Yan Jiecheng's Leisurely Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 31 Return to original form
After hearing what Yan Jiecheng said, Yan's mother hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Jie Cheng, why don't you save it for tomorrow? I'll add some other ingredients and cook it together. It will last for several days."

"Mom, the weather is getting warmer, and the food won't keep well. We might as well eat it now to satisfy our craving."

When Yan's mother heard Yan Jiecheng say this, she no longer insisted and turned to go into the house to call Jie Di.

Yan's father didn't care when or how to eat. Instead, he was a little curious about who was cooking today.

"Jie Cheng, isn't Sha Zhu responsible for all the banquets at your factory? How come it's your turn?"

After Yan Jiecheng told the whole story, Yan's father said with a look of contempt.

"This idiot Zhu must have been bewitched by the widow, otherwise how could he do such a stupid thing."

At this time, Yan Jiecheng also asked his own doubts.

"Dad, when I came back, I saw that the middle courtyard was quite lively. Did something happen again?"

Father Yan said as he ate.

"Humph, besides Sha Zhu and the Jia family, what else can happen in the Central Courtyard..."

It turned out that at noon, Qin Huairu suddenly felt a stomachache, which scared Jia Zhangshi, and she immediately shouted for help in the yard.

But at that time, the courtyard was full of middle-aged women, and they were of no use at all.

After a discussion, several aunts decided to split into two groups. One group would ask the experienced midwife in the alley to come and take a look, while the other group would go to the steel mill to call Yi Zhonghai.

After learning the news, Yi Zhonghai called Sha Zhu and the two returned to the courtyard together.

When the two of them returned to the hospital, they sent Qin Huairu to the hospital. After a check-up, it turned out that there was nothing serious, so they came back.

Logically, the matter should have ended here, but unexpectedly, Jia Zhang started to make trouble again.

Jia Zhang was not grateful to Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu for their hard work, but instead blamed Sha Zhu for not bringing her a lunch box.

It was just the time when the residents in the courtyard were getting off work, and there were people coming and going. In addition, Jia Zhang's words were really unpleasant, so Sha Zhu started arguing with Jia Zhang.

When Jia Zhang saw that Sha Zhu dared to talk back, she was so angry that she chased Sha Zhu and started fighting on the spot.

At first, Sha Zhu just dodged and didn't fight back, but who knew that Jia Zhang would chase him and fight him endlessly.

Sha Zhu couldn't help himself and pushed Jia Zhang, but this time he stirred up a hornet's nest.

Jia Zhang collapsed on the ground and began to wail. Qin Huairu also came out of the house at this time and blamed Sha Zhu, saying that he shouldn't have argued with Jia Zhang.

Then Yi Zhonghai also showed up, and without any explanation, he directly said that Sha Zhu did not respect the elderly and did not love the young.

After listening to Yan's father's narration, Yan Jiecheng felt that his three views had been overturned, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Dad, are you just going to stand there and let others blame you?"

Father Yan shook his head and said.

"Surprised, right? I was also shocked when I saw it. Guess what happened in the end?"

Since Yan's father said so, it means that the outcome of the matter must be abnormal, so he said tentatively.

"Isn't that the fool apologized?"

After Yan Jiecheng finished speaking, he felt that it was impossible, but Yan's father actually nodded, confirming Yan Jiecheng's guess.

Yan Jiecheng was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.

"Is there something wrong with this idiot?"

Father Yan shook his head and said, "He's been fooled by Yi Zhonghai so many times that he's become stupid. He's hopeless. You'd better stay away from him from now on."

Yan Jiecheng agreed deeply with what Yan's father said. He decided to stay away from fools in the future because the thinking process of such people is different from that of normal people, so as to avoid hurting himself.

Sha Zhu's skipping work this time was not only a thankless task, but also caused changes to his job.

Sha Zhu usually likes to go against Director Wang, and this time he even gave up, which almost affected Li Huaide's banquet. How could Director Wang remain indifferent?

The next morning, Director Wang came to Li Huaide's office and told Li Huaide what had happened yesterday.

After hearing this, Li Huaide was also extremely angry.

You have to know that the people he invited to the banquet yesterday were all powerful figures from various departments of the steel mill.

If something goes wrong at the banquet, I will lose face.

Li Huaide asked after pondering for a moment.

"Old Wang, the guy who was in charge of cooking yesterday... called Yan... Jie Cheng, did a pretty good job, but I'm not sure if he can handle the main responsibility."

"Director, although Sha Zhu has many faults, Director Yang still likes him. I have an idea..."

"Tell me."

"Zheng Dashan from the Second Canteen will retire in two years. Why not give him a more relaxed position so he can retire? Then transfer Sha Zhu to the Second Canteen. As for Yan Jiecheng, let him go to the Third Canteen. That way, there's nothing to fault with them."

Canteens one to three far exceed other canteens in terms of staffing and number of diners.

Correspondingly, the salary and benefits are naturally higher than those in other canteens.

Of course, with the exception of Sha Zhu, no leader would like a subordinate who always goes against him.

This resulted in Sha Zhu not having the highest salary despite being the best chef among all the chefs.

Director Wang proposed to transfer Yan Jiecheng to the third canteen, which was undoubtedly a promotion for him.

After some thought, Li Huaide rejected Director Wang's proposal.

It would be too hasty to promote someone just based on a meal.

"Old Wang, if there are other banquets these days, you can arrange for Yan Jiecheng to be the chef. Try it a few times, and I will make arrangements after I am sure his cooking skills are no problem."

Director Wang also understood Li Huaide's concerns.

After all, Yan Jiecheng is indeed too young.

"Okay, director."

In the following period of time, whenever the steel rolling mill leaders had a banquet, Director Wang would arrange for Yan Jiecheng to be the chef.

Of course, there are exceptions. Every time the factory director Yang Dechang had a banquet, no matter how Director Wang recommended Yan Jiecheng, he would not listen and would appoint Sha Zhu to be the chef.

As Yan Jiecheng's cooking time increased, more and more people tasted his cooking skills, which earned him recognition from more and more people.

After learning the news, Sha Zhu also realized the crisis, began to control his temper, work hard, and his attitude towards Director Wang also improved a lot.

After seeing the changes in Sha Zhu, Director Wang was very happy. Considering that Sha Zhu had worked under him for such a long time, he decided to give him another chance.

So Yan Jiecheng was demoted to his original position and was no longer responsible for hosting banquets.

Faced with Director Wang's abandonment of his former employer, Yan Jiecheng was indignant, but he had no other options and could only focus on cooking his big pot of food.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to change one's nature, after seeing Yan Jiecheng being beaten back to his original form and himself being responsible for entertaining the banquet again, Sha Zhu's true nature emerged and he started to show off again.

(End of this chapter)