Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"Stop for a moment..."

At 9:30 in the morning, Zhang Bei, the leader of the second group in the cafeteria, suddenly called out in the kitchen.

"I have something I need to announce to everyone."

"After being promoted to deputy kitchen director, Wang, the squad leader of our canteen, discovered that many workers in the canteens still had their spoons shaking when serving meals."

"Supplies are scarce in the city, and the workers are already hungry. If someone in the kitchen shakes the spoon while serving food, the worker whose spoon is shaken will definitely go to work on an empty stomach, which will seriously affect the credibility of our kitchen in the steel mill."

"In order to prevent this situation, Deputy Director Wang decided to implement a cross-supervision policy in the kitchen."

"All chefs in the kitchen will be dispersed to various canteens to supervise all kitchen assistants and apprentices in serving food to the workers. If there is a phenomenon of shaking the spoon for the workers in the future, the first time will be a warning, and the second time will be criticized in the kitchen."

"If it happens a third time, I'm sorry, but I'll just deduct that day's salary."

"In order to better play a supervisory role, all chefs are not allowed to supervise in the canteen where they work, and all chefs must conduct cross-supervision."

"As for which chef will supervise which canteen, it will all be decided temporarily by Deputy Director Wang drawing lots."

"We must put an end to the situation in which there are people in the kitchen of the steel mill who are in a clanging relationship, and the head chef and his assistants must work together to shake the spoons of the workers and deduct their meals."

He Yuzhu's first reaction was to reject this matter.

If I don't serve food at the canteen window and run to another canteen to be a temporary supervisor, how can I take care of Qin Huairu when serving food in the future?

He immediately stood up and reminded: "Team Leader Zhang..."

"Can I not be a temporary supervisor?"

"I just like serving food to the workers in the canteen."

The purpose of assigning a level 10 chef to serve as a temporary supervisor is, on the one hand, to prevent the kitchen staff from shaking when serving meals to the workers, and on the other hand, to make the steel mill workers give a thumbs up when they mention the kitchen staff.

On the other hand, it was for He Yuzhu's sake, not giving him the opportunity to continue cooking in the kitchen.

Facing He Yuzhu's request, Zhang Bei refused without hesitation: "No..."

"This is the kitchen's rule for all kitchens, not just our canteen."

"I know that Master He and Deputy Director Wang are neighbors in the same compound and have a very good relationship."

"But precisely because of this, Chef He should abide by the kitchen rules and better support Deputy Director Wang, instead of making special arrangements in the kitchen and making things difficult for Deputy Director Wang."

"Every chef spends at least two hours in the kitchen every day, so their arms must be numb and exhausted."

“Serving food to the workers is very tiring.

"Deputy Director Wang is considerate of us and lets us serve as temporary supervisors, which is tantamount to lightening our burden and allowing us to have a good rest. We will have better energy and strength to do things the next day."

"This matter is settled..."

"Before the meal, Deputy Director Wang will notify each chef in the kitchen to go to which canteen for supervision. In order not to affect the main work, everyone must cook all the big pot dishes fifteen minutes before the meal."

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Qin Huairu was the same as usual.

In order to prevent Yi Zhonghai from discovering that Sha Zhu often helped her, as soon as the bell rang for the end of get off work, she would rush to the canteen with two lunch boxes and never go to the canteen with Yi Zhonghai to get food.

On the way, she had already thought it through. She decided to pack two lunch boxes of food for tonight, one for herself to eat at noon, and the other to take home for Banggeng and the others.

If he's lucky, He Yuzhu will pay for both boxes of vegetables.

Even if he was unlucky, He Yuzhu would still pay for the box of vegetables he took home.

As soon as he entered the cafeteria, Qin Huairu scanned all the windows with his eyes, looking for He Yuzhu. Disappointedly, Qin Huairu looked at each window twice in a row and still couldn't find He Yuzhu. He could only line up randomly and ask about the situation when it was his turn to get food.

As long as He Yuzhu was still in the cafeteria, Qin Huairu had the confidence to call her to the window to pay for her and bring her food.

"Comrade, where is Chef He from your canteen? Why can't I see him coming to help serve food for everyone?" Soon it was Qin Huairu's turn to get food, but she did not take the initiative to pay. Instead, she stretched her head through the food window and asked the kitchen helper who was serving food.

The kitchen helper had already recognized Qin Huairu's figure.

Although he knew that He Yuzhu was assigned to another canteen as a temporary supervisor, he did not say it out loud. He frowned and asked back: "Comrade..."

"I don't understand what you are asking..."

"Excuse me, what kind of dish would you like to order... there are comrades waiting behind us?"

Qin Huairu had already prepared herself not to pay for lunch today, so how could she easily take out the money?

Suddenly decided to ask one more person.

Maybe we can find He Yuzhu.

Facing the workers behind him who kept urging him, he quickly gave up his seat and said with a wry smile, "Then I'll wait for a while and let others play first."

"I have something to talk to Master He about. I'll call him after he gets here."

While Qin Huairu was standing aside, looking for He Yuzhu through the window, Yi Zhonghai had already lined up at another window.

He naturally took out the money he had prepared in advance and said, "One meat dish, one vegetable dish, and four steamed buns to remember the bitter past and the sweet past..."

This name was given by Deputy Factory Director Li. It is a kind of steamed bread with a relatively small proportion of wild vegetables. By eating the steamed bread with wild vegetables, the workers can recall the hardships in the past and feel the good life now.

As for the kind of steamed bread that contains a higher proportion of wild vegetables, it is simply called wild vegetable steamed bread.

The kitchen helper who was in charge of serving Yi Zhonghai took the money and receipt, and after confirming that it was correct, he randomly picked four steamed buns from a basket and gave them to Yi Zhonghai.

The kitchen assistant in charge of serving the food directly scooped a spoonful of vegetables from each of the two bowls of meat and vegetables and put them into Yi Zhonghai's lunch box.

Looking at the food in the lunch box, Yi Zhonghai vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't see anything.

There were four steamed buns as usual, and the two dishes also took up most of the lunch box as usual, so at least there was no problem with the portions.

As he ate, Yi Zhonghai finally realized what was wrong.

Although the quantity of the four steamed buns did not decrease, the wild vegetable content inside was very high, and it even felt a little irritating in the throat when eaten.

As for the two spoonfuls of vegetables in the lunch box.

Although there was a meat dish, Yi Zhonghai didn't find any meat at all.

More importantly, the two spoonfuls of food contained mostly soup, which was at least one-third less than before.

He frowned, picked up the food and went to the window to say: "Comrade..."

"I had the "Recalling the Bitterness and Thinking of the Sweetness" steamed bread for lunch, not the kind with wild vegetables. Why are there so many wild vegetables in these steamed breads..."

"And the food in the lunch box..."

"There's not a single drop of meat in the meat dishes. It's all soup, not even a lot of dry food..."

"I remember the kitchen clearly stipulates that we workers are not allowed to shake the spoons..."

"Aren't you afraid of violating discipline by doing this?" (End of this chapter)