Siheyuan: The beauty Xueru Huizhen, the birds are jealous

Although Yang Jianguo felt that this move was a little inappropriate, he nodded when he saw that the other leaders were looking forward to it. "In that case, let's follow Director Li's suggestion. It just so happens that the factory still has some hospitality quota this month, so let's use it together."

In the steel rolling mill, interpersonal communication is common, and in order to maintain good relations with sister units, such entertainment has long become a routine.

Yang Ming didn't care much about this at first, but when he heard about abalone and hairy crabs, he became a little curious.

"Director, in addition to research, I also dabble in cooking."

"Since we have encountered such a rare ingredient today, if the factory director and everyone else don't mind, I would be happy to try cooking it myself."

"Um?"

When these words were spoken, everyone present, including Yang Jianguo, showed surprised expressions.

"Yang Ming, I didn't expect you could cook."

"However, today's celebratory dinner is held for you. It seems a bit against the rules for you to be the chef, right?"

"Director, cooking is actually a way for me to relax in my spare time."

"Since this ingredient is so rare, I just did it on a whim. It's fine as long as you don't mind my cooking skills." Yang Ming explained with a smile.

"Haha, since you are so interested, then do as you wish."

"However, if the dishes are not to your taste, you will have to drink three cups tonight as an apology!" Yang Jianguo teased half-jokingly.

Behind this joke, he actually concealed a little concern about Yang Ming's craftsmanship, just in case.

"Please wait and see."

Yang Ming didn't say anything more and turned towards the kitchen.

In the canteen's kitchen, the staff were busy preparing dinner and chatting about the interesting things that happened in the factory in the morning.

Especially regarding the new deputy factory director Yang Ming, his youth and the factory director's esteem for him became the topic of conversation.

"You may not know this, but the new deputy director Yang Ming actually lives in the same yard as me!" Sha Zhu interrupted proudly.

"He is actually half of my father's apprentice. He has to call me Junior Brother when he sees me!"

"Really? Then why don't you ask him to promote you? Why are you still busy in the cafeteria?" someone joked.

"I'm happy to! It's so comfortable in the cafeteria kitchen. I can chat with you after cooking. It's not as tiring as working in the workshop!" Sha Zhu retorted.

"Huh, I don't think you and Yang Ming are that close!" someone questioned.

“What? You don’t believe it? If Yang Ming is really my senior brother, would you dare to call me grandpa?” Sha Zhu was a little anxious.

But no one responded.

At this moment, a stern rebuke came from behind, scaring Sha Zhu so much that he turned around immediately, and the smug look on his face disappeared in an instant.

"Director, why are you here?" When Sha Zhu saw the canteen director, his immediate superior, the smile on his face became uglier than crying.

In a hidden corner of the cafeteria, a figure was particularly eye-catching. His arrogance even forced the usually dignified Director Liu to bow his head and obey.

When Director Liu saw his inappropriate behavior, he immediately restrained his arrogance, put on a friendly face, and tried to ease the atmosphere on the scene.

But Director Liu did not show him any mercy. He just glanced at him coldly and then turned his gaze to another person.

"Deputy Director, this is the canteen of our steel mill. If you need anything, just let me know."

As Director Liu said this, everyone's eyes turned to Yang Ming who had just arrived. Everyone had heard rumors about this new deputy director, but no one expected him to visit the cafeteria suddenly.

In the crowd, a man named Sha Zhu looked quite uncomfortable. Just now he had shamelessly claimed that he had a close relationship with Yang Ming, but in fact, they were just neighbors, and in recent years, because Sha Zhu had been close to Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family, his relationship with Yang Ming had declined significantly.

Yang Ming nodded slightly to Director Liu and said calmly, "Director Liu, you are too polite. I just want to cook some dishes myself today. There is no need to mobilize so many people."

"But I want to check out the ingredients first."

Under the guidance of Director Liu, Yang Ming came to the warehouse where the food was stored. When he saw the abalone and hairy crabs, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

These ingredients may not be considered much in later generations, but in today's steel mills, they are rare delicacies.

Sha Zhu originally planned to secretly bring these ingredients home for his sister Qin to enjoy, but when he saw Yang Ming and Director Liu chatting happily, he knew that his plan might fail.

While Yang Ming was checking the ingredients, a plan came to his mind.

He used his special ability to quietly transfer the abalone and hairy crabs in the warehouse to his personal space. There, these ingredients seemed to have gained new life and their quantity increased rapidly.

Afterwards, Yang Ming put the original number of abalone and hairy crabs back into the pond, and no one could tell anything was wrong. He simply checked the freshness of the ingredients and continued his cooking journey.

In the reception room on the other side, Yang Jianguo and others were also talking in low voices.

They had reservations about Yang Ming's cooking skills, after all, cooking was very different from their engineering field. But as the factory director, Yang Jianguo naturally could not question the talent he personally recruited in front of everyone.

He could only try his best to calm everyone down, hoping that Yang Ming could prove himself with his actions. Maybe Yang Ming did have extraordinary culinary skills.

Indeed, genius always goes beyond the expectations and boundaries of ordinary people! Haha, the onlookers chuckled, but there was a hidden doubt in their hearts. But in front of Director Yang, if they continued to question Yang Ming's cooking skills, it would be almost challenging the leader's decision-making authority. This is undoubtedly extremely disrespectful in the officialdom, unless they want to be transferred to a remote position like the warehouse for some trivial reason, such as accidentally stepping into the gate of the steel mill with their right foot.

In another corner of the cafeteria, the scene where Yang Ming himself was cooking created a completely different atmosphere.

Normally speaking, most kitchen staff, except for the assistants who are responsible for cleaning, cutting vegetables and washing dishes, also know some basic cooking methods.

Especially Sha Zhu, although he is still young, he has already mastered the essence of Tan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine, and has a deep foundation in his family's cooking skills.

However, at this moment, everyone was surprised and impressed by the smooth cooking movements of "Wu Sanqi" Yang Ming.

This... is simply unbelievable. Why do I feel that our deputy factory director's cooking skills are even better than Sha Zhu's?