Zhao Dajun was truly insatiably greedy and overambitious.
Furthermore, he was inherently suspicious and always prioritized himself, never considering others' feelings when acting.
Zhao Feiyan’s intention in saying these words was precisely to make Zhao Dajun work with a steady hand.
However, in Zhao Dajun's eyes, he would certainly not see it that way.
Zhao Dajun would inevitably take every small concession as a major victory. If you didn’t push him to climb higher, he would start to have ideas again.
Frankly speaking, to deal with someone like Zhao Dajun, if it weren't for the familial ties, Liu Kai Xuan would have already slapped him across the face.
Such a person was truly unbearable.
After Zhao Dajun joined the factory, Liu Kai Xuan did indeed offer him some consideration, assigning him the role of a record keeper in the workshop.
The job of a record keeper was the least demanding task in the machinery repair workshop.
The salary was not a penny less, and the work content was genuinely easy.
Zhao Dajun was quite satisfied with this job.
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Time flew by, and another month passed in the blink of an eye.
One morning, Bang Geng, as usual, took his two younger sisters to the cafeteria for a meal.
There were good things in the cafeteria, but the cafeterias of this era were not quite the same as restaurants.
Before eating, one had to pay the money and food coupons first.
Bang Geng had been feasting on meat and fish every day for the past month, and the more than 100 yuan had been completely squandered.
The morning before yesterday, Wang Jun had just given Bang Geng the 9 yuan relief money for the month.
In less than three days, it was again squandered by Bang Geng.
The few jiao left in his pocket were not even enough to pay for today's meal.
"Brother, I want to eat meat!"
"Brother, I want to eat fish..."
Xiao Dang and Xiao Huai Hua were still urging Bang Geng by their side to quickly get them meat.
"Eat, eat, eat, you two gluttons only know how to eat!"
Bang Geng was annoyed and sternly reprimanded the two girls, "You don't earn a single cent all day and only know how to spend money!"
Eat my ass!
Today's meal was definitely not going to happen.
Could it be that Bang Geng still wanted to eat for free with his head held high?
The key was that the cafeteria's rule was to pay first and then eat. You wouldn't even have the chance to dine and dash.
Having no choice, Bang Geng had to leave the cafeteria with his two younger sisters.
With the remaining few jiao, he bought some cornmeal.
Bang Geng planned to make do with this cornmeal for a while, until the relief money arrived next month, when he could once again feast on meat and fish.
Little did he know that his way of thinking was utterly absurd.
In this era, even a normal working-class family couldn't eat meat every day.
Good heavens, your Jia family has to live on relief money, and you still want to eat meat and fish for every meal? Who gave you the courage!
The reason Bang Geng could feast on meat and fish for a long time before was entirely due to the accumulated relief money.
With 9 yuan of relief money per month, the three siblings had to be very careful to make ends meet.
After all, they were used to eating meat and fish. If they occasionally ate a plain bowl of porridge, they could still manage.
For lunch and dinner that day, Bang Geng took his two younger sisters to drink diluted cornmeal porridge, and they seemed quite happy about it.
However, the diluted cornmeal porridge was pure watery gruel, with no nutrition at all, and it didn't fill them up either!
After two consecutive meals, Bang Geng began to feel disgusted. But now, there was nothing left at home except this life-saving thin porridge.
After two consecutive meals without nutritious food, Bang Geng's whole demeanor began to weaken.
The next morning, Bang Geng just stayed in bed and refused to get up.
"Brother, I'm hungry, I want to eat meat!"
"Brother, take us to the cafeteria to eat, I'm hungry too!"
"Brother, hurry up and get up!"
Xiao Dang and Xiao Huai Hua were urging him incessantly by the bed.
Bang Geng felt extremely annoyed and roared, "Get out, all of you!"
"It's all because of feeding you two money-losers that all the money in our house is gone!"
"Now I don't have money to feed you anymore. Get lost, get as far away as possible!"
Xiao Dang said, "Huai Hua, let's go find Uncle Yi to eat!"
"Brother doesn't have the ability to feed the two of us anymore. Let's go!"
"Okay, sister, let's go!"
As Xiao Dang pulled Xiao Huai Hua to look for their father, Bang Geng was instantly enraged!
"You two stinking girls, are you only satisfied if you make me die of anger?"
"We people of the Jia family would rather starve to death than go to Yi Zhonghai to beg for food!"
"Yi Zhonghai is the murderer of our father, don't you understand?"
While Bang Geng was still roaring fiercely, the two girls had already strode off to find their father.
These two girls from the Jia family were not lacking in intelligence at all.
If they followed Bang Geng, they could only drink thin porridge all day, and couldn't even eat a mouthful of solid food. Was this how people should live?
If they went to live with Yi Zhonghai, even if they couldn't eat meat, they could at least eat black flour steamed buns.
Even if the food was a bit worse, being able to fill their stomachs was good.
The relief money for this month was issued by the sub-district office three days ago. Judging by the cycle, the relief money for next month would also be distributed on the same day.
There were still 27 days in between. Who could endure 27 days of plain, watery cornmeal porridge every day?
Bang Geng himself could not even get out of bed now; this was the best proof.
"You two stinking girls, you still have the nerve to come back, don't you?" Yi Zhonghai's old face darkened as he saw the two girls return to beg for food!
Xiao Huai Hua replied, "Daddy, I'm hungry, I want to eat steamed buns!"
"Get lost, go back and find your brother to eat!"
Yi Zhonghai sternly rebuked, "Bang Geng took all of your relief money for this month!"
"I'm having a hard time feeding myself now, so I don't have the capacity to feed you anymore!"
Xiao Huai Hua was so hungry that she ran to the dining table, grabbed a steamed bun, and began to devour it.
Xiao Dang was a little older than Xiao Huai Hua and was a bit more sensible.
However, at this moment, she was also starving and could no longer bear it.
Yi Zhonghai did not stop Xiao Huai Hua when she was eating the bun. Xiao Dang also reluctantly walked up, wanting to grab a bun to satisfy her hunger.
At this time, Yi Zhonghai said loudly, "Take a bun, and let's go together to ask Wang Jun for money!"
This old scoundrel Yi Zhonghai never liked to be a pushover.
The relief money for this month was personally handed over to Bang Geng by Wang Jun, that pretentious fellow.
Why should I clean up this mess for Bang Geng just because he squandered the money?
Even if I am to raise these two girls, I must be provided with the basic means of subsistence.
Otherwise, I won't take the blame for you.