Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

There was no way to transfer Master Zhang to the first group to help him, so Team Leader Lin could only find a way to complete Director Yang's task on his own.

He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then shifted his attention to his subordinates who were busy in front of him.

Two level ten chefs were stir-frying a large pot of food on the stove. Their movements were very experienced and it was obvious that they were veterans who had been cooking large pots for more than half a year.

Several kitchen helpers were helping out on the side, occasionally coming out to help the chef stir-fry the food.

The other kitchen helpers were making steamed buns made of two kinds of flour and wild vegetables. Although they were very busy, it was not messy at all.

It can be seen that these people are managed very well by Zhou Nanshan.

I came here to stop Wang Dong from promoting wild vegetable steamed bread in the steel rolling mill.

As Wang Dong’s base camp, the canteen is definitely the main battlefield for promoting wild vegetable steamed bread.

If he messed up the production order of the canteen and prevented it from serving meals on time, the effect of Wang Dong's promotion of wild vegetable steamed bread through the canteen would certainly be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, Lin Tao immediately had an idea in his mind. He strode towards the kitchen helpers who were making wild vegetable steamed bread and scolded them angrily, "What are you guys doing?"

"Don't you see that the chefs at the stove are almost overwhelmed?"

"Hurry over and help cut the vegetables and make the side dishes. You don't have to make the wild vegetable steamed bread for now..."

In Lin Tao's opinion, although there are many workers in a canteen, there are also a lot of meals to be prepared every day.

Everyone must perform their duties to ensure the normal supply of meals.

As long as he transferred the kitchen helper and apprentice who were making wild vegetable steamed buns away, no one in the first group would be able to continue making wild vegetable steamed buns.

Wang Dong's plan to promote wild vegetable steamed bread in a canteen would be ruined by himself.

To his surprise, several kitchen helpers and apprentices who were making wild vegetable steamed buns seemed not to have heard his order and continued to make the wild vegetable steamed buns with their heads down.

Lin Tao felt that his authority was challenged, and stared at one of the kitchen assistants who was making wild vegetable steamed bread and asked sternly, "Stop it."

"Didn't you hear my order just now? Go help the chef cook. Don't make wild vegetable steamed bread for now..."

"Report to the team leader... The squad leader has told us that we just learned how to make wild vegetable steamed bread yesterday afternoon. From today on, we will only make wild vegetable steamed bread and don't need to do anything else."

"If you fail to complete the task, at least half a day's salary will be deducted..."

"Unless the squad leader gives us an order, we can only continue to make steamed bread with wild vegetables."

"If the team leader insists on us helping the chef, please compensate us with the half-day salary that the squad leader withheld."

Although Lin Tao is the leader of the first group in a canteen and a ninth-level chef in a steel rolling mill, his total salary is only more than 30 yuan, an average of a little more than one yuan a day.

The kitchen helpers in front of me earn more than 20 yuan a month, which is about 50 cents for half a day.

Apprentices earn 18 yuan a month, and 30 cents for half a day.

There are six apprentices and kitchen helpers who are making wild vegetable steamed buns. Their half-day wages add up to more than two yuan, which is twice their daily salary.

If I really compensate them for the withheld wages, it would be like working in the kitchen for two days for nothing.

No matter how stupid Lin Tao is, he would never do such a thing that would not only cost him the wife but also his army.

Just when Lin Tao was racking his brains to think of other ways to transfer these kitchen helpers and apprentices, the fat man who was closest to the place suddenly spoke.

Last year, with the help of Wang Dong, he passed the tenth-level chef exam in one go and became the chef of the first group in a canteen.

Because he was very close to Wang Dong, when Zhou Nanshan was transferred from a canteen, he was specifically instructed to help the deputy director manage all the kitchen helpers and apprentices in the first group.

If the new team leader Lin Tao does not oppose the deputy director, then he will be commanded. If Lin Tao still wants to oppose the deputy director after he arrives at the cafeteria, then he will be sidelined.

Once he obtains the ninth-level chef certificate during this year's chef assessment, he will be able to replace Lin Tao and officially become the leader of the first group in the canteen.

Seeing that the first thing Lin Tao did after becoming the canteen team leader was to organize everyone to make steamed buns with wild vegetables, I immediately realized that this person was stubborn and would not change.

You've already reached the deputy director's territory, but you're still thinking about going against him.

He immediately handed the stove to a kitchen helper who could cook, strode to Lin Tao's side, frowned and said, "Team Leader..."

"Not only is there no shortage of people at the big kitchen, but we also have two kitchen helpers and two apprentices.

"The vegetables that need to be cut for lunch are all ready. They have nothing to do anyway, so why don't they come here and help make steamed buns with wild vegetables?"

"I heard from the deputy director that our canteen will mainly serve wild vegetable steamed bread for lunch today. If the quantity is not enough, it will be a joke."

After saying this, he turned around and went back to his own stove without waiting for Lin Tao to respond.

Then I saw four kitchen helpers and apprentices rushing over to make wild vegetable steamed buns.

Lin Tao was about to go crazy.

He had been thinking about how to transfer the several kitchen helpers who were making wild vegetable steamed buns to apprentices, so that the first group would not have enough people to make the wild vegetable steamed buns, and there would be no wild vegetable steamed buns for sale in the cafeteria at noon.

As a result, the fat man not only refused to help, but also transferred ten people to help make wild vegetable steamed buns. Isn't this just causing trouble for himself?

But Lin Tao just couldn't get angry.

It's impossible to reject the fat man's suggestion and let the kitchen helpers and apprentices who are cutting vegetables sit idle on the side.

Subconsciously, I wanted to punch the table to vent my frustration and anger.

But he held back at the last moment before throwing the punch.

In order to disrupt Wang Dong's promotion of wild vegetable steamed bread at the steel rolling mill and complete the task assigned by Director Yang, he decided to give it a try.

Looking at the busy kitchen helpers and apprentices in front of him, he decisively ordered: "After this pot of wild vegetable steamed bread is done, we will not make it anymore."

"All the remaining flour can be used to make steamed bread."

"Today is the first time that the kitchen is making wild vegetable steamed bread. Not everyone will eat it. What if we can't sell it? Wouldn't it be a waste to make so many wild vegetable steamed bread?"

"But the squad leader asked us to use half of the flour to make wild vegetable steamed bread. What if something goes wrong?" A kitchen helper raised an objection.

Lin Tao answered with determination: "I will take responsibility if anything goes wrong..."

"After you use up this bowl of noodles mixed with wild vegetables, don't mix them again..."

Before Lin Tao could finish his words, he saw three kitchen helpers mixing all the cut wild vegetables into a bowl full of noodles.

Then two people started adding water and kneading the dough in groups.

Lin Tao's face quickly turned red with anger.

I had just told them not to mix wild vegetables into the noodles, but a few kitchen helpers actually added wild vegetables into the noodles right under my nose. This was simply a slap in my face.

At the same time, a sentence popped up in my mind: A tiger in dire straits is bullied by dogs.

I was the boss in the second canteen, but after I came to the first canteen, an apprentice dared to slap me in the face in front of everyone. This is really too much... (End of this chapter)