Chapter 80 : Since you don’t want to burn the boiler, then go and dig out manure!

Everyone present felt ashamed when they heard this, and they looked at Wang Zhenzhu with resentment in their eyes.  

“Who on earth is this person?”  

“How can such a person become a formal employee? Isn’t this a disgrace to the country and the people?”  

“That’s right, she’s simply a parasite of the country, taking the country’s money but doing nothing!”   

Hearing the discussions around her, Wang Zhenzhu felt embarrassed.  

“I didn’t mean it that way!”  

At this moment, Gu Changrong looked at Xiao Zhang beside him, pondered for a while, then asked, “Could your troops be the garrison stationed on Qilian Island?”  

Xiao Zhang turned to look at him in confusion, wiped his tears, and nodded. “Yes!”  

Gu Changrong’s eyes lit up.  

“Then your leader is Zhou Tingyue, Captain Zhou?”  

The incident of capturing the human traffickers had already been reported to higher authorities yesterday, so he naturally knew about it. He also knew that Zhou Tingyue had volunteered to lead the troops in rescuing the children.  

This was because the main leader of the traffickers, “Falcon,” had targeted his wife and children at the market. Fortunately, his wife was courageous and fearless not only did she rescue one of the children, but she also captured “Falcon” herself!  

Additionally, because she had sent the children to call for help, the militia was able to capture all the criminals at the market in one fell swoop!  

A commendation application had already been submitted for her. It was also reported that she had saved a local villager’s child from the sea. The medal for her had just arrived on his desk that morning.  

He had originally planned to wait until the new commendation was officially issued before heading to Qilian Island to meet this “heroine.”  

Unexpectedly, he ran into her here.  

He looked at Song Shiwei carefully. She was beautiful and had an extraordinary temperament. Most importantly, he had just heard that all the delicious dishes on the table had been made by her!  

What an exceptional woman!  

“You are Captain Zhou Tingyue’s wife, Comrade Song Shiwei?”  

Song Shiwei was a little surprised to hear someone suddenly call her name.  

“I am! And you are?”  

Hearing that she was really the “heroine,” not only was Gu Changrong surprised, but all the leaders who had come with him for the inspection were also shocked.  

“Oh, so you’re Song Shiwei, the one who caught the human trafficker leader ‘Falcon’ and rescued countless abducted children?”  

“You’re the same Song Shiwei who risked her life to save a local child from the sea?”  

“Hey! You’re the heroine we’ve been looking for! A true role model, indeed!”   

Listening to the leaders praising her one after another, everyone present was stunned.  

Not only were Sun Zeyan and Director Zheng shocked, but even Wang Zhenzhu’s eyes widened in disbelief.  

What? The “village woman” she had ridiculed was actually a heroine? She was being praised by high-ranking officials? She had even fought against the leader of the human traffickers? And she had saved someone from the sea?  

She… she…  

At this moment, Wang Zhenzhu’s face turned completely pale.  

Gu Changrong enthusiastically shook hands with Song Shiwei.

“Oh, Comrade Song, I was just about to visit you, but I didn’t expect to meet you here! You truly deserve the title of ‘heroine’! I want to express my gratitude to you on behalf of those abducted children!”  

Those who knew about the incident also chimed in.  

“You’re the heroine who saved Tiewa from our neighbor’s family. Oh, you don’t know you saved their lives. Tiewa is their only son, and when he was lost, his parents nearly lost their will to live. Yesterday, when the child was suddenly sent back, the couple nearly fainted from crying. They even said they would make a statue of you and burn incense every day to pray for you! Wow, you are truly blessed!”  

“Yes, yes! There was a case in our factory too! A child was also sent back yesterday. The parents cried so much… They said they wanted to personally visit their benefactor and kowtow in gratitude!”  

Song Shiwei felt a little embarrassed.  

Seeing that she had been busy for so long and hadn’t eaten yet, Gu Changrong invited her, the children, and Xiao Zhang to join their table for a meal. He even asked someone to bring over a few more stools.  

He wanted to have a good chat with this heroine!  

At this moment, Wang Zhenzhu noticed that everyone was pointing fingers at her. She was so ashamed that she wanted to hide under the table.  

But Manager Zhou still spotted her. Previously, for her father’s sake, he had tolerated her rude behavior toward customers. But now, she had not only bullied the family of a soldier but also a heroine who had saved countless people.  

This was truly unacceptable.  

If this continued, not only would he face public backlash, but if today’s incident spread, it was uncertain whether the state-owned restaurant could even continue operating.  

He knocked on the table.  

“You, pack up your things and go home!”  

Wang Zhenzhu raised her head in disbelief.  

“Uncle Zhou, what do you mean? I’m taking my dad’s job! You can’t fire me!”  

Manager Zhou sighed helplessly.  

“Do you think you can still stay?”  

Wang Zhenzhu looked up and saw the crowd whispering and pointing at her from all directions.  

She was so scared that she immediately lowered her head again.  

“But I… but I… I’m a formal employee! You don’t have the right to fire me, I—”  

Manager Zhou suppressed his anger and sighed.  

“Pack your things and leave. You can’t work in this state-owned restaurant anymore. But I heard there’s an opening for a boiler operator at the boiler factory. I’ll talk to your father and arrange for you to work there.”  

“Ah???”  

Wang Zhenzhu was so shocked that her eyes turned red.  

“Boiler work is for men! You want me, a woman, to do that? Uncle Zhou, how can that be? It’s too exhausting and not respectable! I think being a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative sounds much better. They just stand behind the counter every day, and I heard they can get some good products. Can you help me find a position there?”  

Manager Zhou was furious. Did she even look at herself in the mirror? How shameless could she be? She wanted to be a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative? Even his own daughter couldn’t get such a good job, why would he help her get one?  

Besides, there were many people competing for the boiler operator job! If it weren’t for his years of friendship with her father, he wouldn’t have bothered helping her at all!  

“Since you don’t want to work the boiler, why don’t you go collect manure? That’s a formal job too!”