Give Me Ten Thousand and We'll Call It Even

"You've got it coming! We remind you every day to wear a mask and hat, but you never listen! Now you've learned your lesson. Wear your mask and hat properly next time."

"It's only a two-yuan deduction. Treat it as a lesson learned! If they didn't dock your pay, you'd never follow the rules! Serves you right!"

"The potatoes here have already been washed and sliced. They won't be washed a second time, which is why everyone is required to wear a mask and hat."

"When people speak, droplets of saliva can spray out, and hair falls out as people move around. That's why the factory has these rules."

Feng Yicai knew that the factory manager usually didn't come in during the afternoons, and the team leader was busy too. Usually, they only made one surprise inspection of the workshop in the morning and one in the afternoon. Once they had inspected it, they wouldn't come again. Every time the team leader finished inspecting, he would take off his mask and hat. Even when his coworkers on the same production line reminded him, he refused to listen.

The only people at the factory who didn't have to wear masks were warehouse and administrative staff. But everyone had to put on a mask upon entering the production workshop. Even the factory manager wore a mask and hat whenever he came into the workshop.

The factory manager had caught him. Wasn't it perfectly normal to dock his pay?

That was why none of his coworkers spoke up for him.

After hearing everyone's words, Feng Yicai still didn't take them seriously. He still felt there was no need to wear a mask and hat, that it was completely superfluous. He also felt that everyone was taking pleasure in his misfortune now that they