Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1139 - 549: Xu Nuo (Part 9)

Wang Gen Sheng ate the food in his lunchbox very seriously, without wasting a single grain of rice. The last bit of oil, he mixed with a bowl of hot water and drank with it.

After eating, Wang Gen Sheng carried his lunchbox back to the dormitory alone. By the time he reached the cafeteria, it was almost dark, and it was pitch black outside when he finished eating. There were no streetlights on the road, so he had to feel his way back. Fortunately, the dormitory was not far from the cotton textile factory, only about a 10-minute walk.

When Wang Gen Sheng arrived at the dormitory, the door was open, and there was a light inside. Qin Huai's first reaction was that it was a burglar. He remembered Wang Gen Sheng's colleague saying that Wang Gen Sheng lived in a single dormitory without roommates, but Wang Gen Sheng seemed very calm and pushed the door open to enter.

The dormitory was not big. Although it was called a single dormitory, it was actually just a small single room, with a small single bed, a table, and a cabinet. Apart from these, there was no furniture, not even a chair, and certainly no independent bathroom.

Compared to Shi Dadan's dormitory, Wang Gen Sheng's was much more shabby, visibly poor. There was no porcelain mug on the desk, the corner of the window glass was broken and patched with paper, there was no thermos in the dormitory, only a small coal stove and a shabby, dented kettle for boiling water. On the bed, there was only a flat small pillow and a thin quilt; even a thief would leave a penny before leaving.

The only thing in the dormitory connected to modern technology was probably the electric light above, which was dim and glaring.

The person in the dormitory was none other than Xu Nuo, whom he had just met in the cafeteria. When Wang Gen Sheng pushed the door to enter, Xu Nuo was squatting on the ground lighting coal balls, his hands were pitch-black. Seeing Wang Gen Sheng return, Xu Nuo made no sign of getting up and continued to squat by the fire.

"Isn't your room facing south? Why is it as cold as an ice cellar? Every time I come here, I have to bring my own coal balls. Isn't the cotton textile factory giving out coal ball tickets? You should save some and buy your own. Is Shan City really that cold? You're so resistant to the cold."

Wang Gen Sheng said, "Before, yes. Now it's too cold to cook sweet potatoes with the coal stove, it uses too much coal. I haven't cooked them, and once the coal balls ran out, I never bought more."

Xu Nuo: "...Your cotton textile factory also has someone named Wang who's very stingy, people call him Mr. Wang. I think that nickname should be on you instead."

Xu Nuo unceremoniously sat on Wang Gen Sheng's bed, "You don't even have a chair."

"Just sit on the bed," Wang Gen Sheng walked to the cabinet, took out a lock from his pocket to open it. Qin Huai glanced inside the cabinet, which was also empty, aside from a few clothes, almost nothing else.

Wang Gen Sheng took out the accumulated tickets and handed them to Xu Nuo, "These are the sugar tickets, cloth tickets, meat tickets, and industrial vouchers I've saved recently. I want to exchange them all for national food tickets."

Xu Nuo took the tickets and started counting, asking as he did, "Isn't there enough food at home again?"

"Last month my mom wrote to me, asking me not to send things home for New Year's and to eat something nice. I originally kept these tickets for personal use, but today I heard the factory will give out things for New Year's. I can't use so much by myself, so it's better to exchange them for food tickets and send them home."

Xu Nuo was somewhat speechless. After counting, he put these tickets into his left pocket, then took out national food tickets from his right pocket, counted a few and handed them to Wang Gen Sheng, "Sometimes I really want to tell my dad about the kind of life you're living, let him give you more benefits, so you cotton textile factory college students don't accidentally starve in the dormitory."

"But I also heard that this year they are giving out a lot of things for New Year's. If nothing goes wrong, it should be distributed on the morning of New Year's Eve. They will slaughter pigs then and distribute the meat. Just because you don't cook in this dormitory, otherwise you could sell misery and beg for a bowl of pig blood from the cafeteria."

"By the way, your pot for cooking sweet potatoes broke and you haven't bought a new one. Your finance department has a 5-day holiday for New Year's, how will you eat for these five days? Being extravagant by dining out? National State owned Restaurant spots are hard to grab during the holidays."

Wang Gen Sheng said, "I've found out, there's food at the cafeteria during New Year's."

"Some workshops have to rush orders during the New Year, rotating shifts. Our finance department has a unified holiday, but it's impossible to finish all the work before the year ends. If you volunteer to work overtime, not only is there a chance to be evaluated as model, but you can also eat for free at the cafeteria."

"I've already told the section chief, I'm not taking a holiday, I'm volunteering for overtime."

Xu Nuo: ...

Xu Nuo's look at Wang Gen Sheng had already turned into a look of what kind of alien breed are you, just working unpaid overtime for two free meals, spread it out and people would think our cotton textile factory maltreats college students, starving them so that they can't even afford meals.

In addition to being speechless, Xu Nuo silently took out a food ticket from his right pocket and slipped it to Wang Gen Sheng, "Let's just say it's my dad's payment for your overtime."

Wang Gen Sheng didn't hesitate at all and accepted it directly.

"Anything else you want to exchange for?" Xu Nuo asked.

Wang Gen Sheng shook his head, "I only saved these tickets, but I wanted to ask, do you accept things distributed on New Year's Eve?"

Xu Nuo couldn't control his volume for a moment, almost shouting, "You're not keeping anything? Didn't you just say you were exchanging these tickets with me because they are giving out things for New Year's?"

"I'm not exchanging everything, the pork is for you. If there are biscuits, pastries, candies, I'll keep them to send home after the New Year. My elder brother and sister-in-law are temporary workers without New Year's benefits, and my dad's factory gives out the same items every year for New Year's."

"Also, the cloth, can you help me exchange for some defect cloth? I want to save more to send home in the spring to make new clothes for the family. My dad hasn't made new clothes for 15 years."