the meat in the warehouse to the employees in the company, and at the same time asked the canteen to stop supplying meat dishes and reduce the food supply standards.

When Zhao Yongjun saw that Wu Aiguo did not give him any face and even found various excuses to refute him, he immediately realized that the young man in front of him was not as easy to deal with as he imagined.

The employees in the Trade Department were still wondering yesterday why Wu Aiguo wanted to lower the food standards in the canteen for no reason. It was not until they saw what happened just now that they realized Wu Aiguo's purpose.

Thinking that the cafeteria would rarely serve meat or vegetables in the future, the employees present all looked at Zhao Yongjun with unfriendly eyes.

(End of this chapter)