Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

There are more than ten kitchen helpers in the second canteen of the steel rolling mill, and half of them are middle-aged women. These people do not seek promotion, they just want to have a stable job. The struggles in the kitchen have nothing to do with them, they just listen to whoever is the leader.

The remaining half of the kitchen helpers are young people.

They have their own ambitions. In the future they will marry, have children and support their own families. It is impossible for them to be kitchen helpers for their whole lives.

In a steel rolling mill, every worker in the workshop can increase his salary by upgrading his work grade.

The only exception is the kitchen helpers working in the back kitchen.

As long as you don't change your career, you can only earn twenty or so yuan a month in your lifetime.

This is obviously unacceptable to these young and energetic guys.

When they heard that Zhou Nanshan had the opportunity to make them chefs, they were immediately interested.

However, due to the prestige of Team Leader Lin in the Second Canteen and the threat from the two level ten chefs, no kitchen helper dared to stand up.

Zhou Nanshan was no fool. He noticed the changing expressions of the kitchen helpers and apprentices in the Second Canteen and continued, "You only have one chance. If you miss it, it's gone."

"I just told the deputy director that if there are no kitchen helpers in the second cafeteria who want to learn cooking, I don't mind transferring the two kitchen helpers from the first cafeteria over."

"They are kitchen helpers just like you. After learning from me for three months, they are already able to cook independently."

"in addition……"

"After I applied to the deputy director, we were able to get two apprentices to become regular employees in our second canteen..."

“As for who will win these two spots, I don’t know your previous performance, nor do I want to know. I only want to see how you perform in the next half month.

"As long as you pass my assessment, the two apprentice positions will be yours."

Faced with Zhou Nanshan's repeated temptations, a kitchen helper was finally moved and subconsciously wanted to stand up from his position.

But he was pulled back by the Level 10 chef beside him, who threatened him in a low voice: "What do you want to do, shirt?"

"The second canteen is Squad Leader Lin's second canteen. Zhou Nanshan will definitely not be able to stay there for too long."

"If you offend Squad Leader Lin, you'll be in big trouble in the second cafeteria in the future..."

To be honest, the two level ten chefs in the second canteen are the ones who support Team Leader Lin the most.

Under the suppression of Team Leader Lin, no one else in the kitchen could ever become a chef, so they had the final say in the entire Second Canteen.

If Zhou Nanshan really trains a few kitchen helpers to become chefs after becoming the canteen monitor, they will have several more competitors. Not only will they not be able to maintain their current status, but they may also be surpassed by their former subordinates.

Therefore, apart from Squad Leader Lin, they are the people in the Second Canteen who least want Zhou Nanshan to secure the position of squad leader.

I hope Zhou Nanshan will be unpopular in the second canteen and leave in disgrace.

The chef thought his threat would work.

But he greatly underestimated Chen Shan's determination to make progress.

He is married, and although his parents are still working, they are getting older and will retire soon.

With the little salary he earned as a kitchen helper, he could provide his wife and children with a good life with the help of his parents.

When my parents retire in the future and can no longer support me, my family's living standard will definitely drop sharply.

This is something Chen Shan absolutely cannot accept.

For the sake of his own future, he decided to ignore the threat from the chef next to him, stood up from his seat, stared at Zhou Nanshan expectantly and asked: "Team Leader Zhou..." "Can we kitchen helpers really learn to be chefs from you..."

"Who are you?" Zhou Nanshan asked with an encouraging look as soon as he saw someone stand up.

"My name is Chen Shan. I have been a kitchen helper in the second canteen for almost three years... I want to learn how to cook and become a chef to earn more money, but no one teaches me..."

"As long as squad leader Zhou is willing to teach me, I will take you as my teacher and respect you as I respect my parents..."

Zhou Nanshan shook his head and replied: "Forget about becoming my disciple..."

Seeing a flash of disappointment on Zhou Nanshan's face, Zhou Nanshan hurriedly explained: "Comrade Chen Shan, please don't misunderstand..."

"In our profession of chefs, choosing a master does not depend on fate..."

"The reason why I was able to pass the ninth-level chef exam is that most of my cooking skills were taught by the deputy director, but Zhang, the team leader of the first canteen, and I did not take the deputy director as our teacher."

"I taught several level 10 chefs in a cafeteria, but none of them became my apprentices."

“As long as you are willing to learn to be a chef and want to improve, you can follow me and learn from me. If you have any questions, you can ask me.”

"If I can't solve it, you can ask the deputy director directly when he inspects our second canteen in the future."

"Although our deputy director is young, his cooking skills are very impressive. If our chefs can't pass the exams above their level, the deputy director would at least pass the sixth-level chef exam."

"And the deputy director is always willing to give us advice. Whenever we have a problem, he will patiently help us solve it."

"As long as you want to learn how to cook, you can just follow me when I cook from now on."

"As long as you reach a certain level, I will give you the opportunity to work in the kitchen and practice your skills."

"When the cooking test comes in the future, I will try to pass the tenth level test in one try."

The more Chen Shan listened, the more excited he became. He stared at Zhou Nanshan and continued to ask, "Squad Leader..."

"I really can learn cooking from you without becoming your disciple..."

Zhou Nanshan answered confidently: "Not only can you learn cooking from me, but you can also learn cooking from the deputy director."

"As long as you work hard, you will definitely pass this year's chef assessment."

At this time, a kitchen helper standing behind Chen Shan was also moved and mustered up the courage to stand up from his seat: "Team leader, I also want to learn cooking from you."

With someone taking the lead, the other kitchen helpers and apprentices no longer had any worries and they all stood up to show their loyalty to Zhou Nanshan.

In particular, several apprentices who wanted to become regular employees looked at Zhou Nanshan with eager eyes, fearing that he would give the two regular employee positions in his hands to others.

Zhou Nanshan was very satisfied with the current situation. After comforting the apprentices and kitchen helpers, he looked directly at the two level ten chefs.

The second canteen still relies on them to cook.

If the two of them don't cooperate, relying solely on a group of apprentices and kitchen helpers will definitely bring a lot of trouble to themselves, and may even affect the food supply of the second canteen.

He frowned and asked, "Master Luo, Master Lu... I wonder if you want to continue learning cooking and become a level nine chef."

Faced with the opportunity provided by Zhou Nanshan, the wisest idea is to move closer to Zhou Nanshan.

Without the support of the apprentices and the kitchen helpers, it was obvious that the two of them could not fight Zhou Nanshan and drive him away. This meant that Team Leader Lin's plan to continue to dominate the second canteen had been almost crushed by Zhou Nanshan.

If the two of them continued to stand behind Squad Leader Lin, they would definitely offend Zhou Nanshan completely, and they would not be able to gain a foothold in the Second Canteen. (End of this chapter)