Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Liu Lan, who was washing vegetables, thought for a moment and asked, "Master He, how about I go ask first so that we can prepare in the kitchen." He Yuzhu looked at the wall clock in the kitchen and said, "It's too late, let's cook a big pot of rice first. Master Yang, each of us will cook three pots of rice, the workers are about to get off work."

Master Yang nodded and said, "Okay, let's get started. Liu Lan, write today's big pot dishes on the small blackboard: stir-fried radish with vegetables, stir-fried tofu, braised pork, and add a portion of shredded cabbage with vinegar and spicy potato slices." Master Yang looked at He Yuzhu and wanted to ask for his opinion.

He Yuzhu thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it as Master Yang said. Liu Lan quickly hung the blackboard at the kitchen door, Master Yang, let's start cooking." The entire steel rolling mill has nearly 20,000 people, so the chefs working in the back kitchen are very hard-working. In the back kitchen, only He Yuzhu and Master Yang can cook big pot dishes. Although Master Yang's cooking skills are slightly worse than He Yuzhu's, they are also very good.

The two of them were very good at stirring the big spoon, and soon the kitchen was filled with fragrance. Smelling the fragrance of He Yuzhu's big pot, Master Yang sighed and said, "Oh, each generation is better than the previous one. Master He is worthy of being the youngest level 6 chef in our steel mill. I, Old Yang, admire him very much."

He Yuzhu smiled and bowed his fist and said, "Master Yang, you are too polite. I still have many shortcomings and I need to humbly ask you for advice." Master Yang sighed and said, "Master He is really capable and humble. I really admire you. Let's communicate with each other in the future. I am a self-taught person. If you don't mind, I will become your master. How about it?"

He Yuzhu smiled awkwardly and said, "Hey, Master Yang, you are really too polite. Although chefs are biased in their profession, we are colleagues working together. If you don't understand something, please come to me and ask me. I will definitely answer you."

The people in the kitchen admired He Yuzhu even more when they heard what He Yuzhu said. A man in his twenties who has achieved such great success is not proud. None of them can do that. Master Yang smiled and said, "Well, you are worthy of being Master Mo's apprentice. I, Old Yang, have really opened my eyes. If I encounter something I don't understand in the future, Master He, please don't be annoyed."

Master Yang grew up in a very poor family, but he had a very open-minded mother. His mother knew that in this era, one must have a skill to make a living, and she also knew that chefs would not starve in famine years, so she thought of letting her son become an apprentice.

Master Yang's master was a chef in the countryside, and his cooking skills were only mediocre. In addition, Master Yang's talent was not that good, and his master died early, so his cooking skills were average. But in that era, it was considered very good. He applied for a job as a chef right after liberation, and although he didn't get the job, he did get a job as a handyman.

Master Yang was not discouraged. He started as a handyman and gradually became a master of cooking in the steel mill. Master Yang's life was also very inspiring. He helped He Yuzhu once or twice in the past, and He Yuzhu was very grateful.

At the entrance of the cafeteria, the big boss looked at the big pot dishes on the blackboard with a smile, nodded and said, "Oh, there are quite a lot of these. Really good, but I wonder how the food in your kitchen is?" Secretary Wang said quickly with a keen eye, "Big boss, do you want me to get you one?"

The big leader waved his hand and said, "Hey, we are here for a private visit, so let's line up with these workers. Only by going deep into the front line of the workers can we know what these workers are thinking. Director Xiao, you can take the rest of you away first. Xiao Yang, lend us two sets of work clothes, and we will line up for food."

Yang Jianye thought for a while and said, "Big leader, there is no need to do this." The big leader said unhappily, "There is no need to do that. If I don't put on some makeup, how can I know how you do your work in your daily life? Okay, go and borrow clothes for me first. The rest of you don't come with me. Xiao Wang, you come with me."

The clothes were quickly borrowed, and Secretary Wang and the big boss quickly changed into them. The big boss looked at his clothes and said, "Not bad, I look like an old worker. Xiao Wang, let's take our lunch boxes and go, and the rest of you stay away and go into the cafeteria later."

The leader took Secretary Wang into the cafeteria, and the people who came with him also went to line up in other teams in groups of three or five. Yang Jianye looked at the somewhat panicked Director Xiao and said, "Is there anything shameful about our steel mill? Director Xiao, you don't need to worry so much."

Xiao Fenggu sighed and said, "Old Yang, you don't know. I, the old leader, am a very rigorous person in my work. If someone in the cafeteria does something wrong, I will definitely be unhappy." Wu Yulai stood aside and said, "Then Director, do you want me to secretly talk to He Yuzhu and the others and let them..."

Xiao Fenggu quickly waved his hands and said, "Absolutely not. If you dare to play tricks in front of this old man, if he finds out, he will definitely punish me. What makes this leader angry the most is fraud. If we do something wrong, at most we will be scolded. If I dare to cheat behind your back, the old leader will not let me go."

In the cafeteria, the leader and Secretary Wang were standing in a line. The workers around them were chatting in groups of three or five, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. A worker said with a smile, "Today we can eat the dishes made by Sha Zhu again. Sha Zhu's dishes are really unique."

The worker nearby curled his lips and said, "Hey, Li Da, we have eaten the dishes cooked by Sha Zhu every day. It's just that this guy's cooking skills are really good. He can turn any dish that he doesn't like into delicacies from land and sea."

Li Da, who was refuted just now, said unhappily, "Didn't they say that Sha Zhu can only cook once every other day? I also ate in the cafeteria yesterday, and the taste was not made by Sha Zhu?" Everyone laughed and said, "Li Da, you must have bought the dishes cooked by Master Yang. I heard that Sha Zhu and Master Yang cook together every day. Although Master Yang's cooking skills are good, they are not as good as Sha Zhu's!"