Tao Mei has been in a very bad mood in the past two days, in addition to her father's injury and lying at home unable to move, she also found herself being harassed everywhere in the mine. For example, if the taste of cooking is slightly heavier or lighter in the past, no one will blame it, after all, as a miner, filling your stomach is the most important thing, as long as the taste is okay, but recently, almost every day people have been asking her for trouble, saying that it is difficult to eat, and even saying that it is pig food, so she has to make it again.

You know, cooking for hundreds of people every day is not an easy task, from going to the market in the morning to buy vegetables, to finishing the dishes in the evening, it takes seven or eight hours to eat two meals a day. In the past, there were two aunts who helped together, but after the New Year, I don't know what happened, the aunts didn't come, and now Tao Mei is responsible for the food in the entire mine, she feels very tired. If it's just an ordinary miner, she can ignore it, but among these people are the old people in the mine, and there are team leaders, and if they don't satisfy their stomachs, they will be caught and punished.

Since her father Tao Sansheng made trouble in front of the mine, the people on the entire coal mine seem to be targeting her family for everything, first her father had a fight with someone for some reason, obviously suffering a loss, but she was fired, and now the whole family can still have a little income alone, and it is not enough to treat her father. If she is caught and fired again, the family's livelihood will become a big problem, so even if she endures a lot of difficulties and suffers huge grievances, she can only swallow it in her stomach and make the meal as good as possible.

On this day, Tao Mei, as usual, served the hot meals to the workers in shifts at the specified time, and then a young miner came and told herself that she wanted her to serve a bowl of rice to Xue Kui, the deputy mine manager, which made Tao Mei very surprised. A character like Xue Kui, at such a level, will not eat the same things as the workers, it seems that there are special dishes sent to the leader's office at noon every day, or they may make do with a meal, and then go back to the city in the evening to eat and drink, as for the things he cooks, Xue Kui doesn't touch them at all, and he actually wants to eat them today. Besides, even if you want to eat, just come to the cafeteria and send it.

Tao Mei guessed that this guy didn't have a good heart, but she was still afraid that she would find this opportunity to fire herself because she was not as good as the leader, so she had to take a little bit of each dish, and then made a big bowl of freshly cooked rice and packed it for Xue Kui to send.

Xue Kui was the same as before, he had taken care of everything in the morning, and he didn't have anything to do, he was not hungry, but he wanted to see Tao Mei. This woman, with a good figure and white and tender skin, can throw a stone on a man's coal mine here, there is such a bright girl, Xue Kui's heart is strange. Since the last time Zou Shaotang took her to make trouble about Tao Sansheng, Xue Kui's impression of Tao Mei has been even deeper, although this woman looks spicy, but she doesn't talk too much, and she is dressed very fashionably. But he wanted to call Tao Mei to chat several times later, but Tao Mei refused because she was busy with work, and it was not good for him to go directly to the canteen where there were many people, so he simply used the excuse of delivering food to bring Tao Mei to him, and he also calculated that this was the reason why Tao Mei could not refuse.

Sure enough, Tao Mei came with a big pot and a small bowl, entered the office, put the food directly on Xue Kui's desk, nodded politely, and planned to leave without saying a word. Xue Kui naturally wouldn't let her go so easily, got up from the sofa, walked directly to the door and closed the door from the inside, and stared at Tao Mei with a smile.

After working in the coal mine for a while, Tao Mei's complexion and skin are much worse than when she first returned home, and the environment and conditions here are indeed different from those in the south, so she is very uncomfortable. But she doesn't care about these herself, she comes home to heal, and she can also do her filial piety for her father, it doesn't matter if she is beautiful or ugly. But in Xue Kui's eyes, her appearance is still ranked first in the local area, and she looks very simple, which is very different from those perfunctory women who act on the spot, but it arouses her desires.

Tao Mei saw that the door was closed, and Xue Kui was blocked at the door again, and she couldn't help but beat a drum in her heart, but in broad daylight, she also knew that Xue Kui didn't dare to mess around, so she asked calmly, "Deputy Mine Chief Xue, I have put everything you want to eat here, do you have anything else?"

Xue Kui took a hard puff of cigarette, he was an old smoker, and he was uncomfortable if he didn't smoke a pack of cigarettes every day. He walked up to Tao Mei, deliberately approached her and said, "Xiao Tao, I don't feel hungry again, otherwise, I'll give you this meal." ”

Tao Mei rolled his eyes, stopped making a sound, and picked up the dishes and chopsticks again to leave, but as soon as her hand touched the chopsticks, her arm was held down by Xue Kui.

"It's okay for you to eat, but you have to finish it here, otherwise how do I know if you're going to throw it away?" Xue Kui said to her with a wicked smile, it was the first time he had been so close, and the youthful aura emanating from Tao Mei's body made him feel more interesting.

"I don't eat it!" Tao Mei was a little unhappy, obviously feeling that Xue Kui was making things difficult for herself.

"It's okay not to eat, it's not easy to come here, let's chat, don't delay your cooking, right?" Xue Kui asked on purpose, he used to refuse himself under the pretext of work, but now the noon shift workers have just completed the shift, and within a few hours, there is no need to cook.

Tao Mei thought about it, nodded and agreed, she actually had other ideas.

Seeing that she agreed, Xue Kui was very happy, and let go of the hand on her arm, and sat on the sofa at the door by himself, looking at her, don't want to take the opportunity to slip away.

Tao Mei really didn't want to run now, since she wanted to chat, she really had something to tell Xue Kui, so she simply sat down, "Deputy Mine Manager Xue, my father Tao Sansheng was injured in the mine, but not only did you not pay for medical expenses, but you also fired him, what is the reason?"

As soon as she heard that it was this matter again, Xue Kui's face immediately stiffened, the last time she came to the office for this matter, she had already sternly refused once, but she didn't expect this girl to give up, and she agreed to chat to talk about this.

But Xue Kui was not as angry as last time, probably because he felt that the explosion accident and the follow-up work were over, and it was not so troublesome. He regained the expression on his face again, and said with a smile, "Xiao Tao, I have made this matter very clear, it was your father who hit him first, of course we have to punish him, this is clearly stipulated, it's not me who has the final say!"

"But he has also worked for our mine for many years, and he has no credit and hard work, so can't he take care of these aspects?" Tao Mei's heart ached, and she continued to fight, "My dad is still lying at home, unable to move, and has no money for surgery, and it may take several years to stand up." ”

You know, although we can make some hard-earned money in this business, we have to spend money in many places. So you also have to understand that there are difficulties in the mine. Besides, your dad violated the rules, if he gives him back the money, what will the others think?" Xue Kui continued to find a reason to shirk.

"I don't care what other people think, and I don't care what the rules are, anyway, my dad has to ask for money for treatment!" Tao Mei found herself talking into a dead end again, her brain was very confused, and there were tears in her eyes.

"Well, if you say that in terms of regulations, it must be reasonable to fire him. But you said that, from a moral point of view, you should also help, you are right to say this!" Xue Kui did not suddenly discover his conscience, but he looked at Tao Mei's eyes were red, and his touching appearance was even more distressing, he was indeed very interested in this woman who came back from the south.

Tao Mei didn't expect that Xue Kui, who was still domineering last time, was relieved without saying a word this time, and hurriedly thanked her, "If you can arrange for my dad to do the operation first, I will definitely work hard and give back to the mine for help." ”

Xue Kui waved his hand, "Oh, you don't need to bother so much, isn't it just about the cost of surgery! As long as you are willing to chat with me more, let's communicate more, it's all negotiable!"

As she spoke, the big hand landed on the back of Tao Mei's hand on her lap impartially, and Tao Mei was startled and subconsciously shook it off. After this action was done, she understood the meaning of Xue Kui's words, and the disgust in her heart was even stronger, but fear accounted for the majority.

Xue Kui was dumped once, and he didn't care, the so-called what he couldn't get was always in turmoil, the more thorny roses he had, the more he stimulated his desire to work hard, if he could easily get the goods in his hands, he Xue Kui didn't care so much.

So he didn't get angry because of this, but was even more excited, "Haha, Xiao Tao! Let's not worry, you can continue to cook, go back and think about it, when you figure it out, come to me again." ”

Tao Mei was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Xue Kui to let herself go so easily, and she was still sitting on the sofa without moving for a while. Xue Kui almost thought that his habitual desire to capture and indulge had an effect so quickly, but with many years of experience in this, he was still able to come out, Tao Mei was not so easy to comply, but was scared stupid.

So, Xue Kui didn't make a sound, just stood up and patted Tao Mei's shoulder gently, then sighed meaningfully, and went back to the desk. Looking at the food in front of him, he really had an appetite, and he no longer disliked eating the same things as the workers, so he picked up the chopsticks and ate them, and he felt that it was really delicious, and the taste was quite palatable.

After a while, Tao Mei, who came back to her senses, didn't dare to look back at Xue Kui, but got up directly and left the deputy mine manager's office. But as soon as she got out of the door, she almost ran into a person head-on, she was in a trance, and was almost knocked down, but fortunately the other party stretched out his hand to support herself, and then looked up, the person who came was Zou Qi's son Zou Shaotang.