Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

"Master He, the factory manager wants to see you."

The factory director's secretary came to the kitchen and stood in front of He Yuzhu and said.

Hearing this, He Yuzhu frowned and said, "Now?"

"It's now."

"Okay then! I'll tell you something."

He Yuzhu called Ma Hua and Xiaopang and told them about cooking the big pot of food. Regardless of whether they were willing or not, he followed the factory director's secretary and left.

Arriving at the factory director's office, He Yuzhu asked directly, "Director, are you looking for me?"

Director Yang nodded and said, "He Yuzhu, I'll take you out to cook for a leader later. Don't ask anything or say anything. Just cook. Do you hear me?"

Hearing this, He Yuzhu nodded: "I understand, Director Yang, don't worry!"

"Well, follow me now!"

He Yuzhu followed Director Yang to the basement of the office building and saw Xu Damao standing in front of the car, opening the door and waiting.

"Silly Zhu, why are you here too?"

"You never expected that! Shamao, thank you for opening the door for me."

"You grandson, you are really good! Look at me..."

"Stop messing around, both of you. Get in the car."

When Director Yang saw that He Yuzhu and Xu Damao were arguing endlessly, he quickly stopped them and a hint of impatience flashed in his eyes when he looked at them.

He Yuzhu and Xu Damao glared at each other, then got into the car obediently.

During the conversation, Xu Damao wanted to say something shameless and asked Secretary Li for information, but He Yuzhu hurriedly stopped him, otherwise Xu Damao would have been scolded by Director Yang again.

After more than ten minutes, they arrived at a large courtyard with two-story buildings. Secretary Li took He Yuzhu to the kitchen and left him there.

He Yuzhu first looked at the ingredients, nodded, found a chair, and then sat obediently in front of the stove with his eyes closed.

Ten minutes later, a middle-aged woman who was less than fifty years old came in. Seeing that He Yuzhu hadn't cooked yet and was leaning on the chair as if he was asleep, she was a little angry, but she still smiled and asked, "Young comrade, why don't you start cooking?"

"Oh, hello. Our factory manager has told us to play a movie first. A movie lasts about two hours. If we cook the food now, it will get cold before we can eat it. Even if the food is warm, it won't taste right."

"Then what else are you missing? I'll have someone prepare it for you."

"I just looked around and didn't see any sesame paste. If you have any, please bring me a bottle. If not, forget it."

When the middle-aged woman heard this, her brows instantly frowned.

"Why do you need sesame paste when I ask you to cook Sichuan cuisine?"

"You eat and I cook. I won't bother you with how to cook."

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman turned around and left without even saying a word.

He Yuzhu saw the middle-aged woman left angrily, but he didn't care. After all, the chef had the final say on how to cook.

The middle-aged woman went to the screening room again and asked Xu Damao about it. Xu Damao did not say anything bad about He Yuzhu. While they were talking, the leader came to watch a movie, so Xu Damao went to show the movie.

After waiting for more than an hour, He Yuzhu got up and began to prepare the dishes. Soon, the aroma of the dishes filled the kitchen and slowly spread outside.

He Yuzhu had just finished cooking two dishes when Secretary Li came in and started serving the dishes.

After the last dish of pork elbow was served, He Yuzhu was about to go back to the kitchen to eat, but he was stopped by one of the senior leaders.

He Yuzhu looked between the big boss and Director Yang in confusion.

"Why don't you say anything, little comrade?"

He Yuzhu just smiled and nodded.

"Are you mute?"

He Yuzhu shook his head.

"Then why don't you speak?"

He Yuzhu first glanced at Director Yang, and when he saw him nod in agreement, he smiled and said, "When I came here, our Director Yang told me..."

"Just cook, don't talk, and don't care who the guests are."

"Well, you are a good comrade, I admire you very much."

The leader took a bite of pork elbow skin and nodded: "Well, it tastes good. I haven't eaten such authentic Sichuan cuisine for a long time."

"Come on, come on, all of you try it, how does it taste?"

At this time, one of the leaders who had eaten the dishes cooked by He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Master He's cooking skills are good."

"It's one of the best restaurants in the city. I've been to the steel mill and eaten there several times."

"If the craftsmanship is not good, why would Director Yang recommend me?"

At this time, everyone at the table started eating the dishes, nodded and praised them, saying that the dishes were delicious.

They also joked with Director Yang, saying that if they asked him to cook, he couldn't let him go.

The leader’s wife also apologized to He Yuzhu.

Finally, the boss asked his secretary to pour He Yuzhu a glass of wine. After drinking it, He Yuzhu went back to the kitchen to eat.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, He Yuzhu saw Xu Damao eating the food in big mouthfuls, and said unhappily: "Damozi, you are so disloyal. Wait for your brother Zhu."

Xu Damao's mouth was full of food, and he said vaguely: "Who...who knows when you will come back!"

Seeing that the dishes were almost half done, He Yuzhu quickly moved a chair and took chopsticks, competing with Xu Damao for the dishes.

Xu Damao finished his meal first and lit a cigarette. Seeing that there was no one at the door, he approached He Yuzhu and whispered, "Zhuzi, the leader's wife asked you, and I didn't say anything bad about you."

"I know, thanks."

He Yuzhu nodded and continued eating.

After the dinner with the big leaders was over, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao took a car to go home. Before leaving, Secretary Li gave He Yuzhu and Xu Damao a lot of things, saying that this was instructed by the leader.

The driver took the two of them to the gate of the courtyard. He Yuzhu and Xu Damao got out of the car with their things, greeted the driver with a smile, and then turned into the courtyard.

This scene happened to be seen by Yan Bugui, who immediately wanted to get some money from them. He said with a smile, "Zhuzi, Damao, you two are really rich. You both have a jeep now."

"No! Uncle, we have a mission at the factory today, so the driver dropped us off on the way."

He Yuzhu didn't wait for Yan Bugui to speak and quickly returned home.

"Uncle, I have a heavy workload today. I am a little tired, so I will go back first."

After saying that, Xu Damao hurriedly followed.

Yan Bugui was stunned by the two people. He pointed at He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. In the end, he spat on the ground.

"Pooh!"

Then, Yan Bugui was no longer in the mood to stay at the door, and walked slowly back home with a gloomy face.

When He Yuzhu returned home, before he could say anything, the things in his hand were snatched away by his younger sister He Yushui.

"Wow! So many delicious foods, and sausages! Bro, where did these come from?"

"Why are you asking so many questions? Are our father and mother asleep?"

"Yeah, I've already gone to bed. If I hadn't waited for you, I would have gone to bed a long time ago."

He Yushui took a bag of candy and two sausages, then hurried back home.