The beginning of Siheyuan starts with refusing to bring lunch boxes

After hearing the news three times in a row, the steel mill workshop was in an uproar. Everyone was very happy. In the future, they could get more dishes in the canteen, which would save them at least a few dollars every month. How could they not be happy?

Ding-a-ling! It's lunch time.

The workers who went to the third canteen yesterday went directly to the third canteen today; most of the workers who heard about the situation in the third canteen yesterday also went to the third canteen, and some did not go. After all, all canteens will no longer shake the spoons, and it is the same wherever you go. As for saying that the third canteen tastes better, it is not so exaggerated in the eyes of the workers. After all, how delicious can the big pot dishes be?

At noon today, 40% of the people in the entire steel mill came to the third canteen to eat. However, the third canteen only has a limited number of dishes, so those who came later could only go to other canteens to eat. The workers who didn't get to eat the dishes in the third canteen smelled the fragrance in the air, which really showed that the dishes in the third canteen were better. Even the people from the security department who came later didn't get any dishes. He Yuzhu didn't expect this situation.

Seeing Tian Daniu from the security department coming out of the kitchen, "Captain Tian, ​​I'm sorry, I don't know why there are so many people coming to the third canteen today, and now there is no food. Why don't you take the brothers to other canteens? Don't worry, there will be no shaking spoons in all the canteens now." Then He Yuzhu lowered his voice and said,

"Captain Tian, ​​starting tomorrow I will reserve food for your security department. You don't have to queue up, just ask someone to go to the kitchen and take it away."

"Master He, thank you." Tian Daniu also knew that there was no other way today, but the backdoor given by He Yuzhu really made him feel very happy.

At half past one, He Yuzhu supervised the cleaning and found that everyone was really serious about it, so he strolled to the small warehouse in the back kitchen to find a place to take a nap. After all, there was a dinner party in the afternoon, so he had to conserve his energy.

But at about three o'clock, Dahai woke me up and said, "Master He, Director Wang wants to see you."

"Director Wang? What's the matter?"

"I don't know, but he brought a young man here."

He Yuzhu immediately understood what was going on. He thought it was brought in the morning, but it was brought in the afternoon.

"Director Wang, you're here?" I arrived at the kitchen and saw Director Wang and a young man of about 18 or 19 waiting for me.

"Master He, the person I talked to you about yesterday was him"

He Yuzhu looked over and saw that the young man was about 175 or years old, about cm tall, very thin, with a flat head and sallow skin. He must be malnourished.

"Ma Hua, please introduce yourself."

MCA? This is the loyal and filial MCA?

"Hello, Master He. My name is Ma Hua. I am 19 years old. I am the eldest child in my family. I have a mother, a younger brother and two younger sisters. I am a native of Beijing. A big pot chef in our courtyard taught me some basic skills."

"Well, that's good. Just follow me first. As for whether I can accept you as my apprentice, I'll have to wait and see."

Although He Yuzhu wanted to take Ma Hua as his apprentice when he saw him, he had to observe him first according to the rules. Then he said to Wang Tiande,

"Director Wang, you know the rules of our industry, so please forgive me."

Wang Tiande knew the rules, but he didn't care. "Ma Hua, you will be in the third canteen from now on. Follow Master He carefully. It's up to you whether he will accept you as his apprentice. Master He is our factory's chef. If you learn a few tricks, it will be enough for you to use for the rest of your life."

"I understand Director Wang," Ma Hua said to Wang Tiande with a nod.

Wang Tiande then gave a few more instructions and left.

He Yuzhu understood that Ma Hua should have nothing to do with Wang Tiande, and that he was just an apprenticeship position bought with money.

Apprentices need a two-year probation period, and can be converted to regular employees after passing it. If you pass the tenth-level chef exam in advance, you can immediately become a canteen apprentice. At 18 yuan a month, the canteen apprentice should be more than yuan at this time. Ma Hua's family doesn't seem to be rich. I don't know how they can get this money together.

However, He Yuzhu really likes this loyal minister and filial son.

In the original novel, Sha Zhu offended Li Huaide and was demoted to the workshop. Ma Hua put down his spoon and followed him to the workshop. Later, when He Yuzhu was down and out, only Ma Hua was willing to lend money to He Yuzhu, and it was almost all the family's savings.

Therefore, such people must continue to use the original Shazhu who prefers the talking fat man, is a little cold to Ma Hua, and is also hiding his skills from Ma Hua at the beginning.

He Yuzhu won't do that now. This is his team in the future.

"Ma Hua, you can do the odd jobs first. Sister Lan, you can make the arrangements."

Chapter 16: Reception Dishes, Watch Tickets

He Yuzhu asked Liu Lan and Ma Hua to go to the warehouse to get the ingredients, and then he continued to

At 4:30 p.m., He Yuzhu received a notice from Li Huaide's secretary, Secretary Zhang, that Li Huaide would arrive on time at 6 p.m.

He Yuzhu checked the time and started preparing the food, while Sun Ming and Dahai assisted him.

"Sun Ming, Dahai, you can watch me when I do it, but how much you can watch is up to you."

"Really, Master He? Thank you so much."

He Yuzhu saw that Gao Jie beside him also had an envious look on her face, so she said

"Ms. Gao, you can do it too. You're welcome."

"Thank you, Master He!" Sister Gao also looked very happy.

He Yuzhu is now at level six, much better than before, so when preparing the dishes, his exquisite knife skills won the three people's praise.

He Yuzhu first stewed the braised pork in advance, which took time to cook, and then prepared the other dishes at 5:30.

He Yuzhu prepared eight dishes and one soup for this table, including braised pork, Kung Pao chicken, shredded pork with fish flavor, mapo tofu, twice-cooked pork, spicy and sour shredded potato, cold cucumber salad, and stir-fried lotus. The soup was tomato and egg soup, which is called "get out of here soup" in some places, meaning that once this soup is served, there will be no more dishes.

At half past five, He Yuzhu started to heat the oil in the wok, and immediately a strong aroma filled the kitchen. When Li Huaide brought the guests to the small restaurant, the strong aroma made everyone's mouths water.

"Director Li, the steel mill has a chef. Smell this aroma. Hmm! Authentic Sichuan cuisine. Director Li, you are thoughtful," one of them said happily to Li Huaide.

"Hahaha, Director Zhang, as long as you like it, as long as you like it"

Others are also looking forward to the delicious food later.

"Ms. Gao, serve the food!"

"Got it!"

Gao couldn't stand it when she served the dishes, so she secretly took a bite on the way. Wow, the taste almost made her want to continue eating.

As the dishes were served, everyone was surprised. How could such a good Sichuan chef be found in a small steel mill?

"Director Li, I haven't eaten such authentic Sichuan cuisine in Beijing for a long time. It tastes really good."

Li Huaide had tasted He Yuzhu's cooking before, but the quality of today's dishes was obviously not comparable to the previous ones. He thought, was he hiding his incompetence before? Now he wants to show his loyalty to me? It seems that he has to bear more responsibilities. If such a good chef is used well, how many people will he win over?

The nine people ate most of the dishes, and everyone was very satisfied. Someone would ask, why didn't they finish the dishes when they were so delicious? Ordinary people don't have much food in their stomachs, and nine dishes are not enough for nine people. But this group of people ate a lot of good things, so now although the dishes on the table are delicious, they can't eat much. Being able to eat most of them is already a great honor for this meal.

After Li Huaide saw off the guests, he passed by the kitchen and found He Yuzhu still there. He walked over and said to He Yuzhu with a smile, "Zhuzi, it's good. Both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal. By the way, Zhuzi, what level of chef are you now?"

"Director Li, I am now a level nine chef," He Yuzhu replied happily.

"Level nine? What's going on? Your cooking skills are more than level nine, right? Even a level seven chef may not be able to cook as well as you do." Li Huaide asked knowingly, saying that he knew He Yuzhu's level. He was in charge of logistics, so the canteen was naturally under his charge. The previous Shazhu had good cooking skills, but he couldn't speak, so he could be directly rated as level eight, but Li Huaide only gave him level nine.

He Yuzhu just touched his head and smiled, without answering. Li Huaide looked at He Yuzhu and thought to himself that he should give him some sweet treats. After all, he had already shown goodwill to me. Since he followed me, I should not treat him badly.

"Zhu Zi, from now on, you will be treated as a level 7 chef. Also, I have a watch ticket here as a reward for you today."

"That's great, thank you so much. Director Li, if you need my skills in the future, just let me know and I'll be happy." He Yuzhu was very happy after receiving the watch ticket. Now He Yuzhu has money, but he has no tickets and can't buy a watch. He is very upset about not knowing the time every day.

Li Huaide was very satisfied with He Yuzhu's performance. He said a few more words and left.

"Sister Gao, Dahai, Sun Ming, please clean up and share the leftovers. I don't want any. I'm leaving first."

"Thank you, Master He. Take care," the three said in unison.

The three were very happy. Although they had eaten more than half, Sister Gao had just gone to the small restaurant to see that there was still a lot left. They divided the dishes among the three of them. Each person had at least one dish. And there was a lot of meat in it. It seemed that the braised pork had not been finished. The three of them happily agreed to it, sent He Yuzhu away, and went to the small restaurant to pack and divide the dishes.

When cooking, He Yuzhu left a little bit for himself, so he didn't want it. And as a person from the later generations, he was not used to eating other people's leftovers. It was past seven o'clock when He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard. The third uncle was still fiddling with the pots of bald flowers at the door of his house.

"Third uncle, are you still guarding?"

Yan Bugui saw that it was He Yuzhu, "Zhu, you are interrupting me again with your uncle. You came back late today. Did the factory entertain you? Why didn't I see you bring a lunch box?"

Yan Bugui originally thought that He Yuzhu would bring back a lunch box, thinking that he could take advantage of it and maybe have some meat dishes, but he didn't expect that he would come back empty-handed, so he was a little disappointed.

"Uncle, there is indeed a treat. I am so tired. You are busy. I will go back first." He Yuzhu knew what Yan Bugui meant, but I came back empty-handed. How can you take advantage of me?

"Wait, Zhuzi, there will be a meeting of the whole institute in a while," Yan Bugui said as he caught up with He Yuzhu

"A meeting of the whole hospital? Uncle, can you tell me what's going on?"

"I don't know either. It was Lao Yi who asked for it."

Yi Zhonghai asked for it? It should be about the Jia family.

"Okay, I got it, Uncle, I'll go back first."

In the middle courtyard, the door of his house was open. He Yushui was sitting in the house. There was a plate of stir-fried cabbage and some steamed buns on the table. When He Yushui saw He Yuzhu coming back, he complained, "Brother, why are you back so late after working overtime?"

He Yuzhu looked at the dish of cabbage, smelled it, and said, "Not bad, the cooking is decent, and the He family didn't lose anyone. Did you eat it?"

He Yushui said, "I just ate. I waited for you for an hour. I guess you worked overtime, so I saved this for you."

"I've eaten it too. Let's save it for tomorrow. You can put it in the cupboard," He Yuzhu nodded and said

"Brother, we're going to have a meeting for the whole hospital soon. Do you know why?" He Yushui asked after putting the dishes away.

"I guess it's for the Jia family."

"Jia family?" He Yushui looked at the Jia family. "What happened to the Jia family? I haven't heard anything about what happened to them today."

He Yuzhu said meaningfully, "What else could it be for? Isn't it just to fleece the whole courtyard to support the Jia family, and then plot against someone he thinks is a fool?"

He Yushui didn't understand, so He Yuzhu continued, "You should go and listen later, but don't talk. Look carefully and listen carefully to see who are the people in this yard."

He Yushui felt that his brother had changed a lot. In the past, he would say whatever he wanted directly, but today, what he said seemed to have a deeper meaning. The 15-year-old He Yushui looked at He Yuzhu deeply, then nodded, agreeing.

Less than twenty minutes later, Liu Guangqi in the backyard called for a meeting, and Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian brought out a square table and three long stools.

Ten minutes later, everyone gathered in the middle courtyard. There were less than 20 households in the courtyard, with a total of more than 100 people. Families or familiar families sat together and whispered about the purpose of today's general meeting.

After everyone else arrived, Yan Bugui from the front yard sat down under the square table with an enamel pot in his hand. Less than a minute after Yan Bugui sat down, a fat figure came over from the back yard, also holding an enamel pot, walked slowly to the square table, sat down with his hands hanging down, then coughed twice, put down the enamel pot and sat down. This was the second uncle's bangs.

As soon as Liu Haizhong sat down, the door of the east wing of the central courtyard opened, and a master came out with an enamelware pot and sat in the middle of the square table.

The three of them drank a sip of water in tacit understanding, and then put it down. At this time, the second uncle looked around, then stood up, coughed, and began to speak:

"Ahem, is everyone here? If everyone is here, let's start the meeting."

"Look, you are so scattered in a meeting, not at all active. This is a bad attitude. The three of us have accepted the appointment of the street to manage the courtyard. You should actively cooperate..."

They talked for more than ten minutes, but didn't get to the point. When everyone's patience was about to run out, Liu Haizhong said,

"Today's meeting was requested by our respected uncle. What is the theme of this meeting? Please give a speech and applaud!"

Chapter 17 Hospital General Meeting

He Yuzhu found it funny to watch the three uncles perform.

He is just a mediator, but the ceremony was as grand as the attendance of the President of the United States. Moreover, the order in which the three appeared was interesting. They appeared one by one, as if the higher the importance, the later they appeared, the more face they would have. Besides, Liu Haizhong is such a dishonest person. You said you knew nothing, but you kept talking for so long.