Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 777 - 778: 60s Siheyuan 26_1

Chapter 777: Chapter 778: 60s Siheyuan 26_1

"Xiao Li, go wash your face and brush your teeth, you still have to go to school," Zhang Yu completely ignored Qin Huairu.

Zhang Li made a sound of acknowledgment and got ready to wash up in the central courtyard. Zhang Yu also picked up her toiletries, preparing to go to the central courtyard.

After a few steps, she remembered something, "Sha Zhu, I’ve heard that you’re infamous in the cafeteria for your ’shake-the-ladle’ trick."

"That means if you don’t like the look of someone, you ’shake the ladle’ for them; you’re not planning to pull that one on me, are you?"

Zhang Yu knew that Sha Zhu was a petty person, bound to tamper with such things.

"Yes, Sha Zhu is notorious for his ’ladle shaking.’ When a beautiful woman gets food, her plate is always full,"

"If he dislikes someone, he’ll skimp on their serving." Someone spoke bluntly, "I got into an argument with Sha Zhu last time, and that’s exactly what he did."

Considering she had already offended Sha Zhu, she couldn’t care less.

"Exactly."

"Sha Zhu is particularly petty." Many people also had a dislike for him.

Knowing that Sha Zhu was unpopular, with a foul mouth and petty spirit, it was surprising to her that the nearby neighbors also had plenty of grievances against him.

Zhang Yu was truly curious—how come nobody had tried to ambush him with a sack in the middle of the night?

Sha Zhu had already planned in his heart; as soon as Zhang Yu came for her food, he would definitely ’shake the ladle’ on her and see what she would do. He was confident because the cafeteria where he worked was near the office building.

Regarding everyone’s accusations, Sha Zhu didn’t care in the least; these were people who had no way to deal with him.

"So this is the origin of leftovers, huh? Saving food through ’ladle shaking’ and playing the good guy with public property," someone commented.

"Sha Zhu, you’re really something," Zhang Yu said mockingly.

"In the future, if Sha Zhu ’shakes the ladle’ again, just take your bowl straight to the trade union. If the union doesn’t bother, then go find the secretary or the director."

"Sha Zhu, don’t you doubt it—if you dare ’shake the ladle’ on me and give me just soup with no meat, I don’t believe nobody will stand up for me."

Suffering in silence? What a joke—that simply doesn’t happen. It must be said that in this era, the status of workers was very high.

As long as one didn’t make principal errors, even the director had no right to fire anyone directly without going through the trade union and staff representative meetings for approval.

Firing someone rashly could lead to escalation to higher authorities.

"It’s not that no one has complained, but the factory leadership likes the food Sha Zhu makes."

Of course, people had reported it, but to no avail.

Sha Zhu, you showoff, if you didn’t have the skills, could you behave like this?

"Just because the factory leadership likes his special dishes doesn’t mean they can disregard the workers’ well-being, not letting them eat their fill, or ’shake the ladle.’ I think even Director Yang wouldn’t be able to overlook this."

Zhang Yu wasn’t afraid at all, and if pressed, she would go straight to Director Yang to see what he had to say.

As for how the factory leadership viewed things, she really couldn’t care less. The approach of an imminent movement was not the time to stand out, but rather to lay low and survive.

Surviving at the machine factory until the eighties, then she would see if she could transfer to a different unit; if not, she would just start her own business.

Going to the director? Sha Zhu wasn’t afraid at all. Others knew Zhang Yu wasn’t someone to be trifled with, but if it really came to a confrontation with Sha Zhu, they doubted she could handle it.

However, they also ignited a bit of hope. If they could really suppress Sha Zhu’s arrogance, that would be a blessing for everyone.

After washing up, Zhang Li cautiously returned home and asked, "Sis, if Sha Zhu really stirs things up against you, will you actually go to the factory leaders?"

"Absolutely." My reputation is already ruined, so why not be a bit more assertive?

"You can do it." Zhang Li fully supported Zhang Yu; in her heart, there was nothing Zhang Yu couldn’t handle.

Zhang Yu walked to her workplace. Having already visited the finance department before, she was familiar with everyone, and today was her official first day at work.

The finance department was especially lively today, with everyone discussing yesterday’s events, as one of the individuals involved was their colleague.

When Zhang Yu arrived, the discussion was at its height, and everyone looked up to see her, "Zhang Yu."

They were stunned, discussing the matter right in front of the person involved; they truly worried she was the type to hold grudges.

"Hello, everyone." Zhang Yu greeted them before proceeding to her desk, where she wiped it down with a cloth and then prepared to fetch water.

Newcomers were supposed to come in early to do odd jobs, and that was what she had thought too, but with the fuss caused by Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu, she had been delayed.

"It’s fine, it’s fine, Xiao Zhang, someone else will get the water." No one dared to let Zhang Yu fetch water now, although she was currently a Grade 28, and after becoming a regular employee, she would be a Grade 25 and would earn a salary of 37.5.

She was instantly surpassing many people in the office in rank, and since finding out about Zhang Yu’s outstanding graduation from finance school, the chief of the finance department had been overjoyed for a long time.

"Thank you." Seeing that no one insisted on her fetching water, Zhang Yu was of course happy not to have to play the role of a menial worker.

Chief Feng entered the office, saw Zhang Yu, and smiled, "Xiao Zhang, you’re here. Good timing, I have a task to assign to you."

Ah, it was her first day, and she hadn’t even gotten familiar with the financial flows of the steel mill, and already there was a task for her.

Although she didn’t quite understand, she knew she had to complete the tasks assigned by her superiors, especially since she, the troublemaker, had to stay in the finance department for a while yet.

Don’t think that Chief Feng is just a head of the finance department; her husband is a war hero. Even after Li Desheng took over, he had no way of dealing with her.

The head of finance in a state-owned enterprise was not someone a factory director could handle easily, unless one was engaged in misconduct.

In short, even on stormy days, the finance department was the calmest place in the steel mill, and Zhang Yu was determined to cling tightly to Chief Feng’s coattails.

Seeing Zhang Yu enter the chief’s office, everyone else sighed deeply, "It’s different indeed."

They could see the beaming Chief Feng, which was really not easy, and even less so when considering that on her very first day, she was given a significant task.

Once inside the office, Chief Feng gestured for Zhang Yu to sit down, "There are some issues with the steel mill’s warehouse transactions. You understand what I mean?"

Problems with warehouse transactions? Zhang Yu was taken aback. Her first thought was, "You mean someone is fiddling with the numbers."

"Overstating losses?" With an established factory like the steel mill, there should be a full set of processes for how much goes in and out, so if someone wanted to tamper, they’d have to do so in the losses.

Chief Feng kept nodding, "Right, the losses used to be within a normal range, but since last year, they’ve started to increase."

"They are 1.5 times the normal ratio." Chief Feng hadn’t concerned herself with it at first, as there were many things for a department head to deal with, and she hadn’t discovered the issue with the losses immediately.

Later, when she noticed a significant increase in costs, she knew there was a problem, and only after investigating did she find it.

My goodness, Zhang Yu hadn’t expected that she would just be lying low here, but on her first day of work, the difficulty level of the scenario she opened was all wrong.

She was facing a task of a very high difficulty level, and Zhang Yu chuckled bitterly, "Chief Feng, you’ve really given me a tough challenge."