bookbashuk Chapter 499 Getting Food for Mom
Chapter 499 Getting Food for Mom
"Yaoyao, stop thinking about that. It's lunchtime now. Come on, your master will take you to eat something delicious."
"You've come at a good time. Our factory is rich now, and the food in the canteen is much better than last year. It seems they even have braised pork today. Let's go early to line up, or it'll be gone."
"Alright, almost done, Master, please wait for me a little longer."
One morning, Yao Yao sat at her special children's table and chair, engrossed in checking accounts and using an abacus.
She was busy calculating with her own little abacus, her chubby, fair fingers rubbing red from the effort.
The two little pigtails on her head swayed back and forth, and the red hair ties also swayed back and forth.
Accountant Liu got up from her workstation and walked over. What she saw softened her heart. She couldn't help but compare her good-for-nothing grandson with the little girl in front of her.
"Okay, okay, Master will wait for you, but you have to hurry, or the braised pork will be gone. Didn't you say you were going to get some for your mom today?"
His grandson is 10 years old and can't even do addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers.
But the little girl in front of him, who was only in first grade, had already come to the factory to work as his colleague.
Although this colleague wasn't a proper colleague, but just a first-year intern, it was still quite remarkable.
Upon hearing this, Yao Yao immediately sped up her work, calculating on the abacus even faster, almost leaving afterimages.
Oh right, she also needs to get her mother a plate of braised pork; she's going to eat with her mother today.
Mom is too busy. She's even busier than me. She's so busy that she doesn't even have time to eat.
He had only been the factory manager for a year when he developed stomach problems from hunger. He often had stomach aches and was secretly taking medicine without telling his family.
Before she came, her father quietly instructed her to eat lunch with her mother every day, keep an eye on her mother, and make sure her mother didn't go hungry again.
"Okay, Master, I want to get some braised pork for Mom so she can get some extra nutrition." Yao Yao swung her short legs and jumped off the chair with a thud.
My mother is too thin, that won't do. Another reason she came to work in the factory was to make sure my mother ate on time every day and to fatten her up so she would be healthy and plump.
Her brother is sick, and now her parents only have her. She wants to be their best little darling.
"Don't worry, your master won't let your mother go hungry."
Accountant Liu couldn't help but laugh out loud. He bent down, picked up the little girl, carried her on his shoulder, and rushed towards the cafeteria.
Although the food in the cafeteria is much better than last year, it's still not possible to eat meat regularly.
At most, you can only eat meat once a week, and it's limited; if you go too late, it'll be gone.
Today it's braised pork's turn.
In this day and age, there is a shortage of food and clothing, and everyone is lacking in resources, even city dwellers.
Just thinking about braised pork made Accountant Liu's mouth water. He didn't even bother talking to his little apprentice on the way, focusing only on rushing forward.
Fortunately, the master and apprentice arrived quickly and did not miss the braised pork.
"Our little Yao Yao is here again."
The lady serving the food knew Yao Yao. Every time she saw how cute the little girl was, she would smile and use the biggest spoon to scoop a huge spoonful of braised pork for her, filling her lunchbox to the brim, without her hand shaking at all.
This time is no exception.
When Yao Yao saw that the aunt had given her so much meat again, her eyes lit up. She stretched out her chubby little hand, brought over her full lunchbox, and called out sweetly.
"Thank you, Grandma Liu!"
Having spent some time working in the factory, even though she was still young, the girl could accurately call out the names of every staff member in the canteen.
"Yaoyao is such a good girl." The word "Grandma Liu" instantly made Aunt Liu smile from ear to ear, and she couldn't help but buy more other dishes for Yaoyao.
It was Accountant Liu's turn next.
We arrived at Accountant Liu's place.
Aunt Liu's face suddenly went blank, and her hands began to shake skillfully again. What was originally a full spoonful of braised pork was shaken down to just a few pieces.
Compared to the generous portion of braised pork in Yao Yao's lunchbox, it was a stark contrast.
Accountant Liu: "..."
He was unhappy; these few pieces weren't even enough to fill a tooth gap.
Accountant Liu felt wronged. He looked up, about to call out for his mother, but she was his own mother. How could she treat her own son like this?
Aunt Liu had already anticipated his actions, and didn't even give him a glance, her tone impatient.
"Hurry up, hurry up, finish and leave, don't get in the way, next one."
The last few people started pushing and shoving, and they quickly and tactfully pushed Accountant Liu out.
What a joke! Except for that little kid, Aunt Liu tossed the braised pork in the wok for everyone else in the same way, and after tossing it over, only a few pieces were left.
Because meat is scarce these days, this isn't about being stingy; it's about ensuring that more people can eat meat.
The new employees are very dissatisfied with this, but the veteran employees are already quite content.
At this time last year, the older employees in their factory were eating wild vegetables and cornbread. Those were truly hard times, with no oil or fat at all.
It's much better now than last year.
Next, Yao Yao got some more food, then, carrying the lunchbox, she trotted off with her short legs toward Xu Sui's office.
Factory Director's Office.
Xu Sui is currently handling matters related to the newly built textile factory.
The factory building is finally completed. The worst things about the textile factory right now are the textile machines, sewing machines, and so on.
Because it's just starting out, and equipment, funds, and space are limited, Xu Sui only plans to hire fifty workers.
Of these fifty workers, 30 positions will definitely be reserved for the families of military personnel residing in the military family compound.
The remaining 20 positions are filled through external recruitment.
After allocating the quotas, the next step is to solve the equipment problem.
A textile machine is not cheap; although it's not as expensive as a tractor, it's not much cheaper either.
Xu Sui originally planned to manufacture it herself in the machinery factory, which would save a lot of money.
However, the machine shop did not have a suitable production line, which was too costly but too troublesome.
Now there is an even cheaper way.
Of course, you should borrow it from someone else.
The machine factory and the textile factory are two different factories. Although the machine factory is making money, there are many other places where it needs to spend money, and it is impossible to transfer all the money to the textile factory.
So what should be saved is still saved.
Xu Sui acted immediately, pulling out her notebook and finding the contact information for Director Ma of the textile factory. She then made a phone call.
"Hey, Factory Manager Ma, I'd like to discuss a business deal with you. What do you think?"
On the other end of the phone, when Director Ma heard that Xu Sui wanted to talk business with him, he thought she was going to help him earn foreign exchange and make a fortune. He got excited and his chubby bottom jumped up from his chair.
"Really...really?"
But the next second he remembered that Xu Sui had only had a meal with him last time, but had borrowed a large sum of money from him and only given him a few IOUs.
This person is no good; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Factory Director Ma immediately became vigilant again.
"Director Xu, you're not going to trick me again, are you?"