Siheyuan: The road to counterattack for the little transparent

The canteen of the steel rolling mill is very large and is divided into three parts: the big canteen, the kitchen and the small canteen. The big canteen is where the workers in the factory eat. It is simple but large. There are three windows for getting meals during meal time.

The kitchen is naturally where Sha Zhu and the others stay. Walking inside is the small canteen. The small canteen is much smaller than the big canteen, but the environment and layout look much more refined, and the dining tables and chairs also look high-end.

The canteen director works in an office next to the canteen. The reason why he chose this office location is, of course, so that he can easily check at any time to see if the people in the kitchen are slacking off.

Chief Su brought Lin Donglai to meet with the canteen director mainly. After all, Lin Donglai was in charge of the purchasing work of the small canteen, and he would have to communicate with the canteen in the future.

As soon as I walked into the kitchen, I saw everyone preparing lunch. Some were picking and washing vegetables, some were cutting vegetables, and some were kneading dough. The whole kitchen was busy.

Only Sha Zhu was the most leisurely. He was sitting with his legs crossed and drinking tea leisurely from a large teacup. When he saw the person coming, he greeted him: "It's Section Chief Su. Are you here so early to see our director?"

Relying on his good cooking skills and the appreciation of his superiors, Sha Zhu is always lazy in the kitchen on weekdays and even ignores the canteen director.

Section Chief Su was a little displeased, but after all, the canteen was not under his jurisdiction and Sha Zhu was not his subordinate, so he couldn't say anything.

He nodded and replied calmly: "Yes, is your director in there?"

At this time, the canteen director came out of the office and smiled when he saw Section Chief Su: "Section Chief Su, what good things are you going to send us?"

It was obvious that the two had a good relationship. After they politely praised each other, Section Chief Su said, "Director Wang, this is Lin Donglai, our section's new purchaser. I brought him here to meet you. He will replace Lao Ma's job in the future."

"This is Director Wang who is in charge of the cafeteria. You two should get to know each other so that you can better serve the factory in the future."

"Xiao Lin, I think you can stay in the cafeteria first to see what supplies you need to purchase. Once you are familiar with them, you can start working as soon as possible."

After Section Chief Su finished the introduction and made the arrangements, he did not stay in the kitchen for long. He left first and kept Lin Donglai.

Lin Donglai walked up and greeted Director Wang politely. Director Wang had actually met Lin Donglai before, and although he had never greeted him, he had a good impression of him.

"Xiao Lin, welcome to be our co-worker. We just want to have a pleasant cooperation in the future. I have something to do so I won't accompany you. You can look around by yourself. If you don't understand something, just ask me or the people in the kitchen."

Director Wang spoke in a gentle and polite tone.

Lin Donglai thanked him repeatedly. This arrangement was better. He was worried that he would feel uncomfortable with someone around him all the time, so this was exactly what he wanted.

Unexpectedly, Director Wang turned around and saw Shazhu still sitting with his legs crossed. His expression immediately turned cloudy: "He Yuzhu, everyone is busy, how can you be so ashamed to be lazy here? Why don't you go and help?"

Sha Zhu didn't care: "Director, it's not my turn to work yet. I will start when it's time. Don't worry about it."

Director Wang was so angry at this sentence that he felt helpless and walked to the office, shaking his head and sighing.

"Brother Zhuzi, why don't you even listen to your cafeteria director? Aren't you afraid of being fired?" Lin Donglai asked him deliberately.

Unexpectedly, Sha Zhu opened his mouth and raised his head and said, "I would be afraid of him. He is a troublemaker. What else can he do all day except writing in a notebook and reporting to the leaders?"

"Why don't you ask him to cook a dish? He's a canteen director who can't even flip a pot and wants to control me all the time. He has no chance."

He spoke louder and louder. Lin Donglai was impressed by Sha Zhu's words. If the canteen director heard this, he would most likely hate him for the rest of his life.

Lin Donglai quickly interrupted him: "Brother Zhuzi, today is my first day at work, and I still don't understand a lot of things. You have been in the factory for a long time, so why don't you give me some answers?"

Sha Zhu liked to hear such words and agreed immediately.

Lin Donglai talked about what he thought the canteen needed to purchase. Just as he finished, Sha Zhu laughed: "You think too much, kid. These days, as long as we can get some fish and meat, it's already good enough."

"Of course, if they are alive like the fish and hares you got last time, that would be even better. Leaders love this the most. It's fresh."

"Dongli, in my opinion, your job is not easy. You have to work outside every day and live in the open air. It's good enough to receive enough supplies, let alone live animals. The first two times you got live fish and hares, it must be a blind cat catching a dead mouse. Am I right?"

"I'm telling you something from the bottom of my heart. If you work hard these few months, the factory generally won't fire you once your probation period is over. Then you can apply to be transferred to the cafeteria. I'll protect you."

Sha Zhu's nonchalant expression made Lin Donglai unable to tell which of his words were true and which were false, but what Lin Donglai was sure of was that the job of a buyer was not as difficult as Sha Zhu said.

At least for him, this job is like adding wings to a tiger. After all, he has an excellent space, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

However, Sha Zhu's words were true. In this difficult period, many people could not even get enough food to eat. Even if they could purchase fish and meat, the food would be daunting for ordinary people.

Thinking of this, he felt confident about the job. He smiled and said to Sha Zhu: "Brother Zhu, I understand. Thank you so much!"

Sha Zhu was a little confused and was about to ask you why you answered irrelevantly, when his apprentice Ma Hua came over and asked cautiously: "Master, I have everything ready here, do you want to go over and take a look?"

Judging from the situation, Sha Zhu was asked to check whether the preparations were done. The next step should be for him to take the lead in cooking the big pot of dishes.

Sha Zhu was still very dedicated. After hearing what Ma Hua said, he said, "Donglai, I'll be busy first. Remember to call me when you get lunch at noon," and followed Ma Hua to watch the preparation of food.

It is said that Sha Zhu usually only lets his apprentices do some assisting chores, and as for the heat required for cooking, they have to figure it out on their own. The most important thing is that during the cooking process, he will take out a bottle from his arms and pour some ingredients into it.

According to his father He Daqing, the recipe for this ingredient was handed down from their ancestors, and is passed down to males only, not females, and certainly not to outsiders.

Sha Zhu has always kept the recipe of this ingredient a secret. Whenever someone asked him about it, he would either deny it with a sullen face or just laugh it off, so others had no way of knowing it.

It is also for this reason that the dishes cooked by Sha Zhu taste better than those cooked by ordinary chefs, and he is highly appreciated by his leaders and praised by his co-workers.

Lin Donglai had eaten the potato stewed chicken he made last time, and it tasted really good. He wanted to try what today's big pot dish would taste like...