Siheyuan: Cooking journey

The cafeteria in the morning was no different from usual, except for the presence of Qin Huairu, who was working quietly, not trying to find fault or get close to her, just treating her as air.

When it was lunch time, Liu Lan ran to the kitchen to find He Yuzhu and glanced at Qin Huairu with a puzzled look on her face.

"Why is she in the kitchen?"

"How's the inquiry going?"

He Yuzhu was too lazy to elaborate, and with a glance, the two of them strolled to the storage room next door. Although he was muttering about Qin Huairu in the kitchen, when he thought of the business, Liu Lan didn't ask any more questions and poured out all the information he had found out.

"The big yard where Deputy Director Li lives has many factory leaders and people from other factories living in it. They are all arranged together. Director Yang is also there, living upstairs from Deputy Director Li..."

As He Yuzhu listened, he started to think about it.

After Liu Lan finished speaking, she saw him deep in thought, her gossipy heart burning:

"Team Leader He, do you know how ugly Deputy Director Li's wife is? No wonder this guy is doing all these shady things in the factory..."

When He Yuzhu heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he asked curiously, "How shabby is it?"

There is a popular saying nowadays: if your wife is ugly, you can have lots of gold bars at home. After all, Deputy Director Li is a leader. If his wife is really that ugly, there must be something fishy going on.

"How shabby is it?"

Liu Lan thought for a long time, but didn't know how to describe it properly, so she could only say this:

"Let's put it this way, the ugliest person in our steel mill is better than Deputy Director Li's wife."

He Yuzhu blinked. The work in the steel mill was all manual labor. There were few women, and they were all one by one... It was not like the textile mill, which relied on numbers. With more women, there would naturally be more beauties. In the steel mill, Liu Lan was considered good-looking, and Qin Huairu was even more outstanding. Deputy Director Li's wife was a rare species.

Given his position, this was obviously not normal.

Either you have money or you have power, but emotions? Forget it, if you have emotions, can you still do these messy things in the factory?

After learning about this, He Yuzhu came up with a better idea and planned to settle the matter with Deputy Director Li after work.

……

After lunch, I don’t know if it was because of something he had said, but He Yuzhu was just thinking about how to deal with Deputy Director Li when someone came to the cafeteria and there was a banquet for him.

The canteen director was happily carrying a chicken and a piece of meat and was busy preparing the food.

"He Yuzhu, Deputy Director Li's dinner is for you. We'll stew the chicken and stir-fry some other dishes..."

He Yuzhu didn't respond, staring at the chicken and meat in his hands, and asked:

"Where did you get it from? Did Deputy Director Li bring it?"

"How can that be possible? We are from the cafeteria."

The canteen director said helplessly:

"Director Yang didn't allow me to buy chicken, duck, fish or meat. Deputy Director Li came to me yesterday and insisted that I secretly buy some. He said Director Yang wouldn't eat it, and the factory wouldn't eat it, but we had guests, so we had to eat it. If anything went wrong, he would be responsible. So I bought some."

He Yuzhu said nothing.

As a chef, there are some things that he really cannot understand. He clearly has the conditions and can eat, and no one can say anything, but he just doesn't eat it. What's the point? In the same system, some people don't have the qualifications, but they find ways to eat and eat a lot.

My thoughts are a little drifting.

As a chef, He Yuzhu didn't want to think about these things too much. After the canteen director left, he waved and called Ma Hua over.

"Haven't you always wanted to cook? Now's your chance. Let's stew the chicken and stir-fry some meat and prepare a table for Deputy Director Li."

"Master, please don't make it difficult for me."

Ma Hua said anxiously: "With my cooking skills, I don't even know what seasoning to put in cooking, and I can't control the heat well. How can I eat what I cook? I'm afraid even pigs wouldn't like to eat it."

"fine."

He Yuzhu smiled and joked, "If you don't know what to add, then don't add anything. Pigs won't eat it. You can dip it in salt and taste it yourself later."

"..."

Ma Hua was speechless and said with a sad face: "Master, please stop joking. This is a banquet hosted by Deputy Director Li. If we mess it up, it will be difficult to explain."

"Don't worry, I'm here to help."

He Yuzhu patted his shoulder and sneered: "Is this guy out of his mind? He thinks everyone will repay evil with kindness. He knows there is a grudge, but he still dares to come to the cafeteria to eat. He must be 'treated' well."

……

In the private room, the food was served.

Deputy Director Li smiled and greeted in a very stylish manner:

"Everyone, just some simple food, please feel free, just feel free..."

"You too, please..."

"Don't be polite, let's get started..."

There are chicken, duck, fish and meat on the table, which makes people hungry just by looking at them.

A few people picked up the dishes and started eating, but once the food entered their mouths and they chewed it for a few times, they all had constipated expressions on their faces.

Over there, Deputy Director Li was still boasting proudly.

"Let's not talk about anything else, the food in our cafeteria is so delicious..."

Although he hated He Yuzhu, Deputy Director Li had to admit that this boy's craftsmanship was indeed good.

As a result, he became famous and some people even used their connections to come to his restaurant just to taste his cooking.

This greatly satisfied his vanity.

Of course, what needs to be cleaned up still needs to be cleaned up. It's just a chef. There are people who can cook on the street. You can poach a chef from any restaurant.

"Why don't you guys eat anymore? Eat, eat, you're welcome."

Deputy Director Li looked at them strangely and greeted them warmly, taking a bite of food while talking.

"Let me tell you, it's not easy for outsiders to come in and eat in our cafeteria, uh..."

The dish tasted bland as soon as it entered my mouth.

Deputy Director Li's face turned pale and he slammed the table hard.

He Yuzhu, just wait for me.