Happy Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 394 The Senior Brother Who Will Come
In a blink of an eye, more than two hours passed.

The workers of the No. [-] state-run canteen had just sent the last few guests away, and then they didn't even bother to clean up the dishes. They just slammed the door shut and ran towards the kitchen.

At this time, in the kitchen, Yao Guofa, the director of the cafeteria, stood in front of the stove, looking at Liu Hongchang nervously and expectantly, and beside him, there were workers from the second cafeteria.

Originally, he thought that if Liu Hongchang really changed his gender and became obedient, he might find an opportunity to praise Liu Hongchang, give Liu Hongchang a promotion in title and salary.

However, he never expected that Liu Hongchang would give him such a surprise in the blink of an eye.

You know, it is not easy to become a qualified chef these days.

Because the ingredients are relatively scarce, unlike the 21st century, there are so many ingredients that can be used by apprentices. If you want to become a chef, you must first start from washing vegetables, lighting fires, doing chores, piling, and stoves in the back kitchen step by step. This The process will take at least three to five years.

In addition, this still has to be carried by someone's hand.

But chefs these days are basically in state-run restaurants, or in the logistics canteens of some relatively large state-run units. It can even be said that there are few serious chefs in other units other than these places. chef.

Therefore, for any state-run restaurant, it is very important to have a good chef.

This is not only related to the reputation of the restaurant, but also whether he, the director of the canteen, can have the opportunity to go further.

Therefore, after he knew that Liu Hongchang had exploded with miraculous culinary skills, he immediately went to the back kitchen to understand the situation.

As a result, when he personally tasted the food made by Liu Hongchang, he immediately doubted his life.

This is not scientific!
It wasn't the first day he knew Liu Hongchang, he knew very well how much Liu Hongchang had, so how could he suddenly become so powerful?
Is it possible that getting married can improve cooking skills?

Or is it that Liu Hongchang has been hiding it all the time before, but now he's getting married and under pressure, so he's showing his true abilities.

However, this is also unreasonable!
Who would think that their status is high and their salary is high?
After thinking about it, he couldn't figure out why this happened, and finally decided not to think about it. Anyway, this matter is only good for him and not bad.

However, in order to ensure that Liu Hongchang did not perform abnormally, or secretly put some prohibited items, he decided to organize an impromptu investigation conference, in which he would personally propose questions and prepare materials, and all the staff of the second canteen would supervise and taste them.

If Liu Hongchang can really use the ingredients he prepared to make the same delicious dishes as before under the watchful eyes of everyone, then he will make a lot of money.

Not to mention anything else, with Liu Hongchang's amazing culinary skills, as long as he can find an opportunity to cook a meal for the big leaders in the city, why should he worry about not having money?

Maybe, he could take this opportunity to directly work as the manager of a big hotel in the city!
Thinking of this, he looked at Liu Hongchang's eyes, and couldn't help showing a touch of heat.

Standing in front of the stove with a pot and spoon in his hand, Liu Hongchang glanced at the fat sausage, peas, winter bamboo shoots, fungus and other materials prepared beside him, and then said with a smile: "Director, can we start?"

It's also interesting to say that his predecessor's surname is Liu, and his best dish is fat intestines. For this reason, he has won the title of "Fat Chang Liu" in a radius of ten miles.

Therefore, it was within his expectation that Yao Guofa would choose this dish to test his cooking skills.

In addition, he is also very clear about Yao Guofa's careful thinking. Anyone who knows that the chef under him suddenly bursts out to far surpass his usual cooking skills will be a little suspicious and nervous, for fear that this is just because of his extraordinary performance or in the dishes. Put something that shouldn't be put.

Therefore, when Yao Guofa proposed to let all the staff inspect his culinary skills together, he readily nodded and agreed to show his confidence and magnanimity.

What's more, he also needs to take this opportunity to officially establish the status of the leader in the back kitchen of the second state-owned canteen, and by the way, give Yao Guofa a bait, so that Yao Guofa can take the initiative to help him expand his contacts.

At that time, if Yao Guofa is sincere, then he doesn't mind giving a push so that Yao Guofa can happily vacate the seat.

But if you just want to use him, then don't blame him for being rude.

Hearing his words, Yao Guofa nodded vigorously, and said in a deep voice, "Well, let's start!"

As soon as the words fell, Liu Hongchang quickly reached out and opened the gas valve, and then with a "boom", the flames shot up.

Afterwards, he put the pot on the stove with a calm face, and began to cook this famous Northeast dish, fat sausage.

Yao Guofa opened his eyes wide, carefully watching Liu Hongchang's every move, for fear of missing any details.

Beside him, everyone was holding their breath slightly, watching Liu Hongchang's movements with full attention, partly because of Yao Guofa's explanation, and partly because of the idea of ​​stealing the teacher.

Among them, Su Hou and Liu Zi took it most seriously.

One of them is Liu Hongchang's competitor, and the other is Liu Hongchang's apprentice. This incident has the greatest impact on them, so they can't help but not care about it.

In this way, under the watchful eyes of everyone, a delicious steamed sausage was quickly cooked.

Liu Hongchang reached out to turn off the fire, then smiled slightly, made a gesture of invitation to everyone, and said, "Okay, everyone, let's have a taste!"

Before he finished speaking, Yao Guofa couldn't wait to step forward, grabbed the chopsticks, and put a piece of fat sausage into his mouth.

In the next second, a salty, fresh and sweet taste exploded in his mouth.

He was taken aback for a moment, then chewed quickly for a while, and finally swallowed the fat intestine with some reluctance.

At the same time, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't hide his excitement when he looked at Liu Hongchang.

"Director, how is it? Is this dish okay?"

Seeing Yao Guofa's excited face, Liu Hongchang asked with a smile.

"Okay, this is really good, Hong Chang, you really did a hard job of hiding it from me!"

Yao Guofa nodded, and said somewhat resentfully.

Really!
With such a good cooking skill, why didn't you show it earlier, which made me unable to climb up for so many years.

"Haha, Director, I didn't intend to hide it from you. In fact, I don't know what's going on. I feel like I'm suddenly enlightened."

Liu Hongchang laughed, and hurriedly found a reason for his change.

Moreover, he doesn't need others to really believe it, as long as he can have a relatively reasonable statement.

"Ok!"

Yao Guofa nodded when he heard the words, and gave Liu Hongchang a deep look in his eyes, and did not continue to hold on to this question.

Anyway, as long as it is good for him, it doesn't matter whether Liu Hongchang deliberately hides it or not.

As a leader, he is very clear about the principle of knowing people and making good use of them, not to mention that he has a relationship with Liu Hongchang as a senior brother, and it will be too late for him to win over Liu Hongchang, so how could he be so stupid to turn over old scores!
Afterwards, he turned around and waved his hand, and greeted with a smile: "Come on, everyone, come and have a taste!"

Seeing this, other people rushed forward to taste it.

Soon, there was a burst of chirping and admiration in the back kitchen.

"How is it? Are you convinced now?"

Liu Zi grabbed a piece of fat sausage with chopsticks and threw it into his mouth, then chewed it, touched Su Hou with his elbow, and said with some pride.

"Submit it! Submit it!"

Su Hou glanced at Liu Zi, silently swallowed the fat intestines in his mouth, and then sighed a little desolately.

Sometimes, when the gap widens to a certain extent, it is enough to make people unable to afford to catch up and compare.

He knew very well in his heart that he couldn't even understand how Liu Hongchang made this dish so delicious, let alone continue to compete with Liu Hongchang.

If no miracle happened, then he was doomed to look up to Liu Hongchang for the rest of his life.

Moreover, as a person who relies on craftsmanship for a living, the most respected and admired thing is also craftsmanship.

Since Liu Hongchang can cook such delicious dishes, there is no shame in him admitting defeat.

Afterwards, he began to think about how to get closer to Liu Hongchang. If he could learn one or two unique skills from Liu Hongchang, then he would make a lot of money.

At the same time, while everyone was still intoxicated by the delicious taste of fat intestines, Yao Guofa had already quietly dragged Liu Hongchang to the office, ready to win over his cheap junior brother.

"Brother! Seeing that your cooking skills have improved so much, I'm so happy, brother! If the master is still alive, seeing you working so hard to study cooking skills, I will definitely be proud of you."

"Brother, look at what you said. If you hadn't taken care of me so much for so many years, how could I be where I am today! I need you to continue to take care of me in the future!"

Liu Hongchang said modestly with a smile, and by the way praised Yao Guofa, and also expressed his willingness to coexist peacefully and mutually beneficially with Yao Guofa.

"That's necessary. You are my junior brother. If I don't take care of you, who will I take care of? Don't worry, I promise that I will be able to raise your title soon."

Yao Guofa was overjoyed, and immediately agreed along the lines.

"Then thank you brother in advance!"

Liu Hongchang smiled slightly, but he didn't appear too happy, lest Yao Guofa think he was being fooled.

Sure enough, seeing that he didn't have much reaction, Yao Guofa hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh! Why are you being polite to me!"

"Well, I know you've just got married, and it's not easy to support a large family. I have 100 yuan and some meat and food coupons. It's my brother's kindness. You take it back to supplement the family."

With that said, he took out the money and tickets from the drawer and handed them over.

"Then I won't be polite, thank you brother."

Liu Hongchang frowned, reached out and took the money ticket, and said with a smile.

It seems that his cheap senior brother is quite good at it!

But this is also good, everyone will benefit from each other, develop and progress together, and it will not be in vain for the brothers and sisters.

"Damn, I've already said that you don't have to be so polite. If you have nothing to do, you can go back to the back kitchen and have a rest. Don't get tired."

Yao Guofa waved his hands and said with concern.

"Okay, senior brother, then I'll go back first, call me if you have anything to do."

Liu Hongchang nodded and smiled, and didn't care about the teasing in Yao Guo's words. After speaking, he got up and left the office, and went back to the back kitchen to have lunch with other colleagues, and get acquainted with him by the way.

In this second state-run canteen, there are not many employees in total, including Yao Guofa, the director of the canteen, there are only eleven people.

Among them, Liu Hongchang, Su Hou, and Master Qin are the master chefs in charge of the kitchen. They are all four-level cooks. Under them, each has an apprentice.

Liu Hongchang's apprentice is Liuzi, Su Hou's apprentice is Zhuzi, and Master Qin's apprentice is Shunzi, all of whom are nicknamed by nicknames.

In addition, there is Sister Wang, who is the team leader in the lobby, and Li Xiaoyan and Cai Hongmei are two waiters and kitchens doing chores.

Finally, there is Master Chen who is guarding the gate.

After Liu Hongchang showed his miraculous cooking skills, basically all the employees became more enthusiastic about him, and some of the chores assigned to him on weekdays were also actively shared by others.

So, after lunch, he went straight up to the attic, and dozed off on top of the flour sack.

At the same time, I was also thinking about how to face the wife who was not allowed to touch my predecessor, and my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who didn't welcome my predecessor.

In addition, he also knew from the memory of his previous life that his cheap mother-in-law had an eye disease, and now she has become blind.

If you can get a reward from this mother-in-law, do you want to help cure your eyes?

After thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to check the situation when he got back from get off work. Maybe he would divorce someone after a while, so there was no need to meddle in other people's business.

Speaking of which, this is the first time he has traveled through time and has a wife. Does this count as being a Cao thief?

After five o'clock in the afternoon, the people who went to the morning shift started to get off work.

Yang Hongchang also took off his chef uniform, and rode his bicycle to the state-owned Yuejin Garment Factory, where his former wife, who was not allowed to be touched, worked as an ordinary worker.

Because I just started working, I can only get the salary of a third-level worker, which is 38 yuan and 3 cents a month.

If you are with him, the total is 102 yuan and 8 cents.

It seems to be okay, but this amount of money is enough to feed 6 people, um, and a dog.

Moreover, there are still three people studying here, and various tuition and miscellaneous expenses are indispensable.

If it weren't for the fact that my predecessor was a chef and could bring back some leftovers and leftovers from cooking from time to time, I am afraid that my predecessor would not have the courage to marry this wife!
Along the way, Liu Hongchang went through the situation of his predecessor's wife's house again, and he arrived at the gate of the garment factory not long after.

At this time, it happened to be the time when the garment factory got off work. Women, big and small, came out of the factory. Some people greeted Liu Hongchang when they saw him, and said that they would go to the cafeteria to buy sausages another day.

It can be seen from this that the nickname of Fat Chang Liu in his predecessor was not for nothing.

Holding his bicycle, he stood at the door and waited for a while. Suddenly his eyes lit up slightly, and he focused on a girl in a red striped suit jacket.

(End of this chapter)