Starting from 1950

The protests by the flour mill workers did not cause much of a stir.

The wheels of time keep turning and will not stop or change course because of the dissatisfaction of a few people.

Regarding this matter, Zhou Zheng's explanation was:

The eight-grade wage system is a new policy formulated by the state to encourage technical research, improve production efficiency, and embody the principle of "distribution according to work"! It rewards skills, abilities, and contributions to production! It's not about who's the strongest, nor is it based on seniority! Even porters can learn skills and apply for job transfers!

Zhou Zheng's words were like a heavy hammer, leaving Xu Erma and the others speechless.

If 99% of people are satisfied, the remaining 1% obviously becomes unimportant, and the matter is simply dropped.

The wage increase has boosted the workers' morale, making them more attentive to their work.

Many level 5 workers are even more determined to pass the level 6 or even level 7 exams in the future, not only for higher wages but also as a symbol of honor.

Under stricter discipline, the flour mill's machines roared more regularly and powerfully.

Life continued to flow beneath the surface of calm.

......

It's July now.

Inside a slaughterhouse on Nanta Street.

Su Yang was wearing a waterproof jumpsuit and rubber boots, and holding a bloodstained sharp knife in his hand.

With a flick of his wrist, he slashed the neck of a spotted pig on the table.

"Aww~!"

The pig, bound hand and foot, let out a series of piercing screams and struggled desperately.

Su Yang held its head down firmly, allowing the blood to flow steadily from the wound on its neck into the large basin below.

As the pig's struggles lessened, a timely notification appeared in his field of vision.

"Player has gained 20 experience points!"

"Player level increased to 10!"

Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling warm and cozy all over, even more comfortable than taking a hot bath in winter.

Name: Su Yang

Race: Human

[Class]: Hunter (Level 10)

[Attributes]: Strength 13, Agility 14, Stamina 13

[Experience Points]: 8/518

[Major]: Not selected

"!!!"

Su Yang's spirits lifted; his cheat system had a new function!

"Teacher Su, it's time for the next one!"

The person next to Su Yang, dressed similarly, cautiously offered a reminder.

Su Yang turned off the panel and smiled at him, "Squad Leader Zhu, I'm going out for some fresh air."

"Alright, alright! Please go ahead!"

Squad Leader Zhu smiled and nodded, signaling the other employees to take over Su Yang's post and carry the slaughtered pig to the next process.

Su Yang hurried out of the slaughterhouse, squatted down against a wall, and summoned the control panel again.

He has been coming to this slaughterhouse every day for the past two weeks.

Previously, his panel level was stuck at level 5, and apart from the time he killed wild dogs, he could not gain experience by any other means.

According to the game he was playing, monsters also have levels. If the character's level is too high compared to the monster's, killing the monster will not grant experience.

Su Yang guessed that the monster levels in reality should be calculated based on their size.

More than half a month ago, the Nanta slaughterhouse was severely infested with rats. Coincidentally, when the superiors came to inspect the site, a rat bumped into their leg and they fell down hard.

Although the leader didn't say anything, the person in charge of the Nanta Slaughterhouse felt he had lost face in front of the leader and immediately made a pledge to solve the rat infestation problem at the slaughterhouse.

It's easy to make grand promises, but difficult to actually accomplish them.

After several days of hard work by the entire slaughterhouse, the results were minimal. Finally, they turned to the security department of Lihua Flour Factory, hoping to ask Su Yang, the rat extermination expert, for help.

Upon hearing that they were from a slaughterhouse, Su Yang immediately thought that he had never tried slaughtering pigs before, and perhaps he could gain experience from it?

Upon arriving at the slaughterhouse, he immediately expressed his desire to experience slaughtering pigs, and how could the slaughterhouse management refuse?

After personally killing a pig, Su Yang confirmed his guess: a pig gives 20 experience points!

So every morning he would kill rats at the flour mill, and in the afternoon he would ride his bicycle to the slaughterhouse.

The Nanta slaughterhouse doesn't deliver many pigs each day, usually no more than twenty. Su Yang can only come in the afternoon, so he can't slaughter more than a few pigs a day.

For the past two weeks, Su Yang has been killing rats and slaughtering pigs. He not only curbed the rat infestation in the slaughterhouse, but also successfully leveled up to level 10 after killing seventy or eighty pigs today.

......

Su Yang looked at the words "Professional" and "Not Selected" on the panel and didn't know what to do.

After thinking for a moment, he imitated the way the panel was summoned and stared at the words "Not Selected" for 10 seconds.

"Whoosh!"

The panel changed, and three options appeared: "Cooking", "Fishing", and "Archaeology".

"???"

Su Yang rubbed his eyes hard and looked at them several times before confirming that there were only these three options.

His face immediately darkened.

What about forging?

What about leather processing?

Where is the tailor?

What about the project?

What about alchemy?

What about enchantments?

What about the inscription?

What about jewelry?

So all you're giving me are three generic majors?

Are you making me choose one of three?

Su Yang felt his liver was aching from being so angry at this useless cheat system.

He thought a lot the moment he saw the major options appear.

Even if you don't give him professions with extraordinary properties like enchanting, alchemy, or inscription, you could at least give him engineering.

With his expertise in various goblin and gnome technologies, he could easily become a top-tier tech expert in this era.

"Forget it! I shouldn't have had any illusions about this thing."

Su Yang took a few deep breaths and began to comfort himself.

"Since it's already like this, let's still research what these three majors are like in reality and choose the best one from the best."

He stared at the word "cooking" for 10 seconds.

"Player has successfully learned to cook!"

"???"

Alright! No need to choose anymore!

Su Yang felt like he was being targeted.

Tired. Let's destroy it...

Su Yang clutched his chest and calmed himself for a while before deciding to accept his fate.

Looking at the cooking panel again, the interface changed once more.

Eight-treasure rice, bubble tea, blanched enoki mushrooms, roasted chicken skewers with peanuts, red bean buns, instant noodles, ginseng tea, shrimp dumplings, misty soup, succulent fish, banana rum...

The densely packed text made Su Yang's eyes dizzy.

He subconsciously looked at the eight-treasure rice.

Soak glutinous rice in cold water for 2-12 hours after rinsing, drain, and spread evenly on a steamer cloth. Steam over high heat for 20-30 minutes until cooked through. While still hot, add lard and sugar. Prepare the following ingredients: pitted red dates, raisins, lotus seeds, walnuts, goji berries, candied dates, dried longan, melon seeds...

"Good heavens!"

"Sorry, sir, I was too loud."

Su Yang then realized that this culinary major directly provided detailed recipes and operating instructions for various dishes.

He had also played the cooking game, and he could tell that these recipes were just the Pandaren version in the game.

Su Yang felt a little regretful; it would be great if other versions of the recipe were also available.

He counted carefully and found that the cooking panel had given him a total of 67 recipes.

The Pandaren character in that game was based on the Chinese people, and the cooking system is divided into six major systems: grilling, stir-frying, stewing, steaming, baking, and brewing.

Therefore, these recipes not only include recipes, but also drinks like bubble tea, and even alcoholic beverages like banana rum, Si De wine, and Qingyu Old Witch wine.