Hongxing Lumber Factory works six days a week and only rests on Sundays.
As soon as Wang started working for half a month, he became the popular fried chicken in the canteen. Everyone from the factory director to the workshop director loved to eat his food.
As for other workers, they were not so lucky and could not eat the dishes cooked by Wang Gang at all.
Within half a month, word spread among the workers in the lumber factory that there was a great cook in the canteen, and the aroma of the food he cooked could fill the entire factory.
It is a pity that the food in the canteen is only provided to the factory manager and factory leaders, and ordinary workers cannot see it.
Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing once asked Wang Gang what the new chef looked like.
Wang Gang lied to them that he was just a handyman and had never been in the kitchen.
It's not that he didn't want to tell the two boys the truth, it was because the three of them had grown up together and knew everything about it. This cooking skill was hard to explain.
Another advantage of working in a small kitchen is that Wang Gang can eat meat.
Most of the lumber mill’s entertainment fees go to the canteen to purchase ingredients and seasonings.
In name, they were entertaining distinguished guests, but in fact they were eaten and drank by the leaders.
However, this kind of thing is very common in public institutions. Although it is explicitly prohibited by the above, it cannot be prevented.
In order to silence the people in the cafeteria, the factory director raised the wages of Wang Gang and others very high.
Wang Gang can earn a monthly salary of 38 yuan due to his craftsmanship, as well as some additional benefits, such as meat and vegetables.
38 yuan may not seem like much, but in fact the salary of a discharging worker is only 18 yuan, and it only costs 27 yuan if you become a full-time worker.
Wang Gang had only been in the factory for half a month, and he was immediately promoted to a full-time employee and received a salary of 38 yuan, which was already considered a high salary.
Another chef opened his mouth. Although his skills were not as good as Wang's, he had a long working experience and could earn more than 50 RMB per month.
The wages of the other three workers are also higher than those of ordinary workers. The most important thing is that they can get a piece of meat every month.
It is not easy to eat meat in this age. Meat tickets are all rationed, and some poor families cannot see the smell of meat in their homes for a year.
Wang Gang and Zhang Dazui were treated better, sharing two kilograms of pork every half month.
Last week, Wang Gang brought a piece of pork home. Everyone who saw it pointed at him, and he was so frightened that he quickly hid the meat in a room.
After returning home, Li Suhua was shocked when she saw the meat Wang Gang took out. She insisted on asking where the meat came from and whether he was stealing from the government.
After Wang Gang explained for a long time, Li Suhua reluctantly believed that the meat came from the factory.
The Zhou family's upbringing is very strict, which is related to Zhou's father's upright character.
Zhou Zhigang is an eighth-level bricklayer. No matter how difficult his life was before, he never received a single ounce of government work.
He has taught his three children since they were young that they should look up to the sky and bow to the earth.
In the TV series, the three children did indeed do it, especially the eldest Zhou Bingyi. Later, he had projects worth more than 10 billion, but he never took a dime.
Wang Gang is a man who loves both meat and pleasure. In the courtyard world, he would rather take risks on the black market just for a bite of meat.
Unfortunately, in the Zhou family, it was difficult for Wang Gang to eat meat.
Li Suhua was reluctant to eat the pork that Wang Gang brought home last time, and insisted on freezing it in ice until Wang Gang had a holiday. She asked him to take part of it to Wujia Village to send to Zhou Rong.
Wang just couldn't get the meat easily, so he certainly didn't want to take advantage of Zhou Rong's white-eyed wolf, but Li Suhua was determined and no one could persuade him.
Sometimes Wang Gang also wonders whether he should follow the old path of Siheyuan and use the space to resell things on the black market.
Later he thought about it and let it go.
His situation now is different from when he was in the courtyard. At that time, he was full and the whole family was not hungry.
But now he not only has parents, but also brothers and sisters. If something happens and it affects them, it will be bad.
After getting along for half a month, Wang Gang really regarded Li Suhua as his own mother.
It is true that this old lady is very kind to her children. Whenever she gets something good, she always thinks about her children. She would rather be hungry than feed her children.
Wang Gang has not experienced this kind of selfless maternal love for a long time.
In the past, it was a good world, let alone Zhao Meilan. Even Yan's mother, who was willing to give up the world, would find it difficult to be like Li Suhua.
Therefore, Wang Gang also decided that he would treat the old lady well in the future and be responsible for raising her until she grows old.
On the second weekend after work, Wang Gang finally decided to meet Zheng Juan.
"Mom, I'm going to have a rest today and go out to play for a while." Wang got up early in the morning and was about to go out when Li Suhua grabbed him.
"Bingkun, wait a minute, I've made a bowl of meat and you can bring it to your sister later." Li Suhua walked into the room carrying a hot lunch box and said.
"Braised pork." Wang Gang said in surprise: "Mom, you are finally willing to cook the meat!"
Li Suhua rolled her eyes at Wang Gang and said, "Go to Wujia Village today and deliver this box of meat to your sister. She will definitely not have any meat to eat there."
"I'm not going." Wang Gang reached into the lunch box, trying to pick up a piece of meat.
Li Suhua slapped him back.
"You have saved your portion for a long time and will eat it when you get back." Li Suhua said.
"Mom, you only care about my sister and not me." Wang Gang said bitterly.
Li Suhua said angrily: "You hang around in front of me all day long. Your sister has a family and can't go back. How can it be the same?"
While talking, Li Suhua wrapped the lunch box in cotton cloth to keep it warm and solemnly handed it to Wang Gang.
"You must deliver the meat to your sister personally. If you let me know that you didn't go, I'll beat you to death."
Wang Gang took it speechlessly and said, "Mom, you must know that I brought this meat back, and I haven't even eaten a bite myself."
Li Suhua smiled and said: "The meat is in the kitchen pot, you are only allowed to eat one piece to satisfy your craving."
Wang Gang's eyes lit up and he rushed to the kitchen, picked up a piece of meat from the pot and put it in his mouth.
"It's delicious, it's delicious." Wang Gang wanted to extend his hand again, but was slapped by Li Suhua again.
"Eat when you come back."
Wang Gang had no choice but to look at the meat in the pot and swallow.
"Don't eat it secretly on the way. I know how many pieces of meat you have. I'll ask your sister later."
"Mom, you are so good!"
Wang Gang said something and then went out on his bicycle.
From Photon Film to Wujiacun, a distance of dozens of miles, it takes three hours to cycle one way, and six hours to go back and forth.
Wang Gang has good physical strength and can ride fast, so he can save an hour by going back and forth.
By the time he arrived at Wujiacun, it was almost noon.
Wang Gang asked the villagers about Zhou Rong and felt relieved when he heard that she was still busy with farm work.
Since Zhou Rong entered Wujiacun, she has been honest and actively obeyed the arrangements, doing whatever work was asked of her.
Coupled with her beauty and culture, she soon became a flower in Wujia Village and was very popular, especially among young men.
Fortunately, before Zhou Zhigang left, he greeted the head of Wujia Village and gave some gifts, so Zhou Rong didn't cause any trouble.
Wang Gang first went to where Zhou Rong lived to wait for her, and she came back soon.
"Why are you here?" Zhou Rong lost her temper when she saw Wang Gang, and still blamed him for not being able to go to Guizhou.
"Mom feels sorry for you and asked me to give you some meat to eat."
Wang Gang opened the lunch box, and the braised pork was already a little cold.
"Meat?" Zhou Rong was a little surprised. When Zhou Zhigang was at home, his family could only eat one meal of meat a month, and every time the three brothers and sisters would grab it.
"I work in the canteen of the lumber factory now." Wang Gang explained.
"You are very lucky." Zhou Rong thought that Wang Gang was assigned to the canteen, but did not know that he went there based on his ability.
The Zhou family actually loves to eat meat, and Zhou Rong was no exception. She grabbed the lunch box and wolfed it down.
"Eat slowly and tuck it in carefully. From now on, I can get meat every month." Wang Gang saw Zhou Rong devouring the food, and he knew that she had also suffered in the past half month.
"Don't think that just because I ate your meat, I forgive you." Zhou Rong ate the meat while still supporting Wang Gang.
"You don't forget the well digger when you drink water. This is how you repay your brother!" Wang Gang rolled his eyes.
"Hmph! If it weren't for you, I would have been reunited with Hua Cheng by now." Zhou Rong said without regret.
Wang Gang was speechless and asked: "Sister, let me ask you, if I fall in love with a woman in her thirties or almost forty, would you like me to marry her?"
"Of course not, she can be your mother." Zhou Rong said matter-of-factly.
"Isn't that what it is? I can see my sister marrying a bad old man and still be indifferent?" Wang Gang said, spreading his hands.
Zhou Rong couldn't swallow a mouthful of meat and choked a little.
Wang Gang ran up behind her and patted her back.
Zhou Rong finally managed not to choke to death. She just said: "The transformation is different from what you thought."
Wang Gang was speechless, put away his things and walked back.
"I'm too lazy to tell you, just think about it in Wujiacun!"
Wang just left Wujiacun and didn't want to worry about Zhou Rong, a love brain, so he drove all the way back to the city. When he entered the city, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon and he was very hungry.
Originally, Wang Gang wanted to go home and eat braised pork, but suddenly he thought of Zheng Juan, turned the wheel of his bicycle, and headed towards Jichun Cinema.
He remembered that Zheng Juan would help her adoptive mother sell candied haws, which was near the cinema.
Wang just arrived at the cinema and quickly found Zheng Juan because it was so easy to find.
The combination of a pretty girl, an old lady and a blind little boy is really eye-catching.
The moment he saw Zheng Juan, Wang Gang felt as if his brain had been struck by lightning, and something was wrong with his whole person.
Wang Gang never believed in love at first sight. He always felt that all love at first sight was motivated by lust.
But the moment he saw Zheng Juan, Wang Gang suddenly felt that there was still love at first sight in this world.