Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

That night, Sha Zhu took Fatty to Yan Jiecheng's store.

Yan Jiecheng told the master in the store about Sha Zhu's incident during the day.

The master was still a little unwilling to accept that his position was replaced by a colleague.

But after Sha Zhu showed off his skills in front of him, the master fell completely silent.

In the chef industry, besides seniority, what’s more important is ability.

At this moment, the master wanted to shamelessly ask Sha Zhu to be his master.

When Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng saw the dishes cooked by Sha Zhu, they thought that they were in safe hands.

They struck while the iron was hot and asked Sha Zhu to add a few more dishes to the menu and hired someone to change the store's sign to "Authentic Sichuan Restaurant."

If you dare to add the word "authentic", then you must have the confidence.

Yan Jiecheng’s confidence comes from Sha Zhu’s craftsmanship.

Sha Zhu was not disappointed with them and after a few days they invited Sha Zhu to be the chef.

The business in Yan Jiecheng's store is getting more and more popular day by day.

And because the dish was made by Sha Zhu, Yan Jiecheng naturally would not sell it at the original price.

The prices on the menu were also increased by a few percent.

The profit is also higher.

But even so, it did not affect the flow of customers in the store.

It's even more popular than when it was at its peak.

Yan Jiecheng looked at the lively scene in the store and couldn't help but boast to Li:

"Wife, it has to be you. It's all thanks to you that our store was able to come back from the dead this time."

"That's right, you don't even know who I am."

Yu Li was very proud.

She is a person with her own ideas.

The store was able to turn around this time, all thanks to her decisiveness.

"Although this business is good, I feel bad when I think about having to pay Sha Zhu so much money every month."

Yan Jiecheng's teeth ached whenever he thought of Sha Zhu's salary.

Two thousand five hundred yuan, which is one-third of my monthly profit.

Yu Li frowned when she heard this.

We had no choice but to spend a large sum of money to hire Sha Zhu.

Now that business is picking up, it would be perfect if we could replace that silly pillar.

It’s a pity that Sha Zhu’s cooking skills are all in Sha Zhu’s hands and others can’t learn them at all.

"Let's wait and see, there is always a way."

A few days after Sha Zhu started working for Yan Jiecheng, he went back to his old ways at the factory.

I was just bringing some leftovers.

But later he simply cooked some extra and kept it for himself.

It’s not as comfortable to eat other people’s leftovers as to fry a fresh portion and take it home.

As for taking advantage of Yan Jiecheng, he had no burden at all.

I revived the business of this store myself.

Now this store can't do without me.

Shazhu just doesn't believe that Yan Jiecheng dares to fire me.

And Yan Jiecheng really didn't dare to fire Sha Zhu.

But every day he saw Sha Zhu eating and taking things at the same time and he was so angry that his teeth were itching.

If I didn’t know, I would have thought that Sha Zhu was the owner of the store.

The more Yu Li looked at Sha Zhu, the more she disliked him.

But she also has her own calculations, and she discovered something through her observations over the past few days.

Sha Zhu seldom cooks at the stove himself.

All the dishes in the restaurant were cooked by the fat man he brought with him.

Sha Zhu would always prepare all the side dishes for Fatty, then give him some instructions and let him cook.

After several observations, she finally confirmed that Fatty could cook all the dishes, and Shazhu would only come down to help when the store was too busy.

Moreover, even if two people cook the dishes, the customers cannot tell the difference.

So Yu Li also came to a conclusion.

The fat guy has already inherited the true teachings from Sha Zhu.

Yu Li immediately had a bold idea.

The fat guy can do what Shazhu can do, too.

Then why should I spend money to hire two people?

If I can convince Fatty, I will hire him in the store and give him half of the money given to Sha Zhu. Wouldn't that save half of my salary?

Thinking of this, Yu Li also became excited.

If this can be accomplished, wouldn't I be able to save half of my money every month?

She thought about it in her mind and decided that if she wanted to accomplish this, she would have to win over the fat man.

The most important thing is whether this fat man is loyal to Sha Zhu.

And just when Yu Li and her husband wanted to drive Sha Zhu away.

Another person also began to have opinions about Sha Zhu.

This person is Yan Jiefang’s mother, Yang Ruihua.

When Second Aunt found out that Sha Zhu's salary was two thousand five hundred, she felt terrible.

You have to know that she only makes a few dozen dollars a month.

Sha Zhu’s salary this month is almost equal to what she earned in several years.

What's more, she is Yan Jiecheng's mother.

Compared with her treatment, it's really frustrating.

But when she saw Sha Zhu bringing things home every day, she could no longer sit still.

Yang Ruihua went straight to Yan Jiecheng and asked:

"Jie Cheng, Mom wants to discuss something with you."

Upon hearing the tone of his mother's voice, Yan Jiecheng immediately became alert and said:

"Mom, tell me what's going on. If it's too difficult for me, there's no room for discussion."

The second aunt said cheerfully:

"You don't pay Shazhu that much every month, why don't you give me a little bit too."

When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he refused directly:

"Mom, I'm running a small business. I have to calculate the labor costs. If you can cook as well as Sha Zhu, I'll give you a raise right away."

Yang Ruihua curled her lips. With her cooking skills, no one would want her to be a kitchen helper.

"Then I won't ask for much. Just be like Sha Zhu and give me one dish every day to take back to your dad. That's all."

Yu Li was speechless:

"Mom, you are really calculating. Isn't that more than giving you money?"

The second aunt wanted to say something, but Yan Jiecheng interrupted her directly:

"Mom, we don't have such rules here. We seldom eat in the store, and we have to do cost accounting. There's nothing we can do about Sha Zhu, we have already made an agreement with him. You can see, if there is no Sha Zhu in our store, can the business be so prosperous?"

The second aunt was speechless after being scolded, and finally could only leave with a lot of resentment.

Not long after the second aunt left, the fat man also packed up his things and came over to say goodbye and leave.

Before leaving, Yu Li took out some lettuce that she had prepared in advance and gave it to him.

The fat man happily took the leftovers.

This was what Yu Li had agreed with him in advance.

It will be a cost for Shazhu to bring vegetables home every day in the long run.

In order to reduce costs, Yu Li asked Fatty to set aside some of the dishes served to the guests every day.

This means that what Shazhu brings back every day are the guests’ belongings.

The couple had no choice.

Sha Zhu always brings meat and vegetables home.

The cost is very high.

It’s not like that if you say it, it’s not like that either.

The two of them could only rely on this method to reduce their costs.

The leftovers given to the fat man are truly leftovers, but only the fat man in this restaurant enjoys this treatment.

In the past, Yu Li and her colleagues would reprocess these leftovers and sell them.

Giving it to the fat guy is also to win people's hearts.

Look, the fat guy is now very grateful to Li and the others.

Yu Li and her husband looked at each other without leaving a trace.

After this period of contact, they also found that the fat man seemed to be able to be bribed.