The winner of life in the courtyard

Chapter 61: Learning to Cook [Seeking follow-up reading, investment, and monthly votes]

Will He Daqing cause trouble?

The answer is naturally no!

Instead of causing trouble, He Daqing showed his full potential and conquered all the leaders of the steel mill with his superb cooking skills.

"Junior brother, He Daqing's cooking skills are much better than his son's!"

After returning from tasting the dishes, Lu Dasheng met Shen Zhiping and was quite impressed with He Daqing. "What do you think about inviting him to cook when I get married?"

"I think it works!"

Shen Zhiping has never tasted He Daqing's cooking, but since Lu Dasheng praised it so highly, it must be good.

"By the way, Senior Brother, when do you and Sister-in-law plan to get married?"

"Let's have a drink on the next day off!"

Lu Dasheng's face was full of joy. "But we don't plan to have a big party, just two tables for relatives, friends, and neighbors!"

Although this year's grain harvest is considered a bumper one, the current policy is still to hold various banquets simply to save food.

Anyone who holds a grand celebration at this time will really be in trouble.

"You're not inviting me?"

Shen Zhiping glared, "I'm the matchmaker between you and your sister-in-law!"

Lu Dasheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "What are you thinking about? Come with me to pick up the bride when the time comes!"

"You can have this!"

Shen Zhiping laughed.

In fact, even if he couldn't attend Lu Dasheng's wedding banquet, Shen Zhiping had no complaints. This was the current situation, and all kinds of banquets had to be simple or not held at all.

Even if you earn your salary through your own ability, if you want to have a lavish wedding, something bad will happen.

Because at this time, money and tickets are inseparable!

Even if you have money, you may not have tickets!
If you hold a grand ceremony and someone reports it, it will basically be confirmed if you investigate.

Therefore, it is necessary to be careful in what you say and do.

……

The day's work went smoothly without any trouble, and the machines in the factory were all running normally.

After work, Shen Zhiping did not go to find Liu Wanqing, but went to learn cooking.

Liu Wanqing told him that as long as he learned eight dishes, they could go get their marriage certificate. This was the most important thing, so they had to hurry up.

When it comes to learning how to cook, most people have to start by cutting vegetables, but Shen Zhiping didn't intend to be a chef, so he skipped the cutting step.

Of course, Shen Zhiping also has his own way of cutting vegetables.

Having lived two lives, he had some cooking skills in his previous life. Although his home cooking skills were not as good as before, he was still pretty good at cutting vegetables.

At this time of year, there are relatively few varieties of dishes.

The first dish Shen Zhiping learned to cook was shredded potatoes with vinegar.

This dish requires some knife skills.

At least the potatoes should be chopped finely.

Shen Zhiping obviously does not meet the standards.

But no one cares.

After all, Shen Zhiping doesn't make a living as a chef. His goal is simple and direct, which is to learn the skill enough.

It’s a home-cooked meal, why should you have such high requirements?
The master craftsman first gave Shen Zhiping a sample, and then Shen Zhiping learned it.

He had fried shredded potatoes with vinegar before, but the potatoes always stuck to the pan and the dish turned out to be so unpalatable.

Now, after the guidance of the old master, Shen Zhiping finally understood.

The solution to the problem of potatoes sticking to the pan is very simple. Just soak the shredded potatoes in water and wash off the starch on the potatoes.

But this trick has no one to teach, and many people really don't know it. Shen Zhiping can easily find the problem with the addition of the remaining seasonings and the control of the heat with his own plug-in.

After Shen Zhiping had fried the shredded potatoes with vinegar, the master chef was inspired to learn how to cook from him.

However, Shen Zhiping refused straightforwardly.

As for cooking, cooking at home is a little romance in life.

Become a professional chef?

Shen Zhiping had no such idea at all.

The old master felt a little regretful after Shen Zhiping refused.

In the eyes of this master chef, Shen Zhiping is the most talented chef he has ever seen. If he studies hard, he may become a state banquet chef in the future.

In response to this, Shen Zhiping said that he was just a small sparrow and did not have lofty ambitions.

1962 was about to pass, and 1963 was about to begin. Then, 1964, 1965, and 1966, the strong winds were about to blow, and he didn't want to wade into the muddy waters.

At that time, you will be very lucky if you can protect the people you care about!

……

After learning cooking, Shen Zhiping rode his bike back to the steel rolling mill with two large lunch boxes full of shredded potatoes with vinegar that he had cooked himself.

When he entered the room, after greeting the comrades from the security department, Shen Zhiping left a lunch box of shredded potatoes with vinegar as a midnight snack for them.

Then, the next day, word spread in the steel mill that Technician Shen from the Technical Department was practicing his cooking skills in order to get married and live a good life.

For a time, Shen Zhiping became a perfect man in the eyes of the female comrades in the steel rolling mill.

Nowadays, few men would cook after getting married.

When Shen Zhiping heard these words from other people in the technical department, he was stunned.

"Are these guys in the security department so talkative?"

"You just know it!"

Lu Dasheng looked at Shen Zhiping with a smile, "You deserved it for forgetting so quickly about your sister-in-law coming over last time!"

"Brother, how on earth can you say such icy cold words with a mouth that is 37 degrees?"

"Believe it or not, I told my sister-in-law that you are also going to learn to cook a few home-cooked dishes?"

"I was wrong!"

"Junior brother, you are magnanimous and broad-minded, and you are as generous as a prime minister..."

Lu Dasheng gave up quickly and decisively.

Shen Zhiping chuckled and said, "Brother, I think you can really learn to cook a few dishes, and occasionally give your sister-in-law a little surprise, so that life will be more meaningful!"

"It's weird if I believe you!"

Lu Dasheng didn't listen to Shen Zhiping's nonsense. He was a grown man, cooking? Are you kidding? He was not a chef!

"Little Junior Brother, tell me, why did my sister-in-law make this request?"

"You're not really planning on having you cook after you two get married, are you?"

When Lu Dasheng thought of Liu Wanqing's appearance, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible.

He felt that he needed to correct some of his junior fellow apprentice's ideas. How could a grown man be trapped behind the kitchen stove?

"Brother, is there a possibility that she just wants to know how far I can go for this marriage?"

Shen Zhiping didn't think that Liu Wanqing wanted him to cook after they got married.

From the first time the two met, Liu Wanqing's words and actions were very different.

To put it bluntly, most men would hesitate and back off when asked by Liu Wanqing, "Will you marry me?"

After these few days of contact, Shen Zhiping had a vague feeling that this girl seemed to have mixed some military tactics into the process of getting along with him.

Most people can’t bear it!

(End of this chapter)