Wang Gang and He Yuzhu entered the factory together, and then separated, one went to the canteen and the other to the driver's class.
For the first half of the morning, Wang Gang did not have much to do. He mainly checked and maintained the car. At noon, he took an aluminum lunch box and ran to the cafeteria.
After arriving at the canteen, Wang Gang found that there were already many people queuing up, so he could only wait in line at the back of the line.
Although He Yuzhu is the canteen team leader and Wang Gang has no choice but to avoid queuing, this kind of behavior can easily arouse people's hatred, so naturally he will not do it.
After queuing for about ten minutes, Wang Gang came to the window and found He Yuzhu serving food, and couldn't help but feel happy.
"Brother Zhuzi, order two dishes and three steamed buns." Wang Gang handed the food stamps to He Yuzhu and opened the lunch box.
He Yuzhu directly dug out a large spoonful of vegetables, enough for three people, piled Wang Gang's lunch box into a small mountain, and then gave him three steamed buns.
Wang Gang used a chopstick to string up three steamed buns, hummed a little tune and found an empty seat to sit down.
The meals served in the cafeteria every day are relatively simple, mostly cabbage and potatoes, with no trace of meat in them. However, He Yuzhu's cooking skills are good, and the workers are still very happy to eat.
Because of his personal relationship with He Yuzhu, Wang Gang would pay a little more every time he served food. On the contrary, every time Xu Damao served food, he could feel the trembling hands of the aunt in the university cafeteria in the future.
Wang had just finished eating for a while when he saw Qin Huairu walking into the canteen and lining up at the back of the queue.
All the people in line, both men and women, seemed to be avoiding Qin Huairu. The men kept at least two meters away from her, while the women kept their distance with deep contempt in their eyes.
It seems that what happened in the compound last night has spread in the steel rolling mill.
There are no secrets in the compound, and there are many steel rolling mill workers living in it. How could Qin Huairu and Xu Damao keep such explosive news a secret.
Qin Huairu may have also heard the gossip, so she kept her head down, trying to cover up the scars on her face.
When it was Qin Huairu's turn to cook, He Yuzhu suddenly threw the spoon away.
"Ma Hua, it's your turn." He Yuzhu saw that Qin Huairu was disgusted, so naturally he didn't want to give her food.
Ma Hua, He Yuzhu's apprentice, took the big spoon from He Yuzhu and gave Qin Huairu a meal honestly.
"Ma Hua, can you give me a little more?" Qin Huairu said pitifully to Ma Hua.
In the past, He Yuzhu took care of Qin Huairu and gave her a little more every time he brought food. Sometimes Qin Huairu even brought two lunch boxes, eating one and taking one home.
Today it was MCA who was doing the cooking, so naturally he didn't dare to take care of Qin Huairu in private.
"After you finish your meal, hurry up, there are still people queuing up behind you!" He Yuzhu said angrily in the kitchen.
After receiving He Yuzhu's instructions, Ma Hua glanced at Qin Huairu apologetically and said, "Sister Qin, you should leave as soon as you finish your meal! Master is angry."
Qin Huairu's expression changed and he felt sour, so he could only leave with his lunch box in his arms.
Wang Gang looked at everything and sneered in his heart. Qin Huairu brought this on himself. She would regret it if she lost He Yuzhu's long-term meal ticket.
Qin Huairu held his lunch box and sat at an empty seat. As a result, everyone at that table stood up and left to find other empty seats to eat.
Taking Qin Huairu as the starting point, four or five tables around him were empty, and no worker dared to sit down.
Zhao Danian, director of the third workshop, sat across from Wang Gang with a box of lunch.
"Master Xiao Wang, eat here." Zhao Danian said hello and sat down. He said to Wang Gang before taking two bites of food:
"Have you heard? The Qin Huairu you asked me about last night had an affair with Xu Damao, the projectionist at the factory, and was caught and raped in bed last night."
Wang Gang knew that Zhao Danian deliberately sat down to talk about this matter as a kind reminder to prevent him from getting close to Qin Huairu.
"Director Zhao, thank you!"
Zhao Danian smiled and said: "Master Xiao Wang, did you know? Director Yang personally came to me this morning and asked me to transfer Qin Huairu to clean the toilet."
Wang Gang said in surprise: "Does Director Yang know about this?"
Zhao Danian nodded and said: "It has been spread in the factory for a long time that Director Yang was worried that Qin Huairu would affect the workers in the workshop, so he specially approved a note and transferred her to the logistics department."
Director Yang of the steel rolling mill has a technical background, focuses on production, and attaches great importance to production tasks.
Qin Huairu is acting like a god of plague now. All the workers are avoiding her, so how can she work with peace of mind.
It was reasonable for Director Yang to transfer her. If there was no concrete evidence and it was just rumors, Director Yang would have fired Qin Huairu.
In state-owned enterprises in this era, it is still difficult to fire a worker. Unless the worker breaks the law, the factory director does not have the right to fire him, but job transfers are still no problem.
But Wang Gang didn't expect that Director Yang would assign Qin Huairu to clean the toilet.
"Director Yang is very cruel, so is Qin Huairu willing to clean the toilet obediently?"
"What can we do if we don't want to? Which department would dare to accept her now? She has no skills and has a bad reputation." Zhao Danian said disdainfully.
"What about Xu Damao? How did Director Yang deal with him?" Wang Gang asked.
Zhao Danian said: "Xu Damao is the projectionist in the factory and is under the supervision of Deputy Director Li. Director Yang can't touch him. Xu Damao asked for leave today and didn't come to work at all."
"He is smart enough to know that he needs to hide for a while to avoid the limelight." Wang Zangzhang said with a smile.
Xu Damao is not like Qin Huairu. He is good at showing movies. The factory will not touch him at all. As long as the wind blows over, he can come out and be cool again.
It's just that Qin Huairu's life in the factory will not be easy in the future.
Wang Gang naturally didn't care about Qin Huairu's life and death. After eating, he returned to the driver's class to rest for a while, then took the job and hauled a batch of steel to the train station.
Hongxing Steel Rolling Plant belongs to the middle and lower reaches of the steel industry. The steel it produces and processes is sent to steel plants all over the country every day. The biggest task of the driver class is to pull the goods to the train station. Sometimes they are so busy that they cannot get off work on time.
In contrast, the steel rolling mill also provides generous subsidies to drivers. When driving out of the city, the subsidy is 50 cents per day, and when going out of the city, the subsidy is 1 yuan.
In the afternoon, Wang Gang and three other colleagues in the driver's class hauled four trucks back and forth to the train station four times. When they waited for the trucks to be delivered after get off work, it was already past 8 o'clock.
After Wang Gang got off work, he did not return to the compound, but went to No. 38 Maoer Hutong in Dongcheng District.
It is an independent courtyard house, next to where the last queen Wanrong once lived.
Wang Gang picked up two bottles of Maotai and two hens from the space and went directly into the courtyard.
"Master, I'm here to see your old man." Wang Gang shouted.
An old man walked out of the courtyard, with gray hair, a stooped body, and a cane.
"Didn't I tell you? Don't call me master, I don't have you as my apprentice." The old man slammed his crutch on the ground and shouted angrily.
"You are 80 years old and you still have such a voice. It seems that you are in good health recently." Wang Gang walked over with a smile and said:
"I brought you two bottles of Maotai liquor today!"
When the old man heard Maotai, his throat involuntarily surged.
"Hmph! Why don't you bring the wine quickly and honor your master?"