Chapter 84: Sha Zhu shakes the spoon for Xu Damao
After Xu Damao said bad things about Sha Zhu, he received the task of screening films in the countryside.

In the blink of an eye, it was payday at the steel mill.

Li Shengli and the people from the third canteen went to the finance department to collect their salaries.

The number of people in front of each other gradually decreased, and people in the cafeteria also came forward to line up and receive their wages.

"Li Shengli, sixty-two yuan." When it was Li Shengli's turn, the finance department who distributed salaries called out from inside, handed over six large black ten-yuan bills, two one-yuan bills, and various tickets issued along with the salary.

Li Shengli took the money and rubbed his fingers, then pouted twice at his fingers, rubbed his hands and nodded. This was something that must be done after receiving the salary.

"Wow! Why is his salary so high?" Those who were still queuing behind and those who had already received their salaries were all surprised.

"Oh, you forgot. We announced in the previous broadcast that he was rewarded with one month's salary." Those with good memories had not forgotten these things and explained them to others.

"Oh, I really forgot." The person who was reminded then remembered that Li Shengli was this year's outstanding employee, and he would have to wear a big red flower when the outstanding employee selection was held.

"That's great! Excellent employee. When can I be rated as one of them?" someone said sourly.

"Don't even think about it. These outstanding employees either work hard to improve their work level quickly, or complete tasks quickly, or make contributions to the factory. Finally, they are the ones who bring honor to the steel rolling mill like Li Shengli. As for you, forget it." The worker who followed behind the man heard his sour words and attacked him mercilessly.

"Hahaha, yes, you didn't get any of it." The worker who came later also said with a smile.

"So what? Can't you let me feel envious?" The worker who spoke first defended himself with a red face.

He said things like "I didn't meet that person, I can do it too" and so on, which made the people in the queue laugh.

"Shengli, well done." Squad leader Wang Tiezhu laughed twice and patted Li Shengli on the shoulder. He was Li Shengli's squad leader, so this was giving face to the head of the third canteen.

"By the way, didn't the Victory Factory reward you with a watch ticket?" Wang Tiezhu thought about it and decided to use it quickly.

Lee Seung-ri was not in a hurry. He didn't need to worry too much about the watch. If it really didn't work, the trust store still had old watches, which were better brand-name watches. Lee Seung-ri was not so concerned about his reputation that he had to have a new watch.

Li Shengli first thought about buying an alarm clock. For someone like him who sometimes works early shifts and sometimes gets up late, having an alarm clock would be much more convenient. Besides, new watches are too expensive nowadays, so it would be better for him to sell the watch ticket and get some money to buy a second-hand brand-name watch.

Li Shengli did it as he thought. He wrapped himself up tightly again and went to the black market near Dongzhimen during the early morning shift.

"Buy or sell." This time, there was a change of person at the door of the black market. Li Shengli did not think much about it. Whether it was a change of person guarding the door or the person behind the black market, it would not affect the operation of the black market.

"Sell." A big man looked at Li Shengli and signaled another big man to notify the people inside. It was hard to tell what Li Shengli was selling, so he was either here to sell tickets or to fish.

"Come in." The big man motioned Li Shengli to pay the entrance fee.

Lee Seung-ri saw what the two were doing, but he didn't care. He was here to sell tickets, so it didn't matter who he sold them to. Lee Seung-ri paid the admission fee and walked in.

Walking into the black market, Li Shengli looked around and found a place to take the ticket out of his pocket, showing it a little bit.

"Comrade, what ticket is this?" Someone came over and asked in a low voice. The light was dim and blurry, but when someone saw that Li Shengli only had one ticket in his hand, they knew that it was a big item.

"Watch ticket." Li Shengli answered in a low voice when he saw that the man was dressed decently.

"What a pity! It would be better if it was a bicycle ticket." The visitor sighed, shook his head and left.

"Comrade, how much is your ticket?" After a while, another person came, wearing an overcoat and didn't look like someone who was short of money.

"Thirty." Li Shengli had inquired about the price, and it was not expensive. Of course, if no one bought the tickets and only ticket scalpers were collecting them, it wouldn't be that expensive.

"Can't it be cheaper?" The man in the coat was a little embarrassed. He had just asked the ticket scalper and the lowest price was thirty.

"Okay, since you really want it, I'll give you this ticket for twenty-eight." Li Shengli didn't want to sell it to the ticket scalper, because the most the scalper could give him was twenty-five.

"Can't it be any cheaper?" The man in the coat wanted to bargain. "Brother, that's enough. The ticket scalper will ask for at least thirty." Li Shengli said in a low voice, meaning that it was about right.

"Okay, I'll give you the money and give me the ticket." The man in the coat took out the money with some reluctance.

Li Shengli handed the ticket to the man in the coat, wrapped his scarf around his neck and prepared to leave. Li Shengli noticed that the man in the black market was looking at him during the transaction just now, and he didn't know whether he was planning to take advantage of him or to rob him.

After exiting the black market from another alley, Li Shengli took a detour to be on the safe side.

Li Shengli heaved a sigh of relief only after he was sure that no one was following him. It had been too scary to come to the black market.

Li Shengli left the black market, went home to rest for two hours, then got up and went to the steel rolling mill.

In the publicity department of the steel rolling mill, Xu Damao had just returned from showing a movie and was chatting with someone in the department.

At noon, it was time for lunch. Xu Damao had completely forgotten how he had said bad things about Sha Zhu in the factory some time ago. He took his lunch box and went to the canteen. Those who had the conditions to cook delicious food at home would bring their own lunch. No matter how delicious the food in the canteen was, one would get tired of it after eating too much.

Xu Damao happily lined up with his lunch box. This was seen by Sha Zhu who was in the kitchen. Sha Zhu sneered when he saw Xu Damao smiling so happily.

Sha Zhu waited for Xu Damao to come closer to get his meal, then he walked over and patted Ma Hua, who was serving food to Xu Damao's team, and took the big spoon from him, motioning Ma Hua to go aside.

When Xu Damao saw Ma Hua coming, he didn't think too much, but he was immediately frightened when he saw Sha Zhu standing in front of the window.

"Shazhu, what are you doing? Let me tell you, people are watching you now." Xu Damao stuttered.

"Just watch it, what's the big deal?" Sha Zhu picked up the spoon and waved it.

"Stop talking nonsense, Xu Damao, what do you want to eat?" Sha Zhu looked impatient.

"Give me a portion of eggplant and two steamed buns." Seeing that Sha Zhu had no intention of arguing with him, Xu Damao thought to himself that the sun had risen from the west.

Sha Zhu glanced at Xu Damao, then reached down with the spoon in his hand and scooped up a full spoonful.

Xu Damao was immediately amused when he saw it. Did this silly Zhu give in this time?
Ma Hua looked at Xu Damao with a gloating look, and Xu Damao was still smiling.

Sha Zhu's hand trembled, and only half of the full spoonful of food was left. Xu Damao's face froze.

Sha Zhu's hand shook again, and only half a spoonful was left. Xu Damao stopped laughing completely this time.

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao with a smile on his face, his hand trembling slightly. Xu Damao looked at Sha Zhu with disbelief. Sha Zhu grinned at Xu Damao with his teeth bared, his hand trembling, and now only half a spoonful was left in the spoon.

"Silly Zhu, I paid for one share and you only give me this little?" Xu Damao was so angry that his nose was about to be crooked.

"Eat it or not, this is the only way the chef serves the food." Sha Zhu meant that the food is served in this spoonful, and whether it is more or less depends on your luck. As he said that, he picked and chose from the basket next to him and took the two smallest ones for Xu Damao. You could tell at a glance that they were not steamed buns.

"Shazhu, you..." Xu Damao was so angry that he could hardly speak.

"Get out of here, next one." Sha Zhu didn't care and waved his hand to signal Xu Damao to get out of here.

"Xu Damao, hurry up." Xu Damao wanted to say something, but the people queuing behind him couldn't wait any longer and shouted.

Xu Damao looked at Sha Zhu hatefully and pointed at him, meaning I will remember you.

Everyone else laughed without giving Xu Damao any face. To be honest, Xu Damao was not as successful as Sha Zhu in the factory.

After shaking the spoon at Xu Damao, Sha Zhu finally vented his anger. He returned the spoon to Ma Hua, hummed a tune and went to rest.

(End of this chapter)