Chapter 267 Yi Zhonghai pleads for mercy

"Tuk Tuk Tuk"

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Section Chief Liu looked up and saw that it was Yi Zhonghai.

"Master Yi? What do you want so late?"

"Oh, I'm here for the matter of Shazhu."

Upon hearing this, Section Chief Liu put down the documents in his hand, leaned back, looked at Yi Zhonghai, and waited to hear what he would say next.

"I also heard about the pillar."

"Hey, it's not a big deal. It's just some leftovers from the reception. The factory manager once said that the chefs who are in charge of reception have worked hard, so if there are any leftovers, they should take some back. It just so happened that you ran into it."

As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai took out a pack of cigarettes and pushed it naturally towards Section Chief Liu.

Section Chief Liu did not take it and pushed the cigarette back.

"But according to our understanding, there was no reception at the factory today."

"What Shazhu brought was not a treat, but something from the big pot in the cafeteria."

Yi Zhonghai was dumbfounded.

I didn't expect that Section Chief Liu would take it so seriously.

His expression was a little stiff.

"That's nothing."

"Old Liu, please be merciful and let him go."

"Oh, I heard your son is getting married? It's a good opportunity to let Zhuzi help you in the kitchen. He will definitely make all the arrangements for you!"

Section Chief Liu waved his hands repeatedly.

If it was before catching Shazhu, the bargaining chip that Yi Zhonghai proposed would still be very tempting.

He can remind Sha Zhu to be more restrained recently.

But now the person has been caught.

As the whistleblower, Xu Damao must be keeping a close eye on this matter.

This is very difficult.

Besides, he just needed to find a typical example to boost his performance.

"Old Yi, don't even think about this."

"I have found a cook for my son's wedding, so I don't need any help."

Yi Zhonghai said:

"That's it. The food he brought was considered paid for."

As he said this, he took out three dollars from his pocket and put them on the table.

"Is this enough?"

Section Chief Liu shook his head:

"Old Yi, this idiot Zhu is not going to take advantage of this opportunity."

"According to what we know, he has been bringing food and vegetables home every day recently!"

"Look at the two big lunch boxes he packed. They're enough for four people."

"How much does a meal cost at our steel mill? Vegetarian dishes cost 10 cents and meat dishes cost 20 cents. Even if we take the low end, he gets more than 1 yuan a day. How much does that cost him a month? That's almost his monthly salary, right?"

Yi Zhonghai was stunned when he heard this:

"How can you calculate it like that! He just took it more frequently in the last few days. He didn't take it every day before!"

Section Chief Liu looked at him and said sharply:

"It seems that you know a lot about his situation?"

"What you've reported indirectly proves that we haven't wronged him. This isn't the first time he's done this. He's taken food before, and he's been even more rampant recently!"

Yi Zhonghai was even more dumbfounded.

He was clearly trying to excuse Sha Zhu, but how did it become Sha Zhu's evidence of guilt?

"No, Lao Liu, listen to me."

"The situation of the pillar is somewhat special. You will understand once I explain it to you."

"He didn't take these things for himself. There are lonely old people, widows and orphans in our yard. Sha Zhu took the vegetables to help them."

"Of course, I'm not saying that what he did was right. But at least his starting point was good, so it's understandable."

"Just let him go. After this lesson, he won't dare to do it again."

Yi Zhonghai began to try to confuse the public and exaggerate Sha Zhu's motives and starting point for taking the food.

However, Section Chief Liu obviously didn't buy it.

"No matter what the starting point is, making a mistake is making a mistake."

"Besides, he wants to help the poor and the widowed, so he can use his own salary to help them. How can he steal from the factory?"

"Okay, Master Yi, stop talking and go back."

Section Chief Liu ordered them to leave with an expressionless face.

Yi Zhonghai sighed.

I had to go back first.

It seems that it will be difficult for him to handle this matter by himself, and he must ask the deaf old lady to come forward.

……

The next morning.

In the deaf old lady's room.

"Don't play dumb with me."

"Why was Zhuzi arrested? Did you instigate him to have an affair with Widow Qin?"

Yi Zhonghai said:

"Then these two people have fallen in love with each other, what can I do?"

The deaf old lady had sharp eyes, as if she could see through Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai said:

"I didn't expect them to be together."

"I wanted to introduce Zhuzi to someone a while ago, but it didn't work out for the two of them?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed.

"Speaking of which, Zhuzi is not young anymore. It's time for him to start a family."

"Blind dates never go well. I think Zhuzi is a little discouraged. There's nothing wrong with Huairu."

The deaf old lady sneered.

In this courtyard, the person she looked down upon the most was Qin Huairu.

People become more cunning as they age. The deaf old lady had seen through all of Qin Huairu's tricks.

In her heart, the person she wanted to match Sha Zhu with was actually Lou Xiao'e.

In the original series, that’s what she did.

The reason she wanted to bring Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e together was because Lou Xiao'e had money, was silly and easy to fool, and was also generous and easy to talk to, so she could take advantage of her.

Compared with Lou Xiao'e, Qin Huairu was a poor widow without a job, with a burden and a difficult Jia Zhang. Of course, Lou Xiao'e was more profitable.

She originally wanted to use the fact that Lou Xiao'e and her husband had no children to sow discord between them.

But unexpectedly, before she could take any action, Lou Xiao'e became pregnant inexplicably.

In this way, there was no hope for her to bring Lou Xiao'e and Sha Zhu together.

What made her even more depressed was that Sha Zhu was indeed involved with Widow Qin.

And within two days, he was arrested by the steel mill just for bringing her vegetables.

This might even cost me my job.

The deaf old lady was so angry.

"Old lady, you always treat Zhuzi like your own grandson."

"You can't just leave him alone."

The deaf old lady sighed, sat up from the bed, and followed Yi Zhonghai out, staggering with her cane.

No matter how angry she was, she couldn't just leave Sha Zhu alone.

Her retirement issue is now completely tied to Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu and the Jia family.

……

"Da Mao, will Sha Zhu really be sentenced?"

"Is this matter so serious?"

By the pool in the middle courtyard, people who were washing up in the morning were talking about Sha Zhu being arrested.

Someone saw Xu Damao holding a washbasin, whistling and walking towards him with a smug look on his face, and asked him.

"of course!"

"Just wait and see. I think the factory will issue a notice soon."

"Believe it or not, he will definitely lose his job. The second step is to send him to the police station. Sentencing is the most basic. Whether he will be punished or not depends on how much he took."

The deaf old lady was walking towards the central courtyard with a cane.

Hearing what Xu Damao said, he immediately raised his walking stick and slammed it hard on the ground, shouting loudly:

"Xu Damao, what nonsense are you talking about?"