The beginning of Siheyuan starts with refusing to bring lunch boxes

After He Yuzhu left, Captain Tian told the security staff what He Yuzhu had just said, and the security staff were very excited.

Steel Rolling Mill, No. 3 Canteen

At present, the third canteen of the steel rolling mill is responsible for two things, one is a small stove and the other is a big pot dish. There are four canteens in the steel rolling mill, and the other three canteens are only responsible for the big pot dishes. At the end of 1961, the original chef Liu of the third canteen retired and gave his position to his daughter Liu Lan, who was later the lover of Deputy Director Li. After Master Liu retired, He Yuzhu replaced the chef of the third canteen, but he is not the kitchen team leader in the original work yet, and he does not have the two yuan and fifty yuan subsidy, so his current salary is only 30; but at present, there is no kitchen team leader in the third canteen, so the chef He Yuzhu also performs the duties of the team leader.

He Yuzhu had just arrived at the cafeteria when he found several kitchen staff members had already arrived. When they saw He Yuzhu, they had the same reaction as Yan Bugui and Tian Daniu, thinking that the sun had risen from the west today. However, knowing that He Yuzhu had a bad temper, they simply greeted him and went about their business. He Yuzhu did not say much, but just responded to them and then walked around the kitchen.

Over the next half hour, the kitchen staff arrived one after another. Everyone was surprised that He Yuzhu came so early today. Seeing that everyone had arrived, He Yuzhu clapped his hands and said to everyone, "Well, everyone, put down your work first. I'll take a few minutes from you. Let's have a simple morning meeting in the third canteen."

Everyone was very curious when they heard He Yuzhu's words, because the Third Canteen had never held any morning meetings, so the term was very new to them.

He Yuzhu saw that everyone's attention was drawn to him. Just as he was about to open his mouth, he heard a female voice, "Hey, silly Zhu, why did you suddenly feel like holding this morning meeting today?"

He Yuzhu looked over and found a woman in her twenties. She was pretty and had a nice body. Especially her hair was very good. He Yuzhu knew that this was Liu Lan. Liu Lan had a hot temper, and He Yuzhu had a bad temper. Therefore, Liu Lan had only been here for more than three months and had already had several conflicts with He Yuzhu. This was why she made sarcastic remarks after hearing what He Yuzhu said.

He Yuzhu didn't care and said, "Everyone, I have three things to say today.

First, just like what Sister Lan called me just now, I hope you won’t call me that in the future. If you respect me, you can call me Master He, or call me He Yuzhu, or Yuzhu. If that’s awkward, you can also call me Zhuzi. After all, Shazhu is a nickname, which is obviously an insult.

Second, our third canteen is the only canteen in the steel mill that accepts small cooking. If the guests who come to eat see our kitchen, everyone will think about whether they will have an appetite. Therefore, before starting work today, let's work together to do a general cleaning, at least this morning it looks acceptable; in addition, after lunch every day, we have to do a good job of cleaning before leaving get off work. Today is the first day, so today may be half an hour later than usual;"

"Leave work late? Why?"

As soon as He Yuzhu got to the second point, some people started to murmur, unwilling to

"This is what we in the kitchen should do. Of course, in order to make up for everyone's efforts, in the future, it will not only be the chefs who bring lunch boxes in the kitchen. We will take turns to bring all the dishes. Sister Lan, you will be responsible for making the schedule."

Hearing this, the chefs immediately looked unhappy, but after hearing what He Yuzhu said next, that unhappiness immediately disappeared.

"In addition, I will train our chefs to improve their skills and strive to upgrade their levels as soon as possible. Although you are all level 10 chefs, I will help you reach level 9 as soon as possible."

"Third, from now on, when serving food, we in the third canteen are not allowed to shake the spoons."

Hearing this, the waitresses who served the food immediately frowned. After all, if they didn't shake the spoon, how much leftover food would there be? You know, the food is rationed nowadays, and the leftover food is all shaken out by shaking the spoon.

"I just said that we should take turns to bring lunch boxes, not just the big pot food, but also the leftovers from the small stove."

After hearing this, the aunts hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to obey. After all, the small kitchen had meat.

"Comrades, we don't allow you to shake the spoons to prevent you from making mistakes. If you are found out, you will lose your job! The canteen in our factory has a fixed amount of food. If we shake the spoons, the workers in the workshop will not be able to eat enough. If they are not full, they will not be able to do their work well, and accidents may even occur. The case of Jia Dongxu in the first workshop happened just a few days ago!"

“If someone makes trouble and says the accident happened because the spoons in the cafeteria shook and the workers didn’t have enough to eat, can you bear the consequences of the factory investigating???”

Hearing this, the aunties serving food shuddered all over.

"Do you understand what I said?"

"Understood"

"Okay, let's clean up first," He Yuzhu said, and then he rolled up his sleeves and cleaned the pots and other cooking utensils he often used. Seeing He Yuzhu start, the others had no choice but to start cleaning, although they were reluctant.

"Silly Zhu... No, Zhuzi, is it okay for me to call you that?"

He Yuzhu looked up and found that it was Liu Lan, "Sister Lan, it's okay, I was wrong before, I had a bad temper"

"This..." Liu Lan was a little stunned by He Yuzhu's attitude.

"Sister Lan, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Ah? Um, what you said about everyone taking turns to bring lunch boxes, including the small kitchen, are you serious?"

"of course it's true!"

Chapter 10 Changes in the Third Canteen (1)

After about an hour of hard work, the kitchen of the third canteen was completely renovated. He Yuzhu looked at the tidy kitchen and thought, this is what a kitchen should look like. He Yuzhu looked at the clock on the wall and found that it was already half past nine, so he started to organize people to prepare lunch.

"Wow, the kitchen is really clean today, Liu Lan, what's going on?" Everyone turned around and saw that it was the canteen director Wang Tiande, a slightly fat man in his fifties, about 1.7 meters tall.

Liu Lan replied, "Hi, Director Wang, this morning, Master He and Chef He came and organized everyone to clean the canteen." Wang Tiande looked at He Yuzhu, his eyes full of doubts. There was no way. The previous He Yuzhu would not supervise these things. Although the back kitchen of the third canteen was not dirty, it was definitely not clean.

"Director Wang is here. A few days ago, you mentioned that canteen hygiene is very important. If the workers have diarrhea due to hygiene, it will be a production accident. Didn't you catch a cold and take leave yesterday? I was idle at home and thought about what you said, so I decided to organize everyone to clean up."

He Yuzhu talked to Wang Tiande about not shaking the spoon and daily cleaning.

Report more frequently, no problem.

Hearing this, Wang Tiande's eyes lit up. He knew that He Yuzhu was trying to take credit for the achievement, but he was also confused. He Yuzhu used to be straightforward and always contradicted him based on his skills. What happened to this silly Zhu today?

"Good! Shazhu, you did a good job and deserve praise. At present, your third canteen does not have a monitor. From now on, Shazhu, you will serve as the monitor of the third canteen. Do a good job!" Wang Tiande said with a smile on his face while looking at He Yuzhu.

"Thank you, Director Wang," He Yuzhu said in a servile manner.

Wang Tiande turned around and was very satisfied with He Yuzhu following behind him. He found that everyone else was busy with their own things and no one paid attention to him and Wang Tiande, so he whispered to Wang Tiande, "Director, can you do me a favor?"

Wang Tiande's heart tightened, thinking that this idiot Zhu bribed him with his merits, and only then made a request? "What is it?"

He Yuzhu saw Wang Tiande's serious face and knew it was a misunderstanding, so he said, "Director, it's not a big deal. I'm 24 years old now. Can you please stop calling me Shazhu? It doesn't sound good. I'm also going to find a wife soon, don't you think?" He handed over a pack of Beihai cigarettes.

When Wang Tiande heard about this, he said, "Hahaha, Master He, I was wrong. From now on, I'll call you Zhuzi. In public, I'll call you Master He. What do you think?" As he said this, he put away the cigarette.

"Okay! That's great. Please give me some face and I will continue! Thank you."

"Zhu Zi, I came here today to talk to you about something."

"Director, you speak, I listen"

Wang Tiande looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him, so he whispered, "Zhu Zi, I have a relative who wants to learn cooking from you, what do you think?"

He Yuzhu thought, who? Is it the fat man? Or Ma Hua? The original novel didn't explain the origins of these two people, but he still said, "Okay, since your boss said so himself, there's nothing I can say no to. However, you know the rules of our business, so I have to review it first."

Wang Tiande knew that He Yuzhu was just being polite, so he said, "No problem, I'll bring it over tomorrow for you to take a look."

"Okay, I'll wait for you tomorrow."

Wang Tiande saw that his goal for today had been achieved, so he chatted with He Yuzhu for a few words, then left the third canteen and turned to the office building.

Knock, knock, knock! Wang Tiande knocked on Deputy Director Li's door

"Please come in"

Wang Tiande pushed open the door. A middle-aged man in his forties with slicked-back hair, slightly plump, and handsome appearance was sitting behind his desk, writing something. When he heard the door being pushed open, he looked up and saw that it was Wang Tiande. He put away his pen and said, "Director Wang, what do you want to talk to me about so early in the morning?"

This person is Li Huaide, currently the deputy director in charge of logistics. He relied on his father-in-law to become the deputy director of a large factory with 40 employees in the capital before he was . This person is a complete opportunist, greedy and lustful, but he also dares to employ people and protect his shortcomings.

"That's right, Director Li. At the meeting on Wednesday, you proposed that our logistics staff should learn to think and learn to prevent, and not always think about making up after something happens. Jia Dongxu's accident not only reminded the production workshop, but also reminded our logistics staff.

I went back and thought about it carefully, and I deeply agreed. Yesterday, I suddenly thought of the problems in our canteen. I found that the hygiene was not up to standard, so I went to the third canteen to do a pilot this morning. I consulted with Chef He Yuzhu. Comrade He Yuzhu was very cooperative and cleaned the back kitchen before starting work. I just went to check and found that the back kitchen really gave people a comfortable feeling.

In addition, starting today, the third canteen will implement the no-shaking spoon policy, so that the workers can have a full meal at noon. The effect should be seen. I will report to you and ask you if it can be implemented."

"Not bad! Director Wang is a good comrade of the practical school. He is also a comrade who dares to criticize himself and can come up with solutions so quickly! Not bad, not bad, so, your answer is good. Canteen hygiene is indeed very important. The canteen is the guarantee for the struggle of tens of thousands of workers in our factory.

Only by eating clean and hygienic food can worker comrades make better contributions to national construction. It is better to not shake the spoon. I heard that shaking the spoon is an unwritten rule in the industry, but I think it is also a feudal custom that needs to be eradicated!

Only if the spoons don't shake, can the workers eat their fill! So, you will issue a document on hygiene and not shaking the spoons to the four canteens, and it will be officially implemented tomorrow."

"Okay, Director Li, I'll go back and prepare now."

Li Huaide was very happy. He had just come to the steel mill for half a year and had always wanted to make achievements. Only by making achievements could his father-in-law help him better. However, there were not many outstanding things in logistics. Today, Wang Tiande gave him a contribution. Although it was not big, it accumulated little by little.

Li Huaide looked at his watch and it was already 10:20, so he picked up his notebook and went to the conference room. The topic of today's meeting was about Jia Dongxu.

There are rules and regulations regarding Jia Dongxu's case. He was given a compensation of 500 yuan and a workstation. Since Jia Dongxu's wife was still pregnant and could not take over the job immediately, he was temporarily given a subsidy of 18 yuan per month until he could take up the job one month after giving birth.

The meeting was chaired by Director Yang Guomin. At the end of the meeting, he emphasized the importance of safety in the production workshop.

"That's it for Comrade Jia Dongxu's compensation. The union will notify his family this afternoon. Do other comrades have anything else to add?"

"Director Yang, we have some logistics support."

Director Yang was a little unhappy when he saw that it was Li Huaide who was speaking. He had a bad impression of Li Huaide. He heard the big boss behind him say that Li Huaide was the son-in-law of his enemy behind him. But he couldn't stop him in this situation, so he said, "Deputy Director Li, please speak."

"The accident team has just concluded that the main reason for Jia Dongxu's accident was malnutrition, but I think the main reason is still that preventive measures were not in place. I won't go into details about this. After all, I am in charge of logistics. Now I will talk about logistics.

This accident not only sounded the alarm for safe production in the production workshop, but also had a great awakening effect on our logistics. For example, the canteen is the guarantee of our factory's production. Only when the workers are well fed can they devote themselves to production better. Therefore, for the canteen, we have to start from two aspects:

First, hygiene. In the future, the hygiene of the canteen must be strengthened. There must be no production accidents caused by hygiene! Therefore, in the canteen cleaning, we must do small cleaning every day and big cleaning every week!

Second, about the shaking spoon issue. As you all know, our factory canteen has a fixed amount of food, but the canteen staff decides how much to serve. I heard that shaking the spoon is a canteen rule, but it is also sucking the blood of the workers! Therefore, in the canteen, shaking spoons will never be allowed in the future.

Regarding logistics, I would like to mention these two points:

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He Yuzhu naturally didn't know what happened after Wang Tiande left. He had been busy in the cafeteria. He seldom made big pot dishes. After all, his main responsibility was to cook in the kitchen. But in this era, only labor was the most glorious. It was foolish to disdain to make big pot dishes like Shazhu did before. It was completely out of touch with the masses. So, today He Yuzhu decided to make a few big pot dishes himself.

Cooking a big pot dish is different from stir-frying. A big pot dish requires a large amount of cooking, and usually different cooking techniques are needed to ensure that the food is evenly heated and the taste is consistent. So to cook a big pot dish, you must first have strength. Why is Xu Damao always chased and beaten by Sha Zhu? There is no other way. He who swings a big spoon has extraordinary strength. For ordinary people, great strength means absolute suppression. He Yuzhu took a look and thought, wow, the diameter of this big pot must be 1.5 meters.

"I am making a big pot dish now. I will talk about what I know while I am making it. If you are interested, you can come and listen."

Hearing this, the kitchen suddenly became quiet. In this era, there is a saying that "teach the apprentice and starve the master to death".

"Master He, is it true? Can I listen to the cutting of the dough?"

……

“No problem, you can come and listen as long as it does not affect your work.”

Everyone in the kitchen was very happy. After all, this was considered a passing on of skills. If they learned well, they could get a raise, especially the other chefs. Although they cooked, the big pot dishes they made were very average. If the factory canteen was not willing to use the ingredients, the taste would be even worse.

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Chapter 11 Changes in the Third Canteen (2)

He Yuzhu made a pot of stir-fried radish, stir-fried cabbage, and stir-fried potato slices respectively. He talked about it while making it. After listening to him, several other chefs followed He Yuzhu's method and found that the taste was indeed improved.

Jingle Bell!

The lunch bell rang, and as the bell rang, a huge crowd of people walked out of the workshops and gathered in the canteens. It was the first time He Yuzhu had seen such an occasion, and he was very shocked.

"Huh? Why do I feel like the food in the cafeteria is more delicious today? Did you notice?"

"It seems to be true. Let's go and have a taste!"

As the first wave of workers got their meals, they were surprised and delighted to find that the portions were extra large. This way they could eat their fill and take some home to eat in the evening, saving some food for their families.

"Wow! Today's food is indeed better than before."

As time went by, the question of taste and quantity spread among the workers. Everyone was very satisfied with the third canteen. He Yuzhu was also very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He hummed a little tune and went to the kitchen to eat his meal.