Courtyard House: A System Connecting Two Worlds, Resources for the Nation

Sha Zhu was taken aback by Ma Yingjie's sudden outburst. Was there something wrong with this guy's brain?

It was obvious that the food he served was much more than what Zhou Feng had served. Logically, shouldn't Zhou Feng have kept quiet and made a fortune in this situation?

Why did they start yelling on the spot?

"I...I'm a human being, not a machine!"

This wasn't the first time he'd shaken the ladle, so he remained calm in the face of this situation, instead stubbornly pushing it up.

"It's normal for the server to apply a little more or less food than they normally would, isn't it? Are you eating or not? If not, don't inconvenience the people behind you!"

He's even gotten smarter now, knowing how to involve the people in the queue behind him in his own position.

But Ma Yingjie simply placed the two lunchboxes on the windowsill, took out two greasy meat coupons, and slapped them down next to him.

"Everyone, come and see! We eat with tickets, and you all know how precious these meat tickets are! And now, we who have tickets are being treated differently here!"

"Is it our problem, or the cafeteria worker's problem?"

The workers immediately perked up and swarmed around to watch the excitement, looking at the two lunch boxes from both sides.

Although everyone had been busy all morning, the hunger in their stomachs was definitely not as important as their curiosity to watch the excitement.

Two aluminum lunch boxes were placed side by side. One side was full of meat dishes, while the other side was clearly a third less, with only seven or eight pieces of meat scattered around. Anyone with good eyesight could see the difference!

"Tsk tsk tsk, this young man must have offended the chef behind him; they shook his ladle at him!"

"Hey, what's there to offend? Last time I urged them, all that cabbage they gave me was left with just some broth!"

"That's why they say you can't offend the cook; they'll make sure you don't even get a full meal!"

The cook had already developed a habit of shaking the ladle, so it was naturally not something that Sha Zhu did specifically to target Zhou Feng.

Otherwise, the amount of food the canteen takes out from the warehouse each day would be fixed and recorded, and the receipts collected would also have a total quantity.

Where did Sha Zhu get those leftovers that he could bring home?

It's just a matter of shaking the spoon a bit more when serving food; the bits of food that fall out end up as the "price difference" between the ingredients and the receipt!

"I don't like hearing you say that. If it were cabbage or potatoes, I wouldn't mind having a bite or two. But this is meat! Do you know how hard it is to get meat coupons?"

"Besides, you know that all the pork our factory has been getting lately has been purchased by this Comrade Zhou Feng behind me!"

"The purchasing staff who came back from buying meat were treated so unfairly in the cafeteria. Isn't this just bullying?"

Zhou Feng stood behind with his arms crossed, watching Ma Yingjie shouting in front with a flushed face, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Actually, having such a follower wouldn't be bad. It would be a low-budget version of "I have my own men to debate the scriptures for me," at least he could say what he couldn't say directly.

Ma Yingjie's words caused quite a stir among the workers.

These days, who doesn't know the importance of a purchasing agent?

A purchasing agent who can procure pork from outside is a unique talent in the factory!

Now everyone's gaze towards Sha Zhu has changed dramatically, and the whispers and pointing fingers surge in like a tidal wave.

This made him, standing behind the cafeteria window, shudder involuntarily, his grip on the spoon handle tightening: "What...what are you doing? Don't you want your food anymore?!"