Siheyuan: Started in 1950, third-level cook

As soon as these words were spoken, the room instantly became quiet.

Unpalatable?

Let alone finding a bad dish on this table, you won’t even be able to find one that’s average tasting, right?

Upon hearing this, Director Wu glared at his subordinate and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Who said the winter melon was burnt? This winter melon is so... bah, bah, bah, it's really burnt."

Director Wu took a bite himself, chewed it for a few seconds and then spat it out immediately.

Under normal circumstances, you might not have such a big reaction if you ate burnt food.

But today is different. What we eat today are all delicious dishes. The difference is like adding a plate of stinking salty pickles to a table of delicacies from land and sea.

Who can bear this!

Director Yang couldn't help but frowned when he saw this.

The food is burnt?

That's impossible. Chen Jun has the cooking skills of a third-level cook. It's impossible for him to burn the food even with his eyes closed.

Could it be that Liu Lan brought up the dishes cooked by Master Liu and Master Li?

Although he was very confused, Director Yang still laughed dryly and took the winter melon away. He said, "This dish may have been served by mistake. Let's eat other dishes."

Upon hearing this, Director Wu did not think too much about it. He picked up his chopsticks and started to finish the other three dishes in the big pot.

A full table of treats plus three huge pots of food filled to the brim, almost filling everyone present.

Director Wu and his colleagues were so exhausted that they rested in the box for half an hour and then said goodbye and left.

Before leaving, the attitude of the people at the machinery factory was obviously much better, and Director Wu even said that he would come again in a while.

Director Yang was also very generous in allowing the chefs from the machinery factory to come and learn, and the steel rolling mill provided them with free training, but Director Wu did not respond at all.

After seeing them off, Director Yang returned to the private room and personally walked towards the kitchen with the plate of winter melon.

If it weren’t for this winter melon, today’s reception would have been perfect.

"boom!"

Director Yang threw the plate on the table and asked angrily, "Liu Lan, what's going on?"

"Director, what's wrong?" Liu Lan was frightened by Director Yang's aggressive attitude.

"Didn't I ask you to serve the big pot dishes from Canteen No. 1? Was this winter melon made by Chef Liu or Chef Li? It's all burnt!" Director Yang asked sternly.

After saying that, Director Yang took a look around the kitchen and found that the atmosphere there was a little strange.

At this time, the kitchen should start cleaning.

But now Liu Lan and the others were discussing something in front of a big basin. Chen Jun didn't know where to go, and Sha Zhu was sitting in the corner sulking.

"Director, this winter melon is indeed from our No. 1 canteen." Liu Lan seemed to have thought of something and said quickly, "But it was not fried by Director Chen, but by Master He Yuzhu."

After saying that, Liu Lan moved to the side, revealing the large basin behind her.

This basin is used to serve vegetables in the canteen. Usually, it will be snatched away by the workers, leaving only the vegetable soup. Some of the vegetable soup will even be taken away by the workers, who use it to soak their steamed buns.

But today, more than half of the winter melon in the big basin has not been sold.

"Director Chen asked Master He to get used to the kitchen first before cooking in the kitchen, but Master He felt that Director Chen was humiliating him and insisted on cooking a pot of winter melon for Director Chen to see. Director Chen refused, so he invited your secretary to come."

Liu Lan pointed at the leftovers in the basin and continued, "It turned out that Master He overcooked the winter melon, and Director Chen said a few words to him, and Master He and Director Chen started arguing..."

After listening to Liu Lan's explanation, Director Yang suddenly felt a burning sensation on his face, as if he had been slapped in the face.

He knew about this, but he was in a hurry to pick up the people from the machinery factory, so he didn't take it to heart and casually arranged for his secretary to handle the matter.

He Yuzhu is He Daqing's biological son. Not only has he followed He Daqing in cooking since he was a child, he also went to Fengdeng Tower to study cooking skills. In theory, there should be no problem.

But who would have thought that he would fail on his first day in the factory!

If I had known this would happen, I would have ignored the matter and let him listen to Chen Jun's arrangements.

"He Yuzhu, what's going on?" Director Yang asked with a frown.

He now suspected that He Yuzhu didn't know how to cook at all, and that he joined the factory to cover for the sake of working experience.

It would be fine if you just worked for a certain period of time, starting as an apprentice or a handyman, but you insisted on becoming a chef.

Now, no one eats the fried winter melon, so it has to be fed to pigs, and the factory’s property is lost.

"I...it was my first time using such a big pot, and I didn't control the heat well." Sha Zhu scratched his head in distress.

Before going to work, he was still thinking about winning over Master Li and Master Liu and undermining Chen Jun, the deputy director of the canteen.

But he didn't expect that he would lose his parents on the first day after entering the factory. Not only was he looked down upon by the people in the kitchen, but a group of workers also questioned his family.

If Chen Jun hadn't stepped forward and changed the dishes for them for free, I'm afraid the excited workers would have chased and beaten me.

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu suddenly felt a little scared.

He found that he had seriously underestimated the workers in the steel mill. When it was time for dinner, they were like homeless people who had been hungry for several days. Their eyes lit up when they saw the food in the canteen.

But if they are not satisfied with the food, they will overturn the table on the spot.

It’s just a big pot meal, why are the requirements so high?

As long as it’s edible, that’s fine.

"Hey, you should listen to Director Chen's instructions in the future when you are in the kitchen. Do whatever he tells you to do. Once you are familiar with the work in the kitchen, you can cook in the stove."

Considering that it was Sha Zhu's first day at the factory, Director Yang did not hold him accountable for too much, but he was somewhat disappointed in him.

It is said that a good father will have a good son, so why does He Daqing's son look so unreliable?

"Well, Director, I'm not good at cooking big pot dishes, but I'm good at stir-frying. Why don't you leave the factory's hospitality to me in the future? I promise you'll be satisfied." Sha Zhu still wanted to struggle.

After all, he had made a harsh statement in the morning that if he didn't do well, he would go to raise pigs.

What if Chen Jun really asked him to raise pigs?

"You still want to be a host?" Director Yang was amused by Sha Zhu's words.

Director Yang doesn't dare to give such an important job to Sha Zhu, as he can't even cook a big pot dish properly.

Otherwise, the loss will be more than just the winter melon.

"Nonsense, listen to Director Chen's instructions. Just do whatever he tells you to do. Director Chen is very responsible."

After saying that, Director Yang turned around and walked out of the kitchen, heading towards Chen Jun's office.

Sure enough, Chen Jun was really resting in the office.

Director Yang could also understand, after all, Chen Jun had cooked a big pot of food in the morning and also prepared a banquet.

"Chen Jun, today's reception was great. It shocked the people in the machinery factory. They didn't mention the senior workers before they left."

Chen Jun nodded and poured a cup of hot water for Director Yang: "It's my duty. I am a member of the steel mill and I should contribute to the factory."

Director Yang grinned when he heard this. Not bad, not bad. Chen Jun is young but he is not arrogant. He is much more stable than He Yuzhu.

"By the way, although the machinery factory has no objections, they may send someone to our factory in a while. If they need it, I may need your guidance."

"Guide?"

Chen Jun was stunned when he heard this and didn't quite understand what it meant.